The Devil's Temptation!

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As early as Dawn, two large wolf beasts stepped into the circle of a training ground. A lot of Ark Ville’s civilians had gathered to watch the event, including Anna who sat next to Madame Alina at the front seat.

Her brown eyes marveled over the two beautiful wolves, one of them had a dark and silver fur, while the opponent had a brown and gray fur on its back, normally their bellies were always lighter and their tails were big and fluffy.

She had woken up this morning, only to hear from the Mayor and his wife that an event would take place at the training ground in their mansion.

She pictured a swordsmanship event but her mind never crossed watching two beast animals fight. They were more than ten feet and she wouldn’t have believed it was a wolf if not for its fox-like face.

“Grrrrrrr!!!”

A deep growl emitted from the grayish-brown wolf who had clear Amber eyes, it showed it’s extremely sharp canine, indicating how easy it’d be to rip his opponent if it doesn’t back down, but the silver wolf stood its ground, pacing left and right while locking it’s predatory gaze with the wolf.

With an unexpected speed, it pounced on it’s opponent with the aim of knocking it to the ground, but turns out the opponent wasn’t as dumb as the silver wolf sensed it to be and watched as it easily leapt to the other side of the circle, swifty evading the hit but what happened next wasn’t something the silver wolf sensed coming.

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The moment it hopped to the other side, with the same vitality still intact, it jumped on the silver wolf and gave it a sharp bite straight at the neck. It made the silver wolf whimper in pain as it tried to keep itself from falling to its feet. Sensing the wolf’s reluctance,the grayish-brown wolf gave it a hard nod at the side of its belly, sending the silver wolf falling to the ground with a heavy thud due to the impact. Heavy dust hid the two wolves and a cheerful uproar emitted from the crowd.

Anna, who watched unblinkingly didn’t even realize her mouth was left agape, this is basically the first time she’s witnessing something like this, and it caught her interest, except for the biting part.

“What do they call this event?” Anna couldn’t help but ask Madame Alina who gracefully fanned herself with her exquisite hand fan. She was dressed in a luxurious deep brown gown, along with the matching hat and she looked beautiful.

“It’s something we call the beast event,” Madame Alina curtly began, “...where all beast animals get a chance to prove their strengths and show their stamina. It’s one of our important cultures in Ark Ville and it happens every seven years.” She briefed, but then pointed at the two beast wolves that came into sight after the dust had cleared off.

“Can you guess which is my son from the two wolves?” She asked, leaving Anna’s eyes to widen in stupefaction at the mention of her son.

“Your son?”

She nodded, “my son is a beast wolf, a trait he got from his father.”

“The Mayor is a beast wolf?”

“He was one of the strongest among the beastmen, but now he feels too ‘old’ to participate in things like this, so he wants our son to take over and win the event.”

Stealing a glance at the Mayor who sat on a specially designed stool made from gold and adorned with intricate patterns, the look on his face showed how proud he was as he continued to watch the event in silence.

From there, Anna already knew exactly which wolf was Nicholas.

“That one.” She pointed at the grayish-brown wolf, “the one with the gray color and brown is Nicholas.”

Madame Alina swung her fan to the right, “not bad, but I take it to be obvious since his power holds an envious dominance, don’t you think?”

Anna just smiled before returning her gaze back to the training ground, unwilling to answer that.

In a dark corner of the event building, Roshan stood there, silently watching everything display before him and a loud cheering uproar nearly bursted his eardrums.

“What crazy civilians.” He hissed, looking disgruntled as he waited for the ringing in his ear to settle.

“It’s nice to see I’m not the only one with that mentality.” Came the feminine voice of a woman who approached his side, she had her arms folded against her chest and watched the event go on, Roshan didn’t really bother to look in her direction and kept watching.

“And what’s a fellow Ark Ville doing here when she’s meant to be up there, with the crowd?”

She let out a mocking chuckle, “I can ask you the same.”

“Not quite.”

She looked at him, surprised he didn’t even spare her a single glance, but then, why should she bother anyway?

“You’re the one who helped Nicholas right?”

“No, Anna did.” He neutrally corrected.

“Right, your sister.”

Roshan silently scoffed, with the sibling relationship spreading like this, he really wonders what reaction to expect from all of them when they figure out what he does to her behind closed doors.

The thought made a sinful smile across his lips, but unfortunately he has to keep with the act.

Another uproar was gotten from the crowd, “y’all deal with this screams?”

She nodded, “yes, the beast event is a cultural event and so it’s one of the most anticipated days in Ark Ville.”

The glacier finally decided to glance at the person he was talking to. As expected, it was a lady, but she didn’t seem to be the princess type. Her outfit proved that part already cause she was dressed in a linen long sleeve shirt along with the tight-fitting pants. A sword hung at the side of her waist and her blonde hair was tied in a short ponytail.

“You’re a warrior.”

“An assassin to be precise.” Her blue eyes met his Hazel-green ones.

“The name’s Leasis.” She introduced herself with a smile that didn’t last long on her pale lips.

“Your sister seems to enjoy the event a lot.” She said, drawing Roshan’s attention to the beautiful lady who was smiling from ear to ear as she enjoyed the scene before her, she made multiple expressions as he watched her further and it became difficult to look away.

“So, wanna ditch the event and go horse riding with me?”

“Are you asking me out on a date?” He joked.

Leasis sighed, “don’t think too highly of yourself young sir, obviously this isn’t interesting either of us, but I guessed you might be interested in a horse race.”

“And if I refuse?”

“I can only wish you good luck on getting your eardrums fixed.” She smiled and walked out, an attitude Roshan actually found commendable.

“Not bad.” It’s been a while since he rode a horse, so it wouldn’t hurt to leave the mansion for a little while and go horse riding. He could tell she had no sort of infatuation for him and her words were genuine, if he could get close to her, she’d render him a valuable help when it comes to protecting Anna.

With that thought in mind, he followed her.