123 – Hunting
I am going to go hunting today, which I couldn’t finish yesterday.
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Next to her, Meri Ha put on an armband as well, and hung her sword from her waist.
It’s not the three swords, but it’s because I’m wearing the katana I gave you and the katana my mother gave me.
It reminds me of a green-haired swordsman from a pirate cartoon.
“Let’s go, follow me.”
“Yes.”
Since it is a remote countryside surrounded by mountains, the forest was very wide and deep.
Besides, it was such a strange terrain with repeated high and low slopes, so it was good to be vigilant even for experienced adventurers.
So, I preferred climbing trees rather than stepping on the ground in forest-like terrain.
This is because the untouched trees are tall, dense, and large, and can bear the weight of a tolerable person.
And I think that climbing a tree improves the ability to cope with situations more than walking through grass on the ground.
My main weapon is a sword, but I don’t just use a sword.
Hameri’s main weapon is a katana.
The only weapon she uses is a katana.
It seems to be using a dagger, but its usage is low and the dagger is not suitable as a proper weapon.
It seemed necessary to learn how to use a different weapon.
“Do you want to try?”
“Four.”
A wild boar was grazing.
It seems that he has been spoiling crops in the village lately.
Hameri and I landed on a tree 10 meters away.
Hand over the bow and arrow to Hameri who answered.
A weapon I’m using for the first time.
But she skillfully put the arrow on the bow.
“Isn’t this your first time using it?”
“Ah. Chae, I saw it in a book.”
Even if you saw it in a book, it would be different to use it in real life.
Anyway, Ha Mary grabbed the bow stick and stretched it tight behind her.
Ha Meri’s eyes focused on matching the tip of the arrow with the boar as she held her bow.
Realizing that the tip of her bow was shaking as she aimed while breathing, Meri Ha held her breath.
‘1···2···3.’
She removed her hand.
The arrow that started from Hamery flew straight through the wind with her bloody sound.
A long while of the boar passed over her head.
Pain-!
An arrow that went too far flew a little further and stuck firmly into the tree.
Mary blushed and bowed her head, as if she was ashamed that she had avoided it for so long.
“It’s like that at first.”
I was worse than you when I first used my bow.
But swallowed for her brother’s majesty.
“… Ha, one more time.”
Ha Mary took one big breath in and exhaled.
To get rid of unnecessary thoughts and focus all her nerves on the bow and the wild boar.
She pulls the arrow back tight just like before.
She realized something with the arrow she shot once.
She just matched the tip of the arrow with the wild boar, but couldn’t.
She had to think of how the wind would flow and how she would use it.
She feels direction and strength.
She has to think where to shoot and the arrow will fly to the boar.
She takes a deep breath and holds it in.
And let go.
Pain-!
Unlike before, where she missed completely, she hit right in front of the boar.
It was a huge increase in accuracy.
It’s still too much to take care of the power, but it was a great talent.
Is it just a talent for fighting itself or a talent for weapons?
The wild boar, startled by the arrow stuck right in front of it, began to run away in horror.
“Oh!”
At that moment, Mary quickly attached the arrow to the bow and fired another shot, keeping one eye closed.
Based on the experience of her two shots, her arrow, which was definitely very accurate, hit the boar’s butt for the first time.
But is it because the flesh is thick?
The wild boar did not stop running away even while shedding blood.
“Let’s chase it. We have to catch it.”
Me and Hameri ran through the trees and followed the boar.
The wild boar, who wanted to live, did everything in his power.
But from the moment Hameri and I got caught, the fact that we were destined to die did not change.
It’s a bit pitiful to think like this.
But right now, improving Hameri’s skills is the top priority.
She’s going to have to go back to Hestia soon.
Maybe that’s why wild boar seemed to us only as a material to improve Hameri’s skills or as meat to eat tonight.
“Let’s shoot while running.”
Any hunter with even a little bit of experience could sit still and shoot a still game from a distance of about 10m.
If the wild boar was moving, it would have been several times more difficult.
Then it will be more difficult to hit a running object while moving at high speed.
It must be on the same level as asking a child who has just started to jump rope.
But it seems that Meri Ha properly accepted her mother’s training method.
She might be better suited to her spartan training.
It’s hard to admit that the pragmatism that her mother shouted about is true.
When I told her to shoot while running to see if I was right, Ha Meri seemed taken aback, but her hand was already pointing at the arrow.
Pain-!
Of course, I couldn’t hit the wild boar.
But. It was seen that the accuracy improved significantly with one or two shots.
Although it is still very far.
Hameri couldn’t hit it, but he seemed happy.
It’s fun to watch her improve in real time.
It will be fun.
It was then.
The wild boar, which was running with all its might, was suddenly grabbed by an unidentified creature that rushed in front of it and swallowed it in one bite.
“…That’s Bezilra, a D-class monster.”
Hameri is still a tough opponent to defeat alone.
She said that if she ran into her alone, she would be suicidal like she would kill me.
But if I were there, it would be different.
“Hey Mary can’t catch it by herself, but she’s perfect for training.”
Vezilla is a demonic beast characterized by supernatural strength and a large mouth.
But the problem is that it’s the only advantage.
Vezilla’s attack pattern is very simple
It’s not that slow.
That’s why it’s not that ordinary people can avoid it, so most of these villages entrust quests to the adventurer’s guild when they find traces of the beast.
Perhaps this village has her mother, so she won’t take on such a request.
I laughed.
Because I met a good boy who would make Hameri stronger.
“Let’s fight.”