Flunra walks in hesitantly into the room and saw Rex looking at Adhara lying on the bed.
A mix of red and purple energies from the intimate act he did with Evelyn is swallowing the entire castle, this helps prevents the others fights the effect of the Ice and Snow Full Moon. It also made the bed chamber Adhara is in quite misty.
Slithering through the misty room is Rex's cold tone that strikes fear into Flunra's body.
Not a glimpse of Rex's pressuring energy or presence can be felt directly by Flunra. But the absolute nothingness of emotions made Rex considered to be an even more dangerous entity by Flunra's instinctive natural sense.
In that regard, Flurna falls on one knee behind Rex's figure knowing that the Alpha is furious.
Rex looks at Adhara lying on the bed unconscious with both of his hands clenched into fists. Out of the time he has spent being accompanied by Adhara from the day he turned her into the first pack member of the Silverstar Pack, he has never seen Adhara in a worse state than this one.
Wounds are covering her entire body, showing that she has been through a brutal fight.
Her left arm is missing and her regenerative abilities are compromised and become weaker, the thought of someone hurting her makes his blood boils. But what made him angry more was the fact that he was not here when it happened.
It almost feels like the tragedy that happened to his parents all over again.
A heavy low growl that trembles the heart escapes Rex's mouth, he slowly turns his body around and gazes at the kneeling Flunra with his glaring red eyes. "Alpha... it's better to talk about this after the Ice and Snow Full Moon, you just got back and the problems can wait until tomorr-"
Before he can finish, Rex already grabbed him by the neck and slammed him to the wall.
Bam!
"Answer my question, Flunra. Who did this to her?" Rex asks again but this time with a threatening tone, anyone that touches those who are close to him would pay the price no matter what. Now that he's all alone, he must deal with everything himself.
Feeling the tight force choking his neck, Flunra groaned in pain while holding Rex's arm.
Rex already expected the worst as he glared at Flunra, he only needs confirmation before he would deal with this problem himself. It doesn't matter if today is the Ice and Snow Full Moon, that wouldn't stop him in the slightest.
"Is it the Supernaturals? Humans? Tell me!" Rex roared and puts more pressure on his hand.
Grunting heavily feeling that his throat would about be crushed if he didn't tell Rex what he wanted, Flunra then forced out the words conflictingly fearing that his neck is going to be crushed, "N- No... I-It was the curs- cursed creatures!"
Upon hearing this, Rex frown before he instantly lets Flunra go.
Falling to the ground Flunra coughs a couple of times, some of his coughs even contain blood which shows how hard Rex is choking him earlier. "A horde of cursed creatures attacked the castle when you are away, it happened when me and Kyran are picking Evelyn up too. But Adhara takes care of them alongside Gistella"
Rex glanced at Adhara before he sighs, he thought that the Supernaturals or Humans found them.
"Then why are you refraining from telling me if that's the case?" Rex asked, laying his eyes on Flunra suspiciously. If Adhara takes care of it then there should be no problem, so it doesn't make sense for Flunra to keep his mouth shut for the night.
With conflicted eyes, Flurna looks down to the ground while still holding his throbbing neck.
Just then the frown on Rex's face becomes even more evident as he realized something, he focuses on his senses to envelop the entire castle but that only makes his expression turns darker. "I don't sense Kyran around, where is he?"
Flunra can only gulp harshly knowing that it will eventually lead to this.
Knowing that Rex has gone through hell in the first ascension trial and even managed to take down a fragment of the Blood Moon Lunirich God, he wanted to let Rex rest for the day so that his mind can rest so it would take in the bad news better.
But this is completely unexpected, he thought that Rex would at least rest for the night.
Even though Flunra already makes a repercussion by standing in front of the bed chamber where Adhara is, who is he kidding? How can he stop Rex from getting inside, he was absolutely useless in stopping him.
"Kyran... Kyran is captured by the humans when we try to meet with Evelyn..."
Crack!
Boom!
Rex's aura leaked a bit and cracked the ground beneath him, the expression he was wearing right now is murderous so Flunra quickly added lest he would go confront the humans right now. "But it's unlikely that they're going to hurt Kyran, I think they're using him to bait you out. Evelyn said that Sebrof has asked for ninth-rank realm reinforcement from the neighboring major human cities"
"If you go there recklessly now, then we will all be doomed. Let's think about it first..." Flunra added.
Upon hearing this Rex clicked his tongue as he tries to breathe steadily to calm his boiling nerves, he sat on the edge of the bed and clasped his hands together to think about the problems that hit him right after he finished the first ascension trial.
But at this point, he's not surprised anymore. Problems always haunt him wherever he goes.
<Sudden Quest>
Retrieve back Kyran safely from the grasp of other prominent external forces. As the Alpha, it's the user's responsibility to always protect the members of the Silverstar Pack. Being unable to protect the pack members is shameful and is not fitting for the Alpha!
Time Limit: Unknown
Quest Reward: 500 Billion Exp and Confide of the Ice.
'Unknown...? That's not good' Rex thought with a frown, the system has never done this.
If there's a time limit then the system would tell him, if there's not then the time limit section shouldn't be there. But now, the system decided to put the time limit section there despite not knowing the exact time limit.
Rex is definitely troubled by this, but his eyes lowered to the quest reward.
'Confide of the Ice? Is that an item to break the force hibernation? I hope so...'
But at the very least the sudden quest indicates that Kyran is alive, and that is enough for him.
Suppressing back his leaking kingly energy, Rex glanced at Flunra way calmer than before and finally asked, "Okay, tell me everything from start to finish. I want to know what happened while I was gone"
A moment later, Rex is currently digesting the information he received.
Due today is the Ice and Snow Full Moon, Rex already knows that he has been inside the first ascension trial for more than one day. It's the first thing that he realized. Flunra then tells him about how Kyran is captured by the humans and also the problem regarding the cursed creatures that paid a visit here demanding some kind of curse inside Gistella.
'I'm angry at him for leaving Kyran, but that is the most sensible thing to do' Rex glanced at Flunra.
Although he's quite angry about Flunra's choice, he knows that there's nothing else to do besides that if Brigitta and this eighth-rank realm Awakened that fought against Kyran are there. If Flunra didn't make that hard choice then Evelyn wouldn't be here.
If Evelyn is not here, Rex and the others would've been forced into hibernation.
Well, essentially if Evelyn is not here Rex is the only one forced into hibernation. But if Rex is forced into hibernation, the others that needed his warmth would also follow in his footsteps which will end up with all of them in hibernation.
Flunra made the right call, it would be disastrous if that were to happen.
Pondering for a moment he looks at the wall trying to figure out their next move, 'We're severely lacking in information, if we want to make a plan then we need information about the current humanity. Maybe we can sneak in and save Kyran, but that requires thorough planning'
Just as he thought of that, it seems Flunra realized what he was thinking.
"When we're inside humanity's territory, we got scanned by a new technology of the modern humans called Intra. It immediately exposes our position, so I think infiltrating them would be way harder now" Flunra said, remembering the weird interface that appears back then.
Upon hearing this, Rex frowns. But he can already guess what it is, 'Supernatural Radar...'
Since the Silverstar Pack is basically one of the biggest contributors to the success of the Supernatural Radar, he knows that the Supernatural Radar should be ready to be activated. Now it seems Prof. K already finished running his tests.
'Our first step would be gaining information...' Rex thought before nodding his head.
Looking back at the kneeling Flunra in front of him, Rex then finally said after affirming his mind.
"We'll need to find out what humanity is up to right now, and how much reinforcement they gained from the neighboring major cities. It'll be best if we can also locate where Kyran is held." Rex paused for a second when he noticed something, his eyes squinted because of this, "Can you still fight, Flunra?"
It's not that hard to realize that Flunra seems to be weakened for some reason.
Rex becomes even more sure knowing that Flunra basically transported him and Evelyn back to the castle, and that is a feat comparable to the power he had when he still has the Banished Dark Moon King Mark.
Something that powerful should take a toll on him, and it seems he's right.
Nodding his head firmly, Flunra then said with absolute confidence, "I can still help no matter the condition I'm in, there's no need for you to worry about my well-being, Alpha" he referred to Rex as Alpha now.
Probably due to the fact that Rex is angry earlier, and it dragged on until now.
Upon hearing this Rex gave a firm nod before waving his head, telling Flunra to be ready as they are going to be departing right this instant. The faster they gain ahold of the information, the faster they can retrieve Kyran back.
"If I may, where will we start to search for the information we need?" Flunra asked from by the door.
Rex lifted his gaze, he paused for a second before he finally replied with a light smirk, "We're going to try and find out about humanity, what better way to find them out than through their number one rival?"
"I have just the Supernatural in mind" he added and Flunra nodded his head in understanding.
Just as he saw Flunra was about to leave, Rex looks back to the ground before he clenched his clasped hands stronger. 'All I want is to keep the others safe, I've suffered too much loss already. But they just have to drag me back in...' he thought feeling absolutely angry and desperate.
Ever since his parents' deaths, he wanted nothing to do with the prominent forces.
Due to the approaching Ice and Snow Full Moon, he only wanted to retrieve Evelyn back but that leads to this problem. Nothing seems to be working for him, the world just doesn't want him to live in peace for even the slightest moment.
While he was dwelling inside his mind, he didn't realize that Flunra is still standing by the door.
Upon seeing Rex frowning while sitting by himself, Flunra can't help but sighs before he opens his mouth, "I've lived countless years, probably the oldest Supernaturals alive right now. And through those years, I worked with powerful entities that can impact the whole world, entities like you. One thing I learned that applied to all of them without exception..."
Rex looks up to see Flunra in curiosity, he's curious as to what Flunra is about to say.
"For someone to possess power that can shake the entire world, you can't just hide away from the world. One way or another, you will always be pulled into the open" he added before smiling lightly and walking out of the door.
Flunra left Rex who is clearly stunned by what he heard, his eyes are completely round.
A couple of minutes later he can't help but chuckle lightly, he ridiculed himself while shaking his head, 'I can't hide away, huh...' Rex thought, trying to decipher those profound words that came from an ancient Werewolf.
Soon enough, he managed to realize what Flunra is trying to say before he nodded his head.
"So that is what it meant. If people that possess immense power like me can't simply hide away, then becoming an active force is the only way to go" Rex utters in realization, he then stares at where Flunra left, "it seems keeping Flunra alive is one of the best choices I made"
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