Mom dad i wanted to learn how to protect myself, my mom and dad started looking at each other and started nodding. okay son we heard what happened we believed you was attacked by a sharkcroc offspring.
yeah dad can i join the hunter training? my mom replied youre too young son the training usually started at 1years old,your father is an instructor at the training ground.
i replied yes mom but i still wanna learn .my dad nodded at my mom and said ,okay next month you can join the training and getting your boarbug too. (being a hunter trainee means you will receive the training and the boarbug)
One month later ,here i am standing in the mauni receiving the lesson on how to become a hunter, i think that i got better ods getting stronger faster by being a hunter than a farmer
Our teacher is called Garo he knew the boarbug like the back of his hands.
i see a lots of boys older than me by few months older but few girls are seen here, hey there you're sion right? yes i am who are you? i lived two bridge across you ,i see you everyday my name is Lola
hi lola nice to meet you. hey youre sion right ? they said you were afraid of little fishes hahaha
said some boys while pointing at me , Karluk one of the biggest boy in our age keeps stealing glances at me while talking to the other boys. i ignored them
Silence , take a seat everyone pay attention
my name is Balrog im here to teach all of you how to tame a your first boarbug,although almost all animals are tame-able if youre willing to pay the price, one of the easiest way is to bond with them at and early age. why? you will be able to trust them more and they will be more reactive to your reaction on battle.
Now stand by and prepare to receive your partnet,he calls his assistant to fetch two dozen of boarbug piglet from the other mauni.
the other boys and girls are getting excited on receiving their first boarbug
finally i received mine too.
Okay now name your piglets said balrog
okay little guy ill call you RED, cause ur shells is kinda red now (every boarbug have different colors and so on)
Balrog continued with his lesson ,now you will feed teach and live with this piglets later on you will place them in your mauni.
the piglets weights around 1kg and its around 2months old mine looks so red and shiny ,its a male boarbug i can see a little bit of red around the tip of the tusk.
Now your lesson is to teach your boarbug to listen to your simple commands such as come ,sit ,charge
you will be tested in 3 months later,anyone who doesnt treat their piglets nicely will receive a harsh punishment! here are the scroll study them yourselves
Okay now you will proceed to the training ground just keep the scroll later on read them remember to keep your piglets with you at all time it strenghthens your bond!
Now off you go!
at the training ground...
huh isnt that dad?? hes going to teach us ?
My name is Jiga i am your instructor here,you will learn the way of the karoka from me here, i expect you will proceed as you were told to.
Everyone: Yes instructor!!
hey isnt that your dad? lola whispered near me, yes hes my dad lola
hey your dad looks kinda strict i hope he goes easy on me , i replied hmm i dont know about that this is my first time being trained by him
Sion! and you young lady stop talking!
pay attention! this is the boar Stance, you will have to be able to do this for 5 hours straight to build your foundation ! you put two legs side by side (like the horse stance in chinese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_stance)
start by focusing on your breath and try to circulate it through out your body .
now place ur piglets at the mauni
and start training! when you fall once the training stops. just go back when you fall.
remember to report to me when you fall i will give you different homework to do to strengthen each one of you
everyone : YES instructor
And the training started , oh the first day i manage to stay still for two hours straight before falling , i see few boys still doing the boar stance around me trying their hardest. hmm i gotta try harder later on ill just keep on practicing. i see Karluk still doing the boar stance while grinning looking at me , and he said : done already fishboy?just apply to be a farmer youre not suited to this
i ignored him while i walk to my dad
Instructor im here to report
i fall at two hours.you need to start training son later on try meditating and circulate your breathing through the boar stance it will improve your stamina and body , yes dad okay im going home to see mom now,very well go on ill wait for these boys here and ill see you at home.
on the way home i passed the riverbed and i see some splashes...
Splash splash i see a creature keep swimming and jumping happily i can see the yellow-ish tint fur starting to grew around it,then suddenly a huge shadow emerge from the deep end of the river. oh its the Hi-Lion our rivergod i guess the little guy must be its offspring. suddenly the Hi-Lion offspring sprouted at me near the riverbed it looks like its wanna play. i take a glance at the rivergod it nods toward me it looks like it wanted me to play with its offspring.
hey little guy you wanna play huh? lemme introduce you this is Red. the piglet replied with a Snort Oink oink , the Hi-Lion kid replied with a weird like roar and started sprouting water at us
i started swimming with Red towards this Hi-Lion kid.
The rivergod looks like its bored and started to going back to the deep end while roaring to the little one its like its saying dont play too long remember to come home .
The three of us started swimming around the shallow water playing and the Hi-lion looks like its taken a liking playing with me and Red, Time goes by and i said hey ill just call you Nala
it shakes its head looking like its understand. i gotta go now tomorrow ill play with you again
Come on Red lets go.
At home my mom's already started cooking dinner for us, my dad comes back a little bit before the food is ready. Woah mom dinner looks good dinner is a kind of catfish they called it Mudcat fish here
with a side of puga pooridge. yes wait till you get taste of this go call your father and lets eat
the three of us started eating dinner , my dad called to me son you have to practice your foundation diligently its effects are very good on later when you started gaining more gene.
i asked back it does? what does it do dad?
later on you will gain lots of gene, to maximize and controlling it your foundation will works wonder it helps you to understand your body more by daily training so you could adapt more faster to the new gene strength or abilities. and if your wondering about some body skills later on there will be a martial skills taught to the new kakunas although it main function are to defend other people not beast.
i asked why is it only to defend from other people dad? our martial arts doesnt really works on the beast here. they have incredible stamina and power , unpenetrable hides and so on.if its a hunt remember your main weapon is your mind. our powers are often are not enough to hunts these beast.
especially if its a Regal Beast.
Whats a Regal Beast? its an anomaly/or a special one if you may say they have the prowess almost three times the normal one and they have the ability to think close to a man
often regarded as the kings but its doesnt always goes like that in the wilds
regular beast can become immensely powerfull too as long as they kept eating and growing remember be careful on older beast theyre more trickier we dont have normal deaths here son
the way you go to the afterlife here is either killed or by calamity.there is no dying of old age here
you see chief? hes very strong hes atleast 120years old
thats why we can have a peacefull life here.otherwise...
otherwise what dad? nothing son its too soon
just keep practicing, okay dad.
that night i started practicing diligently while reading the scroll.
and finally the time comes.
The test goes smoothly everyone passed including the big boy Karluk and the little girl near my house . i've met with her several times when training and roaming around the river.
Red is Growing bigger and bigger and now its possible for me to mount him. his Shell growing more shiny His tusk getting Larger and Larger somehow the red tinge still stays there hmm maybe hes a regal beast i do hope so.
After the test every kakunas received a set of armor spear and boots ,the Hunter as you suggest have the duty of hunting beast near the village for food .
Hey sion what areas are you in? i got the riverlands , hi Lola im stationed at the jungle
good luck to you lola, Karluk and the boys overheard of the talk between me and lola,and he said Good for u fishboy you're nowhere the river you wont be able to hunt any there.
Then i started walking to my house passing the riverbed while walking to the bridge suddenly a watersprout came at my face,i try to avoid it but somehow it still splashes on my new clothes
Hey its you again Nala! nala waved his paws at us like she wanted to show me something
wait a bit ill come back after placing my stuff back home be back soon!
I mount Red back and forth from the bridge back to the bridge again and tell him to wait for me in the riverside. but he insisted that he wanted to follow i still says no Red you wait here you cant swim that well, Red gives me a pouting look and a loud Snort !HOGHOG! Snort.
i jumped in and started focusing on my tardigrade and sharkcroc gene ,the fin for swimming and the Tardigrade for diffusion breathing through my skin. Nala swim ahead of me while keeps waving its palm
finally we reached something thats resembled a gate deep beneath the River.
what is this this doesnt looks like it belong here in this planet it looks like something from back home, i tried tapping it several times and found out that its made of some kind of steel like i nod at nala trying to tell to look for a entry key i hope that nala understand it.
finally i see a light covered by the moss and barnacles , i tried cleaning it with my hands and its quite hard , then i look around for a rock,then i started bashing it cleaning the barnacles
Huh its a screen with a palm scanner!! i tried putting my hands against it and it still does nothing.
finally i called nala back to get up with me to the surface somehow i have a hunch that this place have some answer for me about this planet. for now ill just ignore it .
i played with Nala and Red till dusk,and i found out that nala is A Female Hi-lion usually they are more ferocious than the male.
i walk by the riverbank watching the sun sets while going back to my home. and i grabbed some puga leaves my pocket and feed it to Red while riding him.
Grow big Red ill be counting on you!.
At home i have dinner with mom and dad they both congratulates me for being a hunter .dad called me and he said starting tomorrow you will hunt solo except for the annual bullfrog hunts we wont stick as group. you should be wary of other village tribe.
Morning Dew could be seen around the leaf in the vicinity of the village, i Woke up and went to the water under my house i wash my face and i see my reflection in the water. Short black hair with a Red pupil, sharp nose and a jawline that looks like a Greek god. i finally got the hang of seeing my own face and started to accept that there is no going back to planet E, i still havent forgotten my dreams and hope to become the top Researcher of Planet E.
i sure am glad that i didnt have anyone close to me while back there my parents are already gone by the time i become a researcher for cyclops.corp.
I steeled my self and said i have to live my life here as best as i could.
i packed my rations and my water bag,i picked up my short knife and tied it on my right knee, finally i get my spear and i whistle ! Fweet Fweet! HOG HOG HOG!! while jumping i said to my parents , Im off dad, mom!.
Entering the jungle i see senior hunter spreading out going almost every direction, i slapped red hide to tell him to stop and i goes down and picked up a stick and let it fall oh north it is then!
i mount Red again and started going towards north.
i looked around while on Red's back ,trying to decide which prey should i hunt first?
finally i decided on a Deerles (deer + hercules beetle) its antlers are so huge and its neck are thick enough.
i circled around the deer and looked for a place thats good for an ambush, while telling Red's to mind his pace so the Deerles wont hear us finally i found a place thats good its an opening and theres a stone on both sides looking like \ /
Oh this is good you stayed here Red ready To ambush the deerles later on !he gives some low snort like saying yes. ill lead him here you just be ready here ,i picked up several small rocks to use as a throwing weapon. i picked up my spear and went back to the deer whose been munching on the leaf
finally i jumped from the bush!
i scream on top of my lungs OAHHHHH! while throwing my rocks at the beast,and as i predicted the beast ran away so fast and tried to get off the route i was planning to , and i Throw my spear trying to block it ! Yes thats it
Nearin the ambush spot the deerles ran like it was on fire, suddenly Red shows up and the deerles shook looking other way to run ,and Red's Charge was So fierce that he looks like fucking flaming red train raming the deerles with his Tusk AND BAM!
Red's tusk Goes through his right abdomen and the deerles Swing his Huge antler at Red's but its too late the damage is done,although it sent Red's flying several meters.
when trying to look for a way out Suddenly THUD! my spear lodged itself directly piercing the Heart, it collapsed hitting the ground. lifeless.
as i get close to it i called Red to check if he was fine,and indeed he was snorting HOGHOGHOG ! come here Red ,Hog hog
i placed the deerles carcass above Red and i called it a day . its good enough for me. time to went back home and smoked it . if only we could get some salt here that would be nice ,Red's looking confused trying to fathom what i mean
At home i placed all my rations and spear near the water and washed all the blood,i placed my spear on my rack after washing it.
i went to the back to get some wood and started making a fire to smoke it. finally i started dressing and prepping the Dear , i put on some grounded puga spices on it ,it does taste salty and have some umami on it perhaps because its a mixed of seaweed.
i placed it on a stick and spread it , Stuck it to the smoke ,and said to Red ,You wait here Red later on when its cooked ill give you some.