A young boy has left town and the woods is the only direction he seems to concentrate on. The boy though looking so handsome, the sadness on his face reveals his distress.

The boy heads further into the woods not bothering about the certain dangers he could encounter.

' Mum and Dad are always telling me I can't be a hunter, that I won't be able to protect myself. Today I will prove them wrong.' The boy thinks to himself as he keeps walking with a determined look on his face.

The boy has gone deep enough and he seems to be lost at this moment. He hears strange sounds coming from the nearby bushes. This frightens him a lot.

He takes out his sword and holds it like a student touching a sword for the first time.

He is probably a novice in swordsmanship.

He looks around and to his horror, he sees a pair of red eyes staring back at him from the nearby bushes.

Aaaah the boy shouts, then he drops his sword and runs off in a random direction. He doesn't care where he is heading, he just wishes to get away from whatever was staring at him.

The boy keeps running without looking back and soon he runs into two men. The boy cannot not help but thank his stars for meeting someone in such a lonely place.

" Help me please." The boy shouts and the two men draw out their swords in confusion.

" What is going on? What is after the little boy?" One of the men asks.

The boy can't speak at this moment as he breathes in and out heavily,, but all he can do is point at the direction he is coming from.

The two men look straight in direction and running towards them is a wolf puppy.

The two can't help but laugh at the little boy for running away from such a harmless creature. The puppy notices the two men and turns around.

One of the men looks at the little boy and discovers that he is carrying a sack of gold at the right side of his waist.

" Little boy, who are you doing here all on your own in a forest like this?" The man asks.

" I am here to hunt," the little boy replies.

The two men find this hilarious and burst into another series of laughter.

" Alright boy, it seems like you don't have a weapon. We will give you a weapon and teach you how to hunt if you give us that sack of gold." The man explains.

The little boy hands over the gold cheerfully, he is really eager to learn. But the man who claims to be a good person is not satisfied with the sack of gold coins as his eyes scan the little boy from head to toe.

Then his eyes land on a bracelet the boy is putting on.

" my oh my,.. that is quite an expensive bracelet there boy, can I see it?" the man asks as he sends out his hand.

The little boy shys away.

" No, this is a gift from my mother I can't give anyone." The little boy explains.

The man becomes angry, " Alright then you leave me no choice but to use force," The man says as he forcefully takes out the bracelet.

" Give it back." The little boy says as he struggles to fight for his bracelet.

The man's partner doesn't look happy either. " I think you should give it back," he says.

" I don't care what you think." The bully says to his friend then he changes his focus to the boy fighting.

He tries to hold the boy but the boy holds on to his hand and bites it. The man in anger punches the boy very hard.

This sends the boy flying before he crashes some distance away, hitting his head and his eyes go lifeless.

" What have you done?" The partner of the bully is shocked.

" Come on, this is a forest no one will find out... Even if they do, a wild animal attacked him…"

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Hey boy, cut it lower, I need to look good for my date tonight. " A customer said as John was cutting his hair.

" Please stop moving your head, it makes it harder for me to do the job well." John replied with a frown.

" You shouldn't talk to me that way boy, you might land yourself in some real shit. Now just do your job."

When the man said this, John's heart skipped and he knew it was best if he kept quiet. He never wanted to get into trouble with such a man.

Just from his looks of a muscular body, rough hair and the scars on his body, proved that he was a dangerous hunter.

The magic weapon on him was a dead give away. John knew that the sword must have been fused with at least a king tier Demon crystal making it a very dangerous weapon.

Hunters were particular persons whose job was to hunt down demons around the city and also in the forest.

They were paid huge bounties to carry out these tasks.

Each bounty hunter carried along with them a magic weapon and the Drexeler company was the legal, sole supplier of those weapons, except for those in the black market who illegally produced and sold them.

The Hunters carried it along with them because only these weapons could hurt the demonic beasts and it also depended on the level of the weapon and on the level of the beast.

Each demon contained a crystal that could be used for many purposes. For example creating energy and also weapon fusing.

The demon beasts were classified from the lowest to the strongest as;

Basic tier,

intermediate tier,

Advanced tier,

King tier,

Legendary tier,

Bridge demons,

And Demon King / Queen.

The weapon on the hunter was a king tier weapon. Experienced people could easily tell because each level and type of weapon had it's unique markings.

Since John had basic knowledge about magic weapons, he knew a king tier weapon when he saw one.

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' This part time job sucks.' John thought to himself as he continued his job.

John kept taking a peek at the man's weapon, admiring how beautiful it was.

He had always wished he had one but he couldn't afford it because the monopolist Drexeler company had decided to set the prices quite high and the only place one could get it cheap was in the black market, but John was brought up by good parents, who trained him to avoid such places for it could bring trouble.

His father was just a fisherman and his mom was a local tailor.

They lived in a poor neighborhood because they couldn't afford the big city.

Moreover, John was having an uncompleted fee in school, which could affect his education negatively in the days ahead, so he decided to take a part time job of cutting hair.

Every day when he came back from school, he would run to his barbing shop provided to him by his employer. Even though the payment was discouraging, it was enough to keep John in school.

The part time job was a stressful one for John because he barely had some resting time as he had to deal with school, his job, his assignments and his house chores.

It was days like this that he wished to quit his job because his client was arrogant as he kept moving his head, while still expecting the job well done.

John's parents were really proud of him and even though his parents both had dark hair, his hair was almost completely white, which raised so many questions.

However his parents couldn't complain because they knew their son was not gotten through a normal means. It was through a wish granted to them by a genie, before they were able to have a son.

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The hunter was present in John's barber shop with his friend.

His friend kept frowning and it was evident that something was bothering him.

However, the hunter noticed this and said,

" Hey Barry, don't tell me you are still upset about that."

" Yes of course, what else should I be upset about?" His friend replied.

" Come on man, I did what I had to do. Besides accidents do happen in the forest, so no one will find out.

I really needed the gold coins so badly for my date tonight. It's all for profit . What is the big deal?" The hunter asked his friend.

" What is the big deal? To kill the Mayor's son and steal his gold is not a big deal? The cops will dig down to the bottom of this until they find the truth." His friend at this point was really mad at him and he mistakenly said what he shouldn't.

At this point there was silence in the room and John had stopped cutting the hunter's hair. The look of shock and fear was written all over his face as he could not believe what he just heard.

The two hunters looked at each other then back at John .

John already knew what could happen next and so instinctively he ran as fast as he could out the door, with an unimaginable speed.

" Catch him!" The hunter shouted, but before his friend could even get up from where he was sitting, John had already gone out the door.

The two men chased after him, outside but could only see a silhouette of him taking a turn down the street.

The two men activated their Magic fused boots to increase their speed. Neither of them were a vampire or wolf, so as humans they were slow. And before they could take the turn, John was nowhere to be seen.

" Damn it! I never knew I was moving around with a chicken, now because of your mouth, see what you just caused." The hunter yelled at his friend.

" Now you must find him before he tells any other person about this." He continued.

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John ran home at great speed without looking back. He didn't even realize that his speed was different from before.

He touched his chest from time to time to make sure that the chain containing a crystal hadn't fallen.

He arrived home and both his parents were in the sitting room but he did not stop to greet them and went straight into his room in a rush.

This made his parents confused and his mother especially became worried, so she decided to go talk with her son, but she was stopped by her husband.

He shook his head and said "Wait let him calm himself down first. If you try to speak to him now, he won't respond."

John's Mom couldn't help but worry more, however she listened to her husband.

John's Father went out to check if someone had been following him, but the coast was clear.

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