Jim's snores soon became audible while the injured Wilson was already unconscious. Shorty looked at the sleeping duo in disgust. These two were too careless. Especially the wind ability user. Did they think that a stupid cage formed from a small paper card was enough to hold him down? These idiots just made his plan five times easier. The strong one was badly poisoned and was currently unconscious. Although he was no more in danger, with the risk of death looming over his head now gone, he was still too weak such that his vigilance would definitely be at an all time low and anyone or anything could easily get rid of him.And as for the one who caged Shorty with a talisman, Shorty intended to dose him, tie him up and make him open the space bag in his possession.'I will make him open and give up everything in that bag. Then, I will decide if I want to kill him slowly or quickly. Perhaps, I will make my decision based on his response to my orders. If he is slow, I will make his death s
When Wilson woke, the sun was not yet up and Jim was sleeping flat on his face with his butt raised up to the sky in a funny manner. He was even snoring. Wilson shook his head and sat up, only to see the cage with a certain someone also sleeping in an awkward manner. Shorty stood on one leg with the other leg pushing against a cage bar. His back rested on the opposite bar and his head slanted to rest on a nearby bar. It looked somewhat uncomfortable yet he made it look like a nice sleeping position.What's more, he was also snoring and when Wilson listened closely, he realized both snoring men made two distinct sounds that blended together in a certain rhythm.Shorty was snoring grandly and deeply while Jim's had a slightly lighter pitch with a small wheezing sound at the end that sounded like a whistle.Wilson looked at his bandaged hand and sighed. As much as he loved fights, he hated the fights he had been getting into. What was the point if he was always at a disadvantage and was
It was not until the third day that both wanderers saw a broken tar road which, surprisingly was not affected by the snow."The broken tar road!" Jim exclaimed in excitement when he saw the road from afar and ran towards it. His fatigue gone from excitement."What is that?" Wilson asked as he ran after Jim to take a closer look at the road."The broken tar road. History has it that a man from Tiger City had built it decades back, because he would usually get lost when travelling through the plains. So, he built it with lines and directions pointing at both ends. They say if we look closely at it, somewhere on the road is a pointer that will show us which direction Tiger City is, as well as the approximate distance." Jim explained as he ran down the road."Ah, found it! Oh, just follow the road? Wilson, we just have to follow the road." Jim yelled excitedly, waving at Wilson to follow him.And together, both of them ran along the famous broken tar road.***********Three hours later, t
The next day, all of them; Jim, Wilson, the old man and his family, all set out. They continued on their way to Tiger city. Wilson and Jim were invited by the old man to join them in the carriage."Get off for now!" He whispered to his grandson as the space in the carriage could already not accommodate five people. Six would be an inconvenience, so he chose his own grandson to walk alongside the carriage and suffer from the falling snow. "The pattern is very obvious this year. Snow falls during the day and stops just before nighttime." The old man spoke as the carriage was being pulled by the weird looking beast. He continued, "Last year, it only snowed at night and the year before, it snowed all the time, albeit not as much as this."Wilson nodded. He was not even surprised anymore. This wide and wild piece if land was basically a mystery not only to him but even to those who have been studying it for decades.No one could understand anything about it.*************Back at the pla
"You are not from these parts, are you?" The man with the multicolored hair asked."No." Wilson answered."Are you a registered hunter?""No.""Do you intend to become one?""I don't know.""Do you intend to join us for this fight?" The angry twin asked. His face was still contorted in a deep scowl but his voice sounded less angry, making others realise that that was probably just how he looked."Yes." Wilson answered."What is your name?" He asked again."Wilson." Wilson answered.All the hunters scrutinized him with their eyes."Okay then! One-eyed beasts are a large family of different types and species of animals with one eye each. They emit foul smell from their bodies and are able to see various kind of energies with their singular eyes. Some can see infrared lights, which is basically heat signatures, some could see the energy level of others and some of them, according to the great Jerry Chan, can even determine and share one's weak points with others by the various colors the
"We have less than twenty minutes left. Get ready." Joel said while John gave Wilson a pair of silver gauntlets and basic upper body leather armor, which he put on immediately. He simply pulled off his weather-worn shirt and wore the long sleeved leather shirt. It did not look like an armor at all."Damn. Dude is more ripped than you." Lee said, looking at muscular, grey haired Kong. Kong looked away, choosing to act as if he heard and saw nothing.John looked at Wilson and nodded. It was just as he thought. He and Wilson were using the exact same size. He looked at Wilson's shoes and immediately shook his head. Seems like escaping from a Snow Tiger really smokes one's shoes. He could not help but wonder how the shoes were still even able to cover his feet. Shouldn't they have fallen apart?He activated his space ring and brought out a pair of knee high shoes whose colors made it look like they were made of heavy metal. He extended the shoes to Wilson."Here, take this!"Wilson looked
"Song, estimated time?" King asked, whipping his head in Song's direction."t minus three minutes." Song answered."Alright. Everyone, listen up! Wolf leaders are prolly the most dangerous leaders because of their innately strong sense of....well, brethrenhood.." Kong started, his awkwardness when he said 'brethrenhood' made Lee chuckle. He continued."The late Great Jerry Chan's research states that they usually have telepathic or psychic powers. Or both. I can see thirty or so auras but they could very well be actually more or less, if there happens to be a clone ability there. There are snakes and birds but there are mostly quadrupedal beasts in their midst. Them having a wolf as their leader ensures that their ability to cooperate will be way higher than ours. So, the main goal right now is less about resistance and more about survival. We stick together and protect one another. No one goes farther than one and a half meters from the nearest person. One more thing, no matter what,
A blurry shadow whooshed past them and a bloodcurdlng, soul-wrenching noise rang out behind them before their brains could even begin to register what happened.The noise made them to look backwards but all they saw was a blurry image and when it was gone, all the people in that small area farther from the crowd than others, who amounted to at least seven people, were nowhere to be seen. They were gone, clothes and all. Nothing was left, not even the slightest drop of blood and the only thing that told Jim, Wilson, the teenager, his sister, father and grandfather that there was more to it than met the eye was the huge pawprints that were now on the broken tar road.The teenager boy was shaken beyond words and like every other normal person, his legs turned around and began to move in the opposite direction."Matt, stop!" The old man managed to gain his bearings in time and grabbed his grandson by the arm to prevent him from running away.Jim looked around and saw that the over hundred