Chapter 3 – Hunting
In this way, the three of them remained silent and continued to hurry, and no one spoke except for the thin man urging the fat man a few words.
Approaching noon, after a long day of walking, they wanted to find a place to rest, casually settled lunch, continued to walk a little way, saw a meadow, after approaching the grass they found a few grazing and huge rabbits, half a meter high, even if the weeds were dense could not hide their bodies.
Here as a resting place is just right, the scenery is also good, choose a place not far from the rabbits, take out bread and water from the backpack as usual, did not eat in the morning, now hungry but have no appetite, see this piece of bread Zuochen is a little sick to the stomach, usually used to eating food, now he feels that he is going crazy, but the fat and thin people eat Zhengxiang.
Suddenly, realizing that this was the first creature they had encountered, Zuo Chen shifted his gaze away from looking at the two of them, only to find that several rabbits around him were actually eating grass leisurely instead of running away, which was really strange.
In a flash of inspiration, Zuo Chen had an idea, since this place is similar to the real world, then if you hunt rabbits, will there be rabbit meat? Will there be any rewards? If you think of it, you will do it, now you are facing away from the rabbit, Zuo Chen is afraid that there is something strange about the rabbit, and he can't beat it alone, so he wants to call the fat man and the thin man together, but he doesn't dare to make a sound so as not to alarm the rabbit, so he can only secretly make a gesture, regardless of whether they notice it or not, anyway, he will know his purpose after he acts.
Instead of approaching them, he just secretly observed and mentally made a plan so that he could choose a place that was convenient for him to shoot, and he used the dagger with his right hand as a dagger and drew it slowly, so that the attack was powerful and deadly.
Zuo Chen didn't go directly to look at the rabbits, but instead glanced at them with the peripheral vision of his left eye, because they would look up and observe every few bites, and the time was not uniform, as if they were standing guard alternately with each other. Zuo Chen was not in a hurry, patiently waiting for the opportunity to make a move, holding the bread in his left hand and making a gesture to eat.
Two of these rabbits were watching around every five seconds, and the other rabbits were grazing, and what he was waiting for was the moment when they alternated between their shifts in duty. Finally, under Zuo Chen's brief observation and calculation, he made a move, instantly threw down the bread, clenched his right hand and rushed out, approaching the rabbits as fast as he could, trying to catch him off guard.
"Coo" An indescribable sound rang out around him. Zuo Chen knew that it was not good, so he tried to speed up his attack as quickly as possible, and at the same time, the fat man and the thin man reacted, although they didn't understand what Zuo Chen wanted to do, as long as they followed to help.
"呲呲呲"
The paws of the three rabbits shone one in turn, frantically digging into the ground in an instant when Zuo Chen approached, followed by the second one, burrowing into the ground, and the third one moved a little slowly, and it was too late to get close to it, so he turned around and turned the short sword backhand into a forehand, and the short sword came out of his hand, stabbing the rabbit's front paws to block the hole, and at the same time slid sideways and kicked hard, and the rabbit flew sideways with the short sword and hit the root of the tree and seemed to faint.
At this moment, the rabbit that sounded the alarm on the right side did not escape, but rushed to the periphery of Zuochen, and directly collided with him who fell to the ground, and it can be seen that its head has a slightly bulging horn, which is not big, but it is extremely hard.
At this point, it's too late to change your action defense, so you can only roll to the side.
"Huh"
Zuo Chen was knocked into the air, rolling towards the rabbit before, even if the unicorn was avoided by him, he was also injured, and the rabbit was dizzy because of the collision, and he couldn't control his body.
"Bang"
The body hit the tree, and hit the unconscious rabbit again, Zuo Chen was injured again, because he couldn't see the HP yet, and he didn't know how much health was left, but he estimated that he had lost at least half of his health, and just now he hit the right side of his abdomen, where his body was torn apart after being injured.
At this time, the fat man and the thin man finally arrived, the fat man saw that Zuo Chen was injured, and hurriedly ran over to check the injury, while the thin man was very calm, first controlled the rabbit that was dizzy due to the impact, and inserted the short sword into its two thighs, and then trotted to Zuo Chen's side.
In just a few seconds, it was too late for the two of them to react, and when he came back to his senses and was ready to help Zuo Chen fight, it was already over, Zuo Chen suffered a lot of injuries, and the severe pain had not disappeared, his body was trembling slightly, gritting his teeth, unable to say a word. The two of them helped Zuo Chen up and let him rest against the tree for a while before gradually recovering.
After resting for a long time, Zuo Chen said to the two of them with a pale face: "If you encounter a beast, run away as soon as possible, don't fight, now we can't bear the severe pain of the injury at all, I began to believe what the goblin said." ”
All along, Zuo Chen had a cold expression, and he couldn't hear any emotion in his tone, but now his face showed the expression of ordinary people when they were in pain, which showed that the pain he suffered might be worse than death for the two of them.
Secretly swallowed his saliva, and said at the same time: "Got it~"
[Congratulations on killing a hare]
【Kill Reward 10 Crystals】
【Battle XP 10】
Zuo Chen, who had finished resting, picked up the short sword, first killed the unconscious rabbit, and the rabbit after death gradually turned into petals, drifting away with a gust of breeze, leaving a rabbit skin and a piece of rabbit meat, a prompt from the system appeared in front of him, he didn't pick up the explosive items, glanced at the prompt window and walked towards the rabbit that was controlled, and stabbed it hard.
"Wow"
The rabbit turned into petals and flew away, leaving behind a piece of meat and a single horn.
【Congratulations on killing the mutant one-horned bunny】
【Kill Reward: 30 Crystal Coins】
[Combat XP 30]
It's just that the young rabbit almost killed him, it seems that the beasts here are really fierce, the battle is over, and the spoils are distributed, because the two of them feel that they are not contributing, everyone has everyone's bottom line, no matter what Zuo Chen says, he refuses to ask for these things. In the end, Zuo Chen forcibly stuffed the fat man with a rabbit skin, which was considered a two-person serving, and they reluctantly accepted it.
Killing the mutant unicorn rabbit and rabbit rewarded 40 crystal coins, leaving 20 crystal coins, and the remaining 20 were divided into 10 pieces for each of the two under Zuo Chen's persuasion.
"Whew" Zuo Chen exhaled, leaning on the side of the tree in a depressed mood, obviously dropping two servings of rabbit meat can improve the diet, but there is no fire and condiments, so he has no choice but to put it in the backpack.
"Haha~ How does it feel to look at not being able to eat!" The thin man saw that Zuo Chen was lost, and instead of comfort, he sneered, what he usually does to the fat man and what he does to Zuo Chen now, a proper villain feels, obviously he was fascinated before!
However, this also shows that the relationship between several people is closer, and it is not the kind of mutual accommodation, like strangers. The thin man is actually just hurting people, the fat man saw that Zuo Chen didn't speak, thought he was angry, and wanted to help the thin man explain but saw Zuo Chen, who had originally bowed his head, raised his head, and a breeze blew up the long silver-white hair in Zuo Chen's ear, covering his right eye, and his right hand gently stopped it, and while tidying it up behind his ears, he smiled slightly at the two people beside him, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world, which made people unconsciously fascinated, the two of them were so fascinated, looking at Zuo Chen in a daze, his eyes were blank, and his soul was hooked.
"Poof" Zuo Chen laughed out loud, although he was not angry, he was very unhappy, this was his revenge.
The two were immediately woken up, the fat man's face was flushed, he didn't dare to look at Zuo Chen was very shy, the thin man immediately slapped himself, and then began to chatter about Zuo Chen, annoyed, and Zuo Chen listened like this, responding to a few words from time to time, inexplicably quarrelling, saying that it was a quarrel but it seemed that the feelings were very good, saying that it was not a quarrel but it was a confrontation, and he didn't want the other party to please him.
Packed up the mood again, the three of them went on the road again, Zuo Chen and the thin man seemed to have become opponents, not idle at all, Zuo Chen was light, still like that, but the temperament gave people the feeling that they were no longer rejecting people thousands of miles away, and the thin man was always suffering in quarrels, not convinced, always looking for opportunities to counterattack, and the fat man had to comfort the thin man from time to time to persuade Zuo Chen not to worry about him.
Along the way, there was talk and laughter, looking at the scenery and chatting, I felt that time passed quickly, there was no tiredness before, the three of them were like old friends, not like friends who had only known each other for two days, noisy and noisy, so lively.
Before I knew it, it was dark, it was already approaching evening, the road was full of thorns, interspersed with trees, and the strangeness of the silence around me always gave people an uncomfortable feeling, but I couldn't say it, and it was always a bad premonition.
"Be careful, something is wrong, the surroundings are too quiet" Zuo Chen reminded the two of them as soon as he noticed that something was wrong, and he didn't quarrel with the thin man.
"Well, I know" The fat man nodded innocently, his eyes widened, and he looked around.
The thin man was silent and didn't speak, but his eyes were scanning, he knew that now was not the time to quarrel with Zuo Chen, so he walked slowly, slowed down, and carefully observed his surroundings.
"Rustle"
It's a big thing shuttling through the grass.
"Shh
Zuo Chen reminded the two of them to follow him closely, lurking behind the tree, staring at the direction where the voice came from.
"Brush Brush Brush"
The sound was getting closer, coming in their direction. Zuo Chen's eyes looked straight ahead, his body tensed, and he said heavily.
"Take out the dagger, it's too late to escape, be ready for battle and prepare for the worst, and try not to get yourself hurt if there is a fight. ”
There was no response, the two of them clenched their short swords, staring at the front, their bodies trembling slightly, although they were afraid, they did not lose their minds, because their ideal was to become warriors who defended their home and country.
"Brush"
A figure passed in front of them, it was a giant ape with a thick body two or three meters tall, and by looking at its sharp claws and sharp teeth, you could tell that this was a carnivorous creature of the forest, and it should be the existence at the top of the food chain.
Giant apes belong to the monkey family, the closest creature to man, and their agility and intelligence are their strengths, but their tall bodies and sharp claws are not ornaments, which only make them more difficult.