Section 4 Hawkman
With each run, the cry for help became clearer and clearer. Then I remembered what Uncle York had said about the recent hawk infestation in the forest. Du Lang's heart tightened inexplicably, "No~ Did you really meet the Eagle Man? Am I so lucky?" Du Lang ran and didn't forget to laugh at himself.
The Eagle Man, as the name suggests, has both eagle and human characteristics, and is also a wild bird of prey that is prevalent in the world in which Durang lives. The eagle-man has a pointed head like an eagle, a pair of huge gray-black wings on its back, and a human body, but its feet have become a pair of sharp claws. Most of them live in groups, but there are a few special cases that prefer to wander alone. The eagleman's main weapons of attack are those sharp claws and sharp beaks. Some of the more unusual Hippogriffs can even use some rudimentary Wind Attack Assist magic to match their claws and beak attacks. The Hawkman is relatively easy to deal with, as long as it binds one of its wings, as if it can't release wind magic and occupy air supremacy, it can be easily defeated. However, if you see the Hawkmen going out en masse, you'd better turn around and run.
Du Lang rushed to Shengyuan, came to the front, squatted in the bushes on the side, and settled down to see a ragged young man of his age who was holding a short sword and entangled with an eagleman whose head was two of his heights, fighting and retreating, and his mouth still made a cry for help from time to time, and it seemed that he was struggling to deal with it, and he had been injured in many places. The eagle man had red eyes, as if he was getting more and more brave and approaching step by step. When Du Lang saw the situation, he knew that the guy who was struggling to support him probably wouldn't last long.
Facing the eagle man, Du Lang couldn't help but feel a little nervous, although he and Uncle York had gone to the forest across the river to hunt before, and the results were quite good, but it was just to help behind Uncle York and take the physical work of the prey. There has never been such a real head-on encounter with the target as it is today. It would be a lie to say that you are not nervous. However, having experience in hunting, he quickly took the crossbow given to him by Uncle York from his waist, pulled an arrow from his backpack and quickly wound it, aimed it at the eagleman's wings and pulled the trigger. This series of actions was carried out in one go, without half a minute of hesitation, Du Lang was nervous, but this did not affect the speed at which he fired the arrow, which seemed to have become his instinctive action. When Uncle York first taught Dulang to use a bow and arrow, he was also amazed by Dulang's hand, which seemed to be a talent.
Just listening to the hum, the crossbow bolts rode the night, like a black lightning bolt flying towards the eagleman not far away. There are almost no weaknesses in the eagle man, because he can control the wind and use the power of the wind, so he is also very agile, but if it is a sneak attack, I believe that even a very advanced wind beast will not be able to escape the fate of being injured. The eagleman let out a miserable scream, and the crossbow arrow shot accurately at the junction between the wings and the body of the eagleman, which was undoubtedly a huge damage to the species that had always used wing attacks as the main means. It's as if humanity has been stripped of an arm, or worse.
"That friend is here~~ here! Run!" Du Lang hurriedly jumped out of the grass after sending the arrow, and shouted to the young man who was still stunned by the scream of the eagleman just now. Hearing Du Lang's shout, the young man came back to his senses, and regardless of the eagle man who was struggling to get up, he turned around and immediately ran towards Du Lang's side. Because he knew that the hawkman's scream must have something to do with the person in front of him, and he knew that he had saved himself.
The two of them ran all the way, and Du Lang laid some markers along the way over, so he was not afraid of getting lost. In this way, they followed the mark, until the screams of the eagle man behind them became quieter and quieter, until when they disappeared, the two had returned to the camp where Durang had been, and since the time was not very long, the campfire on the ground was still burning.
However, although the run in the jungle was short, it was extremely exhausting, and by the time they ran back to the camp, the two of them were already out of breath. Durang was fine, while the other was simply lying on the ground, gasping violently.
"Thank you...... Thank you...... You save ...... Saved me. The boy lay on the ground and gasped for a long time before he came back and thanked him.
"Whew, no thanks, it's strange to see someone in distress and not save him!" Du Lang replied as he sat back on the campfire, still gasping for breath.
"Who are you, how could you run into the forest in the middle of the night alone?" asked Du Lang curiously.
"My name is Tij, I came here because I want to cross the river to go back to my relatives' house, I wanted to arrive quickly, but because of yesterday's rainstorm, the bridge was broken, I couldn't cross the river, I planned to spend the night in the forest and then go home, I didn't expect to meet the eagle man so unlucky. The boy named Tijay said in frustration as he struggled to get up from the ground.
"This is easy to do, I will take you to the nearest ferry port early tomorrow morning, not very far from the broken bridge. Du Lang replied in a hearty voice.
"Thank you!" Tijay said with a grateful look on her face and sat down by the campfire. After this toss, Du Lang's original intention to rush at night was long gone, and after a high degree of tension, a strong sense of exhaustion followed. After saying hello to Tijay and dividing the vigil, he fell asleep sideways with his backpack in his arms, and he kept vigil for the rest of the night.
The night was silent, and when the sun rose in the east, a new day slowly came, "Ah! Tijay, yawning, got up from the ground with sleepy eyes, the campfire still burning. I saw Du Lang sitting next to him eating bread.
"Good morning, Tijay, how are you sleeping, come and have some breakfast, and I'll take you to the ferry later." Give~ This is the bread I made myself~ How about tasting it. Durang said, taking another loaf of bread from his backpack and handing it to Tijay.
"Thank you. Tijay reached out and took the bread from Dulang, opened his mouth and took a bite. "Hmmm~ This tastes great, it's the best bread I've ever eaten in my life. Tijay opened his mouth and took a large bite of bread, and was about to eat it when his eyes lit up and he followed Dulang's workmanship. Durang, on the other hand, smiled at Tijay's appreciation, a confident smile, as if it was a matter of course to praise the bread for being delicious.
"By the way, I always wanted to ask last night, why did you come to this kind of place alone, given that you are the same age as me?" Tijay asked after taking two bites of the bread in his hand.
When Du Lang heard Tijay's question, he couldn't help but think of Jieli again, and his expression darkened. Tijay probably saw that he had said something on Du Lang's mind, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for making you think of something unhappy." I really don't want to say it, so I won't say it. ”
Du Lang looked at Ti Jay and smiled: "Thank you for your understanding!" and then said with a straight expression: "Let's go, take you to the ferry!" Du Lang thought of Jieli, half of the wait was gone, and quickly got up to pack his luggage and took Ti Jay to the ferry. Sending Tijay to the ferry, Tijay thanked him repeatedly, and Tijay even asked Dulang's home address, knowing that Durang might not be able to return home for a long time, and volunteered to help take care of Uncle York. In this way, the two parted ways at the ferry, and this episode came to an end.
Du Lang looked at the ferry boat that was far away, and then looked at the Ward River in front of him, which was still rushing towards the Ward River in the distance, and took out the map in his backpack and flipped it up on the spot. Looking at the map in his hand and comparing the terrain, "Hmm~ Since Jieli was washed away by the water, let's go east along the Ward River and go to Fei Leng City in the lower reaches of the Ward River, where there should be clues." Durang followed the direction of the river in the map all the way down to the riverside city named Felleng. After determining the goal, Du Lang put on his backpack again and headed in the direction of Fei Leng City.