Chapter 4: Ferocious Beasts and White Sail Swordsmanship
Seeing that Grim was about to follow in the footsteps of his companions because of his carelessness, the hunter's pupils narrowed, as if he had seen the Grim Reaper's scythe fall on his head.
"Woohoo, woooooo..."
The black hound swooped in front of its owner as it spotted the danger.
"Bang!"
"Whew... Whew..."
The valiant hound, apparently far from being a match for the ferocious predator, was knocked out with a claw and fell to the ground wailing and croaking.
But its actions were not unrewarded, and Graeme seized the brief opportunity to roll on the spot, dodging the fatal blow to his neck, only to narrow out his life at the cost of losing a piece of flesh on his arm.
Falling to the ground silently, the big black cat pounced again, and Grim, who had already understood the gap between himself and it, closed his eyes and waited for death, and the tip of his nose could almost smell the fishy wind brought by the big cat.
"Whoosh!"
A feathered arrow burst through the air.
"Bang!" had to shoot into the ground between the big cat and the Graeme, and the force of the arrow sent the arrow into the ground, leaving only a buzzing tail feather.
The big black cat was startled, turned its head and glanced in the direction where the arrow was flying, and showed a humanized hesitation in its bright yellow eyes, stepped out of its slender limbs, and quickly ran up a big tree and disappeared into the canopy.
Seeing the comer, Graeme showed a look of joy for the rest of his life, panting and struggling to get up from the ground.
"Brother, thank you for saving my life!"
At this time, the tenacious hound also stood up and ran to Graeme's side, sticking out his tongue.
"And you, my old fellow Jim! you're my savior. β
Taking out a roll of gauze from his backpack and letting Grim bandage it himself, Evan asked in a deep voice, "Do you see what it is?"
"It's a black leopard. At the time...... "Grim skillfully bandaged himself with his teeth on the gauze, gritting his teeth and angrily telling Evan about the experience of the two of them tracking all the way.
"And it's very fast and very cunning. Colin was directly bitten to death by his sneak attack because he was defenseless. At first, if it hadn't been afraid that it would have escaped, and by the time everyone came to join us, they would have killed this hateful beast a long time ago. β
"Aven, let's join forces to kill it!"
"No, Glay, we'd better get out of here, this isn't a leopard. After a pause, Aven's brows furrowed: "This should be a ferocious beast!"
After experiencing the systematic teaching of the old butler Leo, Aven's knowledge of this world is far from being comparable to that of ordinary hunters in small places.
Maybe their ancestors didn't encounter the ferocious beasts, but there is a high probability that they will not have the opportunity to come back and pass on their valuable experience to their juniors.
Perhaps Leopold's upper class knew, but the segregation of blood and status determined that no knowledge and experience would flow out to the bottom of society.
This is also where Evan is grateful for his origin, reborn in this era, if he starts from an ordinary civilian, the difficulty is simply hell. When you reach an adult who can move freely, you may not be able to understand what kind of country and what kind of world you live in.
Judging by the data-based vision and Graeme's description, it is very likely that it was a ferocious bobcat.
"Lynx?" Grim looked incredulous when he heard Evan's judgment.
Of course he knew. Bobcats are also called lynxes, and they can often be seen by lynxes in the woods that usually go into the mountains to hunt. But they were medium-sized cats no taller than human thighs and no bigger than hounds, and the gap between them and the ones who could fly through trees with an adult in their mouths.
It was difficult for Evan to explain to Grim, who didn't have any transcendent common sense. The ferocious creatures were originally just ordinary animals, but under the influence of the mysterious factors that wandered in this world, after a passive transcendent transformation, if they survived, they would become violent creatures whose size, strength, speed, and intelligence far surpassed those of their kind.
This peculiar existence has existed for a long time.
According to Leo, an old butler who is a full-fledged knight, it is through the study of this magical phenomenon that humans have developed a method of using special exercises and potions to actively cause physical ferocity and promote to the rank of powerful knight.
Only one is active, the other is passive, and both are fleshly ferocious, and human knights are much more powerful than ferocious beasts of the same level.
The bobcat, which could only be regarded as a medium-sized cat, has grown into a fierce predator larger than a cheetah, and under the increase in flesh brought about by ferocity, it is far from being able to deal with ordinary people.
It's a pity that the ordinary people here also include Evan himself, a small apprentice knight.
"Perhaps the cunning brute's escape was just an illusion. Violent animals may not be as intelligent as humans, but we can no longer treat them as ordinary beasts. β
Ai Wen's mouth is also a little bitter now, if he knew that Gram and they provoked a ferocious beast, he would not have followed at all, even if the two of them were tied together, it was just to deliver food to the ferocious beast.
As for why he was able to scare away the other party with a feathered arrow at first, Evan guessed that this was just a hunting instinct of this nocturnal animal, and even in the face of weak prey, he habitually hid himself first.
"Then I... Let's go back first. If the news of the presence of a fierce predator is reported to the town hall, the consul will send a musket team to kill it. β
Brute force is not a hunter's trait, and Graham is a good hunter, and after a short battle between the Celestials and the Humans, he nods his head and decides to leave first, and then come to the beast's trouble as a guide for Leopold's musketeers.
"Woo Woo, Woo Woo ......"
The two of them and one dog had just taken two steps when Jim, the hound, suddenly took two steps forward, barking again at the woods with his snow-white fangs.
Looking at the big cat that jumped down from the tree without concealment, and walked slowly like a fairy in the forest, the two glanced at each other and smiled wryly at the same time.
"Let's do it!"
Since this beast was not ready to let himself go, Evan was also aroused by ferocity, and walked to the front of the group, the long sword at his waist slowly unsheathed.
When the brave meets on a narrow road, Ai Wen thinks so.
"Wait, Aven. Grim, who was bent in the back and ready to support, suddenly spoke, his tone excited and very fast.
"Maybe we don't have a chance. I don't know anywhere else, but this mountain forest is where I grew up, and all the adult bobcats here have long, dark bushes of hair on their ears. But this one doesn't! You see, it really doesn't!"
Evan had better eyesight than Grime, and discovered this earlier than the latter, but he was far from Grim's experience.
The situation of ten deaths and no life finally had a glimmer of life, and Aiwen's heart was relieved and at the same time he returned to his normal heart.
Strictly speaking, the big lynx is not very bold as a young beast, but after a successful hunt, it finds that this two-legged animal is not very powerful. The young predator, who was smart but inexperienced, decided not to go around in circles and simply turned the remaining two-legged monsters into reserves.
Evan made a gesture of support, and stepped forward with his sword to meet the fierce lynx that was approaching step by step.
Standing five steps away from the ferocious lynx, Aven crouched slightly with his sword in both hands, the blade of the sword at eye level, and put on a sideways stance that was used in the White Sail Sword Technique to deal with agile enemies.
The White Sail Sword Technique is a superb swordsmanship used by the ancestors of the Galliot family when they were young to cross the sea, which originated from the boat fighting techniques used by sailors when fighting on surface ships, and was later perfected by generations of sword masters.
When it was passed down to Ai Wen, it was already a masterful swordsmanship that could be tempered for thousands of years, and it was extremely influential on the Black Sea coast.
Although I didn't understand why the big cat took the initiative to appear, it didn't prevent Evan from testing it next, clenching the long sword and slowly dragging it closer.
"Hissββ!"
The Great Lynx was obviously still far from a patient and qualified hunter, and as soon as Evan approached its attack range, the Great Lynx had already turned into a black shadow and flew head-on.
"Drink!"
Ai Wen's movements were subtle and dexterous to dodge, and then he instantly turned around and let out a loud shout, and the power of his right foot on the ground and his whole body were connected in the swordsmanship instinct that had been tempered for thousands of years, and the long sword in his hand pierced the air and made a loud roar.
A perfect stabbing sword, chasing the back of the big lynx as if it was going to pierce it directly.
The body of the big lynx that slammed into the air did not lag at all, and the hunting instinct in its bones allowed it to make the most correct choice and did not choose to dodge.
The large but dexterous body suddenly exerted force, kicked its hind legs into the air again, twisted its waist past the stabbing long sword, and pounced on Aiwen's face again.
The vicious wind blows in his face, and Ai Wen pounces forward with the sword, rolling on the ground several times in a row, dodging the attack and re-distancing himself from the big bobcat.