A few days had passed since Iwatani's trial at the hands of the Melromarc court with Louis, Melia and I leaving Melromarc for the time being to go and train for the waves.

Melia said that there was an abandoned mine at the end of the meadow and forest, but has good materials for selling, smithing and hopefully upgrading Krishna.

I swear, this world reminds me of Final Fantasy Explorers.

When we entered the forest, the beautiful scene in front of me reminded me of camping as a kid.

After a bit of training and monster slaying, we each levelled up to around level 4.

I've also learnt more about my two teammates.

In pair with his skill with his sword, Louis is also a magic user, but he can only use light magic called Hama, and he is able to channel the light into his sword, essentially making it a lightsabre in a medieval setting.

Melia, on the other hand, uses different types of magic mainly the Agi line, Zan Line, Zio line and Bufu line and she can also use healing magic. She also can use her staff when push comes to shove if an enemy comes too close to her.

And from what she had said, the Agi line is fire magic, Zan is wind magic, Zio is electricity and Bufu is ice magic.

I think that it's good to have a spellcaster that specialises in different elements, including healing.

I also really need to ask Melia if there is any kind of magic I can utilise, preferably buffs as my magic attack stat is shot to hell and back.

Another thing that I've found out about Melia is that whenever I wake up in the mornings, I always find her close to me, which I don't really mind as Kiera used to crawl into my bed when we were kids and when me occasionally staying at Ashley's home after doing a shift at the pub.

I then heard some rustling and a weak howl nearby, causing me to stop with Louis and Melia behind me.

"You heard that?" I whispered to my teammates, with Louis humming in response and Melia nodding her head.

"Yes. It sounds like a wolf pup or a young demon." Melia stated to me as I nodded my head, trusting Melia's knowledge about this world.

When we closed near the weak whimpering, we saw a blue and white-furred wolf with two bright green eyes and with several cuts.

"Melia. Can you heal him?" I asked the spellcaster, knowing that she had a healing spell on her.

When she nodded her head, I came close to the wounded wolf, it tried to growl but it came off as a weak howl. I then slowly rubbed my hand across the pup's head as Melia came to my right side.

"Dia." She whispered, causing the pup to be basked in a light green glow, cleaning up the blood and healing the wounds.

Melia is truly the best when it came to magic.

When the light was done, the pup's facial features brightened up as he leapt up into my arms and began to lick my face.

"Woah! Whoa! Calm down there, kiddo." I said as the pup jumped into my shoulders then climbed onto my head before curling up and began sleeping, causing both Louis and Melia to laugh at the pup.

"I will admit. I have never seen a Cerberus wolf act like that before. They typically attack anyone but will swear loyalty to a master if they have proven themselves as a competent fighter and carer for their tribe." Louis stated as the pup let out a large yawn before tucking his head into my brown hair.

Melia then stroke the bicoloured fur of the Cerberus wolf who let out a soft bark before burying his head into Melia's hand.

"Because my father had worked with the last spear hero who was summoned around 30 years ago and was named Sétanta. He has stated that Sétanta was good with monsters and other beasts, including wolfs, dragons and demons with only a little bit of training, forming great bonds. So, I believe that each spear hero that is summoned is the perfect candidate as a beast tamer and trainer." Melia spoke out as she smiled at me.

Hmm, so the Logos tribe has worked with a previous spear hero in the past. I guess that explains why she immediately went to me on that day.

"Anyways, let's get going, I want to try to make some progress on gathering our strengths," I said to my crew as the duo nodded their heads with the pup on my head letting out a yawn, causing me to grin and Melia to let out a giggle.

-Time Skip-

I believe that we are near the end of the forest as I saw the blue sky. The pup on my head would occasionally lick me in the face and moving onto my shoulder and nuzzling his nose into my cheek.

The pup reminds me of dad's dog named Jack after my grandad; Jacob Anders' favourite drink.

Now that I think about it, most people related to the Anders family has a religious name.

My name is Thomas, dad's name is Matthias, grandad's name is Jacob and my great-grandad's name is Isaiah.

Now that's fucking weird.

A loud snarl snapped me out of my thoughts as I summoned Krishna and lowered my right arm, allowing the pup to get up and go down my arm so I can fight without him for the time being.

"I'll be right back," I told the pup who let out a yip as I saw a porcupine the size of a small dog.

I let Krishna shift into his halberd form. I then took a heavy step while swinging Krishna downwards onto the neck of the porcupine, cleaving the head right off.

I let out a grunt as I shifted Krishna into a smaller size into a knife-like shape so I can skin the monster for some cash and to hopefully upgrade Krishna before the first wave happens.

Another trick I picked up on my travels, I can change the size and shape of Krishna's base form.

The pup let out a yip as he came to my leg and rubbed himself against me.

"Oi, Louis," I called out to the eastern priest who kneeled down to the headless porcupine.

"Can you help me with skinning the headless brat?" I asked Louis who nodded his head as he pulled out a skinning knife and begun skinning the porcupine by placing the knife at the base of the neck then bring the knife downwards to the crotch region.

Wow, working at that butcher shop taught me a few good things.

I heard some steps and I saw Melia with a deceased deer with the head missing.

"Do you think we can cook this, Thomas?" Melia asked me as I grabbed one of the porcupine's needles and placed over Krishna's red gem and the needle got absorbed, gaining me a new spear.

[Needle Spear- +2 to physical attack. New skill unlocked, Needle Thrust]

Hmm, so I unlocked a new skill.

Better to try that out next time I get into a fight.

"I haven't had venison in a while, the last time I had it was around my 17th birthday. So, sure." I said to the spellcaster of my crew as Louis and I continued to dissect the monster.

"Would you like some venison, boyo?" I cooed to the wolf pup who nodded his head before pouncing to Melia's legs as the spellcaster herself let out a giggle.

I should really give him a name.

"I'll get some wood from close by, Louis will continue skinning the porcupine and Melia, can you cook the venison?" I said to my crew who each nodded.

"Sure. I'll keep skinning before helping Melia with the deer." Louis said as he kept poking the knife into the helpless porcupine.

"it is apart of my upbringing as the chief's daughter to learn both the skinning of deceased animals and the cooking of meats alongside magic. So, I can cook the deer for our little group." Melia stated to me as the pup came up to me before trying to jump onto my shoulder.

I let out a chuckle at the pup's excitement.

I then kneeled down to face him with him tilting his head.

Cute.

"Do you want to join our little crew and form a pact with me?" I asked the pup who nodded his head and let out several yips in excitement.

I then put my hand onto the pup's head and transferred my energy into him, causing him to glow a red colour.

I looked into the top left corner to see that a fourth member of our little crew, with a few question marks where the name is, and I can see that the pup is around level 5.

So, around our level. Quite good.

"You're going to need a name, little guy," I spoke out softly to the newest addition of our little crew.

But, a name for our new team member.

"How…about…Lars?" I asked out loud, causing the pup to tilt his head before nodding happy and letting out a bark.

"Alrighty then, your name is now Lars," I told the newest member of my crew as I took Krishna and headed to a nearby tree while I got into a position with pointing Krishna at the tree.

I took a deep breath.

"Alright, here goes." I took a big step backwards.

"Needle Thrust!" I yelled out as Krishna began glowing a red colour before sending out a phantom the shape of Krishna's current shape that sliced through the trunk.

"Well, that's one way to utilise skills, don't ya think, Lars?" I asked my wold who let out a happy bark while I shifted Krishna back into his halberd form to do some chopping.

I chopped the smaller branches and put them into small, neat groups as Lars waddled up to me.

"Lars. Can you be a good boy and grab that bundle of branches and bring them back to Melia for me?" I asked my furred companion who let out a yip as he grabbed the bundle and waddled over to Melia.

It's only been a few hours and he already likes taking orders from me?

I guess that Melia is right about the spear hero being good beast tamers.

But that also brought up another question. The previous spear hero; Sétanta, was summoned nearly 30 years ago. Could there have been a catastrophic event so severe that it warranted a summoning of heroes of old?

And what is the mystery behind the waves?

I shook my head as I continued chopping the tree into some firewood planks so Melia can whip up some venison.

After cutting up enough wood for the time being, I put Krishna back onto my back and picked up the wood and headed back to Melia and Louis.

-Time Skip-

A little while later, we were sitting around the fire, sharing stories and talking about simple things while eating the cooked venison Melia provided for us.

And I will admit, Melia can cook venison quite well.

Then again, most girls that I've known can cook up do a certain degree with Kiera being good with simplistic foods, Ashley being trained with foods from the pub, and mum…

Let's just say that my extreme tolerance for spicy food is both a natural blessing and a necessity for growing up on mapo tofu.

I then felt Lars let out a yawn as he slept on my lap after eating a piece of venison.

I then scratched him behind one of his ears, with Lars letting out a soft mew as he nudged his wet nose into my clothed thigh.

Yup, he is definitely like Jack when he was a pup.

"Well, venison is quite a rich meat," I said as I browsed through my menus to read up on Krishna's other variants that I've picked up and the few that I've mastered.

An interesting thing about Krishna is that once I mastered one of his forms, I gain the stat buffs permanently.

An example of this is my orange spear, it gave me a +2 in my physical defence whenever I had it equipped, and once I mastered that form of Krishna, it was added to my base stats.

So…once I get my hands onto a junkyard or on anything really, I can become really fucking powerful.

I felt a soft hand taking out my white hair tie and running her hands through my admittedly silky hair.

"That feels really nice, Melia," I stated to the spellcaster of our group as she let out a giggle.

"Wow. This feels really soft, Thomas. Softer than my mother's hair when I used to do this with my mother when father was out doing tasks as the chief of our tribe." Melia admitted to me as I let out what can be loosely described as a purr.

I will admit, I always loved having my head scratched when I was a little kid.

"Yeah, it's one thing that I've inherited from my mum over then enjoying spicy foods, but not the extent that she loves it." I shuddered when she used to cook mapo tofu every Sunday.

I swear that woman is Lucifer reincarnated.

Louis let out a chuckle as he let out a yawn from his mouth, with Melia and I doing the same.

I then looked up to the sky, to see that the sun's setting.

Holy shit, the time went flying.

"So, who gets the first watch?" I asked my two teammates with Louis trying to open his mouth.

But Melia beat him to the punch.

"I will take the first watch as I have the most energy as you two have been doing a lot for me, and I appreciate that. I feel like I should extend a helping hand for our group." The spellcaster of our group stated as she kept running her fingers through my brown locks.

"You sure about that, Melia? I can stay up for a few more hours." I offered to the violet-haired woman who shook her head as Lars let out a small growl.

"Oh my. It seems that little Lars doesn't want you to move at all. But please, Thomas. You need to rest. How are you going to both save the world from the waves and keep us safe?" Melia questioned me as I let out a hum.

Melia did bring up a good point as I normally get just over 5 hours of sleep, and that's including the small naps that I take periodically.

"To be honest, Melia. I can't really argue with that logic. But be sure to wake either Louis or I once you're done with your shift." I stated to the spellcaster who nodded her head as I lifted Lars and found a comfy spot and went to sleep with Lars sleeping in my lap.

-POV change-

As the spear hero closed his eyes, the young spellcaster took a seat on one of the logs while twirling her shortened staff.

The spellcaster went into deep thought.

'why did I feel something when I first met Thomas on that day. It is strange for me to feel like that. Did mother ever go through that when she first met father all those years ago?' she thought as she spent time casting a small agi spell.

The rest of the night went without a hitch.

A/N: and that is my 7th chapter for my dragoon hero story.

As you can see, Lars the Cerberus wolf was introduced as the second last member of Thomas' little crew. The last member is going to be introduced after the second wave, alongside the introduction of the Logos tribe.

And writing skills is going to be a massive pain in the ass for me.

Also, I have both SpaceBattles account by the same name that I do post semi-regularly by cross-posting both of my fanfics.

Shameless self-promoting out of the way, I hope that you guys have a good day as I had recently finished exams on the 18th of November.

I hate exams for merely existing.

Anyways, I'll see you guys in my next upload.

Chao.