Evan could felt hidden eyes all around him, but he didn't stop and kept going forward. Chilling wind was blowing from northern mountains and Evan involuntarily shivered.
He could feel that some indistinct steps coming closer towards him. Evan became alert. He unsheathed the sword strapped in his back and stood in a defensive posture.
Evan saw pairs of burning eyes all around him. He felt nervous. It was his first time in wild. As they grew nearer, Evan felt a cold shiver in his spine. Those pairs of burning eyes were almond shaped and pale green in colour.
Evan channeled darkness energy through his Meridians into the short sword. The tip of sword gleamed with darkness and Evan held it tightly. Despite the all encompassing darkness, Evan could see the creatures clearly as he was a darkness energy user. Evan saw the creatures with almond shaped eyes positioned themselves surrounding him. Darkness could not cover the bluish metallic luster in their bodies.
A word came to the mind of Evan.Ironback blue wolf. He had already read information about them. They were magical beasts with superb defence and great attacking speed. They hunted their preys in packs. Evan clenched his sword more tightly after recalling the information about them.
Looking at those burning eyes, Evan could feel fear crawling into his heart. Now he felt regret because he ignored advise of his uncle back then. His uncle took good care of him in the absence of his parents.
He thought, "I should have listened to Uncle and practiced in the outskirts of Shadow forest to gain some practical experience. But what is done is done. I had still received training from my uncle. From now on I will train myself in wild.To become a true devil warrior, I have to face combats like this."
While Evan was still lost in his thoughts, a sudden uneasy feeling crept to his heart. Evan felt danger and moved to his left. Sharp claw of a wolf passed by just shredding the side of his robe. Another two wolf pounced toward the direction of Evan. But this time Evan was ready. He swung his short sword, while crouching down slightly.
Due to his small stature, the claw attack missed his neck and Evan stabbed his sword in it's underbelly. Darkness energy made his sword stab more lethal. Blood started to gush out from the underbelly of wolf. Evan quickly retrieved his short sword and swung his sword horizontally towards the another pouncing wolf. All of these happened in a brief second and frenzied roars of wolves filled the forest. The smell of blood from one of their own made them more bloodthirsty.
Evan could see some nearby wolves were ready to pounce at him but suddenly he heard another wolf howl .
"Aaaaoooo" Suddenly all howling wolf grew silent. Evan saw another wolf emerged behind the wolves. It was slightly taller than other wolves and it was silently observing him with its burning almond shaped eyes.
It howled once and Evan could see it's razor sharp canines while it was howling.Then the wolf pounced towards him. Despite being in danger a smile crept to lips of Evan. He thought, "It is hard but I have to try it. Let's hope it will be success." Evan closed his eyes and concentrated hard. He drew his all concentration towards his soul.He separated a strand of his soul.
He pushed this strand of his soul towards the wolf who howled recently. He knew it was the leader of the wolfpack.The strand of his soul successfully entered the body of the wolf and then what happened even made Evan to leapt in joy.
Even the ferocious wolves stood there as if they were stupid by looking at their leader. They saw their almighty leader wagging his tail, Infront of such a small kid. Although they were wolves,their jaw still dropped, by the sight infront of them.
Evan felt satisfied. It was one of his unique ability. Before this incident, he knew only the theory behind this technique. But this result was enough for him to feel satisfied. He could tame and train all types of magical beasts whenever he needed. Although all devils were proficient in knowledge of the soul, they still couldn't use their soul like Evan when they were as young as him. Evan had the unique royal devil soul which set apart him from other devils and had a supressing effect on all kinds of magical beasts.
The power to control souls was a special power of owners of Royal devil souls. They did not need to practice for using their souls, it was the inherent power belonged to them.