"And that's 19!"
[Quest: The Hunter or the Hunted
Kill 20 land animals!
Animals killed: 19
Time: 6 days]
Three days have passed since my first kill. Hunting became easier from then on, as I became calmer and more composed. Although sometimes, I would mess up and still get beaten by the animals. I also have yet to kill anything smarter than deer's.
"Alright, one more."
I dragged my kill to my house and placed it in the storage. I then walked towards the forest once more, planning my next hunt. However, as I got deep into the forest, I noticed the rustling of the leaves and bushes. I looked around and 16 pairs of red eyes with golden horns stared at me.
'What's going on?' I thought.
I giggled while sweating and thought, 'Don't tell me these guys are angry because I killed their kind… and now they're after my head.'
I looked behind me and saw the same red eyes and golden horns. The eyes and the horns began to walk forward, revealing their true form, the white deer that I have been hunting for the past three days.
"Ha… Haha… Hahaha."
I sweated as I backed off, but remembering that I was surrounded, I smiled and said, "I'm sure we can talk this out."
Seeing them not planning on stopping, I took out one of my spears and readied my stance. The deer in front of me ran with all his might. The deer was fast, but my training had helped me improve my reaction time.
I quickly dodged by going to the right. I got cocky and commented, "You gotta be faster than tha—"
But before I could finish, something smacked me from behind. It was one of the deer, and its attack had sent me flying into a nearby tree.
Getting up while holding the right side of my stomach as it bled because it was grazed by the horn, making it bleed out.
I got up while glaring at the deer that struck me and said, "You bastard."
The deer looked at me with indifference and charged once more. I dodged the incoming deer. The deer met with the tree and broke it, which surprised me.
'Is my body really that strong? How did I take that hit without dying?'
As I pondered how strong, handsome, great, and smart I am, another wave of attack began to start. However, this time, multiple deer went in for the kill.
I dodged to the left, slid to the right, took it back, hopped one time, and took my right foot and stomped the incoming deer's foot, making it fall down.
"Tsk. Now it's my turn to attack."
I ran towards a deer and struck it with my spear right in the head, however, before my spear could land, it was dodged and the deer struck back. Its horn tried to hit my face, but I quickly leaned backward. Nevertheless, its horn still managed to graze my eye, making a line on my right eye as it bled out. Thankfully, I was not blinded.
I stumbled backward and said, "Shit, I can't use my right eye, the blood is getting in the way."
Without me knowing, one of the deer took advantage of my right eye and struck me where I couldn't see him.
"Argh!"
My right arm was broken, I could barely move my body as I was stunned after hitting another tree as my head crashed onto the tree.
"Fuck it hurts!"
'If I take one more hit… I'll die.'
I stood up as I stared at the deer who struck me while he charged another attack. The deer ran as hard as he could while I stood composed, ready to counter.
As its horn was about to hit me, I quickly dodged to the right and did a 180 and pierced its neck. It cried as it bled out, making the other deer angry.
Another deer ran and rammed its head into me, as I tried to block with my remaining arm. I was again flown in the direction of a tree.
I sat under the tree, my breathing heavy, blood coming out of my mouth, and with two broken arms.
Huff Huff
I struggled to breathe and my eyes were getting blurry. I saw the deer slowly walk their way toward my uncontrollable body. I smiled and laughed at myself for dying to the deer I hunted. However, as I laughed madly, I noticed a blue text with my blurry eyes.
[Quest Completed!
Rewards have been given!]
I smiled and quickly dismissed the notification.
As the deer got close to me, a sudden sound caught their attention. A yellow eye suddenly appeared in the depths of the forest, with the tree's shadow hiding who it was. Then, a blue eye appeared as he walked out of the shadow.
The creature that walked up had the face of a lion with cool gray fur. He was 6'8" and his fur was in dreadlocks, with his face being covered in scars. His armor was made of rusty metal and spiky bones. Finally, he wielded a terrifying sword in his right hand while his left hand had claws made out of bones covered in blood.
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The creature growled and showed his four fangs. Terrified, the deer stepped back, planning to run. However, the fierce lion leaped and massacred them one by one.
I laughed as he massacred the deer, with my vision fading and the last thing I saw was him walking towards me.
I struggled to make words as I said, "Hahaha… *Cough* Is that you, Rengar?"
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