-zrrub-

An arrow missed its target. One big rabbit just jumped and left the place. A very disappointed expression was showed on a young Half-beast's face in the forest.

"gahh....it missed again" He scratched his head

A 170cm young Half-beast came out from the bush. His ambush just now was failed. His green pupils were searching for another prey. His grey hair and fur were slowly blowed by the wind.

"Khall!! did you get something?!" A loud voice could be heard

A tall and sturdy Half-beast came from behind and tapped his shoulder. His long red hair and fur was reflecting the sunlight that slipped through the trees.

"no..not yet, Mugha..."

"....just one little rabbit, and you failed? this exceed my lowest expectation.." Mugha showed his disappointment

"... I'm sorry"

"never mind. I'll hunt in the deeper area, you will try to catch your prey that ran away"

"got...it"

Just in few seconds, Mugha already disappeared from his sight.

"his expectation? don't be kidding me..." He shook his head

Mugha was one of the best fighter in the Ohre's village, and he was also a very good hunter. He could bring two or more boar and several medium-sized animals in one trip to the forest. Meanwhile, Khall most successful hunting was a deer in a dying state that was wounded by another animal before finished by his arrow.

"just where did that rabbit go..."

It was their duty to go hunt this day, and he couldn't screw this one. One of the reason was the ritual for harvest day.

"Shanti will perform the ritual dance...." He smiled

Khall, he's the only man in the Ohre village who was rejected by a same woman more than ten times at the mating season. Every time he proposed Shanti, he always got a fast and flat refusal from her.

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It's not impossible to propose a shaman and get accepted, but the probability was still very low. Especially with Shanti, she was already known as a very stubborn woman who dedicated herself to their beast god ROGNIR. Yet Khall was never surrender, he kept trying every time the mating season arrived.

"-sigh- there's a rumor about Mugha being close to Shanti recently.....in the end, what's matter is strength? power?"

He kept walking till he found the rabbit that ran away from him earlier. He didn't want to waste that chance and took another position to ambush that poor rabbit.

"-fuuh- relax....see the target movement..."

Every Half-beast was gifted from the moment they were born. Their sense surpassed any other animal and human, so hunting supposedly was not a problem for him. Yet, he always missed his target by millimeters, he didn't understand that.

The rabbit didn't move for a minute now, looks like it found a green berry, a favorite food of rabbit in the Dhanglin forest. This would be a perfect chance to do it.

-krrt-

He pulled his bow string and aimed at the rabbit.

"this...time.. I'll make it"

Just when he wanted to let the arrow, a noise came from the direction of the rabbit and made it running away again.

-zrek-

"arrggh! you idiot! why did you make that noise?!"

"sorry.. I've never gone hunting before"

"just when i thought we will have a nice roast rabbit for our breakfast..."

"what's wrong?"

"there's someone over there" He pointed towards Khall's direction

"you're right...lucky we found a hunter in this fore...."

He stopped his friend from stepping further into that direction.

"what are you doing? can't you see that ears and tail?"

"!! holy mother!! that's a monster!"

"careful, it already aimed its arrow at us...."

"no way... it means we already close to their village.."

Meanwhile they took a careful movement towards him, Khall totally couldn't grasp the situation here.

"huh... they're not Half-beast...wait...how come?"

This scene in front of him was far beyond explanation. What were the creatures in front of him? how could they come to this forest? was this a dream?

"sshh...what will we do? one of us need to report to sir Chillyd"

"it's exactly what i have in mind...but how? he already aimed that arrow...if we can create a distraction and use our skill.."

-zrek-

One of the soldier tried to move away and took few steps to the back slowly.

"good, just like that... slowly..."

-krrt-

-whuuss-

-zrat-

They didn't see that coming. A sudden strike from the Half-beast in front of him, and one of them realized something.

"blood... there's blood on my face!!"

One of them was showing a really angry expression and stared at Khall.

"I'm sorry... it's slipped from my hand.." He was panic

"YOU FILTHY BEAST!! HOW DARE YOU!"

"KILL HIM!"

[FIRE BALL II]

[INSTANT ACID I]

-dhaar-

-zrrrrsh-

Fire and some dangerous fluid were flying towards his direction. At that time, he really glad that his Half-beast instinct functioned properly.

He dodged those attacks and jumped to the back. Honestly, he didn't expect they would be that angry.

"chase him!! we can bring his body later to sir Chillyd!'

"agree! let's move"

-drap drap-

"you won't run anywhere monster!!"

Khall ran as fast as he could.

"what's happening here..."

In that moment, he turned from the hunter become the hunted.

-----( Chapter 103 "A little wolf 1" )-----