The Ruthless Dragon God

Rex was down there silently listening to the conversation between Hunter and Mr. Brooks - the librarian of the academy. At first he thought when Mr. Brooks came, that he will teach Hunter a lesson for beating him.

But gradually as talk progressed he found that Mr. Brooks knew nothing about the fight between him and Hunter. He wanted to intrude in their conversation and complain, but when he learned that Hunter will be teaching him to hunt he stopped himself from doing so.

Rex knew one thing from today's hunt that hunting is not easy as it sounds. He needed to learn how to hunt animals and how to track them from someone. But getting someone to teach him was another challenge as very few knew about hunting.

Hunter was the only option to learn and now with Mr. Brooks there he had no chance of rejecting him.

Hunter turned towards Rex, "Now listen boy, I don't care if you want to learn to hunt from me or not. But now with an awakener in the fray you got no option but to learn what I teach you.

I don't want any trouble with these awakened people so you are going to stay here for 3 months and learn hunting from me."

Hunter threw his half eaten snake meat towards Rex, "Now have this meat and sleep in the hut. I'll keep a blanket for you. And tomorrow we move out at dawn, so be ready when the sun is up."

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The next day at half past four in the morning a glass of water was emptied on the boy sleeping on the floor. "Hey what the f.u.c.k....", Rex woke up with a jerk as water splashed on his head.

"Get up boy, it ain't your f.u.c.k.i.n.g mama's home. You got half an hour before the dawn sets in. That's the same amount of time you have to get ready for the day. Move It !!" Hunter smirked as he carried away the empty glass.

Rex was angry as he b.a.r.e up with Hunter's verbal abuses. Painstakingly he got up from the floor as he properly folded the blanket he was sleeping in. His body still ached with the beating he got yesterday.

'Two days, two beatings... Nice... I am on roll baby. Just because I am weak and in bad conditions you guys are looking down on me. It's true what they say you need to have power to stay safe and protected otherwise people will step on you and move ahead.' thought Rex as he continued with his morning tasks.

As he got out of the hut he heard Hunter saying, "Bastard, you are late. It's already 10 mins later than the dawn. It's almost time the sun is out in the sky. Now let's get moving quickly."

"But my hammer? The one which you took yesterday, where is it? How can I hunt without any weapon?" Rex asked.

"What? You call that shitty thing a weapon, are you even sane in your head. First that thing was made of metal. Are you some bastard of rich asshole that you hunt with metal equipment?

Within few hunts, that equipment will go bad and will have to be replaced, which costs huge amount. It will be only possible if you are some bastard of rich people.

Second that thing is a blunt weapon. Useless !! What are we here to have a fight with the prey. We are here to hunt them not play with them.

That shitty thing will not make wounds, it will just break bones that too on full impact otherwise if the prey dodges and you miss than you are gone.

Third it is a melee weapon. Melee means we have to go near the prey for using it. Melee means more chance of losing the prey and more chance of getting wounded by the counter of prey.

There is nothing fair out here. The one who lives is the winner and the one who gives it's life is the looser. "

As they talked they slowly entered into the woods.