Hello, sorry for the late chapter, there was christmas and then the accident with the axe when chopping wood...

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' x ' = thoughts in sentences

" x " = talking

( x ) = thoughts in words, or small thoughts in the middle of regular talking

[ x ] = author note

{ x } = added stuff, miscellaneous

= snake language

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-----Forest outside of village, in [Faramar Kingdom], [Mazef Continent]-----

After Xaramax and co. finished packing clothes and supplies like normal humans (can’t be too suspicious) for the trip, they exited the town and entered the dense forest where the Golden Thunder Wolf resides. Speaking of dense--albeit in a different context--Rexx turned into the self-proclaimed leader of the temporary team. Xaramax decided to let the muscle-brain indulge in his delusions…for now.

The trip is going to take a couple days to reach the home of the monster. When Nikki heard this information she pouted for a few moments (still a little immature) because it would be faster to ride on top of her dearly loved dragon ‘boyfriend’. This earned a small karate chop to the top of her head when Xaramax heard this. Thankfully Rexx, being the blockhead he is, also listened to what she said and strayed to volatile thoughts forever to be concealed.

During the arduous trek through the wilderness when monsters and aggressive animals alike sneaked towards the party to initiate an attack, a ‘dragon death glare’ was all it took for them to go scampering off into the distance. Of course the larger and more dangerous monsters he left alone so they could attack and test the skills of Rexx.

Rexx battled the monsters in a swift manner with fluid motions, ending the fight before getting heavily wounded. The evaluation Xaramax gave him in his mind as a fighter was 7/10. Truthfully it would have been 8/10 if it weren’t for the incessant gloating that followed each fight. Especially when half the times the gloating almost lead to death from the enemy hiding in the woods during the battle.

‘If he was on Earth and played a sport it would have definitely been American football.’ Xaramax repeatedly thought to himself.

Finally after two days of hiking they have found the cave to the Golden Thunder Wolf.

-----Cave of the Golden Thunder Wolf…Wolf POV-----

‘It’s been many years since I have left the pack.’

The Golden Thunder Wolf targeted by the guild has been living in the cave for a very long time. She is one of the last remaining ‘Golden Variant Type’ of the Thunder Wolf packs. Not only that, she is an intelligent, sentient wolf that is S rank. Unknown to her, the guild thought she was an A rank monster and posted it on the quest board. The request was made by the guild itself because of the report from an adventurer who found her den.

If the guild knew she was S rank then most likely she would have already been killed or subdued. That is because S rank quests are ‘Top Priority’ quests that almost immediately get accepted by a strong adventurer. Even worse, when a guild posts an S rank quest, that guild sends a notification to all nearby guilds for help in the subjugation. This is true even if the monster hasn’t done anything harmful at all. Only the human kingdoms do despicable actions such as this, but the beast tribe adventurer guilds only post a subjugation quest if the monster has attacked already. Thus it adds another stigma to the already tainted human infamy.

The reason this Golden Thunder Wolf split from her small pack is due to her superior intellect. It was like a human talking to a Neanderthal, or a 21st century chemist teaching an Ancient Greek physician! Okay maybe not that far apart but it was the difference between instinctual action and planned action.

The fact of the matter is, her variant lineage is almost extinct. Plus if there are any left they are serving the humans or some other being as a slave. The only way for others to contract them as a slave is when they are babies. As a pup they are only between D-C rank monsters, and are hunted down if any traces are found by others. Once the pup matures then it’s too troublesome to try and tame it so the adventurer guild requests a kill quest. This is another factor that leads to population decrease.

Thus it takes people who have overpowering strength to tame or contract a matured Golden Thunder Wolf. Little does she know, such a person is heading towards her direction.

-----Entrance to the Cave, Xaramax POV-----

Now after their small travel and search around the mountain, Xaramax and co. are standing in front of the den of the Golden Thunder Wolf. Xaramax is actually excited to do a quest for the first time in both lives. He’s played games before that involve quests but never actually had the chance to do one in real life. Furthermore he is determined to add an extra member to his incomplete clan. Only a fight can get his blood boiling like this.

‘Maybe it’s part of being a dragon? Fighting others to prove your strength?’

Tossing aside these thoughts for another time, he checks to make sure his team (plus the human) is ready to enter. His actions however, are unnecessary when he sees Rexx with his entire undeniable nitwit glory barge into the cave wielding his sword and yelling,

“Oi, here kitty kitty~ (wolf!). We just wanna put you to sleep (forever) and take you back to a nice cozy house (guild!). Don’t worry we don’t bite (we slice!)[Except for Val]. It’ll be quick; it won’t hurt (too much).”

He would have better luck persuading a rock to move, Xaramax thought. In response to Rexx’s utterly obvious deceitful temptations, a menacing roar bursts from the cave.

*Roooaaar!!*

{Wolf’s thoughts: Damn, it’s a pain having to do this every time someone tries to enter.}

“Uwah, it seems like it could be hard to kill it, are you sure you can do it~?” Nikki says sarcastically. Unfortunately Rexx doesn’t realize it is sarcasm and puffs out his chest like ‘Leave it to me, you guys stay back’.

Nikki turns to Xaramax surprised by the depth of idiocy the man has, and Xaramax just says,

“Leave him to do it; he probably won’t be able to subdue it. When he is defeated I’ll step in.”

Both Nikki and Valexii nod their heads and turn to watch the show along with him. Out comes the Golden Thunder Wolf from the cave, ready to fight. When it steps into the sunshine the fur radiates a golden luster that looks beautiful. If it were not a powerful monster and not as big as a horse, then surely people, especially women, would keep it as a cute pet. Unfortunately Rexx has provoked the wolf into attacking him.

The wolf charges towards Rexx who is already in a fighting stance with his sword ready. Bringing both deadly paws down in mid-air Rexx realizes the best way is to dodge left and aim his swing towards the flank of the wolf. This would normally have a chance of working on an A rank beast, however she is S rank combined with human intelligence giving an absolute advantage over the former type.

The wolf prepared for this to happen and uses one of her back legs to infuse lightning and kick Rexx before his sword can connect. Thus sending him sprawling several meters back straight into a tree. A one-hit K.O. That’s the gap between a B rank warrior and an S rank monster. Xaramax and the other two just look in silence at the total domination scene shown before them.

“”“……..”””

All three of them have the same thoughts: ‘Definitely not A rank!’

The S rank Golden Thunder Wolf just scratches the ground a few times with her rear leg as if saying ‘Filthy human, making me come out here and kick your stinky ass all over the place, hmph!’ Then she turns around and looks at Xaramax and co. waiting for the next person to attack. In response, Xaramax steps towards her and says bluntly,

“You’re going to be my mate and have my kids to help revive my clan. Let’s enjoy the fight.”

{Wolf’s thoughts: Wow, what a way with words…}

Nikki was embarrassed and face palmed at the same moment.

She can tell he isn’t human though, it’s an instinctual vibe all animals and monsters have with each other. Furthermore, she understands that he can obviously go human-form. It gives her a battle-hungry feeling that shows she wants to fight him hard enough to force him to go back into his true-form. It’s the first time such a thing has stimulated her to fight.

Xaramax walks over to the wolf with a calculating face deciding whether or not he should start with his dragon-form or not. In the end he chooses to start with human-form and switch if he needs to. Wasting no time on words he begins his attack immediately.

“Shadow devouring inferno fist!”

Starting off with his first magic attack with his poor naming ability, his arm is covered in a darkness aura that makes it difficult to see where it’s going to land. The wolf has never seen an attack such as this and stays on guard in case she needs to dodge. However she believes that a mere darkness attribute attack cannot hurt her since she has the light attribute she can combat it with.

Unfortunately he is not only darkness attribute but also fire attribute too. The fist connects with the paw of the wolf and when the darkness dissolves he combusts the fire that was shrouded by the shadow. Thus it sends her flying several meters back, and at the same time making Xaramax take 2 steps back.

‘It’s still not enough; I need to use a stronger skill.’

Understanding that it is indeed inferior compared to his other skills he has created the past 10 years, Xaramax determines that he should go all-out in the next blow. At this moment a pissed off animal is ascending from her falling position, ready to teach the other opponent a lesson.

The Golden Thunder Wolf charges towards Xaramax at top speed with lightning crackling all around her body. In this instance she shows the full capabilities of an S rank monster by travelling the distance between the two almost in one breath. Not giving Xaramax the chance to retaliate she shoots lightning from her body straight at him, impacting his arms right at the same time as he blocks with his arms.

Xaramax is sent flying through a few trees until dropping to the ground with the wind knocked out of his lungs. It takes a moment until he gets to his feet with shaky legs before finally able to continue the seemingly one-sided fight. The wolf is standing there with a wolf-looking-smug-face waiting for his next move. He obliges by using his movement skill created by assimilating with shadows. Shadow Stride.

Using Shadow Stride he makes his way to the wolf unnoticed while the opponent thinks he turned invisible. He gets within a 5 meter range of her and withdrawing from the shadows he kicks her side while his leg is imbued with the frost element,

“Frost Moon Relinquishing Assault!”

Combined with the embarrassing name, the attack that looks like a crescent moon exiting his leg arrives at her side unexpected. She receives the blow and does not come off lightly wounded. Blood is running down her side, however the next moment she uses her light attribute to heal the wound as if nothing happened.

This back and forth attacking then healing goes on for another 10 minutes until both are tired; Xaramax from the unending mix of attacks and the wolf from repeated self-healing. Of course during this fight Rexx has woke up and just sat there where he fell, watching this with his mouth in an O shape.

Xaramax decides to try and finish this now and stops his attack, retreating 10 meters back away from the wolf. Both Rexx and the wolf don’t understand why he would do this, however Valexii and Nikki are thinking ‘Now it’s time to see them piss themselves hehe’.

Dragon-form. Xaramax sheds his human-form turning into the gigantic black with blue-striped dragon, intimidating figure. Towering above everyone there he gives his best menacing face he worked hard on mastering the past couple years. Hard work pays off. Well it took a minute for Rexx to feel intimidated since his mindset was ‘Yusss, I can be a hero if I slay the dragon!’ After the minute of him prepping himself to be a hero, all Xaramax had to do was look him in the eye with the dragon-eye intimidation and the invisible pressure made all heroic thoughts disappear like a fart in the wind.

The shock of a dragon appearing before her made the Golden Thunder Wolf’s mind short-circuit. Then she speaks for the first time,

“Since you have revealed your other form so will I.”

Suddenly a golden light wraps around her bestial body then disappears quickly, leaving a stunning human-like beauty. She has long wavy blond hair with two wolf ears sticking out. A perfect hourglass figure and double-D size breasts. Her face is stunning enough to make all men eat out of her hand. She puts all models from Earth to shame. Not to mention the blonde tail she has makes you want to pet it 24/7.

However Xaramax’s first thought was, ‘Thank goodness I don’t have to have sex with her when she is in wolf-form.’

Nikki on the side is giving a knowing smile towards Xaramax right when he was thinking that.

Of course he understands that even if she could not go into a human-form at the moment, he could just help strengthen her to a rank where she unlocks the human-form. But since she can already do so, it’s a perk.

Xaramax turns towards Rexx who has been trembling the whole time and says,

“You can either try to run away from us, which will obviously end with your death, or you can join our group, as a servant of course, because in no way will you have equal rights. That being said, we won’t treat you as trash. You will be fed and given other necessities, however you will do as you’re told and also fight with us when needed.”

Rexx seems to be struggling for a few seconds until he sees the amused and demonic look Xaramax is giving him and so

he faces his doom and accepts his life of servitude.

“Y-yes b-boss.”

Then Valexii interrupts in snake language talking to Xaramax,

Xaramax does a dragon-facepalm and replies,

‘Maybe this attitude is a hereditary thing from mother.’ After thinking this he relays the order to Rexx who pales and kowtows calling her ‘Queen’.

On the side, both Nikki and the wolf start giggling. Then Xaramax goes back to human-form and questions the wolf,

“You never told me your name?”

She blushes which makes him confused, then replies,

“My clan never named anyone so I decided to name myself after I left. My name is Dawn.”

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I'm going to make a illustration chap next. then another regular chap after that.