the second coming of greed / Completed

chapter 12,5

Tingle felt warm, almost feverish, the last thing he remember was his new friend and the bite, no there was something else, the wizard had mentioned a coma. But this place he remembered it, he had his trial here, he had practiced my earth element here. It was here he had met my familiar. Tingle got up he tried calling it but the familiar just wouldn't come. It was a weird situation, he remembered how hard his trial had been, without his familiar it was a suicide mission. At the horizon, just in front of him he saw a three head dog, it reminded him of the wolves that had attack him, it was a scary sight, just as many times before he ran away. He remembered how much trouble he had been when he ran away. He was kicked out of the kobold by his own father, the kobolds were hunters they like from the forest, prideful warrior that preferred avoiding the fight, but the chieftain him was different he was the one starting the battles. Tingle him was calm, ever since he was born, he could talk to animal, he couldn't hunt they were his friend, that put his place at risk the nail in the coffin is when he had refused to take arms against a small town, they didn't have a warrior it was going to be a massacre. That had been the last straw and he was force to leave the village, he had been on a path to discover the world having a passion for drawing map, the world was a safe place when you knew the animal and the paths they used. Tingle had finally reach what he was looking for a mountain, kobolds were master climber and whatever that three headed beast was he wouldn't be able to climb. It took him no time to reach the top

I like the view, a voice said

Tingle turned around there was the beast

But you can't climb, said Tingle

I climbed with you, said the beast

Tingle finally understood

You aren't the enemy, so that technically make you an ally

It makes me your familiar

But I have a familiar

You had, let me explain, the bite, you were infected the alpha wolf was a werewolf knowing he would die, he made you a werewolf

People just don't become werewolves

Kobold with a special gift and the help of a skill magician do

This doesn't explain, you being my familiar, this doesn't explain the trial

But it does, werewolves are infernal allies, your short sword is a celestial gift you still have the infernal gift

Tingle had love is short sword it gave the possibility to heal his allies, he still had it which meant the familiar was right

I'm Cerberus, there are rules a celestial cannot help someone on the side of the infernal

But I want this world to stay the way it is, I don't want the infernal to win

Tingle remember the wizard telling him about the celestial and the infernal and the higher being war, the kobold were direct answer to the infernal werewolves, but Tingle wanted the celestial to be in power so bad.

I might be an infernal but I don't want to fight for them, I'm Cerberus and I'm one of the first familiar to be summoned for werewolves, I want to fight by your side, your gift I think it means something more, I think you are going to be important, let me fight with you.

- I want to trust I do, but you're an infernal, you must have a good reason to fight them

- the infernal are about power, before the last war they roam the land, the strongest ruled, I wasn't in the strongest we were treated bad as bad as the celestials were treated, I'm willing to die for justice

- thank you, said Tingle

- don't thank me yet, I might be your familiar but you are weak and we have to train.

- I don't know, my ability to heal are pretty much the only battle ability I have

Cerberus laughed

You are half werewolf, one of the strongest races, come lets train, let me show you just how strong you are

The training was brutal, turn out , the lycanthropy ability was very similar to the berserker ability, Tingle body grew bigger stronger , but it was harder to move , more heavy , more unstable . It was hard to train, but he somehow manages, Cerberus ability was on another level he could choose a head and bestow a boost to Tingle, speed, strength and defense. But it was risky, while he used it, he was left vulnerable. They trained for five days before they heard a roar. The trial was beginning, they followed it to find the enemy. The vision they saw was scary here on this lake was a copycat of Tingle, which probably meant they had the same ability. It roared before charging at him, even at the first charge it was trouble it was stronger and had a better understand of the werewolf form

He has the same strength but also the same weakness, screamed Cerberus

Tingle smiled

Speed, he ordered

Cerberus talking head changed

Tingle felt quicker and dash to attack the werewolf was heavy so Tingle attacked the legs, his short sword didn't work it was as if, it was made of air, the punch was connecting but not the rest

Defense, he need time to think

In hand-to-hand combat, he couldn't win even with attack he knew, he had to think fast soon the enemy would attack Cerberus. The enemy looked so angry just like when Tingle had been bitten, he finally understood and hugged his enemy, the beast struggle to resist. The trial was loving himself no matter what he was.Those trial sure work in mysterious ways. He felt himself start to fly dragged by a mysterious force, he was still holding his trial who transform into an enormous shiel but it was light so light, probably his artifact. He woke up in a bed

Ah you made it back, said the wizard