SO, ALL I MUST DO
IS STRIKE THAT TARGET?
INDEED.
WOULD YOU CARE TO TRY?
N-
NO, MY LORD!
I CAN DO IT!
I SHALL DO IT!
...
YOU TOOK UP THIS CALLING TO PROTECT HUMAN LIVES,
YET YOU ARE STANDING HERE AIMING AT ONE.
WHAT?!
AND JUST WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME—
I ONLY WISH TO ASK YOU ONE THING.
DO YOU NOT FEEL ASHAMED TO SQUANDER ALL THOSE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
YOU ENDURED TO BECOME A BEAST HUNTER?
S—
SO WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO?
OHO...
WELL, NOW. I FIND THIS RATHER ENTERTAINING.
ENTERTAINING, MY FOOT.
HE IS ONLY MAKING A SPECTACLE OF HIMSELF
TO WIN HIS LORDSHIP'S ATTENTION!
THEN I SHALL TAKE IT
THAT ALL I NEED DO IS STRIKE IT.
W-WHY, HOW DARE HE—!
WHY? I AM RATHER ENJOYING THIS.
LET US WATCH.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT MONEY
THAT MAKES MEN SWALLOW EVEN THE FEAR OF DEATH?
EACH BEAST HUNTER WIELDS THE POWER OF A DIFFERENT GOD.
SOME MAY BIND THEIR FOES IN ICE,
WHILE OTHERS MAY RAISE THE WIND.
AND SOME, LIKE ME,
MAY COMMAND FIRE OR SON.
BECAUSE WE ALL DRAW UPON THE FORCES OF THE NATURAL WORLD TO FIGHT BEASTS,
NO TRUE BEAST HUNTER WOULD EVER MAKE LIGHT OF NATURE.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE GATHERED HERE, THEN,
IF NOT TRAITORS TO THEIR OWN CALLING?
URGH...
AH...!
WHAT IN THE...
HE TRULY BROUGHT IT DOWN?
WAIT!
TH-THIS IS HARDLY FAIR, IS IT?!
THIS ATTEMPT MUST BE VOIDED!
INDEED!
ANY ONE OF US COULD HAVE HIT IT IF WE—
WHAT, EXACTLY, IS THE PROBLEM?
I WAS TOLD ONLY THAT I HAD TO STRIKE THE TARGET,
SO THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT I DID.
AT LEAST NOW I KNOW
THAT REMAINING HERE ANY LONGER WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME.
THERE IS NO NEED TO INVOLVE MYSELF IN THIS CHAOS ANY FURTHER.
I NEED ONLY CONFIRM WHETHER HIS BROTHER YET LIVES, THEN LEAVE THIS PLACE.
MASTER AND MY DEITY
WOULD SURELY WISH THE SAME FOR ME.
CREAK
CREAK
CREEEAK
THUMP
CREEEAK
THUMP!
AH...
NOW EVEN MY DREAMS HAVE GROWN VICIOUS.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY...
WHAT IS ALL THIS RACKET SO EARLY IN THE MORNING?!
WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED...
HE'S WOKEN UP SITTING ON A MOUNTAIN OF RICHES.
LUCKY BASTARD.
PERHAPS NEXT TIME,
I SHOULD WAG MY TAIL FOR HIS LORDSHIP TOO...
HA...
THAT MADMAN...
IS HE COMPLETELY DERANGED?!
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. While he is reminded that monster hunters must carry the power of nature, the crowd accuses him of currying favor with the master. When he unexpectedly knocks down the target, objections rise, but he walks away from the chaos wanting only to learn whether his sibling is alive. Those who wake up to noise in the morning find him on top of a fortune.
