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I FIND THIS RATHER ENTERTAINING.\nENTERTAINING, MY FOOT.\nHE IS ONLY MAKING A SPECTACLE OF HIMSELF\n\nTO WIN HIS LORDSHIP'S ATTENTION!\nTHEN I SHALL TAKE IT\n\nTHAT ALL I NEED DO IS STRIKE IT.\nW-WHY, HOW DARE HE—!\n\nWHY? I AM RATHER ENJOYING THIS.\nLET US WATCH.\nWHAT IS IT ABOUT MONEY\nTHAT MAKES MEN SWALLOW EVEN THE FEAR OF DEATH?\n\nEACH BEAST HUNTER WIELDS THE POWER OF A DIFFERENT GOD.\nSOME MAY BIND THEIR FOES IN ICE,\nWHILE OTHERS MAY RAISE THE WIND.\n\nAND SOME, LIKE ME,\nMAY COMMAND FIRE OR SON.\nBECAUSE WE ALL DRAW UPON THE FORCES OF THE NATURAL WORLD TO FIGHT BEASTS,\nNO TRUE BEAST HUNTER WOULD EVER MAKE LIGHT OF NATURE.\n\nSO WHAT ARE THOSE GATHERED HERE, THEN,\n\nIF NOT TRAITORS TO THEIR OWN CALLING?\n\nURGH...\nAH...!\nWHAT IN THE...\n\nHE TRULY BROUGHT IT DOWN?\nWAIT!\nTH-THIS IS HARDLY FAIR, IS IT?!\nTHIS ATTEMPT MUST BE VOIDED!\nINDEED!\nANY ONE OF US COULD HAVE HIT IT IF WE—\nWHAT, EXACTLY, IS THE PROBLEM?\n\nI WAS TOLD ONLY THAT I HAD TO STRIKE THE TARGET,\nSO THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT I DID.\nAT LEAST NOW I KNOW\nTHAT REMAINING HERE ANY LONGER WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME.\nTHERE IS NO NEED TO INVOLVE MYSELF IN THIS CHAOS ANY FURTHER.\nI NEED ONLY CONFIRM WHETHER HIS BROTHER YET LIVES, THEN LEAVE THIS PLACE.\n\nMASTER AND MY DEITY\nWOULD SURELY WISH THE SAME FOR ME.\n\nCREAK\nCREAK\n\nCREEEAK\nTHUMP\nCREEEAK\nTHUMP!\n\nAH...\nNOW EVEN MY DREAMS HAVE GROWN VICIOUS.\n\nBUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...\nWHAT IS ALL THIS RACKET SO EARLY IN THE MORNING?!\nWELL, I'LL BE DAMNED...\n\nHE'S WOKEN UP SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN OF RICHES.\nLUCKY BASTARD.\nPERHAPS NEXT TIME,\nI SHOULD WAG MY TAIL FOR HIS LORDSHIP TOO...\nHA...\n\nTHAT MADMAN...\nIS HE COMPLETELY DERANGED?!","bubble_count":75,"pages_count":22,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In a trial ground, a young hunter is asked to hit the target, but his conscience is questioned when he is told he is aiming at a human.","spoiler_summary":"In a trial ground, a young hunter is asked to hit the target, but his conscience is questioned when he is told he is aiming at a human. 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