The next morning back inside the Rhodochrosite Village, a group of people gather within the home of the village elder. Inside the living room the village's elder, his two aids, and heroic father, Nate were all feeling a bit tensed. Their bundle of nerves could not seem to calm down even after witnessing the calm and collective older hunter, Bruce. His calmness instead of elevating their mood, caused their state of mind to plummet. None of them could understand how he was able to remain so unfrazzled over the abduction of his young Miss Artemis.
Cain, the lumberjack was the only villager among them, whom remained calm, well at least that's how it looked on the outside. On the inside, he also was thrown off a little by the older hunter temperament of the situation.
"Sir why are we not charging towards the direction of where the young lady is being held capture?" one of the village elder's aid bravely asked to break the awkward silence within the room.
Without even looking at the aid, the older hunter emotionlessly responded, "I'm waiting for my comrade to meet up with us before we head out. He was in the middle of teaching some defensive techniques to our other client when I requested his assistance."
After speaking, the older hunter took a bite out of the freshly peeled fruit in his hand.
The same aid looked at their guest with a complex expression. To him the older hunter was acting as if they were not in the middle of a crucial morning discussion. He could not help but probe the older hunter with more questions.
"How long will it take for him to get here? Aren't you afraid that something might happened to the young lady?" the aid asked in a worried tone.
"It should only take him a few hours to arrive. The young Miss knew that this mission will be dangerous, however I'm sure she is fine," the older hunter uttered while finishing the fruit then picked up another one to peel.
His actions were so peculiar to everyone present. Some just sit there quietly as their eyes followed every movement of the older hunter, while the village's elder sat back to sip his tea in an attempt to calm his nerves. The room settle in silence for a few minutes before the same village aid spoke again.
"But umm….," the aid was not sure how to word his concerns in asking his next question.
The older hunter was well aware of what the aid wanted to ask him, so he sighed and bluntly said toward the aid, "The young Miss indeed may encounter physical difficulties, nevertheless, she is a very capable demon hunter. If during this mission the young Miss is unable to avoid such an occurrence, then it will truly be an unfortunate event as well as a tragedy for the poor soul who made a mistake in offending our tigress. The young Miss will not fail in completing her mission. Once the mission is over, she will without a doubt annihilate the monstrosity who dares to defy her body."
The meeting room fell back into an awkward silence once again. The people of the Rhodochrosite Village was unable to wrap their heads around the older hunter's logic. One's self-respect should come before their commitment to their occupation. The older hunter clearly had it backwards.
Ignoring the unsettling tension within the room, Bruce turned to speak to the village's lumberjack. "Cain what kind of hunting weapons do you have back at your house?
"Honestly... I don't have any. I prefer setting traps, then to depend on a weapon. Technically my ax and a few carving knives are the only 'weapons' I own," Cain responded truthfully. He was the type of person that liked to outsmart his prey, then to blindly hunt them down.
Bruce was actually pleased with the lumberjack's answer. This means it made his job just a tad bit easier. "Interesting... Then I'll put the weapon matter on hold. For now, I would like to access your traps setting skills. While we're waiting for my comrade to arrive, I suggest we reinforce your village's defense," recommend Bruce with a smirk.
"May I be of assistance as well?" Nate then quickly volunteered.
The older hunter nodded silently in response. With this suggestion the older hunter began discussing different ways to safeguard the village with everyone. After explaining a few safeguarding methods, Cain and Nate went into the village for more volunteers. Those who were willing to help went out into the village and started setting up as many traps as they could under the guidance of the village lumberjack.
The rest of the volunteers followed the older hunter's instruction. This group task was so difficult it was as if they were participating in a blind scavenger hunt. The older hunter explained and describe a number of plants that he wanted them to locate. These few specific plants, if placed correctly, can cause certain animals and even demons to avoid the area at all cost.
Once located the required plant was carefully harvested and then replanted among the borderline of the village.
Some of the villagers helped with this side project until the sun had set. The village was so active that the arrival of the young man that was dressed similar to the older hunter went unnoticed.
With the moon now occupying the sky, activity in the Rhodochrosite Village decrease as many villagers were preparing for a goodnight sleep. Whereas, in a certain village movement was just starting to stir about.
Deep into the forest and through the luminous tunnel, within the hidden demon village many of its residences were just waking up from their peaceful slumber.
The few that were awake were either roaming around the village or had already left in search of entertainment. One of these early riser was currently frowning at an unconscious fellow whom just so happened to be his lazy and gluttonous older brother.
"Bro it's time to wake up," a young male voice whined with an accent that was native for his kind.
The older brother that was laying on top of the bed with his face buried into a pillow remain motionless towards the younger brother's statement.
This irritated the younger brother, so he then started nudging the unconscious male repeatedly.
There was complete silence from the other party, even after being nudged a few times.
The young male was now furious. It was his turn to fed, yet his older brother was hogging all the goods. If he was able to, he would have gone and hunt for his own food. His only choice was to starve or share with his older brother. With that said the real problem is his gluttonous brother…...
Every night (when the sunrise*) the older brother would sleep in the beauty's room instead of his own bedroom. Then in the morning (when the sunsets*) the younger brother would have a hard time waking up his older brother before getting to have his breakfast.
With the older brother present, it was uncomfortable for the younger brother to feed on the capture beauty. Feeding was an embarrassing process and he did not like doing such an act in front of others. The younger brother could only press on with the difficult task of waking up his foodie of a brother from his food coma.
"Brother! I'm hungry. Wake up already, you Glutton!" the young brother shouted impatiently.
After a few second of silence there were still no movement, then finally a sluggishly yet husky voice responded, "Your too loud…... Wake me up in three hours... Better yet, go ask Ryo if you could feed from his beauty. He just returned with a new one yesterday." Then he waved his hand in a gestured to shoo his little brother away before resuming his sleep.
"No way! I'm not courting death. You know he doesn't like sharing his prizes with anyone. He doesn't like feeding off someone whose have been feed on before. Brother stop being so lazy and move so I can feed," the young brother retorted. He was not starving to the point he would die any minute now. Nevertheless, he was a young demon with a large appetite. While his brother was just plain greedy. He would feed even if he was not hungry. A pure authentic glutton.
"Fine. I'm getting up," the older brother reluctantly said as he rose from the bed completely naked. He did not even bother to put on any clothes and headed straight out the bedroom.
About three hour later the lazy older brother finally woke up again. He looked around and noticed he was up in a tree completely naked. "Hmmm…. Did I sleep walk again? I was sure I fell asleep in the beauty's bed," he mumbled to himself, while scratching his head.
He yawned a few times, then jumped down from the branch to the top of a roof, then down to a wooden porch. In a sluggish pace, he preceded into the house to put on some clothes. He pulled back his long messy hair and into a tame ponytail after getting dressed. Looking like a demonic Adonis with a pair of leather boots on his feet, a black vest that exposed his chisel chest and rock hard abs, along with a pair of worn out navy blue jeans, he promptly exited his bedroom.
As he made his way back towards the room where his captured beauty was kept, he frequently yawned as if he was still dead tired.