All the lycans from Red Moon who saw Nichs turned into a huge grey wolf were shocked. It turned out that the king was really a lycan and the aura he gave off was that of an Alpha.


    "Grr… I''m not here to fight," Nichs said as he dodged Alpha Rad''s w swing but Rad didn''t listen to him at all and continued to attack.


    Rad jumped and mmed his ws at Nichs but Nichs caught Rad''s wrist then quickly turned his body and threw Rad up, toppling two trees that were standing in a row.


    "Grr… I told you I''m not here to fight," Nichs said when Rad had just stood up but once again Rad didn''t listen. "Didn''t you get the message? I am here to talk about PEACE!"


    The Alpha sped up and attacked him quickly. Nichs who didn''t intend to fight longer had to dodge quickly. He leaped backward and shifted to the right avoiding Rad''s ws that could uproot a tree in just one swing.


    Rad who couldn''t hit Nichs increased his speed then spun around while aiming his ws at him. However, his ws only hit the wind, again.


    Annoyed that his attacks always failed, he continued to increase his attack speed but it was all in vain. Nichs was always able to dodge until one moment, Rad who had been attacking aggressively suddenly stopped because he felt a pain in the joints of his left leg.


    CRACK!


    Rad fell to the ground and Nichs who had been moving also stopped when he saw Rad fall. The Red Moon pack members who had been watching for a while darted across the river and stood around their Alpha while ring at Nichs who was staring at them calmly.


    Rad changed into his human form and one of his subordinates immediately gave him the clothes they had prepared from the start. They also threw a set of clothes at Nichs.


    ? "Ah." Rad grimaced as one of his subordinates helped him to his feet. "What have you done to me?"


    The Alpha growled. He finally started speaking after Nichs had just finished putting on his clothes. Rad asked that because he remembered throughout the fight Nichs just dodged and defended himself without giving any counterattacks


    "Nothing," Nichs replied dryly. Then he added, "I just dodged your attacks and made you move ording to my will."


    Rad furrowed his brows in disbelief. "Move as your will?"


    Nich nodded then exined that in the middle of the fight he noticed that Rad swings his right w more often so he kept shifting to Rad''s left and made Rad do a quick turn around.


    In addition to bearing heavy body weight while being a lycan, Rad''s left joint had to work harder as Rad continued to rotate his body. Rad didn''t notice that he was always turning to the left or rather Rad didn''t notice that he was moving ording to what Nichs wanted.


    "Huh. Impressive." Rad smiled, impressed by Nichs'' strategy.


    "Thank you," Nichs replied drily. "But I am not here to show off my moves. My messenger said that you were willing to meet me or I came here myself ording to your wishes but you attacked me instead. Can you exin why you did that?"


    "I''m just testing you," said Rad.


    He actually attacked Nichs because he wanted to know how much Nichs wanted to make peace. If his will wasn''t too great then the king would surely have given up when asked toe to the ce alone and during the fight, he didn''t counterattack, it proved that he really wanted to make peace.


    "So did I pass your test?" asked Nichs. This time he smiled.


    "Well, you pass with flying colors." Rad replied curtly, but he didn''t look unfriendly. He was just upset that a much younger Alpha could beat him so easily in the fight. Ah.. it looked like he was an old man now. He had be weak. This was what made him speak curtly.


    "I am d to hear that," Nichs nodded.


    "Well... this is no ce to talk about peace," Raw growled. "Let''s go to our pack home."


    The sound of the river flowing was very soothing. Under the moonlight, Rad and Nichs along with a few of the six Red Moon members shot toward a manor that was on top of a hill.


    "Father." A girl in a green dress came out of the manor and walked briskly over as soon as they arrived at the manor grounds.


    She was a beautiful young woman with white hair that shone under the moonlight, a pair of charming green eyes that looked like emerald and a sweet smile curved up on her lips. She was Rad''s only daughter.


    "What happened to you, Father?" she asked worriedly when she saw her father being carried.


    "It''s okay. Don''t worry." Rad smiled and touched his daughter''s head gently then added "Lily, this is King Nichs Hanenbergh. He is the king of the Kingdom of Riga. Your Majesty, this is Lily Moonchester, my daughter."


    Nichs smiled as he stretched out his hand for a handshake but Lily fell silent. The girl was fascinated by the good looks possessed by the young king.


    So, this was... the king of Riga Kingdom? she was wondering.


    "Lily," Rad called, causing the girl to stumble and snap out of her reverie. He asked her again, "You are okay?"


    "Ah, y-yes. I… I was just surprised." Lily looked at Nichs'' face, up and down, and then turned to her father questioningly.


    "I''ll exin everything inside," said Rad, understanding what his daughter''s gaze meant. He then invited Nichs into his manor and Nichs nodded.


    In the manor, while enjoying the dishes the servants had set out on the table, Rad exined to Lily the reason why Nichs came there.


    While Rad was still exining, Nichs secretly nced left and right. There were many lycans watching him closely from afar and ready to gang up on him if he did anything they thought was suspicious.