Chapter 3
As the airship landed at the Guild's camp at the Ancestral Steppe, Saachi jumped out of the airship landing next to the tent. "Safe hunting, hunter. When you're done, fire the flare in your item pouch and we will come to get you." He told her as the airship started to take off give her a wave at the same time. She looked around at the small camp that was set up in a nearly crumble ruin with only some pillars and two arches ways still standing. She has seen two chests, a red one was sitting next to the tent for hunters to deliver things that the guild's client had asked for. A blue chest set a little away from the campsite leading to the golden field in the distance.
She walked up to the chest to see a map and a torch. She has seen some other items in there too, three positions and rations with two mini whetstones and 4 paintballs. Grabbing everything from the chest placing them into her item pouch hanging off the side of her hip. Taking a glance at the map to plan her route, knowing the route she is going to take she slipped the map into the pouch. She headed out into the golden fields she saw a small hard of gazing Aptonoths. Two younglings play between the three adult grazing and another one is laying on the golden grass, as she got closer to the small herd the one adult looked at her as it stayed laying on the ground. It must have not seen her as a threat until she took a step closer to the herd it had got up still looking at her. It had sniffed the little wind as it came from behind her that just started to lightly blow, it rears up on its hind legs letting out a warning call to the rest of the herd. Saachi took a step back ready to unsheath her sword, but instead of charging at her it turned and fled away with the rest of the herd. She watches as the herd flee to she could not see them anymore, glancing around to see a small mushroom cluster just behind her will a beehive hanging from a small tree that the herd of Aptonoth ran by and a flowering plant that she can gather from to make items for future hunts she will be going on.
As she gathered from all the gathering points, she made her way to the spot where the great Jaggi was the last known. Passing through the golden field that lines the sides of the path that leads up the hill that starts rate after the golden field ends. As the path leaves the field behind the path that started to follow a small creek runs on the right side of the trail. She got to the next area where there was a small pack of Jaggis as they jumped onto the carcass of one of the younglings from the herd she had seen a few minutes ago. One of the Jaggis sow Saachi watching them eat away, it watched her for a bit until it made a call to the rest of the small pack of Jaggis to join it. As they watched her and she watched them she almost did not see two of them sneak around her to get from the back. One of the Jaggis leaped from behind her, Saachi just happened to turn her head to see the Jaggi jumping at her.
Turning around to face the Jaggi that was in the air ready to try to take a bit onto her neck, she rolled out of the way of the one Jaggi just to have another lung at her from a ledge of a small cliff rate next to her forcing her to jump and roll out of the way, pulling herself up quickly to her feet not knowing she was backing up to a larger version of the Jaggi standing on another cliff. As the shadow of the Great Jaggi was casting over the hunter as it stood behind her. She wiped around when she saw the shadow coming from behind as she came face to face with the large bird wyvern. It starred her in the eyes as is shown some of its sharp fangs, the long light cream colour fur that ran down the spin of the monster blow as the wind picked up again pushing her scant to the Great Jaggi. As it lifts its upper part of its body upright letting out a call. All the Jaggis that have been in the area came swarming around Saachi and the Great Jaggi, the Great Jaggi lunges at her trying to pin her to the ground. She rolled under it as it was airborne just missing her.
As it turned around, lifting its head to let out another call out for two Jaggi started to run at her, one came from behind it and the other on the right side of her. The Jaggi that was run at her leaps forward at her forcing her farther back as she landed she had seen the other leaped at her. She jumped to the left onto a small boulder to dodge the jumping Jaggi. Glancing at the ledge to the Great Jaggi, she leaped onto the ledge that the Great Jaggi stood on at the beginning of the encounter giving a good long jump at the Great Jaggi landing onto is's back so I could stop giving orders to the pack. As she grabbed onto the light creamy fur to get a grip as it started to thrash around trying to throw her off but with no luck at it. As it pants trying to get enough energy to try again, she let one of her hands go off the Great Jaggi's long fur, grabbing the hunting knife that she had on her. She stabbed over and over until the Great Jaggi started to thrash around again. Quickly grabbing hold with her fingers still holding on to her hunting knife was out as it shocked its body but she stayed on, it had started to jump but still no luck but what it did next caught her off guard.
It gazes at her as shown some of its shape fangs at her again as it jumped up and flipped onto its back landing on her, as it rolled back onto its feet to look behind not to see the hunter on the ground but still holding on. But it was tired so she went to work again stabbing it in the back. With one last hard stab, the Great Jaggi fell to the ground sending Saachi flying onto the ground. She rolled on her shoulders so the impact would not hurt her neck, using her left hand as an anchor sliding to face the Great Jaggi still thrashing on the ground from the last stab crying in pain. She ran straight at it until she got closer to it drawing her iron sword slashing in the head. Its hide was strong that her sword had left a little scratch where she slices it. She slashes it again and the scratch got a little bigger, she continued to slash at its head. The great Jaggi managed to get one of its feet under it to pull itself up to its feet shaking its head. Saachi leaps back with her sword drawn ready to leap forward at the great Jaggi giving it a powerful slash braking one of the Great Jaggi large frills that line the back of its head along the jawline. The great Jaggi whips its tail around which Saachi blocked with her shield swing its tail and its whole body the other way, smoking Saachi in the upper back with its small sharp black tail spicks that start heft way down the side of its tail.
She flew two feet away from the great Jaggi rolling to a stop. Trying to pull herself up she was suddenly rolled over onto her back with a very piss off Great Jaggi snarling down at her. It pinned her right arm with her shield down with its powerful left foot, the great Jaggi stood up and gave another call to the group of Jaggis nearly crushing saachi's arm. The small pack Jaggis came swarming around the pinged hunter trying to bite through her armour but it was thick for their small fangs but the Great Jaggi's fangs on the other hand can. The Great Jaggi bite into Saachi's left side just above the holster of the sword making her let out a scream in pain as the fangs pierce her armour into her skin.