The Master of Uradan

In the middle of the darkness of the forest, an animal bent its long neck to eat the fresh and moist grass covering the ground. Its fur was of a beautiful reddish-brown, contrasting with the green grass, but bending with the dried leaves.

Its gracious body stood on its four thin and elegant legs. Its tail, with the underside being a pure white fur, simply hung there, inert.

Its long muzzle pointed to the ground, munching on some herbs. Its rectangular ears were standing upright, scanning the region for the slightest noise.

It was the first time for Rohan to see a doe, and it was a majestic sight.

Back when he was living inside Rivoiras, it was indeed a frequent occurrence for the noble to hunt here and there. Even his brother participated in these activities, pushed by their mother.

But for Rohan, it was simply a waste of time to participate in these things. Thus compared to the other nobles' children, he didn't have any experience hunting. This was even the first time for him to be able to observe a beast while being this close to it.

The group of hunters was at his side, watching carefully their target. They were hiding in the bushes, the wind brushing their faces.

It was another lesson that Rohan had learned today. After Daina had explained to him how to understand to read through the footprint on the soil, the team had decided to hunt it. And for that, the first thing to pay attention to after determining its position was the wind.

A hunter should never advance along with the wind. That was why after moving away from the print, they had made a large detour, only to feel the wind on their face.

It was so obvious after thinking about it, but Rohan would probably never have thought about it himself. Even if he had the urge to kill these bastards with whom he is traveling, he was happy to learn that much.

After he had slightly lost himself and snapped back to reality with Daina's interpellation, the young warrior had let go of his anger for the sake of the hunt. And after tracking the beast in total silence, they were now hiding tens of meters away from it.

"Rohan, the honor is for you." Daina whispered in the ears of the warrior, making the other members frown. "I'll give you my bow, aim at the head!"

Rohan stopped looking at the surprising show of the beast eating the grass and stared at the huntress with a strange expression. Since when had he learned to use a bow? For the first time in his life, he began to feel embarrassed.

"Hmm. I never used a bow before." He mumbled back, making the small crowd stretch their neck. When they understood what he had said, the young man that was targeting him from the beginning showed his teeth with a beautiful smile.

"What a useless warrior! Do you just know how to hit with a big sword, and nothing else? Ha! What a joke, man. Truthfully…"

Rohan couldn't anymore, he needed to vent somewhere. He abruptly stood up. The branches around him bruised under his contact.

The sound reaches the ears of the doe, tickling them. It raised its head to observe the surroundings.

Rohan didn't give them time to his target to discover his presence. He took out the spear from his back in a light gesture. The whole movement was made smoothly as if he had trained thousands of times to do it.

He weighed it with his right hand. The beast looked in his direction, while the warrior raised his arm. The weapon pointed to this animal.

Its tail raised, and it was looking with apprehension at the strange creature that had appeared on its left. It felt something was wrong in the eyes of this animal, and suddenly, it decided to leap away.

But Rohan was faster. He used a small part of his mana and sent it all toward his arm at lighting speed. It exploded inside his meridian, filling it with mighty strength. The young warrior felt himself able to break rocks with his fist, tear off metal with his fingers, uproot trees with his hands.

The beast leaped on the side and began to run away, scared for its life. All of a sudden, the powerful noise of the wind being split apart filled its ears. What was it? It turned its head at the doom impending noise approaching.

Before it could see anything, before it could understand anything, before it could feel anything, darkness appeared.

The next moment, the beast was on the ground. Blood was flowing on the side. The spear that was thrown by the warrior was now fully planted inside a tree, being the carcass of the doe. Without a doubt, it was now impossible to take it back.

The group of hunters was watching with their jaws open. They didn't understand what was this stupid guy was doing as he stood up while taking his spear. A doe was a sensitive creature, and a slight noise was enough to scare it away.

Most importantly, aiming with the spear was far more complicated than with a bow, and that was because of its speed. Or at least, when it was a normal human being throwing it.

What they had just seen, however, was just too godly!

The spear had broken through the air and it had materialized in front of the beast almost instantly. More than fifty meters were separating them from the doe, but the spear had just flown in a straight line.

After a single breath, the spear had entered through the skull, pierced the brain of the beast, and continue its way. Before the hunters could even do anything, the weapon was already on the tree behind the doe, with only a small part being visible. The tip could probably be seen behind the tronc.

What they had just seen was far too powerful. Even the young man with a scar couldn't speak anymore.

"What are you doing? Let's go to the corpse. I still need to learn to dissect it." With an otherwordly calm on his face, Rohan glanced at these hunters before walking toward the beast.

He had let go a bit of his frustration but that wasn't enough. At least for now, they should calm down a bit.

Behind him, it was Daina who snapped back first. She stood up to follow behind him. As she was walking, she was lost in her thoughts.

The reason why she had taken Rohan with them was to find something about him. But now that she had a glance of this strength, she didn't know if she had succeeded in her goal.

This blow. She was sure that even Garrold wasn't capable enough to do it. She was certain. Maybe a rank 3 Beginner Warrior from the other side was stronger than a rank 4 Beginner Warrior from here? She didn't know. But in any case, she would have to tell her father about it.

After all, it was him who had asked her to watch this warrior closely.