My Last Hunt

Chapter 147: Problems Begin

Finally You Showed up:

Qiao was stumped first but soon realized that he was not seeing things he was really in a different place at this moment. He felt that perhaps someone stabbed him suddenly and after losing his level he was thrown somewhere unknown place like the games of his world. But he was not in a game nor was the losing level thing simple. 

If both of his nods were not true then how the hell he reached here. The surrounding was silent: he was unable to sense any monster too. 'Could it be I am affected by the monster in some way?' He asked to himself.

"You are quite fortunate to reach level five" Someone sounded absurdly as if the speaker himself was not sure about his words. In the wilderness the voice echoed from all sides and Qiao could not help but valiantly search the source of voice in hope to find it.

"Young man, there is use in wasting your strength to look for me." The wicked sounded again. Qiao recognized the voice very well and finally feel at best: at least his enemy was aware about his advancement and not slacking to perceive only. 

"I am not free enough to do a random chat with someone who has lost his actual identity and wanted a scapegoat to replace. You see I am already at level five and have been struggling; now leave off and let me level up." Qiao angrily kicked his feet on the ground and dry dust scattered like someone threw some punches of dust in the air to blind the people. 

Of course it was more than the few punches of dust. 

"You are much arrogant young man, I was once the same and I don't like hunters who like to show arrogance in front of me. I am the only hunter King who is insuperable for all others and I will be the next Hunter Monarch no matter what." The voice resonated as if disliked the words of the young man. Not only the words were forceful but it carries all sorts of threats too. 

"Keep dreaming things then" Qiao let out a deep sigh and sounded disenchanted. After facing monsters throughout, he was clear that it was game of level up and hunting: as long as he kept steady his pace no one can stop him unless the wicked hunter has something else brewing within. He was only curious why this voice appeared again and what was the purpose for bothering. 

"You taking it granted young man, delusional in my view. Don't worry you will soon be a retard for me to mock you again. Before leaving I ought to tell you that your bad days would not end until you collect the three stones naming Opus, Zunal, Bagel" the voice vanished without leaving any trace. 

Qiao on the other hand felt he was being played again but what was with the hint, his surrounding was the same wilderness and nothing changed at least until now. The dry dust flew with the flocking wind and Qiao was the only one standing there. 

He was trying to comprehend what was going on and what he should expect from the wicked hunter now? Walking around uselessly and feeling wronged, he was at the verge of his temper, perhaps the hunter threw him somewhere he might not get monsters to hunt and attain levels. All thoughts were maddening him. 

As for as he could see with his enhanced eyes and vision: the only thing came in the view was the wilderness. Few dried plants and dry hills were present and nothing else. Actually the purpose of the wicked hunter was to confuse him further until suddenly he was caught by the monster and face it head on. Those sudden attacks would bring chaos and young man would definitely lose at some point especially when nothing appeared before it actually attacked. He was thrown in the middle of a sing sphere of two different worlds, moving one side would bring the monsters in front and moving other side would throw him in another world. 

Though currently in his consciousness, he was taking his movements as free walk but it was also fake. In actual terms, he was moving around the limited space and cannot leave it on his own. When the hunter appeared and talked with him, he casted the stone and activated it during the talk. 

As for why he told how to get it out, it was necessary. He cannot wait whole life this young man to keep wandering this way, his aim was to delay the advancement of the young man not to actually stop it. The things were much complicated for a low level hunter to understand and comprehend not even all the hunter Kings has comprehended such crude things of this world. 

Many decades needed to learn the nature of these various stones to understand their vast usage unless one find the script by chance of luck. Qiao remembered the name of the stones just in case he needed them or end up in trouble. Probably few hours were gone and still he could find signs of any monster or population, not even one single living being. 

He was tired of walking this much despite his enhanced strength. He sat to feel the ground since his senses has improved too perhaps he could find something under the ground. He picked the dust in the hand and it flowed throw his fingers smoothly, it was not warm and Qiao was little confounded because he could not feel the dust in his palm. 

He was now worried and started thinking that perhaps he has lost his sense of touch, was it because of being in this world? 'No, I clearly remember when I touched the innards of the water monster and when I picked the stones, I felt them' he was talking to himself and denied this possibility. 

To again test whether it was only one time or he cannot feel the dust entirely and again it was same without changes. He was near to lose temper when he remembered the words of the hunter, 'Ah, is that again some trick by the baggy?' he asked himself to confirm. After wandering in the wilderness for so long, it was getting on his nerves now but he was serene yet. The situation demanded him to remain serene no matter whatever trick was thrown at him this time. 

Qiao sat on the ground and tried to remember everything the hunter mentioned and all the information he collected until now. He needed to collect three stones but why and how? And most important question was where to find them?

"Am I supposed to keep struck here?" he shouted loud and surprisingly his voices resounded like it rammed against some invisible barrier. He was awestruck to find it and again shouted to confirm. It was similar to the resonance room where the voice would not scatter but keep crashing against the walls of the room. 

Those rooms were made to test the hearing and experiment some of the aspects of human hearing in the advanced world. Qiao scrutinized his surrounding and deeply thought what situation he was in currently. He was sure that the hunter would not appear again to explain anything if he was doing this then why on earth he was bothering a noob. Instead he could prank with some hunter Kings to tell about the new discovery. 

Qiao was still in his thoughts and trying to comprehend when the wind again moved like a conditioned or customized setting. He was attacked by the level five monster at this moment and the thing which was unexpected came in his view. A girl wearing a fleece of unknown material was being dragged by the monster, she was injured. The sword was still in her hand but it was useless compared to her injured condition. She was not in condition to attack the monster or get rid. 

The monster as if interrupted suddenly by the invisible barrier, it was now glaring the hunter standing in front. The team which was hunting this monster was scattered and this girl ended up alone to face it. From her appearance she seemed a hunter and seriously injured.

Qiao was thinking whether to look at the monster or help the girl since it was directly glaring the hunter as if not believing it real. "Whether I am seeing things or not, I can use my sword to confirm, right?" Qiao again talked as per habit and brought out the sword.

The monster jumped toward him. Qiao also leapt with all might and the next instant the monster was nowhere. "Where the hell are you?" Qiao looked around and shouted. The monster was not under the spell of the stone so when it leapt it actually went away from the barrier space. 

The girl perhaps heard him shouting and stood up, she was equally perplexed now, and with the sword in hand she glared the young hunter.