The immediate rush of humidity hit them like a truck. Sweat started to instantly form on the back of Eren's neck, as if all his perspiration has been turo max. The air suffog the duo.

  Thankfully Eren wore his tank top so that his skin could breathe a little. However, Jun foolishly wore long bck sleeves and jeans, soaking in his sweat.

  "Damn, this is fug hot." Eren swore, adjusting his tank top.

  Tall trees surround them, blog out most of the overhead light. Vines and moss g to everything, c up every surface. The grouh them is covered in thick roots and leaves, making walking a treacherous task. What is most notable though is the intense and vibrant colour palette of greens and browns, blues, and purples. Colours that were alien to Eren.

  With this wohere are also creatures hidden everywhere. Is of many varieties crawling everywhere. Birds chirping from their perches above and every so often, you see glimpses of even stranger fauna roaming in the jungle foliage.

  "Wow, this is beautiful." Jun excimed, surveying the jungle's diverse and strange beauty.

  "Let's get this over quickly; Tarou gives me a headache. I prefer to- Aw no." Said man stood proudly before the duo.

  "Never fear my friend, Tarou and the silver fangs shall be here to keep you safe." Tarou struother pose, flexing his arms well above his head.

  Jun cpped once again, whilst Eren got a drop of his sweat in his mouth.

  "My friends, it has dawned on us we don't know your names." The leader asked, g his fist.

  "I'm Jun. Jun Jiao"

  "Jun Jiao... your name rings true in your heart... Brave young Jun." Tarou roared with the boisterous ughter of a brave heart.

  "And this is my sensei, Ere." Jun revealed proudly to the muscur man.

  "Eren... That rings true... A very noble name, a very honourable name for a fearless warrior."

  'What's this guy’s problem?' Eren thought. The guy's overag is not endearing him to Eren any more than a wailing dog is to its owners’ neighbours.

  "We look forward to hunting alongside you." Jun bowed thankfully, causing Tarou to pce a big meaty hand on his shoulder.

  "The pleasure is ours my young friend."

  "Sir, I've got the st." One of the silver fangs called out; on all fours, o the ground sniffing it, ears twitg with every he jungle provided. A group of 5 crowded around Tarou.

  "Well done crazy dog, lead us to our prey." This hunter known as crazy dog, the only member in the guild wearing a shirt, oh a graphic of a chibi dragon with the words "Master of the realm"

  Crazy dog proceeded to lead the way into the juarou and his crew followed; dashing in and out of trees and bushes, hunting; whilst Eren and Jun followed slowly behind.

  "Let's go Eren." Jun ran forth to keep up with the party. Meanwhile Eren sighed, the temptation to go back through the portal and end it all there is growing by the sed.

  'I did promise to train Jun.' Eren chased after him. Using his park skills to bounce off the tree trunks to catch up quickly.

  Every so often they had to pause because Jun stumbles over the treacherous, roots. Helping him up; they chase after the rapidly accelerating, er guild.

  The sticky wet and humid jungle wasly Eren's favourite pce to be. Poor Jun was in so much disfort and is doing everything he to stop himself from falling. Every step just made him struggle even more. And of course, because of this, they find themselves far behind the others who were qui this jungle.

  After what seemed like hours, Eren is beginning tle to keep up with them. The ck of hydration is catg up to him. Their legs and lungs burning. Luckily, they soon arrive at a massive temple. Like that of Aztec in. Tall walls and pyramids covered in rowth.

  "We're... finally...here." Jun gasps betweehs. Ere reply, choosing io focus on rec.

  "I... need... water..." Juo his knees.

  Finally catg up, Tarou and the silver fang look back over at them. "Brothers, we are exhausted after this treacherous trek. Water!" Tarou flexed. Causing the entire guild to do the same, they waited, poised in their poses.

  ...

  ...

  ...

  A couple of healthy gulps ter the party is refreshed. "Well done silver fangs, they remain moistened." He procimed proudly. Once recovered Eren surveyed the ruin; crumbling ruins y about. rown, covered in vines. Pilrs y toppled.

  "First, we scout; seek a anything you find." Tarou ordered. His hunters stood at attention saluted in unison.

  "ARROOO!" All split off into five different dires.

  A silened over the temple, nothing stirred in the humid air. Eren and Jun both took their time to appreciate the peace. Eren sat on the crumbling ruin. Throwing debris at his student.

  "Foot forward Jun, if someories to attack you at your side, you'd be rooted like a tree." Throwing more rubble at the younger hunter. Dodging both in succession.

  "Better, again." The session tinued.

  Tarou sat nearby, instrug Jun as well betweeones.

  "Good Ju shoulder width apart... That's it, good Jun! Head down on the dodge."

  "Boss!" A pack member returned

  "What'd you find?" Tarou asked.

  "The tral chamber, guarded by the boss, no sightings of treasure though. It’s warded off by more stone men." Tarou looked off pensively into the temple, hands on his hips.

  "Very good Ken-boy. Alright Eren, Jun. It’s time to move."

  The csh of stone against cw echoed through a halls.

  The pack are engaged in battle with stone soldiers wielding spears and shields. Carved with impersonations of animal human hybrids.

  "It's time we show these boys how we fight."

  "Right!" They roared uarou's orders, and immediately, they begin to transform. Their muscles expand expoially, fur growing over their bodies and their faces turning into snouts. Teeth turning to fangs and their nails turning into cws. They transform into wolf hybrids. They roared ferociously, charging into battle, tearing through stoinels.

  A brutal sight, but a quick fight. Stoinels falling by the hands of the silver fangs, r as they rip apart the army before them.

  Eren and Jun proceed through the ruined battle field and corridor, past the massive rows of destroyed statues. Each row taller tha, looming overhead.

  Arriving in a rge chamber, vines roll through the walls, enveloping everything i, there in the middle of the room a sword stu a stone. Vines a vice grip around the handle and stone.

  Eren stood before the pedestal, grasping it by its hilt. It won't budge; g down harder. Still no movement, no ge from the bde.

  "Looks like you need an alpha." Tarou's shadowed fell over Eren and the sword.

  Joining Eren, Tarou grasped the hilt with his paws, veins popping out as his muscles flex.

  "Get ready to pull when I say." The wolf snarled.

  "Ok." "Three...two...one...PULL!" The wolf and Eren both pulled with all their might. Yet it remained, forever a statue for the jungle.

  "NOO! If the Alpha ot do it. No one ..." Tarou sank to his knees dramatically, hand against his chest like he was about to rip out his heart. The rest of his party ran in the hall and k behind their alpha, clutg their chest as well in grief.

  'I should have kept the door shut and just meditated.'

  Jun grasped the hilt and pulled gently, like he ening a car door. The vines crumbled down, freeing the bde, revealing a stunning ornate bde with symbols and words in a different nguage c the bde.

  Jun, utterly shocked at the draw, stared at the bde and then Eren and Tarou in awe.

  "Aww yes!" Tarou and the silver fangs roar, arms raised.

  "Well done, Jun." Eren plemented softly, although he too was not expeg it either. The whole guild surrounded Jun; giving him pats on the back.

  "How did you do that?" Eren enquired curiously.

  "I don't know, I just reached out... And when I grabbed it, the bde suddenly seemed to get hot and tingly, so I gently pulled it."

  A rumbling broke the group from their celebration; statues that hid in the ers of the room began to move.

  The first giant statue stood at over 15 ft tall shaped like a lion, a rge axe in its hand. Its body is covered in moss and ivy, and its features worn away with time. The sed giant statue; shaped like a bull and had a rge hammer in its hand. It too had been equally touched by time. The sound of metal on stone echoes through the room.

  "The Bosses! Arooooo!" The silver fangs roar at the new challenges.

  They charge forward in their animal forms, hitting them in unison. Hitting it over and over. However, their sharpened cws do nothing to their stone forms. Instead, just scuffing them. The silver fangs tried aactic; climbing their forms. However, they too, failed. Spped down, each time they reached the head of the beasts.

  The statues are agile despite their size; twirling and weaving their ons. No matter how many times they attempted to strike, they failed t any signifit damage.

  Jun eyed Eren, pleading fuidance. Eren could have intervened but what would he learn. Before Eren could respond the sword in Jun's hand began to vibrate rapidly.

  *Vzzzt* *Vzzzt* *Vzzzt*

  "What oh?!" The sword flew out of his hands, floating mid-air. The rusty sword begins to glow as runes and symbols pulse with ahereal blue light. Blinding all within the chamber.

  The light fades revealing a refed swleaming with a new brilliahe sword hovered in the air before instantly swinging by itself, flying towards the lion. It ected with a loud thundercp that rocked the temple. In a matter of seds, the lion statue was demolished. In addition to its destru, the statue was also reduced to dust.

  The bull quickly fell too in the same way.

  "Brothers, we have sin the boss." The guild let out ahshaking howl.

  "Well done Jun. You have a neon now." Eren turned his attention to the sword as it floated to Jun's open palm.

  Tarou she sword. "Eh, a magic sword, a... one of great power... what do you think Jun?"

  "It's...Speaking to me...It... It 't remember its name. He wishes to help me..." Jun responded quizzically; holding the bde.

  "A name. A new quest fangs." Tarou once more, struck a new pose. His muscur form casting a shadow over Eren.

  "Death." Crazy dog proposed.

  "Killer." One called out, 'Nero' On a neckce.

  "Behemoth syer." Said a silver Fang, bearing the neckce ‘Oni’

  "Death sword." Ken boy proposed.

  "Executioner of the a ones." Tarou flexed once more.

  "Those are some 8th grader level names." Eren expressed, non-pulsed.

  They brainstormed many more names like Slicer, Heartbreaker, King killer and others. However, Jun and Tarou settled on one name.

  "Seraph." July stroked the sword, its bde quietly hummed along Jun's fiips. It chirped with a metallic voice, sharp and scratchy yet pleasant.

  "Wolves, our spoils await us." The silver fangs cheer loudly, praising their leader. Expl the chamber, looking for their loot.

  "Eren, did you want to get anything." Jun asked his mentor.

  "Oh, didn't I cover our assistance fee?" Tarou pced a hand on Eren's shoulder.

  "75% of all spoils. But, because I like you brother, I'll let you take the sword and we keep everything else. Deal?"

  "Wait-"

  "Deal." Tarou tinued

  Eren was too annoyed by their gimmick to care, deg to leave then and there. Jun happily followed behind him, leaving behind the noisy silver fangs.

  Making their way back through the ruins and forest was retively straightforward, even with Jun having to stop occasionally to catch his breath; the experieill proved enjoyable enough despite having earou.

  "Wait!" Tarou chased after them; tossing a scabbard towards Jun. "Your bde will s sheath. Here you go. And if you want to join up with the Silver Fangs, here. Flig a card at Eren. One side; tafo, location, and application; the other a silver Fang. "Ahhh." Eren yelped at the card. The silver fangs all naked, posing in their signature one. One final blow, at the expense of Eren's patience. "tact us and we'll be there, friends." Tarou flexed, much to Eren's chagriing the gate.

  Now outside; the only thing Eren wanted was a cold shower. Too get rid of the sticky humidity that built up around his skin.

  "So, what do you think?" Jun asks holding Seraph out in front of him.

  "Good job." Eren praised him. As a first-time teacher he didn't do so bad. Jun as a first time-student smashed it.

  "Take a break Jun, I'll e get you when I think we should-"

  "Does that mean you will take me again"

  "On probation, if you keep practig and learning." Jun seemed to shine in joy when Eren announced he would train him.

  "Actually, could I ask you a favour? You don't have to say yes but..." Jun asked with a flushed face, hands held together, pressing his palms into each other.

  " you... Meet my sister, please?" Jun mumbled towards the end. The pleading looks in Jun's eyes caused Eren to once again give in to his puppy-like desires.

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