Chapter 69 (1/2)
Chapter 69 – Season of Hunting (4)
Shakan looked at Crockta and Tiyo, ere asleep, and went outside
It was nighttiht sky where countless stars were shi+ning up high The constellations could still be seen in this cursed place The hunter was looking at a dragon in the sky
Shakan gathered branches and started cutting arrows One stroke, another stroke, his head cleared every time he carved the tree branches
He couldn't distinguish between yesterday, today, or to time he spent here The memories of those who had already left hi hunt His body was already broken fro countless creatures His brain and spinal cord were already that of a creature
So there was only one chance left
He ai the proportions of the newly created arrows A good hunter only needed one shot He had to penetrate the core of the darkness
He muttered, “A Shakan never leaves his enemies alive”
His head was clear The confusion in his head was no longer i off until only one thought passed through his head It was as clear as day
Kill the 'beast' The day would soon come
The last hunt was like this Once the day becaht, he would leave for the hunt with two outsiders They would be his hounds
Kill it or die There were no alternatives He always sought the ene in the darkness while it ca season
He opened his eyes and looked up at the sky again The constellations were growing dark The evil nature of the forest dyed the moon red, into a capricious and wicked demon He would cut at the middle of that moon
“I believe in fate,” Shakan said
Crockta cocked his head at the sudden words
They had left the fortress early in theHowever, Shakan didn't treat the cows as his sons He had the cold appearance of a hunter, just like when they first met
Tension could be seen in his whole body Shakan never made mistakes when he hunted
“I don't believe in fate” Crockta replied
“Just like an orc”
“Do you know orcs?”
“The Shakan hunt anything”
Shakan chuckled Crockta's eyes sharpenedShakan smiled and shook his head, ”It is a joke I knew an orc hunter”
“Orc hunter?”
”Yes A hunter I acknowledge”
Crockta hadn't seen many orc hunters Orcs were usually warriors or sha Orcrox The hunter Zankus, who shot down the sun The hunter's eyes had glanced at Crockta like he was prey
Shakan said, ”It was someone called Zankus”
”……!”
“At the tiood by now”
Zankus was one of the praised orcs All of Orcrox had been surprised when Zankus had arrived for Lenox's funeral Shakan treated that Zankus as a novice He looked different
He was a hunter who could handle a Wyvern and Manticore instantly Crockta glanced at Shakan's movements Histo be learned from those who have reached a certain level
Their strength was the culmination of endless discipline
Shakan felt Crockta's gaze and asked, ”Do you have anything to say?”
Then he pulled back his bowstring
Piing
His arrow penetrated the forest at dawn So collapsed in the distance, a creature that Crockta and Tiyo hadn't noticed
“Hunters depend on each other No communication will put our lives at risk”
That hy Shakan started talking As they walked through the darkness, the corpse of the creature Shakan killed appeared Troll But the whole body was decayed and the bones exposed It looked like it had died a long tio
”An undead troll”
As they headed deeper into the forest, the stronger the creatures became It was a cursed land where creatures and dead ether
”This is the strength of that bastard”
Shakan seemed to know the 'beast' Crockta opened his mouth, “Why do you want to hunt that beast?”
It was a question he had wanted to ask before Crockta had a vague idea
'A Shakan can't let their enemies live' Shakan was like a madman when he talked about his dead sons He had looked towards the darkness of the forest when talking about the enemy There had to be a story
”It is as you have guessed”
Shakan pulled out the arrow froed black
“My son wanted to hunt it and died My other two sons entered the Forest of Creatures to get revenge for their brother and died I lost my wife in the aftermath”
His voice was detached as he recounted the story, “I ae, but they were Shakan More Shakan than me”
”I'm sorry I asked”
“No” Shakan stared into the darkness Despite it being dawn, the dense vegetation of the forest blocked the sun “I believe in fate All Shakan believe in fate to a certain extent”
Suddenly, so was felt in the darkness Tiyo ai behind there Slayer and prepared for battle
”Maybe ere destined to meet”
What appeared was a group of ogres The three ogres' eyes flashed as the group was spotted A battle cry shook the tranquil forest It was frores He rushed towards the ogres with his big greatsword
Colorful re Slayer' tore through the forest
Shakan had traveled across the continent and hunted everything Soht with orcs
”Bul'tarrrrrrrrrr──────!”
However, he had never seen a true orc warrior He narrowly avoided the ene his battle senses and then overwhelreatsword He seemed like a human machine that suppressed his enemies with his swordsmanshi+p At the necessary ainst the enemy
“Only this much──────!”
Crockta shouted as he was kicked by an ogre He stabbed the greatsword into the ogre's abdoreatsword re collapsed, blood foa at its mouth
The bloody Crockta glared at the rehting spirit that never broke
”Fate”
Was it a coincidence that a warrior appeared for his last hunt? If that wasn't fate, then as?