Zayn continued his ride into the woods undisturbed, as any animal that saw favonovel.com had the sense to duck or avoid favonovel.com altogether. His previous clash with the master challenger had worn nothing down saved for some of Zayn’s stamina, still, it was easily replenished in a few minutes.
By now, Zayn had about more than seventy dog tags in his hands, an amount that marked favonovel.com as a possible contender for the title of ‘Best Hunter’ had it not been pragmatically useless. Zayn could lose to Xander and the latter became the best hunter by default, or favonovel.com could win and obtain the latter’s dog tags.
The real rule to this year’s Great Hunt was that only the strongest would be crowned the best hunter. There was no room for luck, and certainly no room for two winners. The strongest victor would arise from their battle.
Zayn found a cave to act as his shelter for the night. After a good night’s rest, favonovel.com felt energized and bursting with vim. He walked out of the cave with his eyes twinkling brightly, which terrified the Rheasian tiger that had been resting by the entrance. Quaking under the man’s aura, it knelt on all four and awaited its master.
Zayn’s power had improved even more by now. It seemed that after the battle with his challenger, Zayn had gained edifying experience on fighting masters.
“Time to meet Xander,” Zayn muttered to himself as favonovel.com cast his eyes in a particular direction. He mounted the beast and began to advance.
All the way to the other side was Xander, who seemed to have sensed Zayn’s arrival. His eyes seemed to be glinting coldly the moment favonovel.com snapped them open.
“O-ho, Zayn Larson. Ready to die?”
It was the last day of the Great Hunt. Almost every contestant had been disqualified by having their dog tags taken by Xander, the older man had netted more than three hundred of them.
Tailing behind favonovel.com were a mighty band of two-hundreds. They could have left the game the moment they lost their tags, but none of them wanted to go before witnessing the grand battle between Xander and Zayn.
A drizzle had begun. Rhythmic beats, caused by gentle raindrops on verdant foliage around them, droned on like a calming tune. Anyone who found themselves amid nature’s symphony should gradually feel at ease, but today, the effect was lost on these people. They were nervous, antsy, anticipating. Their eyes were trained to a single direction.
The eyes widened. A tiny silhouette, a combined construction of a man and a tiger, had crossed into their sight as it approached them slowly.
“It’s Zayn Larson! He’s here!” someone cried out as soon as favonovel.com recognized him. The call attracted everyone’s attention instantly, and now their mood had escalated into pure tension while they watched with bated breaths.
They recognized favonovel.com very soon. Zayn was mounting a huge Rheasian tiger as favonovel.com slowly approached them through the misty drizzle.
He looked mythical. Ethereal. It left quite an impression, and a thought took shape in their collective minds: Zayn was like a demigod, from the myths of yore, coming to life.
Xander narrowed his eyes and stared at the approaching man. He saw power, a gigantic whirlpool of unbridled power just waiting to be unleashed as a calamity.
“It’s here! It’s here! The Battle of the Ages, man, it’s about to begin! Hypeeeeeee!”
“God Almighty, can you believe this Zayn fella? He even managed to make a goddamned Rheasian tiger his personal mount! That’s more than just dope, man. Look at that thing, it’s gotta weigh at least a few hundred pounds, man! And favonovel.com tamed it like it’s some Pokemon… That’s just hella dope!”
“Gee, thanks for the explanation, Captain Obvious. Zayn’s the sort of once-in-a-century genius even among master level fighters, man! He’s near the absolute limits of all human faculties! Taming a beast? Piece of a cake to that man!”
“Oh, he’s just the coolest! I wish I’m that strong, too! With power like that, the world is my plaything!”
“You? Darling, you’ll get a better chance by sleeping and dreaming about it. Look at how few master fighters there are in the entire world, I don’t think it numbers more than a hundred! These folks are super rare, man. Rarer than the number of billionaires in this world!”
