The rising sun bathed the sky in a radiant scarlet hue. Golden shafts of lights pierced through the trees, lighting up the entire Howling territory. With that, a flurry of morning-bound activities began. The members of Howling began engaging in their bustle. Everyone woke up and began their labour without a thought. As the Horsemen got themselves ready, a knock resounded from their door. Leo brushed himself down and rushed to get it."Morning guys!!", Lucas's voice rang through their ears."Morning!", all but Pierson responded."I hope you all had some good shut eye because we're going hunting!!!" "Hunting??, hunting what?", Pierson suddenly jumped up and exclaimed. With a short giggle, Lucas continued, "Hunting animals ofcourse. We need the meat to feed the camp and also use animal hides to make clothes and beds. The captain placed me in charge of hunting and today he told me to move out with y'all. This should also give me a fair idea of your Abilities and your capabilities too. So, are you ready--",Before he was done speaking, Pierson ran past him, giddy and all ready to go,"Why are you guys just standing there, Come on, Let's Move!!" They all burst out laughing at his jest and hurried behind him.
They soon left the base and traveled deep into the woods surrounding the Base. Despite the morning sun, a cool breeze billowed through the trees, rustling the still hanging leaves. The group trudged onward as they snapped twigs and crushed leaves under their feet. Leo and Lucas were engaging in conversation, whiles Kenji carried Pierson on his back as always. Pierson would occasionally whisper into his ear, and they'd both cackle away. Asahi on the other hand was back to his acting. He admired crawling bugs and tree barks with sparkling eyes, but they all knew he didn't really care for them. As they went on, Lucas suddenly told them to halt. He dived behind a nearby bush and they all did the same. He then motioned for them to be silent as he pointed to something before them. "A buck..." "I don't remember a lot of my life beyond Valhalla, but I don't recall animals being so huge.",Kenji assured. "Haha...I think you forget that this whole continent is a research center. The animals here have some really strange mutations, and so naturally, most of them are way larger than they are actually supposed to be. "
With that, Lucas lept from his hiding and began to approach it." What are you doing, you'll give us away!", Pierson snapped, Lucas turned to him and smirked," I guess I never told you the reason why the Captain put me in charge of all of Howling's hunts. I'll show you." Just as he said this, His turquoise eyes began glowing. As Pierson stared into his eyes, a chill ran down his spine and his body quivered slightly,"This boy....there's something off about him....". Lucas continued to approach the buck. His grey hair began to waver slowly as a turquoise aura emanated from his whole being. Soon, all except Asahi experience Pierson's feeling too. Asahi stared at them, confused. They all seemed to be washed in....fear. The buck continued to stare in Lucas's direction, but it didn't move. It didn't even seem to notice him at all. With a low toned voice he muttered........
◇◇●•"GHOST CLAW"•●◇◇
Lucas just walked calmly to the buck, took out a small dagger and stabbed into the buck. The buck slowly fell with a small bleating sound."So sorry.....". It finally hit the ground with a thud, shaking a few leaves. Lucas turned to them with a large smile,"One down, guys--!!", But they all looked perplexed. Pierson broke the silence by yelling out,"WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT?!!"