2 New Bright Beginning

"Brother!"

"I know! [Fire Bolt]!" Nare cast a fire magic spell at the wild boar, but he misses after the wild boar evade the magic.

[Fire Bolt] is basic fire magic that can be used by almost any fire magician. It's very effective to use, because it doesn't use a lot of magic fuour. Magic fuour is a limit to the use of magic. If the mage has reached the fuour limit, the mage cannot use magic anymore.

Damn, they are getting smarter. Even though they are still weak.

After the wild boar managed to avoid his magic. Wild boar tries to attack him from behind. The wild boar attacked him at full speed.

"Your back!" She shouted.

"Don't worry. [Fire Wall]" Sparks appeared from under his feet and then spread towards his rear. Make the boar that attacked him burn.

The fire wall he made roasted the wild boar to death. However, the skin of the boar is still brown and not burnt.

"Looks like this time you got it without harming the skin, brother."

Nare Ciguerl. He is a 14 year old fire mage from a small town. He lives with his sister, Kire Ciguerl. His parents rarely come home because his parents are adventurers.

Every day he and his sister and friends go out hunting for money. They need the money because they want to enroll at Kaleo Magic Academy, in the capital city of the country. It's every person's dream to enroll at that school. After they graduated, they can become an adventurer to explore the world after.

"Yeah, with this we can get more money than before." Now I know how to burn the inside and not the outside. You just need to set the temperature of the fire.

"I mean it's your fault brother. You've gone too far last time."

"Ahaha... maybe..."

The last time they had hunted wild boar, he roasted it until it turned to ashes, leaving nothing to bring back to sell. Nothing to sell which means no money. If they don't have money it means they can't live their daily lives properly.

My bad. That doesn't mean I roasted everything. Maybe like five out of six?

The price of wild boar skins is quite high because it is difficult for people to get it with good quality. It's also caused by people always breaking the skin.

"The price that people usually get for that skin is like 4 gold coins per kilo. If that auntie said the quality of the skin is good, she will give like 8-10 gold coins. That's double the price."

"But brother, we never even got more than 3 gold coins."

"Ah..." After hearing that, he looks away from her. "It's no big deal Kire. Besides, we only hunted wild boar for 3 days. We are a newbie for this. So not a big deal right?"

She knew that her brother liked to go wild whenever they were hunting, which was why she could only say okay. "Even though we can take another hunting quest?"

"You know, changing the pace might be good for us. I mean, it's almost time, Kire."

"Hum.. you're right." She smiled.

After they cut the skin of the wild boar with the Nare's dagger. They took the skin, put it in the cart, and then looked for the wild boar again before returning to town.

In the forest, there are lots of magical beasts. From small animals to giants, there are many variations. Even there are so few healthy plants.

"Oh yeah Kire, I've been thinking about this all this time. "

"What is it, brother?" With a confused face, Kire tried to guess what his brother was thinking. It's strange, he never thought that hard before.

Kire saw Nare's face which looked like she was seriously thinking about something. He had never shown such a serious face before.

"I mean, we never see neutral animals. They have always been magical beasts out there."

"If you talk about that, you are right. But I've read many books about animals and plants. "

"Yeah, me too. 300 years ago, there were tons of animals and plants. They were not hostile to humans, at least not all of them. And now, there are no normal animals."

"Maybe it was because the tragedy affected the whole world."

"That might be true."

Over 300 years ago. To be precise, the last year on the Gregorian calendar is 2671. Since nearly 90% of the world's population died, the world was in deep trouble. It's so big and it's been a long time. Humans can only rise up after 300 years of trying to change many times.

"Heavy!"

"Come on brother, it's not like your first time doing this right?"

"Haha..." Jeez.

Every time they go hunt, they always bring the wagon to keep their loot there. Even if they only got a little, they still bring the wagon too. And this time, it's full of wild boars skin. Probably it's more than five kilograms.

I don't know if I can say lucky about this. Because it's too heavy! I want to ask Kire if she can help me with this. But I'm a boy, I have my own pride to protect. Asking a girl to help me is just wrong.

"Do you need help?"

Suddenly there was a voice like a savior coming. Of course, Nare was very interested and wanted her help, if only Kire wasn't the one who asked him.

"Haha, no thank you." Even though he refused his help, his heart said something different. Damn it, why must be you Kire?

Kire who knew what her brother was thinking, grinned. "Oh ho..." She then used her fire magic to burn the front wheel of the wagon.

"Ah?! What do you think you're doing? Now what we're gonna do?"

The wagon then stuck to the ground because the front wheel was destroyed.

"You gotta be kidding me..."

After seeing her brother's reaction, Kire offered him help with a smile like it was not her fault at all.

"And now, you need help right, brother?"

"Huh.. for real?" Damn you, Kire.

***

After a few minutes of walk, they arrive at outside of the city. There is a big sign, written 'Welcome to Valhand' on it.

"We've arrived now brother. Feel relieved now?"

Hell no. "Yeah, thanks to you."

Even though he is thanking her, it sounds more like sarcasm. He feels not relieved at all but really exhausted after that. He hasn't eaten anything since breakfast. He then looked at his pocket, then put his left hand in the pocket and pulled out a device. 16:37 is written on it.

"Eh!? This late already?"

"You're too slow, brother."

After Kire said that, Nare's can only sigh. Huh... for real?

"And who's fault is that?"

"It's yours of course."

Suddenly a boy's voice interrupted them.

"Oh really. Now you too, Leo?"

A boy with black hair and his favorite blue scarf appeared out of nowhere. He is Leo Crystfal, an Ice Mage. He is the strongest of the five of them. That's what everyone thinks. Even Nare challenged him to fight, and he always lost.

"Ah, I'm sorry for interrupting your date."

"You call hunting a date?"

"Oh come on Nare, you went to the forest alone with a girl. Then what do you call it? Kidnapping?"

With Leo present, Nare sighed. He is strong.. but his personality sucks. He's cold at times, but he likes teasing other people too. But at least he's different now than when we first met. He is nicer now.

"What? Tired already?"

"Yeah, thanks to you and Kire."

"Eh, me too?"

"YES!!! You two are similar, very similar."

Hearing that from her brother, she blushed. "What are you talking about, brother?" She then exhaled. "By the way brother, do you want to eat outside, tonight?"

"Why so sudden?"

"I'm too tired to cook."

"Even though you're the one wants to help me?"

"Even though you're the one who needs help."

They fell silent after that. Then they turned their heads.

"Jeez, alright see you tomorrow." Leo then leaves them alone.

After Leo left the two of them. They feel like siblings fighting over a toy problem. Making them embarrassed, and they decided to return to the city.

For almost 7 years, they always do this every day. No matter how tough the opponent was, they always came back safely. They keep improving every day. The first time they went to the hunter guild. Nare is ranked D, Kire is ranked D, Gina is also ranked D, and Shone is ranked C. Leo, on the other hand, didn't enroll in the hunter guild but he still keep getting money from other source.

And now, they were at the top of the hunter guild rankings. They were all ranked A at the age of 14. They also got a lot of bonuses from hunting, but only periodically. Because of that, they rarely went to the hunter's guild now. They are now selling the loot to the local market for more profit.