Chapter 8 Hunting

"Is everyone ready to go hunting?" Alpha showed gaming the attention of everyone.

"Yes, leader," They shouted in a union like a battalion of an army.

There were a few girls in this group with different kinds of weapons, some had bows and some hard large axes which looked dangerous, and among them, there was one person who was looking at everything with interest filled with anxiousness.

"What the hell did I get into?" Nikol didn't expect that Alva would really take him for hunting, he thought she was just joking with him or just being kind to him but right after the morning came, Alva knocked on his door.

And here he is with a short sword, Nikol had a build of a teenager so he wasn't the largest one in the group but he wasn't the smallest one either.

"Today our hunt is at least four washing boars, It's okay if we have more than that but less than is not allowed, so get ready everyone," Alva wasn't the loudest but, her voice had the confidence and authority it needed to win the trust of all these girls.

"Yes, leader," Nikol got heavy military vibes from their meeting.

They proceed to walk through the gate and enter the forest as a team, they had a few groups in case they have to go in different paths but, it's more advisable to stay in a group than going to hunt individually.

Alva wanted to be with Nikol but, she couldn't show any favour to him as it would affect the other girls.

"Hello, new face, I heard about you, you're the lost one right?" One of the girls asked him.

"Ah~ yeah, I'm sorry for intruding on your party," Nikol didn't want to slow them down but, he was interested to see other monsters like those giant spiders.

"Don't worry about it, if it gets dangerous hide behind me, Alva asked me to protect you just in case,"

Nikol felt sweet that she want to protect him but, he wanted to protect others than be protected.

"Are those giant spiders you guys hunted previously strong?"

He didn't know the power levels of this place, so he was a little I'm confused. In his world spiders are less powerful than boars but, some had enough poison to even kill an elephant.

"It depends, what we encountered the day before yesterday was just a giant spider, I would say you were lucky because they have zero poison," She said after thinking about it for a minute.

"There are many variants of spiders but the most dangerous ones are poisonous ones, even among them, arachnes are the most prominent," She was vigilant of the surroundings while talking to him.

"Arachnes?" Nikol remember hearing it before, but he didn't exactly remember what it was.

"Oh~you don't have memories right? Arachnes are half-human half-spider monsters, I personally believe they are the pinnacle of spider monsters," Her words echoed inside Nikol's mind.

"What the hell? Half humans? What's this place," He couldn't help but think hearing her words.

While they were talking, Alva managed to hunt one boar monster, she expected there to be so many of them but for some reason, she couldn't find that many.

"Tsk~ cockatrice or ankle dears would have also been better than these snakes and spiders," She was displaced by how they encountered useless monsters on their way.

Even though they hunted in the outer part of the forest, they didn't enter the inner part where powerful monsters reside.

"Keep the watch! We can't let a single one miss,"

They were wandering around the forest finding for prey until they saw another dashing boar but, for a boar, it had a large build.

These boars were called dashing bars because of their ability to dash, when they see an enemy they would either escape super fast or attack them with their high speed. It was rather dangerous but as long as you don't let them know you were there, these boars were an easy target.

"Shhh! Archers, get ready," Alva ordered.

A few archers drew their bows aiming toward the boar and waited for Alva's order.

She waited for the most convenient moment,

"Shoot!" She said making archers release their arrows.

The boar got hit but, suddenly it started to growl in a huge voice.

*Growl *Growl

"What's that?" They were confused because they haven't seen something like that before bit, but everyone quickly took their weapons getting ready for anything that was about to happen.

It was clearly dying from the injuries but, the u dual growl made Alva and others worry,

"What's this shaking? Do you feel some shaking?" One of the girls asked.

Nikol was observing everything from far, as he didn't want to be a burden but he also felt the shaking of the floor,

"It's the herd, he called his herd," They shouted in panic.

Dealing with them face-to-face was more dangerous so, most of the time girls used stealth but this time they fucked up in big time.

"Run! Run! We will collect the corpse later," Alva shouted.

Nikol felt intimidated by all the sounds and orders, he was a high school student until a few days ago but now he's hunting monsters with half-naked girls.

"What a turn of events," He thought while running with the girls.

Most of them had super good speed and stamina so, they were able to outrun them but Nikol couldn't match up to their speed.

Alva saw him falling behind everyone so she quickly slowed down and went back to pick him up,

She wasn't confident in facing all these boars but at least, Alva could rescue Nikol.

Dashing boars were dangerous because their attacks mainly cause internal bleeding outside injuries,

"Nikol, grab my hand," Alva shouted looking at him.

Nikol quickly took her hand and got ready to face the impact but Alva quickly carried him and climbed a tree that was nearby,

"Don't make sounds, they will ignore us," Alva was hugging Nikol while tightly holding the tree branch.

The boars were running below them breaking some small trees and some of them even managed to cut down large ones,

Alva prayed to the goddess looking at the commotion below her,

"I hope those girls were able to hide in time," Nikol looked at Alva who was having a serious look.

"Thank you, you saved me," Nikol said making Alva look at him softly.

"I told you, I will save you, don't worry,"

They got down after they left and searched for the other girls, most of them were hiding in the nearby caves and some did the same tactic as Alva.

"Let's just collect the meat and go back,"

Even though they couldn't achieve the goal, she didn't want to endanger the lives of her comrades, so they retreated back to the city.