What is this? The fights were pathetic and yet the crowd hasn't quieted down. It's almost like they are swooning over the future prospect they saw just now. Let me see, if I focus hard I can hear them…
"Those boys weren't half bad. They'll make it as a tool in the future for sure."
"I know right?! So cute and adorable, I could just eat them all up right now."
"Cool it woman, you'll get into some steep trouble if you do that. You gotta wait until Lady Kali puts them in the shed, remember."
"It's hard to wait for a chance like that. And besides, I'm ready now."
"Then take those troubles up with one the man slaves around. There's plenty and nobody really cares about them anyway."
Uh… That's dangerously bad. My goodness. Like, why? Now I have to get that Falna. Otherwise I may be picked apart by the masses…
"And last up is the final match of the day! Shurry, the 6 month old half-werewolf pup, his mother was insistent upon this course, to give him a chance at a better life. And now, we will see exactly what he can do. BEGIN!"
Suddenly, Shurry was thrust into a life or death battle against a goblin. Shurry rolled out of the way of the initial attack from the goblin. Though it was a very near miss.
What the hell was that? This monster is much stronger than the one Argana and the other girls fought. Did they weaken this one at all? The fuck!
The goblin recovered after seeing it had missed its mark. Then charged right for Shurry once more, to which he rolled out of the way just in the nick of time.
Shit, this is ridiculous. How do they expect me to do this? Wait a minute… The moon. I nearly forgot. Now then, time to figure out how to use that innate racial ability of mine…
The goblin growled and shouted in Shurry's direction. This goblin was clearly quite pissed off after having missed twice in a row. Thus it tried again.
If I hadn't been thrust into this so early I might have had a chance as normal, like say at 5 years old maybe? But that's 4 and half years off. Shit dodge!
And then it happened, the goblin managed to tag my arm, taking a small bit of the flesh with its claw. It cackled at Shurry, then ate the flesh with a smile, it was enjoying this moment.
It was at this time, something snapped from deep within Shurry's core, this new body started to change. And soon, he grew a few inches taller, some more muscle appeared, claws shot out and his pupils shifted. He let out a low growl. As the fur on his tail stood up.
"Oh and what do we have here? A beastification at 6 months old! Absolutely stunning! This boy might actually do it!"
Kali, from the seat of honor, did some quick thinking and called one of her loyal women over, whispered an order with a smile, then sent the woman off to complete the task. "That should really show me what he's got in store. And allow my girls the chance to save him, imparting a sense of gratitude… That'll make it easier to use him in the future."
The desperate battle of a very young, and non falna boosted werewolf pup inspired the masses to stop cheering for the cute factor, and instead cheered for him to win. Dashing around in random lines, landing shallow, yet quick slashing attacks. Each tearing away a portion of the goblin's flesh.
Eventually, the goblin slowed to a halt and fell down, dead from blood loss. Shurry went in and tore the head off the goblin's corpse. Insurance to make doubly certain that it was dead. And then he plunged his clawed hand into the corpse and tore out the goblin's magic stone. With a howl he declared his victory over the monster.
Well, that was definitely not easy, but I did manage to pull out a victory over that monster.
"Oh? What's this? The monsters we had locked up have escaped onto the sandy floor. And they're charging straight for young Shurry. It seems that howling wasn't a good idea. It drew their attention. Whatever will he do?"
Shit, I'm exhausted, and now this? Goddess Kali is definitely causing me issues on purpose. She doesn't want to grant a falna to a male if she can help it. But it's all but a guarantee now… How to get out of this?
Shurry threw the magic crystal towards the group of goblins, causing them to swarm over to it instead of him. And then, dashed forward, biting one of the goblins necks with a powerful chomp, and shook his head rag dolling the goblin just a bit before releasing and dashing away while the other goblins were confused and scared.
"Oh my, look at him go! He's killed another goblin already." The announcer kept speaking while Shurry kept on moving. "Oh, and another one down to a furious flurry of claws to the back. This is amazing, there's only 3 goblins left, and this boy has already killed as many. Can he go longer? Or is his stamina about to run out?"
Kali nodded to a current level 3 in her familia, causing her to appear on the scene in record time. She slayed the remaining 3 goblins in quick order, each with a single powerful blow.
Woah, that was amazing. She's strong and so… Fast, woah, my beastification is running out. Oh, and there it goes.
"Wow would you look at that, the boy's all tuckered out, he fell asleep right there. What do you all think? He earned it right?"
The roar of the crowd said it all, they thought the boy did a fantastic job. The sound was deafened by Kali's voice as she spoke up next.
"Congratulations to those who have passed the test! You may come and receive your reward. Oh, and you, bring the boy to me."