The Seven Deadly Child
Family Hunt
The frozen pine forest is one of the important areas of the Alknight house. This forest is one of the sources of their annual income. Every year once in the spring, the house will hold an annual hunt in this forest.
In order to protect the forest area and prevent outsiders from carelessly entering and taking resources within the forest, Alknight house placed various guards in the area around the frozen pine forest.
Outsiders can only enter the forest if they get permission from the house of Alknight, and if they leave the forest with resources, then there must be an inspection process carried out by the guardians of the frozen pine forest from House Alknight.
The system of revenue sharing will be implemented if the resource is sold, and if it is not sold, the resource bearer must pay a certain fee, following what type of resources they bring.
On a typical day, visitors to the frozen pine forest will be restricted. This is aimed in addition to security, it is also one of the efforts to keep and preserve resources in the forest.
House Alknight has a principle to take things accordingly. Man cannot be blinded by greed. Because of this principle, large-scale hunting is only done once a year. Later it became known and became a tradition of annual family hunting Alknight house.
This morning is the day the family hunting tradition will be carried out. The members of the younger generation of Alknight house who would participate in the family hunt looked very enthusiastic.
These young men accompanied their closest people, then formed small groups to carry out the hunt. Currently rows of small groups were seen clustered in front of the entrance gate of the frozen pine forest.
"Everyone please calm down....!!!!"
An elder in the uniform of a ranger suit was seen standing on a podium above the main gate. He spoke and calmed the noisy and excited horde beneath him.
Although his voice was mediocre, everyone could hear his voice clearly. Just as they heard the person talking next to them. This is because he uses the waves where the wind to transmit his voice.
"I am Aruric Alknight, the 11th elder of the Alknight House as well as the leader of the forest guard warrior unit." The guard elder introduced himself while staring at the horde below him.
"As you know, today is a big day in our family. That's the day of the hunt, before this hunt starts and you're into the woods, there's a few things I need to tell you."
The Aruric Master stopped talking, then looked at each of the groups with a serious look. Make sure everyone notices what he or she is going to say next, before continuing.
"I know most of you have participated in family hunting in previous years. Even I saw that there were some elders who would participate as watchdogs as well as bodyguards."
"But I also saw some new faces that if not mistaken, this was your first experience of going into the forest and participating in a family hunt. Therefore, I will pass on some rules in the family hunt to you guys."
The Aruric Master looked at each newcomer one by one. Then his gaze stopped and focused on one of the entourage for a while, before then continuing.
"The first thing you should know is, Pine forests are frozen in four regions."
"The first is the Outer region filled by hordes of Spirit beasts from class D to early stage C. The second is the Middle region filled by hordes of spirit beasts of the middle to the top C class and sometimes spirit beasts of the early B class also exist in this region. The third is the Inner region filled by spirit beast class B to Class A and above. After the Inner region is an area that has never been touched, it is said that this region is filled by hordes of peak A-level spirit beasts that are thousands of years old."
After a short pause to take a breath, the Aruric master continued.
"You beginner groups that do not have bodyguards are only allowed to enter the outer area. Do not force yourself and love your life! those with guards in the group may enter the Middle Territory to hunt."
"For the inner region, it should only be explored by veterans without bringing a beginner. This rule applies to all groups, if it is known to violate the rules set, be prepared to accept punishment."
"And lastly, just in case, each group will be given one beacon of light. This beacon of light is useful as a sign that your group is experiencing insurmountable danger or threatening your life."
"When danger occurs, point the beacon to the sky and then turn on the beacon, it will tell us your location and we will immediately send reinforcements to your location." the Aruric master closed the explanation.
He looked around and asked. "Until here does anyone want to ask or is it unclear with the rules?"
Each hunting group actually knows a little about the rules of hunting, because it is a family tradition every year. Therefore, no one asked any questions. They were too eager to not delay any more family hunting events.
"Sister, is it just my feeling or is it that from earlier the Aruric master always looked towards our group?"
Gregoric who had felt the gaze of the Aruric master was always directed to his group asked Issabela.
"That's normal, probably because we are a special group made up of God's children. Hahaha" Issabela replied with narcissism.
"Euuhhh, that's not how I feel. His gaze looked unkind and seemed annoying." replied Gregoric.
"Already, no need to worry anymore. The hunt began immediately, be prepared" Issabela closed Gregoric's complaint while watching Theo look enthusiastically around.
He actually knew the source of Aruric's ominous gaze was none other than Theo's presence in this year's family hunt. Theo's existence could actually be considered to be against the rules, because Theo himself could not even be considered a beginner, because he could not manage his Element seed. But because he did not want to discourage his sister who was excited, he did not want to discuss further.
"At the same time besides me, there's a fifth uncle who'll look after us. So, if it is only limited to the outside area or a little into the middle region, it should not be a problem" Issabela explained.
"Yahh, yahhh, you naughty boys should not look for trouble and immediately finish this family hunt!"
The fifth elder Beric Alknight who had been silent from earlier replied tightly. He was a little annoyed at having to leave his closed-door training behind.
Beric Alknight was the fifth elder of the Alknight House. He was a level 6 C-class Knight, or commonly called the Heaven Immortal. Previously he was conducting closed-door training to break through to the 7th stage and become a Heaven Immortal.
But he had to postpone his closed training because he was given direct duty by Lord Arduric to escort his children. He was somewhat dissatisfied that the task of nurturing these children was like too much for a person of his age, he wanted to finish the hunt immediately and return to his closed-door training.
Before long the sound of trumpets sounded loudly, signaling the family hunting event began. The gates of the frozen pine forest immediately opened, with the opening of the gates of the frozen pine forest, the family hunt officially began.
Each group immediately moved quickly into the forest, not wanting to be left behind by each other, as if they felt every second was left behind, then they would not be deprived of quality resources.
Theo who from earlier had his heart pounding immediately felt very excited. 'Finally it starts, let's see what kind of adventure we're going to have. Is there really a bear-shaped spirit beast that can sleep a full year inside?' Theo was excited in his heart.
"Well, we're late enough, let's go inside right away." Issabela immediately led the group.
"Siaaaaapppp" Gregoric and Theo answered in unison.
They immediately stepped into the forest, while Master Beric followed behind without making a sound.
The family hunting event in the frozen pine forest officially began after all the members of the group entered the forest area.
The forest gate is then closed and will be reopened 7 days later along with the sound of a trumpet that resounded as a sign of the end of the family hunting event.
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Podium over the Gate.
Master Aruric stood firm, looking ahead. Looking at Theo's group continuously until they were invisible in his view. When anyone pays close attention, they will know that the views of the Aruric Master look somewhat different.
At first it was like he was considering something carefully. Then it becomes a determined look. I don't know what he's thinking.
What Theo doesn't realize is, this family hunt is the beginning of the turning point of his life. In the frozen pine forest, waiting for the fate that awaits him, the destiny that will bring him to experience the ups and downs of the world, the destiny that will lead him to tread a path that no one else has ever crossed, destiny brought him to one of the most influential people in his life.
It all starts from this point, the first step into the frozen pine forest in the hunting tradition of the House of Alknight.