Before his mind even had time to think, Emery found himself running into the crowd, to where he saw the familiar figure. He rushed through the crowd in the area, inadvertently pushing people aside in his pursuit.
"Morgana… she… who is she?"
He found no familiar figure around him, concentrating on his senses to search through the crowds and still, he found nothing. He appears to have lost her completely.
In spite of his actions, Emery actually wasn't sure if what he saw was real or just his imagination. However, he was absolutely certain that person had indeed come from deep within his memories.
"What is it?" asked Annara as she caught up with him, glancing around. "Did you see someone you know?"
Emery looked around for a few moments longer before shaking his head. "It's nothing. Let's go back and find a place to stay."
While the glimpse of that familiar person was still etched in his mind, Emery quickly got a room in the inn near the tavern they visited earlier. As soon as the door closed, he quickly sat down in the lotus position and closed his eyes. In the next instant, he returned to his [Memory Puzzle].
Her name was Morgana, and he could feel that something about her was special to him. She was not just someone that he was emotionally attached to; he could feel that their connection went deeper than that.
Then all of a sudden, an image of her transforming into a dark wolf with a visible strand of crimson fur on her head appeared in his mind. In that instant, Emery felt as if electricity was coursing through his entire body.
"I… I can feel it.. She's a Fey Wolf; she's like me.." He muttered to himself. "We… are connected by blood."
It was like finally opening a locked door through another part of his brain that had been missing.
With the help of the artifact, Emery began to gradually see her – his memories of her. In particular, the image of her sleeping inside the pond whilst recovering lingered in his mind.
"Is she still alive?"
He sought deeper within to know more about the place, the familiar forest she lay within.
It didn't take long before more faces that felt familiar gradually came to light. Glimpses of memories flashed through Emery's mind before stopping at one particular moment – four female wolf half-bloods who lived in a place called Fey Village on a planet called Earth.
"They are my pack.. My family."
Memory after memory surged into Emery's mind, making him realize that he was an Alpha of his own group, and caused a certain void within him to be filled. He was reminded of the bond he had with these people, one that was sealed by blood.
Suddenly, Emery felt his blood stir, and before he could figure out what was going on, it had already built up momentum and made a breakthrough.
[Your bloodline just went through a purifying process]
[Gene purified]
[Twilight Fey wolf gene essence percentage increased to 44%]
[Battle power increased]
[Battle power: 260 (263)]
The instant the breakthrough was completed, Emery felt a refreshing feeling sweep over his entire being, followed by an urge to be reunited with his pack, to make his existence whole again.
But as soon as all those feelings receded, he was once again reminded of the sight of the girl he had seen earlier. Now that his memory was back, he was sure it was just a hallucination. But then, he couldn't help but wonder why he would see such a hallucination in this place.
Could it be something in their blood that can traverse the galaxy and connect them? Did the fact that he was currently on the Wolf bloodline planet have anything to do with it? Or something else entirely?
Either way, Emery was glad that he was able to increase his gene essence by another percentage without using up the limited amount of serum he had on hand. Just 6% more and he would have broken into rank 7. A stage where he will be strong enough to resist any wolf influence and at the same time she could give Silva a better chance of survival.
While he was deep in thought, he heard knocking and a voice from behind his room door.
"You're awake, aren't you?"
It was none other than Annara. Just as Emery was about to get up, much to his annoyance, the girl had already opened the door. She didn't even wait for his permission before waltzing in.
Noticing the look on his face, the red-haired girl fired back with her own expression. "You have been holed up in this room for almost two days.. I hope it's nothing troubling"
Emery can't tell if the woman actually worried for him or something else entirely, hence not to mess up their current partnership he explains briefly about his lapse of memory.
"Good, because I have something you'll want to hear"
Apparently, Annara had spent the past two days spreading her tiny moth familiars to gather information by hearing rumors and chatter people discussed. Her result was not disappointing, to say the least.
"Okay, here's the thing, the Alpha King is currently celebrating the Blood Moon Festival, an event that people are calling the Rave of the Century." Her smile widened as she pulled out thick paper, two of them. "I got us an invitation for the event. This is a great chance to gather information for our objective, don't you think?"
Based on what he knew about the red-haired girl, Emery suspected that she had obtained those tickets through illegal means, and his guesses were either theft or counterfeiting. Still, what she said was somewhat true.
Hearing the words Rave, Emery felt he had been to similar events before, therefore he believed it was something good for him to participate in. Moreover, it appears many famous Wolf bloodline factions and clans would be present there.
An event where the strongest individuals of the Wolf bloodline gathered was certainly something he would be interested in seeing. Besides, he would love to finally see the man who made his heart burn with hatred all this time.
"I'm in," Emery said, causing a smirk to bloom on her face. "What do we need?"
"Well, unless the queen packed you some formal attire, I guess we need to shop for clothes."
Not wanting to waste time, the two immediately went shopping to get suitable outfits for the upcoming event. Then, as the night fell, they made their way downtown, toward Alpha King's palace.
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