Volume I 47: The Strange Big Bird
The strange big bird is as big as two square meters, and even more exaggerated.
Compared to it, Taro and Little Black are only medium-sized birds.
Fang Nuo couldn't be sure whether the big bird was a demon beast or an ordinary creature for the time being, and if it was a demon beast, it must have come from a different family than the mourning birds.
What kind of big predatory birds?
In the past, he often heard from the elders who went out hunting to mention that there were many natural enemies of their Yellow Immortal clan in the outside world—some of them would stimulate the instincts of their ancestors in their bloodline from the ancient times, and even if it was just a creature that failed to enlighten the spirit, it would make the Yellow Immortals feel terrified and restrained from the bottom of their hearts.
For example, eagles, falcons, owls and other birds of prey, as well as their corresponding monster families.
Fang Nuo had never seen these natural enemies with his own eyes, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not have survived at all.
However, when he sulked as he stared at the strange big bird in front of him, Fang Nuo's heart did not give birth to any timidity.
He can swagger and frame the other person into his field of vision, and then the more he looks at the handful of hair in the other person's mouth, the more angry he becomes.
You have a ring of hair on your neck, and it's so thick and fluffy!
He opened his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth, and kept making "ho" and "ho" sounds in his throat, completely looking fierce and vengeful.
Seeing him react like this, the big bird tilted its head as if in confusion, and then "quacked" and "quacked" as if in response.
Fang Nuo glanced twice at the thick black fur around its neck, and then slowly moved his gaze to its beak, which was also black and pointed like a dagger, and the turmoil in his heart gradually calmed down in the process.
He let out a long breath, then turned to look at the other two large birds, waiting for their explanations.
"I thought they were talking." He heard Xiao Hei whisper to the Bird Queen and bite her ear, "To tell you the truth, I just had a sense of admiration for that guy, thinking that he could really understand the little guy's language." ”
"He's just screaming." The Bird Queen Taro pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion, "The noise he made just now doesn't mean anything, just like we used to disguise ourselves as living beings. ”
"Did he think he had a good talent for languages? Think about how harsh your voice can be before you want to communicate across races! Xiao Hei snickered.
Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter! Fang Nuo looked around at the birds beside him, silently placing them on the same level in his heart.
One of these winged creatures makes noises day and night, and the other croaks and croaks so much that they don't sound good.
Xiao Hei, who was originally laughing at the strange big bird, noticed Fang Nuo's gaze, so he flapped his wings and flew to his side, using his beak as a pointer, signaling Fang Nuo to keep an eye on the big bird not far away, and by the way, he made a simple introduction for the other party:
"He's from the 'House of All Souls', and he used to be in charge of keeping a watchful there, well, the treetops near that tree are full of his clansmen, and from a distance, it looks like an 'evergreen' tree that is completely black."
The "House of All Souls" in the mouth of the mourning bird, that is, the "Emperor of the Trees" in the center of the Dark Forest, the Eternal Trace Tree.
"I forgot to mention that he's a raven."
"A 'mourning bird' in the truest sense of the word, raven." Xiao Hei said as he looked down at the black feathers on his body, "I don't know if you've heard of them, they have the nickname 'Forerunner of Death'. ”
"Compared to them, we mourning birds are not scavengers!" He spread his wings, inexplicably proud of this statement, "In our family, the main food of the adult is actually plant fruits, and when there is nothing to eat, they will bite the remains of animals in the forest, and more often than not, they will go in search of insects...... Just to feed and survive. ”
But your cry is like a soul cry, so terrible, and you like to haunt other demon beast clans and human territory...... It's a terrible name, you guys, because your habits annoy other creatures.
Fang Nuo opened his mouth, feeling that the mourning birds were actually a little self-aware, so he didn't express the truest opinion in his mind.
Raven ...... He turned his attention back to the big strange bird.
In the past, when he was still in the lair of the Yellow Immortals, he had heard of this kind of creature from the head of the family.
It is said that they are omnivorous birds like mourning birds, and they eat all of them, and they are better at preying on small animals than mourning birds, and they are also more intelligent and alert than mourning birds.
In terms of the meaning of "bad aspects", they can be said to be a "difficult brother" race with mourning birds.
However, perhaps because they were more beautiful and had more vocals, and because they were more intelligent—they were more popular with other creatures than mourning birds.
Some demon beast families rely on this race to help them warn, and even cultivate a group of dependents to be their own scouts.
There are also some monsters with a rough fate, who finally succeed in hunting once, but they may be plundered by ravens, and they will be pecked by birds, and finally tragically lose in the biological competition and be eliminated by nature.
Ravens are very good at foraging for food.
Even if they have not yet enlightened and evolved into demon beasts, their wisdom is enough to rival the demon beasts with a short history of family development, and they can compete with young humans.
According to the elders of the family, human beings in the outside world also use this kind of creature as a emblem, draw their images into the family emblem and totem, and decorate the territory...... Sometimes, they are also deified.
Human beings always have their own unique views on the meaning of different creatures, and in their eyes, "bringing calamity" can also be understood as "bringing calamity to others" and so on.
"Although I have heard many rumors of ravens from the elders of the family...... However, there are no pictorial records of them in the clan, and today this is the first time that they have been seen in real life. ”
Fang Nuo looked up at the big bird's head, feeling that the other party only had to bow his head, and the sharp beak would pierce into his body.
"I didn't expect that they, like the mourning birds, had also evolved a demon beast family...... The other unenlightened ravens in the forest should be dependents of the raven family, but it should be the same for them with or without dependents. ”
Unlike the mourning birds, which prefer to fight alone, these birds show great intelligence as well as their social nature, often nesting in flocks...... The "pitch-black evergreen" mentioned earlier by Xiao Hei is an example of this.
"Their populations also communicate with each other by shouting, but unfortunately, we don't understand the language with them, but you shouldn't care about that." Xiao Hei added.
"He's very good at mimicking the sounds of other animals, and if you've known him for a long time, you might be able to see him speak in your voice one day...... Poof. ”
Thinking of the rugged-looking big bird using its sharp voice to imitate the tone of a snow-white beast, Xiao Hei couldn't help but laugh.
"Imitation doesn't mean it can actually be used." But learning a language often begins with imitating pronunciation, Fang Nuo thought.
Perhaps, if this intelligent race develops for a few more generations, they will be able to master similar skills to the Yellow Immortal race.
"Wow-wow-"
A somewhat hoarse cry that was different from the previous one slipped out of the beak of the great bird and reached the ears of the beasts.
Closer, the cry seemed to pierce their eardrums.
Fang Nuo was forced to retreat under the eaves of the witch's hut, but the bird naturally changed its tone and greeted him, this time, the words that could piece together the specific meaning:
"Little guy, are you a monster? Or are they ordinary creatures that can be found everywhere? ”
As he spoke, he was still bouncing nimbly up and down on the grass, rolling on the frost-covered grass from time to time, staining his shiny, metallic, blue-purple feathers with a little hoarfrost.
Fang Nuo gritted his teeth, took out a small stick of grass from the hair on his chest, and threw it in front of the other party.
The big black bird only took a step forward, his shadow already obscuring everything beneath him, and he couldn't tell where the weeds were and where the pigweed Fang Nuo had provided.
To Fang Nuo's surprise, the big bird didn't bury his head in search of the herb, but simply jumped away from the meadow - jumped, jumped, jumped out of his field of vision.
[Malice from the World +30]
A familiar prompt sounded in his mind, and a big question symbol suddenly popped up in Fang Nuo's heart, although he could reflect that the value of "30" most likely corresponded to the three birds around him, but he couldn't figure out what kind of bad luck he was going to encounter.
A handful of feathers were removed from the top of Fang Cai's head by the big bird, and the prompt sound seemed to have sounded, but at that moment he was first overturned to the ground by the other party, and then his attention was attracted by the witch's move to open the door, and the impression of the prompt sound that he had long been accustomed to was completely left behind by him.
He subconsciously tapped his tail on the grass lawn, and at the same time turned his head, looking for the figure of the big black bird.
In the field of vision, I can only see the bird queen who wants to speak and stop, and the little black ...... who hides her beak with her wings and snickers But the sound of the birds' hard, strong claws bouncing on the ground was not completely counteracted by the rough grass, but came to his ears more clearly.
Suddenly, there was a pull behind him, and his limbs nearly lifted off the ground.
Fang Nuo instinctively jumped on the spot, turned his body in mid-air, and saw the big bird lurking behind him at some point, and the other party looked righteous and awe-inspiring, holding his head high, as if he hadn't done anything wrong.
“…… You? "You're pulling me by the tail?
The raven, who had not been caught doing bad things, shrugged his shoulders and knocked his beak, making a series of "Gege" and "Gege" sounds, and laughed happily.
In Fang Nuo's eyes, he seemed to be saying:
"I just like the way you get angry and you can't help me."
The snow-white beast was furious on the spot, grinned and pounced, and went straight to the position on the bird's back near the neck.
Don't think that if you hide your weakness in a pile of feathers, I can't do anything about you!
Although his body size is not as good as the adult Huang Xian in the family, and even compared to his peers, his hunting skills are also very good!
Well, I didn't crush Xiao Hei to death under my minions before, but I just had to follow the family's hunting principles and not kill the demon beasts of Qiling indiscriminately...... It wasn't a mistake on your own.
By no means.
"Alright, alright!" The Bird Queen, who had watched a good show on the side, hurriedly spread her wings and flew between the little beast and the big bird, and spoke for the "companion" she had found, "Didn't you want to find the eyewitness of the battle in the morning?" Well, he is. ”
Between the three of them, a set of ladder-like pictures were subtly formed, which provoked Xiao Hei, who was already gloating, couldn't hold back his laughter at all, and laughed insolently.