The night cleared to reveal a harrowing sight. Burnt trees surrounded the headless charred body of what seemed to have been a giant bird of prey. "That was close" Okuagu said through gritted teeth. "You idiot, if not for me we could have lost the head of that crazy bird" shouted Gale as he clutched his chest regretting why he shouted. "I saved our lives, your welcome. Though I am deeply saddened by the loss of that prime meat" Okuagu said as he slowly circulated the heat from the surroundings towards his wounds thereby healing his wound ever so slightly. "Rest while I dress your wounds" Okuagu added as he applied a mixture of herbs he had found nearby, to Gale's wounds.
While the spear had struck the falcon almost incinerating it to a crisp. Gale had used his gift to circulate the wind around the falcon's head in high speed which severed it from the rest of its body, after which Okuagu caught the now important lifeless head before they ran from the site of explosion.
Gale after that last shout had lost consciousness due to blood loss. Okuagu on the other hand stopped midway in starting a fire for he could sense something moving towards Gale. "Stop! Okuagu shouted as he pointed his now flaming spear in that direction. "Alright" came a raspy reply as a man dressed in a black robe emerged from the darkness. "What do you want stranger? Okuagu asked with a low growl. "The assassin,child there is no need for you to associate yourself with such vermin" replied the man as he brought out a silver mace from his robe."Typical" Okuagu said as he dodged an attack for his face. "Now you see me and now you don't" the stranger said as Okuagu lost feeling of his five senses. The stranger quickly attacked delivering a lot of blows at Okuagu who just seemed to be hitting wildly. "I knew it you must have a good sense of smell, but unfortunately my gift shuts all senses" laughed the stranger as he kicked Okuagu sending him reeling into a tree. "Time to die, child" the stranger smiled as he raised his mace to smash Okuagu's head but paused shivering when he looked at Okuagu's body to find out that the wounds on his body weren't caused by his mace but an earlier battle. "Take a look at your mace stranger" Okuagu said with a chuckle before he punched the stranger in the belly making him crash into a rock.The stranger looked at the mace and saw that all the spikes and a good part of the mace had melted. "Disadvantage of having an insulated handle" the stranger reasoned as he got up to leave. "Not so fast" Okuagu said as he stabbed the stranger in the shoulder burning it in the process."How is he detecting me "The stranger thought as he coughed blood. "You only blocked five of my senses was the reply the stranger heard before he saw darkness.…..
The stranger woke up to see a bear's snarling face in front of him. He moved back but couldn't due to the vines on his legs. On close inspection he realized that it was only a severed bear's head amidst a massive pile of beast heads with a massive golden falcon's head on top. "Where am I" he reasoned for he couldn't see any tree in sight."Hello Smoke" Gale said with a smile as he sipped from a crude wooden cup. "Gale you will never escape the silver eagles" Smoke said as he looked at the now festering wound on his shoulder. "How long have I been out cold" he asked. "Four days" Gale replied as he raised a well-polished saber to his face. "So what now, why am I still alive? He asked already knowing the answer. "It's simple, so that I can watch you die slowly" Gale replied with an evil grin. Soon enough the calmness of the forest was interrupted by loud screams sending birds scattering all over.The next day was the final day before the end of the hunter's screening, Okuagu had just finished adding the last layer of slime to the heads that they had gathered. It turns out that the slime which they got from a poisonous slime served as a great preservative and kept the head fresh even without drying. The total head count amounted to one hundred comprising of thirty 'E" ranked, twenty 'D' ranked, twenty 'C' rank, twenty-eight 'B' rank and finally two 'A' ranked beasts the last of which was a dying dragon that they had put out of its misery.All the remaining hunters were startled by a voice that shouted "Hunters that are still alive and kicking stay beside your trophies for assessment. "Finally! Exclaimed the blue eyed blonde as he punched a hole into a wolves' skull.