My Last Hunt

Level Four (34)

Night Guard:

Someone grabbed Qiao from his neck and only then Lu Da opened his mouth. "It is so much tasty, what wonder the leaves brought is amazing." He opened his eyes while speaking and saw Qiao being treated as a suspect. 

Lu Da looked at the situation and seemed to understand what happened. He looked sheepishly as he left his piece of meat and helped Qiao first. Then he cut a piece of the meat and handed it to the team leader. 

"Tell me how it tastes?" He asked the leader when he was munching on it. The leader was also going through the same experience and could not speak until a big punch landed on his neck. 

"Now you know it tastes good, so why did you trouble brother Qiao?" Lu Da did not let him speak anything and returned to his seat. 

Qiao saw this and nodded. Since Lu Da took the initiative then he has nothing to complain. When the team also checked the taste of the meat, they started to prepare by following what Qiao did previously. They also remembered the type of leaves which had brought this taste. Now they were happy and he was also ready to leave. His team had been wandering around here to reach the watchtower. 

The hunter who was very earlier friendly with Qiao happened to see him with the giant humans and he was amazed as to what charm this young hunter did to them as they seemed to be very happy. Usually, giant hunters don't bother with the normal hunters, and keep their distance. If any of them tried to mingle with them, they would scare the normal hunters with their big bodies. So everyone minded their own business to not earn their anger. Yet this young man was sitting among them like he was their old buddy. 

"What did you do to earn their trust?" He approached him and asked impatiently. Knowing  this could help in future and was worth to ask, despite the fact the he was stronger than the young man. 

"There is a saying from some unknown human clan that- 

'The path to reach one's heart often passes through their stomach first.' 

I don't know if you have heard about it or not." Qiao shrugged his shoulders as he explained. There was no way that this person would be familiar with the sayings from him world. 

And this was right, as he next questioned him with an even more confused look. Creasing his brows, he asked, "What does that mean?" He had never heard about any such saying from anyone. 

"It means that all I did was to tell them how to improve the taste of the meat they consume. They followed my advice and immediately became my friends as meat is the only thing they love first." Qiao winked gladly. 

"Oh, that is quite smart." The hunter commented and as they talked they reached the watchtower. The whole team was again on alert. After some time, a hunter came rushing in, sent by the organizers. He directly met the team leader. "The Silver Class has sent a massage." He bent a little to take deep breath, as he almost constantly ran here to reach in no time. 

"The Silver Class wants this team to keep a strict eye towards the north direction. If you feel any commotion or gathering of more than five monsters of level five then immediately inform the organizers. They will then convey this information to the Silver Class." He told what the organizers has sent him for. 

The team leader nodded and spoke, "Is everything going fine or there is there some threat?" He asked out of concern, if there was a threat around, then today's job would be tough for his team. 

"I am not sure what is going on as I have limited information about it since I have been going around to deliver specific messages to respective people." The hunter simply answered. 

"I will be leaving now." He said and walked out but the team leader stopped him, 

"What about the dead lake?" He put it in simple words for the messenger to understand. 

"Ah that part is still sealed; you should expect a blood battle there soon. The Silver Class is collecting reinforcement from the Middletown and the actual lake is signalled to be the big threat for the coming week." The messenger told what he has seen. 

He was not worried to share this information because every senior team had the right to know about it beforehand. As for as the stronger monsters were concerned, it was clear that senior teams might join hands or it was up to the Silver Class what they were going to decide. 

If the monster had not reached the level seven then they cannot use stones as the weapons. The bigger monsters cannot be defeated by direct weapon attacks and the Snow Island was not a suitable place for using higher level stones in a battle against monsters. 

The only solution was to gather the stronger hunters and fight it until one fell, either the monster or the hunters. The man then went back and the team leader was thinking about possible outcomes of this threat. 

If the monster had appeared now, then there was way to ignore it and close your eyes and believe that everything would be fine. They had to immediately take steps but they were under the organizer and only the organizers could send them towards the wooden bridge in case it was necessary. There were also many other strong teams who could be chosen for the battle. 

"All of you heard what the messenger said, so get your eyes fixed at the northern region to spot any commotion." He ordered the team. Qiao was thinking if the threat was this serious now, how he had to survive and what should be his responsibility? 

He was a nobody in this world of monsters and hunters sent by the wicked one. He was bound by his responsibility and the punishment, also in few days he will be joining Silver Class. Whether he would be able to help them all with hunting that strong monster it was unknown. But it would surely let him understand the severity of his future level up scenarios. 

The snowfall was normal today and the lit lamps were giving enough light to see around clearly. The forest in front was covered with a white floor of snow.