Chapter 31: Hunting partner

We both talked for a few more minutes to decide where we will hunt. We decided to hunt in the same place I wanted to go so we can hunt peak-level specialist monsters.

We walked for an hour before reaching our destination. It is the Bronze river area. This area has mid-level to peak-level specialist monsters.

We started to look for the monsters that we can kill to make maximum profit with minimal danger. Having a mid-level master sergeant stage hunter as a partner is a good decision.

We were on full vigilance to make sure we miss nothing to chance. Kamran's pet is a steel panda. So, bonding with it gave him good strength, but his speed is very slow and that is why he gets injured most of the time.

Allen and Kamran started hunting the monsters. With their combined effort, they were doing well until they were targeted by a low-level master stage monster that was roaming in that area.

It was a giant grasshopper which was 3 feet high. It has the wind elemental power and hence it is faster than both of them combined.

With its two sharp scythe-like front legs to attack it can kill them in a few minutes if they make any mistakes.

Kamran is no match for it due to his speed is very slow. Allen can manage for a few minutes as he is only a bit slower than the giant grasshopper.

Now Allen was worried that he sold his bow and quivers as it will be helpful for him since he has a hunting partner to distract the monsters.

If he had the bow, he would have been able to deal a good level of damage to the giant grasshopper using his explosive shots.

The grasshopper came near them with great speed and was next to them within two seconds. In that two seconds, If has crossed nearly twenty feet to attack them.

We had very little time to attack. It was a good thing that the grasshopper attacked me first. I was quick enough to block the attack. My knight-grade sword was able to stop the force and cancel it before it entered my body.

If the force was not cancelled, it would have entered my body and caused serious internal injuries making me vomit blood. It might have also killed me.

The next second, it again brought down its scythe-like front legs to attack me. I was not ready to block or dodge it. I was not ready to die, but my mind went blank for a second.

'Clank'

A shield suddenly blocked my view. It stopped the attack of the grasshopper. The shield was Kamran's. He did not even take a step back due to his strong ability.

I forced myself to move and started to attack the grasshopper. I slashed my sword, but it dodged my attack by moving very fast.

With my sword, I know that I will be able to defeat the grasshopper if I'm able to land a single attack on it, but it was fast enough to dodge all my attacks.

Even Serina's attack couldn't touch the grasshopper. Kamran's panda "Geiger" is very slow it couldn't even get near the grasshopper.

I continued circulating mana exercise as wounds started appearing on our bodies. But my wounds are very few thanks to the turtle armour.

I am still stuck at the eleventh move of the third set in the mana exercise. But, I am using this fight to break that and move further.

The giant grasshopper is giving a hard time for all of us. We are unable to land a single strike on it even though we have the advantage in numbers.

It had the advantage of speed and it is very hard to beat someone faster than us. So I concentrated on the mana exercise so, with every move, it will give a small boost to my strength, soul and speed.

Gritting my teeth I started circulating the mana exercise to go to the next level and create another seal. It is a big goal as it will be very painful and I might faint if I overdo it.

But right now that is the only option I have as I have not learnt any of the skills to improve my fighting ability.

I started to concentrate on the battle while performing the mana exercise. It was very painful, but I managed to fight with full strength.

The battle went on for more than an hour. Kamran was riddled with injuries and he kept drinking his healing portions to make sure he stays in the fight.

I asked him earlier to leave the fight and get some rest so he can save his healing potions. But he decided to stay in the fight so he could try distracting the monster to give him a chance for a final blow.

But the grasshopper was too fast to land a strike even when distracted.

I suddenly got a cooling sensation going through my body and found that I am forming my fourth mana seal in my mana space. I just have to wait for a few more seconds for it to finish.

This fourth seal will help me to match my speed with the grasshopper and I will be able to defeat it in a few minutes. My body and soul power will also increase a bit which will be helpful in the future.

Finally, the fourth seal completed forming in my mana space and I was able to see the grasshopper moving without much difficulty.

I started circulating mana exercise again once the fourth seal is formed as it will give me a tiny boost for my battle power when circulating it.

With this additional speed, I was able to become a little faster than the grasshopper. Now I was able to overpower it and will be able to kill it in a minute or two.

I continued attacking it and started to inflict wounds on it. Seeing that it is starting to get wounded and the increase in speed, Kamran's tactics of distraction failed.