Chapter 1454 - 780: Wolf Pups (2)

Chapter 1454: Chapter 780: Wolf Pups (2)

After all, deep into winter now, the yard outside was already covered in snow, with no sign of wolves, but from the adjoining building in the rear, Boudica’s clamorous noises could be heard.

Once inside, the house shielded against the howling wind outside, filled with a warm air carrying the scent of animals, causing Lance to wrinkle his brow slightly.

"Woof!"

Fergus trotted out, circling around Lance, then sat down in front of him, his drooping tongue appearing very excited.

Dogs are always exuberant around familiar faces, especially after being apart for some time. If it were another dog, it might leap up and start licking, but Fergus seemed to know Lance disliked that.

"Good boy~" Lance bent down to pat the dog’s head, his mood mysteriously lifting, his brow relaxing, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face.

Someone finally noticed Lance, and greetings began to echo throughout the room.

"My Lord!"

"Everyone carry on, don’t mind me." Lance nodded with a smile and turned to look at William who approached him, "How are things?"

"The five she-wolves have successfully given birth in the past ten or so days, between 4-7 cubs each, now totaling twenty-seven."

However, there are some differences among these wolf cubs; normally, a she-wolf can only raise a few, the rest either abandoned or eaten.

Luckily, this is not in the wild, but under our protection where the temperature is suitable and food plentiful, so the survival rate should be ensured."

William had been keeping track of the birthing period, thus continually monitoring this aspect. Thankfully, good apprentices with decent talent were recruited when building the sanctuary, entrusted with caring for the she-wolves.

With their assistance, the situation was settled; otherwise, it would have been very troublesome.

"You’ve worked hard; if Hamlet can have a batch of wolves, it would certainly be more advantageous for various tasks."

Lance affirmed William’s efforts, Blessing him with Strengthening to alleviate the fatigue of this period.

You’ve been Strengthened, keep working!

"Boss! Boss! Come and look!"

Boudica seemed even more excited than Fergus, pulling Lance up to the wolf den as soon as she saw him.

Actually designed similar to a pigsty, with separated spaces along a row, where the she-wolves lay in straw-filled nests.

Beside them were newborns, likely not too long ago, eyes still closed, crawling towards the she-wolves for milk. Some managed to get it, while others were pushed away by siblings, squeaking loudly.

Other nests were similar, some had eaten and fallen asleep, only their bellies rising and falling, while the she-wolves licked their offspring.

The white fur, indeed, just like Wang Cai’s lineage, carrying the Extraordinary Bloodline?

"Boss, I want the biggest one!" Boudica seemed to have picked hers, reaching directly towards the largest one under the she-wolf’s belly.

She had always remembered Lance’s promise to give her one once the wolves were born.

The she-wolves had been in contact with humans for a long time, accustomed to them, especially since Boudica frequently visited, so even such offensive actions didn’t elicit much reaction; otherwise, the protective she-wolves would be quite fierce.

"I think this is really fun." Boudica joyfully embraced the wolf cub.

Pity the little guy, interrupted from nursing, cried loudly, struggling but unable to escape the clutches, squeezed round and flat.

"You’ll end up killing it playing like that." Lance somewhat helplessly took the wolf cub from her, offering his advice.

"You can have it, but it must wait until it’s weaned, and you need to learn how to properly raise it so it grows healthy, and train it to follow your commands."

Speaking, Lance raised the wolf cub single-handedly as a demonstration, "See, it’s very well-behaved in my hand."

Boudica looked at the wolf cub lying quietly on the Lord’s hand, nearly asleep, ignoring whether it could understand, she menacingly raised her fist at it as a threat.

"If it disobeys, I’ll beat it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lance affectionately knocked her head, causing her to clutch it and complain.

"Boss, why did you hit me?"

"Your skin may be thick, but this little creature can’t endure a punch from you."

Saying that, Lance became increasingly uneasy. After all, it was Wang Cai’s offspring, and he was rather invested, prompting him to question himself —

Can Boudica really be trusted? Won’t she end up killing it?

"Boss!" Boudica sensed something, quickly whining, "I’ll definitely take good care..."

Finally, with Boudica’s tantrum, Lance agreed but stipulated she first learn how to scientifically train the cubs.

Boudica, this lively character, always left Lance somewhat helpless, especially with his prior promise, making it difficult to outright refuse.

Blessed all those wolf cubs, energizing their vitality, so they could grow healthy, hoping for a miraculous awakening of the bloodline akin to Wang Cai.

Especially the one chosen by Boudica, blessed generously beyond measure, otherwise how could it withstand Boudica’s punches?

Boudica was eagerly attending to the wolf cub, leaving Lance unbothered, yet instead of leaving directly, he called William to continue further inside.

The sanctuary wasn’t limited to this area; deeper still were rooms spaced apart, and some large iron cages.

Just the slightest approach caused commotion, triggering a cacophony of barks, where various dogs stirred fiercely, rattling the cages.

Previously, Lance intended to train canines as working dogs, but ordinary folks couldn’t even feed themselves, let alone afford to keep dogs.

However, during the territorial reclamation war, they found many dogs, including different breeds.

Indeed, ordinary people couldn’t afford dogs, but wealthy individuals didn’t mind, especially the nobles; if your dog performed poorly in hunting games, it would be humiliating, and not having one was even worse.

Anyway, all these animals were captured by Lance and confined here, otherwise how could five she-wolves need several caretakers?

Recently, William had been selecting dogs for training among hunting dogs or aggressive breeds, or matching pairs to breed puppies for training.

Anyway, it’s a long process, taking a year or two, yet William was thrilled in such an environment, given his love for dogs.

Lance was considering pulling him out of the police system to manage the sanctuary focused on dog training, utilizing his skills, swiftly nurturing a batch of competent working dogs for Hamlet, and cultivating more trainers.

This proposal would require discussion with him, respecting their personal choices.

"Any challenges?"

"These dogs are excellent hunting dogs, but you can only train them well when they’re seven months old; once they mature, their temperament is fixed, making it hard to change."

Moreover, their previous owners fed them substances to stimulate aggression, lacking proper training and nurturing, resulting in these creatures mostly wild and aggressive, pursuing and biting prey, struggling with other commands.

Additionally, their prior owners mostly fed them raw meat, with some possibly having tasted human blood, making them aggressive towards humans."

Seeing Fergus had the intelligence of a human highlighted the gap, thus William had some disdain for the nobles’ training methods.

Lance understood, the dogs were grown, tough to train effectively, disloyal, aggressive towards trainers.

Those nobles likely didn’t care about the aggressive dogs attacking people, possibly treating humans as prey, though Lance had no doubt nobles would do such things, sending hunting dogs after people...

"So it’s just not well-tamed."

Lance, without further delay, released his aura sweeping over the frenetically barking dogs.

Of hundreds of vicious dogs originally barking madly, half immediately dropped, incontinent, scared out of their wits, while the remaining dared not breathe loudly, even if not passed out.

Yet among them, there were a few that hadn’t submitted, catching Lance’s attention...