Chapter 30
"I want to become your companion, I want to attach myself to you."
"What do you mean?" Grey asked.
That was when the wolf sighed and slowly walked towards Grey while also shrinking down in size into its small puppy-like size of earlier. And it stood directly beneath Grey's feet.
"How are you a mage and you don't understand what I meant? I thought from our fight, you would have understood what I am." The wolf said.
"Well, there you have it, I don't understand. So explain yourself." Grey retorted back.
The wolf just sighed and began speaking. "Well, I am something known as a familiar, not a beast. We are attracted to you mages that was how I knew you were a mage.
And we don't just attach ourselves to any mage, we find those that are strong enough for us and that can match us in power that was why I resorted to fighting you earlier to gauge how strong you are.
From our fight, I'm guessing you are at least a 3 star or higher mage." The wolf said and Grey nervously scratched his head which the wolf didn't notice at all.
"But what are you doing on my planet? Shouldn't you be in the human world?" Randin questioned.
"Wait, you can hear it too?" Grey asked.
"Of course, I think it wanted me to hear what is being said too for some reason." Randin shrugged.
"For your question, it is a long tale. But I will shorten it for your understanding so you can trust me. I was attached to a mage before but during a disastrous battle with some people known as the otherworlders, he died and I found myself roaming around here." The wolf said.
'Otherworlders? Who are these people and how strong can they be? And why do I hear their name everywhere I go?' Grey thought worriedly.
"Do you know who the otherworlders were?" Grey asked.
"No idea. They always wore a mask but one thing Is certain, you don't want to mess with them. I don't know how strong the human world is now, but i can guarantee you, they might not last long." The wolf said.
"Then I just have to get stronger quickly." Grey mumbled.
"So what do you say to my request?" The wolf asked.
'Its request is quite reasonable ana it's strength will be gladly appreciated considering our task.' He thought.
"Fine, I accept. How do we proceed?" Grey asked.
"Just cut your thumb and place the blood on my forehead." The wolf instructed and Grey got to work.
Immediately he was done, a white light enveloped the wolf and it suddenly disappeared then it turned into a black mist heading towards Grey.
Knowing the mist wouldn't hurt him, Grey stayed still and the mist went to his palm and disappeared. Looking at his palm, he could see a black symbol that almost resembled a fireball.
After that, Grey was now undergoing a notable change as in front of Randin, his hair color was changing from brown to red with streaks of brown at the tip.
"What the hell!" Randin shouted.
"What? What is it?" Grey asked.
"Your… your…your hair has changed!" Randin said.
"Changed? How?" Grey said as he hurriedly touched his hair and then taking his sword, he looked at his reflection on it.
"What the f*ck! Why is my hair red?" Grey shouted out loud.
"A side effect of fusing with me." The wolf spoke inside Grey's head.
"Is that it? So the process is done?" Grey wondered.
"Yes it is done you doofus!" The wolf shouted again.
Recognizing the annoying voice, Grey didn't say anything back as he knew the voice belonged to the wolf.
"Hold on a sec!" The wolf suddenly shouted as a black mist moved out of Grey's palm and then formed the wolf again in its small size.
"You…you… you are a 2 star mage?!" The wolf asked.
Grey nervously scratched his head as he was afraid of a fight because his mana hadn't fully restored and he was afraid of a confrontation.
"Yes, so?" Grey asked.
"I can't believe it! Me? The great Noir the wolf got subdued by a 2 star mage? Me?!" Noir shouted out loud.
"Noir? Is that your name?" Grey asked.
"No! It's yours you puny human mage! Of course Noir is my name you dingus!" Noir said.
"You are a pretty annoyingly rude pet." Grey said.
"Me? A pet? How dare you!" Noir shouted as his horn started glowing red then it dimmed back down.
"You are lucky that we familiars aren't able to attack our owners until we are stronger than them. In this case, I know I'm stronger than you but over the years, I have lost some of my powers and I'm weakened." Noir said.
'Lost some of its powers? How strong is this familiar? I hate to face it when it has regained all its powers. One more reason to get stronger fast so I don't die at the hands of a mere familiar.' Grey sighed.
"Before I go, just so you know I won't come out on your whims, if you are in trouble and can't get out, then you are on your own. I rather roam around than stay with a weak mage." Noir said and then it disappeared.
'Well, there goes my plan of asking it's help to take down the goblin lord.' Grey sighed.
"Grey, are you alright?" Randin asked.
"Yeah sure. Let's find somewhere to rest for now before we continue forward. Someone annoying made me use up all my mana." Grey said and Noir scoffed in his mind.
"It's your fault for being weak and not able to contend with me without going all out." Noir said.
"Why didn't I get a nice pet?" Grey wondered out loud.
"Probably because your weak ass aren't strong enough to get one yourself. You are lucky you have me instead of those weaklings. So stop whining and just go and rest!" Noir retorted back.
With a sigh, Grey and Randin looked for a safe small cave so they could rest up for the night before they would continue their journey the next day.
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