The Cold Blooded Hunter: Seeker of Peace
115. Me and Dusk in the park at night
"So, are you here to question my humanity?" I asked, I felt Dusk come to me not only to ask that.
Dusk approached and stood right in front of me, very close to me. He leaned over slightly and brought his face closer to mine, "I want to know everything..."
I put my face back and asked with raised eyebrows, "Everything? What's?"
Oh come on, what are you doing, twilight?! People can misunderstand you when you see you like this!
Dusk stood straight again and walked then sat down next to me, "You know, I had so many obstacles when I lived for five years after we parted..."
Hmm, I get it, so do I, maybe more than you...
"What is that?" I asked, and at the end of the day, I wondered what he had been doing all these five years.
"Exercise, strengthen my body, and make me affected by a knowledge called Hunter Doctrine" he replied, and that was quite surprising to me.
My grandfather once said, The Hunter Doctrine is a knowledge capable of influencing humans who want to become Hunters to hate Monsters. This knowledge is considered capable of making humans join the world of Hunter and fight Monsters.
My grandfather never taught me about that knowledge, because according to my grandfather, people who learn this knowledge will have a desire to finish off a monster larger than a Hunter who does not learn it.
"At least, there are a few others who have accepted the Hunter Doctrine besides me, including Vina.." said Dusk, "And yeah, well, it took me only a year to master the basic knowledge Hunter required, and it didn't take me long to jump into battle, with my first firearm I got from my grandfather."
"Your grandfather's name is Vano Irawan, right?" my many.
As I recall, the person who brought Dusk to Jakarta was called Vita, right? Is he still alive?
"Look..." Dusk nodded his head slightly, "My grandmother also helped train me, so I got training from two S rank Hunters."
Oh, so, huh? I've been trained by Hunter rank SS and a... A gee? Better than one like him... I, who was trained by an SS rank Hunter and an Emperor, felt that it was nothing to be proud of...
"So? How was your fight all this time?" I glanced at him, Dusk carrying his sword. But I did too, carrying both of my swords and wearing the Fire Chicken Claw, so now I am in the form of being ready to fight at any time if there is an attack.
"I used the best version of my grandfather's melee-type firearm, he named it Purple Lightning." said Dusk, "And with this, I can slash many Monsters easily."
He raised his sword and showed it to me, "See? This is something that's allowed me to survive all this time, other than the iron stick we found in that empty house!"
He looked enthusiastic, and I remember him vividly, when I found the iron rod we were using against the dog-shaped Monster, at that time, with uncle Christo who was sitting there waiting for us to finish off the dogs.
"May I see?" ask me, and Dusk gave it to me.
[Purple Lightning (SS): A sharp double-sided sword forged in Thailand. It is a melee type firearm owned by Vano Irawan, Hunter rank S of RedWhite. Made of Flaming metal that is colored with Wolf Flash blood that is finished off by Allen de Esquede, SS rank Hunter from IronBlast.
Tops: +650
Crit. Rate: +3%
Crit. Dmg: +20%
Highest temperature: 2000-2010°C
Passive: Dodging speed increases by 10% when slashing with half the force, and increases atk by 20% if slashing with full force.]
Huh huh? His stat was ordinary, even similar to the Demonic Dragon Sword I had...
"You lack experience against fast-moving enemies, so your instincts are not well honed." I said, and it made Dusk look like confusion.
"Insting?"
"Yes, instincts.." He doesn't seem to know what instinct is, so I'll explain it to him a little, "Insting is like how you feel when you're in a situation or going through a situation."
"For example, what do you feel when you look at me now?" I looked at Dusk with a sharp look, "Jawab..."
And as I had guessed before, Dusk looked terrified looking at me, and I saw his body tremble a little.
"So?" I closed my eyes, and looked at her with a faint smile, "What do you feel when you look at me?"
"Fear..." just one word he said, "Is that what you got from Monsters?"
I nodded slightly, "That's what I call instinct, was there anything else you felt when you saw me earlier?"
"I want to run away from you."
Oh come on, am I that horrible?!
"OK, okay, don't go on, you can take a breath.." I patted him on the shoulder, "Silence..."
Dusk set his breath, and I felt he had calmed down, so I continued again.
"Insting you can sharpen by going through a lot of fights, or I can call it like a hunch. With strong instincts, you can at least avoid a fight that has the potential to kill you." I added, and Dusk nodded.
He looked at me deeply, and asked, "What have you been through for five years? Until you understand something like that?"
"Simple, I fought many forms of Monsters, from the small, to the size of a tree." I replied, "And, to train my instincts, to train my instincts, I used to go into the woods and hang in there with some simple tools."
"In the forest, I found a lot of threats, got me trained to predict when the threats would come, when I would be safe, and so on." I added, "And for speed, I used to practice against my grandfather, I used to train against my grandfather, and my grandfather's movements were very fast, yaaa, you remember the time when my grandfather fought that human-faced monster back then, right?"
Dusk nodded, and I continued again, "Well, to be able to keep up with my grandfather's movements, I trained my grandfather's speed as well as ability to predict attacks. The trick is to fight monsters stronger than me..."
Everything I've experienced over these five years, so maybe, I've had more experience than Dusk.
"Against a monster stronger than you? How'd you do it?" Dusk was a little surprised, "I've had a hard time fighting a B rank Monster that is on par with me..."
"That's because you pay less attention to the pattern of his attacks." I raised my index finger, "Some Monsters at least have a pattern of attacks that are easy to predict..."
If I find a pattern of attacks that I have never seen, then the first step is to estimate the next attack from the start of the attack.
[Consideration! Enemy approaching!]
A window of information appeared before me, and what appeared shocked me.
Who is the Monster who is crazy enough to enter the territory of the strongest Hunter organization in Indonesia? Except...
"Yo, the Flame Emperor's container." Someone appeared behind the darkness of the night, "It seems that you are getting stronger year after year..."