My Last Hunt

Level Four (13)

Hunting the Cold Night:

Cold Night monster was one of those races which were considered frightening if were able to reach level seven or eight because at every level they learned one more skills adding in the natural armor. This way they could just reach equal to any level nine hunter and can fight a blood battle without losing against.

This monster usually leave Snow Island at level five to explore other continents and develop its skills. This monster was rightly named according to its qualities and future skills, it could use as the biggest weapon and turn in my skills for example, spreading the cold sheet on the ground for the hunters if they were coming to attack, aiming the best crystals, sharp and edgy one which resembled to the daggers. At level eight it could freely use its feet and the weakness turn into another weapon.

Only hunter who advanced could see such form of this monster. Qiao presently was able to exploit the weakness right way and his sword pierced the feet.

Cold Night moved its big feet with the pain and convulsed on the ground, the chasers increased distance while Qiao struggled to get back his sword which was still dug deep in the feet. With this attack the monster was triggered and injured, now its aim was to kill Qiao who ruined everything. Healing the feet would take three months while monster was aiming to attain level in two months.

Qiao did not expect the crystal dagger which were in numbers and the monster was attacking him. A fleece cannot stop them and one of them hit his shoulder barely escaping neck. He fell on the ground to avoid the other crystal daggers coming to his way.

The chasers saw this and screamed with fear. They also fell of the ground while the leader ran to stab the sword in the eyes of the monster. Qiao saw this and despite utmost pain ran to grab his weapon and reached beside the leader, he was wielding his weapon in clearing the path to fend off the dagger crystals and both stabbed their weapons at the same time in the eyes of the monster. Its body fell lifeless on the ground and the leader supported Qiao who suffering. The dagger was still dug deep in his shoulder.

The leader carefully pulled out crystal, the skin almost changed in mix purple blue. Qiao heave a deep breath. He felt that something cold was traveling in his blood till the time the crystal dagger remained there.

The other chasers came rushing. First time they were hunting a level four monster and pretty scared. And now that a chaser got injured they were more scared. "Don't panic, I have something to heal."

The leader has a healing stone with him in case his men got injured. Qiao felt relieved to hear. Though the injury was not big or there were not several injuries but the cold was running in his blood and giving pain. If the stone could heal this pain then he would feel better.

The leader placed a stone on the injury and it started absorbing the effects of the crystal, after some time the leader was agape to the present color of the stone. The stone could be used around time for the healing purpose and only then it would change color into black but now that he was using it this third time and the color changed to black. This means the present injury was fatal or perhaps the monster wanted to settle the grudge with single attack against this chaser.

"You barely escaped today Qiao." he patted him. "I know from the suffering, it was fatal attack but perhaps it didn't work as the monster wished." he laughed. The color of his skin got better after sometime. "This hole will heal up in a day but it is no more troublesome." the leader heaved a sigh. It would have been scary if his most learned team member got seriously injured.

His level up was depending on this single team member, he was gutsy to take risk, he was strong enough to plan in the moments of desperate struggle, he could be a right hand in time of double attack. And now he was trustable in any type of situation.

As they pulled their weapons from the eyes of the monster many stones fell from the eyes which were not resembling to the frozen crystals anymore. The leader picked them and divided according to their collaboration in the hunt. He looked around and whispered, "Remember, these stone are more precious than any other spoils of the same level monster, these are from Cold Night so if you wanted to exchange something with them then don't get scammed." He advised and they walked toward the encampment.

Today they finally hunted and the effort worth it too. But when they were moving toward the encampment the same team who bothered before casted a glance toward Qiao and remembered that this chaser has a booklet with him.

"Loosers are here, see." he mocked and voiced to get the attention of the Starglow Guild team. He has no problem with this team but he bear grudge against the Guild. He was kicked out of the Starglow Guild few months ago because of valid reason but he was not ready to admit it and wanted to create trouble for most of the Guild teams.

He accidentally ended up to this team and now he was not going to loss the opportunity. He has decided if his planning worked well and he was able to create trouble seriously for this team then he would look for second team.

This way whole seven teams of the Starglow Guild would be kicked out of Snow Island and he will be able to satisfy his ego to. Shiguan no more remember this man because he always minded his own business but for now his target was set on Qiao. A wrong target, sigh.