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Arthur and the others were seen on the ancient dragon, soaring towards their village, Eivor woke up from the cold wind hitting her face.
Opening her eyes slowly, she saw the land below and almost fell away from Arthur's firm hold.
"Woah, easy there, we're on it's back", "wh.., what?", the others all looked at the two and shook their heads, with small smiles on their faces.
Arthur turned his attention to his surroundings, he frowned after seeing the hoard of animals following behind them, [why are they following us.]
When he fought Mergther, the animals only moved away, they didn't flee, they just watched their short battle.
Narrowing his eyes on the one's in front of the hoard, he saw several giant wolves leading the group, he had a guess of what they were, but he decided for 'the wait and see approach'.
Turning back to the approaching village, he sat down and closed his eyes, "here will do Mergther, don't want you to scare the kid's now".
Mergther lowered his altitude before fully landing, everyone jumped down off of Mergther's back, Eivor was a little reluctant to leave, until Arthur waved her away.
"Go with them, I have some business to take care of", Thorkell seeing this, decided to help out, so he picked up Eivor, and left with the others.
Mergther lowered his head and smiled at Arthur, "are you going for that alpha wolf, I could feel it's intention in wanting to challenge you, are you accepting it's challenge".
Arthur nodded and walked away, Mergther followed the direction he was leaving, then turned his attention towards the village, "is someone watching me, why does it feel familiar to that ice giant, from a long time ago".
Arthur made his way over to the giant wolf that was sat down on a rock awaiting for his arrival, upon seeing him, it sat up and growled at him.
He looked around and saw the other animals watching him, but they didn't show their intentions like this alpha.
Turning his attention back onto the alpha, he nodded and rolled up his sleeves, "alright, come and fight me, I'll beat you into the dirt".
The alpha jumped down off of the rock and it started circling him, Arthur saw it staring at his sword and he shook his head, "you're not a dragon..".
His words paused as he saw what the wolf meant, from it's sudden growl, "I see, very well, if you can beat me, you can have it, but if you lose, you'll be my underling, do we have ourselves a deal".
The wolf paused and let out a satisfied snarl, Arthur smiled and raised his fists, "your move".
The wolf howled and lunged towards him at an incredible speed, a large snapping sound appeared as the wolf closed it's jaw.
Arthur dodged the bite narrowingly, he punched the wolf in it's jaw and kicked it away, he copied it's earlier movement and he circled the wolf himself.
The wolf shook it's head and snowled at him, it's head was still spinning from the sudden force slamming into it's jaw.
Arthur seeing it stand on it's feet again, charged forward, the wolf who saw this, stood on it's two leg's and extended it's claws for a slash.
Arthur increased his speed and slid under the wolf's underbelly as it slammed down, the wolf seeing this lunged forward with it's teeth again.
'snap'.
It bit down on his shoulder, he winced a little and elbowed it's jaw, a small cracking sound happened, the wolf let go and Arthur grabbed it's fur, pulling himself up and climbing on top of it.
The wolf felt it's head spinning again, howling in pain, it had no idea he was being choke holded by Arthur.
He squeezed down tightly, the wolf soon after, felt it's breath leaving it's lung's.
Arthur smiled and increased his strength further, the wolf tried to shake him off, but this only caused it's breath to shorten faster.
Some time later, it collapsed onto the ground, Arthur didn't let go, he had a feeling this wolf was faking and as he expected, it started biting the air while scratching the ground, it even managed to turn on it's back, squashing Arthur who was on it's back.
"Just give up, you've lost now..", when he saw the wolf stop moving, he smiled again, "good boy, you listen well".
He let go and kicked it away, standing up with a grunt, he stared down at the breathing heavily wolf.
Looking at it's closed eyes, he understood why it stopped, he had put the thing unconscious.
Arthur turned and walked over to the rock the wolf had stood on, he sat down on it, awaiting for the wolf to awaken.
A few minutes later, the wolf slowly opened it's eyes and stood up, seeing Arthur sat down on the rock, it growled in irritation.
"You've lost big guy, tell these guys to back off, now", the wolf kept growling, until Arthur stood up and repeated himself, "I said.., now".
The wolf whimpered and bowed it's head, Arthur nodded in satisfaction after seeing this, and he jumped down of off the rock.
Walking over to wolf, he patted it's black fur, "take your time, I'll wait for you to come back", he left after saying this and just as he got a certain distance, he held his shoulder.
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Wolf's appearance.
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"Damn, that beast had one hell of a bite..", he looked at his shoulder and saw a few bite marks, that was slowly healing to the naked eye.
"Well that's useful", just as he said this, his sword hummed and he received some sort of information from it.
"Huh?, you're not lying to me are you, just to taste my blood, you're not..", looking at the blade vibrating further, he just shook his head.
"Fine fine, I have just the right person to ask", he arrived back to where Mergther was lying down and he spoke loudly, "hey!, big guy!, why don't you find a place to take as your new home!".
Mergther slowly opened his eyes and he snorted, "home?, you think I can find a cave for my massive body".
Arthur pointed towards a large mountain in the distance, "there's a cave over there, it holds a three headed Dragon far larger than yourself".
Mergther followed his finger and frowned it's massive eyebrows, turning back to Arthur, it spoke with annoyance, "fine, I'll go!".
'boom'.
Arthur covered his face with his hand, when he lowered it, he just watched Mergther flying away, "someone's a grumpy old man".
Shaking his head, he went back to his home, when he got to the village entrance, he saw Eivor and Thors waiting for him, he turned towards Thors and waved him over.
Thors nodded and walked to him, "Thors, do you know where to find a fountain, and if you have a small flask, bring it with you".
"I know where a small fountain is, but why do you ask for this", "just take me to it, all will be explained after".
Thors nodded and he did a motion with his head to signal for him to follow, "this way, I'll go get the flask first".
Eivor watched the two walking away as if she didn't exist, she gritted her teeth and secretly followed behind them.
About twenty minutes later, the two arrived in a small cave and Arthur nodded in satisfaction, pulling out his sword 'Lady', he slashed his hand and let his blood flow into the small fountain.
Thors frowned watching this, "your hand!, you can't!..", "bring the flask", Arthur butted in and Thors reluctantly gave him the small flask.
Arthur held his sword and the flask he put to ground was just near the water, "to those that swear fealty to me, let them hold the power to serve me, let them hold loyalty to my house and it's descendants, let all those that swear fealty, gain the power of a giant, and to heal from severe wounds and disease, let all those that swear fealty, be blessed to have a long life".
He crouched down and put the flask in the water, letting the droplets fall into it, he slowly stood up and walked over to Thors, "Thors, do you accept to swear fealty in the name of house Pendragon and swear to protect it's honor".
Thors was stunned, he didn't know what to do, until Arthur spoke up for him, "just accept and bow to me, that's all you need to do", Thors knelt on his knee and he nodded.
Arthur also nodded and he passed him the flask, "then take this power to serve me well", Thors took the flask and looked up, "go on, drink and all will be understood".
Thors nodded again, he didn't hesitate to drink it and out of nowhere, he felt a sudden surge of strength flowing throughout his body.
His eyes widened and he rapidly stood up, this caused him to slam into the ceiling of the cave, "guh", upon hitting the ground, he groggily stood back up.
"Arthur.., What the hell is this!?", "power for those that serve me, drink again and all wounds and disease will be gone".
Thors stared at the flask, then back to Arthur, "dont worry, it only works on those that have accepted their fealty", Thors nodded and exhaled a short breath.
At the end of the cave Eivor saw all this happening and her mouth opened in fear and awe, "if I swear fealty, will I gain this power too".
She walked over, Arthur and Thors turned to the sound and frowned, only for it disappear after seeing Eivor, "what?, do you also want to swear fealty".
Arthur raised his eyebrow slightly, Eivor hearing this nodded, "then go get yourself a flask, and we'll go through this again, but you must mean it, or else you'll.. die".
He let the words hang in the air, and when Thors heard this, he turned to face Arthur with a speechless expression, [you mean I could've died if I didn't mean it.]
Just as silence spread throughout the cave a low growl came from the entrance of the cave, Arthur raised his eyebrow and saw the wolf he had fought a while ago, walking towards them.
"Easy, they're my people", the wolf slowly closed it's mouth and sat in front of him, breathing heavily.
"What?, do also want to be my knight..", Arthur held his face, feeling his throat go dry, "fine, let's go through the ceremony", Eivor who was about to leave, stopped at the entrance of the cave.
"Wait, you said we need a flask, so why are you starting without it", "do you think a wolf can walk around with a flask", Eivor shook her head and left.
"I'll be back, so wait for me", Arthur turned to the wolf and smiled, "I haven't named you yet have I, before we begin, I'll call you Noir".
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