My Last Hunt

Level Four (44)

Jumping in the mouth is last option:

The snowflakes were now scattering with the wind fluctuations. The ongoing struggle has prolonged and the evening was at the feet. Half of the team was injured. The hunter pulled to bring the other two at the surface while the two were hanging on the chain for attack were unable match the present reaction speed of the monster.

Though the leader ordered them to immediately return back but where was the time to follow this order, when they previously attacked the monster did not take it seriously but at this moment it was in a real battle.

The sword fell from the hands of the hunter because the right arm was crushed under the teeth of the monster. The ear splitting shriek let the leader know that under the water the situation worsened.

He pulled the chain and both hunters came at the surface, one of them was looking horrible. A fountain of blood was flowing and one arm was missing. One of the hunter who was in better condition hurriedly stopped the flow of the blood and brought the seriously injured man away from the water surface.

The Silver Class leader gritted his teeth, it was not that they were not working perfectly but the monster was too big to follow up the hunt without receiving damage in return. The overall condition of the team has dropped and now the situation might greatly turn in favor of the monster.

If they could contact the Hightown and demand for second team then the situation might not have reached to this point. But it was much sudden revelation that the strong monster was residing in the lake. And it has some crude intentions toward the bridge.

They were tight on schedule. The monster after making it sure that the leader was on the surface, it jumped to grab him from the feet. There was no more cautious attitude to let the leader go unscathed. Until now, the purpose of the monster was to scare them out of wits and shoo away.

Breaking bridge was another option to stop the continuous flow of the hunters in the Snow Island. The leader was already moving on the surface hoping to get a chance for attack.

He can only use his one arm because the second shoulder has a big hole in it and cannot help in attacking.

The monster was waiting for this moment to glare this leader one last. As soon as it's huge body smashed against the water surface and the water splashed, the monster pulled the leader down inside the water. The leader struggled in the water and opened his eyes.

The big face was staring him straight, the monster shook the head as if mocking the Silver Class leader and indeed it was mocking his situation by returning the glares. Six feet tall and well built leader has five feet long sword in his hand.

He was not scared from the glares and actually he was thinking whether it would be bad if he called both seniors at this moment to attack the monster. The monster at this moment has nothing else to do other than trying to see whether the leader was scared or not.

It again shook the big head as if disappointed and it could see that the leader's brain was brewing something else instead. To scare this hunter seems challenging but what can it do right now other than killing him. The big mouth opened to tell him what exactly called fear, it will chew this hunter slowly and then throwaway the leftovers guts, at least it would give some satisfaction to hear some screams.

But as it leapt to turn the hunter in mince meat, leader stood there ready to welcome the monster. The wide mouth came blindly and the hunter put the sword as if stopping the opening of something, then he moved light thunder and left the lake.

Remaining alive was the first option for the Silver Class, they could address all injuries but cannot face the hooting of the other teams of the second School of Hunting. They were here on mission to protect the bridge for six months and then the next team would replace them and they will be qualified for the class tests.

Getting failed was not the option in his learned terms. When he came out from the lake, he ordered his men to stay away from the surface of the water then he voiced to call the seniors for help but the monster got triggered and frustrated, just a small hunter was able to challenge its capabilities again and again.

It was near to destroy the lake itself with the agony, the sword was broken and it slightly harmed the tongue. It circled under the water with the increasing anger. The lake center soon appeared as if the the big whirlpool was forming and the tons of water was soaking under the whirlpool.

The leader reached the bridge and heard the commotion of the senior teams who were looking at the center of lake and keeping eyes at the movements of the monster. He also looked at the lake and shook his head, now it was more than necessary to get the help of the seniors.

The water started to accumulate and then suddenly the monster jumped straight to the bridge. All water type monsters usually learn earlier to use the power of the water and how they could easily bring chaos for the hunters.

If it had been in this mood before then no one among the team would have survived untill now. It jumped to break the bridge and let all those embrace the death, in fact a ruthless death. It would let them know what and how an attribute bearing monster kill the small fishes.

The mouth when opened to break the bridge was similar to the shark gulping few thousand colonies of the hunt to address the appetit once. It was truly horrible sight to look at while currently Qiao was standing at the danger point in the middle of the bridge. Qiao has seen the condition of the Silver Class and if he hesitated then he might not be able to protect himself.

It was not question of losing one or two limbs, it was about the survival at the tip of the death. He took a deep breath and heard the shouts of the leader ordering him to back away from the front. It was because none of the hunters present here ever read about those heroic stories where the MC chose a little hard path always and in the end appear wining.

'There were also hundred of quotes he read and heard in his world where people were forced to choose hard path for success not the easier one stating that easier one lead to the darkness, blah blah' his brain was storming with one single thought "The easier you go you will get lost in the abyssal, the harder you walk forward the lesser choking in return"

If his teacher happened to be here and see him choosing the advice he always have him, he might choke to death. Certainly there were several other meanings behind it but for Qiao this explanation was the most suitable for now.

The hunters gasped with horror, the seniors who were running to attack the monster and save the fool hunter stopped in the middle. Qiao already jumped in the mouth of the monster and the monster fell back in the lake.

They never saw someone tired of living to this extent but they don't know that it was dark now and might not be able to kill the monster in next few hours even if they gathered all senior teams too. First of all, with just single attack the monster can break the bridge then chase them all till one of the two get defeated or killed.

The water of the surface was splashing against the shores, this means the monster was not in easy situation at this moment. Inside the monster, Qiao opened the eyes and got shocked, the inner body was glistening with unknown source of the light. It was because the natural armor of the monster was at second level of merging; probably at the peak of level seven it would reach the first level of merging.

Qiao did not waste time in getting surprise more because the movements of the monsters might turn him insane. He was already being soaked in the innards. The most important was to look for the heart or vital point to stab the sword else he would be suffocated to death. He was nearing the peak of level four and can maintain breathing for five to seven minutes approx.

It was also because he has advantage to face a monster inside the water before this. It helped him to go through the ordeal of tempering breathing.