Chapter 40 - Howling (9)

"Nida?" Randell softly said as he became puzzled by the sudden appearance of fog that made Nida not visible to them even though she was just in front of them.

"Hmm. What's with the fog? " Daniel asked as he looked around while comfortably riding on Daniel's back.

The supposed to be a wide area with a long rail road turned into a forest-like place and the rail road disappeared.

Shouldn't we leave the train? Daniel thought as he sensed that new trouble was coming his way.

His exhausted face is frowning so much while thinking about why he can't rest a single moment of this day.

'What's wrong with this day? Why do I feel so unlucky? What with this chain of misfortune?'

He wanted to complain a lot, but his energy was not enough to do so.

He badly wants to bathe, sleep, and forget everything. He doesn't get why he needs to suffer like this when he won't get anything from helping the eccentric Nida.

"Nida, stay close to us, you might get lost!" Randell shouted to get her back closer to them, but he didn't receive any response.

He walked faster to catch up, but she could no longer be seen.

"Nida!" He shouted once again.

"Hey, put me down." Daniel tapped Randell's shoulder, telling him to let go, but instead he tightened his hold on Daniel more.

"We need to catch her, sir."

Randell's mind became chaotic as he became anxious about Nida's situation.

He knows that Nida has her own powers now to protect herself, but they are still in the process of not being allowed to be separated.

He feels a sense of urgency because he worries about the effects of their separation on her body.

"What? Wait! " 

Daniel couldn't say anything else because Randell suddenly ran inside the thick fog, hoping to reunite with Nida once again.

He ran and ran while he made sure to look at every corner of the place to see Nida.

huff huff huff huff huff

He was breathing heavily.

"Why do I feel like I am going in circles?"

He was suspicious of the place, but he didn't give up and continued running around.

huff huff huff huff huff huff

Daniel can feel his heavy breathing because he is still on Randell's back.

In his mind, he wonders how werewolves survive and remain among the strongest creatures, even though they keep following their emotions rather than using their brains to solve problems.

"Are you done running around?" Daniel asked nonchalantly. 

"Are you not worried about Nida, sir? She's missing! "

"I am worried, but does aimlessly running around solve the problem?"

Randell tries to respond, but he himself is unable to do so because Daniel has made a point.

Daniel tapped his shoulder once again and then 

Finally, he finally puts him down, but once Daniel lands on the ground, he holds Randell's hand.

Randell flinched and felt awkward about the sudden skinship.

"Don't let go; it will be harder to search if you get lost too."

"Ah, S-sir, can you hold on to my sleeve instead?" he suggested. 

"Why? Does your heart skip a beat by just getting touched by a man? " Daniel said, while looking unconcerned. 

"No, sir." Randell said in a low voice, as he still felt awkward. 

Daniel's hand is smaller and slimmer than him, and thinking about Daniel's issue with cleanliness worries him.

His hands are extremely sweaty.

As Randell expected, Daniel felt sicker and even more dizzy. The disgust at holding sweaty hands and the mysterious fog is making him feel extremely exhausted.

"I will faint from exhaustion if I use my powers again."

There could be a fog tribe controlling the fog, or it could be much worse if they could also put some illusion into it.

He needs to examine the area first before he can determine if he really needs to use his powers.

He also needed to keep Randell by his side so that someone could take care of him once he did end up fainting.

The two walked around in the fog again, but this time Daniel was focusing on finding the one who controlled the fog instead of trying to look for Nida.

"Sir, I can jump very high in my werewolf form. I think we can check the area from above." Randell suggested. 

Daniel nodded his head. "Okay, go."

Randell was about to let go of Daniel's hand, but Daniel gripped onto his hand tighter.

"Sir, you might get hurt if I transform while touching you."

"No, I won't. We still don't know the powers behind this fog. It's better to keep each other in contact. "

Randell stared at their hands for a moment, then he took a long, deep breath.

He is supposed to go berserk whenever transforming, but now he needs to transform while calculating all his movements so that he won't accidentally hurt Daniel on his side.

He started his transformation into his feet, which immediately tore the white shoes that he didn't know where Sir Rudy had taken them. His toes poked out of the shoes, then minutes later, the yellowish brown top and the dark green coat slowly stretched out and ripped open due to his body getting bigger and more hairy or furry.

His claws are starting to show up at the same time as his fangs.

"It was my first time witnessing a werewolf transforming calmly." Daniel commented while watching Randell's human ears disappear and a wolf's ear appeared.

"Good job," he said, after seeing the calm transformation of Randell up close.

Awoo—

Randell was about to howl, but he held back and, without effort, placed Daniel on his back.

Without saying anything, Daniel let go of Randell's hand, which was now a wolf paw, then almost instantly held onto his fur on his back as if they were planning their movements so that they might seem in sync.

The moment Daniel landed on his back, he instantly kicked his wolf's legs off the ground, and soon after, the two were shooting up into the sky.

Fog is still around them despite ascending very high into the sky without seeing any vision on the ground.

"I will jump higher this time, sir," he said after going back to the ground.

"Okay, but twitch your body slightly to the side so I can cast wind and clear the fog."

"Are you fine using your power?"

"I won't. Of course, I am not a superhuman who has unlimited access to divine powers."

"Then what if you faint after this?"

"Why? Can't you think on your own? I thought you were an alpha? "

"I am, but..." Randell fidgets around in a way that is not suitable for his monstrous appearance.

Daniel let out a long sigh after seeing the wolf worried about him.

"I will surely faint. I really don't have much strength left. I am too exhausted. "

"Then?"

"After I remove the fog, it will only be gone for five minutes or less. Try to escape within that time. "

"Aren't we saving Nida first?"

"No, it would be wise if we escaped first, then it would be easier to cast out the fog from the outside."

Randell nodded to Daniels' plan and prepared his stance to jump high again.

"Then when we were out, I needed to wake you up, right sir?" He said that once, they were shooting upward again.

"Yes, praying is the only way to wake me up."

"Yes, sir!"

It may appear strange that Daniel is asking him to pray, but he is more than serious.

Actually, his divine powers can be restored with sincere prayer. He trusted Randell to successfully restore his power if he could pray to his god.

He is still a priest despite not actually doing his job at his God's temple.

His God also doesn't like to do traditional things, so he let Daniel do whatever he wanted, unlike the priests that most like to spend their time at the temple. This is a common misunderstanding.

"Ama na ya mo, ika na nag tatabang sa nag aagrangay." He started to mumble his prayers.

"Ama na ya mo, ika na nag tatabang sa nag aagrangay.

The moment they stopped moving up and were about to fall, he clasped his hand and mumbled sentences that Randell couldn't understand.

"Poro ika magdoros! kagurangnan tawan ako nin kusug asin danay nakapanyaruhan na samong madulagan ining kaulangan! "

The moment he said those words, a strong wind surrounded the two and kept them from staying up in the sky. A while later, four whirlwinds showed up to descend on the ground to eat up the fog that had been hindering their vision since a while ago.

Randell made sure his eyes were wide open to see everything that could help them escape the perplexing place, and he made sure he could figure out the escape routes with the limited time he had to run.

"This is your chance, Randell." Daniel said before he lost consciousness, he flopped down on his back.

"Yes, Sir, I will make sure to do my best."