The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 1235

---- Bound by his rule not to intervene, only create, he realized he'd never lifted a finger to make life easier for his creations. Hidden in a cave, he sheltered from the freezing nights and predators. He tried to speak to them, to tell them he had molded them, that he deserved their respect... but all he got in return were claws and hungry fangs. Here, only the strong survived. These were beasts without " humanity," without feelings, without minds capable of reason.

Desperate, he tried everything. He had to hunt them to eat, drink from muddy puddles... until one day, it looked like the end. Lykahel finally understood after all the suffering: this wasn't temporary. It was forever. Cornered on the side of a mountain, several hyenas stared at him with greedy yellow eyes. He faced them with a sharpened branch in hand-if he had to die, it would be with courage. His heart was still that of a ---- god.

deep down, he knew they were just trying to survive... like him. They leapt at him, five against one... the outcome was easy to

them away. He howled to the starry sky, sending a message to the predators of this land: "I'm here now... and I am the protector of the Beast God." "Khalum?" Lykahel couldn't believe it-what was the

territory. The wolf hunted for him, kept him warm through the coldest nights, and was his companion in solitude. One night, while talking around the fire, Khalum asked him for an elemental soul of his own.

this," he said, lying at the cave's entrance, his massive body nearly filling the whole space. "I couldn't create elemental mortals before, nor give wild wolves the gift of wisdom... and