Everyone was enjoying the event and came out in droves with an enthusiastic atmosphere. Amazed chuckles and excited gasps filled the room, confusing Aileen and Guinevere.
"Is the event over?" Aileen glanced in all directions to find someone―the man who had asked her to dance. The problem was that hundreds of people left the hall simultaneously. Meanwhile, Aileen and Guin were caught in the middle, carried by the crowd, and arrived at an open field.
"I think there will be a match," guessed Guin when she heard cheers from the youths from the wolf clan. The sound of several wolves howling confirmed her guess.
"How do you know?"
"I just guessed it. We will know after hearing the announcement."
Right after Guin finished her words, someone from the Fae kingdom flew and appeared in the open field. "As Sir Bowyer said. The Moon Pack has been without a leader for a long time, while Alpha Jerome is an Alpha without a pack. The Moon pack belonged to the Whitebridge pack, and offering the Alpha position to Alpha Lyodreck's eldest son was natural.
However, it wouldn't be a party if we didn't present a show of strength from our new Alpha. Am I right?" The Fae's question was met with enthusiastic cheers from hundreds of people, blaring for dozens of miles. "In addition, we will hold an official appointment ritual by allowing the strongest member and leader of the Moon Pack to challenge their Alpha candidate!"
The announcement from the Fae made Guin frown and take a stance as if she was about to run away. Just hearing the sound of this wolf howling made her break out in a cold sweat, remembering that the same sound had eradicated her clan when she was still small.
If Guin had to see two people turn into wolves in front of her, she wouldn't be able to handle it. Even though sweat had soaked almost her entire body, she forced herself to stay. She wanted to confirm that this new Alpha―Lionel's long-lost brother was indeed a werewolf.
Cheers continued to echo around the two people who were now walking towards the middle of the crowd. Most of them cheered for the burly man with muscles in his arms and legs, while the rest cheered for the thin man with pale skin but hazel eyes that could melt girls' hearts.
Hearing this cheering sound made Guin's head dizzy, and all her muscles felt itchy, wanting to use her magic to suppress this sound with soundproof magic. She could feel her heart throbbing in her ears and hoped that time would pass quickly so that all this would end soon.
Without anyone realizing Guin's plight, Jerome and Cam, the strongest member of the Moon Pack, had arrived in the middle of the empty area, preparing to start the match.
Jerome glanced at his brother with a look as if asking, 'Do I have to do this?' His annoying brother just gave him a grin as if nothing in the world could stop this show-off battle.
"Because Alpha Jerome has magic powers, there is a special prohibition for the Alpha. He must not use magic and compete to win this match in wolf form. Are there any questions?"
The referee Fae cast another spell, creating an array dome that surrounded the scope of the two werewolves' fight―useful to prevent accidents from happening to the spectators. "If there are no questions, you may start now."
As soon as the referee announced his remark, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet, but it wasn't silent because Cam stamped his foot and spoke in a thundering voice. "Alpha Jerome, it is an honor to combat with you."
Jerome exhaled in resignation and took one step forward, saying, "Me too. I rarely fight using my wolf form. Please guide me."
Cam responded by transforming into a human-tall wolf form. Cam's transformation lasted ten seconds before appearing as a perfect wolf with sun-like fur.
Not long after, Jerome also changed form, and his change, which only took a split second astonished everyone, including Guin and Aileen. Even the Alpha King needed at least two to three seconds to change the form, but this mysterious brother could do it in less than one second!
Cam felt bitter, not expecting the Alpha candidate who would lead the Moon pack to be able to change form in such a short time. The shorter the transformation change of a werewolf, the greater the power he has.
So far, no one has been able to compete with Lionel's transformation speed, and no one will be able to beat Lionel's speed record. But tonight, Alpha Jerome proved all their beliefs wrong.
Instead of feeling intimidated by the power of his future Alpha, he howled with enthusiasm, feeling impatient to be under the leadership of the new Alpha. As expected, only Alpha Jerome was worthy of being the Alpha Moon Pack―a pack with twice the agility and strength of the other packs.
The black wolf Jerome only stood still―it didn't even howl and just watched its opponent's movements indifferently and uninterestedly as if it were dealing with a cub.
Cam couldn't face Jerome, who remained silent and didn't react like a statue. This was like the calm before the storm, making him sweat even more because he didn't know what deadly attack he would face. Deciding to attack first, Cam jumped on his two hind legs and took off quickly to attack Jerome.
Everyone who saw the sun-like wolf moved quickly to attack, holding their breath as they waited for Jerome's reaction. Strangely, Jerome still didn't move from his position as if he were an inanimate target for a vicious wolf's deadly attack.
Just when everyone thought Jerome would suffer severe injuries and be unable to fight, something astonishing happened that made their eyes bulge and their jaws open wide.
The mighty and dauntless sun-like wolf attacked Jerome in one second and laid down while groaning in pain for some reason in another second. On the other hand, the black wolf stood with its head held high like a guard dog, fearless in facing anyone who intended to enter its territory.
"This… isn't this Alpha's authority? This must be the power of Alpha's authority!" One of the guest's exclamation was followed by cheers twice as enthusiastic as before.
Each Alpha had the power of Alpha authority―controlling members of their pack with just a glance or through mind-linking. However, an Alpha could only control his pack and not others. Only Alpha King could control all packs, including the Alphas.
The fact that Jerome was able to control Cam―a member of the Moon pack who had not officially made Jerome the Alpha of this pack ... proved that Jerome also had the ability as an Alpha King.