The Hunters Volume One: The Beginning

hours of rest and reprieve after slaving the entire day away behind a desk or workbench. The lowlifes saw it differently. For

of another world from the unsuspecting eyes of the people. An entirely different system that went beyond the borders of the natural and defied all logic by its very existence.

take a blood oath. Naturally this would require blood, hence why he was carrying a large body bag over his shoulder as he trudged down a nearly empty street. When he had received the command to obtain a person whose blood was to be

constantly. This reflected in the economy of the city, resulting in portions of the city being quite developed while leaving some areas little

had been given his mission. After a few days of following her around, he had discovered she had no family or at least none that lived nearby. That meant no one would look into her disappearance. So he had cornered her earlier and neutralized her easily before bagging her. He was quite thankful she had no

ely, duty

pulled out a flat stone that had something, a rune inscribed onto it. He placed it on the wall and watched the magic in the stone resonate with the magic in the wall, fascination evident in his eyes. He would never get o

acement magic, an extremely rare kind of magic which was highly sought after in their world. It allowed the caster to overlap the reality of a mass or sp

raised high on a platform. Atop the altar, there were several black candles lit at

e association. A little ways to the side of the altar, a young man stood erect in robes which while not as tasteful as the leader's, was enough to distinguish his higher sta

s brightened when he saw his most lo

will be rewarded in full tonight. But first

obe similar to the one with by the Reality Displacement magic user. Then the three of them proceeded to join the others with Gerald moving to stand on the other side of the altar. The member who

here to witness the indoctrination of or new members! They have agreed to follow our laws and perform all tasks given to them, to live their l

ensure the blood flowed rapidly. Once it was full, he motioned for one of his subordinates to remove her from the altar. Then he raised h

ched with barely concealed glee at the finalization of the ritual. He had done this multiple times thorough out the years, each completion of the process granting him increased vitality and po

he continued his speech.

ed to the floor, convulsing violently with his eyes rolled up in his head and bloody foam gushing out of his mouth. The sight was so shocking

that he was not feeling an increase in power. Rather he felt an icky discomfort rising in his chest. Soon it became t

h an unclean individual here?" He bellow

in an effort to explain. "M-ma

may not be an innocent little

e hand. The other hand was buried in the poor man's chest and his silent pleas for mercy slowly became garbled sounds. With a vicious smile on her pretty face, she tore out his heart and flung his body away

. What do you feed t

of his stupor and his face

ow did you get

ad at him like he had just

n't forget, did you?" she asked and shrugged. "Meh, it must be the

er clean hand behind her, palm facing outwards. "We've been looking

cult leader picked up on on

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shadows bloomed into existence behind her. Out of the shad

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r girl. But while the other had straight black hair, she had light brown hair that lay in tame waves down to the middle of her back. Unlike her

his face at all. His disposition was one of total indifference and his eyes which were as black a

e had just got out of bed but still gave off a nice touch to his already handsome face. Out of the rest of them, he was the only one who had a look simil

twenty five years but there was a certain feel to his brown eyes that gave them a strange sensation. One that made them feel like they were being watched by a pred

a pleasan