Chapter 2: Who Hunts Whom

A stranger walked through the station of the Shenmu tribe and arrived at the north gate of the tribe.

An old man with a withered description was sitting on the ground, leaning against a large tree behind him, half of his body covered with weeds. The old man's beard and hair were unkempt, and there seemed to be some insect wriggling in his hair.

The hair covered the entire head and face, leaving only two eyes exposed. I didn't pay attention and thought it was a dead man, this old man was Eton!

"Outlander!" the old voice echoed through the jungle like a call from hell.

The stranger was startled, someone was calling him, he looked around, but saw no one.

"Outlander, I'm calling you!" Eaton's body moved, making a squirming sound.

The stranger looked at the living dead under the tree, and was a little nervous: "You, you ......" He wanted to say: Are you alive or dead!

"Old man, are you calling me?"

"That's right, I called you, you're here to explore, right?"

"Yes, I heard that there are strange rocks and plants here, come and try your luck, old man, how to get to the Black Forest?" The stranger spoke very humbly and respectfully.

Legend has it that the ancestor of the Jordan family was an ordinary person, and it was because he entered this jungle that he became extremely powerful after he went out, and founded the Jordan family, one of the ten major families!" Eaton chattered, raised a hand, and pointed in the direction of due north, his ragged clothes were covered with weeds, and his dry palm had not been washed for many years, like the bark of a dry and black tree, it was difficult to recognize that it was a hand.

"Thank you, old man!" the man said with a deep bow, taking a piece of soft bread from his backpack and handing it to Eton, before getting up and heading out for the Black Forest.

Eaton showed a sly look, and in a flash, he was more like a hunter, helping the Black Forest devour everything!

Eva and Chaburo had brought the tools of the hunt from home, and Eva held in her hand a wooden stick two and a half meters long, one end of which was sharpened, or rather, a spear, enough to pierce the belly of a wolf.

Eva carried a wooden bow on her back and a dagger pinned to her waist, which was entirely polished of stone and had sharp blades on both sides.

Chaburo is about the same as her outfit. They walked through the tribe's garrison toward the west.

"Eva, I picked some mushrooms, come to the house for dinner in the evening, Cha Buluo, you can come with it!" That's Granny Ahri, thin and withered, Eva often helps her with the work of the house, and if there is anything delicious at home, Granny Ahri will call Eva.

"Eva, your spear has been used for too long, I recently got a very hard birch, remember to come back and get a new one!" Uncle Fujiki called Eva from afar, he still remembered that Eva took great care of him when he was sick, he only had one daughter, who disappeared out of thin air three years ago......

Deep in the dense forest to the west of the tribe, two girls were squatting on the ground, and they were picking away the branches and grass to reveal a trap. The trap was empty, nothing.

This is the fourth trap that the two sisters have explored today. Eva and Chaburo both had a look of disappointment on their faces. Eva picked up the branch and set it on the trap again, then began to lay the weeds.

"Eva, don't get it, it's useless to make a trap, no prey will fall!" Chaburo stood up and patted the dirt on her hands.

Eva continued to fix the trap without looking up, "Sister Blo, where did you say all the animals in the forest have gone?

"Everyone says that, and the devil knows the truth or not! The animals are crazy!"

"Don't be discouraged, I don't believe that in such a big forest, all the animals will disappear for no reason. God won't watch our entire tribe starve to death, isn't there still endless wild vegetables?"

"Not to mention the wild vegetables, except for the sour dead grass, most of the wild vegetables are highly poisonous, and I really can't eat the wild vegetable soup anymore. ”

Eva finished the trap, picked up the long grass, and stood up, "Do you choose to starve to death, or choose to eat wild vegetable soup?, oh no, we won't die anyway, should I say do you choose to suffer from hunger, or choose to eat wild vegetable soup......?"

Cha Buluo smiled wryly and helplessly.

"Ah, what is that?" exclaimed Chaburo!

"A deer, don't make a sound!" Eva tiptoed towards the elk, pulling the tea bulo.

"How can there be elk in this forest?" Chaburo said strangely! Ten years ago, this elk was the most abundant species in the forest, and it was also the main food of the Shenmu tribe. The tribe has restrictions on the hunting of elk, it is not allowed to hunt during the breeding season, it is not allowed to hunt young elk, and it is not allowed to hunt lactating elk, and it is necessary to unify the tribe to organize the hunting before the elk can be killed, and it is strictly forbidden for individuals to hunt elk alone.

The elk hunted by the tribe are distributed to the entire tribe, and the deer skins are distributed to the old and young women and children. Although tens of thousands of years of hunting, there are more and more elk, and the tribe is never short of food.

But since ten years ago, everything has changed, not only the elk, but all the animals in the forest have disappeared almost overnight, except for a few rabbits, hedgehogs and the like.

Nobody knows where the animals went? Tribal rumors say that the animals went to the Black Forest. The tribe once organized a team to hunt in the Black Forest, but not only did the animals not be caught, but the whole team did not return.

The two sisters cautiously approached the elk, still ten meters away, and they were ready to attack, Eva clenched the long grass and gently raised her hand to prepare for the throw.

Chaburo took off her bow and arrow, and drew an arrow from her back, which creaked and creaked, and the bow and arrow were slowly pulled away. At that moment, the elk seemed to notice them, and with a sharp leap, galloped away.

"Chase, don't let her run!" Eva chased after her, carrying the long grass. Chaburo followed, and the bow, which was already full, was shot, and the arrows flew past the elk, which was frightened and ran faster.

Hunting in the forest is more suitable for ambushes, shelter and weeds are easy to lurk, but the chase is not suitable, and there is almost no success. As long as you burrow into the grass, it is difficult to find any trace of your prey.

They chased for half an hour, both of them gasping for breath, and always kept the same distance from the deer, they could not catch up with the deer, and the deer could not shake them off.

The deer stopped not far away to watch them, and the two of them also stopped, bending over and gasping for breath.

"This deer has a longer breath than a rabbit, and after running for so long, I don't believe it will never get tired. Chaburo said intermittently.

Eva didn't speak, nervously carrying the long grass, and approached the elk little by little. Chaburo drew her bow again.

There were still five meters to go, but just as they were about to attack, the elk ran away again.

The two chased without hesitation, and after running less than 100 meters, Eva suddenly stopped and grabbed Chaburo!

"Stop chasing. ”

"Why? everyone would be happy if they brought this deer back to the tribe!" said Chaburo anxiously.

"What do you see over there?" Eva pointed to where the deer stood, and when the deer saw that they were not chasing, he stood there watching!

"That's ...... Black Forest!" Chaburo cried out in horror!

"Don't you think it's strange, why is this deer waiting for us all the way?" Eva had already begun to suspect that the elk could easily get rid of them in the forest. But it always runs and stops, standing in the most conspicuous place waiting for them!

Chaburo also thought of something when she heard this, shuddered, and stared at the elk with a pair of eyes, full of fear. She ducked behind Eva and pulled Eva's arm tightly, the bow in her hand tighter.

"Don't be afraid, if we don't enter the Black Forest, it can't help it, but why does this deer have spirituality? Who told it to lead us to the Black Forest?"

"My father said that in the past month, people from the tribe who have gone out to hunt have often gone missing, and I have not been allowed to go out these days, and I have sneaked out today! Could it be that those who have disappeared have also strayed into the Black Forest because they are chasing elk?"

"I wonder where the missing people have gone, maybe we can find the missing people!"

"You're going into the Black Forest?!" exclaimed Chaburo!

Eva smiled slightly, then sat on the grass and looked at the elk leisurely!

Elk roam in place, sometimes grazing, sometimes looking up!