Chapter 9: The Scaly Shadow Beast
"Hey, I just said so much, did you listen!" The girl's face was full of anger, apparently realizing that she had been neglected, and she began to get angry.
Huang Quan nodded.
The girl stared at him, paused hard, and said hatefully: "You will never have an expression on this face, I really hate it!" Won't you laugh? It's okay to cry! ”
Huang Quan looked at her quietly, and the girl was a little nervous all the time, and looked away.
As if to get rid of the embarrassment, she stretched out her hand and pointed forward, and said, "Jump over that deep ditch, and it will be the hunting ground." It's not that dangerous, at least there are no cannibals, and it's a place for settlements to train young hunters. ”
Huang Quan frowned slightly, this was treating him as a child.
Remote observation is very keen, and even the slightest change in Huang Quan's expression can't escape her eyes. She stretched out her hand and struck Huang Quan's head hard, saying, "You're still not happy!" Don't think you're lucky, kill the baboon, and you'll have nothing to do. Tell you that anything can happen in the forest, and you don't expect your luck to be so good every time. In the forest, hunting knives are our luck, take it! ”
As she spoke, the girl stuffed the hunting knife in her hand into Huang Quan's hand and said, "Have you memorized everything I just taught you?" ”
Huang Quan had a big headache at her, and in order to prevent her from knocking her head again and being thrown out by her defensive instincts, he had to nod copistically.
The girl glanced at him and immediately said unhappily, "Did I just teach you to hold a knife like this?" If you hold it so loosely, won't you be knocked away with a knife with a little force? To hold it like this, fingers folded, clenched! No matter what the situation, we have to make sure that the knife is in our hands, do you understand? ”
After the girl finished speaking, she made a demonstration again, but saw that Huang Quan was still holding the handle of the knife with a few fingers, and the hunting knife was dangling in his hand, as if it was about to fall to the ground at any time.
"You ......" the girl was angry, and said angrily: "Don't think that this is a novice hunting ground, you can relax, you will never be a good hunter!" It's dangerous here, too, and I can't save you if you run into a scaly beast...... Be careful!! ”
The girl exclaimed, but it was too late. A gray shadow popped out from the canopy next to him, so fast that he couldn't see the movement clearly, and as soon as he appeared, he had already arrived in front of Huang Quan, and a pair of sharp claws stretched out steeply, gouging out his eyes!
The girl's thoughts went blank and she instinctively made an interception action, but she knew in her heart that it was probably too late to save the sluggish man.
Just as the sharp claws were about to insert into his eyeballs, Huang Quan's body suddenly swung to the side like a weeping willow in the wind, just letting go of the gray shadow's flutter. And his arm was raised, as if instinctively trying to protect himself, but the blade of the hunting knife in his hand was slanted out.
The gray shadow flew almost against Huang Quan's head and face, and the trajectory just passed the blade of the hunting knife.
With a thud, Gray Shadow slammed headfirst into an ancient tree next to it. This blow hit extremely solidly, shaking the sky full of fallen leaves, making the girl who was dazed and making her hand movements subconsciously shiver.
The next moment, she reacted and hurriedly looked at Huang Quan. I saw Huang Quan bending sideways, protecting his head and face with his arms, and there was a drop of blood on the tip of the hunting knife in his hand, which was slowly rolling down the spine of the knife.
"You, are you alright?" The girl hurriedly went over to help him, and asked in a stammering voice, fearing that behind Huang Quan's arms, there would be a bloody face.
Huang Quan lowered his arms, revealing his bottomless eyes. Not only are the eyes intact, but there are no scratches on the face.
The girl was a little stunned again, then let out a sigh of relief, and turned her head to look at the gray shadow.
The gray shadow hit the trunk of the tree and bounced to the ground, finally revealing its true form.
It is a small dark gray beast, covered from head to toe with a layer of fine scales, only the belly is soft hair. It has a small head and a pointed mouth, short and thick limbs, and exceptionally sharp claws.
If you hadn't just seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that such a little guy with short thighs would be so fast. And looking at its scale armor, its defense must be quite amazing.
It is as fast as lightning, not to mention being caught, even if it is hit, it will be injured a lot.
But at this moment, the scaled shadow beast was on all fours, and a red line appeared on its belly, which was splitting to both sides, and in the blink of an eye, it became a large wound that pierced through the neck and abdomen, and the entire abdomen was dissected, and the internal organs were sprinkled on the ground.
The girl hesitantly turned to Huang Quan and asked, "Is this ...... What did you do? ”
Huang Quan said lightly: "I have always been lucky. ”
Luck......
Speaking of beasts, the luck of encountering beasts, or the luck of killing beasts in a strange way?
The girl stared at Huang Quan, looking left and right, and couldn't help but reach out to knock his head, but halfway through, she suddenly thought of the scaly shadow beast on the ground, and subconsciously trembled, and her fist couldn't knock it down.
But she didn't want to lose her momentum, her eyes widened, and she said angrily: "Be serious, what's going on?" ”
Huang Quan said: "It wanted to pounce on me, but I was afraid, so I hid to the side." As a result, I didn't expect good luck, the tip of the knife happened to cut its belly, and that's it. ”
Yao looked at Huang Quan's expressionless face, wanted to knock his head again, and said angrily: "I'm not a child!" ”
Huang Quan handed her back the hunting knife and said, "This scaly shadow beast, does it need to be dealt with while the blood is hot?" ”
Yao sighed, woke up like a dream, ran over and waved the hunting knife, peeled the skin and took the meat.
Her movements were extremely skillful, and in a matter of moments, the little beast was separated from its flesh and skin, sorted into categories, and then put into its carry-on backpack.
The girl's backpack was very elaborately made, divided into several compartments, one of which was supported by animal bones, and was used to store important and tender prey, and the heart of the Shadow Beast was one of them.
There are corresponding spaces for the meat and skin, and the claws of the little beast are also carefully removed and put away by her. According to her, the claws of the Scaly Shadow are extremely hard, making them an excellent material for arrowheads, which can easily pierce through thin steel plates.
Huang Quan watched quietly as she harvested her prey.
The girl is usually very aggressive, but at the moment she is extremely careful, and there is no waste at all. Huang Quan had also seen the life of many tribes in poor mountains and bad waters, and knew that behind this kind of carefulness was not quality, but because of the environment.
The survival of the settlement must be very difficult, so they dare not waste a little resource.
Whether it's a girl, a gray eagle, or a flying arrow, the amount of food is very amazing. If they want to feed themselves, they need to keep hunting and get enough prey.
Moreover, these young hunters and warriors were the backbone of the settlement, and they had to feed themselves but also get food for the rest of the tribe, otherwise someone would starve.
After harvesting the Shadow Beast, the girl looked very happy and said, "I really didn't expect to hunt a Shadow Beast. In this way, we can go back by shooting some more prey! ”
The two continued to walk towards the depths of the hunting ground, but the girl did not teach the Huangquan knife technique on the way. After two consecutive hunts, she could see some clues no matter how dull she was.
It's just that she has an excellent face and refuses to admit anything, Huang Quan's martial arts skills may be better than herself.
Instead, Huang Quan took the initiative to speak and asked, "Who did you learn your hunting skills from?" ”
The girl said, "Dad once taught me something, but before I learned much, he was killed by a baboon. ”
"What about your mother?"
"She? How could she care about me? After she gave birth to me, she was no longer a qualified hunter. So after my father died, she became another woman in the colony who was a powerful hunter, and she had nothing to do with me. ”
The girl said very naturally, but Huang Quan was silent, maybe Yao himself didn't feel the bitterness hidden behind these words, but Huang Quan deeply realized it.
To some extent, the imperial palace and this semi-primitive settlement are also similar to some extent.
He didn't know if it was some kind of cycle, or if it was a cycle in the dark.
He had no interest in history, politics, or philosophy, but he still delved into the humanities, with the sole aim of finding more means to defeat his opponents.
"Then who did you learn your hunting skills from now?" Huang Quan suddenly wanted to know more about her.
"I'm thinking about it slowly! I'm a genius hunter! The girl puffed up her chest and said proudly.
Looking at her movements, he suddenly thought of the extremely elastic feeling last night, and his originally frozen heart was slightly swaying.
However, the relaxation of his heart was only for a moment, and then he returned to his usual calm, and nodded: "I see, no wonder." ”
"What's the wonder?" The girl was confused.
"No wonder your physical fitness is so good, but your martial arts skills are so poor."