My Last Hunt

Class Test 7

The poor cottage shook with the tremor. The energy was getting out of control for fair reason. There were lots of level seven beast stones all accumulating immense amount of beastly energy, intellect and the individual identity. 

Aino was wearing special clothing which was necessary to remain intact. Her head was covered completely. Suddenly she stood up and waved her hands by forcefully pinning down the aura and smashing against the ground. Her ways were crude when Annealing entered in the second stage. 

The actions did not match with the sober Weapon Maker. Her crude method was approved by her master long ago for strong reason. She was among the few who were willing to take lessons of beast stone weapon making. By witnessing her final test, the master was clear that even if the huntress has unstable temper she would never be harmed by the stronger forces. 

It became part of her habits. Now her ways were more forceful. Experience also meant a lot. She was experienced weapon maker. No matter if the beast stone tried to attack her intellect at critical stage, Aino was ready to use the whipping stone of higher level to beat the unbridled energy. 

This stone was only used by the Weapon Makers. It was also gotten from beast of level eight. Normal hunters or the Hunter Kings were not familiar with stone because it was a secret limited for the Weapon Makers. Thankfully few things were away from the approach of the evil heads. 

It could be interpreted that masters always take tests from the potential students before selecting them for the stronger profession and they never chose students from the particular Hunting Families. Qiao felt the tremors and looked toward the cottage. The assistant was standing outside the cottage. He was as usual expressionless. 

Aino never broke her promise with the master. She did not reveal her Annealing Method not even to the most trusted hunters. Her weapons were definitely higher level and in better form. Many wanted to learn from her. Aino offended few of the hunters because of her promise. 

This was also the reason that she was living secret life. Most of hunters were not aware where the famous weapon master disappeared. Here in this town she was living with different identity, a low-key master who always remained confined in the cottage. 

The tremors stopped with the whipping stone. The beast stones were hard for thawing process. For this the weapon makers used the Hell Fire. Hell Fire was small monster, this monster always lived under the ground. It was shy in true nature. 

Only Weapon Makers were able to learn about such monster when they were in urgent need of finding better source for thawing process. In earlier Weapon Making ages, the Weapon Makers were forced to live near the lava for thawing process. 

It was not much appreciated and the masters wanted stable source of fire. They had been on several missions for the sake of Annealing. Perhaps fate paid their efforts. They by chance met this small monster and the rare characteristics shocked them. 

Later on this monster become necessary part of the Weapon Making. Because of its shy nature, the weapon makers keep them along and provide the favorable place to remain under the ground. The cottage was built for the same purpose. Its ground was easy to dig down and the Hell Fire could return back after helping the huntress. 

Aino whipped the ragging energy and it halted for bits. It was best time to shape the stones. Aino was not sure what type of weapon shape would suit for the picky young hunter. She remembered that previously when she confronted the hunter, he was holding shapeless weapon, this means he likes unusual weapon shapes. 

She nodded after thinking about it. Aino moved her hand over the material and randomly chose design. The material followed her guidance and spread according to it. Slowly the shape formed then she folded some nooks to polish it. 

The value of the lava used weapon greatly reduced during the process while Hell Fire reserved the characteristics of the stone as it should be. The edges gave sharp glint with the polishing. There were some rare stone added in the weapon which increased its significance. 

The final shape brought sense of ease. It was her third attempt at making beast stone weapon. Now she was more than ever determined to design her own weapon of the same worth. She fainted on the spot after knowing that the weapon originated with the help of piles of stones. 

There was no more raging energy in the vicinity. Qiao was eagerly waiting outside. He could not take it spending another day when the Class Test was in his hands. Qiao walked near the door, "Ask your master how long will it take?" 

After strongly feeling that the cottage was silent for long time, Qiao was impatient to know what happened inside the cottage. "Master would kill me immediately if I tried to disturb her. The expressionless assistant refused to check inside. Qiao stood there for some time. The evening was near and the journey was long. According to his calculations if he could reach by the beginning of midnight, he would be able to investigate some of the part of the parts of North Sepedra. 

Qiao sneaked the assistant then suddenly rushed and barged in the cottage. The assistant was standing oblivious about the sharp thoughts of the hunter. He was baffled to act on time. All the other parts of the cottage were somewhat organized however she herself was no more conscious to organize her equipment and the tools. 

"You stay out of the cottage." Qiao warned the assistant. If the huntress never let the assistant walk inside that means he should not at any cost. Qiao could guarantee that his sole purpose was to get the weapon done while he could not guarantee about the assistant. The assistant got terrified to see his blood shot eyes. 

He returned his foot which was inside the door of the cottage. Qiao looked at the polished weapon then the huntress. He picked his water bottle and sprinkled some water on her face.