A tale of Humans and Hybrids

Chapter 2

The surrounding forest was suprisingly calm during their scouting of the six potential sighting spots of the winged hybrid. Not even a single mob showed itself in the shades of massive trees. It almost seems... too calm. Either they were extremely lucky today, or someone... or something... is keeping most mobs at bay.

Either way, it made the day a whole lot easier with preparing the hiding spots they had chosen. Most of them were in trees or small caves, hidden by leaves and vines. That way they should spot the hybrid pretty easily, if it shows itself.

"Alright. The sun is setting now, so we better get into position. Everyone got their night vision potions ready?" Dream received a series of nods from the other three hunters. "Then let's bring that thing down and get ourselves some money." With a final check over their gear and communicator, the four split up and made their way to their respective hiding spots.

Techno silently creeped through the quickly darkening forest, his crossbow loaded with the ropes already. He wasn't too worried about regular mobs, as it only took one swing with his trusted axe to keep them away from him.

His spot was one of the cave ones, hidden behind bushes and leaves. A pretty good spot in comparison to the ones his partners have to hide in, but they'll have to make due with what they have. Once he reached his spot, he settled behind the wall of leaves and drank his potion. His surroundings became a lot more clearer, as if it was in the middle of the day.

And now, he waits.

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A couple hours pass with nothing happening. The four hunters have switched positions throughout the night, covering all six spots the best they could. But there wasn't a single sign of the hybrid. Not that they expected to see anything the very first night when the hybrids reputation was literally to stay out of sight for years.

Techno could see the faint line of light coming from the horizon, signaling the end of the night. He sighed and checked his communicator.

Dream: I think we should call it for tonight. We won't catch it today.

Georgenotfound: I agree. Let's regroup and get some sleep.

Looks like the hunt is over for tonight. Techno packed his things and got ready to leave when he heard something nearby. A rustle of leaves, much too loud to be from the gentle breeze that's rushing by. He ducked behind the bushes of his cave, crossbow ready.

A good distance away from him, something dropped out of the tree and silently hit the ground. It was difficult to make out any details apart from large, black wings. 'This is it!' The hybrid seemed to be collecting things, wings twitching nervously. Slowly, Techno raised his crossbow, aimed and-

A nearby crow shrieked at him, causing the hybrid to immediately jump up and bolt away, spreading it's wings and taking to the skies. "Damn it!" Techno quickly stood up, aimed at the quickly shrinking black spot in the sky and shot.

For a moment it was silent, then a screech echoed through the forest. The hybrid quickly lost hight and crashed into the trees below. The hunter grinned. He hit his target yet again. A quick message to the other hunters told them his current position, before he climbed down from his spot and tracked down where he had seen the hybrid crash.

Now that he didn't have to hide anymore, he lit a torch to make sure not to trip over anything. He could already hear pained warples and the sound of fighting against the ropes that tied the large wings together from quite a distance away, so it was easy to find where his newly catched hybrid had landed.

A smirk made it's way way onto his face as he spots a large wing behind some bushes. He drew his sword and approached the beast, ready to claim his price. The hybrid struggled against the restrains, wings bend in painful ways by the ropes securing them. Techno walked around the beast... and froze.