-Afternoon. 3RD POV-

The long day is coming to an end as sundown approaches the Mana vein entrance in black wolf territory and a tall pile of beast corpses cast long shadows withing a beast encircle meant where some foxes remained in shabby clothes and a purple-blue young dragon licks a maiden's chest. On the south, a few minutes had passed forf the trio carrying piles of metal scraps before reaching the beast gathering on the northern hills of the valley.

""A human?? How rare~ I know her!"" The high-ranking wolves turned around and commented watching the three low-ranks approach.

"Lightwater 6, you're LATE!" A 4-meter tall wolf barked angrily.

"Ha-huff! Huff!" The healer panted pulling the cart uphill and stopped. "Let me get this inside and I'll get to work." He said and attempted to continue but the wolves didn't move.

"Leave it there! The earth users will separate the metal." The black beast snapped.

"Sure..." Lightwater accepted, then turned his head pointing to the back. "But I need to bring her to the Dragon." He declared glancing to his back.

"Grrr... This little thing is more important than healing us?" The high-rank darkness beast snarled.

"Eyy! Stop giving him a hard time!" The white-haired girl came out of the white pelt protesting in sharp growling sounds.

"What? Do you want to get eaten? Grrr!" The darkness beast gnashed his teeth asking.

"Try me!" She incited readying her magic.

"GWAARRR!" The black wolf lashed out at the girl opening his mouth wide while roaring.

*Shiiiing!* The light user lifted her left arm and created a meter-long bright rod pointing at the brain inside the wolf's mouth. *Brsshuiiiing~* A yellow laser appeared on the surface and bounced back on the tip while dust particles get illuminated around it.

"HAA--!?" The black-coated beast stopped after feeling the heat from the leaking radiation.

"You die if you interrupt this magic." The light user announced feeling the wolf's magic approach hers.

"HAFF! Whap!" The darkness beast exhaled and retracted his head before closing his mouth. "Scary~ As expected of his partner... Come. Hop on me. I'll take you to him." He noticed her skepticism and affirmed before offering his head.

"...Un." The girl nodded agreeing and jumped gripping the coat.

*Fwump! Tup! Tup! Fwish!* She landed on the large canine head and turned around before sitting while gripping the fur.

Hmm... Why didn't Nefi introduced me to them? Is he ashamed of me? Does he plan on replacing me? The little girl wondered with uncertainty.

"Guys, look what I got!" The black wolf announced out loud and lifted his head while turning to the north.

""Oohh!!! She didn't piss... She's not scared... She's gutsy!"" The wolves approached sniffing the girl while commenting.

"You are a mean one..." Shimmer complained annoyed.

"Am I?" He questioned and shook his head up and down.

"Hyagh!" The girl squeaked bouncing while pulling at the fur.

The black beast carried the girl covered in a white coated pelt through the group of red wolves before entering the inner circle where the purple-blue dragon was licking a half-naked fox girl.

"...Huh? What is Nefi--...?" Shimmer wondered approaching the odd group and took a better look at the vixen on the ground before her body turned cold and skipped a heartbeat. "AaAAAAAAH!" The white-haired girl yelled while rage surged from the depths of her being and caught the attention of every creature present. "YOU CHEATING LIZARD!" She bowled accusing while pointing with a hand.

"...Huuuuh!?" The dragon stopped his actions and raised the head before looking to the south. "Sha-Shaila...??" He recognized the person covered in fur. "T-this isn't what it looks like..." He stuttered looking back and forth.

"Who's that human?" Kala wondered to herself frowning.

"BUSTED!" The fox on the ground said triumphantly and crawled away towards the green fox.

"You liked that hussy fervently!" The girl declared enraged as the black wolf stopped six meters away confused.

"HEY!" Ayumi shouted from under the wind user's neck covering her reddened chest.

"GUH! I-I can explain--" The purple-blue beast faltered noticing her scrunched face the likes of which he had never seen on his companion.

"Explain nothing!" Shaila snapped and slipped out of the pelt before bending the light around her.

*Swish! Shiiing! Tap! Whosh!* The blurry figure of a nude girl jumped off the wolf's head and created a feet-thick platform of crystallized light in the air to step on and jumped once again to the second one with the left foot in front. *Shiing! Tap! Shruiiing! Zuuoong~* The light user created a meter-long white pipe in her right hand as she landed and swung to the back producing high-intensity blue lasers from the handle which bent around the tip before being absorbed to be released once more.

"Coooool~ A Light Sabre!" The dragon admired the invisible airborne girl approaching with a dangerous photon sword.

*Whoosh! Zuuoong~* The first platform vanished and the second lowered under the girl's weight as she swung the light construct towards the dragon's snout while the onlookers were confused.

"Careful!" The purple-blue beast warned and moved his head closer to catch her.

*PAMF! Zuuong~ Dun! Pak!* The girl landed on the scaly muzzle pushing him down while missing the swing and open her legs sliding until she sat latching onto the snout with the left hand pressing over the dragon's right eye.

"Hiyah!" Shaila yelled and swung the shinning photon sword mercilessly.

"Get him, Shimmer!" Raging Wind instigated from afar.

*Zuuong~ Prrrshiun! Shium! Vrrrrm! Shriuuk!!!* The blue beams carved out the metalized scales up to a centimeter deep which quickly cooled and severed the hair fibers with much ease.

"Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar!" The girl channeled her wrath swinging repeatedly at the dragon's head while becoming visible.

"My hair! My hair! My hairssss!" Nefiru said each time hair fibers fell and moved his paws hesitating. "STOP!" He snapped and lowered his head.

"Liaaar--Ah!?" The nude girl slid down and tried to grip but the slippery scales proved unhelpful.

*BOMF! Zrriiririuu...* The light user landed on her back as the light construct vanished into sparkling particles.

"Omph!" Shaila let out the air in her lugs and her head was rocked out of the rage before twisting the body to the side. "OWW! Ouowi..." She sat back up on the dirt complaining of her rear pains when a sting came from the right hand. "Ayyy! Chhh!" She sounded in pain and breathing through the teeth while holding the right hand as blood streams to the ground.

"You were too reckless! Look at your hand!" The purple beast admonished severely.

"Ugyah!" The white-haired girl jolted and looked up through the white hair on her face. "N-Ne--m I'm soryyyy... I-I-I hurt you again..." She uttered with a shaky voice noticing dozens of canals and smoke on the dragon's head. "Uuu... Hic! I...I went too far... WuUuh... Sniff!" The light user's strained face became pale and spoke tearing up while sniffing.

"You didn't beat him enough!" The low ranking green wolf criticized from Erina's side.

HAAa... I also want to cry... I didn't even get scratched from the battle, and now, I look like a crashed Car... The dragon did a mental sigh and lamented inspecting the canals on his head.

"Psh! It was just a scratch. No big deal." The scaly beast dismissed putting up a front. "That Photon sword was magnificent though. Now you just need Rank 7 and we can travel around..." He appraised and nodded proudly.

No, no... That was a violent outburst of jealousy. She tried to kill you! Karla retorted and stayed quiet not wanting to interrupt.

"Wuuuu... Don't spoil me... I could've hurt you badly." The girl whined gloomily and spoke with regret extending the wounded hand towards the dragon before using light to speed up her recovery.

"Heeey... It's fineee~ I accept part of the blame for succumbing to an alluring secretion smeared on her bosom. But she doesn't want to reveal the source." The scaly beast compromised and shrugged.

"Ohh..." She acknowledged and wiped her eyes with the left hand.

"Besides you aren't a normal magician girl in puberty, so your mood swings do not surprise me at all." He assured and moved his head up close.

"Un..." Shaila affirmed and brought a hand to her chest concentrating. "I...I think a deeply old emotion aligned with new ones after seeing you doing...that. Then I..." She revealed and distorted the view around her body.

"Silly girl, what are you being insecure for? Don't I always have a reason? Is our bond something so flimsy?" Nefiru questioned in a warm voice.

"Muu... You...you are my everything. I don't like my past influencing me like that..." The white-haired girl pouted and declared awkwardly before getting depressed.

"Yeah... And it might get worse, but you can't be afraid... Those past feelings helped me greatly..." He encouraged sympathetically.

"Un..." The girl enlivened nodding and looked down before turning serious again. "Am I...changing too fast...?" She inquired anxiously.

"What do you think? You are a little girl who was playing with dolls not long ago! But it can't be helped. Survival demands it." Nefiru retorted and acknowledged. "Though I wish you didn't test dangerous magic on me anymore." He requested with a troubled tone.

"Geh! I-I make no promises..." The light user stammered as her eyes darted around.

...Just what past are they talking about? Karla wondered as she waited. It seems they are done now... She judged her chance to speak and called out.

"Hey, Stormy... What is this human to you?" The dark-skinned vixen asked pointing at the blurry figure.

"She--" The scaly beast was about to reply when he was interrupted.

"HM?" Shaila uttered and glanced back over her shoulder before turning to the front. "Are you the dragon of a thousand names? And who's the black fox?" She retorted and pointed with her left thumb.

"Haha! Just another alias. And Karla here wants to breed me like a horse!" The purple-blue dragon introduced.

"Pfffft! You need my approval. He's my pet." Shaila contained her laugh and declared.

"I-I see..." The vixen acknowledged awkwardly and changed the subject. "And what exactly happened with you two...?" She inquired about the early blurry display.

"Ah... She used Light to hack at me while naked. Such a mesmerizing view~" He bragged wagging his tail excitedly.

"Uuuguh!" Shaila uttered embarrassed and her white cheeks turned slightly red without anyone seeing.

"...Light...you say...?" The dark-skinned vixen mumbled looking at the damage caused on the beast baffled.

"Now, dear Master, get up to clean you." He instructed while mobilizing water magic.

"...Aaagh!" The young girl grimaced noticing her underside covered in dirt and got up.

Meanwhile, the big-breasted vixen was busy observing the low ranking wolves carrying metal from the battlefield in a line passing nearby.

Damned, be the Divine! We have to get out of here before this beast becomes more aggressive... I'm not sure why he's obsessed about Marie's smell, but he has an important position in the Wolf Tribe, and the fox Elders would love to use her as a bargaining tool... He can't meet her! Ayumi determined and discern. Spears, spears, more broken spears, bent greatsword, bow, shield--Ah! A one-handed sword! That'll do... The half-naked vixen asserted locking her eyes on a handle sticking out of a wolf's mouth loosely. Alright. I can do this. I have to do this! That human seems to be important enough for a hostage... She decided and moved swiftly while everyone was distracted.

*Whoosh! Shuiiing!* The vixen pulled out a sword with the right hand before anyone knew what was happening and dashed back to the left. *Thump! Swish!* The firefox stomped the ground behind the white-haired girl and locked her with the left hand while bringing the meter-long blade to the thin neck.

"Hyah!?" Shimmer shrieked and struggled against the large breasts pressing behind.

"SHAILA!" Nefiru shouted and tried to get closer.

""Ah--!"" The foxes who were watching uttered shocked with a knot in their throats.

"STOP!" Ayumi ordered pressing the blade closer on the white skin of the girl's neck. "If I sense magic near my body, I'll slice her throat!" She threatened glaring at the dragon. "Release Ramika and let us depart from here, and then I'll release her!" The vixen demanded dragging the girl back to the green fox.

"A...Ayumi, w-what are you doing...?" The wind fox asked nervously.

"Nooo! Shaila, you are getting killed..." The purple-beast roared to the sky dramatizing.

"Forgive meee! And goodbye, my beloved pet..." The white-haired girl spoke showing a face of dismay while charging a laser.

"Farewell...master! I'll eat your corpse and mourn you... Uwuuuaa~" The scaly beast announced while using water magic.

*Shrraashhh~* Fake tears streamed from the dragon's eyes like a waterfall creating two muddy pools. *Thump!!!* The low ranking wolves transporting the metal stopped to look while the rest stared with serious expressions.

"...That acting is terrible." Karla reviewed scratching her left ear feeling ashamed.

""Puahaha! Hihihi!"" The dragon burst out laughing and the girl giggled while the beasts who understood them lost their tension.

"Grrr..." Ayumi frowned angered and pressed the sharp edge harder. "This isn't a joke! You don't care what happens to her?" She snapped trying to look threatening.

"No, you are the joke. Because she's not really a hostage, and even if she were, Shaila is loyal enough to die for me and these situations aren't new to her..." Nefiru reproved pointing with a claw at a light crystal shielding the skin from the blade.

"Hmph! You are bluffing. What is she gonna do, blind me to death?" The red-haired vixen sneered raiding an eyebrow.

"Erm... I believe that Miss Ayumi is blind already..." Karla called out insulting.

"And you! Fraternizing with the enemy--!" The busty fox lectured the black fox when a flash stopped her.

*Brrziiiiummm!* A nearly invisible beam shot upwards cutting the sharp blade near the handle while producing sparks. *Ping! Tiling~ Thud!* The blade broke and bounced on the dirt slightly before finally landing by the girl's bare feet.

...!! What...happened...!?? Ayumi wondered making a silly face staring at the broken blade on the ground and probed. There was no outside magic--this girl younger than me is Mid-rank 6??! Impossible! Did she do that...? She came to a realization inspecting the metal cooling down in her hand and gulped.

"Get off me, you dumb Cow!" Shaila demanded and pushed the vixen's hand away before turning around. "Move...and you are dead!" She spoke with an icy glare while lifting her left hand and pointing a finger.

*Brrziiium!* The light user fired a thin yellow laser at the vixen's right cheek severing a bulk of hair and cutting the skin shallow. *Shuu~* The crimson hair was blown away and feeling the breezy side of her head, the firefox reached with the left hand to touch the blood trickling.

...Dangerous! These two aren't normal... Ayumi shuddered asserting and gulped before letting go of the blade handle.

*Thonk!* The metal landed on the dirt and the creatures present relaxed continuing their activities.

"Oh, my... You just tried to kidnap a magician who did that to a dragon without suppressing or knocking her out..." Karla admonished the half-naked vixen while pointing to her left.

"Urgh!" The teenager vixen sounded with a dismayed expression.

"Shaila, what have I said about killing...?" The dragon admonished.

"Tsk! Only when necessary or I'll be doing the enemy a favor." The girl clicked her tongue and affirmed while stepping back.

*PAWF!* The purple-blue dragon took a step forward and lowered his head while opening the mouth. *Waup!* He lashed out and swallowed the girl up to her thighs carefully before lifting his head.

"Kya--h!" Shaila shrilled struggling between the scaly lips and the rough tongue keeping her from the pointy teeth.

*Cchhhhluuaap!* The dragon slurped the girl without restraint and slithered his tongue.

"HYAAH! S-st--Stop slurping! Hihihi~ T-t-tickles!" Shimmer screamed and giggled while kicking in the air.

*Fwuak! Bwuosh! Thud!* The dragon lowered his head again and opened the mouth releasing the girl on the ground dripping slobber.

"As a water magician..." The scaly beast called out looking at the red-haired fox not knowing what to do.

*Fwuaruarsshh!* The scaly beast washed the girl and dried the dirt she was standing by seeping the water deep underground before she censored her body again.

"I wouldn't let her bleed to death. But if anything happened to her, I would've tortured you until you beg me to kill you." The purple-blue beast declared with a smirk and a sharp glare of contained rage.

"Grr... F-forgive me... My head was affected in combat..." Ayumi grinded her teeth and clenched the hands before justifying her actions with a darkened expression.

"Hey! Why did you threaten that Cow with a smug expression?" Shaila called out interrogating with an eyebrow raised.

"Jealous much?" Nefiru teased with a smirk.

"Huumph!" The white-haired girl harrumphed and crossed her arms before turning away pouting. "You don't look happy seeing me after 3 days and licking me where you shouldn't..." The white-haired girl protested with a serious tone.

"T-that's not true! I am very happy to see you. I even have a gift prepared..." The purl-blue beast faltered and mobilized water magic into two cavities in his collar while lifting the right paw.

*Shiuu~* Two foot-long cylindrical ice shards shoot out from holes in the shiny collar and slowed down near the paw. *Pak! Pak!* The ice pieces landed on the pads and vaporized leaving behind two transparent double-edged crystal knives with rough handles.

"These are...?" The white-haired girl picked up the pseudo daggers and stared at them from every angle.

"Diamond daggers!" The purple-blue dragon lowered his head to her height and unveiled.

"Whaaaaaa--!!?" Shaila blurted stupefied.

"Cool, huh? I had the Earth users survey the Mana vein cave and dug out three unfinished human weapons among many broken pieces..." Nefiru explained the origin and lowered his paw.

"U-unbelievable... This is a lot more expensive than Brother's staff..." The girl compared and brought the two edges closer.

*Ting! Tink! Thaiiiiiing~* She lightly tapped the two crystal blades together from different angles.

"And me!" The purple beast added. "A humanoid Divine must have made them a long time ago... I hope it's compatible with you." He assumed and wondered.

"I see... The crafter is long gone..." Shimmer muttered with respect and reviewed the properties. "Well... It's not the strongest weapon, but I can defend with it... Though the best use would be providing fixed points for recycling Lasers since metal can't withstand radiation leakage and crystallized light can be...unpredictable..." She compared the reliability looking at the holes in her hand.

*Shruiiing!* The light user grew a hollow structure of locked photons from inside the Diamond up to a meter-long with blue lasers that bent around the tip and were absorbed at the diamond tip inside before being released at the handle outside. *Zuuoong~ Zuu~* The girl swung the photon sword around testing the performance while the onlookers watch curiously.

"Umu... There is some distance variation at the tip, but the Elemental coordinates for electromagnetic radiation cycles and coherent monochromatic light emission have an acceptable margin of error. It feels safer now..." Shaila reported while inspecting the phenomena.

"Cool. But why not use Elemental mirrors to bounce it around and increase intensity?" The dragon questioned watching the light bend at the tip into a tunnel.

"Nuh-uh... Too dangerous. Elemental mirrors depend on refraction angle, light intensity, and magic control, so leakage is unavoidable. There's also a difficulty fixing two points in space, and the consumption increases with distance among other reasons... A continuous beam looped is just better..." The girl described the downsides of the proposed method.

"I see..." He acknowledged nodding.

"That was...incomprehensible..." Karla interjected keeping her distance.

"Well, Light is the hardest magic system for a reason." Nefiru declared watching the light user dismiss the construct.

Hooh... There goes our beliefs of Light magic. One just needs to be a little monster like her. Although those terms are interesting... The dark-skinned fox asserted without taking her eyes off the shiny magic arts.

The slender girl suddenly made an assassin pose with the white hair cascading to a side showing a suggestive look and the crystal blades pointing downward while producing an iridescent light from the diamond sides that multicolored the surroundings outshining the sun.

"I loved your gift~" Shaila said in a seductive voice before letting her body be seen by the dragon only. "How do I look~?" She asked making a suggestive smile.

""Pretty..."" The foxes left behind complimented while the Beasts, unable to fully appreciate thee phenomena appraised the complexity.

"So...so beautiful..." The dragon admired the display with his haw hanging as he could see a wider range of light spectrum.

"Eeeeeek~!" Shaila shrieked satisfied with the reaction to her performance and pulled the scaly head with both arms to her face while stopping the light show.

"Ummf!?" The beast froze surprised and smiled before slipping the tongue's tip out.

""Mmmf~"" The two cuddled with a moment with eyes closed in appreciation.

"Mwuah!" Shaila separated with a kiss before wiping her mouth. "Hm... Am I getting used to this or you taste good even raw?" She wondered about the good breath.

"Iya... I haven't eaten much or slept for days. Why, did you cook me or something?" He replied feeling hungry and inquired.

"Yep! Your flesh tasted delicious, but the texture was chewy. I liked it the best fried..." The girl described the culinary experience.

"Haha..." He chuckled amusingly.

"..." The foxes twisted their faces in disgust not comfortable with the topic.

"But...didn't enjoy it much not knowing about you... Thank goodness 'they' rescued you..." She announced recalling the dragon siblings.

"Yeah... I'll reward them..." The dragon affirmed with a distant and turned back to the girl. "Are you going to keep wasting mana to hide your body? You exhibitionist wolf girl!" He admonished and took out mana crystals from his collar.

"Geh!" Shaila uttered and caught the shards enveloped in ice. "There's no ambient mana here with so many high ranks..." She affirmed and beckoned the black wolf she rode closer.

*FWOMP!* The black wolf lied down and lowered his head to the ground while the half-naked vixen approached her clothes. *Zuku~ Fwish!* The white-haired girl pulled the coat and pushed her arms through holes before enveloping her body like a roll while the busty fox woman put on her clothes.

"That is...?" The dragon pointed with a claw asking.

"This?" Shaila grabbed the edge of the fur while looking at it and answered. "It's a pelt from one of Lightwater's offspring..." She stroked the white fur explaining its origin.

"That's creepy." He criticized closing an eye.

"He lived near the Serpents...only this patch of fur remained of his pack." She recalled the story and divulged.

"That's sad." The scaly beast sympathized.

"Yeah... I have to treasure it. He took good care of me..." The girl affirmed and stayed quiet.

...It seems that I won't get anything else from the dragon. Shame... Time to leave then. I'm sick of being surrounded by wolves... Karla realized and called out.

"Hey, Stormy... We're are leaving." She announced and started walking West.

"Mhm." The dragon nodded approving.

"And them?" The dark-skinned vixen asked pointing behind her.

"Ayumi will have to convince me to let them go." Nefiru declared looking at the foxes in question.

"I--WHAT?!" The red-haired fox blurted aghast.

"That's...odd... You aren't going to recruit them, right?" The vixen leader opened her eyes wide wondering and then narrowed them asking.

"Nah, I give up on your people. There are many talented slaves that are willing..." The purple-blue beast dismissed and asserted without elaborating.

Hoh...? Karla frowned looking at the white collar on the dragon. Well, no matter. The Elders will be pleased with the information... She asserted and walked away.

"I trust you won't take it too far as a 'Mediator...'" The dark-skinned vixen reminded before mounting her partner.

"Mhm. She won't have a scratch on her." Nefiru affirmed nodding with a smirk.

Oh, my... The spoiled Miss will have a tough time. She can't say anything... Karla sneered as she departed heading for the gap in the beast encirclement.

"Ah!" Ayumi broke the silence noticing her father's sword and called out. "Mr. Stormy! May I pick up that Divine sword? I have the right to keep it..." She requested pointing at a handle sticking out of a wolf's mouth.

"Oh?" The scaly beast opened his eyes wide wondering and mobilized magic.

*ShrooON~ Shiink!* The dragon's magnetism pulled the sword lodged between fangs and levitated it towards him. *Whishh! Gwuuoomm~* The meter and half two-handed sword floated a feet above ground vertically.

""Whuuat--what?!?"" The two foxes let out silly voices startled.

"Wuoh?" The 2-meter tall wolf uttered surprised for a moment and continued moving west.

"Heeh... So, this is a Divine weapon, huh?" The scaly beast commented inspecting the floating blade.

"Gimme that!" Shaila demanded and reached for the handle.

*Klash!* The white-haired girl clasped the sword and brought her hand over the blade while the magnetism stopped. *Brrrrssh!* The light magician produced a brilliant laser to write onto the metal and lifted it up. *SHAK!* The girl stabbed the sword into the dirt with the big letters etched onto the 6-inch wide blade.

She wrote...Bitch Cow... Tungstenium...is supposed to be fire resistant though? Ayumi read with dumbfounded expression.

"Now... Where were we?" The dragon asked walking closer to the fox woman.

"Uhh... You found my bravery admirable and will let me go? Please?" She cringed and stepped back before pleading.

"Try again." He denied and send out magic.

*Bzzrrrrzzssst!* The lightning beast zapped the impertinent fox's tail.

"Ah--Gyaah!" She jumped and bent her body while losing balance.

*Fwump!* The red-haired vixen fell on the ground twitching.

"First is punishment..." He declared and grabbed her right leg piercing the skin with claws on opposite sides.

"Aaaargh!" Ayumi grimaced reaching for her leg while the green fox watched anxiously.

"Then you are going to tell me every~thing I want to know..." Nefiru said with a chilling tone while preparing lightning for an experiment.