It surprised the humans as well as the Dark Wolves to who was the user of this Strong Fire which destroyed the Fire bullets.
The humans were angered because that was the last attack, they needed to kill these 4 remaining wolves. They were shocked to see Saito rushing towards them, seated on a large Shadow Lightning Wolf.
No one made a move as they looked in that direction. After some seconds later, Saito who was seated on top of the Shadow Lightning Wolf, he was standing in between the dark wolves and the humans.
He stared at the humans through the corner of his eyes and spoke in a cold voice, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
His cold voice was enough to place a seed of fear deep within their mind. A young man of about the same age as Saito stepped forwards, he gave a curt bow which confused Saito 'What the heck is he doing?'
However, the next words he heard told him everything he needed to know, "Congratulations hero Axel, since you are here safe and sound, it must mean that you were successful in killing the Great Demon King Zoldron."
'Wait wait wait… Successful in killing the Great Demon King my arse. That Hero was fucking killed by that demon. It wasn't even a fight but a straight-up massacre! I can't let the rumor of me successfully killing the great demon king spread since he hasn't been killed.' Saito shook his head and replied back, "No, I was not able to kill the Demon King since it returned back to its territory."
The guy who was bowing his head nodded and said, "That's a pity that the Great Demon King fled back to its territory. Well, I believe you will definitely get another chance to kill that Great Demon King."
Saito was internally thinking 'Another chance, my arse. It's better if I don't meet it ever again. And what's with this guy? He seems like a fanboy. Looks like this hero Axel was really famous.'
However, on the surface, Saito knew he had to keep up the appearances as well. He couldn't give a completely wrong answer but there was no problem in exaggerating a bit.
"It was a close fight against the Great Demon King. It would be unknown if I would be able to win against it. Now enough about me, tell me what are you lot doing here?" He stared at them with his cold eyes, which said that he would butcher them if they gave the wrong answer.
However, the guy who appeared to be the fanboy immediately replied to Saito's question with a devoted look on his face, "We were here to kill the Dark Wolves as our quest suggested. We had no idea that this pack was under Hero Axel's protection."
Saito didn't spare them a glance and said, "Well, it's better that you know now. These are the pack members of my pet. If I see any of you in the area again, I swear you won't even have the time to get on your knees before you are burned to a crisp. SCRAM!"
As he loudly shouted that word, all the humans ran away from there. They didn't think it would be a good idea to further infuriate this hero. It seemed like the hero was angered enough as it was.
A random guy who was already very terrified of Saito whispered to his companions, "We can't hold our own against Hero Axel. We have no hope of winning right now. Let's return back to the guild."
"Hold our own? Are you thinking about attacking Hero Axel?! Take back those words at once!" The fanboy seemed to have been triggered at those words.
The other guy who whispered those words immediately shrank behind that glare, "I-I didn't mean it like that. I-I was just trying to convince others to leave."
"It's Hero Axel's order! Naturally, we have to obey it. We can find another pack of wolves but the punishment of disobeying his orders is not something you lot can endure." The fanboy immediately added.
Saito's ears twitched when he heard that they are going to find another pack of wolves. But Joergen remained silent at that moment. It seemed that he didn't care as long as these humans left his pack alone.
The humans took one last look at Saito and shuddered when they saw him glaring at them. They left the area without any stoppage leaving Saito alone with the dark wolves and Shadow Lightning Wolf.
Saito let out a tired sigh as he thought 'Keeping up that face was hard.'
He got down from Joergen, and said, "Joergen, who are these wolves?" Joergen stared at the dark wolves and replied back, "They are my companions here in this pack."
Joergen went near the 4 wolves and asked them, "Did anyone else survive?" The wolves replied back with a howl.
Saito wasn't able to understand their howl, so he asked Iris 'What did they say, Iris?'
[None other than them survived this master. I have checked the area around as well. There is no life force other than yours and these wolves.]
Saito nodded his head 'Alright. Then be prepared to give them a source of magic as well. And my main pet will be Joergen.'
[Very well, master! Since I have done it once, the time it will take will be very short. You just need to touch their head.]
Saito nodded his head and said to Joergen, "Joergen, stand back a little. I will give them a source of magic as well. I would like them to be strong and work under me as well. What do you say?"
"That would be an honor, master. Let me talk to them, master." Saito nodded his head and after a couple of howls, he saw how those dark wolves were looking at him with an excited face.
Joergen stared right back at Saito and said, "I have finished talking to them master. They all agree to be under you."
Saito stared at the other wolves and nodded his head, "Alright then, let's start!" He placed his hand on each one of them, and in front of his eyes, a similar sight occurred as it happened with Joergen.
Though they all seemed much stronger than before, Saito could feel some difference between them and Joergen. It seems like Joergen was pretty strong even among the pack.
'Looks like I picked a good one.' Saito saw Joergen giving a strange glance to one of the wolves. He thought 'Hmm? Is that wolf somewhat special compared to others?'
[There are two female wolves among these 4 newly evolved Shadow Lightning Wolves. One of them appears to have romantic relations with Joergen.]
Saito didn't know what to feel regarding that. Should he be happy that Joergen had a lover or sad that he was actually jealous of his own wolf?
Joergen stared at Saito and asked, "What should we do, master? Give us your order."
Saito was in some thought for a bit of time before he gave them orders, "All of you except Joergen, go and find some berries or anything eatable. Don't taste them. They could be poisonous. Just bring them here."
"While Joergen, come with me. You must know where the water is around here, right? Lead me to the water source." After everyone was assigned with a task of their own, they split in different directions in order to accomplish it.
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Joergen was standing next to Saito as he got down on the ground. Saito stared at the clear water in front of his eyes and thought 'Analyze the water. Check if its drinkable.'
[The water is very clean and pure. It also seems to contain a rich amount of magic; this would be very useful for master to drink.]
Saito nodded his head and started to drink the water from the river.
'Woah! That's sweet! So magic water is sweet? Damn, I wanna drink more of it now.'
The taste of this water was an unexpected reward for Saito. Saito had always thought that good things were bitter but it seemed that this phrase wasn't as accurate in another world.
Good thing it wasn't accurate. He wouldn't want to drink some bitter water every day.
The current of the river was weak, he could easily move in that weak current. Saito was in bliss right now 'Looks like I can stay here for a couple of days without any particular problems.'
After returning back to where he came from, he saw the wolves had gathered quite a number of items as food. He analyzed all of them with Iris and regretfully, he had to throw out about half of the food because it was poisonous to humans.
The wolves carried those berries or fruits because their bodies could digest that poison. Actually, Saito's body could also digest that poison, but it tasted bitter when he took a bite of one of them.
'Fuck. Poison is actually bitter like it's meant to be.'
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