I'm back and ready for action!

After a rather hilarious scene, the group sat in a circle back at Recara's lodging listening about what had occurred during their absence, the situation that Han sheng described was rather grim.

"So your telling me that monster population numbers have suddenly gone off charts, making many areas a lot more dangerous to trek and they ACTUALLY start to work together?" Recara asked after listening.

"Yeah, that's why you can see the demand of hunters go up as well to not only defend villages but also gather raw materials which are required to keep a village running. We're seeing death tolls; injuries shoot up in the main villages that you could reach the sky with those numbers. New hunters are getting sent out as replacement even before they complete training. " Han sheng replied.

"Which leads to those inexperienced getting killed, adding to the death rate. I mean, we've faced booming populations before but with your description, not at such a coordinated rate. And imagining a Rathlos and a Naruga actually work side by side? That's just like something from a horror book." Nevec commented.

" We'll believe what we can and cannot. This is a crisis that has not been encountered in a long time." Recara said to which everybody agreed. As silence continued, each hunter taken in his or her thoughts, discussions broke out as everybody conversed with their friends about the problem.

Taking the chance, Han sheng turned to Nevec and asked as he indicated with his finger.

"What are with those two? Recara I know, his reckless knucklehead but gunner girl? That's a new topic." Enquiring about the pair that was currently immersed in their own conversation.

"Them? Old friends. Remember you were in a different class from Recara during our childhood? Well she was from the same class as him. She was also the one that broke his reverie after the incident about our family…." The older man replied, clearly not pleased to talk about the latter subject.

"Oh…ok. Thanks man" Han sheng replied as he went back to his thoughts.

Suddenly, a loud and continuous sound began resounding through the village.

"That's the general alarm! SHIT! Looks like a wave of them are coming!" Han sheng said as he got up, loading his gun already.

Then, the door burst open as a guild member ran in, his face showing evidence of tire by the amount of sweat he was releasing. Upon seeing the whole group, relieved spread across his face.

"Ah there you are! The village chief is looking for you six!" he said.

And the entire time, the earth was shaking under the amount of steps the approaching wave was taking…

End of part 1

Ok. That's part one of chapter four. I'll post part 2 tomorrow. Please wait patiently. Tomorrow's the last day of exam for me (FUCK YES!)