AN: sorry I did not upload much, I might make another chapter today after this? Anyways, I'm not feeling so well due to me and a few buddies going out camping for a few nights recently. I write everything on a desktop pc so I wasn't going to write anything, but even if I wanted to I probably couldn't due to me getting really carsick on the travel up there. The real kicker is all the wildlife pollinating right now which is what I'm really allergic to… that's why I usually camp out in the winter or late fall. But for whatever reason, I assumed that the recent cold weather around where I lived meant that there was no pollen… Long story short, I am essentially really sick with a fuck ton of college papers due within the next two weeks so uploads will remain strictly to the weekends or whenever I am procrastinating. Now, on to the chapter !!
"Considering this is the Hunter exam there HAS to be something special about these pigs no? I mean just look at the creature from the marsh! What if these pigs are… equipped with high-power lasers or autocannons!" after having said that I internally cringed, I just wanted to alert them that the pigs could be dangerous without spelling out that they were those weird tanky ramming pigs from the anime!
"... While I agree that the pig we are going to hunt for may be special… I don't think we will be finding any 'laser pigs' in the forest." There it is! The save? From Kurapika, though it seems like the rest have seemed to pick up on the hint regarding the test.
"I do not know much about species of pigs as there were not any on Whale Island. Regardless, Magenta-San you have quite the vivid imagination don't you?" Was Gon's contribution to the topic as we advanced further into the forest.
"Pff…more like a delusional old man" Was all Killua had to say about the topic… Though he probably has nothing to worry about in all of these exams.
'Gon was brutally honest and Killua honestly brutal… I am the oldest one here all things considered.'
*Cough* "YeAh… as if there would be laser pigs… you would have to be an idiot to believe that! Aren't you just a comedian Magenta! Hahaha!" and finally was Leorio… who was nervously looking away while laughing "trying" to cover up the fact he believed me…
"Huh?" having bumped into the back of Kurapika I looked to see what the hold up was, only to see a small drove of pigs (had to look up what a group of pigs was called… ) that were gargantuan in size compared to those of my past life.
'Man the anime did not do these things justice, or really any of the wildlife in this world so far…' the pigs were bulbous in general silhouette but the thick hairs on their body seemed quite rigid and more akin to spines, and the thick hardened hide that their oddly-shaped noses were made of seemed to be extremely tough from just a glance. Though it seemed they noticed us too, as they stopped grazing and seemed to give us an inspecting gaze.
"Most wild pigs are quite territorial…" was the sound that broke the silence that ensued alongside the staredown between the many contestants and the pigs.
"Skreeee!!" and with that, the pigs began to accelerate their large bodies as they charged toward various examinees.
Around the forest were similar situations happening, though other contestants were not lucky enough to escape being trampled by the pigs. Regardless of what was thrown at the pigs their thick hide would absorb all damage inflicted upon them. Even those armed with firearms seemed to find them completely ineffective, apparently, they never received the notice that they were living in an anime and that guns are useless.
"Seeing as anything we can throw at that thing seems useless against them, I will once again be asking you to RUN! Or at least until we can find an exploitable weakness like the inside of the mouth or eyes, stay on your feet and make sure you can get away." Following my warning, everyone around us seemed to play a game of cat and mouse with the pigs, though we were the mice in this situation.
"I think I may know where to hit this thing! So give me an opening to shoot the thing from an angle!" having remembered that these things would collapse the instant their foreheads received blunt trauma, so all I had to do was shoot its forehead. Though I wasn't some sort of deadeye sharpshooter, the shooting skills I received upon transmigration should be enough to make the shot. It's just I could not make it previously as their odd-shaped snouts created a natural shield for their weak spots when directly facing their enemy.
"Got you!" was the response I got from the rest of the group as they played the role of bait whilst I separated from them.
*inhale* getting into a comfortable firing position I began to track the small group of six pigs chasing my buddies. Aiming just ahead of where they were going to be I readied my finger by moving it onto the trigger from the trigger guard.
*Bang* having taken the first shot, the first pig fell to the ground with a sizeable dustcloud being made with the impact of its massive body hitting the ground. Following the first shot, I began to fire on the small group, while I would kill one more pig than we needed I'd rather not let it chase them any longer and allow another contestant to have the corpse.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* and within a few moments the pigs were dead on the ground, there was no blood as it seems the bullets still could not pierce their hides but the impact of the hit got to their much softer brain causing them to die.
"Well, now we need to get these things to the exam hall… Let's get a move on then!" I shouted towards my now stunned friends.
"Hmm is something wrong?" I asked in confusion looking at themes tare at me.
"You are actually useful for something!?" Speaking for the group was Leorio who seemed shocked at the display of me defeating the pigs.
"The hell is that supposed to mean four eyes?" I shouted back in outrage.
"Well, you figured out their weak spots which we couldn't do in our time spent running from all of them… That and your admittedly decent use of a firearm was quite the surprise. I just thought you were some nobody that got here due to luck alone like Leorio." Spoke Killua, who looked at me in slight surprise as if he was proven wrong in something.
" " What the hell did you call me you little Shit !! " " almost as if on the same wavelength Leorio and I yelled at Killua as we began to run faster after the silver-haired boy seemingly ignoring the weight of the large pigs on our backs as we all ran back to the exam hall.