My Last Hunt

Chapter 187: Quest For Three Stones (38)

Quest For Three Stones (38)

Bagel; 

The old barrier and the rotten corpses were same welcoming and nothing changed even a bit. The thing which changed during this time was that the huntress tried to leave the barrier with the help of a stray monster but returned back after so many injuries. The offended huntress became thirsty of her life and wanted to take her life with the help of her team however she almost dragged herself again in the barrier and the team did not dare enter thinking that the other male hunters would be there to welcome them. 

Now she was sitting silently. Lowa was endlessly debating with Wuza from previous two days and when she was tired of the sharp tongue of the Blood hunter; she thought to leave the barrier moreover there was no use of waiting for the young man to appear just like he disappeared. She kept repeating that he was nobody and probably they would never cross paths in future so it was better to leave and carve her own track in the world of hunting. This was the reason behind debating and when she felt her mouth went dry after talking endlessly; Lowa furiously left the barrier only to end up in the hands of enemies. 

Now after returning back and barely saving life; she was sitting silent, trying to heal her fatal wounds; some of them were gruesome to look at. Her half of fleece was ripped apart when she was dragging herself toward the barrier. She was able to save her small dagger but the sword was snatched by one of the huntress. The sword meant much for Lowa because it was customized by her mother and she was almost crying after losing it. The old carcasses of the monsters were stinking inside the barrier.

Wuza was also not in good mood when he saw the huntress entering again in the barrier. He was purely waiting for brother Qiao while this girl kept leeching his brain for nothing. He wanted to walk toward her and ask what happened but sneaking that she was not in good condition; he chose to stay away: better to stay away rather than feeling embarrass. They felt the strong wave of air and someone came; it was none other than Qiao. Wuza could not believe his own eyes and excitedly ran toward him. "Wait; what happened to Lowa?" the first thing which was unexpected and off about the barrier was the condition of the girl. 

Qiao did not want to imagine something crude but to see the condition of the girl; many wild thoughts explanations crossed his head. Wuza was blood hunter and Qiao was not completely aware of the nature of a blood hunter. "She harvested what she seeded." Wuza shook his shoulders without caring a thing. He has a reason to say this because he advised her to go out on her own risk. They were verbally fighting over this issue. Wuza warned her to wait for brother Qiao and then follow his orders. 

"It was my mistake." Lowa covered her naked knee and lowered her head but she suddenly noticed and looked up. Qiao was bleeding; his forehead was riddled with the cracks and the blood probably got dry or it was in the process of aridity. Wuza also stopped without saying anything further when he noticed. "Brother Qiao! Where did the monster drag you? How come you got injured?" it had been three days and the young blood hunter almost rummaged the whole forest to look for him however he could not find Qiao. 

"It's a long story man nevertheless I got the second stone." Qiao spoke enthusiastic. He knew that his injury would heal itself soon; the stone which was assisting returned back to master so it was nigh impossible to heal it without a high class stone remedy. "The most important is that brother Qiao retuned." Wuza heaved a deep breath. Previously he only came to express his gratitude but after getting impressed from the ambitions of the hunter; he decided to join him and reach the Hightown. When Qiao suddenly was forced away; Wuza was thinking to go back in his den if Qiao did not return in few more days because he was tired of listening endless complains of the girl. 

The stinking smell of the carcasses wafted and Qiao held his forehead, "Is there a way to get rid these rotten bodies?" since he faced brutal attacks in his consciousness and the apparent injury was still there so it was unbearable for him. "I can bring some hard ropes to bind them with the next target monster and rear it out of the barrier." Wuza flicked his finger as if he got a wonderful plan. 

Lowa rolled her eyes, "A wounded monster that happened to be already near death; do you think it could drag the tones of flesh with it?" 

"Then you give the idea." Wuza also rolled his eyes unable to bear her always finding fault with him. "Whoever does not belong to this barrier or not restricted by the barrier can take it away." She stood up to walk and make some distance from the two males standing at her head to carefully heal and check her wounds. Qiao who was silent turned away and left. Lowa was not in condition to walk properly and he could feel the awkward expressions on her face. It was just that he landed right near her with the force of the barrier. 

"What? She was always aware and never told? How come she behaves mischievous? Several times I felt nauseous and she was indifferent smiling at something." Wuza was being taken by Qiao; he held him from wrist in order to save from a verbal war again and walked away from the huntress. "She is definitely vicious." Wuza concluded while following the gesture of the brother hunter. "She is only nasty just like you." Qiao ended the war saying this and it made Wuza turn silent for some time. 

Qiao sat at the far end where the huntress was no more in direct view. "I will be dragging these rotten monsters out of the barrier now." Wuza went to clear the carcasses. Qiao opened his fist which was stiffened from a long time and saw the stone in his hand. His fist was also riddled with the cut open wound and the stone was stilling shining golden glow. He was not clear as to what made this stone come shining however it was possible that the blood activated it. 

There was nothing else that could make a lifeless stone come alive other than the living blood. He put the stone aside and cleaned his hand. The image of the hunter king attacking him was still fresh in his eyes and he could feel the fierceness in the attack too. He was probably after the stone but what was with the anger? It seemed the stone bear his life inside or he badly needed the specific stone? Qiao wanted to confirm why the hunter king who seemed scarier than he could imagine wanted that stone? If he really was after the stone then he would be mad at him right now? 

He was indeed maddened and furiously roaring in the barren land; recklessly attacking here and there to vent out his anger. Rumble was still silently watching him and not speaking anything. Years of wandering went useless; the stone he yearned all those years was crushed in front of his eyes and he was just an onlooker. Rucha had been doing all vicious deeds to get hold on this stone yet ended up losing it right from his hands. 

His words were not bluffing; he was surely going to search the young rascal rest of his life until he found and killed him. The hunter king who was helping Qiao knew very well about the resolution of the oldie so after reporting to the Hightown he will also go on a mission to find the young hunter and teach him the higher level hunting but both of the parties were oblivious as to where the young hunter belongs to and where did he disappear? There were seven continents and several thousand colonies and hundred thousand sects spanning the forests, hidden places, abandoned places, hunting areas and attribute ridden battle regions. 

Thousands over thousand breeding monsters and their species along with the rare type beasts; most of them hidden and waiting for the right the time to appear, in this vast world where they were supposed to find the young hunter? However they have clue. He was advancing toward the peak of level five and it means he would soon travel toward the Hightown. "There is high chance that we would be able to stifle him to death before he could reach Hightown." Rumble spoke after a long time to console the anger of his buddy. "Indeed; his death could bring my anger down." Rucha roared furiously.