They were in the forest surrounded with animals. Faes looked around in interest while aiden focused on finding the target
"now we are here to hunt deer today you see that one over there?" aiden whispered as they moved slowly towards the bushes
Faes nodded as she had already noticed that deer eating leaves from a bush while its herd was little far away eating drass. that made it easier to hunt it down.
"you have to hunt it without destroying its body and without gathering attention of other deers" aiden told faes knowing that she will find a way and this will also test her skills and make her learn new techniques.
Faes just gave him a blank look then turned back to the deer 'and just how do I do that now?' she thought sighing internally knowing well that aiden was doing this to make her improve her skills.
The ring on faes hand changed into a bow as she willed and then she took an arrow from the quiver from her back. she was going all out as she haven't inspected it yet. Aiming the arrow to the deer heart she used the heat to turn the arrow sharper and wind to make it faster. When she released the arrow it went directly through the deers heart even before it knew what happened it died and she got a notification telling her of exp gain.
'well it was quite easy' faes thought then inspected the deer
[Deer
Common non magic animal used to eating]
'well never mind' faes had a blank look after she checked the details of the deer, why did she thought that aiden would let her hunt a stronger beast right from the start? its not like that she can kill stronger monsters yet.
Aiden on the side was watching every move of faes with a smile on his face. He had done this to test faes. 'we have to take proper precautions and think of a strategy first before taking action even when it is just a simple deer' aiden was happy that faes went all out with the arrow and fire but when he saw the blank look on her face he knew that she was not as happy.
'what to do now?' he thought but then he just let it go. Faes was after all a 8 year old kid she have to be exited to hunt a beast rather than a non magic animal.
"what to do now?" faes asked after taking care of her thoughts. 'he definitely did that to test her strategy and hunting skills and it makes sense' faes thought and her bad mood vanished.
"we go hunt a tier 1 beast" aiden said as he went to the dead deer and stored its body in his spatial ring.
Tier 1 beast? Faes became excited again. Aiden had taught her about the tiers and levels and stages of one's cultivation. As human cultivate beast do too but instead of stages they use tiers to represent beast stages as they are better.
Tier 1 beast are similar to body strengthening stage of human cultivation. ' it will be fun hunting now.' Faes was in full spirits as she hopped along side aiden who smiled watching her. ' she is really cute' aiden thought while smiling at faes. he had already decided which beast they were going to hunt and where they will find them. he had planned the hunt carefully and he was making sure to avoid the stronger beast that faes cant hunt right now.
faes was not only happy by the side but alert too. her senses were on full alert and she had noticed that they were avoiding the stronger beast while moving in a particular direction. she was touched at aidens care and protection. she always wished that someone would take care of her and protect her from every danger and now aiden was doing just that and it made her heart melt.
she knew that this was her chance to improve and learn new skills so she focused on her surrounding and tried to notice everything she can. the birds chirping on the trees, the soft blow of the wind and sway of the leaves, the monsters around them and their movement. faes knew that they were moving towards their target that aiden had marked and tried to focus on what it was but alas she was late and they had already arrived on their designated place.
"this place has lots of tier 1 beast and the population of tier 1 gale rabbits are in abundant here. we are here to hunt the rabbits and i will also teach you how to make traps and lure the prey" aiden said in a low voice.
faes looked around taking in the scenery. they were in a clearing filled with grass that went till two feet height. the rabbits from earth are famous for being fast and cute. if she is correct then the gale rabbits are tier 1 beast because if their speed.
"let me guess they are fast becaus they use concept of wind in their movements?" faes asked aiden in a whisper who grinned at her.
'as expected she clearly guessed what the rabbit is famous for and why' this discovery made aiden proud that faes was his disciple but he didnt wanted her to be just that! he wanted her to be his childl he had already lost two of his children and faes was like a fairy descended from the heaven to save his last child with his love. even though she wasnt the same faes but he had taken a liking to her as she wasnt evil. he wanted to leave his child in protection of someone who he can trust before he dies and also ensure its safety. what was better to leave his child to his disciple or better his adoptive daughter?
"yes they use concept of wind to dodge the attacks and you can only catch them if you are faster or have traps laid out with your clever mind." aiden explained in a low voice.
he then picked some ropes and stones from nearby and showed faes how to make a trap.
he first dig a hole and left twigs and leaves to cover it then he made a faes was a fast learner and she made a trap just after a few tries and this made aiden smile proudly.
"now try to lure a rabbit here and catch it without damaging either its skin or meat" aiden instructed as he sat on a tree branch and relaxed.
faes had gotten to know that aiden was not only a prankster and laid back king but also he was lazy! he only did the things that he thought were necessary and just relax at other times.
faes also knew that he was letting her do most of the work becaus he wanted her to learn from experience and she was happy about it. it gives her freedom to do whatever she wanted. if she were in any danger he was right above her to protect her.
faes first calmed herself down and focused trying to sense the rabbits location and movement pattern. she soon found a few of them nearby but they just moved randomly! taking a deep breath, Faes moved to a side pulling out an arrow and summoning her bow. she was going to hit it from different directions making it move towards the trap and then catch it.
faes found a nice place and then took a shot scaring the rabbits as they began to jump around wildly. faes had one target set already so she targeted it and made it change directions towards the trap. 'great' faes thought as she continued to direct it. just as they were close to the trap and the rabbit was going to get caught it vanished leaving faes staring at the spot it was.
'where did it go?' she thought looking around and finally found it jumping away from the trap. 'was that concept of wind?' faes was left to wonder just how on earth the gale rabbit did that. it was clearly not using space magic its speed was so fast that she didnt saw it change directions. 'so cool if only i can use it too' faes thought then her eyes widened.
'who said i cant!' her lips formed a smile as she called her bow back and then summoned her sword. faes has decided to catch it by killing it with its own method.
aiden saw it all from his place above the tree and a grin formed on his face. he saw faes take out her sword and it made him smile because he understood what she was trying to do but how can it be that easy? even if she learned the concept of wind and air she will need practice and it was precisely the reason he brought faes here.
faes took deep breath and focused on the wind direction then she took notice of the hiding place of the rabbits.
wind can made one fast and also speed can kill. with this thought in mind faes used air magic to increase her speed while running towards the rabbit and then made air around her sword revolve in high speed. she was going to hunt it this by catching up to it and hitting it with the wind blade.
but her plans went in vein just as she began because due to sudden increase in speed she lost her balance and fell down. this made aiden laugh as he found it amusing.