HUNTING

"I thought Bruce Lui is known for how much he loves wine, how is it he can't hold his liquor?" The younger man asked the Older guy with evident confusion.

"Eeeh, I think he is just exhausted from his earlier fight, who knows how long he had been fighting those wolves in bare combat, before our lady interjected and he ended it".

The lady in question was currently placing her hands a few millimeters from Rex's (Aka Bruce Lui) chest, a greenish glow was evident in her hand. She was using her Arma art to heal Rex. The younger guy noted what she was doing first, before the older guy. He reacted apprehensively, doing his best to hold back his irritation at her restless behavior, "Our lady, you need to consult with me before you do such things. Please, can you stop that".

Luna stopped her casting with unwillingness. 

"Primes are often as erratic as their Arma's. It's important you seek his consent before doing such stuffs. He is not a subordinate or kid, he is actually a senior to you and I because of his capabilities. Don't mind how young he looks, it's a result of how early he awakened his Arma."

Luna pouted in response to the older man's reprimand, of course she knew, but the prime was just too cute. She just couldn't resist the desire to care for him.

Rex the subject of all the discussion, was currently in a dilemma of his own subconscious mind's making. He was currently stuck, drowning in a stream after being chased by the wolves that had attacked him earlier.

He could swim, but no matter what technique he employed, he couldn't seem to be able to maintain his float in the stream. As he slowly drowned in the stream. Out of tension he opened his mouth, gulping huge amounts of water. At that moment, he realized that it was not water but the sweet coconut-nectar drink, he had gotten drunk on earlier. As he greedily gulped down the water, he could feel a warm energy flowing all through his body, soothing and calming him.

. . .

"..how long are we going to wait till he wakes?"

"Don't stress it, if he sleeps anymore, we will just make very loud noises to wake him up"

Rex heard distant noises that progressively pulled him from his dream, back into reality. The first thing that came to his mind, was the fact that he just dreamt in a game.

"How does that even work?" Rex questioned himself in his mind as he observed the changes that had happened with his short rest. A green cloak was over his sleeping body. The cloak with golden embroidery was that of Luna. She was currently in a white gown, having covered him with her cloak, the two men were discussing among each other, their voices betraying the fact that they were the ones who had woken him up, with their loud discussion.

Rex stood up from his sleeping position, covering his almost unclad body with Luna's cloak. A blissful smile appeared in his face, the cloak really smelled great, recalling the character he was playing. He immediately switched back to a poker face, but Luna saw his face. She smiled at him, imaginary explosions were about to go off but were prematurely squashed by the baritone voice of the younger guy.

"Prime, you are awake."

"Nope, I just meditated a bit" Rex couldn't resist a sarcastic reply.

He went closer to the guys and sat with them. Luna joined him, sitting immediately beside him.

"Prime, I really respect your combat ability. You held your own against an awakened shadow wolf and two of its minion with just your bare combat abilities" the younger man's voice was filled with admiration as he spoke.

"If you are this good in battle without your Arma, I wonder just how skilled you are with one, Prime." The older guy spoke in agreement with the younger guy. Luna just kept her eyes pinned on his face, as the two guys continued to butter him up. Rex did not know what to reply to all of the praises 

The older guy feeling that they had dressed the hook as much as they can, finally went for the catch. "Prime, Sorry we interrupted your training earlier, but if you join us, am sure our current hunt will really impress you too." The old man threw his hook.

"Ohh!!!, I triggered a hidden quest!" Rex thought with excitement. "That would be interesting," Rex immediately gave his reply. It was not just the idea of a hidden quest that excited him, but he was very much interested in seeing the "ARMA" that had been so talked about in use.

08:41:33

He still had enough time before the meteorite clash.

. . .

08:11:22

Thirty minutes since Rex AKA Bruce Lui agreed to accompany two men and a pretty lady in their hunt. During this time he had come to learn what exactly he had agreed to hunt, it was known as a Chaos Bear. Possibly an awakened creature that recently migrated within Alderom forest, known for its very high physical capabilities. The trio had been charged with killing the creature, due to the recent damages it had been causing in Alderom.

Both the young guy and Luna, were Awakened warriors that had awakened their ARMA. The older guy was an unawakened, but had very high tracking skills and intimate knowledge of the forest.

"HAha, that is the Chaos Bear's cave" the older man crouched as he declared. Rex and the other two joined him in his crouch, they did not question his analysis at all. He had proven severally to them, that he was good at what he does. From his in-depth analysis of every minor observation like clawprints and marks, to the more major and daunting stuffs, like smelling dungs and tasting soil. He was dedicated to his profession.

The old man signalled to the young guy, he brought out a wine bottle that had a little bit of wine left, he poured the content in a bowl and added some form of grinded dried wood, after which he lit a flame anova the bown containing the wine. The flame continued to burn saturating the air with the rich smell of coconut-nectar. The smell made Rex swallow a couple of times.

After some minutes, a huge bear that looked to be over 7 feet in height, walked out of the cave, its eyes were bloody red and blood could be seen dripping down its claws. It seemed to have been in the middle of a meal, before its appearance.

"Sniff..Sniff", its snout pointed in different directions as it tried to decipher the direction of the sweet smell that was currently assaulting its nostrils. It's search ended as it snout came to point towards the direction the four humans were currently hiding.

The younger guy began to chant a series of spell as a sword and shield materialized in his hands. "My Arma is of the Legionias Path Prime, please guide me" he dashed forward towards the Chaos Bear with excitement, his dash bearing no flicker of fear. He had no reason to, he had a prime to cover him. 

Rex facepalmed internally, he was very annoyed with the younger guys behaviour. He looked older than he was, but he was acting so childishly. But he couldn't blame him. If he was the one who had a powerful senior as a battle ally, he would probably act so unrestrained too.