My Last Hunt

Your Sword is Quite Unique:

Still he was not sure he would find a way in the wilderness. But to look at the weapon of the huntress Qiao was little riveted to ask about it. Such kind of weapons he only saw in the games he played and those were baptized as the most precious in-game weapons, no one could attain them unless reached ascension level or up.

He was scratching his head when his eyes fell at the weapon in her hand. Until now, he has seen various hunters using various weapons but this was shining transparent. That means it was unique in every way. "This weapon?" he gestured toward the weapon and questioned. 

"It was designed by my mother; though she wanted to design a better level weapon but she feared that hunters would harm me to get the higher level weapon so she used only lower level stones in customizing it." She swayed the transparent sword as if she was proud at the maker of the sword and from her words it was apparent. 

Qiao nodded, it seemed the mother was much learned to teach the child and took all the safety measures before sending her in the real world of hunting. "So this is made from the lower level stones?" It was something new for Qiao who was learning with the time. Actually he was only focusing to learn what needed for advancement nothing off to the track as it would only waste time and every day was precious in his case. 

"Indeed, the stones are annealed after tempering in the desired shape." She explained. 

"Is it only for you that your mother designed the weapon or the higher level hunters can design their own weapons?" the mention of making the weapon picked his interest and it was quite unique. If he could design his own weapon then it would be an entirely beneficial for him because the hunters needed weapons after all. 

"For this, I would say that they can design but they usually don't because it takes many stones with learned method to anneal them in right order. Moreover who would want to waste time when the stones needed in quantity?" She shrugged. 

She did not explain why they would leave it at choice because she has already talked much. She was huntress and should behave like a reserved hunter just like others not to freely distribute profound information. 

Qiao nodded: this huntress seemed not affected by the real world where the hunters were not ready to tell anything or help in anyway. She was among those who were yet to be tainted by the cruelties of the hunters. Almost all those who face the dishonest hunters slowly became like them.

It was the normal path to live on. He himself was not different; use the same methods to against those who tried to bully him and there were few who were in his list of enemies and he would definitely settle few grudges too. So it was natural to return the same attitude.

"Do you remember: how the monster brought you here?" Qiao asked further. He can only hope to find a clue from this conversation how the barrier can be exploited. 

It just dragged away from the others who were hiding around to find a chance for attack but they were not actually attacking for long time." There were visible traces of revulsion in her eyes at the mention of the team. Qiao could tell that she would search them and then revenge for this one day. 

"So the answer lies with the monster." Qiao fathomed from her words. 

The monsters have access to every place and those barriers were created with the help of stones while the monsters themselves bear stones in their bodies. It was natural for them to not face hindrance by such stones. 

It was also natural for them to bring the team along with them as long as the teams were under the range of the monster or surrounding it for hunt. The monsters activate the range of the stones when they face the team in order to use their armor for defense or attack. 

"As long as I am out of this barrier, I will go find the froths and let them know how to act mischievous." The huntress murmured under breath and Qiao heard clearly. "Froths?" This word was strange for him. 

"Ah, I was referring to the hunters who left me at the mercy of the monster." She forcefully smiled to hide the traces of embarrassment; this word was used as the abusing for those who act insincere or dishonest in this world. 

Qiao sneaked at her expressions and understood: it was equal to say scum or something along the lines in his advanced world. The wilderness remained the same and the expected wind was nowhere, from the two experiences now Qiao can tell that when the wind would scatter some dust, it was sign that someone was about to appear in the barrier. 

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The wicked hunter went back and knew that it would be troublesome for the young man to leave the barrier early. Though the forest always bustle with monsters and the hunting teams but it was not common that a monster bearing Opus or other stones would appear every now and then. If the young man did not lose hope then the hunts might give him experience too but only the monster which bears the stones not the random monsters. 

It was due to the fact that he was under the spell of the stone and other monster's experience would be wasted. Who knows after how many monsters he would be able to find the specific one. There was one more disadvantage, Qiao was in the barrier and would not be discern the time frame and monsters always wander in the night in abundance. 

So he was going to face the real trouble soon which was perfect for the planning of the hunter. 

Qiao again felt the air trying to scatter the dust.