Inside the broken-down café, the room was quiet, as everyone was mulling over their own thoughts. Emily was drinking water, her thoughts going back to what she learned from Phil, things she had missed because, well.. she had been out of her mind.
She learned more about werewolves, useful information she also overlooked because she was now too powerful. And she assumed there weren't many things that could threaten her life, despite how unusually cautious she was.
But it seems she had underestimated the red moon's children. If half the things Phil told her about the werewolves were true, then even as strong as she is she might meet her match. And possibly die.
Of course it wasn't dying that scared her, she would actually welcome death. No, the scary part was the thought of dying under the watchful gaze of the red moon. It made her sick to her stomach and unwilling. She had to destroy the moon, whatever it took.
She closed the lid on the water bottle, and placed it back in her backpack. And patiently waited for Fenrir to come back, while she tested the uses of her Concept, in small doses.
But it was proving to be difficult, because she didn't even know what was a Concept was to begin with. The system had told her the name of her Concept and what it can do, but no more information about what a Concept is and how to use it.
She sighed, as she started to get a little impatient about what was taking Fenrir this long. When she was about to get up from her seat. The person in question finally showed herself.
She got up, and a flicker of surprise flashed through her eyes at the sight of what Fenrir had brought with her.
"That's it—that's the silver-eyed, but... what's that?" She heard Jenny gasp behind her.
Phil went past her, and was about to touch the silver-eyed, but stopped himself, when Fenrir gave him a menacing look.
Emily didn't care about the silver-Eyed, mostly because it was no different from any other werewolf, she has seen in terms of build, height, and pelt colour, dull grey.
All different coloured eyed werewolves were the same in that front, the difference was the uniqueness they had. For example the red-eyed was more physically stronger, the brown-eyed was more cunning and had leadership qualities.
And there's the silver-eyed which is cunning, a coward and a lone wolf. And also has a moon-heart, which gives it the ability to hide it's scent from other werewolves.
That's why Emily had assumed the only threat she should be more alert with, was the one that involved humans, especially being as different as she was. But after Phil told her that the coloured eyed werewolves were the lowest in the Wolf family despite there being many of them. She knew she should start being even more cautious, but not now.
Now she was more interested in another body Fenrir had dragged along with her, a very peculiar looking copy, that looked exactly like her Companion. Emily stepped forward, not cautious because with the bond with Fenrir, she knew who was who.
The copy was unconscious, so she turned to Fenrir instead to explain.
"Master I found this, it's a werewolf. Different from other wolves, it has a silver fur, but extremely weak. But it can change, and when it changes it can copy everything, even clothes and strength, but not lightning."
Fenrir stopped there, and gave Emily the most innocent smile. And Emily couldn't help but return it with hers. From the translated version of what Fenrir just told her, Emily realised there might be a werewolves capable of turning into humans, without her having had a hand in it.
Emily turned to Phil, and asked, "have you ever come across this type of werewolf before?"
Phil unconsciously shook his head, his eyes not moving away from the silver-eyed werewolf, "I didn't even know there was a silver fur werewolf to begin with, let alone one that can shape shift Into human form.
I only know those with black fur, which no one messes with them, since they are capable of destroying a settlement alone, without no need for a pack."
Emily didn't comment, and just looked at the copy. Phil had explained earlier that there was more to the red moon's plans than simple destruction. Since there exist countless werewolf that have the capability of immense destruction.
But Emily attributed to their hesitation to destroy settlements having something to do with humans with the capability to stop them. But she did think there was more to it, and people like Phil were just sheep who didn't know how the world now operates.
But Emily wasn't sheep, she intended to find out how it all works. And how she could benefit from it were she to ever be motivated to do something about it.
'But now it's time to enjoy some little freedom, before it all comes crushing down,' Emily thought, whilst she used her appraisal on the silver-eyed werewolf.
[Wolf Family: The Silver Eyed
Grade: Normal
Name: –
Bloodline: Moon-Heart
Ability: Unscented
Status: Crimson-Cursed
Stats:}
Raw Strength: 5, 000 Ib
Pure Speed: 500 mph (at least two times faster than a Peregrine Falcon, not very fast)
Nerve Reaction: 2, 000 microseconds
Lunar Storage: 1.0424 cubic feet (not bad)]
'What is it with this unnecessary system commentary?' Emily grumbly thought. Then she moved her attention on the copy. And appraised it.
[Wolf Family: The Silver Fur
Grade: Rare (Evolved From Normal Grade)
Name: –
Bloodline: Shape-Shifter
Ability: --- (Used To Be Blood-Shift)
Concept (Rare Awakening) - I Become It - It's an enhanced state of Shape Shifting through touch. With this Concept, fatal wounds make it possible to heal instantly when the user shape shifts, basically making the user an immortal. But it goes further than that, the user is able to use any of the strengths of the lifeform they can change into, but it's not limited to living organisms, but even inanimate objects. But the Concept still has many limitations.
Status: Crimson-Cursed
Stats:}
Raw Strength: 970 Ib (Truly Weak)
Pure Speed: 200 mph (This is an embarrassment)
Nerve Reaction: 30 milliseconds (That's the average nerve reaction of a stage 1 human, truly an embarrassment)
Lunar Storage: 0.0012 cubic feet (That's it, it's official now, the only great thing about your existence is your bloodline and Concept)]
Emily raised an eyebrow, as Fenrir came to stand beside her. She noted blood from her hand, and immediately came to a sound conclusion on how the shape-shifter came to look exactly like Fenrir.
She head patted Fenrir, whilst deciding whether to turn this shape-shifter into her second Companion, and most likely awaken another Concept or simply extract the shape-shifter's Concept for herself?