My Last Hunt

Quest For Three Stones (16)

Zunal; 

Another day without hunt?

A whole day passed without much ado. It was enough time for Qiao to rest properly and woke up. The wilderness was screaming near its best to get these residents come back for work which was en route for hunt the monster. The first one to get active among them was again blood hunter. "Wake up brother! I am going to dowel monsters in the queue." Wuza announced and Qiao jumped to stand up in hurry. This means another wave of monsters was ready to barge in. 

Previously Qiao took it as challenge and now he was like 'let's do it' not much difference. Lowa heard and came toward them in hurry, "There are already much dead bodies stinking here and you planning to pile up additional wave?" she was rubbing her nose because the smell was slowly increasing with the time. "What else we can do to harness the monsters since brother cannot leave it yet." Wuza scrutinized the huntress. He was polite before because he has some gesture that the girl was interested in his brother; now that he knew that the girl has some other plans he cannot bother with her the same politeness. 

"You can be more rational rather than a wild; just select the monsters which are not usually seen in the open or they differ from normal monsters." Lowa waved her hand in the air proficiently. She seemed to very well cognizant of the things these two have no clue about. Wuza scrutinized her from head to toe and shook his head, "Don't try to appear as all knowing expert. We blood hunters never give it a second thought once we find the target; only a normal hunter need to fish out the right monster lest they end up waning out from the face of the world." 

He made faces in front of her like a hunter who does not care anything. Her words definitely grab the attention of the young hunter who was silently standing, if the blood hunter came with another wave of the monster then the space would cramp; though it looked like spreading and vast but it was actually not. With the number of monsters; it was clear how the space of this barrier was small. It was not good sign if more dead bodies piled here. The normal breathing would mix up with the blood stink of the monsters. 

That would be awful to live here. And he currently cannot predict how long he needs to wait and hunt for the desired stones. "Though I don't like your haughty interpretation of the situation but still it is considerate if the amount does not high up further. I cannot leave this barrier and possibly you cannot too so there is only one option that Wuza would harness the monsters but because he has no familiarity with the monsters; it is entirely inconvenient for him to search the right one. If you have any other opinions then go ahead and share with us." His solemn voice was void of any lexes where one could tell whether he was worried or relax. 

Lowa was agape how calmly this young hunter poured the entire obligation at her. She was giving out valuable information just because she wanted to save herself from any disaster. "I know nothing you heard?" the huntress crossed her arms at her chest and turned her head away. How she was supposed to hint without looking at the monster; there was lot of things her mother mentioned to her but the knowledge was not organized in her head. It was because initially she shook off half of the words her mother kept repeating for the reason that she was tired of it. 

Lowa always thought that when she would appear in the real world of hunting; eventually every secret would disclose itself but it was not the same she portrayed in her head. The whole kit and caboodle was a mess in front of her and there was nothing than to regret. "Since you cannot tell then stand at the far end in order not to be caught inside the battle." Qiao gestured her to move away; as soon as Wuza would leave he would appear with a monster and Qiao does not want this huntress to get harmed anyway. The monster can be of any nature or strength and in urgent situation they might not be so efficient to observe how to tackle it. "I don't mind, see?" Lowa walked away from them and then Wuza left to bring the monster. 

Qiao was waiting for the monster to appear patiently. Mostly Wuza did not need this much time to harness a monster and it made Qiao little worried. Those teams waiting outside when saw someone appear; they got curious and one of the team started to chase Wuza, no matter how fast they could rush to capture him still they could not reach near him much less to capture. He seemed faster than the air. Wuza was not facing any trouble running away from them, the only problem was that it took much time and he could not get a monster too. 

Those all-inclusive potential monsters dispersed to see the rushing hunter which was not good. It resulted in wasting much time and effort for nothing. Wuza thought to return back in the barrier; hopefully they cannot chase inside the barrier. When he entered empty handed; Qiao was looking like if the monster was right behind. The way Wuza entered inside the barrier was normal the way he entered when harnessing a monster so it was normal for him to believe that the monster was right behind. 

"Brother I could not get a monster because a team of hunters kept chasing me for no end." Wuza was puffing and unable to complete his stretch in one go. Qiao thought for few moments and nodded, "It seemed the team which left before sent someone to find trouble for us. There is no way than to wait until they leave disappointed." Qiao patted his shoulder. Blood hunter did his complete effort and he was contented with his behavior. 

Lowa was eavesdropping and heard what kind of situation this blood hunter faced outside the barrier. Now it was clear that the huntress whom she did injure must be waiting for her to take revenge. Before she was pretending that she does not care about the hunt; thinking about the possibility she dragged her feet to reach both. If she remained against the pile of monsters then how she could attain experience points and without experience points she should forget about the level up and with present level she cannot imagine what would happen to her outside of this barrier. 

Lowa could remember the time she was dragged here by the monster severely injured. The same situation would be waiting for her in the near future again, thinking this she talked, "Do they have ulterior motives against us?" Her tone was secretive and she seemed concerned. Both were forced to look at her. Wuza was most amazed at her changed behavior suddenly; as for Qiao he could take it as natural instinct of a human to think about the safety first. "What else you can expect after injuring someone badly." Wuza spoke first. Three of them almost played with their team and they looked devastated when they left the barrier. 

"How long can I bear the insults of those bullies? Do you have that patience?" she asked instead of answering sounding outright. "Well, I don't know." Wuza scratched his head and shook. He did not know the limits of his patience so he might not be able to answer her accurately. "Tell me how fierce they were or how they were reacting about your run?" Qiao asked concerning what ambitions they have against them. If it was only revenge then they might not be waiting for long and leave and there was something else behind it then they might be willing to invest much time in it. For example it could the temptation of the stone. "They were amazed at my reaction at the right time and during chase they were talking about dividing the spoils." All those words which he heard were related to these two things and despite running madly he still could heard them. Qiao nodded to hear, "So they are after spoils which they think that we have collected in abundance perhaps…" Qiao was yet to complete his sentence when he felt the gush of air from behind. 

It was not just the gush of air instead a monster shedding off the resonance of unknown form. It was more than similar to the vibration type of echo. The echo forced the human body in it and almost dragged straightaway. Lowa and Wuza were sitting side ways so they were not in the range of the echo. Qiao was dragged at the other side of the barrier.