'Name: Black-horned Smasher
Strength: 7
agility: 2.5
Traits: Herbivorous, predators bane, very aggressive.'
"Damn! The strength of this beast is a bit too much. And those horns are too sharp, one hit at any important parts of the body, and I'm dead for sure. But my agility is higher than this beast by more than one point."
Li Xian commented as his heart raced with tension. He slowly took some deep breaths, consoling himself that he was faster than the beast.
He then looked at the weak kid, who looked to be shivering from head to toe. He waved his hands toward him, wanting to calm the kid down. The kid gathered himself up a bit and weakly nodded his head.
Li Xian sighed himself, as he doesn't know how this kid is going to act with those weak legs, which are further weakened by the fright, just in the presence of that humongous beast.
The beast itself is around two meters in height with a length of around four meters, making it look like an extremely big okapi.
They both waited till the beast grazed its way toward them, and the sound completely rose up, illuminating the world with bright light.
"It's taking a lot of time, and they probably wouldn't be able to hold themselves and may make mistakes." Ankara commented as he understood what those two may be experiencing right now.
Sometimes it's always better to do things as soon as possible to achieve the best results. The longer wait will not always help, as that also puts a lot of pressure on their minds.
"They better not make any mistakes, or I will make sure to teach them a lesson if they by chance survive this. Hmph!!"
One of the stocky-looking hunters said as he felt that all their efforts will go to waste if those two make any mistakes.
Ankara, Maiman glared at him, while Lasang raised his spear, instantly making that guy scared out of his wits.
"You better watch what you say, Dianthu. Those two, even though they didn't contribute much to our band before. What they are doing now is the best contribution that most of the people in our band have ever made. If we can kill that beast, we will have enough meat for quite some time, you know?"
Ranong said as he eyed the stocky guy. All the main hunters have the safety of their band, and its survivability is what matters most. Even some other hunters think the same, but some, like the stocky guy, have some other thoughts regarding the two kids.
Dianthu nodded his head, as though he understood. But there is no remorse in his eyes, as he still feels it is good if those two guys die in this hunt.
Around an hour later, that beast finally decided to graze near the two rocks where Li Xian and the other guy are hiding. Just as the beast appeared around a hundred steps from them, Li Xian held the rock, which is around one kilogram, tightly in his hand before looking at the other guy.
Li Xian had already discussed throwing the rocks at the same time with this guy. Just as the beast came around seventy steps from them, Li Xian directly came out of his hiding spot before throwing the stone, which, by luck, directly hit the beast's head.
That weak guy also hurriedly threw his stone, which didn't even make it thirty steps away from him, making Li Xian sigh.
That 'Okapi' felt quite hurt, as suddenly something very hard knocked it. It felt immense pain, and its mind didn't process what was happening to it.
Seeing the beast acting like that, Li Xian signaled the weak guy to run to the side where his rock was. The weak guy quickly nodded his head, before running from there to the side where Li Xian pointed.
Not bothering with that guy anymore, Li Xian took one more stone and threw that at the beast who is shaking its head to get its focus back. This time the stone didn't hit the beast but cleared its dizziness instantly attracting it toward Li Xian.
Li Xian took a deep breath as he achieved his goal. He instantly started sprinting toward the ambush spot. But he didn't use his full speed, as he needed to keep the beast on his tail.
That beast also instantly sprinted towards him with red eyes. Just as he made it around seventy steps, from his spot, the beast also reached their initial hiding spots.
Li Xian gave a sidelong glance at that weak guy, who had also run around fifty steps from the original spot since the time Li Xian distracted the beast. Since the beast is on his tail, it won't attack him anymore. Li Xian thought before speeding up to his full speed.
But something unexpected happened, the beast didn't chase him directly but instead stopped to make a 'war cry' at him before killing him.
That roar almost made Li Xian's leg go wobbly for a moment, but he gathered his wits and ran without looking back.
On the other hand, the weak guy's legs went completely limp when he heard the roar. As the beast gets closer to him, even though he isn't the beast's target, he doesn't know who the beast is roaring at.
He tripped on one of the stones there before rolling down, which instantly attracted the beast's attention. It then looked at Li Xian, who is already two hundred steps away from it, and then at the weak guy, who is just fifty steps away from it, before choosing to finish the weak guy first.
'Brrrrr'
It made one more roar before proceeding on its way toward the weak guy, who is still getting himself up.
Li Xian, who heard the roaring of the beast again, instantly alerted him, as it was not coming right behind him as it should be. Even though that beast has weaker agility than he does, it still has over two points in its agility.
He instantly looked back to see what was happening, which instantly gave him a fright. He doesn't know what happened there or why that beast is targeting the weak guy. The most important point is why the weak kid is standing there without moving.
Li Xian didn't see that weak guy fall down. He just saw him right after that guy brought himself up. He tried to move, but he felt extreme pain when he tried to lift his leg, as though a kind of shockwave had passed through his entire body.
Li Xian saw that the beast was just forty steps away from that guy, so he used his full speed and maybe even more strength exerted from his body to give an instant boost to him. He dashed toward the man, but the distance between them is more than 200 steps.
His brain's only thought at this moment is to save that guy, who has a burning desire to survive. Li Xian swooshed as he surpassed the speed of his previous life's top speed. The distance between them is around 150 meters or 200-something steps.
In just three or four seconds, Li Xian reached the hundred-meter mark. Just around 50 meters or 70 to 80 steps away from that weak guy's location.
But the beast had already reached that guy's back, only two meters away. That weak guy, who is trying his best to move, quickly looked back as he heard the heavy steps behind him.
The next thing he knew, something pierced his heart. He didn't feel any pain, and probably his pain stimulators haven't reacted to such sudden damage to his body.
But he saw the horn that was projecting from his body and understood that he was done for. He then looked back at Li Xian, who was desperately making his way toward him. A bleak smile formed on his face as he felt something that he had never felt in his entire life.
No one cared for him in the entire band, and the only grandpa he had died at an early age. He struggled desperately to survive to this day.
But today he saw someone he had only made a "friend" with a night ago, despite the fact that they had known each other for a long time, running towards him, despite the fact that he knew it was extremely dangerous.
A kind of warm feeling flowed through his body, but warm blood also flowed through his mouth. He wanted to tell Li Xian, the only person he cared for, to run away as soon as possible.
He raised his hand a bit, trying to signal the same hand sign that Li Xian made for him to run away. As soon as he made that sign, his hand fell down, and tears slowly flowed from his eyes.
"Hope is such a silly thing. But I just made a companion... I wished I had just a little more time to spend with my "friend." Sigh!
That is the only thought that flashed in his mind before he died.