Chapter 104 - Night Hunt Part 1 (1/2)

In a location not too far from the camp where Captain Fu and his men were resting, hidden by the thick vegetation were two men dressed in worn clothes. Their faces had been scarred on several points, and different tattoos could be seen on their bodies.

At the time, there were two men lay on the ground. They were watching with a small telescope the crew's movements of the ship landed on the beach.

”So these are the bastards who killed my creatures. Damn you. I'll make them pay.” One of them angrily snapped as he clenched his fists. His face was ashen, and his eyes were bloodshot.

The loss of a spirit beast to a beast tamer was an enormous damage. Not only as regards the tamer's fighting force, but above all for the damage received. Since the spirit pact united the minds and spirit power of two different beings, breaking the pact would cause both sides a spirit wound.

Consequently, when the three spirit beasts died, they felt no repercussions from the breaking of the spirit pact. However, their tamer was alive and suffered almost simultaneously three spirit wounds. If it weren't for the fact that his spirit beasts were still on the first level, the beast tamer could have died instantly.

But even though he was alive, the wounds weren't at all light. He could barely stand and had difficulty in circulating his spirit power. To cure his body, he would need special pills or medicines that were impossible to get in the middle of a desert island.

It was precisely for this reason that the beast tamers were few compared to the ordinary martial artists. Not only because of the difficulty in raising spirit beasts but also because of the risk of being seriously injured at the death of one's spirit beast. After all, receiving such a wound in the middle of a fight would mean almost certain death.

The companion of the beast tamer tried to console him.

”Come on, if we can accomplish the mission, we can get great rewards from our captain. Once you are cured, you can ask him to capture a powerful specimen of spirit beast for you. Maybe something that could even reach the second level.”

”Haha, hopefully. In that way, my influence inside the crew would grow. But it isn't a bad idea. And then we can also make up for my losses with the cargo of those assholes' ship. I refuse to believe that they managed to kill my three spirit beasts without having consumed almost all their strength. If we attack them with others, then we can do it. What do you say?”

”Let's hear the team leader first. It's not safe-”

Suddenly, a sharp blade flashed for a moment in the dark night. The head of the beast tamer's companion was sent flying as it broke away from the body. Beside the just beheaded man, the tamer of the three killed spirit beasts was being bound by two long silver ribbons with red veins. It was even painful for him to breathe, not to mention reacting to that sudden assault.

Standing next to the headless corpse, Hei was cleaning the blood on his spear with the clothes of the man he had just killed. His eyes, therefore, shifted towards the beast tamer kept bound by Lian.

Beside her, Xing was rummaging through the clothes of the tied man while Ye examined the beheaded corpse.

'Nothing, big brother, not even a space ring. But I found this object.' Ye reported as she showed the telescope held in its tail.

'Nothing even here. Even if these two are small fry, they should have something of value with them. If not, then it means they left it in their camp.' Xing speculated as she returned to her big brother.

”Nothing? I see. It's probably like you said Xing. Let's see what this one has to say.” Hei said, pointing to the man bound by Lian's ribbons.

Sensing what he wanted to do, without needing a specific command, Lian began to go deeper into the vegetation, taking the tied enemy with her. Hei meanwhile took the decapitated corpse and let his little sisters take the head.

After they had distanced themselves sufficiently from where Captain Fu and his men's camp were, Hei signaled Lian to leave the captured man on the ground and free his mouth so he could speak.

”Bastards! Who the fuck are you?! You have no idea what kind of trouble you are in. Get ready to die- ”

Slam!

Without warning, Hei kicked the tied man in the face, making even a pair of teeth fly. Because of the spirit wound inflicted, the body of the beast tamer wasn't in the condition to react. And it wasn't by chance that Hei had left him alive. Thanks to his little sisters, he had been able to listen to their conversation, and he knew that the man tied by Lian's ribbons was the tamer of the three spirit beasts. He also knew that he had to be weakened by the wound inflicted by the breaking of the spirit pact.

”I don't have much time to waste. I suggest you talk right away, or I'll have to make you talk.”

”Cough... bastard. Who do you think you're, kid, cough. Do you think you can intimidate me in that way?”

”Alright. Ye, proceed. Lian, you stop him. Xing, you are on the alert if someone approaches.”

After Hei had given his orders, Lian proceeded to tie the enemy beast tamer even more tightly. She was also helped by Xing to tie a wooden branch between his teeth so that the man could not cut his tongue. Xing then climbed up a tree and began to watch the area below. Ye instead began to bite the body of the tied man and injected non-lethal poisons that caused pain.

The beast tamer began to contort with pain, as he opened his eyes wide. His voice was faintly audible because of the branch and the webbing gag. As he tried to scream, his own drool was starting to accumulate in his mouth, and he had to swallow it not to suffocate.

As the others were torturing the man, Hei took the corpse without its head. Then, he tied its feet on the branch of a tree, so as to keep it suspended in mid-air. Then, he took out a knife from the Secret Dimension and made a vertical cut that went from the bellybutton to the base of the neck. Quickly, the blood contained inside the body was poured outside, wetting red the ground below.

Seeing that gruesome scene, the beast tamer fainted. But because of the pain, he was again brought back to reality. His mind was in chaos. He couldn't understand how he ended up in that nightmare. All he wanted now was to run away in any way, even with death, if possible.