7 The Thrill of Battle part 1 (1/2)

In the center of the village, a group of excited children were talking about the upcoming task while waiting impatiently for the elders responsible for the test to arrive.In the meantime, the children all sorted out where they were going once the test started.Surprisingly enough,It was very clear cut.The scouts decided to go north to hunt Crystal spiders following the suggestions from the elders.The warriors decided to go to the east where Timber-Wolves and Bears were predominant so they could use their strength to their advantage.The healers in the group chose to go south to hunt the snow leopards, with their debuffs they could easily eliminate the advantages of the leopards and safely dispose of them.

When the elders arrived to the square, everyone very quickly quite down and waited for them to give the final instructions.It was a quick introduction of the elders responsible for the different areas.For this occasion oddly enough all the elders responsible for the test were Shamans.

”Before you go, I must remind you that your life is precious.Do not gamble with your life by taking on enemies beyond your means.Now Go!!! Let the Test Begin!!!”.

Rahz quickly headed out of the village via the east gate and quickly disappear from view.A perimeter of 50 miles was big enough for every children to have their own zone and not bump into each other.It was also a zone that very seldom saw a beast with a level that Rahz and the others could not handle.

Rahz quickly made his way to the 10 mile mark and slowed down.He looked around to make sure there was no danger around him and decided to look for a place to set up a camp.Remembering the words of his father, Rahz climb on top of a tree to have a better view of the terrain and think about his next move without having to worry about being ambush while he was distracted.

The defeats during the sparring matches had thought him the importance of focusingon the task at hand.Every time he thought about how he got knockout by a girl his face turn red from embarrassment.

Looking around the area Rahz discovered that most of the plants had conical shapes and were spread out over the whole area.The whole zone was divided by a mid size river providing a good environment for beast to visit.Rahz was able to see from his position on top of the tree all kinds of small critters moving around as well as some level 2 Boars and Deers.

Rahz quickly realized that he was still too far off his target zone with level 3 creatures.Coming down from the tree, Rahz decided to head southeast where he saw the river thin out a bit so he could cross it easily.

Very swiftly Rahz advanced for another 10 miles reaching the shore of the river.Throughout the whole run to the river, Rahz noticed that all the low level creatures move out of the way as soon as they felt his presence.

Rahz decided to take a break and satiate his thirst in the river.So far it had been an uneventful morning and Rahz started to wonder if there were even any level 4 creatures in the area.After refilling his leather Flask with water, Rahz crossed the river and continued along the river line in hopes of finding a thirsty beast.

”Man!! this is harder than I thought it was going to be, The elders made it sound like danger was in every corner and I was going to be swarm by creatures trying to take my life but so far it has been pretty disappointing”.

Sigh...

”I wonder how Bhirl is doing?”

Before Rahz was able to finish his thought,a level 3 boar appear in his field of view.Rahz slowed down in order to not scare the oblivious beast and decided to kill it.' Mind as well get some practice' he thought while leaking his lips.' I bet you taste delicious'.

Rahz grabbed Mr. choppy and rush towards his prey with everything he had.When he was about 50 feet away, Rahz's killing intent was easily felt by the Boar and the chase began.The Boar quickly use dash to increase his movement speed by 20 % and disappear deep into the trees.Despite not being as fast, It was very easy to track the Boar by following its footprints.

As Rahz was focusing on following his dinner, it dawn on him that there was a purpose to every single thing he did during his special training.He realized that this chase would of been a lot harder had he not run so many miles in the past.

SQUEAL!!!

The loud screech made Rahz heartbeat accelerate.He continued running in the direction the squeals came from; however, the closer he got to the sounds, the more oppressive the atmosphere became.Very soon a strong smell of blood assailed his nose.The smell was so strong that it immediately made him slow down his run.When he finally manage to stop, the scene in front of him made hisjaw drop.

The massive body of the Boar laid across the floor in a pool of his own blood while a small hill as white a s pure snow wiggled around the belly of the beast.It was such a peculiar sight that Rahz was at a lost for words.He looked attentively at the corpse of the boar searching for clues about what was going.

Just when Rahz was wondering what was happening, a pair green eyes were staring at him.It was a Snow Leopard.