"Huh?" I felt as if a lightning bolt hit me in the head, and then everything cleared. As well as a something summoning me to the east of the Villa. I saw a thin square of light form in the corner of my eye, like a real time map of the whole city, it wasn't as detailed as the 3D maps I saw in modern devices like the Obelisk, but I could easily distinguish the buildings and guess where the call was coming from.
"It's right in the middle of the city, but it is too soon to risk everything for this, I should wait for a while." I still didn't know what was happening, but as if it could read my thoughts, the armor retreated back into the choker.
"So you can do this now?" I put my hand on the choker, and I could swear it warmed under my touch like it was a living being. Only then I was fully sure that this choker had somehow a connection with the immortal armor I used that day. Soon, I transformed back into my wolf form just in time as a messenger from the wolf king arrived in my home.
A Sky blue wolf in a set of armor arrived at the Villa and the Darkmoon wolves sent someone to notify me before he could enter the main pavilion.
"King, there is a member of the wolf clan at the entrance, can we let him in?" It hasn't been even a full day yet and all the Darkmoon wolves already treated him as their king. Of course, different from humans, the power of a single strong beast was worth more than thousand weaker beasts and after what they saw, they would surely choose to serve under a king.
"Yes, let him in. I'll be waiting in the main hall." I replied to the courteous Darkmoon wolf and not long after the 3-star Sky blue wolf entered thought the gate and bowed with his head.
"King Nomad, the Wolf King and leader of the Wolf Tribe sent me to notify you majesty that the Welcome Banquet to celebrate your entry into the wolf clan has been has been scheduled for the 29th of this month, approximately two days from now. The ceremonial clothes form you to dress will be sent shortly after your majesty see the Wolf Clan's Tailor, he also told me to give this artifact as a gift from him." The Sky blue wolf left a glass sphere on the ground before he stepped back and let me pick up the orb.
The moment I my hand touched the orb, I felt the choker on my neck trembling excitedly like it had detected a delicacy.
'Stop' Feeling the choker's movement, I slapped it and soon it calmed down. Without looking at the 3-star wolf, I replied in a cold tone. "Very well, tell the wolf king I will see this tailor tomorrow morning, for now I would like to rest in my chamber."
"Understood." That wolf replied before he bowed once more and left the Villa. Now that I was alone in the main pavilion, I brought the orb closer to my eyes. A intense excitement appeared in my eyes this was because of the Wolf King's voice I heard the moment my hand touched the orb.
["Little brother,I noticed when you showed this amazing skill of yours that you would give off an ancient and noble aura, this aura of yours would make it easier for others to recognize you even in different forms. However, I remembered a treasure I found many years ago that I forgot in the treasury. The Phantom Orb, just having it with you will fully conceal the aura emanating from your body perfectly. Consider this a welcome gift."]
Having this artifact with me made me a lot more confident, and my armor also seemed to agree with me.
"Come forth." Within the entire villa, all pulses, communication signals were cut abruptly. Deep within the King Nomad chambers, a dark red light illuminated the room as a ruby-colored humanoid with a crow's head was standing before a mirror.
With its bright and menacing red eyes, I moved my hand as I focused my thoughts and just like before, strings of light appeared in the air and formed a square map of the city. I also noticed a spherical hole in the armor breastplate just in the right size for an orb.
A shiny golden dot was lit in the middle of the map, surely, this was the source of the signal detected earlier.
In this armor, I felt as if all my attributes and senses has greatly expanded to the point I could hear even the voices of the beasts on the street and those in the comfort of their homes and for my luck, I heard an interesting conversation among the many useless.
"Muna, did your clan really captured a silver-clad humanoid?" A pair of beasts, two juniors of a noble clan were chatting in a bar in the south of the Villa.
"Yes, I don't know much, but me, I heard my uncle and dad talking about a huge piece of metal falling from the sky, this humanoid was found within the metal shell wearing a ancient looking armor. They first thought to be a human and tried to remove the armor, only for thirty 3-star beasts and a 4-star king all died when trying to approach this creature. So the clan had to carry the whole metal shell in order to move that deadly creature from there.
"Are you talking about King Monom, really, did he really died? That guy just became a king last year and he's already dead? I'm shocked..."
"As I thought... The voice I heard is that person's daughter."