Chapter 4 Survival
When he woke up again, Abdul-Jabbar found himself still in this pitch-black cave, outside the cave, the north wind was still howling across the land, listening to the wind, the blizzard had not yet passed.
Along with the lucidity, a sharp ache ensued. It was a wound on the hand, and the fist was full of dead skin, minced flesh. The giant lion's bite was indeed strong, if it hadn't been for the fierce cutting of its throat at that time, I am afraid that he would be a man with a broken arm by now, Jabbar remembered the fight not long ago, and still couldn't help but feel a shock. Fortunately, everything is now in the past.
"Whew. ”
After trying to communicate with the fire elemental, a raging flame ignited in the accident pile on the ground. The flames were not far from Jabbar, just enough to keep warm and illuminate the entire cavern.
Here, in addition to the eerie white bones, there is also a pool of blood on the ground. There is no doubt that this is what he left over from his fight with the giant lion in the cave not long ago.
There was still the huge and ferocious lion lying beside him, but it had long since lost its breath, and its cold body was covered with a thick layer of blood, and Abdul-Jabbar couldn't recognize whether it was his own blood or the blood of the lion, in short, both sides paid a heavy price for the fight, Jabbar almost lost an arm, and the giant lion lost his life.
The orc uncle guessed that he died because of excessive bleeding, and now, a strong smell of blood around him has not dissipated, it seems that he has not been asleep for long, at most two or three days, but when he woke up, his whole body felt weak and weak, and he had to add some food, if he didn't go on like this, he would starve to death sooner or later.
But where to find food? Outside the cave, the storm continues. And he also suffered a serious injury on his hand, this right hand, which has not recovered for three or two months, is impossible to heal, but fortunately, the bones are fine, Abdul-Jabbar can feel it by himself, but it really hurts to be torn off a layer of skin.
Food, food......
In a split second, Abdul-Jabbar saw the lion lying beside him again.
Oh, maybe I can try the taste of lion meat?
The corpse of the giant lion gave Jabbar hope to live, and now it is estimated that it is only two or three days, and the temperature is very low, the lion's corpse should not have decomposed, Jabbar thought like this, and couldn't help but get excited, there is also a knife and a worm claw on his body, the sharpness of the worm claw is far beyond the knife, but there is no handle, it is easy to scratch his palm when used. During the previous fight with the lion, Jabbar's left hand was rubbed with blood from the end of the claw because of excessive force and no protection from the hilt.
The orc uncle tried to move, but the next moment, the sharp pain in his right hand came again.
Obviously, the injury to his right hand had become the most difficult part of the moment, and it would take both hands to disembowel the lion, and at the moment, Abdul-Jabbar was only able to swing his left hand.
After a few tries, Abdul-Jabbar finally found a way to get food. The skin of the lion is cut open with the claws, then a small cut is made horizontally along the incision, and finally a third cut is made on the two openings, so that a triangular piece of flesh can be removed from the lion's body. Although the process was slow and the raw meat often stuck to each other, Jabbar was able to remove the first piece of meat from the lion's back after twenty minutes.
His hands were stained with blood, and despite the fact that the meat was raw and cooked, the hungry Jabbar swallowed it directly. The disgusting flesh and blood suddenly made the orc uncle feel like he was vomiting. After covering his chest and regurgitating several times, the flesh still did not spit out, and at this time, Abdul-Jabbar was half-lying on the rock wall tired, panting heavily.
Finally, I can not die.
For the next few days, Jabbar repeated the same thing, which was to cut the lion's meat, take it to the fire and roast it, and then swallow it in his stomach. The lion meat tasted much more delicious than expected, perhaps because the orc uncle had been hungry for a long time and felt heavenly for any meat.
On the fifth day, Abdul-Jabbar felt that his injured right hand was finally able to move a little, but he was still unable to hold on to things, and the minced flesh and rotten skin were still attached to the outside, and although there was a little new skin growing inside, the old skin was still attached to the back of his hand, which looked disgusting. But that's your own skin after all.
Fortunately, it's winter, maybe Abdul-Jabbar doesn't know if there is spring, summer, autumn and winter here, in short, the temperature has been very low, so with such a serious injury, the wound has no signs of infection.
Everything is so lucky, even meeting this lion is a kind of luck, just imagine, if there is no this lion as food, I am afraid that even if I enter the cave, I will not be able to survive these ten days and half a month. After being injured and fighting this lion, he had food to survive the blizzard, which was simply a "gift" from God.
Outside the cave, the blizzard gradually subsided, and after five days of feeding, the flesh on the lion's back was almost dug up, and now only limbs, head, and internal organs remained......
Abdul-Jabbar doesn't like to eat the internal organs of animals, and in the past in the orc tribe, when everyone comes back from hunting, the first thing to remove is the internal organs, and then a whole prey is skewered on the rack for barbecue.
But now the situation is different, in the cold and freezing, there is no prey, and even if there is, Jabbar has no bow and arrows and spears, relying on a war hammer, can he summon lightning to roast the prey? So, at the moment, every inch of edible flesh and blood cannot be spared, and the internal organs of this lion should be put there for the time being, and then eaten if it is really not possible.
Lion's leg, barbecue, is the last delicacy. Abdul-Jabbar also knows, so he cherishes it.
But in the last three days, everything was still out of ammunition. The blizzard has stopped, but the thick snow has left the jungle lifeless, and the only outside food that can be found may be tree bark.
So, offal became the only food.
Fortunately, Jabbar's right hand has recovered to a stage where it can exert strength. It's been half a month, almost.
Now, what the orc uncle has to do is to cut off the skin of the lion's head with a knife, which is cruel, but it is an excellent tool for keeping out the cold and intimidating the beasts.
Most of the fur on his back has been taken and roasted off by Abdul-Jabbar in the early stage, and now the remaining fur is just enough to cover half of the uncle's body, almost to the thigh, which is enough.
Now, the lionskin cloak is ready, and it is just enough to protect against the cold here. The lion's head was preserved intact, and after being washed and dried in the stream, Jabbar proudly admired his masterpiece, which was a symbol of his defeat of the lion king, and the trophy, this lion skin, was enough to prove that he had the title of king of beasts. Although he is only an orc.
Haha, looking at the lion king cloak in front of him, Jabbar smiled with satisfaction. It's just that, in the warm light of the fire, Uncle Orc suddenly remembered Raphael, who was far away in another world, or Raphael, who had gone to heaven. Abdul-Jabbar doesn't know if there is a heaven or a hell in this world. In short, it was a kind of sustenance, and the orc uncle would never see his beloved sister again. There are no photo albums or drawing papers in this world, so all the memories of Raphael stay in the memories of the orc uncle.
The sky was full of stars, and a lonely orc was lying at the mouth of the cave, looking at the sky, and in the dense starry sky, could it be Raphael looking at him? Fall asleep slowly...... (To be continued.) )