" Eirene wake up, were finally here"
" Huh?"
We been out of the road for exactly six hours, a lull had which given me plenty of time to think back from the better days of my youth, But now at last, the old horse and cart that my party hired arrived in the forest
I opened my eyes, seeing Den smiling at me, and replied through me
" I didn't knew you sleep like that, a calm and gentle breeze"
After Den said that, I immediately stood up and replied to Den, with a sleepy and more tired face
" Den, you reminded me of Marcel"
" Who's Marcel?"
My mind was started to blur, ever since I woke up from my slumber, a figment of my tired brain reminded me of Marcel ,While Den expression showed signs of confusion, My party asks both of them to leave the cart
" Hey people, can you leave the cart for once, Were at the forest"
After that, the once tired Eirene became active and left the cart, after that, Junior, who was active.. Explained the plan
" Since I am a experienced adventurer, all of you will be relying on me… This forest is a dangerous place, so all of you will stick through me, no splitting up"
As such, Junior was an experienced adventurer, he can handle multiple beasts in one go, due to its human sklill that only relied on Strength
Also, the Karama Village was located inside the forest, filled with dangerous creatures and magic beasts, this was a seasonal hunt venue.
The forest was located outside the Town Allure, more than ten miles away from our hometown, Also, the forest composed of a large area with thick bushes and trees, Adventurers call it Beastial Forest
After Junior set out the plan, they went inside the forest, hoping to search the village full of beasts
Realizing that the sun is setting, Junior told his fellow subordinates, Den, to activate his skill
" Den, use your night vision.. the sun is setting"
Because of Den skill, all of us was granted night vision, it can affect nearby people's, able to see ourselves in the dark
Den human skill was easy, When activated, remaining allies will also affected by the night vision, Thus all of us can see the dark freely
" Woah, I can see the dark easily, Thank you Dean"
Also, this party is known for well coordinated and is specialized in teamwork, despite the party has only four members, including Eirene
While, we were searching the forest, we happen to stumble a beasts eating a corpse.. it is no ordinary corpse, but an human… tearing it's flesh like paper
" People, draw your swords, there goblins"
Goblins are a low-level beasts that are known for man-eating beasts, they wield weapons just like humans, are are very hostile
One goblin was munching at the rotten corpse, Junior raises it's mace, ready to attack,
While the others raises it's weapons, Den unsheathed his dagger, Chard raises its iron lance and Eirene cut a small wound in her right palm, activating the blood sword easily
Then, Junior approached at the goblin, the goblin continued munching at the rotten corpse, without knowing a high threat was about to attack him
With no hesitation, Junior crushed the goblin to death, using the mace he held, There no warning that was involved
" Guys, don't worry, it's only one goblin "
Then, the members don't have to worry, it appears that the goblin didn't call any reinforcements whatsoever, making the hunting party safe
There, Junior took his dagger right in his pockets and soon made a huge cut from the goblin chest, then he extracted the goblin heart
Junior placed the heart into his prepared bundle, The members saw this and was dumbfounded
"Junior, why did you took a heart from a dead goblin?"
" Obviously, to get paid… you must took the beasts heart and hand it to the trading post, We came here to earn money right?"
My members of the party didn't even read the rules from the hunting event, Only Junior and I knew the rules easily
Seeing that the goblin didn't face a huge threat from the party, all of the members sheathed their weapons, then Eirene didn't remove her blood sword from her hands
Chard saw this and questions Eirene about her power
" Eirene, tell me how did your blood sword work?"
" That, fascinating skill, is one of a kind magic"
Then, Eirene saw Chard asking her human skills, so she demonstrated everything from her power
" Well, this Blood Sword can be activated just by leaving a self-inflicted wound on my palm, and use my blood manipulation to create a sword made entirely from my own blood"
" I can easily remove this sword by dissolving it, allowing the blood sword to return my body smoothly"
Eirene removes the Blood Sword from her hands completely, leaving the excess blood flow to its original form, it shows that Eirene had a huge wound from her right palm,
There, she grabs a bandage from her pockets, and wraps the wound completely
Then the sun was about to set, therefore it was nighttime
After that, the hunting party continued walking where the village was located, only Junior knew the direction of the village because he has a lot of experience from hunting
We followed Junior until we finally arrived at the village gates, the village that was overran by monsters,
As expected, the village gates was abandoned and left to ruins, the reinforced bricks of the village walls suddenly collapsed, vegetation spreads around the ruins, and the village was destroyed by monsters
" Oh my.. what happened to this village"
" It seems that a group of beasts attacked the village, almost no survivors were left"
While the party was searching the thick walls of the village, several bodies were scattered along the way, Junior verified that they are adventurers, who killed and decimated from these monsters
Based from the wounds of the bodies, they were horrified from what they saw, the corpses were covered in webs, and several eggs that was layed on the rotting corpses,
" Ugh.. this village was overran by neospiders"
" neospiders… are you sure Junior"
" Yes, certainly… the village was covered in spider webs
Neospiders are either low-level beasts or mid-level beasts depending from their size, they are a larger version of spiders and are very hostile to humans
Seeing the village was covered in spider webs and a pile of eggs, the party pointed out the identity,
Suddenly, one neospider lunged at the party, , it was located at the village gates, it's fangs grew wider like a spider, ready to attack
Because of Den night vision skill, The party managed to track the neospider easily, it flew through the air and attack it's first target, Den
" Den, above you!"
Den unsheathes his dagger and stabbed the neospider on impact, visually impaling the neospider beforehand, then the beasts died
"Huh… did I killed that beast?"
" Good job Den, I knew that you come in handy"
After that, Eirene removes the bandage from her hand to release her blood, She shapes this blood into a sword, Creating her weapon…
Just as about the party will go deeper into the village, the stone pathway that was leading to a village trembled, as it is something big is approaching, Footsteps, as they grew heavier as the neospider came into view
It was at least three times taller than me, and then, a large neospider came straight towards the party, destroying everything in it's path, there I recoiled instinctively,
" What size is that?... That is not an normal neospider"
" It is not an normal neospider… it is a Royal Beasts"
Royal beasts or in similar terms, peak-level beasts, exceptionally powerful creature born from immense accumulated hatred, these monsters are far stronger than your average typical monsters, act as bosses.
" This neospider was a royal beasts, more like a peak-level beasts"
" Yes, this is the Neospider Queen, one of the royal beasts"