The Hunters Challenge

The following story takes place in 1988.

Prologue
It's an annual event held by the hunters of Artemis. It's one of the harshest challenge one can do. In fact, it's THE harshest, most cruel challenge that will test the hunters of Artemis to its absolute breaking point. Artemis held this event once every year, to find the hunter of Millenia.

The way this works is: Artemis assigns some monsters for the hunters to hunt, and apparently, only one hunter every year is chosen at random. The monsters that Artemis will assign are near-impossibly difficult, because it will deal with the higher level monsters, such as the Erymanthian boar, Drakon, Vultures, Antaeus, and many more. What makes this so difficult for the hunters is that they are not able to eat during the challenge, and they can only drink from the water bottle they had filled up for her. Over the past centuries, no hunter was able to complete this challenge, but still Artemis didn't lower the stakes or change the rules one bit because the hunter of Millenia are supposed to be near-invincible.

The setting will be taking place almost anywhere in the world, from the scorching hot desert, to the freezing winds of the Tundra. But the hunters are able to withstand some minor temperatures, but there have been a lot of hunters that succumbed to the extreme temperature of the environment, despite the protective layer of the moonlight covering their bodies. The hunters are able to forfeit the challenge at anytime, but doing so will forfeit the title of "Hunter of Millenia" and some amazing gifts that Artemis will bestow on them.

There's no actual time limit on this quest. A hunter can go on as long as she can in order to claim the prize, but this is where a hunter is tested on the type of hunter she is. There are hunters that are killed because they refuse to give up, even though situations are so dire. This just tells that that hunter is full of pride that believe she can take on any challenge.

Now, century after century, Artemis has been waiting for the hunter of Century to emerge, and since she believed the hunter of the century is supposed to be a hardened hunter, she can't risk lowering the stakes. Now the year is 1988, and a new near-impossible challenge has been set. Will this hunter survive the challenge? Or will she quit like other hunters?

Chapter 1
Diana's P.O.V

I was excited about this hunter challenge. I've been waiting for 44 years for this. I am all fired up right now and watching those 44 hunters that have failed, to be honest, I am a little nervous about this, but I am still fired up, since I already ate and drink. I stood beside my friend hunters and we're waiting as Artemis bring a huge bowl filled with cards to the middle of the woods.

"Welcome Hunters, to the annual hunter Challenge!" Artemis addressed us. "Now we're going to find out who will be the lucky hunter this season."

I've been waiting for 44 years for this. I've trained, hunted, and practiced to the point I have super-hunter abilities. The only key is to only practice everyday, and everyday the training gets more intense. We've also practiced survival skills, and the Hunters are handling pretty well in that.

(WIP)