As I woke up after an unknown amount of time, I saw a wolf-like figure before. I was startled for a moment and was trying to move away until I noticed that this wolf was a bit different from the one that attacked me. Although in the middle of the night, I could not see the wolf that attacked me clearly, there was one key difference between this one and the one last night. This one was bigger. Then I heard in a grim and kinda demonic voice.

  "Finally you are the awake master. I see that the healing worked well"

  Shit, it can talk. And I seem to be its master. My mind was doing rounds around different ideas as I transmigrated again, but none of them seemed to fit since the surroundings were the same, a plain with no trees in sight. And then it hit me, the final notification before I fell asleep. It should have been this subordinate that the skill fusion created. It looks like the wolf that attacked me but should be the subordinate created from its body. Yes, that is a good explanation.

  And it should have cast healing magic like those RPG games because my shoulder that should have been missing is still there, albeit with no cloth covering it and I feel no pain from my back anymore.

  "Are you the wolf I just created?" I ask, with a hint of fear and anxiety in my voice.

  "Create? Maybe. I do not have any memories, but you should be my master as stipulated by the contract." the wolf replied in the same grim voice.

  Does it have no memories?

  "Then how can you use healing magic?" I ask.

  "I have a skill [Light Magic]. One of the spells under that is healing magic"

  It has magic skills!

  "Anyway thank you for healing me," I say to the wolf before me. It is lucky that it knew healing magic and healed me. And luck that the wolf that attacked died before landing a final blow on me. It was a mere coincidence. If any of them had not happened I would have already died. This is not an earth where life can be easygoing. I need to adapt and become stronger. I shouldn't depend on luck anymore. I need to be prepared for what I face. As I steel my resolve, looking like an idiot staring at the wolf without speaking, I hear the same grim voice again.

  " Do you need anything mastered?"

  "Ah.Nothing. Just was thinking about what to do"

  "Then may I suggest getting stronger? You are too weak and useless in your current state"

  How straightforward. I have feelings too. But there was nothing wrong with what he said. As I think about how to become stronger I say "Status" in my mind and a blue screen shows up

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  Name: Prot

  Race: Human

  Tier: Apprentice 1

  Class: None

  Skills :

  [Heroes Cheats]: Growth and comprehension are greatly increased. Has the blessing of God who summoned them. Rank - SSS+

  [Fusion]: Fuse compatible dead bodies with oneself or subordinates. Subordinates can be created, but have a max limit of 5. All subordinates are loyal to the host. Rank - indescribable

  Subordinates :

  [Lesser Fenrir (Nameless)]

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  Oh, now there is a new tab for subordinates. And it says Lesser Fenrir. Maybe this guy is called that. But what is that name? As I try to think about this Lesser Fenrir(Nameless) a new blue screen pops up.

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  Name: --

  Race: Lesser Fenrir

  Tier : 3rd level grandmaster

  Class: Magus

  Skills :

  [Advanced Wind Magic(A)]:

  Mastered Spells : Wind Spear(A),Silent Steps(A), Wind Control(B),Tornado(A)

  [Advanced Fire Magic(B)]:

  Mastered Spells: Fireball(A),Scorch(A),,Fire Lance(A)

  [Basic Water Magic(A)]:

  Mastered Spells : Water Bullet(B),Flood(C)

  [Advanced Light Magic(A)]:

  Mastered Spells: Heal(B),Sword Lance(A),Light Sword(B)

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  Wow! Other than the fact that I can also see the status of my subordinates, the skills in this Wolf's status are more in number than mine, and most of them are at rank A. He even has a class. He is super strong, just with his magic skills alone.

  'But what is the difference between a Magic skill and a mastered spell? Aren't the spells themselves skills? What are skills?' I ask the system in my head

  [Magic skill regards the affinity for that type of magic and basic understanding of attribute magic. Many spells can be executed, and each spell should be mastered differently.

  Skills are blessed by laws and imprinted onto one's body. Once a skill is activated it will never fail. Repeated actions give skills. A swordsman can stab and slash but have only one stab skill, which means if he uses stab skill, it will always work in execution, whereas slash skill can fail sometimes due to unstable form or footing.

  Magic Skills are different in the sense of the success of magic. A nonskill magic can still be executed perfectly if the Attribute magic is of higher rank. But some nonskill magics may fail in the middle of battle, that is why it is better to use skills, by honing your spells and attacks.]

  'So a non-mastered spell may fail due to errors, but a mastered spell never fails due to user errors?'

  [Yes.]

  'So someone can use a spell they just learned, but if their control over the new spell is not good, the spell may fail. So Attacks other than skills can also be used, albeit not so perfectly'

  [Correct. The concept of skills has been introduced so that, once mastered, they will not forget it. But Understanding of magic may be high enough sometimes to cast nonskill spells at a high success rate]

  'So if I use a new skill with a high success rate at a higher attribute control level, it would be easier to learn the skill?'

  [Yes. But not all spells are added as skills. For example, the simplest magic spell of water attribute, water ball(F) will never fail for a mage with water magic control at the Advanced stage. Such skills will not be added.]

  'Now I am confused again. If some spells, even if mastered, are not added as skills, then why does a spell-like fireball be in the skills of this wolf, if it has advanced fire magic?'

  [The skills may be learned one after another. Here the body of the lesser Fenrir was created from a learned fireball before learning advanced fire magic hence the skill remains]

  'Ah...Now it makes more sense I guess.'Now that I understand something about skills I ask the system about tiers.

  [Tiers are as follows

  Apprentice - 9 levels

  Master - 7 levels

  Grand-master - 5 levels

  Great Grand-master

  Sage - 6 levels

  Demigod - 3 levels (pseudo, semi, half)

  ]

  So the wolf is the grand-master, and I am ... Uh? Wait? Apprentice. So this wolf is 2 tiers higher than mine? It should be very powerful then. Well, now I understand why it called me weak. In minor reels, I am like 20 levels below it. But how do I level up? Oh my dear System, please explain.

  [Honing skills, increasing base stats by training or special methods, and getting new skills are ways to increase your tier. ]

  [Ding... Detected that the host has sufficient information about the world.]

  [Ding... Detected that the host has Grand-master as a subordinate.]

  [Newbie Period has ended]

  [The system will not answer all queries of the host]

  [The system will only assist in fusion, status]

  [As a parting gift a lottery has been issued]

  What!? End of the newbie period? The system will not answer my questions anymore? Sufficient information on the world? I don't know anything about the world. And is it leaving just like that? I don't understand. Why leave now?

  As the wolf sees my weird expression he asks "Anything wrong Master?"

  I reply "Nothing"

  Well depending on the system is also not an option anymore. So I am on my own.... with a wolf in a place I don't know.