My Reincarnation as a Chicken Chapter 41 Timber Wolf King

After the eting had concluded, the sprite, Gorm and I had set off towards the goblin village. I had decided on going out to talk to the wolves this night and luckily it had gotten so late I couldn't believe it. My only problem was running into Minerva while she was still hunting. I didn't know how that would end. So I decided to branch off and have the sprite direct to the wolves' ho. If we hurried up we might have been able to get to there before she went hunting.

Unfortunately, we crossed paths on the way to the wolf hill.

"Oh, Tori-kun."

She said and I could see a sort of weird smile on her face

'Y-yes.'

I responded, but then she eyed the dryad curiously and lost her smile.

"And who is that?"

'Oh, um this is, well... a friend.'

She then bowed to Minerva, then said.

"I am Hinotori's guide. We will be acting as envoys to the kings of the West."

"Guide? Why is Tori-kun going to kings?"

She was looking down on . She thought I was too weak to even go to kings and talk to them. I would prove her wrong.

"Well –"

'That's none of your business. I'll do whatever I want.'

I cut off the sprite from explaining to Minerva.

"Tch. Tori-kun is too weak to do this."

'Yeah! You're right! I'm weak right now. I may not be the brightest out there, either. But give a month and I'll be strong enough to even beat you up.'

I got too bold and said sothing unnecessary. Minerva froze up and laughed.

"Oh? Hahaha! Can Tori-kun think correctly?"

'Hey! What's that supposed to an!?'

She walked past while laughing loudly.

"Good luck. The new wolf king is a coward like you."

'Huh? New Wolf King? There's a new one, already? Does that an there was soone equally as strong as the forr wolf king?'

I looked up and realized that Minerva was going out to hunt tonight. That ant the wolves would be especially aggressive and careful around .

"Minerva! I think I saw a herd of bull deer close to the water hole. They might still be there."

"Hmmm?"

She closed her eyes as if in thought. She was most likely checking with her [Overlord] skill, after which she shrugged and changed course.

I looked at the sprite and she winked at . If she wasn't here as my guide I may have not been able to convince Minerva. She was a cheeky one, wasn't she?

'Alright then! On to the Timber Wolves!'

I shouted.

***

As soon as Minerva left we ourselves headed towards the Timber wolves territory. It was quite the walk. But thankfully I was able to get more detailed looks at places and add them to my [Auto Mapping] skill. And I was able to use my [Golden Chick Cry] to lure them in.

It didn't take long for us to hear howling. The Timbre wolves were getting ready to hunt, or they were preparing another revenge plot against Minerva. You have to give it to them. No matter how many of them she killed, they always ca back with a mindset of getting revenge. That relentlessness would really help us during the invasion.

'Hey agent, can you release my aura?'

My plan was to draw one or two timber to using my aura. What I was referring to was the fact that Gorm's skill [Truthseeker eyes] was just a skill that allowed one to approximate the strength of their target by just looking at their aura. That made it quite useless if the opponent hid their aura. I guess for simple monsters it was a good edge since they would never think of hiding their aura or they simply didn't know how to. Because of that I got the skills [Aura Release] and [Aura Control].

[Aura Release] as it says allows to release any aura I have hidden in a powerful burst, sort of like an attack, but it also gave a rise in stats. [Aura Control] allowed to control the amount of aura I let out. After spending a day with the goblins I decided to use that to hide my aura and I was suddenly way more approachable than before.

As soon as it was done, I could feel lighter and relaxed. It was just like how one would feel after having a good stretch.

[You have released your aura]

[Your strength has gone up by 10]

[Your speed has gone up by 50]

[Your defense has gone up by 8]

I felt way better than ever before. It was really absurd.

Seed like hiding my aura was straining my body but I hadn't realized it. Maybe because I had the agent do it for . To be honest I wondered what I would do without him.

"Th-this vile presence. Is it yours?"

The sprite asked.

'Vile presence?'

I looked at the dryad and she looked a bit shaken. I could see the wariness in her eyes. Was my aura the cause? Well, I was part demon now so I guessed that was the cause.

'I don't know what you an by vile presence, but I just released my aura.'

"Are you perhaps, a demon?"

I nodded at her.

So demons radiate so kind of nasty presence, huh? If so I guess I should be constantly hiding my presence.

"Forgive , but if I may ask. Y-you have been hiding it?"

'Yea, why?'

"Sorry, it is just that I did not notice it. I thought I already had a grasp on your strength but it seems I am mistaken. If you managed to hide your aura it ans you must possess quite a lot of power."

'Eh? Are you guys dumb? Hiding aura doesn't necessarily equal having a lot of power.'

"No need to act humbly. I shall keep this a secret from the others if you wish."

'No, no! You're misunderstanding sothing here. I-'

I was about to argue, but then I sensed creatures get into my coverage area. I could count three, no five, six, seven, ten, no twenty? Crap there was a lot of them. Was it because I released my aura? But that wouldn't be strong enough a reason for all of them to co here at once.

Soon, there were sixty timber wolves. They had us surrounded from all sides. I could see one hundred and twenty yellow eyes glowing through the darkness. They were fixed on us. They were probably here thinking that dinner was served. The last ti this happened was the night I ca here with Minerva. That was one heck of a night.

Once again, I was reminded of just how monstrous that hob-goblina actually was.

'Hey guys! It has b-been a while, huh?'

I stamred, a sign of weakness I didn't want to show.

They all snarled at .

'Chill, chill. I didn't co with Minerva this ti! I'm not here to fight!'

I could feel them stalking closer.

'I an, since when do sixty of you appear for little old . Last ti it was just one guy!'

Suddenly a huge timber wolf with midnight black fur erged from the crowd. He had one eye clawed out. I didn't know why, but I recognized it as the current leader of the Timbre wolves. Well mostly because I gave him that injury when I was fighting it because it stole my food. If it weren't for Minerva I would have died that night.

'Heeeey.... you. How you been? How's your eye doing?'

I sent him a ssage using [Telepathy]. And surprisingly he responded in kind.

'Tch. After you clawed it out you dare-'

'Oi, oi! Agent you can translate animal as well? Then you can translate what bunnies say?'

Seriously? This skill was just… uwaa!

'Relax, relax. Like I said, I didn't co here to fight.'

I wanted to change the topic really quickly before this turned violent.

'Anyway, isn't sixty overkill for soone weaker than Minerva?'

'Hurumph, we didn't know you had returned here. Even better you're without that wench. Very foolish of you.'

'Hehe, quite the sharp tongue you got there.'

He snapped at . I would have flinched if this were the first ti he had done that to .

'I said, I didn't co here to fight tonight.'

I warned him. This was taking way too long and I was getting anxious.

'You co into our territory while releasing such violent aura and you dare say that?!'

Wow, was the aura that bad? So that was why it was all of them tonight. Usually they would just hunt in groups until they sensed Minerva. I guessed my aura was frightening enough to get all of them here? Maybe I should have done it when Derbyshire was around. I could have shut him up.

'Yes, I just wanted to summon at least one of you. I didn't expect to gather all of you guys attention. I need to talk about sothing important.'

'I refuse! I won't listen to you!'

Oh boy. Battle crazed moron. I guess this is the part where we duel?

'I will cut you down right he-'

'Brother, stand down!'

A voice ordered and the Timber wolf stopped moving.

Brother? He had a sibling?

'But-'

'Silence!'

The voice ordered and he just whimpered. I wondered who it was that had so much authority over him. He never backed down even in front of Minerva. This person was definitely dangerous, but I couldn't sense their presence anywhere.

Out of nowhere, a very powerful presence then entered the one hundred ter radius. With a rough estimate from [Mana sense], this creature was way above in terms of power. What was scary was the fact that, the creature suddenly appeared in my range, which ant it had been hiding in plain sight. So it could also hide its aura.

I could feel the presence walking from behind . I slowly turned around, and standing there was a timbre wolf with silky white fur and dark violet eyes. It was about the sa size as the guy I assud to be the leader and bigger than the rest of the pack.

I faced the Timber wolf in all its majestic glory and the dryad bowed.

"Oh Timber wolf king, we have co seeking an audience with you."