The First Dragon God

A tense and eerie silence enveloped the surroundings, only broken by the pattering of rain against the floor.

Miguel and his group stood frozen in fear, shock and disbelief, but mostly fear, staring at the now-docile wolf pack surrounding the carcass of the Mutant Boar. This was the same for Grewishka and his group.

The once-feral beasts, dripping with rain and terror, now appears subdued and stood quietly before Leo. These were the same beasts that were hell-bent on tearing him to pieces.

It was a massive turnaround of events for them and no matter how hard they tried, they can't understand anything that happened.

But the wolves weren't what was important right now. What was important is the fact that a very terrifying pressure enveloped the surroundings for a brief moment, almost killing them.

The fact that they aren't dead yet is more shocking when surprising than the now docile wolves.

They all looked at Leo who they believe to be the source of the pressure and they shivered slightly. They can't believe that such a young boy would have such terrifying pressure to him.

Who was he exactly? They were very curious to know.

Thinking of the pressure that made them helpless, Miguel tightens his grip on his axe, his knuckles white as he watches the wolves quietly spread out, guarding the perimeter.

"What the hell… just happened?" one of his group members whispers, his voice barely audible over the rain.

His eyes dart nervously between Leo, the pack leader, and the sleeping wolf at Leo's feet.

Miguel doesn't answer immediately. His gaze shifts to Leo, who is now standing upright, visibly drained and talking to the lady before turning his attention to one of the that seems to be the pack leader.

"Did… did he tame them?" the young girl in Miguel's group asked, her voice trembling.

Miguel's eyes narrowed when he heard her question. From what he could see and with the fact that the wolves that were previously trying to attack Leo was no longer on his neck, the only explanation was that he tamed them. But the question is how?

"I really don't know, Mia." Miguel replied, as he continued observing Leo and the wolves.

Leo finally turns toward the two groups and started walking towards them. His steps leaving muddy imprints in the rain-soaked ground.

His hand brushes against the fur of the pack leader as he walks past it, and the massive wolf doesn't react, only lowering its head slightly.

"You're safe now," Leo said to the group when he arrived in front of them.

Miguel's eyes darted between Leo who was standing in front of him and the wolves at the distance.

"Are you sure? What if they attack us once you leave?" Miguel asked cautiously, carefully observing the wolves.

Leo smiled and glanced back at the wolves, who remain alert but unmoving. He opens his mouth to respond but stops when he notices the unease in Miguel's group.

"As long as none of you provoke any of them, you can be rest assured that they won't attack you. The reason why they surrounded you guys was because they wanted part of the Boar's meat. They never actually intended to attack any of you," Leo replied, doing his best to reassure them.

It was just as he said. The reason why the wolf pack surrounded the groups and the monster's carcass was because they wanted part of it.

They never in the first place intended to attack anyone in the group. Well, that's if none of them trys to stop them.

This was something that Leo got to know from Fiona's memories. The wolf pack were actually from the same place as the Mutant Boar, a zoo that's not quite far from their current location.

'I have to prepare in case more of the animals that was being kept there finds their way here. I can't take anymore, so the only option would be to kill.' Leo thought to himself when he remembered the information about the zoo.

As for the wolf pack, due to the fact that the only one that Leo had tamed among them is Fiona, he wasn't exactly sure of how they would behave towards others. But from what the pack leader told him and the information he got from Fiona's memories, they have never without provocation, attacked humans before.

Well, this would depend on their definition of provocation and from what Leo saw in Fiona's memories, they weren't exactly provoked but were attacked due to fear. Something that Leo found to be very logical as he would had done the same thing too.

But that was then. Now that the wolves are under, or should he say that now that Fiona has been bonded to him, he intends to use her to control the pack as a whole.

After saying what he wanted to say, Leo made his way into the building.

Leo could see the fear and unease in the group's eyes but he didn't want to bother himself any longer. He has already explained the best way he could, it was left to them if they want to believe him. As for him, he has more important things to take care of.

While Leo went back into the building, Ves decided to stay behind with the group. She knew that they were still scared and wary of the wolves, so as to prevent any incident from happening.

She walked up to the sleeping wolf to carry it up and away from the rain, and immediately she got close to it, she saw that the pack started growling at her in a low voice, as it warning her to rethink whatever action she's about to take. This was especially so for their leader who was now inching closer to her.

Ves smiled when she saw this but she wasn't bothered. She knew that pack was only looking out for one of their own.

She carefully lifted up the sleeping wolf and startled walking towards the building, with the wolves watching her carefully.

As Ves made her way to the building, the two groups finally mustered up the courage and decided to continue with what they were doing before they were interrupted.

*****

Tatiana and Elda were still discussing the strangeness of Leo's process of taming the wolf when their expression turned solemn the next moment.

"Princess, I will be back," Elda said, and disappeared.

Tatiana nodded and turned to look out the window. She had no idea that her trip to come to the planet would lead her to meet someone like Leo.

Remembering the reason why Elda left, she frowned and looked at the rainy sky.

"I guess it's going to start sooner than expected." She muttered to herself.