1 The first step as a hunter and the first prey

July 25, 2039 20:56 that night was the day on which the end of humans began. Dungeons and monsters appeared out of nowhere and killed the majority of humanity without any problem as the time passed, the humans were scared to wait. Wait to die

A small group of people got up to fight against the monsters that appeared.

Little by little, those humans fought more and more, many became strong and could live as they wished others simply died or disappeared.

In the end, the strongest humans rebuilt the world living on top while the weak died in devastated cities or streets infested with horrible monsters.

My name is Berto and I do not have a last name because I do not know my mother or my father and most likely they are dead too. I do not really care.

I am known as the "maximum useless" since I am not very strong or fast or intelligent, so I usually can not even face a monster of rank H that is the lowest range for monsters.

Because of my lack of strength I always had to find another method to survive. That method was to be a scavenger.

Basically I expected a hunter to kill a monster and I would steal it when it was distracted until one day I was beaten and my arm was almost cut off for stealing but a girl prevented my arm being mutilated.

Her name was Yukino amatzuki of Japanese nationality, age 19, 1.74, size of "B" cup and also one of the youngest hunters to reach the S rank in 4 years after passing the official hunting ceremony and also one of the kinder.

Unfortunately that was the only time I received help from a hunter, so I try to avoid them and right now I am living in a building that used to be used by hunters as their main base.

The positive side of being a scavenger is that I find electronic parts almost every time I go outside the building.

While exploring, I also encounter dead monsters from which I can take a piece of meat and have a decent dinner at night.

But today I decided to change my life. Right now I'm healing my leg.

Because of my weakness I could not defend myself against a giant cockroach which stuck one of its legs in my left leg. Luckily the old hunters who lived here left many useful items.

Many of the items left by these hunters are useless by themselves.

So I have to combine them to use it which is not difficult since I like to experiment.

Berto took a small rusty tin and filled it with a lot of black sand and used a roll of sticky plastic called "tape" and sealed the tin by putting a small piece of cloth.

"Very well, I have the first thing now, I need something to restrict the movement of my prey."(Berto)

Berto searched among the wooden boxes in the building and found a roll of about 10 meters of wire with barbs.

"Perfect, this will serve very well!" (Berto)

Berto was excited his first day as an unofficial hunter and if he was lucky it would also be the day he killed his first prey.

The reason that Berto had not become a hunter long ago was because he was really afraid of facing the monsters but at that moment he thought it would be even worse to starve.

"Thinking better, fighting does not sound so bad but it would be better if I'm not the one who approaches monsters."(Berto)

Berto wanted to hunt, but he wanted to avoid the problems of being hurt, so he decided on a way to fight and avoid damage.

"Traps!"(Berto)

What was better than leaving your weapon ready and just waiting for an enemy to fall into it?

It was the perfect plan in Berto's eyes but obviously this was not so simple. Since one had to look for the ideal place where only a small amount of monsters would pass, which would allow to use the traps that were recoverable after being used.

Berto observed the can filled with black sand and thought it would be insufficient to kill a monster, so he opened it again and filled it with small nails and covered it again.

"Hopefully this will be enough." (Berto)

When looking in the building, Berto could easily find a filthy blanket which would serve perfectly as a camouflage. Its color was easily confused with the color of the ground which allowed an almost perfect camouflage.

"Good, departure time!"(Berto)

Now there was only the task of inspecting the places where monsters were constantly passing but at the same time that these were in small quantities.

He also had to try not to get too far from the building and get lost.

Berto after a long time of walking he finally found the perfect place but there was a small problem.

There was a group of monsters of Rank H in front of which they were called Blue Imps.

The blue imps are extremely agile but their physical strength is extremely low, so they travel in numbers from 10 to 15 but this time the number was 5.

A perfect number to try the can with black sand that Berto possessed.

Berto took an old steel lighter and set fire to the small cloth in the can and threw it at the group and covered himself behind a piece of metal.

"...."(Berto)

Berto remained covered for a few seconds without the explosion was heard and when he got up from his coverage he could see that a new monster had been present.

"Oh...an infernal tiger (Berto)

Berto watched the infernal tiger and below him. The 5 blue imps died but the strange thing was that the bomb was nowhere to be found. Until a huge group of blue imps were present surrounding the infernal tiger.

"It seems that I will leave with nothing today" (Berto)

Berto leaned back against the piece of metal, relaxing a bit.

*mmhhhfffffff...pfffffffffff *

Berto took a deep breath until.

*BAAAAAAAANNNNGGG*

A huge and deafening explosion could be heard perhaps a couple of kilometers. Berto was stunned by the explosion that had occurred so close to him.

When he got up from his cover, Berto was able to observe the infernal tiger, shattered on all sides. while the blue imps were completely covered with nails in their bodies.

Berto was stunned in the same way but could not contain his emotion as his first prey and his first meal won with his own effort.

The infernal tiger is a creature of rank C reason why it is very strong in question and in addition the group of blue imps surpassed the 20 easily. Berto only decided to take the tiger's meat and run away very quickly before any other creature was present for dinner.

After another 20 minutes of running full of energy for the emotion, Berto arrived at the base building and after entering again blocked the entrance.

The emotion of Berto was irrepressible, and he looked at the meat with pride knowing that this meat had been achieved with his own effort.

"After 7 years of being hidden, I never thought that this would feel so good." (Berto)

Berto looked for an old pot that lay between the wooden boxes and lit the fire waiting for it to heat the pan. Without thinking much, Berto threw the piece of meat on the pan and a strange sound began to come out of the meat.

*Fsssssssssssssssss*

That was the sound of a piece of meat that was at least 2 times bigger than the pan, so some parts were raw while in the center everything was perfectly cooked.

In spite of that Berto could not stop drooling when he observed the meat cooking.

Berto with a small knife that had a piece of meat in his pocket and took it to his mouth.

Slowly this felt like the exquisite flesh of the tiger melted in his mouth as well as the blood that still possessed the flesh that he does not care about much anyway.

After a long time of enjoying a dinner like never before Berto for the first time in his life had been filled.

With his now renewed strength, Berto began to check the place until he suddenly felt something strange in his body.

Berto's hands began to tremble and his vision blurred from one moment to another until this collapse on the floor and a strange voice could be heard in his head.

[The test has been completed. Congratulations hunter]

"What...?" (Berto)

At that moment Berto's mind went blank, and he lost consciousness.