Hari reached the meeting point early. after understanding the seriousness of the matter he lost his sleep. he doesn't know how he spends his time until morning.
Hari clutched the spear and shield tightly.it was given by Agnes yesterday evening after-party. when she gave him this she never asks him to take revenge for her husband only told him to survive.
"did you reach early?" it was joseph.in his hand there is another set of shields and spear.after a few minutes other hunters came.to his dismay Hari saw only he and Joseph had proper weapons. all others have makeshift Spears made from kitchen knives.some have wooden shields that Joseph told them to not bring. because these shields do nothing good against wind blades of wolves.
seeing the bewilderment of hari, Joseph told him that there was no blacksmith in the village. the current blacksmith was a retired hunter who was lost a leg during a hunt. he only knows how to sharpen or maintain iron wares.
after six days of travel they entered the area of Nirvana mountain. they only a few small animals on the way.most of the animals ran away after seeing the group. hari even though how he took a few weeks for just traveling this distance.
after seeing Nirvana mountain, all of them looked at Hari.
"are you saying Nirvana mountain is a safe zone??" Joseph asked.
" do you guys know???"
"We live near brother!!!"
"...."
"ahem... actually I don't know about it anything. but I Know no mutated animals can enter here. I stayed here before"
"brother are you saying after just a few days of experience. if wolves follow us here what will we do?"
even Joseph started to get angry at Hari when he said just a few day's experiences made him sure that it is a safe zone. but unlike others Joseph decided to check fact before reprimand Hari.
nJoseph went outside and act weak in front of a rainbow deer, make it run behind him.when he reached the protection area of Nirvana mountain he looks back. the rainbow deer slowed down running and even showed fear in its face when it back down and ran back. hari showed a smug smile and looked at everyone.
" Actually I did this not only for proving hard conjunction but also for determining effective protection distance from mountain.we can only build traps after understanding this distance"
hari's smug smile faded away. he even thought 'are you the real Mc or me'.hari knew no one is perfect. when someone understands his weakness and ready to ask help from others is the starting point of one's success.
after that Joseph asked some members to build tend to ask some to make javelins.they had a good sleep that night.
The next morning when Hari wakeup he heard Joseph giving instructions to his team.
"you eight people, make four teams with two people. one carries javelin and the other one throw. you guys should maintain a distance of 50 meters each team and follow the main team. you guys only attack the pack only after Alfa and other main wolves started to follow main Troup"
after completing instructions eight people. he looked at the other seven."Billy and I will be in front. we carry a shield. hari you should give your shield to billy.we attack Alfa make it follow us as main target.we will block most of the attacks using a shield."
then he looked at four people " you guys should bring javelin through only when they started us. make sure to run ahead of us."
and he looked at last skinny man " your only job is Mark the way we walked.you are the front runner of the team.make sure we never lose way when we ran back. you only need to bring a spear just for self-protection."
"what about me?" Hari asked.
"you are not coming. it is an important hunt for the village. a small mistake will destroy the mission. we didn't do any hunt together. we don't know each other's strengths. we know you are strong. but our teamwork will be poor"
"But I am the one proposed this mission"
'you complete your mission after reaching here. please, understand I don't want risk my brother's life.we don't want any uncertainty. "
"but..."
"We are going to build some traps in border.you can stay there. if you want you can attack at final battle if any wolves survived after traps and javelins"
Joseph did give hari any chance to refute.hari himself know he is not a qualified, hunter. if he followed them chances of making errors are high. hari sat on a rock at the border looking at the back of hunters.
Hari knew if anything happens to the hunter team will become his life long regret.it was his idea that made them attack the wolf pack.
Hari waited few hours.they didn't come back
Hari started to feel terrible.after one more hour Hari saw two hunters came back.they were part of four teams that used for throwing javelins. one man carrying another man his shoulder.
"he is bitten by a yellow-eyed python. we already applied for medicines .he need rest."
Hari helped the man to carry .they bring the poisoned man to tent.after making sure he was okay, they went to the border area.
when they reached the border. hunter climbed the biggest tree and started to watch the area where hunters are gone.
after two more hours hunters climbed down.
"they are here. hide behind rock.ready for an ambush"
bafter saying this he moved to a branch which was a good sniping point. hari saw some trees are falling in distance. hari saw people are emerging from the tree. front runners are carrying someone.
when they reached near Hari knew it was billy who was carried by others
his one leg is missing.blood is flowing through his leg.billy's shield is carried by someone else. six wolves are following them.there is blood is flowing from them. but Alfa and one other wolves have still enough strength. every few seconds they attacked using wind blades. unlike Joseph's other person's shield usage is poor.every one started to get small cuts. if they have not honed there senses by hunting.may be their parts of the body will cut off by these attacks.
at the same time hunters reached protective areas. wolves reached the trap.
"KACHA...BOOM"
"KACHA BOOM"
"WOOF.."
"WOO.."
three wolves killed by traps.and same time the hunter who was in branch attacked. he killed a wolf who was already bleeding from the attack of traps.
alfa wolf is very angry at that point.it attacked the person in the branch using a wind blade. the branch was cut into pieces.he fell from the tree. everyone heard some bones breaking when he fell down. hari saw he was falling outside of border area which was the only ten-meter distance from him.
wolves looked at the fallen man and Joseph's team. a cruel light flashing in their eyes. alfa wolf started to walk towards the man. when Joseph and the team try to save the person the second wolf came forward and started to attack them. Alfa wolf was near the man. hari waited for a perfect time. he knows he didn't kill it in one shot.his death was sure.
Hari waited until wolf goes for a bite.hari jumped over rock and stabbed his spear to the neck of wolf.his spear went through wolf.but he can't take it back.wolf jumped towards his neck like it's the last attack. hari moved his body even though the wolf bit his right shoulder. hari felt pain sweeping through the whole body. he lost his feeling of right-hand .he punched head wolf a few times. but it didn't move.it died just after biting.
everything happened in a few seconds. seeing the death of alfa., the second wolf tried to run but killed by Joseph And team.
"are you okey?", Joseph helped him took off the wolf and bring them to the tent. after bandaging his shoulder Hari asked about other team members who were part of sniping.
"don't worry, they stayed back to kill some wolves which are not followed us.most of those wolves are aged or too young. they will be back soon"
just like Joseph they came back after an hour without big injuries.
"DING"
"CONGRATULATIONS FOR COMPLETING SIDE MISSION"