The next morning Ryan was woken up by multiple jabs to his body.
He slowly opened his eyes and found all the pups jabbing him with their paws
"Wake up," they all said in unison.
He was spooked at first but then he remembered the god had told him already.
He looked at the excited pups, "Wow it's nice to be able to talk now isn't it".
They all nodded and began running around. Both mothers were looking at them with caring eyes.
Ryan walked up to his mother who had a white pelt. "Mother can you understand me now?", he asked.
The mother nuzzled him with her snout "Yes I can little one".
He nodded and was about to begin running around working on his stamina but was stopped by the other mother. She had a grey pelt and unlike his mother she was strict.
"Now, save that for when you go outside".
Ryan heard her and instantly began to wag his tail. "Are you for real, can we really go outside?"
The mother nodded and began leading them out of the cave. At first, he was blinded by the warm sun but after his eyesight adapted he was surprised by what he saw.
Outside of the cave, there was a beautiful forest. He hadn't been able to see the outside since one of the mothers would always stop him from getting close to the entrance.
What amazed him, even more, was the members of the pack that surrounded him. The males all had antlers at the top of their heads.
'Hey god, are you there?'
Ping*: "What do you want now?"
'Well, I was just wondering why are we called horned wolves if what we have are antlers?'
Ping*: "Well I don't know, how you would like to be called Antlered Wolf?"
'Yeah, you know what, I'm alright with the name Horned Wolf'.
Ping*: "Just stop trying to find things to correct me on, I know that you've been thinking about it. Don't forget I can read your mind."
Ryan slightly shook his head, 'sucks that you can read right through me'.
Ping*: "Well now that I'm here let me tell you something. When you're free think of the word 'status', but make sure others can't see you. I don't want you looking like an idiot that is staring at thin air".
He was confused but nodded.
Ryan began paying more attention and found a lot of different kinds of wolves. There was one that had seemed to be able to turn to stone, another who could flame up.
As he realized something he hadn't thought about earlier if females didn't have any horns and he and the other pups didn't have horns did that mean that he might be a ...
"Hey god please tell me you didn't make me and all the pups of the litter hornless for a good laugh".
Ping*: Now that you mention it that does sound kind of funny hehe".
Ryan started getting cold sweat "don't you dare".
Ping*: "don't worry I didn't and I won't. If you want to make sure then just look below you and you might get a glimpse of aid assurance, anyway your first evolution will be Horned Wolf. You can't choose anything other than that in your first evolution".
Ryan gave out a breath of relief.
The mothers led the way to a horned Wolf that was laying in the flat grassland. Rex was surprised by its huge size but then he noticed that the wolf had Wings.
The other difference was that he didn't have antlers. The thing he had was one single horn in the middle that looked like a unicorn.
Ryan couldn't help but giggle inside, 'god looks like you got lazy and smashed a unicorn and a pegasus together'.
Ping*: "Oh shut your trap. And make sure to respect him, he's your elder, alpha, and better yet your father".
He was surprised, 'well then I guess that since he is the alpha he's going to do his shit all the time. Why couldn't I be the son of a human king 😭? You damn old man I hate you.'
Ping*: "careful your stepping on a thin rope. Keep disrespecting me and you'll wish that you were never born".
Ryan sighed 'but I already do'.
When they got close to his father the mothers lined them up. All the wolves got together Ryan looked around and counted a total of 14 wolves.
He was impressed it was a pretty large pack but if he remembered correctly the pack he was filing only had 8.
After they were lined up his father began naming them. Ryan was the last one he was curious about the name he would get. He had been paying attention to the others getting names like Stone Pup, Fren Pup, Sand Pup, and Sky Pup.
When his father came to him he leaned closer and whispered "I've heard a lot about you little one, from now on you will be called, Viper Pup.
Ryan looked at the Alpha in disbelief, 'why the hell call me that? You named the rest based on their color of fur. Like, look at Stone Pup he has a grey pelt'.
Ryan looked closely at himself to make sure he didn't have the color green. He found his pelt being slightly blue with a mix of grey.
Ping*: "I'm sure he has his reasons hehe".
He felt anger start to rise, 'You what did you do old man?'
Ping*: "This time nothing, you did all the work yourself hahaha".
Ryan began to get impatient, 'what do you mean?'
Ping*: "don't you remember when you were working out the first days dragging yourself across the cave".
He began to make the connection, 'damn don't tell me I looked like that ... and that's how he came up with the name?'
Ping*: "Yep haha".
The rest of the day the pups kept on running but there was one who ran the most and the hardest. That pup was Ryan.
"Gotta get stronger and get the hell out of here. What kind of name is Viperpup", he kept mumbling to himself.
The day turned to night and the mothers led them back into the cave. Ryan was still too pissed to sleep.
He remembered what the god had told him.
[status]
Name: Viper Pup
Health: 50/50
Stamina: 17
Strength: 13
Agility: 17
Mana : 0
Magic: N/A
Ryan grunted, 'seriously god you really gotta bully me like this? Why remind me of the stupid name'.
Ping*= "Don't worry they will only call you this until your 6 months old and start doing some chores. They will give you mentors to teach you the need to survive. When you turn 6 months you will become their apprentice and the end of your name will turn to paw."
Ryan nodded he had to admit that Viper Paw sounded cool, but the thing he hated was the way they came up with his name. He knew that it was childish but it had more to do with his pride, what was left of it anyway. For example, getting called something like Killer or something like that would be pretty cool but what if the whole reason you were called that was because of your killer stink or breath. Wouldn't be so cool with that would ya?
He looked at his stats again and found Mana at 0. 'God what's up with the mana why is it at 0.'
Ping*: That's because you haven't evolved into a horned Wolf yet so, for now, you're just a normal Wolf like the ones from earth. Now stop bothering me".
Ryan signed and went to sleep.