Chapter Twenty-Four: The Silverhorn Deer
With a "bang", one of the silverhorned deer that couldn't dodge was knocked to the ground by Thrall, who was twice its size.
Before it could struggle, Thrall's sharp claws slashed at its body, and its white fur was instantly stained with blood. In the next second, the wide open tiger's mouth bit its neck at once, blood flowed, and its extremely aggressive and seductive head horns didn't even have time to play a role, and it lost its life.
This sudden impact caused these silver-horned deer to scatter and flee in all directions.
As Sal intended, Sal didn't show the slightest mercy to the dazed deer, ignoring the one he had just bitten to death, and immediately pounced on the nearest one.
In the other directions, Ronald, Vasa, and Apu had been standing by for a long time, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net, and the unmatched speed of the silver leopard allowed them to come and go freely among the masked flies.
Their sharp claws harass the deer without wrestling with them, luring them to charge with their sharp horns, avoiding their hoofs that can be raised at any moment, and swimming dangerously on the edge, but with the right scale.
The silverhorn deer did not have the intelligence of the orcs, and they tried to escape, only to find that these annoying orcs were always haunted and harassed. And they only use their instinct to attack, and in their instinct, there are four beasts in front of them, which are the enemies that hurt them, and it becomes their instinct to rush and collide again.
After Lian Yue realized Thrall's intentions, he didn't plan to join the battle, and only used his ability to block the 100-meter radius where the dozen silver-horned deer were located.
It seemed that an invisible barrier had formed around them, and they could only blindly collide immediately.
In this way, more than a dozen silverhorn deer are trapped here, which makes it even more convenient for Sal to hunt.
With the advantage of size and speed, they quickly inflicted heavy damage on the more combat-ready silverhorn deer, cracking the flesh of the light, and even prostrate on the ground with the heavy one.
Soon, under Thrall's command, the team subdued the silverhorned deer at almost no cost, and sprinkled a large amount of blood all over the ground, exuding a pungent smell of blood.
Thrall nodded slightly to the other three, and together they transformed into human forms, and invariably pulled out some herbs from under the animal's skin skirt, scattered them in all directions, and sprinkled them in a thin circle around the battle.
After months of retracting her ability and removing the spatial barrier, this level of ability consumption is not a lot of pressure for her.
"What is this?" Lian Yue flashed in front of Sal and asked curiously.
"Stinky grass, look." Thrall stopped, handed the grass residue wrapped in bark leaves in his hand to Lian Yue, and explained to her, "Sprinkled with stinky grass can hide the smell of blood, and ordinary beasts will not want to come close." ”
Lian Yue nodded in understanding, and let Sal continue his movements, walking towards the corpse of the silverhorn deer that had fallen to the ground.
He walked up to a silver-horned deer whose neck had been broken, leaned down, and touched the silver horns, which were hard, smooth, and shiny, like carved silver utensils.
The fur is very fluffy, it is bright white, and in the sun, there are stars twinkling, about 5-10 cm in length, it is very smooth, it seems that it often combs its hair.
This is a group of beautiful creatures, if it were in their own plane, it is estimated that they should be taken care of in the zoo, but here, it is just food for the stomachs of the orcs.
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Turning his head, he almost screamed out with a "smack".
Lianyue found that Sal had sprinkled the stinky grass at some point, and they all possessed the fallen silverhorn deer, sucking their blood.
The closest to her was Vasa, a relatively honest and sturdy orc man, who was also strong in the Silver Leopard clan, only to see his sharp claws slashing through the neck artery of the dead silverhorn deer, and the scarlet blood that had not yet coagulated instantly gushed out, but Vasa did not shy away from taking it with his mouth and sucking it.
At first glance, seeing such a bloody scene, Lian Yue's muscles tensed instantly, and his ability worked, and the next second it seemed that he was about to aim the spatial blade at them.
"Ah Yue, why don't you drink it?" The strong man Vasa turned his head, opened his bloody mouth, and showed a hideous smile towards Lian Yue.
"Yes, Ah Yue, if you don't drink it, it will be wasted, so much deer blood, we will all have to let it go if we can't drink it." When Apu heard Vasa's words, he also stood up and nodded in agreement, and the other two also looked at her eagerly.
Lian Yue couldn't help but take a step back, and Lian shook her head to signal that she wouldn't drink.
However, seeing that a few people were very clear except for drinking blood, they relaxed a little.
I asked them again, only to know that this is a way passed down from our ancestors, as early as when the orcs did not keep the fire, they all ate raw meat and drank blood, and their bodies were very strong, and their combat effectiveness was strong.
But it wasn't until they gradually mastered the use of fire and began to eat cooked meat that their bodies often felt weak, and their combat effectiveness decreased significantly.
The wise priests observed that this was all because the orcs did not eat blood, because the blood contained the energy that the orcs needed, so they resumed the habit of drinking blood.
It wasn't until salt was discovered that drinking blood gradually faded from the orcs' eating habits, and it was more of a reverence for the gods of food, which gradually evolved into a sacrificial performance.
Lian Yue knew that it was the orcs who instinctively ingested the salt in the animal's body to supply the body's needs.
Although they don't know exactly what they need, their instincts tell them that the act of drinking blood will gradually subside until they have salt and this need can be satisfied.
Even the current orcs are not short of salt intake, and this kind of blood drinking is also a manifestation of not wasting it, and it can also show their respect for nature and gods.
Just as in modern society, killing chickens and pigs requires bloodletting, this practice is also to prevent blood from coagulating in the meat, maintain the deliciousness of the meat, and reduce the fishy smell of the meat.
Thinking about the reason, Lian Yue naturally stopped being vigilant.
Although the orcs here are able to switch between human and animal forms, it is more human nature that dominates their thinking, rather than being left with instinct to devour and destroy all species like the mutants in the past.
Thrall ordered the three men to release the excess deer blood, dug a pit and buried it, and sprinkled more stinky grass on it.
Looking back at the prey piled up on the hill, there were eighteen in total, and each one was about the same size as the silver leopard, and it would be enough to rely on Sal and the others to transport it back at once.
However, if the four of Sal stayed in the jungle for too long with such a bloody prey, even if there was stinky grass, they could not guarantee 100% safety.
At this time, Sal considered that Lian Yue came out with them today, although she had strong attack power, but her strength was average, and she should not be of much help in carrying these silverhorns, so he hoped that she could use her speed advantage to report back to the tribe, and let the leader pat the tribesmen who stayed in the tribe to carry the prey.
Although there is space for Lianyue to help with transportation, it is better not to expose such an ability casually.
So, of course, she agreed, and after remembering his words, she activated her ability and disappeared in the jungle in the direction she had come, leaving the four of them to clean up the mess and cover up their breath.
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