Chapter 28
On the way to eliminate the goblin lord, Grey and Randin encountered a very fast level 2 beast known as the Jaguar and they were seen struggling a lot.
In order to not waste time, Grey trapped the beast's movement using the Earth trap causing the beast to not be able to run fast like it used to.
And he was about to use one of his fire spell on the beast when something happened.
"Fire bullet!" Immediately, a thin fire shot out of his hand towards the beast's head.
But then, Grey heard a sizzling sound coming from behind him. And turning his head around just in time, he was able to avoid what seemed to be like a lazer beam heading for his head earlier.
Because of his timely movement, the lazer beam just grazed his hair therefore cutting it a little and then it crashed into the beast's eyes therefore killing it in one shot.
Then he heard a voice ringing all around them.
"Well well well, if it isn't a mage." The voice said.
And Grey along with Randin were both on guard as they looked around for where the voice was coming from. Although the Jaguar was a level 2 beast, it was still tough to fight and a laser beam took it out.
"Who is there?" Grey asked as he looked around cautiously.
"Over here!" The voice spoke again and Grey looked around until his eyes landed on a small looking wolf that was the size of a small puppy back in those days which had a horn on its head and the colour of its fur was bright red.
"Huh?" Grey said, confused.
"What is a mage like you doing on a dwarf planet?"
"Hold on a sec, you are a beast, and you are able to communicate?" Grey asked out loud in confusion.
"Do I look like a beast to you?" The wolf asked.
'Hold on, that's not right. Its jaws aren't moving but I can hear its words loud and clear. No! I think it's speaking to my mind.' Grey thought as his fingers were still burning.
"If you aren't a beast, then what are you?" Grey asked.
"Are you crazy Grey?" Randin asked. "Why are you talking to the beast like it's a human?"
"Huh? Can't you hear its words?" Grey asked.
"I heard a voice before, but I don't hear anything now." Randin said.
'That means the beast is only communicating with me. But why?' He thought.
"I told you I'm not a beast, stop referring to me as one!" The wolf shouted.
'It can hear my thoughts, but how? This bea… this thing is dangerous.' He thought worriedly.
"What are you?" Grey asked again.
"Me?" The wolf asked as it pointed its small paw at itself. "I'm something called a magical beast."
"Then aren't you a beast?" Grey asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm different from those low level intelligent animals so stop comparing me to them." The wolf said.
"Then why are you talking to me? And how do you know what I am?" Grey asked.
"Enough with the questions already, all you need to know is that I was attracted to your mana that's brimming through your body and that's why I kept running around you to judge if it's truly you that's emitting the mana.
And I was right, it was you. But what I don't understand is why you are so weak." The wolf wondered.
'So it was the thing that kept running around my feet making me freak out. And who the hell is it calling weak?' Grey thought as he tensed his fists in anger.
"What happened Grey? What is it saying?" Randin asked as he could see Grey and the wolf standing around conversing.
He could see Grey's mouth moving but nothing was coming out while the wolf just stood there and Randin wasn't sure if he was imagining things but at times, it felt like it was smirking at times.
"Who are you calling weak? I'm sure I can easily deal with you." Grey claimed.
The wolf snarled and then chuckled like a human. "What an arrogant mage! Alright, do you want to put your words to the test?"
"You're just a small little wolf with laser powers, I can probably handle that." Grey said as his whole left arm erupted in flames.
"You shouldn't be so sure about your answers like that, you don't know what might happen." The wolf said as it slowly grew in size from the small puppy-like size it was to a full grown wolf that was as big as a small house.
"What the hell!!!!" Grey yelped loudly as he slowly backed away looking at the enormous size of the wolf while Randin's sword was drawn.
"Now what were you saying?" The wolf asked as its eyes were now glowing bright red.
"Look out!" Grey shouted as he quickly used a quick burst of wind magic to push him and Randin away just in time as a lazer beam smashed into where they stood earlier, burning a hole in it.
"You have a quick reflex." The wolf said. "I need to test your abilities more, so how about telling your friend to stand down or else I will kill him.
"Randin, kindly stand down for now, I got this." Grey said.
"No way, you have saved my life twice now, I won't let you die here." Randin said as he bolted towards the beast and then dipped his hand into his pants and pulled out a dagger throwing it at the beast.
Seeing the dagger, the beast just shot out a laser from his horn that hit the dagger out of the air but it was too late as Randin was already in front of the wolf swinging his sword out at the wolf.
"Silly dwarves!" The wolf said as in a flash, it wasn't in front of Randin again, it was now behind him as it whacked Randin with its paw, sending him tumbling into the trees in front of him.
"Huh?" The wolf said as it heard a sharp sound heading for its head.
It quickly turned around and pivoted away avoiding whatever was coming at it. But when it tried to move, its legs were suddenly stuck in place.
Looking down, the wolf could see that its legs had been stuck with rocks. Quickly, it shot out two laser beams at the rocks, burning it totally and looking up, two fireballs were seen heading its way.
'Impressive, this mage has more than one ability and he is good with it. I like it, I need to push him more to see if he is capable.' The wolf thought.
"Time to match power with power!" The wolf spoke loudly into Grey's mind as it opened its jaws widely and out for it, two huge fireballs shot out towards the fireballs heading for it.