First Team Hunt

By 4 pm everyone was gathered in the front gate of the Training Facility.

Ming had brought 6 pairs of crossbows and arrows which matched their age size.

Du and Jun had arrived early and met with Red where they created the paralyzing agent together and arrived here with 6 bottles for each of them specially made for Horned Sheep.

Ziyun and Ninger also had place the case properly containing the 6 set of primary guards sets together.

"Ok now lets get ready, get yourself equipped ".

Following Red's lead , everyone got equipped with their set, everyone was handed with a set of arrows and crossbow along with the bottle for each containing the agent to be dipped before using the arrow.

After a while everyone got ready for the hunt. Ziyun and Ninger were more excited as this was something they had never did and both their family messengers had gave hem permissions for this task and they could now follow the group until they were in the city, without informing their families all the time.

They both felt happy and knew that Red was the one behind this as his status and image has the strength to get the approval of both families along with the trust.

Ninger also started to feel good following the group. She had matured early as compared to her peers due to her marriage with the scum of sacred family. She hated herself for being weak so she practiced everyday with no hope.

But today along with Red not only was she able to get back with her best friend, she was also able to feel more confident of being strong and destroying this marriage arrangement based on the strength she would gain.

She also liked the aura that Red radiated, besides him and Ziyun she could feel at ease , he made everyone in the group feel at easy and all were relying on him without a thought.

She wont mind stay by his side after breaking up with the engagement as that was enough for her as she could see that Ziuyn had him in her heart.

While Ninger was in daze , Everyone finally came ahead of Red and waited for his orders.

"First of all about Horned Sheep i had provided you with the Info in the Library hope you have remembered it. A tip for you ' The more you know about the enemy before the war is best as you can plan your next act, but also dont rely on it too much and be ready for surprises, but still if you know more you will not get that many surprises and cant keep your lead in fight.' remember that even a bit of lead can help you change the game"

Red then started planning on the course of action.

"All of us will be moving in a three man team . I, ziyun and NInger will at the front as spotters and will search for the prey , while you will watch out for us from any sneak attacks. You are also responsible to attack whenever you find that we are in danger. Also Ziyun and Ninger you both will be acting behind me as i will take the lead up ahead. mostly try staying above ground as there is a risk of getting attacked easily down there."

"Also take a look at the place where your gonna step on, and if your intuition says danger, react immediately and also warn others."

"And after we find our target we will surround it quietly and on my signal everyone will fire their arrows. For starters we will hunt all together and then as we get better we will split up and hunt ".

"Hope now everyone is ready and dosnt have anymore doubts?...ok then move out and try communicating using actions than words and maintain high secrecy, now lets do this we have next 3-4 hours for our first hunt".

Upon Red's final command everyone moved towards the entry point where they showed heir ID's and moved into the doors.

They moved in as planned with Red in he upfront , followed by Ziyun and Ninger and then the Du Ze's team behind them at a distance.

After travelling for a few minutes they found one Horned Sheep that of size similar to a small cow which Red knew in his past life. Red signaled everyone to stop as they were less than 50 meters away from the grazing sheep. Du and other two also caught up and went towards the tree at 90 degree angle from the sheep away from Red's group.

within a minute everyone was in position as they started to slowly creep forward and reaching a close location they climbed up the tree taking positions and readying the aims at the sheep.

Then Red also aim along with them started finger countdown 3...2.....1...Fire...

All 6 Arrows rushed towards the Sheep at short intervals due to lack of calculations and this gave the sheep to escape 4 of the arrows due to its sharp reflexes, but sadly the aims of Ninger' and Red hit his left thigh and stomach impaling him and also killing it after.

Then after checking the surroundings , they all moved ahead to check with their prey.Red checked the aims and noted that almost all the arrows wold hit the stationary sheep so they just needed some practice.

"Well done everyone your aim was good, just remember that these beast have reflexes higher than humans so it wont be stationary. also Ninger nice shot i didnt expect you to be a trained archer ."

Red appreciated all of them and focused on Ninger more as she hit the spot. Ninger had a blush on her face receiving praises from everyone.

"No it was just luck and some practice i had".

"Well you really did well, Then guys lets start with the dismantlement of the sheep."

Red knew she trained hard , but then he along with thew boys started to dissect the sheep.

"Hurry up and clean up. We do not want anything other than the horns, the fur on the neck, the demon crystal, and the demon spirit!" Red quickly ordered.

A Horned Sheep's demon crystal and demon spirit are located in the brain area. Demon crystals are thumb-sized crystals and most demon beasts had a demon crystal. As for the demon spirit, only one or two would appear within tens of thousands of Horned Sheep. The shape of the demon spirit is like a candle's flame.

A Horned Sheep with a demon spirit would generally be stronger than the other Horned Sheep.

Horned Sheep are relatively low level, only 1-star Bronze rank demon beasts. The materials from them are relatively cheap. A pair of horns could be sold for five demon spirit coins, and the fur on it's neck could be sold for three demon spirit coins. As for the demon crystal, it can be sold for five demon spirit coins.

Counting it this way, even if there is no demon spirit in it, it can still fetch a price of thirteen demon spirit coins.

They only took, at most, five minutes to kill the Horned Sheep. If it only takes this long, wouldn't the three of them get thousands of demon spirit coins in one day?

Du Ze couldn't help feeling excited. His family is very poor and their income would only be two to three thousand demon spirit coins annually. In order to let him enter the Holy Orchid Institute, Du Ze's family had to borrow a lot of money from relatives and friends. Du Ze is the hope of their family! If he hunts horned sheep together with Red, he would be able to pay for his own school fees in the future!

Red smiled looking at the stars he could see in the eyes of the boys and said,

"We have to be a little bit faster. More training and practice is needed. all of you need to act more synchronized. now also due to our loose coordination, we nearly missed, but horned sheep being one rank 1 bronze beast we could get it. those stronger will know about us even before we reach them."

"So today more practice so you can make mistakes and from tomorrow ill start with the punishments for failure. There will be no rest tonight! Lets give it all we've got, Move Out!!!!"