My Wolf System -Rank-S

Miiikeee!"

They all jumped on Mike at once, hugging him tightly.

"Mike, what were you thinking?!" Lasa asked, smacking him lightly on the head.

"You could've died, idiot!"

Mike smiled weakly.

"Yeah… it was close. But I made it."

Everyone hugged him again – warm, relieved, grateful.

Then Glus stepped forward.

"Mike. I'm glad you're okay."

Mike looked up.

"Glus… you made it too? How were you saved?"

"I was found under the rubble," Glus replied calmly.

"It got pretty bad. I had a hole in my stomach. But I survived. Everything's alright now. I want to take you all out to eat – my treat."

So they went to a nearby restaurant. Mike didn't protest.

Food sounded good after everything.

They sat, they ate, they talked.

And then Glus spoke again.

"I think it's time I answer your questions. Starting with this:

Out of 81 students… only 19 survived. Nineteen. And I was the only commander left."

Mike looked down.

"So… this is it?"

Glus nodded silently.

"How did they find the base?" Kad asked.

"Lion," Glus said with a heavy tone.

"He was once my student. But during a mission… all of his teammates were killed. Only he and I survived."

"And he blamed me for it. Ever since, he wanted me dead."

He paused, then said:

"He's still alive."

Everyone looked up in shock.

"He's being held in a special SAL prison. I'll take you there… someday."

They all got up and headed for the car.

But just as they were about to enter—

"A PORTAL!" Giel screamed.

"It's… black?" Kad asked. "Not blue like the others."

Before anyone could react, the portal pulled them in.

Mike.

Lasa.

Kad.

Giel.

Has.

Glus.

All gone—vanished into the darkness.

—

Mike opened his eyes.

Could it be?

Had he… been here before?

He couldn't remember. But something felt familiar.

"Was I here once…?"

The others were already standing behind him.

"Let's keep moving," Glus ordered.

The place was strange.

The sky was pitch black.

The trees – dead.

The ground – burned.

The air – thin.

"A horrible place," Giel muttered.

"We need to get out of here quickly," Has said sharply.

Then—

Shadows.

All around them.

Figures of pure darkness. From head to toe, black.

Made of shadow magic.

Mike took a step back.

"I… I can't fight. Not yet…"

But before anything could touch him, Giel, Has, and Glus jumped in front of him.

"Don't worry, Mike," Giel said.

"We've got this,"

But then—

the shadows began to shift.

One by one, they stopped moving. Their forms twitched, convulsed, and were pulled inward—

toward the center of the battlefield.

"What the hell…?" whispered Kad.

The shadows melted together like ink in water. A dark mass pulsed in the middle of the ruined ground, growing larger, denser, more alive.

And then—

it stood.

A Shadow giant.