| A Wolf Boy and Crisis |

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It was a rainy evening in Marlow Town.

Hundreds of the town citizen can be seen looking at the town's Mayor who's holding a basket with a newborn sleeping inside not knowing the cruel fate awaiting him.

"Mr. Reed! Isn't it better to execute him instead of letting fate decide?!"

"Yes Mayor! He's accursed! If that monster somehow survived, aren't we f**ked?!"

"Mayor! Please give me the honor to slay that monster!"

People yelled out their opinion of immediate execute the baby in mayor's arm.

Shadow casted on the mayor's face, his body is fully soaked in rain water but he heed no mind to the insignificant matter.

"...I've decided...and I hoped I will not regret this decision of mine. May the fate show you the way little one." As soon as the mayor finished his sentence, he placed the basket on the rushing river behind him.

"MAYOR!"

"He's cursed! What if that monster come back?! MAYOR! MAJOR! PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS AGAIN!"

The townsmen yelled in disbelief but the mayor didn't budged one bit as his eyes is fixed on the moving basket that is being led further and further away by the river that is connected to the Elven Kingdom, Elenoir.

"...Sorry, this is the best I could do without killing him..." The mayor muttered in an apologetic tone to himself, but the sound of rain prevented people from hearing what he muttered.

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[3 years later]

"HUAAAAAA!!" A three year-old human boy with a boar head can be seen chasing after a white fanged Hare-like beast that is half his size.

The boy moved swiftly through the dense forest of Elenoir. He's fluidly evades tree roots and while running, he picked up a few pebbles.

"WOOOO!"

The boy leaped towards the thick tree branch before kicking himself off it, which resulted in him diving towards his target, the Hare, at a speed no 'normal' human child could achieved...that's because he's strengthening himself by utilizing 'mana' from his Dark Red Core with a tinge bit of Solid red.

>PIW!<

The boy landed on the ground but failed to catch the hare as it hopped off due to its instinct kicked in but at least the boy managed to pluck out a handful of fur from the hare.

"ARRR!" The boy twisted his body, rotating it as he let his shoulder relaxed to the extreme which builds up momentum and flexibility.

His eyes under the boar head locked on to the Hare that is about to land and...

>FWOH!<

The boy launched the pebbles off, the pebbles went straight towards hare, leaving a small trail of faints purplish mana.

>TUSTS!<

The seemingly harmless pebbles that can be found anywhere, busted the hare's head...knocking the life out of it.

"RRAAAA!" The boy jumped in joy before feeling a pain on his shoulder. His shoulder is dislocated as a result of throwing that pebbles.

>CREAK<

The sound of a branch breaking resounded behind the boy, this caused the boy to stop screaming and turned back only to see a huge bright blue vertical slit eye staring an inch away at him. Its eye alone is as huge as the boy height.

This made the boy started sweating, his boar head is even comically sweating.

"Grrrr..." The owner that is staring at the boy let out a small growl.

It was a huge white wolf with a beautiful fur, its majestic fur could easily stood out the most only if there isn't a long large scar on its back that extends to its side. The scar could be seen giving out black mist as if the scar is a curse and is corroding the wolf's body.

The boy stared into the wolf's eye before turning back and ran.

He ran to pick up the hare he killed, before running back towards the wolf with an excited expression, momentarily forgetting about his dislocated shoulder.

"AGRRRRAAA!" The boy yelled excitedly towards the majestic wolf in front of him while showing the hare he held with both hand towards it.

"..." The wolf looked at the hare in the boy's hand for a split second before looking back at the boy.

Upon seeing the wolf's expression, the boy felt disappointed as a gloomy aura surrounds him.

The wolf looked at the sullen boy as his eyes soften, before moving his head closer to the boy's dislocated shoulder he noticed and licked it.

>LICK<

The boy was startled by the wet sensation on his dislocated shoulder before a warm energy floods in him. This action of the wolf caused the boy to jump and hugged the wolf's head in joy while yelling loudly.

The wolf is a mother figure for him as she has been looking after him in this dense forest since the day he was outcasted.

She even taught him to hunt. Thanks to his unique build, the boy could easily understand and grasp the concept that the wolf taught him.

Sighing at the energetic boy on its forehead, the wolf's body started shrinking until the boy's grasp loosened and fell off.

The now normal sized wolf sneered let out a small grin before walking away.

The boy got up, rubbed his butt, and grabbed the hare before running after the wolf.

The bond between the boy and the wolf is truly strong...yet it was undeniably short lived.

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[1 Year and a few months later]

A wolf head can be seen hidden in the bush, calmly staring at something he's never seen before in his entire life which piqued his curiosity.

What piqued his curiosity is a moving wooden object with metallic wheel and living beings that have the same feature as him.

The living beings had limbs like him, no fur like any other beasts he saw, it dons clothes and have weapons strapped on their back or waist.

Yes, the owner of the wolf's head is the boy who once lived with the majestic wolf.

"RAA!"

The wolf boy jumped out his hiding spot, exposing himself to satisfy his curiosity.

Reacting to him revealing himself, the living beings like him him stopped moving after yelling something at the other living being.

"Halt! There's something there!"

"Wher- What the hell is that?!"

The wolf boy saw the living being pointed its finger at him with a surprised expression.

"RAA?"

The wolf boy became confused as he instinctively thought, If the wolf howls as a greeting to each other, does his 'kind' point one's finger to each other as a greeting?

"The hell? It's not a beast. it's a kid!"

"Geez, that sure surprised me."

"Pinky, bring it here."

"Yes, boss."

A fat ugly man walked over to the wolf boy,

"Follow me"

He said as he slightly pushes the back of the wolf boy head as a gesture to let him walk.

As for the wolf boy, he started walking as instructed, the meeting with the same 'kind' for the first time excites him.

"Put it in the carriage, every living beings from this forest can fetch us a fortune. Especially an Elf Hehehehe"

"Hahahaha Boss. Can that kid be an elf?"

"Yes, take that weird wolf head off of his head. To think that we got our first naïve elf this quickly."

"Yes boss!"

>Creak<

A man named pinky opened the carriage and pushed the wolf boy inside before closing and locking the carriage door.

The wolf boy thought of this is an act of greeting from his kind and that he would have to get approved by the leader of the group, so he just sat there in the dark carriage staring at the closed door.

>Creak<

Within a minute, another person opened the door to the carriage with a sneer on his face.

"Hello~ Our money bag. Don't resist, I'm just checking somethin'" The man said as he extended his hand towards the boy's head, intending to take the mask off him.

Just as his hand is an inch away from the mask, the boy smack the man's wrist away, surprising him.

"Why you! I said don't resist!" Getting furious, the man didn't care about his purpose of coming here and just goes in for a punch that will teach the kid a lesson but what he didn't know was that...the smack that the boy gave him was a warning.

As before he could even throw a punch, something heavy and swift landed on his lower right jaw.

>BAM!<

He felt the impact like a lightning bolt. His head spun, his eyes rolled back, and he felt himself falling. The last thing he remembered was hitting the ground, hard.

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When he came to his sense, he was lying on the ground around the campfire, surrounded by his 'injured' comrades. Some were groaning in pain, but he didn't care. His head was throbbing, and his jaw felt like it was on fire.

The only thing that is going on in his head is,

'What the hell happened here?'

"...Deuce"

He heard his Boss calling him.

"Y-Yes boss?"

He looked at his boss while trying to sit.

"...We caught a monster and it'll fetch us a fortune!"

The boss said, not caring for any of his injured comrade, instead, the only think he is interested in is money.

Taking a good look at his boss, Deuce realized that he is also injured with his left eye missing.

"..."

Deuce looked around, properly this time. What he witnessed gave him goosebump.

They are a group of 5 people, and 1 is missing...which he assumed to be dead.

The remaining ones are Pinky, Mike ,boss, and him...

Pinky's left arm are broken in a twisted way, while Mike can be seen bleeding on his forehead and several other spots.

"To think that that kid is a mage"

Deuce heard his boss muttered while bandaging his left eyes.

'What did I get myself into.' he thought to himself.

"Where is that monster?" He managed to blurt out his curiosity.

"..." The boss remained silent but turned and stare at the carriage as a gesture to answer his question.

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