Lance was very happy about the new boots that dropped. They were now the first useful item that he got ever since the world changed. He knows this is the first of many, but he can't help but feel proud that he obtained it with his own efforts.

Lance took off the sneakers he was wearing and started to put on his new boots. As soon as they were put on, he felt a soothing sensation flow through his body. It was a feeling he definitely could get used too.

Lance looked down at the new boots, he couldn't see anything special about the boots. If he didn't know what they were capable of, then he would just think they were normal boots. This will definitely make it hard for people to know what each other are capable of.

"Ooh, fancy shmancy." Chao said looking down at Lance. "You know you probably shouldn't spend so much time looking at your shoes, and instead prepare for the battle that might tear you apart."

Lance looked around to see what he was talking about and when he didn't see anything, he looked at Chao weirdly. Before he could say anything though, he heard a loud howl.

Lance looked at the source of the howl and saw a group of 8 wolves. They were all hungry wolves except one wolf in the very back of the pack. This wolf was black, instead of grey like the others, and was much bigger. As soon as Lance noticed these wolves, he used Identify on them.

Hungry Wolf lvl 5

75/75 HP

Glutton Wolf Leader lvl 8 (elite monster)

200/200 HP

"How on earth..." Lance looked at Chao shocked. This little guy has way too many surprises. Just when he thinks he learns everything about this guy, there is something new.

"You will never be able to understand me completely, at least not for awhile. But it wasn't a special skill that told me you were going to be in trouble. You got wolf blood on you stupid." Chao said arrogantly while not even looking at Lance.

Lance then looked down at the red stains on his white shirt and black pants. Lance now understood that these were the previous wolves' pack and they are coming for revenge.

The hungry wolves started to surround Lance, growling with killing intent. They were clearly upset that this human had killed their family. The leader however, just stared at Lance. It was studying Lance, waiting for something to happen. At the the slightest chance, it would utilize the opportunity send the pack to destroy him.

Lance brought his fist up and started to analyze the situation he was in. He first used Analyze, and then watched carefully as the wolves had him completely surrounded. The moment one of them moved, the battle would start.

Lance knew that this fight would not be easy. However, since Chao doesn't look at all interested in this fight, it meant that Chao had confidence in him, hopefully.... The leader saw Lance glance somewhere else and it immediately howled, telling all the wolves to attack.

One by one, the wolves started to charge at Lance, who was in the center of them. Lance re-focused on the fight and prepared as the first wolf lunged at him.

Lance swung his arm, colliding it against the wolf's face and using the momentum to send the wolf flying towards the ground. The wolf hit the ground and bounced yelping in pain while other wolves ran passed it to get their chance at the human.

The second wolf manage to bite his leg from the opposite side of the first wolf. Lance spent too much of his concentration on the previous wolf, allowing this one to gain the opportunity to do some considerable damage.

Lance clenched his teeth in pain as he bent down and grabbed the wolf, to try to rip it off of his leg. The wolf clamped down tightly, as if it would rather die than let go. Lance used his enhanced strength to overpower the creature, however, in doing so, created a bigger gash in his leg from when the teeth had been.

Lance howled in pain, but kept his focus as he picked up the wolf, swinging it like a sack and bashing it against the next wolf that was about to chomp it's teeth into his shoulder. Lance let go of the wolf as it collided with the other, launching both of them a fair distance away.

The impact caused a fair bit of damage to the two wolves. However, as soon as the monsters stopped sliding, they stood up and prepared to go straight back into the chaos.

This throw took too much movement and concentration from Lance, so the fifth wolf took advantage and clawed his back. Lance grimaced as his back was suddenly full of a stinging pain. These wolves were clearly coordinated, probably from the pack leader.

Ordinary wolves would attack constantly without any plan and retreat at any sight of impending doom. Lance was clearly stronger than them, as seen previously, when it only took two kicks to kill one of the wolves. However, due to their numbers and their coordination, the danger was not added by each wolf, but multiplied.

Lance looked at the pack leader and noticed that it was just calmly watching, showing no signs of ever entering the battle. "Wow, you believe that you can just safely watch from afar while your group tries to kill me? Think again!" Lance thought to himself angrily.

He decided to rush and take out the leader first. Only that way he could probably deal with the others. He first dodged a wolf clawing at his face by stepping to the side and ducking. Then he dashed in the direction of the Glutton wolf, hoping that his superior speed would outrun all the other wolves.

Unfortunately, this was not as easy as a task as it seemed. The two last wolves were moving towards Lance in the same direction as he was charging.

Lance clenched his teeth as he gathered his resolve. As soon as one of the wolves lunged at him, Lance took this opportunity to punch the wolf to the ground, then dash away from the other wolf.

Using his fairly high agility, moving away from the wolf was easily accomplished. Lance then smiled, as he charged towards the wolf that was just standing there all alone. He had done it. Now he could quickly take care of the leader, causing the pack to lose moral, making this fight a whole lot easier.

Lance killing intent grew as he got closer. He was in this situation because of this wolf. He felt pain all over because of this stupid mutt. Even if it was the last thing he did, he would slaughter the pack leader.

He was fairly confident with his speed after his transformation. It was so much faster than when he was a human. How could anything compare with him now, Lance thought.

The situation was going too well, so much that it was eerie. Even though he got closer to the wolf and it was in a fairly bad situation, it had no trace of fear within it's eyes. This shook Lance a bit because he could clearly remember what had happen with the other wolves previously when they realized they were in a bad situation. Fear was plastered all over their face. But this wolf wasn't fazed what so ever.

"Arrogant!!" Lance yelled as he lunged at the wolf, however, just as Lance was seemingly about to punch the wolf, it disappeared from his sight. Lance blinked a couple of time, not knowing what just occurred. Before he could even think, all of a sudden, he felt something large crashing into his side. It felt like he got hit by a car and Lance was sent flying to the side.

Lance hit the ground and rolled, slamming his back into the wall. As soon as his back hit the wall, Lance coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked astonish and confused at what just happened. He was attacking the leader at one point, then all of a sudden he was hit by something.

"Hahaha, you sure got thrashed."

Lance looked and Chao was floating above him laughing. Lance blinked a few times at Chao, not knowing what to say.

"Ah, but seriously, this was a good experience. Better for you to be able understand your own weaknesses before you face even harder challenges." Chao said.

"What...what just happened?" Lance managed to say through his pain.

"Ya got overconfident. When you easily defeated those wolves before, you thought you were invincible, but now you realize you are far from it", Chao explained. "You couldn't defeat 7 normal wolves by yourself. Hell, you couldn't defeat one slightly stronger wolf by yourself. How are you invincible?"

Lance looked down at himself. He didn't know what to say. Chao was right. He got arrogant. He thought he was strong, he thought that everything would fall into his lap, but he was wrong, almost dead wrong.

The truth is, he's still weak. He is very weak. There will always be something stronger than him, especially now that he was at the bottom of the food chain. He was just a level 1 and he thought he could take on a group of level 5s with a level 8. This was truly foolish.

"Wrong."

Lance looked up at Chao confused. He thought this was the lesson Chao wanted for him to learn. To not be weak and to know his strength. To choose his battles intelligently instead of charging in full of stupidity and arrogance.

"Yes and no. I wanted you to know that you are weak, yes. I wanted you to stop being arrogant, yes. However, I also want you to realize that there are different types of strength. If you were actually aware of how to control your strength, your speed, and in the future, your skills. Then you would be able to fight so much more efficiently, with more skill, to the point where a situation like this where you are going against a large amount of enemies won't be a problem." Chao explained.

Lance looked at Chao astonished. This kid that acted free and arrogant was now talking like a wise old man. He talked like he knew from experience. Lance now saw Chao in a different light. He now understood truly how much Lance has benefited from obtaining Chao. This truly was a gift from God.

In a world where death is around every corner, anything that could increase the chance for survival even by a tiny margin was a priceless item. Now Lance had realized that what he obtained was much better than any item.

He obtained a companion that would help him, teach him, show him the correct way, which will in fact increase his chances of survival by a huge margin. Anyone who knew what he had would fly into a jealousy rage and would think that God is truly unfair.

Chao nodded in acknowledgement. "Yes, I am your companion, I am also your younger brother, and now I will be your teacher. First, let's deal with this situation, and then we will get started with the training."

Lance finally realized something strange. The wolves were standing a fair distance away looking at him and Chao cautiously. They were not daring to get near. It was like they sensed something dangerous, so they were being extremely careful.

"Why aren't they attacking?" Lance said looking at Chao. Before, when he wasn't injured and in peak form, they surrounded him and attacked non-stop out of fury and rage. But now, he was not only badly injured, he was completely distracted, talking to Chao, and yet they didn't move. It was like they were completely different than before. Lance couldn't understand it.

"I revealed myself to them. I have the ability to only be seen by you, since we are connected, but I can reveal myself if I ever feel like it. My guess is that they do not know what I am, but they can sense that I am capable." Chao explained. "However, I am not going to fight them. This is for your experience."

Lance nodded. He truly thought of Chao as his teacher after he received the lecture that awakened him from his arrogant thoughts. Lance slowly got up and the wolves watched him carefully while also glancing at Chao every now and again as well. They didn't know what was going to happen from this point on, but they weren't willing to give up without killing Lance.

"Alright, I am going to explain what is about to happen, so listen carefully. You are going to need to follow my orders if you want to get out of this situation alive." Chao said looking at Lance.

Lance nodded and got into a position to fight. He was going to do whatever it would take to survive. Nothing is going to kill him, absolutely nothing. He didn't care if it was a pack of wolves or a group of trolls. Lance was going to use whatever he could so that he could live to the next day.