Chapter 120: Can You Be the Prey of a Predator?
"I saw it!" Naine shouted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
She opened her eyes, stood up, and raised her hand to the lower reaches of the river.
"There was a good place to cross the river, not very far from us, a short walk away. ”
"Good. Arthur nodded and looked at Werther, "Shall we go over then?"
Witt began to walk in the direction of Nayin's finger as she made an "um" sound, and Salina breathed a sigh of relief and followed.
Naine smiled at Arthur, who raised the corners of his mouth, and the two of them walked behind together.
Naine actually still wanted to ask Salina what was so embarrassing. But she walked side by side with Arthur, and the two of them stepped on pebbles of different sizes together, and there were "clicks" or "rattles" under their feet, and she liked the sounds, and she liked the way Arthur walked by her now, so she quickly forgot what Salina said, and only focused on walking with Arthur.
As Naine said, it didn't take long for them to see a shoal, the current slowed down by the large rocks in the river, and after a while, the current became strong again.
It is indeed a suitable place to cross the river.
Werther was the first to go down the river, and when his foot stepped into the river, Arthur looked at Werther's injured foot, and he wanted to ask Werther if it was completely fine, but seeing that Werther had already walked into the river, he didn't ask.
Just in case, Naine was still floating, Witt was the first to cross the river, Salina was in the middle, and Arthur was the last.
The river had just reached Arthur's knees, the current was not fast, but not slow, Arthur was not careless, he was attentive to his feet, in case he was in the path of a dark rock or a small pit that was hidden.
Aside from the danger, Arthur felt quite comfortable with the impact of the current.
After the whole team crossed the river, Nayin changed the bandage on Werther's injured foot.
Although his wound had been scarred and healed due to the effect of the medicine, because he had just caught water, Nayin had to change to a new medicine and re-bandage it to keep the wound dry until it was completely healed.
After Nayin's skillful bandaging, everyone moved on.
After crossing the river, they entered a forest. The forest was even richer than the one they had walked through before.
The land is full of life, every tree is tall and strong, countless kinds of wild grasses and flowers cover the ground, wild mushrooms of different colors are hidden in flowers and grass blades, some branches hang full fruits, some are pecked out of holes by birds, some fruits crawl with all kinds of small insects, animal cries come from all directions, and there are often black shadows flying over everyone's heads, accompanied by all kinds of birdsong.
Both Arthur and Witt recalled their Border Forest, and even though it was much richer than theirs, they still felt that their Border Forest was better by comparing the appearance of a particular tree and the frequency of a certain animal.
"If you really want to live in the forest, it's quite a good place to live, just eat wild fruits. Salina said casually.
As soon as Nayin agreed with Salina's words, Witt said, "If this place is suitable for all creatures, it is also suitable for predators, and we must be careful not to become prey to predators." ”
Naine smiled and said, "With you as a ghost hunter, I'm not worried. ”
Werther smiled and walked in the front, cutting through vines and branches with his short knife to open the way, he did not let his guard down because of the trust of his teammates, he kept watching the road vigilantly, intently distinguishing the sounds of various beasts, paying attention not only to the sky and his surroundings, but also to the ground.
Vigilance paid off. It didn't take long for Witt to spot the footprints of the two-tailed leopard, but the footprints were not very large, and Witt judged that the two-tailed leopard was still young, and its size was only medium for a two-tailed leopard, so there was no need to worry.
Towards dusk, the crowd began to pick edible wild fruits and mushrooms, and a long-legged rabbit and round-faced owl hung from Werther's waist.
He wanted to hunt more, for he knew the importance of keeping as much dry food as possible, but he found the twin-tailed leopard in sight, so he paused hunting the other animals, alerting them to the fact that, judging by the frequency of the footprints, he thought they had entered the young man's territory.
Arthur shrugged his shoulders and said, "Come if you want to come, save yourself from the sudden appearance of this guy when you have to sleep, and besides, none of us have ever eaten leopard meat, right? ”
"If you can really hunt it. Werther had drawn his bow and arrows, ready at all times, "Then we will be able to increase our travel expenses a little." The fur of the two-tailed leopard can be sold for a good price, and the price of the teeth is slightly lower, but if it is sold with the fur, it should be good. ”
When Witt said this, Arthur looked forward to the appearance of the predator even more.
Just as he had hoped, as the afterglow of the setting sun shone on them, the twin-tailed leopard roared out, and Werther fired in quick succession, and Arthur instantly drew his sword out of its sheath, and together with the arrows that Werther fired, ran towards the twin-tailed leopard.
When the two arrows hit the two-tailed leopard in the chest and left eye, Arthur also ran in front of the two-tailed leopard and raised his sword.
At this time, Witt, who was in the rear, shouted: "Don't destroy the integrity of the leopard skin!"
Hearing this, the tip of Arthur's sword instantly changed direction, and the sharp sword pierced straight into the roaring bloody mouth of the twin-tailed leopard, most of the sword body sank into the body, and blood gushed out from the leopard's mouth, splashing on Arthur's face and body.
The wailing did not last long, when the guy with a body length of nearly three meters completely fell to the ground, Arthur drew his sword and wiped the blood from the sword with a cloth, and just as he tried to wipe his face with his sleeve, Naine floated over and hurriedly said, "Don't use your sleeve!
Arthur lowered his arm and put his sword back into its scabbard, while Nain took out a handkerchief, poured a little water to wet it, and wiped the blood from Arthur's face.
After wiping it off, she looked down at the blood on Arthur's body and shook her head in annoyance: "It's a pity that we're not by the river anymore, and we don't have any clothes to change into, so we can only do this first." ”
Arthur tugged at his collar and said, "It's okay, it's not too splashy, and the smell is not very strong." ”
Naine smiled helplessly and patted the bloodstained collar. She thought she used to dislike blood, but now she could accept it.
Salina stretched her muscles, looked at the two-tailed leopard lying on the ground, sighed, and said, "It seems that I never had a chance to make a move." ”
Werther was carefully drawing his arrow, and when he heard Salina say this, he looked up at her and said, "It's rare for us to walk calmly, and to be honest, I really don't want to be in a situation where you have to make a move." ”
Salina snorted, then said to Werther, "Well, that sounds reasonable, I'm a lot lighter when you say that. ”