Eren wondered why the language he was learning didn't have a classic name like "Wolf Language and Literature" or "Animal Language". Yet he had nowhere to ask his question.
He took a deep breath. Seconds later he was feeling better after the pain in his head went away.
[Congratulations! By learning Beastin you unlocked one of the evolution conditions of "Basic Language Skill".]
Before Eren could be glad that he had accidentally learned a language that seemed very valuable, he saw a different message in his head.
He was confused between his options of looking at the wolves below and answering the question in his head. However, he decided to improve his skill first. There was no admin to complain to if he lost the chance to improve the skill later.
[Basic Language Skill (First Evolution League Skill) - Level 1
: Develops basic language learning and teaching skills. It provides the person with the ability to communicate fluently in other languages besides his native one. Mastery may increase when foreign languages are used more often.]
[Do you want to evolve the skill?]
"Yes."
[Congratulations. 'Basic Language Skill (First Evolution League Skill) evolved into > 'Basic Language Learning Skill (Third Evolution League Skill)]
Eren felt something inside his body being squeezed and forced, then growing a little. It was as if something from the outside had forcibly developed a deeper part of him.
"It has become a skill from the third evolution league. Where will this skill be used?"
Eren still couldn't let go of learning the creature's language Beastin. It was nice to develop a skill, but the important thing was to get out of the situation he was in.
Also, what is Beastin?
[A High Language gifted by the first beast to her children at the beginning of time...]
This time, Eren heard his own voice in his head, not the robotic voice. It was as if he somehow knew the answer, and his own voice had answered the question he had asked.
Eren looked at the explanation part of the developing skill with curiosity.
[Basic Language Learning Skill (Third Evolution League Skill):
It makes the user more prone to all languages. It increases language and communication skills. It gives advantages such as finding answers by reasoning, a better understanding of people who speak different languages, and analytical skills.
It provides clues about language and origins.
Side effects:
1. The user cannot have a default native language.
2. The higher the number of languages learned, the greater the likelihood of confusion, headaches, and incorrect interlingual sentences. ]
"So this empowering skill isn't just for learning new languages. It also has some clues. So why is there a side-effect on a skill that should give me benefits? It's interesting."
He was realizing for the first time that the skills learned in this Universe could have nasty side effects. Emily hadn't said anything about it. Maybe the young hunter didn't even know this yet.
Eren turned his head down and started to watch the two wolves.
Even without this new skill, now that he had learned what was called the Beastin, he could tell what they wanted from the snarling creatures.
"This is awesome!"
The purring or growling of the wolves among themselves meant many things. These wolves were low-level and not very intelligent. But their intelligence was at the level of 1 - 1.5 year old children.
"Hurrr…(Hey when do you think it goes down?)"
"Hmm…(I don't know)"
In fact, wolves spoke not with words, but by conveying what they felt. But it was such a blessing that Eren understood them, as if they were talking like humans. Although wolves' voices were normally just like wheezes, Eren realized in his head that their voices had automatically changed to human voices.
Even their voices were different from each other, like those of people with different tones.
The wolf chasing Eren all the way here was like a small and feeble-voiced child. His friend of similar age next to him was the quieter type who didn't like to talk.
And Eren realized to his amazement that they were both two cubs that had just been separated from the wolf pack.
These are kids!
That's when he started to believe again that he might have a chance to get out of here.
Eren went down a few branches, struggling a bit with great excitement. There was even a moment when he would fall down because his foot slipped. But as a result of all his effort, he managed to sit on a branch closer to the wolves.
The two sister wolves were excited by his movements. They began to think that he would eventually come down.
"Ehem-ehem." Eren cleared his throat and waved at the wolves.
"How's it going?"
With Eren's speech, the two wolves froze. Besides, they were surprised to understand what he was saying because a grunt similar to their speech was coming out of Eren's mouth.
The two cubs didn't even know they could communicate with an elf. They hadn't learned such a thing since they were born in the Pack.
Eren smiled shamelessly and continued speaking using the Beastin Tongue.
"Why are you after me? There are a lot of rabbits in the forest. Can't you just hunt and eat them?"
This time, the talkative high-pitched wolf howled toward Eren.
"Hurrrr(We're not after you because we're hungry. We were told that all elves must be killed in the pack. When our mother gives orders, we follow orders!)"
Eren shook his head. But then he remembered that wolves would not understand the body language used by humans on Earth.
That's why he howled with his mouth, stating that he understood. Then he realized an important matter on which he could deceive these little puppies.
"Well, do you think I'm an elf?"
This time, the wolves looked at Eren and then at each other.
"Hirrr. (What are you?)"
Eren sighed innocently. "I am a monster too. I am a creature that is rarely seen around here. I am a dwarf."
The wolf children instantly pricked their ears, and the quieter wolf thought for a moment and growled.
"Hrrrrr….(I've never heard of dwarves. What kind of creatures are you)?"
Eren landed on a branch below and stood at a distance of three meters from the wolves. "Unlike you, we don't harm other living things. Our sole purpose is to live in caves. But I lost my family and everyone. That's why I have to live here with the elves. Although I am a monster just like you."
Eren and the wolves talked for a long time. And at the end of the conversation, the problem was solved. The tragic story of Eren (he made up) and his ability to communicate with the wolves like a monster worked well.
Eren was sure that other adult wolves wouldn't communicate with him that way, and that they had an instinct to kill anything on two legs. But these two cubs were still very young and had been separated from the pack too soon.
It was said that the pack had grown enormously, and every day new wolves like these two were being kicked out because they were old enough to hunt on their own.
"Can I come down?"
The wolves did not give him any trouble. As Eren came downstairs, they came and sniffed him. Then the three of them sat on the floor and talked some more. Eren deliberately didn't use the word "human". He thought that although humans were a race not found in this region, if there were "humans" at a distance, their names would be known in the pack.
If he had indeed referred to himself as human, the wolves would not have acted so amiably. Even the wolves would do anything to kill Eren despite their weak bodies.
Because the one and only time they talked to their mothers in the pack, she taught them wolves' worst enemies were the race called "human".
But these puppies were only a few months old. They didn't know what real hostility was or what humans looked like.
Half an hour later, Eren returned to the Elven village, where dozens of Elves were looking for him at the edge of the forest.
His eyes teared up when he saw that so many people were so worried about him.
But the real trouble came later.
For an hour before he arrived, Emily would come out from a different part of the forest every few minutes to ask if Eren had returned. When she was doing the same thing again, Emily saw Eren from afar and ran to them at a terrific speed. Within seconds, she was in front of him, with her arms in the air.
"Is she going to slap me? Or is it just a classic punch in my face?"