My Last Hunt

You Offended A Jerk? 

The girl was a hunter and cannot neglect what just happened and moreover this young hunter appeared out of nowhere? She was contemplating at the possibilities. After being left alone to face the monster and when she lost all hope of defeating, the whole scenario changed suddenly and it was due to the fact that she was being dragged by the monster. 

Huntress newly attained the peak of level four and joined the team but after knowing that the monster was much powerful the other members of the team fled to save themselves and she was left at the mercy of the monster. 

"I was in the forest a moment ago. Who are you and what is this place? And where did the monster disappear?" she queried blankly. Her words and facial expressions were white like paper and she was truly apprehensive about her surrounding and the young man. 

"I also wish to know where I am. But apart from it, do you need help for your injuries?" Qiao shrugged his shoulders: he has no concrete reasoning to explain anything. When he offered his helping hand she got frightened a bit and stepped back. She has met few hunters who same way speak politely and then show the evil side of their character. 

Qiao did not move to see the strange expressions on her face. "I have healing stone with me." She solemnly spoke and stepped back again ready to run. "It is good then." Qiao perhaps perceived her frightened tone and also stepped away in fact moved backward to make much distance. When he did this act, the huntress got surprised and some ease came on her oval cute face. 

She sat to use the stone for mending the wounds and also looked toward the youth in intervals whether he was sneaking and eyeing her. But Qiao kept minding his own business to confirm that he was really struck in an invisible barrier. If it was true then he was in trouble again; he has to do something to get rid this barrier as soon as possible and continue the further advancement. 

But first he needed to know how this huntress ended up here in the barrier? If he cannot leave it or get rid how the monster and the huntress has ingress to the wilderness. After the girl was done mending and then covering her injured body parts; she walked around to leave and reach the forest again if possible. 

But it was never ending wilderness unless she found the exit but only a monster can sense it not a human. She sat on the ground helplessly: she remembered the words of her mother that there were some stones which could create some invisible boundaries but then her head gave her warning and she stood up looking toward Qiao. 

"It seemed you offended someone powerful and he took revenge by creating this barrier but whom did you offend?" Huntress walked forward the young man and asked. Until now she was able to understand that the hunter was different from others. And he was also worried about the problem. There was no one around this means no one else but this young man alone offended. 

"Alas! I offended a jerk." Qiao heaved a sigh. It was not him who offended actually. The huntress heard and oddly looked at him; she never knew that there was a rank in the hunting where hunters were called jerks and what did it means to be jerk? 

"What rank a jerk has in hunting?" She asked as if good learner yet confused. She never heard this term before. Qiao witnessed curious expressions and shook his head. "You'll know eventually." What else he could answer if he told what the term implied then she would again get worried about his character just like before. 

"I was trying to leave this barrier but could not. How you and the monster came here out of nowhere?" Qiao asked the most pressing question. The huntress nodded and then again nodded, "I don't know either." She earnestly shook her head. 

"But I know that there are some stones which could help however I don't remember the names anymore." She sounded stranded again. It was her first adventure with the stronger team in addition she faced the monster alone and now this trouble. "Mother always told that becoming huntress is never easy now I have witnessed." She moved to her previous position and sat worried. 

"I know the names of stones but I am vary of how they look like." Qiao shrugged sounding tired. "If you remember the name then I can tell how they look like." She eagerly stood up. At least there was hope to get rid this wilderness for both. 

"How do the Opus, Zunal and Bagel look like?" Qiao asked. The huntress spoke, "Opus stone is a seven shade stone with absorbing characteristics, it can absorb the other stones at times. And the Zunal is sharp like spear and its shape happen to match with the frontal part of spear just like raw crystal and as for concerned the Bagel: it is a very thin stone of pure nature; it could absorb the existing and activated stone's effects. For example, currently a stone is active and the Bagel would deactivate it." 

Qiao was listening attentively. He was not ready to believe her explanation immediately so he asked inquisitive, "If you cannot remember three names how you can remember such long list of characteristics?" 

As if dragged into reality, the huntress nodded, "My mother was level seven huntress when she retired to live a peaceful life and she is like an ocean of knowledge about the stones. And she always told me about whatever she knew before I set on the journey to be a huntress. Just that there a hundreds of names of stones to remember and isn't it natural to forget the name of few?" She crossed her arms on her chest and strut displeased.

Qiao was assured with this that the information was concrete then. Now his mission was to find those stones. But without monsters, where he could get the stones? He asked in his head.