Ten centuries ago, a young boy with animal skin for clothes can be seen running in the forest has monsters in the looks of a bear with red glowing eyes and a strange mist coming out of their mouths, chase right after him in an attempt to devour him, he runs as fast as he can to escape from the waves of monsters that nearly covered the whole forest from behind, as ten of those monsters jumped to tackle him, ten arrows shot right past his face to hit them each in the face, then they turned to dust almost like they never existed.
"C'mon watch out for the boy, that was close"
"So was the monster, they are getting too much nowadays "
"Be careful I still have some debt to pay, I will go and delay them a bit just save the boy and leave"
"Wh-what about you?"
"Don't worry, monsters like this can't stop me"
Along the way, as the boy kept running a stick got in his way, he tripped and fell on his face, rain was falling so it was muddy everywhere, and it ruined his cloth and for a split second he felt death about to get him as three more of those bear monsters jumped at him, before they could reach him man came with an axe and swiftly decapitated all of them in the air then dust.
"Hey kid, get up and follow that direction", says the Knight as he carries his sword in front and hooks the axe at his back he seems to be wearing a wooden chest plate for defense with a little cloth to cover everything else under.
"Thank goodness a hunter !!, you have got to help me", said the boy
"What does it look like I am doing, now get going and also not a hunter a knight", says the Knight with an irritated face.
"Ohh, S-s-sorry" answered the kid
"Hey over here" shouts the Archer as he stands on a tree shooting multiple arrows with 100% accuracy.
The boy ran towards the Archer, he got down from the tree and carried the boy on his shoulder as he ran with full speed across the forest to get to the bridge so as to enter the defensive wall of the tribe they got their job from.
'I guess it's only me now' thought the Knight as he cuts a monster in half effortless when evading a bite by sliding downwards then stabbing the head and slicing the monster from the top to the bottom, the others didn't stop and he kept on displaying skills upon skill eliminating every threat for almost 30 minutes before finally heading back since the mission was more or less finished and the monsters were not reducing in any way, he turned back and started running and in less than two minutes he already got to the bridge whereas if it was a normal person running he would get there in twenty-five minutes.
Has he got near the bridge a monster suddenly jumped up and landed right in front to block his path and this monster seemed more unique than the rest since it was huge with a long tail a spike at the end of it and it seemed to have poison at the tips as drops of the liquid melts up the ground.
The Knight didn't wait for it to attack and just went straight to attacking first, the monster wanted to block but instead on instinct jumped backwards and landed on the bridge, the Knight didn't seem happy but knew that it won't be easy, quick matches are based on luck, right?
Before the monster could get his balance on the rocky bridge, the Knight rushed at him and just as he was about to slice the tail of the beast , the other minions that were as small as rats jumped on him and were trying to bite onto him but instead he took out his dagger and stabbed them on their necks before they could take a bite, the huge one had seen the moves the Knight had displayed and was curious about him.
A man who was both good at the sword and also the dagger, could fight for a long time without getting tired or showing any mistake in every move almost like he was a master at it.
As they both were staring at each other the Knight made the first move and jumped down from the cliff the monster looked down but couldn't see him again as the mist had covered everything below, after a few seconds the bridge has started to collapse and the knight was seen at the other side cutting down the ropes attached to the bridge, the monster tried running towards the knight to kill but the bridge fell before he could get close.
"Idiot", said the knight. Cutting the head of the monster would have made him aquire more money but he couldn't stick around because the other monsters were coming and he didn't have enough time to deal with them all, he went back to the village to get his reward for the rescue mission.
As he entered all the villagers were looking at him in a strange way almost like they felt irritated being near him.
'Must they always show how ungrateful they are?' thought the Knight, as he got close to the village head's hut he could hear the sound of cheers and worries coming from the place
"Thank the gods for bringing you home safe and sound, do you know how worried we were"
"I am so sorry father, I was only trying to hunt I didn't know when I had crossed over to their territory"
"Now we have to block the path or this village will be in trouble"
All these were what he heard as he entered and told them that "Don't bother I took care of it, I have already cut down the bridge"
"You are back" said the Archer.
Everyone shifted their gaze at him and their happy expression disappeared like it was never there again, "Oh I see, I guess we will have to reward you for your work, guards get this man his money so he can be out of here"
The guards got his money and threw it at him, he picked it up from the floor and worked out with his partner, on the road to their home his Partner couldn't hold it in anymore.
"Why were they all acting like that, weren't them the one that asked for your help, it's almost like they hate you or something"
"I can't blame them, my history with them isn't a good one"
"What happened?"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"okay boss, anything you say"
"No one knows this but hunters and knights all hate each other"
'i thought you didn't want to talk about it' thought the Archer.
"Why?"
"That's because the hunters are ruthless people, while we are law abiding individuals, hunters don't care about anything than to hunt and because of that they hated us since we are always on their tails trying to either capture them or kill them"
"Then why would you help them?, aren't we even meant to raid them or something?"
"when they came for assistance I wanted use them to get their location for a raid but I decided to say no since it won't be good of me to act like them but the knight code that I follow won't let me just leave them be, and it's to always help those in need"
"That's messed up"
The journey was short and they parted ways to their various homes, when the he got home the smell of blood filled the air just as he was about to enter. The first thing he saw was the death of his wife with kids under her, his family was massacred.