Preparations

I reach home an hour after the sunset. I show my parents and sister half of the animals I hunted for the day with their crystals which they couldn't believe as it needs a team of at least five hunters to kill these many animals in a single day.

I had killed one hundred and twenty six animals (thanks to the bronze armor) but only showed them raw materials from sixty animals and their crystals. Most of them were from Fire Wolf and Electric Elk which makes them think I did really joined a team to hunt.

I will have to wait for the signal which Frostar said I will receive when the two culprits go out of the town again so I can go after them. Till then, I will have to go to the wilderness once every three days to warm-up and keep me from dying of boredom.

I look at the holowatch waiting for a response from Frostar as it has been a month I have accepted this mission, but yet to receive any information regarding their departure from the city to apprehend them.

The Obsidian Shadow can apprehend them inside the town too, as they have strong evidence proving them guilty of the robbery and murders they have done till now. But for some reason, they are not doing it and want to apprehend them when they are out of the town and together so it will not alert the other person when one is being apprehended.

This has made my mission a little difficult as I have to wait this long for them to go out together and I am getting a mild inconvenience when I think about this as they might have a spy inside the Obsidian Shadow for them to know they are being tracked which I hope is just my imagination as I know all the agents in the organization has an AI to monitor them all the time, but still can't deny there are ways to bypass the AI and do something at the back.

BEEP

After waiting till the end of the day, I again prepare the thing I will need to go out to hunt the next day when I hear a email alert notification from my holowatch. It took me about thirty minutes to complete the preparations and when I opened the email to check the content, I couldn't control my smile.

The day I have been waiting for has finally arrived. The email is from Frostar who confirms that Kavin and Mike are planning to leave the town in two days to have some 'fun activity' inside the Saminga swamp with a question if I am free to handle them.

I reply to the email immediately stating I am eager to apprehend them and complete the mission. Before I can lower my hand after sending the email, I receive another email from him saying he is expecting good results from my mission and I should not disappoint him. I just reply saying "I will do my best." As not my words, but my actions will prove who I am and what my intentions are.

I will have to postpone my plans for tomorrow's hunting as I will have to prepare myself for the mission which I will have to accomplish two days later without fail as they might get cautious if I miss this chance after attacking them which will make me wait even longer as they will take time or never to come out of the town after that.

So, I will have to be careful that I will not miss this change or all the preparations I have done and all the hunting I have gone through in Sector-4 will be for naught.

Thanks to the new bronze armor and the longsword, I do not have much to prepare except for a few health and energy potions for the fight, which I am doubtful will be used in this mission. But, being prepared is better than to regret it later when the time comes for it to be used.

The next day, I go to the market to purchase the potions I want. Since I have only contributions and no credit, I enter the only potions store 'Albekas Potion Makers' who are authorized to sell potions for contributions and purchase ten health and twelve energy potions.

I also got a few stamina potions which I don't think will be of much use to me as the armor gives me more power and I can complete the mission within a few moves, if everything goes according to the plan I have in mind.

After purchasing the potions, I reach home and enter my room to do meditation to calm my mind of the excitement and the rage I have because of the chance which I have been waiting for a few months now.

Tomorrow will be the day they are both going regret going against me and I will make sure they will.

With this in mind, I sit in the lotus formation with my back straight and my parts on my knees. I start my meditation with the breathing technique I was thought when I was a kid to calm my mind.

I inhale the air through my nose and hold it for a few seconds before letting it out through the mouth slowly. I continue doing this a few times which helps me every time to calm my mind when it is in confusion and chaos.

I ignore all the thoughts, focusing on my surrounding sounds and feel the air coming from the ceiling fan which for some reason is one of the best way I have realized which not only clears my mind, but also helps me to make strong decisions.

It has been a few months since I have meditated as I was focusing fully on my training to become more powerful and protect my family.

Only now, through meditation, I have realized how childish I have been even with the vast experience I have gained through battles and emotions. I should have never focused on the nightmare which was nothing but a bad dream.

After meditating for the whole day, I have gained a more clear strategy of what I have to do to I complete the mission and after that.

I eat dinner soon and hit the bed early as I will have to be at the town entrance gate before it opens to keep an eye for my target's so I can follow them.

I also have intel that they will be going out immediately after the gate opens so they can go into the wilderness before anyone goes. This will allow them to choose and track the hunters they want to have 'fun' with killing them slowly.

I go to a roadside stall and keep an eye on the gate while munching some snacks and having a strong coffee to pass time while I monitor the surroundings for imminent threat even though there is less than ten percent chance for an attack to happen inside the defense wall.

I keep monitoring the gate and after twenty minutes, I notice my targets moving towards the gate.