One by one every clan was being called. Shin and his gang had no interest in anyone else besides the Fang Clan. Most of them were weak as Shin analyzed and looked at their status.
But yes, he was waiting for the clan in which Siara was to be announced. That was probably another clan that he was eager to see.
They were definitely stronger than most others, specially Siara, who was probably the leader of the White wolves.
"Now let's welcome, the clan of white wolves called the Warriors.", Reosan announced.
Yes, Siara had formed a clan of white wolves and had named it Warriors. That was possible because many wolves in the clans had the title of Warrior Wolves.
Regardless, all the spectators were surprised when they saw a clan that was formed with white wolves.
Yes, as mentioned earlier, white wolves are supposed to be the weakest among all other wolves. The color of their fur usually symbolized who was stronger.
The main reason why this basis was classified was that the wolves with different furs could master a particular element or go ahead with a particular type of skills, as for those of white color, they knew nor what to master - this was what the truth was.
However, after a lot of years had passed, the info had been changed into - White wolves cannot use any attributes as there exists no attribute that matches their white fur.
"Haha!"
"Look at that! Those wolves want to participate in the war! Haha!", everyone started laughing as they looked at them.
It was indeed hilarious and they weren't the ones to be blamed. But still, mocking them so openly was indeed rude despite knowing that the one and only wolf God Shin was also a white wolf, to begin with.
Regardless, she kept quiet and endured their mocking. While some of the members of the Warrior clan wanted to shut their mouths, Siara asked them to stay cool and prevented any more hate from the mass.
Of course, there were in total three beings that were either excited or confused after hearing her name - Shin, Aella, and Aaron!
Yes, when Aaron heard her name, he was utterly surprised.
Those that were called out to the arena, were then sent towards the gate on the opposite side of the entrance where they would be allowed to choose their number and placement of battle and then would be given rooms or chambers to rest.
Aaron and the remaining four wolves had formed a clan and had already gone to their room. They were watching everything that was happening via the screen and hence when Aaron noticed her and her name was revealed, he couldn't do anything but be confused.
'Why is she alive?', he asked himself.
He looked at the screen as his eyes started to glow in faint orange light.
'Her aura has grown stronger as well. Even if it is far weaker than me, for someone to get that strong in just a year...'
'This is unfathomable...', he said to himself as he grit his teeth.
Other wolves who were beside him, saw him worrying about something. Although they had no idea about Siara, since she hadn't been that famous in the forest, they roughly knew about her. Especially the flame wolf Freris knew.
He too was a bit surprised to find her appearing here when they thought that she was dead.
In any case, after her many groups were announced and one by one everyone appeared. Finally, it was Shin's turn.
His clan was going to be announced. All of them stood up and walked up to the entrance when Reosan took the clan's name.
"And now we have the Clan Lou Shin and its leader Shin!"
Shin walked forward with the black wolves behind him. Of course, only he and Aella were white.
Alira and Kaily were also present in the clan as they marched forward.
When they saw Shin, they started to laugh.
"Haha, what are kids doing here?", some ogres and foxes laughed as they saw him present here.
However, it was only 2% of the entire stadium laughed and mocked.
The remaining everyone was surprised to see him make his presence. Moreover, they were nervous and their body trembled.
It was not because Shin emitted any aura. It was because of his fame that had spread far wide. Yes, all those who had heard of the recent incidents regarding the destruction of Loria and invasion of Lenovia, knew who he exactly was. He was famous among the humans as they hated and feared his strength. The same was true with some elves who were intrigued to see him.
Whereas other beasts, who were from different forests, called him by one name - The Predator!
Just a glance at him and one would be deceived by his appearance.
The mere 2% were laughing but they soon stopped after seeing their fellow mates, sitting beside them, swallowing large chunks of dry saliva.
"What's wrong? Why are you trembling...?", a raccoon asked a pigeon sitting just next to him.
"..."
"Nothing..."
"Nothing has happened yet...", the pigeon said as he kept staring at Shin and his gang.
Among all the spectators, there were some other dignified members who were surprised by his appearance.
The two elders mentioned earlier and a king, three of them smirked as they saw Shin.
It was not because they belittled him. Rather, it was because they wanted to see him.
They weren't being arrogant or were trying to glare at him, rather, they had their eyes closed and with a lowered gaze continuously tried to glance at Shin.
Shin felt their gazes through but couldn't feel any sort of killing intent behind the gazes.
'Have I met them before...?', a weird question arose in his mind as they continuously stated at Shin.
In any case, Aaron wasn't that surprised when he saw Shin. All he did was glare at the water screen.
"Is he the one?", Lurion asked Aaron.
"Yes, brother. He is the one whose name I couldn't take a year back. Even brother Kira couldn't-", before Aaron could complete his sentence, Lucian activated his Aura Domain and pinned Aaron to the ground.
"B-brother?", he was confused and startled by the sudden release of aura.
"Don't refer to that bastard as a brother.", Lurion said.
"Y-yes. I won't...", Aaron agreed immediately after which Lurion stopped using the aura domain and continued to stare at Shin.
Regardless, since Shin and members of his clan were introduced, they went to the other side and the announcements continued.
A weird panda was standing in front of a stall with various numbers.
On the wooden table in front of him, there were many inverted wooden slabs.
"Welcome, please choose one of these."
"They contain a certain number and according to that it will be decided whom you will be fighting...", the panda said.
There was a board right behind him where the numbers and drawings of the clans that had chosen already were displayed.
It was in a diagram format and the match-up was present.
'The Fang Clan choose B4?', Shin looked at the board.
Match among the clans under group A will be conducted on one day and of Group B on another.
The finalists of both groups will fight in the final round on another day.
Shin had no interest in fighting with others. He wanted to quickly end the battle with the Fang Clan and kill them.
Although he didn't have a plan right now and when compared to them, he was a bit weak. But he never once thought that he would lose.
'If I get B3, I can fight them...', he thought and tried to search for B3.
His emotions took the best of him as he decided to go for B3. The fact that he forgot about placing top 10 in the wars to complete a mission and the fact that he had to search for Siara and Kira, completely slipped his mind right now.
'I just have to see what numbers are present behind the wooden slabs...', he thought.
If he could see the numbers of the inverted wooden slabs, then he could choose B3 and fight the Fang Clan right away.
His eyes started to glow with faint green light right away as he thought about using his most common eye skill - All-Seeing Eyes.
*Ding*
[ The skill All-Seeing Eyes cannot be used due to the passive skill 'Skill Restriction' ]
But what a pity, he couldn't activate the skill as the Panda in front of him had a fearsome skill of his own – Skill Restriction – which prevented the usage of any skills within the radius of his 50 meters.
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