𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 17: 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖊𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌
The sun rolled high shining it's rays upon the Western Kingdom. A single carriage had come to stop in front of the demon hunters school.
The coach exhaled softly brushing off the sweat from his face, the weather was a bit cool but why the hell was he sweating profusely. "Damn!" He clobbered at his leg.
He alighted the carriage walking to the door, he opened it and said "we are here."
"Finally," Fiona leapt out if the carriage stunning the man as she hit him down to the ground. She streched her hand "what the hell are you doing on the floor slime stool."
The coach grumbled, if not for the rank a recruit had over him he was sure to thrust a dagger through her neck. "Weren't you the one that fucking put me down here!" The coach complained rising slowly to his feet.
"Fiona don't tease him, his older than us we should respect him," Anthony alighted behind her also streching his hands and legs.
"You mean this damned old mouse!" Fiona laughed pointing a finger at him "I don't apologize unless I kill someone!" She patted her sword's hilt "do you want that old mouse."
The coach mumbled some words angrily walking back to his post. "Perverts!" He yelled out kicking into ignition riding away as fast as he could.
"Krcch! Bloody coward!" Fiona snarled grinding her teeth.
Anthony placed a hand across Fiona's shoulder "I feel exhausted and bored from the long ride."
Fiona cackled "weak bones I don't feel exhausted."
Anthony furrowed his eyes sensing the fane in her words "is that s..."
"Hey! What the hell!"
Anthony and Fiona caught glimpse of a person in their same attire approaching them angrily.
"Smiling... Touching bodies... Staring each other in the eyes!" The person came to a stop a few feet away. "How despicable, I will do the demon hunters corpse a favour and make sure to wipe this smudge of stain from it's garment!"
That brown hair, those brown eyes, that face, "Chase!" Anthony yelped as he ran towards chase happily.
"Don't come near me," Chase warned tears rolling down his eyes "don't come close, I'm single! I am happy for you, carry on."
Anthony gives no thought to all Chase had said, instead he jumps on him hugging him tightly. "Chase I don't have a girlfriend."
Chase chokes under Anthony's strong hold, he forces out a word "w-h-y?"
Anthony chuckles softly letting go of Chase "because I am too shy to even talk casually to girls! The only girls I ever talked to was my mum and sister..."
"BwahahahahahahahahBwahahahahahahahah!" Chase laughed with all his might, never in his life had he heard such a sorry excuse. He froze as he noticed Anthony's tense look on his face, "wait you aren't laughing?"
Anthony reluctantly shook his head "it wasn't a joke."
Chase clasps him on the shoulder "sorry brother a life with no female breast and lips to..."
A guard stamps his spear on the floor giving a sharp noise that jolts them. "Shouldn't you two be in there!" He said in annoyance a scowl on his face.
"Sorry mr guard we were just leaving," Chase replied his legs shaking. Chase grabbed Anthony by the hand pulling him to a steady pace "let's go Anthony."
They walk past the guard who growls in return. "Boys!" Fiona said to the guard as she passes by him.
As they got a good distance away from the guard Anthony anxiousness got the better of him "why are you scared of the guard?"
"It's said that a single one of the king's guard could just as easily take on a demon on it's own," Chase said with a mesmerizing tone.
Kill a demon alone? Anthony turned his gaze back to the guard standing unmoving from his duty post. He shook his head eager to see him in action but... "We all know this isn't gonna happen in this book."
...
'Nine of Vindacurve's recruits survived the last training session and have arrived at the Western Kingdom'
Vindacurves recruits all sat in the room given to them, they had changed their wear to green long velvet robes. They had all been fed properly till satisfaction and ordered to wait for the next command.
"James isn't it?" Barry asked with a mischievous look on his face. "You look like a girl, your face, long green hair and your smell, can I... Have your hand in marriage?" Barry joked laughing intently as he stares in wait of a reply from James who pays no attention. "Common I know you wanna kiss me, common jamentha, give papa Barry a kiss," he streched out his hands forming his lips in a weird way.
James gives Barry a resentful glare that dazed him, "you mice, I still don't know why you made it this far, you clearly don't deserve the spot you occupy in this room," James sighs "you slimy spoilt brat!"
A grin forms widely on Barry's face, "i see you admire my good looks and abilities!" He turns around and taps Chase to get his attention "hey Chase you're invited to my wedding with jamentha."
"Krcch!" James grinded his teeth flaring up. "You know you aren't funny just annoying!" James muttered in gritted teeth. "Do you have some kind of status that wells up in your head, you pig fart! I will cut you down if you continue to pester me! You meaningless..."
"Hey barf head! You think his life to be less than yours!" Tyler stood from where he sat grabbing James by the robe's collar letting it give a slight rasping noise, "don't you dare talk to my friend like that arrogant shit!" Tyler shoves James away.
"Oh I talk to anyone in any manner I want! You all dead! All of you!" James withdraws from his robes a dagger and hurls it for Tyler too fast for him too react.
"Ahhh!" Anthony groaned as he throws in front of Tyler his hand letting the dagger impale it spewing out blood. He was dazed by this, why would a hunter attack one of his own, surely he was not in the right senses, was he drunk or something. But all that showed in his eyes reflected his true intentions, a great bloodlust that seemed to have been harboured for a long period of time. During the first few times of training James was the silent type unlike Tyler he kept his thoughts to himself and avoided conversations with the rest of them, his strength was outstanding and skill tremendously superior to all of them, the way he tossed the dagger with such precision showed he was far too experienced in doing it. But what bothered Anthony the most was he truly had the intentions to kill them.
"You're not worthy to be called a demon hunter," Anthony grunted wrapping his hand around the hilt of the dagger "you aren't even worthy to weild the sword bestowed to us! You attack your own..." With one swift movement Anthony dislodges the dagger from his palm, he groaned feeling the agony spread up his hand through his shoulder to his spine, "a fellow human, you are... Truly are not better than a demon."
James hisses withdrawing another dagger from his robes "like I care." He let's out a soft chuckle as a clear intention of bloodlust played across his face, "I hate everyone, everything, less I care about anyone! I hate you the most red haired fool!" James stood up pointing the dagger at Anthony. "You fucking sympathize with everyone! You don't leave behind the weaklings, you prefer to drag the weaklings at the cost of your life! What are you... A damned hero... You disgust me!"
"You've become crazy, green face clown!" Chase lunged for James tackling him down to the ground. "You lunatic!" James struggles to pin down james.
Everyone watched james and Chase wrestle, the girls in their conner looked awe in surprise.
James with one outburst of energy kicks Chase off him. James sees an opening and launched his dagger for him.
Chase counters jabbing James on the face with his elbow but he doesn't give up thrusting his dagger for Chase's gut.
Chase recoils falling back letting the dagger miss him by an inch. "Fucking bastard you won't disgrace me in front of all this princesses watching!"
Jame's expression immediate changes harbouring a grin as he lunges for Chase dagger high up to strike a descisive blow.
Before he could reach Chase, Tyler throws a kick for his face sending him falling to his side with a split cracking noise. James held his nose as blood pumped out of it, "you bastard..." James muttered still gripping his nose tightly.
Tyler scowls down at James "what madness, you are truly pathetic, attempting to kill one of your own." Tyler planted a kick on James gut making him cough out blood. "If not for Anthony this bastard might have gotten his wish to put me in the grave! Well I have news for your sorry ass... I will be ending you here and now!" Tyler raised his leg to plant a injury on James.
The door swung open interrupting them. All the boys froze in place as a silence swept the room.
Twelve guards entered the room holding huge bags and luggages, they drop them not paying any attention to the recruits and just as swift as they came the exited slamming the door after them.
Tyler dropped his foot back to the ground "I have no interest in mutilating you anymore." He turns away and to the pile of luggages and bags.
Soon enough the tenseness between the boys disappeared all trooping to pick their bags and luggages, all except James who secludes himself from the others, sitting silently at a corner of the room.
Anthony grabs his bag and luggage sitting down with the others. How this had slipped his mind, with all the trainings and trials he went through this was the least he would remember. He glared at James at the corner, he couldn't help but think why he did all he did, the fight could have been avoided, but why did he go through with it even when he was outnumbered and outwitted? James, what might be driving you against us?
Anthony opens his bag to see different varieties of snacks sealed in Nylons, they looked intact and none spoilt from all his time apart. Thank you Rendo.
"Hey Anthony what is that?"
Anthony turned to Barry who was beside him eyes transfixed on his bag. "Nothing, just food," Anthony replies him bringing out a nylon coloured orange, he hands it over to Barry, "this was one of my favorites, my dad bought this for me whenever he would come to visit, trust me it's good."
Tyler taps Barry on the head "you talk too much," he nestles beside Anthony.
Anthony smiles yanking one out of his bag and cheerfully handing it to Tyler with his utter blissful expression on his face. "Take it's good."
Tyler opens the nylon to perceive the sweet smell of the delicacy in it. Unable to hold his lust anymore he took one of the dry triangle shaped delicacy and threw it into his mouth chewing slowly. "Hell this thing is too good!" Tyler hastings eating up every last one of the delicacy in the Nylon, "what are this things called?"
"Tataratagata!" Anthony says.
"Pretty weird name for something this good," Tyler furrows his eyes staring at Anthony for a while. He turns around to Chase who sat staring at the girls. "Hey pervy freak come try one of this things!"
Chase growled "you deaf pig stop calling me a pervy freak, I am no freak," he gives an obscure smile "I am the destined love for all princess and empress a provider to love all over the world. Call me the seductive magnet involving love energy, short for s.m.i.l.e."
Tyler shook his head "you grow more disturbing every moment pervy freak. Anthony give him the bomb!"
Chase grinded his teeth how was he supposed to attract girls if Tyler continued to call him that. "Damn you! Damn your handsome soul!" He mumbles to himself welling up with rage.
"Catch!" Anthony sends a Nylon of Tataratagata Chase's way who catches it readily.
"It better be good poker face!" Chase Unseals it and tosses one into his mouth. "Shit!" Chase huriddely emptied the entire Nylon of chips. "This taste heavenly."
More! They chorus.
The door swings open again and the same twelve guards stepped in earlier came in most carrying folded clothes of the same attires and materials, and one carrying in hand a golden scroll.
He opens the scroll and scans thoroughly through it before speaking "if you hear your name step forward." He cleared his throat before continuing "Fiona!"
One of the guards holding a cloth stepped out streching out the clothes he carried in his hands while bowing his head as a sign of respect.
"You goat fart! Hell with you!" Fiona rose to her feet "you don't scream my name!" She walked to the guard and roughly took the clothes from his hands "thank you! You aren't like some rotten fart guard that lacks manners!" She went back to take her seat.
The guard holding the scroll froze for a while lost in thought, he had never experienced so much reprimanding from any woman in his life. His face reddens in embarrassment,there was nothing he could do but endure. "Next Artlery..."
"Chase..."
"James..."
"Ella..."
"Selestina..."
"Tyler..."
"Marona..."
"Finally Anthony!" Anthony stepped out last of the bunch and collects his clothes from the bowing guard. He bows his head in appreciation turning back and heading for his seat. The textile of the clothes were made of a fine quality, it looked like a uniform mostly dark with some green stripes.
After a short time the guard continues "change to those clothes, get ready before the sun sets, prepare for your last exam by Vindacurve."
"Hey! Idiot are we gonna change in front of all this perverted boys!" Fiona rose to her feet walking to the guard with the scroll grabs roughly by the collar shaking him violently "now I'm gonna kill you!"
Panicking the guards heart palpitated, this girl was surely no joke "ugh... Yes... We have a different room for girls in particular."
Fiona squeezed her fist "that won't cut it!"
"The room has... A swimming pool, a fan, a great toilet!" The guard panicked as he chokes from the tightness of Fiona's grab.
Fiona shoves him back "you just escaped by a hair, let's go girls."
The girls left the room with the guards shutting the door after.
Anthony looked at his uniform baring the symbol of the Western Kingdom, he felt proud of how far he had gone, the honour bestowed to him... Within him he promised never to stain the Honour of the symbol.
"Fuck we've been duped! The girls get a luxury room and we get only a thermite infested room with no toilet, that's a legit dupe!" Chase ranted.
"Looks like the demon hunting will soon begin for us," Barry said taking off his robe.
"Shit why won't boys smell bad! We are Always cheated, I can't even take my fifth shower today just because of this predicament!" Chase hurriedly takes off his robes taking from his bag two cans and spraying his naked body. He drops the bottles after a long spray grabbing two others from his bag and spraying his long purple hair that was well past his waist.
"We aren't going to a girl party pig fart face! You don't need to choke us all!" Tyler complains with a stern serious tone.
"Shut it asshole! There will be female hunters there, I have to win as many hearts as I can, I have to marry all those goddesses awaiting my presence!" Chase snarled as he sprayed his hair slowly and intently.
Barry feeling pressed to ask "how many of those stuff do you have lady freak?"
"About a dozen for my body twelve dozen for my dazzling hair," Chase smiles answering Barry while holding out a spray can "you want one, to look as handsome as I am?"
"No I think I can win a girls heart without manufactured products," Barry rejects calmly.
"What's up with you? I see you have something... What's bothering you Barry?" Chase asked licking his lip.
"Where do you think we're going for this final exam?" Anthony asked zipping his trousers.
Tyler gives him an enigmatic look before replying "the demon forest. The home of lost hearts! Literally."
Anthony nods taking it all in, he couldn't grasp what made this different than the Bloodbane forest but something about it gave him a great sense of foreboding.
"Hahahaha!" Chase laughs uncontrollably while Barry tries to calm him. "Bros Barry said he loves Fiona hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" He fell to his knees unable to hold the outflow of laughter.
The rest also burst into laughter making Barry redden in embarrassment.
Tyler clasped Barry on the shoulder "man up and tell her before this pervy freak tries anything stupid," he smiled "girls don't stay single forever."
"Hehehehe! You ugly blue haired chicken, she won't fall for you, but I can give you tips to winning her over," Chase arrogantly said.
"I'm sure Fiona would like me the way I am," Barry said in defence, "right James!"
James growled turning away from them "doubted!"
"We can talk about that later, let's focus on the task at hand," Anthony said calling back their attention to the .
"I agree I have heard tales of Final exams ending many recruits! Hundreds!" Tyler said with a very frantic tone. "Every year, thousands go in and less than a hundred survive."
"It can't really be that bad," Barry said in disbelief "can it?"
Tyler shook his head "a year ago a thousand went in."
"So?" Chase said arrogantly.
"Less than twenty passed."
"What!" All of them froze the environment instantly engulfed by a tense feeling of intimidation.
Anthony gulped, a forest that slimmed an army of recruits to a small company... This might actually turn out to be more than they were bargaining for.
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