Chapter 63: Borrowing the Eagle's Eye

Eagles, who can clearly see hares galloping on the grass from a height of several hundred meters. Their eyesight is so good that there are probably few natural creatures in the whole world that can compare to it. As Batu's domesticated companion since childhood, although Naren is a little different from the wild goshawk in terms of living habits, it is precisely because of this that he has received better nutritional supplements and training, and its sensory sensitivity is even better than that of its normal development in the wild.

Many people don't think about whether large birds like eagles, which rely mainly on gliding, can only fly north if there is only a north wind during the day. Actually, it's not, the heavens, it's far from the earth. It is even a question of whether there is a conceptual heavenly existence in this world that subconsciously envelops the whole world. The heavens we see on earth are just imaginary images of being too far away, like the so-called horizon at the end of the world. Because of this, the direction of the wind on the ground does not represent the direction of the air in the sky as a whole, and large birds naturally know how high to go to take advantage of the wind they need.

The shadows of the wings swept through the grass, and the critters hiding in them ran in terror towards the cave or other hideout where they could hide from enemies from above. At this time, the shaman and mage who attached their consciousness to the goshawk did not feel the joy of this majesty in Naren. Birds don't feel delighted by being condescending, but they do enjoy the touch of the wind blowing their feathers. This is not the first time Cheese has felt this feeling, he has also performed Transfiguration to transform into an animal, but the damage to the mind caused by Transfiguration has never relaxed to enjoy the fun of animals.

It's almost there. Wu Qi's consciousness is clearly conveyed to Cheese's thoughts when the three coexist in one body. The latter quickly responded with a positive mood. The distances that take weeks or even months to migrate on the ground may be a few days for an eagle at high altitude. Moreover, the Shale Department did not move that far.

By the time Naren began to descend in height and was about to hover, the mage's consciousness had sensed an anomaly in the ground below. Indeed, as the shaman had said before, the land was so quiet, though it was only a vague feeling, but even the person who dominated the body sent a message of uneasiness and desire to leave. It was Wu Qi's job to appease the eagle's will, and he used the powers given by the spirits to have a simple communication with Naren to buy more time for this reconnaissance. Naren agreed, and its favor for the spirits prevailed over the slight uneasiness.

"Where was the place where you were camping?" the reconnaissance was not aimless, and Cheese wanted to know the approximate extent of the child's parasite infection, which might help.

The shaman replied without words, but instead asked Naren to move closer in the direction where the tribe had settled, and soon an area of the steppe appeared that looked unusually obvious from above. It was the former camp of the Shale Division, and the grass cleared for the camp had not yet fully recovered.

"The grazing route starts from the camp, goes north and then west, and finally makes a circle back to the camp. The size of the circle will expand as the grass is gradually gnawed, and I will let Naren gradually expand the flight area along that line. Wu Qi translated the grazing map in his head into a way that the eagle could understand, and the bearer of their consciousness set out on his first cruise after flapping his wings.

The sky was getting darker, and Naren had already flown around the grazing route for an unknown number of laps. I didn't find it, in fact, this is also normal, the appearance of parasites may come from the soil, it may come from insects, it may come from food, and these things cannot be seen even if you have good eyesight. Unless...

"Is that river the way to go every time for grazing?" asked Cheese suddenly, referring to a vein of water about ten meters wide that flows from the east.

"Yes. If the kid hadn't been lazy, the river would have been on every grazing route. "Tribal settlements must be close to the water, and nomadic habits allow them to dig wells without exertion, so the water system distributed on the steppe has become an important surface for tribal migration. The river through which the grazing is carried is located downstream of the tribe's water intake, and the livestock also need water, and in addition to drinking, the living water can also wash away the dirt and parasites on the surface of the cattle and sheep's bodies, keeping them healthy.

"Go up the river. I want to see where it flows. After receiving Wu Qi's affirmation, Cheese made his request. From what he saw, the river was the only place that could be called suspicious. It's just that this suspicion is quite far-fetched, because he didn't find anything unusual about the river. Swimming against the current can only be regarded as a judgment made by him based on experience.

Wu Qi was slightly disappointed by the mage's proposal, as he had surveyed the sources of the tribe's water, and the shaman would not allow the head to camp in the vicinity if there were disease-causing or harmful substances in the water. So when Cheese raises his suspicions about the currents, Wu Qi already understands that this is destined to be a difficult and rewarding investigation. However, he did not refute the mage's approach because of this, he did not know what the caster was like outside the grassland, maybe there was indeed a problem with the water source, and his knowledge was too shallow to find out in time.

Naren began to swim against the current after receiving new instructions, but the eagle was not a nocturnal creature, and as the sun darkened, so did the information it could bring in its eyes. If you don't find it again, you'll have to do it today. However, just as it flew over the tribe's water intake area, heading closer to the source, it was discovered.

And the person who found it was not Cheese, it was Wu Qi. With the help of Naren's eyes, the shaman keenly saw something that was quite abrupt in the grass. He immediately asked Naren to lower his height so that he could see the details of the thing more clearly. It wasn't difficult, and after a brief hover, Wu Qi was able to take a closer look at what he had discovered. It was a knot, a knot made of grass stems woven from branches stuck in the earth. And the location of this knot happens to be near a spring that joins the river.

"We'll have to look more closely, can we get Naren to fall?" the mage had heard from the shaman about his dreams, and he knew what the knot meant.

But just as the eagle folded its wings and was about to fall from a high place, the other two wills in its mind suddenly disappeared. The purposeless Naren immediately spread its wings and the rising air flow flew again, its instinct making it reluctant to approach the land, especially the strange thing. Moreover, Hawkeye was keenly aware that as it descended, a small patch of land near the knot was slightly raised, as if something was about to emerge from it. It didn't want to know what that was.

On the other side, the two of them, who had just been soaring in the air with the goshawk, woke up in their own bodies. It was not an external force that awakened them, but a protective charm that Cheese had placed in the room out of habit, which could actively awaken the mage when his meditation was disturbed, so that they would not suffer further damage. What struck the spell was the noise outside the tent.