Chapter 6:

Contingency

The Creature Hunter: Soul Of The Wind


They were flying rapidly in the air. The monster had caught Caitrin with its beak, and Orano was trying to climb up the monster's tail.

Caitrin shouted at the monster,

"Let me go, you big Fleabag!"

As she tried to hit the Beast's beak with the remaining hilt part of her sword. But the monster didn't stop. It was flying at full speed and didn't even blink an eye from Caitrin's actions.

On the other hand, Orano was hardly holding on. He tried not to let go, but the wind and the snow that hit his face made him unable to see in front of him. He slowly held the feather of the monster and slowly climbed on top.

When he was close to the top, the monster made a maneuver and made him go back more.

Now he was on its tail again.

On the other hand, while Caitrin was trying to escape from the monsters beak, she shouted again,

"Hey! Can't you hear me! I said let me go!"

But the monster still didn't make a move. As she was trying to escape, she realized that the snow was getting less and less to her face. This confused her so she turned her head in the direction where the monster looked at.

She got shocked as she saw where the monster was heading.

She shouted,

"Tatsumi! The monster is going to the forest! Watch out!"

Orano lifted his head and looked at the forest. He knew what he had to do. He continued to climb slowly.

When they were about to get into the forest, Caitrin closed her eyes and said to herself,

*Dammit!*

As they flew through the forest, she held strongly to the monster and waited for it to end. The monster didn't hit any trees and flew past the forest safely.

Orano slowly climbed the monster's back and said to himself, as he took his sword in his hand,

*Right there!*

He jumped on the monster's back and stuck his sword.

The monster groaned once more as it threw Caitrin in the air. Orano caught Caitrin in the air and put her in the back of the monster.

This time he groaned stronger and much more painful than ever before. It hardly flapped its wings and was slowly falling down due to its heavy injuries.

Orano looked in front of him and got shocked. They were falling right into the middle of the city and a lot of people were walking on the streets. He looked back and shouted at Caitrin,

"Hold on strongly!"

Caitrin shouted back with anxiety,

"What do you mean by Hold on Strongly!?"

She looked where he was looking and saw it too. She was shivering in fear.

Orano slowly walked towards the monster's head and aimed his sword.

He said to himself,

*We are going to get this monster down, and we are doing it now!*

And he stuck his sword to the back of the monster's head. After that, the monster started to fall down, rapidly.

As the people of the town saw them, Orano shouted,

"Get away from the road!"

Then they shouted at each other,

"A giant monster is coming!",

"Move out of the way!",

"Run!",

The people of the town made just in time to get out of the way.

Then they landed harshly and slid away down the road while destroying it.

The road was completely torn down, but no one was injured.

The people of the town gazed at them with amazement and astonishment, then they gathered around them and began to shout in joy.

"Finally! The Monster is dead!"

Orano descended from the monster, and as he did that, One of the old people among the crowd approached him and gave him a lot of pouches of gold and said,

"Thank you, creature hunter. Because of you, we can travel to the mountains safely. Thank you and your friend so much."

Orano looked at Caitrin and said,

"Come on we have to go."

She sighed deeply and said,

"So this is how a normal mission goes."

Then she descended from the monster and followed him. As they were walking she looked back and asked,

"Have you ever fought monsters like this before?"

"Yes, many times. But these are S-Rank monsters, so you can't find them everywhere."

She looked at him sarcastically and said,

"So we were the lucky ones, huh?"

"It's true that we're in a difficult situation this time, but we survived because we acted logically and quickly."

She rethought their situation and she realized that he was right. Maybe they put themselves in danger but they saved many people from the monster and found the rift.

She said insightfully,

"I understand."

He then started to walk again and said,

"Come on we have to go. Since we found the rift, I have to send my friend a letter to notify him."

She said,

"But where are we going to send letters from?"

He said,

"Aetas is also known as the kingdom of communication. In his time, devices called "Zons" were made by a sorcerer named "Zilla Kyrell". And since the person who made this device was born and lived in the Kingdom of Aetas, this kingdom gave great importance to communication. Over time, it became a center for the communication of all kingdoms. In addition, another feature of this kingdom is that if there is a very urgent situation, a sound can spread to the extent that all kingdoms can hear. But this has not happened since the Battle of Luroun years ago."

She looked at him confused and said,

"That is very interesting, but how do you know this much about the kingdoms?"

"I read a lot of history books besides learning reading about magic and monsters."

She said,

"Oooh, so you have been reading a lot."

Then he said,

"Come on let's go."

She nodded and they started to walk.

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It had been only a few hours since Orano and Caitrin left there. The people in the town were back to their normal routines and everyone was walking around. The monster's corpse was gone and there were just people who were walking or people who repaired the road.

While they were walking, out of nowhere, a woman with wings landed on the road.

She had big white wings, long blonde hair, and green eyes. She also wore a long black dress.

Everyone looked at her with confusion, but as soon as she lifted her head, everyone looked away. They were shivering in fear. Nobody got the courage to lift their head and look at her.

After looking around for a couple of seconds, she started to walk without saying anything.

Then the people started to whisper,

"Don't even look at her, she is an "Orwell"."

"But dad why?"

"I said do not look at her."

Then another person whispered,

"Mom, why is everyone is quiet? Can't we talk to her?"

"No Emily, Stay away from her. She is just dangerous."

She was just walking and looking around. Like she was searching for something. After she walked for a couple of seconds, she turned to a kid and approached him,

Somebody whispered again,

"She is going to do something to him!"

She crouched, smiled, and said,

"Hey, I have been walking for a long time, but I couldn't find the contact center. Do you know where it is?"

The boy smiled and said,

"Right there, big sis!"

She stroked his head and said,

"Thank you."

While she was about to walk away, he said loudly,

"I wish you were here earlier big sis! There was a very cool creature hunter that took down a giant bird."

Then one of the people from the crowd scolded him,

"Hey! Why are you telling her about that! We can't just say things like that to a stranger! Just shut up next time!"

She looked at him with fear and confusion and said to herself,

"A creature hunter?"

Then she turned and started to walk away from there.

As she was walking she thought to herself,

"Nuzuki will not tolerate this. He will know soon or later. And he will come for them. I have to do something about it."