Beast Evolution

"Wait, did she just encourage me, hmm I thought she was a bad person, turns out she's kind of good" Ray smiled and headed towards his own tent.

Ray was careful not to wake the others up, he kept his weapon and shut his eyes and eventually went back to sleep. 𝙛𝑟𝑒e𝘸𝑒𝗯𝘯𝗼𝘃el.𝒄𝒐m

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Sounds of metal bashing made Ray eyes to shoot open, he yawn weakly as light pierced his eyes, apparently someone had woken up and opened the tent.

Ray noticed that he was the only one still asleep inside the tent, he quickly rushed outside as he heard voices.

"We're leaving, pull down the tents and get ready" Authur who was the head knight spoke loudly.

"Hey sleepy head" Lily said as she say Ray still yawning.

"I was awake last night that why" Ray replied.

"Awake doing what?"

Ray looked at the silver hair girl before replying "I was training".

"Yeah, you need it your sword skills are terrible" Jack said making the silver hair girl to let out a slight chuckle, the two girls quickly looked at her.

Earlier the girls tried talking to her but she answered their questions with a word or two making both Arya and Lily to get angry and nicknamed her ice queen.

"Maybe we should have another duel" Ray said.

"Let's pack up the tent, all you guys ever think about is duel" Arya said and went inside to pack the sheets.

The journey continued and for another twenty minutes the carriage was silent, it seems like no one had a goodnight sleep.

The carriage stopped again but this time it was opened from the outside.

"What's wrong?" a boy asked.

"I don't know, I was told to tell everyone to get down, maybe we have arrived, there is a village over there" the boy said pointing at the direction of the village.

The students exited the carriage and went to meet the knights in front, people were gathered where the knights were.

"Help us please" one of the men there cried.

"What's wrong?" Lily asked on of the girl that was there before them.

"Their village is being attacked by wolves" the girl replied.

"Wolves, it's morning why would wolves just attack a whole village!!" Arya said surprised.

"Don't worry, we are going there" Authur said.

As all the students gathered around, the three male knights told the students the situation and all of them carried their weapon in their hands.

The males went alone to the village while the female knight stayed with the students and the villagers.

"When did the wolves attack" Arya asked one of the villager.

"This morning, they just came out of the bushes in sheer numbers and started attacking us, luckily no one died because everyone ran away from the village, then we saw carriages passing by and we asked for help"

"Okay" Arya said.

"They attacked this morning but no one died" Arya told Lily.

"Why would wolves attack a village out of the blue, I thought wolves only attack when they are disturbed, or at night"

"I also don't understand" Arya said as all the students looked around just in case. 𝗳r𝗲𝙚w𝐞𝚋𝘯𝚘ѵ𝗲l.𝑐oｍ

"I don't see any wolves in sight but I do sense them around" Authur said to the others.

"I feel something strange, they are not ordinary wolves" Alfred said while looking around.

*Ding*

The system notification ringed and alerted Ray.

[Dark energy detected]

[Quest triggered]

[Defeat 5 infected wolves]

[Reward: New skill (Void)]

Ray eyes widen as he saw the system interface, 'dark energy detected, infected wolves what's all that'

"Hey Jack, do you know anything about infected wolves?" Ray asked.

"What are infected wolves, I never heard anything like that"

"Did you see something?" Lily quickly ask him.

"No nothing" Ray answered, 'defeat five infected wolves for new skill [Void], I need to find a way to get to that village'

"Don't be afraid, stay in groups the senior knights would defeat them then we can continue moving" ivy said to all the students.

James ran towards the female knight with urgency in his eyes making all the students to tremble in fear.

"What's wrong" ivy asked immediately.

"The wolves are not normal, protect the students and the villagers" James said.

James quickly turn his back and held his sword tightly.

"Knights, be prepared to fight off anything that comes at you, we don't know their numbers so we might not be able to protect you. You will soon become brave knights of bullmar, stay alive and protect each other" ivy shouted at the students.

The students held their swords tightly as the female knight made the announcement.

Most of the students were shaking with fear as they had never been in a real battle before.

"Where is Ray?" Lily asked the others as she looked around.

Jack and Arya looked around for Ray but he was no where to be found.

"Do you think he went after the wolves.."

"Is he mad, if he went after the wolves I don't think he would survive" Arya said worriedly.

'This dark energy is really something else, I can feel strange Mana all around this forest' Ray walked in the forest toward the village.

"What's is wrong with this wolves" Authur shouted as he slashed one of the wolves.

The wolves were almost twenty in number and they keep increasing.

'Finally wolves'

Ray held his blood spear as he saw two wolves in the forest, the wolves quickly noticed Ray and growled at him.

Ray was surprised, the wolves were not normal at all, spit dripped down from their mouths and their eyes was pitch black and the strange Mana he was sensing enveloped the wolves completely.

Ray held his sword tightly and moved first, he swung his spear towards the wolves and mid air the spear increased in length and slash the wolves.

The wolves didn't try to dodge the attack, one of the wolves was slash on the face while the other one swooped in to attack Ray but he quickly jumped back.

The wolf that was slashed healed immediately after Ray jumped backwards, Ray jaw dropped open as he saw this, 'when did wolves obtain the ability to heal themselves' Ray thought.

The two wolves rushed towards Ray with incredible speed, Ray couldn't even see their legs touching the ground.

In seconds, he had been slashed simultaneously on his back and hand, Ray quickly moved away from the wolves and dropped his spear.

[Fire ball] Ray shot 3 fireball simultaneously from his hands, the wolves was hit by one of the [Fire ball] but it's wasn't fazed by it and kept attacking Ray.

'This is a forest with no one around I should be safe, [Transformation] Ray transformed back to his beast form and carried his spear from the ground.

The wolves stopped attacking Ray immediately he changed back, they moved away from his and ran towards the village.

"What, are they afraid" Ray shouted and chased after them.

Ray ran with speed and quickly caught up with the wolves, they were not as fast as before.

He aimed and threw one of his spear with great force towards one of the wolf, the spear penetrated the wolf and stopped it's movement.

Ray rushed after the wolf and delivered the final hit by piercing the spear deeper in the wolf stomach till it died.

The other wolf stopped and watch Ray killing the wolf but it still didn't attack him and continued running towards the village, "the knight must be in the village, and they may be in trouble due to the strange Mana that infected the wolves".

Ray killed the wolf on his way and killed two more that he found, all the wolves he met on his way didn't attack him, they all ignored him and ran towards the village.

Ray spotted a wolf entering the village and chased after it, he jumped out of the bushes and stabbed the wolf killing it in the process.

[Quest: Completed]

[Defeat Five infected wolves]

[Reward: New skill (Void)]

The reward made Ray smile but he didn't know what void means so he asked the system.

[Void] A space in which user can store equipment (non living things), it never gets full. Mana cost 2

'An artificial storage, just what I was hoping for' Ray couldn't help but smile.

[Void] A small rift opened in front of Ray and he proceeded to put both of his spears in, as he put his spears in he closed it.

'This is just like I imagined, the system really knows what I need' Ray smiled and walked around.

Ray looked around the village and dead wolves filled the ground.

Ray walked a little then he saw the two senior knight panting and trying to catch their breath after the battle.

Authur sighted Ray and quickly touched Alfred and pointed towards Ray.

"it's seems their boss is here" both of the knight held their swords tightly.

'What are they doing, don't they recognize me' that was when Ray remembered that he had transformed to a beast earlier.

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Author's note

Hey guys, tomorrow I would be busy so the chapter tomorrow is just a filler, just some classical jokes, don't bother to open it except you want to laugh your brains out.