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Reflection and Bonds
The Obsidian Fang headquarters buzzed with activity, the late afternoon sun casting long shadows through the glass walls. Crates of equipment were scattered across the labs and halls, their contents half-unpacked, wires and mana conduits spilling out like veins of a growing beast. Seojin hefted a crate of training pads, his arms straining as he followed Mirae’s directions to a storage room. Yuna was a few steps ahead, balancing a box of tech components, her ponytail swinging with each step. Pyra perched on her shoulder, chirping indignantly whenever the box wobbled. The air smelled of metal and polish, undercut by the faint pine scent drifting in from the forest outside.“This is worse than training,” Yuna groaned, setting her crate down with a thud. “My arms are gonna fall off.”Mirae, leaning against a lab table cluttered with glowing monitors, smirked. “Quit whining, firecracker. You’re building character.”Seojin lowered his crate, wiping sweat from his brow. The work was grueling
Initial Evaluations and Synergy
The training room stretched wide and open, its high ceiling studded with retractable rings that gleamed faintly under the soft glow of rune-etched panels. The air buzzed with latent energy, a low hum from the tech embedded in the walls and floor. Combat dummies stood in neat rows near the center, their humanoid shapes crafted from magisteel and padded with reinforced foam, designed to take a beating from beasts and tamers alike. Holographic screens floated above each one, blank for now, waiting to display data. Targets and training equipment lined the edges of the room, some scarred with claw marks, others pristine and gleaming. The space felt alive, like it was holding its breath, ready for action.Mirae strode to a control panel set into the wall, her fingers dancing over the glowing interface. With a soft chime, the dummies lit up, their sensors glowing a faint blue, like the pulse of a heartbeat. Holograms flickered to life above them, showing baseline stats: durability,
Exploration and Evaluation
The truck’s engine rumbled low, a steady hum that vibrated through the metal floor. Crates and boxes, haphazardly stacked, shifted with every turn, their wooden edges scraping faintly against each other. Seojin sat cross-legged in the back, his shoulder pressed against a crate marked with the Obsidian Fang emblem, a white fang curled like a crescent moon. The air was warm, thick with the smell of oil and dust, and the narrow windows let in slivers of fading sunlight. Across from him, Yuna sprawled on her back, one leg kicked up on a crate, her phoenix, Pyra, perched delicately on her shoulder. The bird’s ember-lit feathers cast a soft, flickering glow, painting the truck’s interior in hues of orange and gold.Seojin’s fingers traced the edge of his guild jacket, the black fabric still feeling foreign on his shoulders. He wasn’t used to this, any of it. Not the jacket, not the guild, not the weight of Fenrir’s presence, even if the wolf was tucked away in his BestiaCore for now. The la
New Flames, New Fangs
The rest of the school day passed like fog.Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead. The kind that made your head ache if you sat too long under them. Class after class bled together — lectures, blackboards, the occasional spark from someone's bonded beast playing beneath a desk. A scaled tail here, a floating eyeball creature there.But all of it blurred to the edges.Seojin sat quiet, back straight, hands folded on the desk. Just like always.Except now… people noticed.The whispers didn't come in waves. They came in trickles — muttered names, side-eyes, darted glances toward his jacket.He caught one of the seniors in front of him squinting at his shoulder — the patch barely visible beneath the collar of his uniform. "Obsidian Fang," it read. Black thread on charcoal fabric. Barely noticeable unless you knew what to look for. But in a school like this, people noticed guild colors."Isn't he the one who—?""Didn't he fail his summon, like, four times?""I thought he was cursed?""Then wh
The Wolf Beneath the Skin
Seojin woke before his alarm. Not jolted or groggy, just there, awake, eyes open to the faint blue of early morning threading through the blinds.The apartment was still. The hum of the fridge, the occasional thump of a pipe, but otherwise… silence.He sat up, dragging the blanket off his legs. His uniform, freshly ironed, hung on the back of his door. Next to it, draped carefully on the same hook, was the jacket Mirae had given him.Black. Sleek. A little big in the shoulders, but it carried a weight he didn't want to take off.The insignia on the back — a white fang curled like a crescent moon — caught the early light just barely. It looked like it was breathing with him. Below it, stitched in faded thread across the sleeve:OBSIDIAN FANG: FIGHT WITH TEETHHe ran his fingers over it once. Then twice."I look stupid, don't I," he muttered to no one.From the rug near his closet, a familiar grumble stirred.Fenrir stretched lazily, his smaller form barely as tall as a beagle, but some
Wolf’s Thread
Yang Mirae didn't rise as Seojin returned from the back room. The old fan spun through hot air above her head, creaking with each rotation. Soondae, the bat beast, huddled on her head like a crown, mostly asleep.Seojin cleared his throat. Mirae grunted, shifted, then lazily reached behind the desk.From a stack of pillows she pulled a folded jacket, black and lean but clearly grown out of by someone long ago. Seojin sat it on the desk."It was my last recruit's," she said, voice crackling. "He grew three inches overnight and swore he'd never fit it again. Ended up getting drafted eventually."She squinted at Seojin. "You look like you could fit it plenty."Seojin took the jacket gently, unfolding it. It was surprisingly light, lined inside with a thin layer of reinforced fabric. On the back, a faded white emblem—a wolf fang curled into a crescent. The sleeve had a sewn patch: Obsidian Fang: Fight With Teeth.He slipped it on. It fit loosely but comfortably. The sleeves were slightly
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