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Chapter 24 - Bond

Katara is running faster in the middle of the forest while the wolves are chasing her down, she jumps when she sees a rock. The grass touches her clothes, the sounds of dry leaves in the ground echoes as she runs. She saw a branch of a three on her way, she bent her waist to avoid being hit and continued. As she mouthed the white wolf immediately aggressively attacked her, she was now separated with Desmond. But she's not in critical continuation or whatsoever, she's not running to the Forest because she was chased but because of some reason.

She looked around, she still saw a water drip recorder.

"Awooooooo!" She heard the white wolf howl, and use it's eyes the wolf told her the next way she need to take. She turn around, and then it didn't take long when suddenly she step something and then boom she's out of the surface of the forest. She fall into a hole in the ground, she didn't expect that but she thinks it's a perfect spot to be vanish.

She landed on the ground, she looked around in the cave and saw several wolves who's lying on the ground. They look so thin, and so weak. Because of her sudden appearance the other wolves get alerted and growl at her. They already prepared to attack her, but then she heard a thundered howl in her back.

The other wolves instantly become tame, and low down their heads. She puts her eyes on the white wolf, and slowly she transforms into a woman with white hair that covers the private part of her body.

"Who are you?" The white wolf asks, she takes a deep breath. Wow, she's stunning, she just witnessed a wolf transforming into a freaking human being! Her eyes were shining silver, but it was full of hatred and sorrow.

"I'm Ave."

"No, I'm asking who you really are." They look in the eye and for minutes Katara went silent and didn't respond.

"I am Katara." She finally spoke.

"I am Fina, from the territory of wolverians." She answered, and Katara looked around again.

"Then why are you here?" She ask, she can feel that they're real wolves and not just a part of this game. She can feel that this woman is desperately asking for help, if not then she wouldn't take a risk sending her to their hideout.

"We are being sold and we need your help. Help us to get out of here, and we will help you to find the dragon egg you were looking for." Katara raises her eyebrows.

"Wolves are cunning, they can bite someone's neck without any hesitation. How could I trust you?" Katara asks with a cold tune of her voice.

"We can't offer anything aside from the location of the Dragon egg, if you want we can seal the deal with our blood." She heard the other wolves gasp, they howled as if they were against the white wolf words.

"What is that?" She asked.

"It's our thousand year tradition, if we seal a deal using blood it would be lifetime. As long as I am breathing you will have my service, and promise will never betray you and vice versa." Katara get confused, what? They're just making a deal, it doesn't need to be that far. But it's also her advantage, she can't decline it. When their eyes met earlier she knew what this wolf was up to.

"Then let me hear your story..." Katara said, and then took a seat to rock inside the cave.

"There are some humans hunting us wolves to bid in black market, and all of us capture from different packs. Your empire has brought us a high value, and next thing I wake up we are already here in this place where also some beast being place that was also bought from the black market."

Black Market huh?

Katara is kindly familiar with this black market, this is not a simple information in this world she wonders if it's the same concept to her previous life black market.

"What kind of black market is this?" She asked.

"It's an organization where anyone can sell such things that could be at a high price, it could have information, weapons, and etc." She nodded, it seems like it has the same concept. Even in this world, those kinds of organizations exist.

"We are here to act our role, so that we could have something to eat."

"And that's role is to kill us?" Katara assumed, the white wolf nodded. So every beast here has a one role and to kill every person who enters this door.

"I see..." She said, but the question is how could she help them? It's not that she has a pocket to carry them all.

"We can also seal a bond, if You're worrying how to help us. Using bond, you can summon us everywhere and we will be there." She looked at her.

"Wait? Is that true?" She said she heard the other wolves growl and one of them transformed into a human being.

"Luna, you don't have to do this, we can't bond with humans. They're the one who put us here." He said, the bond for wolves is stronger and thick. Once they bond with others, as a friend or lover they will never betray.

"Awooooooooo!" The other wolves howl like they're agree with their fellow wolves. The white wolf transforms into a wolf again and she heard her growls that was more power than any of them. It thundered to the whole cave, and the wolves around silence.

One by one they get out from the cave except to who's weaken, now the cave is totally silent.

"I apologize for that Ms. Katara." She said, still in wolf form, she shook her head. She understood though, it's not an easy decision but it seems like she's desperate. Desperate people are the ones who are willing to risk everything to do what they need or want.

Katara thought for a minute, this is not a bad idea at all. She examines what they say while the wolf talks, and she's telling the truth.

"Then let's seal the deal." She said without wasting any time.

"Then you must survive in this game to be able to summon us, can you really do that?" They looked into each other's eyes, they were like looking into each other's soul.

"Actually I'm not that powerful, I'm ordinary. But I can guarantee you, I don't have any plans of dying."

"Then let's seal the deal."

Just like what Katara said, Desmond continues to look for the dragon egg. Before they got separated Katara said to don't mind her.

"Don't worry about me, I'll find my own way. Let's separate to find the dragon egg, it's fine in this way. Let's meet at the dragon's egg, after an hour. The first one who'll be there can ask any requests from each other, good luck!" she shouted and wink at him, he didn't have any choice but to follow what she said. All he needs right now is trust her strength, she knows how to fight so he's confident that she can defend herself in any danger.

Desmond defeated all of the beast coming into his way, all of them lost their consciousness or worse their lives.

He was being watched by everyone in the Arena, everyone was amazed by his strength. But Deimos is wondering where the hell Katara is.

"Your highness, we need to go." His right hand reminds him. He had a scheduled date with the selected nobles, he stood up from his seat. Inside, he wants to stay to watch more.

Katara and the white wolf immediately started to seal the deal and the bond, Katara can't vanish in the ground for a long time. And she needs to find the egg dragon for them to rise to the next level.

Using her index finger nail, Fina wounded her own palm so as Katara using the sword that was lended by the crown prince. She felt the pain as the sword digg her skin, but it was bearable. It's not that bad to be shot by a bullet, so it's not a problem. The blood came out from their hand, it dripped to the ground.

Fina opens her palm that's covered with her own blood and raises it, and Katara places her hand on fina's hand. They put each other's palm together, the blood from each of them combined.

Fina began to enchant their traditional seal incantation, she said it is an old language but for some reason Katara understands it. Maybe because she's involved.

"Using our blood, we shall seal the deal. And using our bond, we will be connected to this lifeline. Wherever you are, you shall call my name and I'll be there." After Fina said those words, Katara felt something. She felt a strong connection with her, the blood from their hand slowly disappearing. The wound gradually healed on its own, for the next thing Katara was startled when Fina was on her knees and bowing her head.

"At your service, m'lady..." She looked around, and she saw the other wolves also bow their heads to her and give her respect.

What the hell did this happen?

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