CH 101

Kendrick and Lamont moved to the shack where the beastmen who lost their minds were trapped. 

It was rare for the heads of the wolf and lion clans to move without an escort knight, but it didn’t matter to Kendrick and Lamont. 

No matter how many escort knights came, none were stronger than Kendrick and Lamont.

The two quickly arrived at the shack in question. 

He could smell the smell of rotting flesh and skin from far away. Kendrick narrowed his brow. 

“It smells nasty.”

Since Lamont was in his beast form, his sense of smell was sensitive and painful, so after shaking his head a few times, he soon released his form.

“Yeah. It’s kind of organized now, but it was worse at first. I would send the knights again as soon as the sun rises tomorrow.”

The beastmen who lost their wits and ran wild was bound and imprisoned, making them obedient to Lamont’s ability to obey.

They didn’t do anything wrong, but it can’t be helped. 

‘Because I can’t calm it down.’

Since it’s impossible to treat, it’s also impossible to bring back the beastmen’s intelligence, and Lamont can’t use his ability on all of them 24 hours a day. 

It was best for everyone to keep them in separate spaces.

Lamont, recalling the terrible situation, moved his steps, frowning at him. 

“Beastmen were trapped here, and knights were sent to search the area. However… It frequently happened that the knights lost their minds one by one. I called you out of curiosity.” 

Kendrick left Lamont’s words behind and strode toward the shack. 

As he stepped inside, the stench stung his nostrils even more clearly. 

Lamont hurriedly followed Kendrick and added his words. 

“When the sun rises, we must contact the temple and the other clans. Don’t you know?”

“I’m in a hurry because I know.”

“You know it’s not something we can come and solve on our own, Kendrick. Let’s go back and tomorrow morning with the knights….” 

“I’m not here to solve it, Lamont.” 

According to Lamont, there was a high probability of a colony of Giles flowers around here. 

The problem is that if they inhale large amounts of Giles pollen, they lose their minds completely. 

Fortunately, Lamont’s knights didn’t lose their minds, perhaps because they didn’t get close—.

‘If we released the knights, the victims will come one after another.’

Kendrick knew from his previous experience that Giles flowers didn’t work well for him.

He doesn’t know if it’s because of Linsy or if the effect of the Giles flower that has been resurrected after a long time has gone down.

So. 

‘It’s safe for me to find it.’

Of course, there was also a way to completely burn the area without finding it.

However.

‘I’ll have to check the Giles flowers with my own eyes.’

He felt like he had to see with his own eyes that the flower had resurrected to make sense of this whole situation.

Furthermore. 

It is unlikely that Lamont will allow the lion clan’s territory to be burned without proof that Giles flowers exist.

Of course, if a colony of Giles flowers was really found, the whole area would have to be burned to ensure safety.

Kendrick took one quick look at the stinky shack and went outside.

And.

Tak, tak.

As he lightly hit the ground with his foot, black smoke mixed with purple soon rose and covered Kendrick’s figure.

And.

Pong–! 

With a slight explosion, the man standing tall disappeared completely and a huge wolf with gray fur stood tall.

It was the beast form of the only Alpha Kendrick Yekhart, the head of the wolf clan. 

Kendrick shakes his head lightly, and several wolves made of shadows stand tall around him.

Lamont watched the scene in silence, then narrowed his eyes.

“Are you really going to find it alone?”

Kendrick laughed.

[Why am I alone when you’re here?]

With the power of the head, Kendrick had the ability to communicate with other clans even in his wolf form. 

That includes Lamont, as well as the heads of other clans.

Kendrick nodded, and the shadow wolves scattered into the mountains.

[Let’s go.] 

Kendrick glanced at Lamont, then took a huge front step first.

***

Kendrick and Lamont soon found a colony of Giles flowers.

The problem is. 

Because the Giles flower was growing in a dark cave, he couldn’t easily step in.

‘It is true that Giles flowers don’t work well, but….’

Kendrick was also briefly asleep at the time, so he can’t say it didn’t work.  

So, in a poorly ventilated cave, if he gets close to the Giles flowers that have grown in piles—.

‘I might lose my mind.’

If Kendrick Yeckhart lost his mind, it would be a disaster.

And if Kendrick loses his mind, the whole wolf clan might also lose their minds.

In fact, there are records of such cases in ancient records. 

Because of this, Kendrick couldn’t step inside the cave and stood outside the cave to look inside.

To the dismay, Lamont was the same.

Lamont stood outside the cave and, with his handkerchief covering his nose and mouth, gazed at the red Giles flowers in the cave.

“I’ll have to burn the whole cave.”

Lamont said softly. He couldn’t easily investigate this place. It was because there was a high probability of losing mind during the investigation. 

At Lamont’s words, Kendrick nodded. The location is secured, so there will be no damage while handling it. 

Kendrick first used his power as a temporary measure to cover the area with a thin shadow film.

It wouldn’t last long, but it would keep the pollen from spreading everywhere for a while.

However, at that time.

[What is that?]

In Lamont’s head, Kendrick’s voice was heard.

Lamont, who was about to turn his head, looked into the cave again at Kendrick’s words.

“What are you talking about?”

[Hey, something seems to have fallen.]

Lamont narrowed his eyes at Kendrick’s words and looked into the cave.

There was definitely something.

A black figure—so something similar to the shape of a person was placed in the middle of the flower garden. 

Kendrick immediately commanded the shadow wolves he created with his ability.

[Bring it.]

At that, the shadow wolves quickly approached and bit the shape into their mouths.

And they dragged it along. Pollen flew along the way, but thanks to Kendrick’s ability, it didn’t reach Lamont and Kendrick. 

And when he finally saw the dragged body,

Kendrick couldn’t help but be stunned.

A blue robe that can only be worn by nine members of the great elder Wolf Clan.

And—.

Anyone can see the gray hair and the distorted face.

[Ester.]

Three years ago, it was the missing great elder Ester. 

Based on how quickly his body broke down, it didn’t look like he had been dead for long. 

The huge gray wolf’s brow was wrinkled.

“Do you know this person?”

[Ester is a member of the great elder of the wolf clan. He’s also the one who Linsy claim to use the prohibition. He went missing three years ago.]

“Prohibition? Ah, that time….” 

[Yes, I was going to call him and investigate, but he’s already gone. But I didn’t expect to find him in a place like this.]

Ester’s face was distorted as if he had faced something terrible.

Kendrick looked down at Ester with his brows narrowed, then opened his mouth. 

[Are you all right? The amount of pollen is considerable, but now.]

“Not yet. It’s okay because you covered it with your ability. Besides, it’s because I don’t inhale it directly. It’s much better with a handkerchief on.”

[I’m worried about how to handle the interest…]

Kendrick narrowed his eyes and looked at Ester’s corpse. 

Taking it and examining it was the correct procedure, but Ester’s body was covered with Giles pollen everywhere. 

Even if the transfer was solved with Kendrick’s ability, there was a concern that it would lead to secondary damage during the investigation. 

Of course, it’s not like there was no way to deal with such a crisis when it occurred.

‘Linsy.’

With Linsy’s ability, he could cure those who were poisoned by Giles flowers. 

However. 

‘I can’t put Linsy in danger.’

The rest of the clan doesn’t know yet that Linsy can use her power to heal people who have been poisoned by Giles flowers.

It was clear that Linsy would be in great danger if this fact was known. 

Because curing people addicted to Giles flowers was such a big deal.

Maybe they will try to take Linsy away from the temple. 

Kendrick narrowed his brows again.

He was, in fact, one of those people who didn’t care much about what happened to the rest of his clan.

Wolves had the instinct to value only their pack.

So, if anyone were targeting Linsy, Kendrick wouldn’t hesitate to show his teeth.

‘I can’t let Linsy be in danger.’ 

It would have been better to think of a way to investigate Ester’s corpse without needing Linsy’s ability and then come back to retrieve it. 

First of all, Kendrick ordered the shadow wolves to return Ester to its original place. 

It was because Ester’s body was covered with pollen everywhere, so he couldn’t leave it outside the cave like this.

He covered the whole area with his power, but since he used his power so extensively, the effect would soon wear off.

After confirming that he brought his corpse in, he used his ability once again. 

As Kendrick let out a long cry, shadows crept in and enveloped Kendrick and Lamont.

And the two disappeared in an instant.