Hunters Of Eostia

Chapter 1

Maia, one of the Seven Shields Princesses and the Queen of Mercenary, rode her way through the dirt path along with her knights to a small village on the west of Ken. There are reports of witnesses telling several men garbed in black killing Orc warbands, Imps and Goblins in the forest.

Some reports saying that these men killing monster with strange weaponry they never see before. And some of the reports are saying that these men are called Hunter.

Rumors about them are also spreading quickly like wildfire. Eventually, it reach Celestine Lucross, the Goddess Reborn. She wished to know more about these men and wanted their help to end the war against the Dark Queen, Olga Discordia. However, on the past few days, Celestine had a vision about some people covered in dark coat standing on the pile of bodies.

Monster and human alike. 

Despite this vision, Celestine still wished their help to end the war and to know more about them. Maia, Claudia and Alicia begged Celestine to leave these men be and believed at Black Dogs to end the war, especially, Vault. However, their words did not listen as Celestine had a vision of a moon that shine brightly above Eostia. She describe it as a dark and gentle night with wind that soothing her, relaxing her mind, freeing her from the burden of the war.

This only makes her decision to know about these men stronger. And so, Maia was sent to deliver these men to Ken. Her mused was interrupted when she heard the sound of steel clashing and loud of bangs in front.

Pulling her sword from its scabbard, Maia rode her horse with slow and steady pace to the front. Her knights soon followed her. As they got closer, they saw corpses of Orcs are littered on the ground, even with the darkness of night, they could see clearly the massive wounds on the corpses. ‘Someone are butchering these Orcs.’ Maia thought.

To her surprise, her words are correct. There were a pair of men standing in the middle of the corpses. It surprised her how these two men can easily killed an orc’s warband, to eliminate an orc’s warband it need at least fifteen knights.

One of the man are big and tall, like Vault. His dark attire are matches with the darkness of night, in his hand are a silver axe and a flintlock pistol. His gray hair are visible under the brimmed hat. His eyes are blindfolded by bandages.

Unlike his friend, the other man are shorter than him, more like normal. His attire aren’t dark but yellow, his face are covered by leather mask and a three shaped hat, the only visible from him are his eyes. His weapon, however, is a madman’s weapon, a massive cleaver fused with saw. And a flintlock pistol

Judging by their attire, Maia knows they are foreigner in Eostia. And their weapon, she believes they are the Hunter.

Maia sheathed her sword and pulled her horse closer towards them. “Hail strangers.”

The two Hunters turned at her, merely looking at each other before returning their gaze at her. “Hail.” The yellow one replied. Stepping forward, he swung the saw cleaver into his side, turning it into its compact form.

“Are you the one who called Hunter?” Maia asked.

The two hunters look at each other before returning to her. “Aye, we are.” The yellow one replied.

“My name is Maia, the Queen of Mercenary and one of the Seven Shields Princesses. I would like to meet your leader.” Maia said from her horse.