Kariudo sprinted deeper into the forest, readying his bow and pulling some arrows out of his quiver. If his ears weren't deceiving him…
And they didn't. Coming up to a lake, the hunter spotted a demon. The disgusting creature, covered in tangles of black, barreled through the paths, killing all life in its way.
Scanning his surroundings, he spotted a few trees nearby. Running along, he fired off an arrow to attract the demon's attention. It hit the mass of black, but only stunned it, nothing really effective.
As the creature turned around to attack the human that had struck it, Kariudo climbed onto the tree and readied another arrow.
Alright, then…Closer…A little more…NOW!
He fired the arrow, striking the demon in its eye. It screamed a deafening sound that was horrific. Taking out a few more arrows, he lined them up on the bow and fired them. The arrows hit the now-exposed flesh, and the wounds made the creature roll onto the ground.
Kariudo took out another arrow. Long experience had taught him never to think a demon was dead until it rotted into a skeleton. And patiently, he waited.
Nothing happened for the moment. Assuming he had killed it, Kariudo leapt down and walk over to the demon. "I'm sorry to do this, great one," He said, "But you must understand your fury has consumed you, and you are no longer in control of yourself. I had to do this."
The creature did not answer. Instead, its skin slowly decayed until only the skeleton was left.
Getting closer, Kariudo investigated the remains. When he moved close, he suddenly took his bow and fired an arrow into the forest. "Get out, San!" He yelled. "I know you're there!" Slowly, the wolf girl and her brothers emerged from the forest. "You could have told me you were hunting demons here," She snapped.
"And you could have told me that you were following me," He fired back. "But now you did, you can make yourself useful and check out the trail this demon caused."
"I don't take orders from you!" She shouted.
"No, you don't." He replied coolly, then went over to the remains of the demon. San, standing there feeling stupid, decided to help and ran back into the forest where the demon's trail followed.
Looking closely at the bones, Kariudo noticed something wrong. Why weren't there any broken bones or anything like that? Anything to trigger the transformation?
He also found out that the creature was unlike anything else he had ever seen. "This isn't good," He muttered, then noticed something in the ground. Carefully picking it up, he examined the markings then realized what it was. "Oh, no…" He turned to the wolf girl. "San!" He yelled. "Get your wolves and go back to your den! I don't think you'll like it when the king of demons comes knocking for a visit!" All of a sudden, the ground started shaking. The demon hunter took out his bow.
The wolf girl ran back towards him. "What are you doing?" She demanded. "If it's the king of demons that's going to come, then why aren't you running?"
"Because…" He grunted as he readied one of his special arrows, "If I don't kill it, then all in Iron town will suffer."
"Are you crazy?" She yelled.
"I'm not afraid to die." He raised his weapon.
San paused for a moment. Then, taking out her knife, she whacked him powerfully on the head with the end of the handle.
Taking his limp body, she laid him on one of the wolves, got on, then they sped into the forest.