CHAPTER-1 A day in the life of a hunter.
It was a frisky early morning, a hunter of 20 referred to as Katto by his fellow hunters awoke and started to chow down on a moderately light breakfast... He enjoyed capturing the various monsters of Minegarde, observing how they think and react to danger. With these advantages, he was a nimble hunter, who was victorious in all his battles. With his trusty Rahjan Bowgun he felt he could prevail over all...
When he got dressed and finished breakfast, he decided to go out - petting his Pig, the tradition of hunters who wish to have good luck, as he made his way to the door. Whilst Katto was leisurely strolling down the path, he passed the weapons dealer, namely Junior and his felyne companion. Katto greeted the reliable smith and continued along the path. He then stopped by the local market to buy the ammunition that his gun so fiercly fired. After haggling with several merchants he got all the ammunition and other provisions he could need for a good two or three hunts.
Eventually, bored of the normal routine, he decided to pay a visit to the Great Guild Hall. Upon entering the establishment he sighted musicians, hunters of all ages, and random assorted people who liked to unwind after a long day of work or farming with a chilled beer, served by the guild lady. After noticing the people, he walked up to the quest board. There was nothing too exciting on it for the moment, yet he took a simple quest, almost absent mindedly he read. "Help!! my farm has had livestock killed, after attracting small game such as the Velociprey, eventually escalated to a Kut-Ku! Someone please rid this terror from my farm!" Noticing that just about every quest description had an exclamation mark in.
"Hmph. This will have to do" Murmured Katto as if in acceptance. He walked up to the guild staff and presented the paper with the quest details. He signed the contract and payed the fee, then walked to the guild exit, checking his provisions on the way. He walked for hours upon bumpy paths and shady retreats, taking a few rest stops on the way. Eventually he came upon the suspect pasture, at first he searched the place, and any sign of a Wyvern. After hearing a peculiar sound, he crouched along some hay, noticing a pack of 4 Velociprey, munching on what seemed to be an Aptonoth.
At this moment he had to make a decision, would he snipe the Velociprey off one by one, or ignore them and set a trap with suitable bait to lure a Wyvern. For a hungry Wyvern often returned to the same feeding spot. After inspecting the premesis, he found several signs of a Kut-Ku - scales, dung, and foot prints. He climbed a make-shift ladder to a barn roof, which provided a good look-out on the surroundings. Opening his backpack, he pulled out some rations, and ate them hastily, then sipped some of his canteen. Once he had his fill he started to nap viewing the pink-orange sky.
Morning dawned, it was somewhat misty, about an hour after he had awoken, he scanned the horizon, spotting a UFO headed his way. He spied through the guns' scope to view the suspect clearly, it was the Kut-Ku, here for an early morning snack. Loading up Crag shots, Katto smiled upon the satisfying 'click' sound the gun made. Once he was in the open he flicked a switch on the side of the gun, into dangerous burst mode. Once he had a clear shot at his pink nemesis, he pulled the trigger, letting off a rupturing sound, 3 crags had clung on to the Kut-Ku's hide - like so many hungry leeches.
Confused, the Kut-Ku flew off, but before it could get a high enough altitude for flying, explosions started coating it. In pain the Kut-Ku let out a loud, yet not ear-damaging shriek and started to lose altitude. At this moment the gun was over heated, so he had to switch out of burst mode. He loaded up some normal LV 3 rounds at break-neck speeds and started to fire them with the strength of a ballista toward the pink menace. As the shots hit the Kut-Ku, they ricochetted off, sending parts through the wing. Recovering from it's fall, the Kut-Ku turned around to see a hunter, and glared at him. The Kut-Ku decided to rush him and dashed spewing immature fireballs to it's sides.
Katto did not find it hard to dodge, only an amateur hunter wouldn't see it coming, or would have a "deer-in-the-headlights" moment. As the Kut-Ku slid across the grassy terrain, Katto fired another normal round, at it's rear. Now in a maniacal rage, this Kut-Ku gave a fierce shriek, with smoke huffing out of it's beak started to retreat and fight the battle another day. Just before it could reach a spot suitable for lift-off, Katto hurled a Paintball at the overwhelmed Wyvern and it flew out of sight. It did not take long to track it though, and stumbled upon the suspect nest, not many miles away from the farm he inspected this cave-like forest den. It had several bones and remains of Mosswines and other easy prey. Upon inspecting the ground, Katto came across a Master's Skull - remains of a hunter who under estimated his opponent and got unlucky.
Eventually, he noticed the Kut-Ku, snoring loudly. He had yet another decision to make, would he capture this beast and sell it to some rich nobleman, or would he slay it and avenge the poor hunter who had been slain by this menace. After a couple of minutes of hasty thinking, Katto smirked and searched his backpack. He pulled out a somewhat large barrel, he then mixed in some gunpowder, which he stored in another pocket - it was dangerous to carry gunpowder for if he had been hit by fire the result would be devastating. In moments he produced a Large Barrel Bomb, and holding it tightly, he creeped along the worn floor toward the Wyvern. He placed the bomb between the Kut-Ku's head and wing. Thinking back to reading the hunter's life magazine years ago when he was new to hunting he remembered bombs could be set up in a chain reaction. He placed a smaller bomb and lit a spark. He had to move, fast!
When he got some distance away, he saw the spark dissapear, moments later a big explosion. Katto marvelled in this delightful firework. Once the smoke cleared a weak Kut-Ku limped toward him - wasting no time Katto loaded up a Crag then switched to burst mode on his prized gun. The Kut-Ku hesitated to get closer to the hunter but it was too late. Katto had launched three Crags, all clung to the poor Wyvern's beak, a few seconds later the small explosions created a smoke cloud. After coughing and fanning away the smoke with his hand, Katto smiled upon the dead Wyvern. "This was over-kill for you!" He triumphantly claimed to the dead body. Noticing the ripped ears and the blood seeping out of it's beak. He informed the farmer on the way back to the Great Guild Hall.