181 Wolves! (1/2)

Lyra looked at her son who was floating on air. He had a nasty expression on his face but at least the ritual was able to stop the conflict for the time being. This ritual was extremely dangerous. It created a small world in his soul and he needed to fight the manifestation of both his bloodlines. If he could emerge victorious, he can combine them and create a whole new bloodline never seen before on earth! But if he were to die in there he would die for real and he would turn into an animal...

”Now, explain to me clearly. What happened?” Lyra said with anger. Her eyes were spewing fire. She knew the dangers of Autumnfall and how harsh it treated its students but with Richard there she had hoped nothing would happen to him. At least she wouldn't feel this angry if her son was injured in a fight or something but he was dying because he forcefully awakened his bloodline! Richard should have been there to prevent it!

”That... well it's hard to explain. I think you might want to sit down to listen to the whole story first” said Richard trying to calm down this angry mother.

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”AWHOOOOOO”

Wolves!

To his knowledge, there was a species of wolves living in Russian tundras. He did not know their scientific name but he could recall that they were known as grey wolves. This was bad. Because of the snowstorm, he had limited vision and he could not see very far but depending on their location the wolves can easily pick up his scent. He needed a weapon. He looked around but there was nothing he could use. He checked his pockets, all of them were empty. Wait! They were not completely empty. He found a notebook and a pen on the inner pocket of his jacket. It could not really be called a good weapon but it was better than nothing.

He did not know where the howl came from so he needed to pick a direction to run. He chose to run in the direction of the wind. This way wolves would have a hard time picking up his scent compared to if he ran against the wind. Also, there would be less resistance and he might conserve some energy. Was it weird that he knew all this stuff? He did not remember his own age but he should be in his teens and he had a somewhat muscular body. Just what kind of a life he was leading before waking up here? Linri(?) thought as he started running.

Normally, running in this environment would be a very stupid decision but he needed to put some distance between himself and the wolves. Anyway, his identity was not the issue for now. His future self could always figure that out later on. For now, his job was to survive so that his future self could get that opportunity.

As he ran away the snowstorm around him slowly faded. That was good. At least he could see more clearly now. As he was looking around he also searched for a shelter. That was when he caught something around the corner of his eye. There was a some sort of mound to his left. Well, in case the storm starts again it should be a good hiding spot for him. It was not perfect but it should slow down the wind a little.

With his remaining strength, Linri(?) made his way there. Upon his arrival, he noticed it was not just some mound. It was actually an entrance to a cave. He wanted to get inside but for some reason he became afraid. Was he claustrophobic? Maybe. But it could also be because it would be a bad decision to go into a closed space when there were wolves around. However, he did not have a choice as the air here was really cold and only the cave can shield him from the harsh winds.

He got inside the cave. For some reason, it wasn't dark in there. He could see the cave stretching on. Should he follow the path to see where it leads him? That felt like a bad idea as he did not know if there was anything inside waiting for him. Maybe this was a bear cave. He could not remember if it was real or not but wasn't Russia's president known for riding bears? So there had to be bears in there.

Actually, maybe that would be a good thing for him. Couldn't he use the bear's scent to throw wolves out of his trail? Hm, that sounded dangerous. What if he accidentally provoked the bear? Then again bears were known for hibernating in cold winter so it might actually be sleeping.