Nomadic

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Singularity emptiness of the cosmos; the point of nothingness. Chaotic energy dominates the universe- expanding, inflating, scattering, accelerating, contracting, colliding. Until that infinitesimally unlikely fated moment.

-Promordial Chaos

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Towering trees with dense vegetation, intermittent cries of insects and hungry beasts; a world where only the fittest reign supreme.

In a distant marsh, a level 15 Grizzly Lunar Bear can be seen eyeing a meek level 10 Wood Deer. A Grizzly Lunar Bear is very potent during the night because they receive additional powers when the moon shines.

The unsuspecting deer continues to graze the grasses and enjoy the morning dew of the daybreak. Suddenly, it was alerted by its instinct to danger.

'Kchtt'

With hunger as the driving force, the bear greedily pounced towards its prey. Although it is not night time but an early morning, the Grizzly Lunar Bear is still has great power. The deer tried to bolt out, unfortunately, was still hit by the fast claw swipe of the bear.

Deep claw marks are embedded on its body as it weakly lay with blood gushing out from its wounds.

The bear madly rushed towards its feast and began to tear down the deer's body.

At the same time, in a nearby foliage, an eye with the sharpness of the wild stares with rapt attention towards the hunt.

With an arrow nocked, the hunter started his own hunt of the bear who, after the successful hunt, completely let down its vigilance in favor for filling up its empty stomach.

'Swoosh'

Suddenly, a fast arrow was released and accurately hit the left eye of the bear.

"Arghh-- Grrr"

The bear howled in pain as it tried to locate its attacker.

'Chtiiiii'

A low level fireball was cast towards the heart. Certainly, it is not enough to cause grave injury to the bear.

'Swoosh swoosh swoosh'

Three continuous arrows were released towards the injured bear. Due to the earlier fire ball, the defense around the area of its heart was weakened.

Feeling the threat from the three arrows, it tried to move its large body to avoid hitting its vital organs, hitting instead near its heart.

The bear, enraged, charge to fight back but was stopped by a timely earth spell, "Quagmire", stopping the bear.

The hunter, run closer and took the opportunity to finish the bear in one forceful stab of his sword, towards the heart where the previous fireball hit, ending the bear's life.

Everything is done fluidly, without a pause or hesitation. From the first arrow, the fireball, the consecutive arrows, the timely earth spell to the powerful sword strike. Evidently, years of practice with steadfast heart and strong mind to do such fluid actions are factors for the instant kill. Of course, the lack of vigilance of the bear played a role as well.

After the hunt, the hunter vigilantly observed his surroundings as he hastily collected the bear's body.

"Just in time for breakfast," the hunter said, gazing at the breaking dawn.

In the law of the jungle, it's common for a hunter to suddenly be the hunted. The mantis stalks the ciccada unaware of the oriole behind.

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Walking towards the village carrying with him the huge grizzly bear and the deer, the hunter was greeted by a few youths, "Good morning Lex, another successful hunt ey."

"That's one huge bear. You really are strong Lex."

"Good morning guys. I just got lucky. Nothing more. hehe," Lex replied while lightly scratching his chin.

The hunter, donned in dark fitted hunting clothes, is named Lex, a 14 year old youth with streamlined body, well toned obviously from constant years of training and practice. Although not very tall, with only 5'3 height. His dignified appearance and steadfast bearing shows the maturity of a nomad living in the wild.

After a few pleasantries, he arrived at the biggest house in the village. He placed his hunting spoils at the courtyard and entered the house.

Sitting at the head of the dining table, a stalwart man is eating in delight. From his eyes, gentleness and profoundness from years of wisdom can be seen.

"Good morning father," Lex remarks after seeing him about to finish his breakfast.

His father called out to him and reminded him, "Hurry up and eat or you'll be late for your morning training."

Lex hurriedly cleaned himself, ate his food and rushed to the training grounds.

Luckily, he arrived just in time and the instructor hasn't arrived yet.

This morning training consists of muscle training, sword practice, archery practice, other forms of martial path. A person has limited time so each of them has to focus on one path to train in but required to grasp the basic skills in other path.

Apparently, although it is a secluded village, the nomads are not barbarians. Every morning at 6 o'clock, the youths are trained and required to practice their skills in martial path to ensure the strength of the village never dwindle against the constant threat of powerful mystic beasts of the mountain range.

"Hey, what's up? I heard you hunted down a Grizzly Lunar Bear this morning Lex. Great hunt. Very impressive. hahaha," a robust man with honest face said as he cheerfully laugh.

Beside him, a thin youth with unremarkable presence added, "As expected from our village chief's son."

"Don't flatter me, it was pure luck. It's morning when I hunted it and after the bear killed the deer, it relax its vigilance. Otherwise, I would be the one dead," he said to the two youths he was well acquainted with.

"Besides, you are much stronger than me Atroth. You are already a Platinum rank Martial Scholar while I am still a Copper rank Martial Scholar," Lex said to the robust man.

These two are his closest friends in the entire village since he was young.

Atroth Wenge, a tall robust man but contrary to his large body, was a cheerful and kind person. He dons a greatsword behind his back.

The other youth who is much thinner and shorter than Lex but exudes an unremarkable presence is Niles Sable. You would not even notice him unless you focus.

The trio merrily discuss Lex's encounter and adventures while waiting for their instructor. Shortly after, a serious man enters the training grounds. Their rigid instructor arrived while the youths simultaneously quietened down and stand on alert, just like in a military.