Teen Wolf: Dragon Among Wolves

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: The Wyrm pt. 3

Jacob used his telekinesis to lift the wyrm’s entire body out of the water, suspending the massive serpent in the air. The wyrm struggled hard, and Jacob used his electricity to shock it, but even so, the wyrm roared and kept struggling.

Jacob raised his head and roared at the sky, sending a bolt of lightning from his mouth into the clouds above, activating his Storm Call ability.

The sky darkened instantly. Thick storm clouds rolled in, swallowing the sunlight. Heavy rain began to fall, and then lightning started raining down on the wyrm—strike after strike, shocking the creature relentlessly for ten full minutes.

But the wyrm didn’t lose consciousness. It thrashed and struggled, its massive body convulsing, trying to break free from Jacob’s telekinetic grip.

Jacob smiled. ”You’re really tough, which is to my liking. Only a strong creature like you deserves to be my pet. But although you are strong, you can’t give me a good fight. You’re too slow. I think it’s time to finish this.”

Jacob kept the wyrm floating above the water and flew higher into the sky. He raised one hand and created a giant meteor ten meters in diameter using his earth ability, then wrapped it in roaring flames. With his telekinesis, he dropped it toward the wyrm like a falling star.

The wyrm, fighting with every ounce of its strength against Jacob’s telekinesis, managed to raise its head. It opened its jaws and unleashed a pressurized water breath, a torrent of force that slowed the meteor’s descent.

But Jacob kept pouring energy into the meteor, refusing to let it stop. He roared and added more power to his telekinesis, pushing harder. The meteor began to win against the water breath, falling faster and faster toward the wyrm.

It struck the wyrm directly on the head.

The impact was devastating. The wyrm’s head snapped down, fire and force tearing across its scales. It sank into the ocean, badly burned and wounded. The shockwave from the collision created a giant tsunami-like wave that radiated outward in all directions—toward the S.D.E.S. ship and toward Allison and the others.

Rachel, the witch from the S.D.E.S., along with several other witches aboard the ship, raised an energy barrier just in time. The massive wave crashed against it, and the ship held steady.

On the ice mountain, Lydia and Melissa had already combined their energy shields. The wave slammed into their dome and parted around them, leaving the group completely unharmed.

Jacob dove into the water and brought the unconscious wyrm back to the surface.

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On the S.D.E.S. Ship

Everyone was shocked and just watched in silence.

Then Frank spoke, his voice barely above a whisper. ”Did... did that guy just drop a meteor?”

Rachel, who had dismissed the energy shield with the other witches, stared at the distant figure hovering over the wyrm’s body. ”He combined earth and fire elements to create it. I felt the massive amount of energy he used from here.”

Frank shook his head slowly. ”And that lightning storm... he called it down like it was nothing.”

Rachel’s voice was hushed. ”The energy required to do what he just did... I can’t even calculate it. He should be exhausted. He should be drained. But look at him.”

They watched as Jacob landed on the wyrm’s head, seemingly unaffected by the massive expenditure of power.

Cassian’s eyes were wide. ”I’ve seen a lot in eight hundred years. I’ve never seen anyone do anything like that. I’ve only heard about old legends—dragons, phoenixes, wyverns, hydras, and other creatures that are now only myths—who could make such powerful attacks and have such vast amounts of energy.”

Maria stood at the railing, her red eyes locked on Jacob. ”I didn’t believe him when he said he wanted to take the wyrm as a pet, but now I do.” She straightened, forcing her composure back into place. ”Whatever he is, we need to keep him as an ally. Not an enemy.” She looked at her team. ”And we need power of our own to fight against something like him. Since he exists, I’m sure other powerful creatures like him exist too.”

Frank said, ”A nuke could still kill him, right? I mean, hypothetically. If he ever became a problem.”

Maria shook her head. ”He can teleport, remember. First, we would need to stop him from teleporting. Then we would need to see if a nuke would even harm him.”

Cassian offered, ”What about mountain ash? Could that block his teleportation?”

Maria shook her head again. ”No. Mountain ash can’t contain something that strong.” Her voice hardened. ”Enough. Stop planning how to fight him. He’s our ally. I said we need our own strength—not to use against him, but to face whatever else is out there.”

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Jacob stood on the wyrm’s massive head and reached out to the system. ’System, can you help me make a contract with the wyrm?’

[Just use the tattoo on your palm that I gave you before. Place your hand on the wyrm’s head. It would have resisted if it were conscious, but since it’s unconscious, it will be easy.]

Jacob nodded. First, he inserted his claws into the back of the wyrm’s giant neck and read its memories—flashes of deep ocean trenches, treasures, centuries of solitude, and territorial battles with other sea creatures: a kraken, some kind of giant sea turtle, a giant snake with three heads, something kraken-like but with a shark head, and something the wyrm didn’t even dare to fight—it had left its old home as soon as it felt that creature’s presence.

After reading the wyrm’s memories, Jacob sighed. ’The ocean is filled with dangerous creatures. I wonder what kind of creature scared this big guy away from its old home.’

Then the tattoo appeared on his palm, glowing faintly red. He pressed his hand against the wyrm’s head.

A flash of red light. A new screen appeared before his eyes.

[Contract Successful. The wyrm now cannot disobey your commands. It will also grow stronger as you grow stronger, Host.]

Jacob smiled in satisfaction. He took out a senzu bean and used a small jolt of electricity to wake the giant wyrm.

He flew next to the wyrm’s eyes. The creature’s eyes snapped open. Fear flashed in them when it saw Jacob—then confusion, then something else. A connection. It could feel Jacob now, the bond between them. It closed its eyes, as if refusing to look at him.

Jacob laughed. ”Okay, stop sulking. I’m sorry I beat you, but I was curious about your strength. Now open your mouth and eat this little thing. You’ll heal.”

The wyrm hesitated, then opened its massive jaws. Jacob tossed the senzu bean inside. The wyrm swallowed. Within moments, its burns faded, its wounds closed, and its strength returned.

Jacob patted its snout. ”Wait here. I’ll be right back.”

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He teleported to Serendell. Closing his eyes, he focused on his connection to the realm and created a large, deep lake a few miles behind the palace—big enough to house the wyrm comfortably.

Then he teleported back to the Pacific Ocean. He dove into the water and opened a massive portal directly to the new lake, filling it with seawater. He swam through the ocean several times, opening portals each time, sucking in all kinds of sea creatures—fish, crabs, squids, octopus, shellfish, plankton, even coral reefs—to populate the lake.

When he was satisfied, he teleported back to the wyrm, placed a hand on its head, and both of them appeared in Serendell, hovering above the new lake.

The wyrm splashed into the water and sank beneath the surface. A moment later, it emerged again, its massive head breaking the waves. It took a deep breath of Serendell’s magically charged air—and seemed pleased. Its eyes, once hostile, now held something like contentment.

Jacob contacted Allison and the others telepathically. [Come back to Serendell.]

Allison and the others teleported from the ocean, leaving Maria and her people—who were already shocked when Jacob disappeared with the wyrm—even more stunned that all of Jacob’s people could teleport, not just him.

In Serendell, Allison and the others appeared next to Jacob, who was standing by the new lake, watching the wyrm swim. They took off their masks, and Jacob removed his mask too.

He turned to the wyrm and said, ”These people are my family. Don’t you dare attack them.”

Stiles eyed the massive creature warily. ”Are you sure it won’t attack us?”

Jacob nodded. ”Yes. She will never attack Malia, Allison, Lydia, Melissa, Kitty, Cogman, or Saphira—they have a connection with me. As for the rest of you, she won’t attack because I ordered her not to. But it’s better not to get too close to her.”

Lydia raised an eyebrow. ”She’s a female?”

”Yes.”

Cogman added, ”I forgot to mention—like snakes, wyrm females grow larger than males. While oceanic wyrms can reach over a hundred meters, only the females actually grow to that size. Males only grow to about forty meters, and they are much weaker. They often get eaten after mating with the female.”

Stiles winced. ”Poor guys.” He looked at Jacob. ”Does your new pet have any kids?”

Jacob shook his head. ”According to her memories, no. She’s actually over three hundred years old. She lived deep in the ocean until something scary chased her from her territory about eight or ten years ago.” He paused. ”And before you ask—I don’t know what it is. She didn’t fight it. She just felt its presence and ran.”

Allison tilted her head. ”You should give her a name.”

Jacob shrugged. ”I don’t know what to name her. How about Ocean?”

Lydia made a face. ”That’s too lame. Let’s name her something that means ocean or sea—but not just plain Ocean.”

Natalie suggested, ”How about Meredith? It means protector of the ocean or sea lord. Or Iara—a Brazilian name meaning lady of the lake or mother of waters.”

Jacob murmured absently, ”Lady of the lake...” A perverted look crept onto his face as he stared at the wyrm. ’I wonder... will she turn into a beautiful, mature woman someday? Maybe the system will give me a reward to turn Kitty, Saphira, and her into women. I can’t wait.’

Melissa nodded approvingly. ”I like the name Iara.”

The girls started discussing, and finally agreed on the name Iara.

Allison looked at Jacob, who was lost in thought, staring at the wyrm with a perverted look. ”Jay, do you agree?”

No response.

Lydia shook him. ”Earth to Jacob. What are you thinking about with that perverted look on your face?”

Jacob snapped back to reality. ”I—I wasn’t thinking about anything. I was listening to you girls.”

Allison crossed her arms. ”Then what name did we agree on?”

Jacob’s eyes darted to Stiles for help—then he thought better of it. Stiles would only make things worse. He looked at Scott instead.

Lydia smirked. ”Don’t look at Scott for help. Tell us the name.”

Malia grinned. ”I don’t think he was listening. I know that perverted look all too well. It’s the same look he gives me every time I shift into my wereco—”

Jacob clamped his hand over her mouth. He reached out telepathically to Melissa. [Mel, help me out. I wasn’t listening at all. Please tell me what name you agreed on. Allison and Lydia are glaring at me and probably planning revenge.]

Melissa’s amused voice echoed in his mind. [Tell me what you were thinking about first.]

Jacob replied shamelessly, [I was thinking about you. My birthday is only a few days away, and I finally get to make love to you. All night. Until you pass out.]

Melissa blushed. [We agreed on the name Iara, you little pervert. And I’m looking forward to your birthday too.]

Lydia tapped her foot. ”Go on. We’re listening.”

Jacob released Malia and smiled. ”Iara. I like it too.” He looked at the wyrm. ”And I think she likes it.”

Lydia glanced at Melissa and Malia. ”Okay. Which one of you traitors helped him?”

Jacob waved a hand. ”No one helped me. I was absent-minded because I was thinking about Iara’s treasure hoard. I’m going to get it right now.” He put his mask back on and teleported out of Serendell.

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He appeared on the naval ship.

Maria couldn’t help but ask, ”What kind of creature are you, exactly?”

Jacob’s voice was calm. ”Maybe I’ll tell you another time. Now let’s talk about my gold.”

Maria sighed. ”In a week, come back to this ship. Your gold will be ready.”

Jacob nodded and teleported to the spot where he had fought the wyrm. He dove deep into the ocean.

Cassian watched him disappear beneath the waves. ”What does he think he’s doing?”

Maria turned away. ”He’s taking the wyrm’s treasure hoard.”

Cassian’s jaw tightened. ”That wasn’t part of the deal.”

Maria snorted. ”If you’re not satisfied with him taking the treasure, go stop him.” She walked back inside the ship.

Cassian remembered Jacob’s power. He shivered. ”I’m not suicidal.” He followed Maria, the other agents close behind.

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Jacob dove deep into the ocean and found the treasure. It was enormous—gold and jewelry from old lost ships, gathered from the ocean floor.

He wrapped everything in his telekinesis and teleported it near the lake in Serendell, where everyone was still standing, watching Iara swim in her new home.

Everyone stared at the small mountain of treasure in shock. Gold bars, gold coins, silver bars, silver coins, cups, chalices, plates, candelabras, goblets, ornate chests, crowns, scepters, jewelry boxes, and all kinds of objects made of gold and silver. There were diamonds, pearls, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and even some huge raw gold ore.

Jacob turned to Cogman. ”How much do you think this is worth?”

Cogman surveyed the hoard. ”There are more than two hundred metric tons of gold by my estimation. Considering the current price of around seventeen hundred dollars per ounce, that would be worth approximately twelve billion dollars—not including the other treasures and jewelry.”

Stiles whistled. ”That’s a lot of money.”

Allison looked at Jacob. ”Are you really just going to put it in a room and sleep on it?”

Jacob smiled. ”Not really. Sure, I’ll put it in a treasure room and take a nap there from time to time. But we’ll use it if we need it. You all know that in the summer, we’re traveling to another world. And we don’t know which world yet, so we might need gold there.”

Stiles stared at Jacob. ”Wait—hold the phone. Travel to another world? Why didn’t anyone tell me?” He turned to Scott. ”Did you know?”

Scott shrugged. ”Nope. This is the first I’m hearing about it. We talked about traveling to other worlds before, but no one told me we could actually do it.”

Allison looked at her parents, who were staring at her with questioning eyes. She sighed. ”Jacob told us a month ago, and we decided to go in the summer vacation. He probably forgot to tell everyone. And since we’re not going until summer, we thought we’d wait before telling everyone.”

Stiles’s excitement returned. ”So which world are we going to?”

Lydia said, ”Weren’t you listening? Jay just said we don’t know which world we’re going to yet.”

Iara swam closer and looked at Jacob, then at the treasure. She let out a soft roar.

Jacob smiled. ”I’ll share some with you.”

Lydia suggested, ”How about you build a treasure room inside the lake and put all the treasure there? That way, the treasure stays in Iara’s home, and you can just teleport there whenever you feel like taking a nap.”

Jacob nodded. ”That works too.” He looked at Cogman. ”I’ll build the structure with my earth element. You finish it and turn it into a nice underwater palace.”

Cogman bowed slightly. ”Consider it done, sir.”

Jacob dove into the lake. Using his connection with Serendell and his earth powers, he built an underwater palace. He used his connection to Serendell to create an energy barrier around it, keeping the water out.

He teleported back to the surface. ”Cogman, I’ve already built it. You can do the rest.”

Cogman nodded. ”Should I start right now, sir?”

Jacob waved a hand. ”No hurry. Take your time. The treasure isn’t going anywhere. Now go cook a feast for us. I’m starving.”

Cogman nodded and teleported to the palace kitchen.

Jacob looked at Allison and all the women. ”Ladies, go ahead. Pick anything you like from the treasure.”

Allison, Lydia, Melissa, Victoria, Natalie, Malia, and Kitty—who had been eyeing the treasure with shining eyes since she saw it—walked over and began searching through it. They found necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, tiaras, brooches, and all kinds of jewelry. Malia, however, was only interested in the daggers and swords scattered among the gold.

Jacob also walked to the treasure and said to Stiles and the others, ”Come on, guys. Take whatever you want.”

Everyone started rummaging through the small mountain of treasure.

To be continued... 😊