21 Chapter 21: The case begins

"So on my next official duel I have a disadvantage?", Peter asked Ellen.

"Yeah. That's the punishment for rankers misdeeds.", she confirmed.

"That's okay. How are you two doing?"

"I'm okay and Felix is a little down.", she replied. "But we'll overcome."

"Your Dragon Tongue is good to go. Using Inscriptions is a good choice either. But..."

"Felix isn't improving."

"Yes."

"I know but he don't listen."

"Maybe it's time to talk about his real power?"

"What are you talking about?", she didn't understand.

"His powers as a butterfly must be dealt with.", he explained. "He didn't have a chance to release them and this must be the problem."

"He could use it yet?"

"Dragon have magical potential and maybe there is some of his previous form still on him.", he explained to her. "I'm going now. Someone of the corporation was going to deliver the mission information to me on the morning."

"After are going directly?"

"Almost sure. I haven't decided yet.", he said. "See you.", and left.

"Yeah. Later.", she replied.

Peter left his apartment and take the elevator down. He was accompanied by Rhynus, Ulisses and Urias. On the ground floor a blonde woman on a suit was waiting for him. On her side was a leprechaun.

"You must be Peter. I'm Astrid, a Black Feather. Here are the informations about the monster on the forest.", she passed him a tablet. "You're on your own now. Good Luck."

"Thank you.", he was surprised on her fast approach.

"This woman was really fast, boss."

"Yeah but she is a high ranker and have her own jobs.", he said to his familiar. "Let see what we got on our hands."

He started to read to all.

"The creature is probably a humanoid and have been out for almost a week by now.", he stopped to call a ride. "It has attacked a couple of wizards and familiars training on the forest already only been there for three days utmost."

"What can be so violent, my liege?"

"A monster or familiar that entered in berserker. Let me continue. The wounds are like claws and seeing to not use elements on its attacks."

"A physical type then.", Ulisses said.

"Humanoid, claws, physical. It's hard to determine it.", Peter said. "But here is a list of the victims and what hospitals they are. Lets talk with them first."

The car arrived and all but Rhynus entered. The beetle flew above it to follow.

"To where kid?"

"Main Hospital, please."

"Sure.", the man clicked on his smartphone and started to move. "Visiting someone?"

"No. I'm going to work."

"You use heal magic then?"

"Investigator and wizard. Not a doctor.", he smiled on the driver question.

"Oh. You look too young for that kind of job, kid."

"I know. It's been a week since I got my familiar."

"What are you going to investigate there?"

Missions were civils could be in danger would be left under the table.

"A friend was hurt during a incursion. I'm going to take his report about the monsters."

"The frontlines are always like that, kid. You hurt your body or your mind and without luck both."

"I know.", he was already damaged on his mind.

Fastly they arrived at the Hospital. In Peter's information five wizards were injured by the monster and three of them were on this location in treatment. Two with light injuries and one in coma. All the familiars were being treated on another location.

"Excuse me, miss, but can you see if these patients are receiving visits?", he passed the all three names to her.

"Yes, are you a relative?"

"Wizard investigation.", he replied.

"Oh. Just a moment.", she started to looking into the Hospital files. "Second floor, room 212."

"What is the patient name?"

"John Kawasky."

"Thanks.", he turned to the elevator and then looked at his familiars. "Just Urias. The rest wait for me outside.", and started walking.

He decided to go by the stairs and give a look on the First Floor. There were on the most common injuries were treated like the training ones. The place was with a lot of students of differents schools and their familiars.

The Hospital had six floors counting with the ground one. The treatment needed increased based on how high the floor you needed to be. The First were the easy ones and more commons. He enjoyed seeing wizards from another schools there.

The Second was much more empty. That was because of the situation most patients were on. Even if was a light wound they could be driven there if there was another problem occurred by the injury. Like a lycanthropy disease.

And so there was John on the room 212 of that floor. Peter started looking into the rooms numbers to find his informant and with time he got on the door. On the door were some advices for visitors and nurses.

"Patient with light injury.

Supposed lycanthropy not approach its range.

He not demonstrates aggresivity.

Leave the food/medicine without getting to close.

On observation quarentine.", Peter read and opened the door.

"I need med...", the man on the bed looked at Peter and stopped his sentence. "Who are you?"

"I'm Peter Sivler and the wizard on the monster hunt designated by Black Wing."

"Oh. So come after informations?", the man looked at his food away from his reach because his bed was inside a cell. "Can you reach it for me?"

"Sure.", the boy went picked on the plate and gave at the man's hands.

"Are you not afraid of lycanthropy?"

"Yesterday was full moon. We'd already knew if you were a werewolf by now."

"Really?", the man and the staff weren't knowing this factor.

"Odin.", the boy talked on his mind. "Make a full scan of the man condition, please."

"Yes, master."

"What you want to know?", the man sit on his bed having his brunch.

"How many were there before you?"

"I was the fourth designated to this mission but then my company released the mission to the public and other corporation bought. Probably yours."

"Okay. The others were injured like you?"

"No. They freezed on action and report failure. But I knew that this was my chance to prove myself more worthy. So I graspped the opportunity."

"It's said in my files that the monster is a Humanoid, that is correct?"

"Yes.", the man confirmed.

"Here is also mentioned that it is a physical type, do you agree?"

"To a certain point. It's speed could be magical enhanced because my familiar couldn't keep with it."

"To comparison, what familiar do you have?"

"A Stinger Wasp. Physical focused on speed."

"How were you hurt?"

"I was doing an area spell incantation and the monster was faster than me and my familiar. He went and slashed all my back.", the man raised his shirt showing to the boy.

"Superficial.", he analyzed. "Was he holding back?"

"Of course but I don't know why."

"Master, there are 486 monsters possibles for this with all the data collected.", the crow said on Peter's mind. "Werewolf is not on the list."

"Here I don't have the time when the monster shows off, do you have any hint?"

"Always at night. It's like hunting your own shadow."

"I understand.", he then send his thought to Odin again. "Analyze the data and run a simulation with Maeve transformation."

"The possibility is close to 99.97%.", the bird send to his master.

"Thank you, sir Kawasky. I wish you a good recover."

"Thanks, kid. Don't rush your death. You're too young."

"I won't, sir, I won't.", and the boy took his leave. "Why there is a 0.03% possibility of not being a Shadow Wolf beserker and transformed?"

"Lack of data, master.", Odin explained.

"Ophichus, give the three bests compatibilities within my familiars."

"Me, Ariel and Maeve.", the snake reported.

"Maeve? I thought Luke would be second and Ariel third. Explain it."

"You have greater affinity with both of theirs types and elements."

"Dragon, wolf, water and shadow. Are these?", he needed to confirm.

"Exclude water.", the snake said.

"My affinity with Dragons are so high like that?", he thought while meeting with his familiars on the Hospital front.

"What is the matter, boss?

"Nothing much.", he returned to the analysis. "State your type and element, Ophichus."

"You lack knowledge for me to do that, master."

"How I lack knowledge having Odin's with me?", he called a cab again.

"Where are we going now, my liege?"

"Home. We need some informations about our target and we have a specialist there."

"A specialist?", Ulisses thought loud. "Oh, this means that the monster is one of our colleagues race."

"Exactly and is one of the worst of them.", Peter said. "It's a Shadow Wolf transformed and in berserk."

"Wow.", the Season Wolf knew what was about to happen. "It will be a blood bath if this get serious."

"And probably will.", the boy stated.