The Wolves

Daedalus was going at speeds well faster than sound as he made his way towards the golem race's mountain. But he felt something was wrong, it was floppy. Floppy? Floppy!

On this way Daedalus was forced to stop short of the mountain and look for something to cover himself. Luckily he found a wolf pawing at the ground. As he looked at it Daedalus realised it was extremely malnourished.

Daedalus who felt pity for the beast decided to try and find out why it was malnourished at the least. So he spoke to the wolf "You there, wolf, what has happened that has made you so malnourished?"

After saying this Daedalus made sure to have his soul translate for the wolf. The wolf growled at first something like back off, however hearing what Daedalus had said and seeing his apparent weakness it responded "I was cast out from my pack when I lost my position as alpha. Since then they have taken all of the food I hunt. They plan to starve me to death rather than let me live out my life alone."

Daedalus was surprised at the coherency of the wolf's words. What he took from the words though was different so he responded "So they follow you around and take your kills?"

The wolf seemed angered by this and growled "Yes, but so what, are you trying to make me feel bad before I kill you!?"

Daedalus laughed at the words of the wolf before saying "Which ones do you not want me to kill, also when I complete this I will make you my partner."

The wolf howled seemingly in laughter before saying "If you really can do what you say, kill only the alpha as he is ordering the rest to starve me."

By chance the thieving alpha had been standing nearby behind a tree. He had been waiting for the human to die so that he could steal the body. However hearing the two converse the alpha had gotten angry. So he growled and ripped the tree in front of it apart and ran at the malnourished wolf.

Daedalus had long noticed the arrival of the wolf but he didn't know that it was the alpha. Witnessing the tree being destroyed though cleared that thought from his mind as he ran to stand in-between the two wolves.

It was like a shadow had arrived between them, at least that is what the two wolves would have said. Daedalus' legs had developed phenomenally by the time he had reached this area and where easily comparable to someone at the mortal aura compression beginning stage and they where only getting stronger.

Even Daedalus was amazed at the adaptability of his body, but this only made it easier to come up with ideas for the next stage of his cultivation. Disregarding these ideas for the time being Daedalus realised that though his legs where strong the rest of his body hadn't been developed yet.

So the wolf after being surprised had launched an attack. It knew that Daedalus would kill it anyway so it had gone for the first hit. Luckily for the wolf Daedalus had been thinking so he had to resort to blocking the attack.

It was an instant but Daedalus felt the whole thing in slow motion. As it seemed he had developed superior senses to go with his fast speeds. He felt the claws and paw dig into his arm, his muscles torn and his arm shattered. By some chance he had managed to turn and deflect the power after the initial impact into the ground.

Then his ability kicked in, absorbing the spilled blood, torn skin and shattered bone. Daedalus arm disappeared for just long enough for both wolves to notice the return in perfect if not better condition. The amazing thing is that his arm had absorbed the power behind the attack and strengthened itself somewhat.

In this way Daedalus decided to let the wolf attack him until he felt his body was strong enough. Of course he had to let the wolf think it was a real fight. So panting Daedalus glared at the wolf and ran towards it