Chapter Three:
.....Narrow space in between. Down the aisle was a stairs leading to the second floor of the building, which they followed.
It was a hall suitable for a conference. There was a set of fewer seats at the end, facing an enough number of seats. Few of the seats have been occupied by some members of the pack. Sooner, the hall was filled with people of different complexions, but the fair skinned encompassed.
The meeting started with exchange of warm greetings. New pack members were called upon, and it happened to be Lucinda, only. She was welcomed. Next, was division of the pack into their different groups or likes, in over twenty werewolves present, the Omegas happened to be only two _Lucinda and Ruth, a fourthy years old cleaner that works in the wolf's community library, she was known for her lukewarmness. Two Alphas _Jack, a mean young man in his his thirty years, seductively muscular and wore simple facial hairs, and Chloé, a dark skinned lady in her twenty - three years, pretty was her description. Unlike many coloured werewolves, she has a well straightened purple dyed hair reaching her spine waist. She got an ovary shaped face, a pair of brown eyes and a black coloured lips. She was rude and desperate.
The Elders were seven in the count, and the remaining werewolves were Betas.
Later, an eighth number of younger werewolves were chosen for the ritual of the Arcadians, which will be held by tomorrow, in the Holy river in, the moonwoods, under the exposure of the August ' Sturgeon Moon '.
The chosened youngsters were rated from age 18 to 30, but Lucinda happened to be the oldest of them.
After the meetings, the claimed meeting hall turned into a club, for dance and merriments. The smell of alcohol filled the air, smokes of cigarettes puffed out from Smokers' mouths. Jack, the male Alpha sat at a corner observing the goings. Chloé, the female Alpha, flaunted her body and twisted her waist here and there to catch Jack's attention, as usual, Jack wasn't attracted. In his act of observing the scene, Jack saw a girl sitting near a window, flapping her hands to scare the smell and smokes from cigarettes away from her, it was Lucinda. This singular act of grown Lady as Lucinda, amused the beholder, Jack.
After a while, Jack decided to leave the hall, but first went to the timid girl, from behind. Unknown to Lucinda that she was having an unexpected visitor, she immediately stood up to leave the hall, but as she turned around to face the exit, she stumbled on a stone and failed into the abled hands of Jack.
Oh! She hadn't stumbled on a stone, it was actually Jack's foot.
A short romantic scene was created by the duo. The fall into Jack's arms, scattered Lucinda's hair, bringing strands of hair on her face. Jack for the first time in his life, used his sting roughed hand to comb out the hairs on Lucinda's face, clipping them with Lucinda's back ear. The duo exhumed hot breaths from their nostrils, letting each feel the hot breaths. Both gazed erotically on themselves.
Jack's face was coming closer when Lucinda arrived to consciousness, and helped her self up.
"Am sorry, so sorry, it was accidental", Lucinda apologized and turned to leave when her right middle finger tipped on Jack's, both felt a strange electric shock, but that won't keep Lucinda from leaving.
It was a lot that happened in a jiffy!
When Lucinda had left, Jack was left in awe, he asked himself why Lucinda had left so soon, had she not felt the shock? Was she that numb?
Questions for no answer!
If there was anyone witnessing the event, it was Chloé, she was pissed off on what she saw. The sight of it turned her inside out, and made her mouth sour. She grieved in anger and sank in anxiety, but she wouldn't create a scene. Her intentions was sealed deep down her heart, she had vowed to make Lucinda stay in Guidecca, regretful.
Yes! She always see to it that her wishes become reality. From then hence, Chloé frustrated Lucinda, she used her influence and power as an Alpha to draw to herself companions, who assisted her in tormenting poor Lucinda. Terrible and ear itching rumors about Lucinda, were spread in the pack, mostly among the youths. But all these false rumors, Jack had made up her mind to ignore, for he strongly believe that it was a cooked up lies against Lucinda.
Tomorrow came, the day for the ritual of the Arcadians, _It was dawn, on 15th of August, 2000. The chosened werewolves have been led to the Holy river in moonwoods, by the seven Elders. At the river, each Elder held the head of every werewolf in prayer, after which the werewolf will be mandated to swim across the Holy river to the end, over there, the beast in them will take over of their bodies, thereby, making them pass through the lycanthrope stage and transform into an animal wolf.
The river was not deep, enabling each participant in the ritual to swiftly swim across.The ritual went as planned. Lucinda's turn was hilarious to any beholder, how she screamed in pains and tried stop her skeletal systems from transforming to a lycanthrope humanoid- skeleton, but all was to avail.
Cool! Lucinda had emerged as a white wolf who had black lines, marked on his four legs. That appearance had never been seen before in the pack, it was first of its kind. Yet, that hasn't change the fact that she is an Omega, the underrated group.
The ritual partakers were dismissed after the announcement of their wrestling with the older pack members in a week time. The aim was to make strong their bodies, claws and teeth, since they are just experiencing being their true self.
The D - day had come, the training took place in the werewolf wrestle house, a fenced compound of Sandy floor. At the center of the compound stood a roofless wooden cage, crafted in a boxlike shape. The floor of the cage was sandy but covered with hay. Each contestants moved into the cage, from where all pack members could view and judge the tactics and skills of a contestant. It wasn't easy for the first timers, most of the get knocked out in their first trials.
After an hour, only three new contestants were left. Luckily, Lucinda was among. Her conquest in the game wasn't surprising; Omegas were always known for their natural strength to fight and work. Despite Omegas been known for their natural strength, Lucinda in her own side tried as she could to avert any downfall. She fought wildly that she forgot that a darling girl was not supposed to show off her fighting skills in the public; Her mother had told her that before.
Lucinda's victory in the contest was reaping Chloé apart, she felt disgraced. Anytime Lucinda was thrown down, Chloé would laugh devilishly alongside the girls with her, thereby, attracting the attentions of the pack. She boasted aloud to everyone's hearing, saying,
" She is just a young and desperate little Cub. Let her dare me in a wrestle, and I will reap her throat off her neck".
Unknown to Chloé, what she was doing was getting Jack more attracted to Lucinda.
The wrestle game ended with Lucinda emerging as the winner. This singular victorious story changed everybody's impression.......
Peak of the third rank of the body at the age of nineteen and a half!That was an incredible feat!Most of it though was due to the Forging of the Seven Hells in which Lucinda had trained in his childhood.Unorthodox techniques had a faster pace of training but required for the cultivator to undergo risky procedures.The Forging of the Seven Hells had endangered Lucinda's life many times, it was no wonder that he could reach the peak of the third rank at such a young age.'Now, I need to store "Breath" through my whole body.'A lot of energy was required for the reconstruction of the body and, of course, the best source of energy of that world was the marvelous "Breath".Lucinda resumed her cultivation, she had to be sure that her body was filled with "Breath" before she attempted in the reconstruction.One week passed uneventfully, with Lucinda focusing each night concentrating on the Yin body and using the rest of the day to sleep.Rest was necessary during that process, the body ne
Lucinda's life became quite engaging. She would still maintain her usual training routine most of the time but, at specific intervals, her presence was requested in Kurt's hunting group to organize and plan their next mission. They would usually hunt twice a month and only in danger zones where they were sure that the number of rank 4 magical beasts was not too high. Lucinda was a burden for them after all, they couldn't risk being ganged up by several strong creatures. That's why their focus was on the lone packs in specific areas, they had to be sure that nothing unexpected could happen. It had to be said though that Lucinda wasn't completely useless. The group of hunters soon discovered that, during the planning phase, her insights on the behavior of the magical beasts were extremely valuable, so much that Ada would often ask for her opinion. There was a time when they had to face two packs of Hellish hounds both led by a rank 4 magical beast. Lucinda suggested for the two s
Another wave of attacks crashed on the Shrinking elephant once it was on the ground, when dealing with a rank 4 creature, it was better not to take any chance.The magical beast was laying on the ground, its skin was torn everywhere and its gray flesh sprouted blood on the terrain.Newton and Kurt hit repeatedly its head for a while before they stopped seeing that life was abandoning it."Lucinda, it's safe now!"Kurt shouted seeing that the elephant was about to die.Lucinda didn't hesitate and ran at full speed toward the battlefield.She had come prepared: she was wearing a black robe that featured long and large sleeves that completely hid her hands.That allowed her to perform the Blood drain spell as she ran without being noticed by the others in her group."Turn."Lucinda ordered once he arrived next to Kurt.Snorts could be heard coming from some of the hunters, yet, under Kurt's admonishing gaze, they all turned and left Lucinda alone with the beast.Only when he was sure tha
Recognizing the danger before it was too late was one of the key aspects of survival.Hunters generally relied on reports and on their senses to understand if an area was too dangerous or if a pack had rank 4 magical beasts among them.That's why many of them just ignored the study of traces or weren't adept in that field, the senses of a cultivator were generally enough to recognize beings of such might.Yet, having more information could only be considered an advantage, no matter how small it was."This is indeed surprising, I had to hunt in this area for a month before becoming able to recognize the rank of those beasts by their footprints. The academy is worthy of its fame."Ada praised before continuing with her questions."And, what do you think will it be the best approach against them?"Lucinda's answer came immediately."In their reduced size, they are too dangerous because they can maintain the same strength behind each attack while removing the weakness of their huge frame.
In the main hall of the Hunter's guild, a dozen cultivators were sitting around Lucinda's.Some of them were shouting and pointing at him, others were angrily drinking from their jugs, it didn't seem that the conversation was peaceful."No, I won't stop. No, I don't care if you can't gain Credits due to my behavior. If you can't match my hunting speed, you should just consider changing your profession. Is this clear enough for you?"Lucinda said calmly.She had sold the magical beasts' corpses and then joined the other hunters on their table.Yet, as soon as the conversation started, she was asked to slow her killing of rank 3 magical beasts.It was obvious that there had been a lot of complaints after her initial refusal for the conversation to reach that point."Impudent! We have families here in the capital! We have maintained ourselves for decades hunting magical beasts! I won't accept that a new hunter, that gained his entry with the help of the Royals, will ruin my job!"Many hu
Lucinda's biggest issue in using the Blood drain spell to boost her body's strength was that she could only use rank 3 magical beasts in the process.Rank 4 creatures gave more nourishment but she simply didn't have the power to fight them.What happened with Abel was a fluke, his physical strength was in the third rank and he was also injured, making him the perfect target for Lucinda's spells.However, magical beasts had a far stronger body than cultivators, Lucinda didn't have the confidence to beat the latter let alone the beasts.'I guess, I'll be forced to strive for quantity over quality.'Lucinda thought.She was inspecting the various boards listing the hunting zones in the Hunter's guild.'They are quite crowded, as expected.'She sighed internally as she inspected the low-danger areas featuring large numbers of rank 3 beasts.'Basically, all the hunters that can't join parties hunting rank 4 creatures are here.'There were a lot of names next to those zones, Lucinda guessed