5 Silver great wolf
Followed by a deep growl the shadow slowly emerged and walked toward Thomas. Except it's silhouette he couldn't see what it looked like, it's silhouette was very big and it had 4 legs. It looked like a big dog, after a few steps it stopped in front of Thomas, now he could see that it was a wolf. It had big blue eyes and it's fur was silver grey, a magnificent animal.
« Little Thomas what is this thing ? »
« Look for an occasion to run, it's a third grade beast, a silver great wolf. »
« How strong is a third grade beast ? »
« As strong as a peak 2 ringed mage, sometimes it can reach the level of a low 3 ringed mage. »
When he heard this Thomas gained confidence, he was supposed to be a genius right ? Then if he couldn't beat someone at almost the same level as him he would be too ashamed to call himself a genius.
Meanwhile the wolf was looking at the puppy in Thomas's arms, the puppy seemed afraid and tried to hide deeper and deeper in Thomas's bosom by drilling with its small head.
« Shhhh... it's alright don't be scared. »
Thomas said while petting it.
Weirdly he didn't feel afraid or whatever, he felt his blood pumping in his veins ; he was excited, battling against a monster and being the hero like in movies, games or novels this was his motivation at the moment.
He left the puppy to little Thomas and approached the unmoving wolf, first he tried to probe it by throwing a fire ball. The wolf moved to the left but it's body was too wide so a part of it was still hit by the fireball, it exploded and in a second it covered the wolf's silver fur by fire.
Like a dog going out of water, the wolf shook its body and the flames were extinguished, there was no trace of burnt on its fur but the craziness in its eyes rose. The flames should have pained it more than it seemed.
The wolf ran as fast as it could toward Thomas but it wasn't as fast as it could be imagined, as it was very big it was also slower than a normal wolf. Thomas waited until the last moment before jumping upward, he put his hands on the wolf's back with his feet in the air, he injected ice into the wolf as fast as he could and then jumped down. The wolf was now covered by an icy blue layer on top of its silver grey fur.
Thomas put both his feet on the grass, he was certain of his victory and wanted to celebrate but then the wolf moved a bit and the layer of ice broke instantly.
"Is this thing invincible ? How am I going to kill it ?"
Little Thomas was still looking on from the side, he didn't change his mind and still thought it was best to run away.
Meanwhile Thomas was looking for an opening or a weak point, he had confidence that by using his ice he could run away but he wanted to try his strength before. He didn't have any plan to throw away this life that was given to him by the heavens.
He and the wolf kept staring into each other's eyes, none of them moved. Both were waiting for an opening, but the wolf didn't realize that Thomas's mana was depleting slowly... bit by bit he kept releasing his mana into the ground, the grass became stiff and enveloped by a thick layer of ice. Finally after a few seconds the ice reached under the wolf's belly, it still kept unmoving as it didn't realize what was happening.
From under the wolf came out spears of ice that pierced into it's belly. The injury wasn't much but the wolf was bleeding from 4 or 5 holes made by the spears.
"Hahaha you can't compare to a genius like me !"
The wolf became even more crazed when Thomas started laughing, it ran toward him but fell on its head as the ground between them was completely frozen.
"Hahaha you stupid beast ! What are you doing ?!"
Actually he knew that taunting it wasn't a good idea but he felt extase in this situation, he wasn't in his normal state as his body was releasing insane amounts of adrenaline, his condition was the same as someone that took drugs.
Now he was almost sure that he couldn't kill the beast using his magic or it would take way too long to slowly make it lose its blood so he ran toward the wolf and jumped over it at the same time he planted two ice spears into the wolf's back. The wolf stood up and seemed to become even more crazy, once again it ran toward him but it didn't fall because of the ice another time. Meanwhile Thomas was standing in front of a tree circulating his mana and injecting it into the ground once again, as the beast wasn't thinking straight it didn't see the layer of ice on the ground and slipped on it, it ran into the tree head first. It slowly started to fall with blood leaking from several part of its skull, if this was a tree from earth it might have destroyed it but the trees of this forest were as tall as buildings, it didn't even scratch it.
The beast might not have been dead so Thomas made an ice spear and planted it into the beasts heart through one of the holes he had made earlier.
When he made sure the beast was dead he lied on the ground to take a break, however the time wasn't for a break.
"Hey rookie ! Don't lie down now you have to be fast, bring out your rings and put your hands on top of the beast's head !"
If he was asked to be fast he had to be, he went near the wolf and did as told. Even if doing so wasn't beneficial to him it wouldn't be detrimental either, as he was using little Thomas, the other side was also using him so he wouldn't do anything bad to him yet if he planned to.
The scene in happening was mesmerizing, a young handsome boy floating in the air watching down on another boy with the same appearance as him, this one looked more real but had 2 huge rotating rings on his back, a golden one and an icy blue one. The boy on the ground had his hands on a dead huge wolf and slowly an ethereal white hue was leaving the head of the wolf and infusing itself in his hands, after a bit of time it would go out from his back and get into both his rings equally.
"What is happening ?"
Asked Thomas.
"To become stronger you can either meditate or steal magic power. This is what you are doing right now, the stronger the beast the more power you can get. Be careful of too strong beasts ! If you try to absorb them you might implode."
Cold sweat was running down Thomas's temple. Happily this beast was just a level above him, but thinking about it that situation might never happen. Since he can't kill too strong beasts he will not have the opportunity to steal from them until he reach their level, finding an already dead beast and absorbing it might be just as impossible since the person that killed it will probably do it first.
After awhile the white glow started to fade and seconds later there wasn't anymore, he had absorbed it all.
"Stand up now, he have to get going. We never know if the smell of blood will attract stronger beasts."
Thomas headed towards the small puppy and took it in his arms, he looked him in the eyes and said
"Your name will be Rouge, it means red in French."
The puppy probably didn't understand but it licked his face while barking cutely.
Seconds later they had already left the place and Thomas was feeling the energy he used during the fight coming back, faster than usually. Probably the effect of absorbing the energy of the dead wolf.
