9 Mammoth

Before Alex could grasp the reality. People holding different weapons began running towards the mammoth.

Contrary to the initial fear they displayed. Now, they displayed excitement. Their eyes were focused on the body of the mammoth.

Unlike how they hunted till now, there was no trickery or deceit. Like ants swarming over their prey, the hunters ran towards the mammoth. After reaching close to it, they run circles around it, to prevent the mammoth from concentrating on one individual.

Although the meat mountain was strong. It was not as smart as the hunters. It tried to throw its trunk around to hit the hunters. And one hit would have been critical for the weak humans. But the hunters avoided the trunk easily with their skilled movements. Nothing could touch them at that moment.

'This looks easier than I imagined.' Alex was mesmerised by their movement. It was a beautiful at the same time deadly. The fear he had slowly vanished from his mind.

The buffalos were quick, agile and strong animals. But it was possible to hunt them due to easily exploitable weak points like their neck and eyes.

However, the mammoths were different. They were strong with impeccable defence. Their hide and skin were a couple of inches thick and when combined with the thick fur they had all around its body. They could be said to be tanks of the animal kingdom. It had a short neck covered in ample fat and fur and even its eyes were guarded by the thick trunk of its.

So, it was obvious why even when the hunters circled around the mammoth and avoided it. They were incapable of harming it. They were there to capture its attention and prevent it from acting wildly.

For a moment the beast and hunters in a standstill, neither attacked nor retreated. But on cue, an arrow blazed past the hunter, towards the mammoth.

The arrow was aimed at the eye of the mammoth.

If it was an ordinary animal, even an elephant, that arrow would have surely blinded the beast. But the four-tusked mammoths were different. It did something unpredictable.

Like a bolt of lightning, the trunk moved to intercept the arrow. Before the arrow could reach its mark, the mammoth swatted it like swatting a fly. It was not even bothered by the attack.

However, it sparked the retaliation of the mammoth. Without considering what was happening, the mad animal began running forward, threatening to run over anything that stood in its path. It was a horrifying sight.

Alex who saw this quickly moved back with the calf.

At that exact moment, he also saw six people running towards the charging mammoth. And at the forefront of the crazy six was Daya who was holding a shield.

Alex who saw this was perplexed.

'Did they really think that she can stop an animal weighing more than thirty tons with a scrawny old shield? Besides that, it was running forward with a velocity of more than 10 meters per second. Basically, the impact force from the mammoth would be greater than a couple of sticks of dynamite exploding on your face. Long story short, she is dead for sure.'

Watching the craziest thing he could ever witness, Alex ran away.

But contrary to what Alex expected something mysterious was happening to the hunting squad leaders. They were shining in a grey light. Their bodies were enlarging slightly and their muscles flexed outwards giving them a beastly appearance.

The weapons they were holding also shined in a metallic hue even though they were not made of metals. The weapons of the stone head tribe were made out of bones of prehistoric beasts they scavenged. And now, the spirits of the prehistoric beast were awakening, giving life to the weapons.

It was a mysterious sight that captivated anyone who saw it. Alex paused and gazed at the scene.

"HAAAAAAA…" With a scream, Daya moved forward. Her eyes shined with a green light and the weapons she was holding turned bright green. Just as she neared the mammoth, time seems to have paused and a beastly sound emanated from the weapon. Slowly, like a blooming flower, an illusory image formed behind her. It looked like a giant ape with four arms spread outwards.

The beastly form suddenly crouched down to hold the charging mammoth. Seeing this, the mammoth was shocked. It was scared and tried to move away from the ape.

But it couldn't. It was firmly held in the grasp.

The other five people had already surrounded it. Each one of them attacked its legs. Preventing it from moving.

It was nothing less than a miraculous scene.

And in that exact moment, with the cry of an eagle. A person fell from the sky. He looked like a greyish meteor falling from the heavens trying to decimate everything below him. And he was falling exactly towards the trapped mammoth.

It was the chief of the stone head tribe. He was falling towards the head of the mammoth. Unlike six leaders, he had no weapon in his hand nor did he have any defensive equipment. It looked like he was proclaiming that his body was his best weapon.

He clenched his hand together to form a striking form mid-air and slammed into the mammoth.

"Thuck…." A dull thumping sound was heard before the skull of the mammoth caved in. And any form of a brain it had was turned into a smoothie.

The humongous mammoth was dead. And the hunt was over.

Alex who saw all this was too stunned to speak.

'What were these people?' He thought looking at the magical things he saw. It was more startling than seeing the interdimensional farm for him.

And thinking about living among people like that. He felt his blood boil and his heart pumping blood vigorously. He was excited for once.

And that excitement ignited a flame inside him.

"I want to be as strong as that." He said.

Everyone around him looked at him, seeing the fire burning in his eyes. They too became excited.