Princess

Fathers' words did not only left everyone in shock; it also gave us the fright of our lives.

"What do you mean, WAR your highness?"

Father looked at everyone. His hands are clasped behind his back, and I can feel his rage as he tries to control it to the best of his abilities. I wanted to hold his hand to comfort him, but this may not be the right time for that.

"I mean... a SKOLL tribe member is the one that attacked us..." His voice was serious, and it is way off from his usual light aura.

Every one started murmuring once again. Every second I can sense everyone's panic is rising exponentially. I looked at Elder Oberon, and he, too, has a serious tone on his aura. I glanced again at my Unit, and even they are in a state of shock. This WAR experience is new to everyone, and this will test the abilities of our generation.

"Your highness... How can you be so sure that it was a member of Skoll?" one asked.

"Yes, your highness... Prince Aerglo was informed that it was a rouge Paragon..." Another said.

Father did not say a thing; instead, he threw a severed head to the center of the room. He then glanced at Zeta Triton and gave him a slight nod.

"HOWL!!!" Vigor howled loudly and then.

"I am an experiment of the SKOLL... I could not control my lupus... They made me wonder everywhere and free to kill anyone I encounter... My lupus was infused with the..." The head stopped talking as my father crushed the head with his foot.

"This is unforgivable, your highness!" One pointed out the obvious.

"How can they do such a heinous thing?!" another one said.

"We have to end this kind of abomination!"

Everyone is angry, but not a single elder and high ranking official made a single comment.

I left the hall with no answers but instead with so many more questions in mind. Nothing seems to make sense, but the evidence has already spoken. The Skoll has broken the peace treaty and has done some ridiculous experiments.

I want some clarity about the issue. I want to revisit the site of the encounter. I was about to leave when someone stopped me.

"Prince Aerglo... Where are you going?" I looked back, and Arche and the others were waiting for me to ask them. I do not want to put their lives in danger, but I know for sure that I will not survive alone, so I will require someone whom I can really trust. We may have just known each other for a while, but there is something in my gut that tells me I can trust them. I just waved my hand to call them to my side. Just like that, no questions asked. They all came running towards me.

We followed the same path as before. Expecting an encounter, we braced ourselves.

"Prince Aerglo... what is the plan?" Io asked me. Honestly, I do not have any concrete plans. All I want is to gather as much information as possible.

We have reached the area where we have encountered the rouge paragon. It is unusually quiet, not whisper. I cannot even hear the wind. I raised my hands a bit to give them the signal to wait. "Io..." I called her. "Can you go on ahead and scout the area around us? I can sense something." I commanded her.

"Yes, alpha!" Her short reply. I am confident in her skills, but at the same time, I am afraid of ours and her safety. I hope she will be ok and nothing bad happens.

"Prince Aerglo... are you sure about this?" Cinthya asked.

"Shhh..." I signed. I can feel something fast is coming.

Arche must have felt it too. That is why he immediately jumped in front of us. Something spinning is charging towards us, creating a vacuum and damage to its path. "Bolvek!" Arche shouted with all his might. "Howl!!" Bolvek howled. Arche's body was then covered with something that resembles a gleaming diamond. He jumped towards it and grabbed it with all his power trying to stop the thing. Sparks fly, burning anything it lands on. He is struggling, I must help him, but I don't know what to do.

"Bailey!" Cinthya also shouted. "Howl!"

This is the first time I witnessed their abilities first hand. I am amazed that I have these powerful members in my unit.

Bailey's howl summoned a bolt of powerful lightning that directly struck the thing that is attacking us. It was a direct hit. Arche, on the other hand, barely escaped.

"Eik!" The sound of lupus struck by lightning. We immediately rushed towards Arche, who's hands are bleeding. Maybe if it wasn't for Bolvek's skill, his hands might have been shredded to pieces already. Aesha began casting the healing chant without the help of her lupus.

"Ekra vera mieta lura vastra..."

"Ekra vera mieta lura vastra..."

"Ekra vera mieta lura vastra..."

The wounds are slowly dissolving like water in a hot pan. Arche is wincing uncomfortably. 'It must really hurt?' I thought. Then a few moments later, Io also returned and checked the unconscious lupus that attacked us. I approached her and asked. "It is the same as the one before?"

"No... Prince, I cannot feel anything unusual about this one, unlike the one who tried to attack us before. This one feels like typical lupus and no eerie aura." She told me.

If this one is normal, then the paragon must also be around. I looked at Io, asking if she saw or felt something around us. She just looked at me and shook her head. "No, Alpha. I cannot sense anything else."

This will pose a danger to our mission, so we have to finish it. I grabbed my dagger and was about to deliver the final blow when a small pebble struck me by the shoulder.

"Prince!" everyone shouted.

"Please don't..." A gentle voice said in our heads. They immediately rushed towards me, and we all looked around, trying to figure out who talked through our link.

"Who are you?" I asked. A bush in front of us made a rustling sound, and there we saw a young woman walking towards us. She slowly walked closer and closer until we saw her and two majestic lupus behind her.

"I am Princess Via..."

My eyes widened. She must be a Skoll and judging by her lupus. She is no ordinary paragon.