Time For A Test

"Who said that!" I shout looking around.

"STUPID AND HARD OF HEARING, ARE YOU." The voice responds. "IT IS I THE GREAT WOLF BERGETH!" I turn to face the statue and only now notice the wolf is no longer made of stone. Its size is the same but its fur is white and its bearing its fangs. I try using Observe but its too high level and all I get are question marks. "NOW TELL ME WHY YOUR HERE!" I hesitate before answering, worried about his reaction.

"I tried to open your chest. I bested a wolf... girl and she brought me here to... open the chest." The wolf stares at me for a few moments.

"WHY DO YOU SEEK MY POWER!" He asks. I look at him confused.

"What do you mean, power?" The wolf flinches.

"Y-YOU DO NOT KNOW?" I shake my head no. He growls, what I assume to be a sigh or a grunt, before continuing. "OUR SOULS ARE COMMUNICATING NOW, IF YOU PASS MY TEST YOU'LL GET MY ARTIFACTS FROM MY DESCENDANTS AND MY POWER FROM ME." I can't help but get excited hearing this.

"What test?" I ask stepping closer.

"ALLOW ME TO LOOK AT THE DEPTHS OF YOUR SOUL! LET ME SEE IF YOUR A WORTHY INHERITOR!" I sigh nervously and nod. The wolf howls and swallows me whole. Then I'm floating in darkness. I look around and start seeing my memories falling through the darkness. I see my childhood and my teens. After what feels like years I find myself back with the wolf, Bergeth. "HOW INTERESTING!" He says.

"What is?"

"YOU! DESPITE BEING HUMAN YOU'VE LEARNED BEAST MAGIC WHICH ONLY BEAST MEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO CAST. NOT ONLY THAT BUT YOU HAVE NO LIMIT!"

"Limit? What do you mean? And what do you mean by beast men can only cast beast magic?"

"I MEAN THAT HUMAN BODIES ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE IT. NOT ONE HUMAN BEFORE YOU HAS EVER SUCCESSFULLY CAST IT. NEXT MOST HUMANS ARE LIMITED TO ONE SCHOOL OF MAGIC. YOU HOWEVER CAN CAST SPELLS FROM THE SCHOOLS OF FIRE, LIGHTNING, BIOMANCY, DARKNESS, LIFE, PHYSICAL, CREATION AND MORE. TELL ME, I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOUR LIPS. WHY DO YOU SEEK STRENGTH. WHY DO YOU NOT RUN FROM THE KATORG GUILD AND THE GOLDEN DEVIL." I stay silent for a few minutes thinking of it.

"Well... I don't want to. I care for Asami and want her to be happy. If I fight now, I'll have the aid of two guilds. I know it'll be hard but this is better than fleeing and running into them alone later. Besides when I saw Hino and Myla fighting Barry and the Golden Devil I couldn't just leave. I guess I'm to nice for my own good." The wolf stats silent and still thinking over my answer.

"VERY WELL, I HAVE DEEMED YOU WORTHY OF MY POWERS. YOU MAY NOW USE ANCIENT BEAST MAGIC AS I USED TO. NOW GO, TAKE MY ARTIFACTS AND TAKE CARE OF MY DESCENDANT ERIC STEELE. AND IF YOU NEED OF ME YOU MAY CALL. FOR YOUR SAKE I WISH YOU LUCK, AS YOU ARE NOW YOU WON'T LAST THE TIMES TO COME!"

"Wait what do you mean!?" What's going to happen?"

"SORRY, OUR TIME IS UP, GOOD LUCK, MY SUCCESSOR!" The next moment I'm back in the cave and the chest is open.