Chapter 41: Who's Who's Prey
Fortunately, although the skeleton is very broken, presumably eaten by some other small carnivore after death, its teeth and tailbone are still there.
So Joseph was able to stone the twenty-four fangs on the bones and the bones on the tail, and the fangs were tied to the arrowhead to increase the penetrating power of the arrow.
It also uses a variety of large bird feathers picked up along the way to slightly trim and clip into the tail of the arrow to increase its flight stability, and then increase the hit rate of the crossbow arrow.
The pointed tailbone of the Eden Tiger is wrapped around a long wooden stick and used as a spear. Ropes were tied at both ends of the spear to make it easy to carry on the back.
After eating the remaining half-earth hen-sized bird in the woods, Joseph hastily slept into a nightmarish sleep, and once again made up his mind, took up a large backpack made of animal skins, a spear, and a quiver, and walked with his crossbow into the depths of the swamp.
After walking for more than ten kilometers, Joseph was thinking about finding a place near the water to boil a "sasa" hit on the road in a stone pot and fill the water bladder with boiling water, when he suddenly heard a "snort!!" Whoosh!! Voice.
Joseph then threw his backpack aside, took his crossbow and spear on his back, lay down in the grass half a meter high, and crept quietly towards the place where the sound came.
After climbing more than 30 meters, Joseph opened the grass in front of him and saw that two "Eden Tigers" were fighting on a meadow of other dwarf grass species more than ten meters away.
At this time, a male "Eden Tiger", which is larger and looks older, crushes another young "Eden Tiger" with a thinner body to the ground and bites the opponent's neck.
Its long tail is intertwined with the opponent's tail, so that neither side can use the pointed bones on the tail to blackhand.
The young "Eden Tiger" panted and struggled hard, but still couldn't get out of the other party's control.
Joseph then aimed his crossbow at the neck of the older "Tiger of Eden".
After about half a minute, the young "Eden Tiger" struggled with less intensity, and finally remained motionless.
Joseph thought to himself that he was not sure that he could kill a "tiger" with a single arrow, so he began to crawl backwards quietly.
Before, because I was fighting, I didn't notice the subtle "rustle" from the nearby grass! The older "Eden Tiger", after subduing his opponent, keenly picked up the sound of Joseph retreating.
Seeing the older "Eden Tiger" looking at him through the gap in the grass, Joseph secretly screamed that it was not good.
One step, two steps... The "Tiger of Eden" slowly walked towards Joseph.
Seeing that the "Eden Tiger" was about to sprint on its hind legs, Joseph decided to preemptively shoot an arrow into its throat.
"Whoosh!! Burst!!! ”
Hit!
The "Eden Tiger" with an arrow stuck in its neck shook its body and let out a "roar!! He stopped and stared at Joseph in disbelief.
But it didn't seem to have lost its combat effectiveness from being hit by the arrow, but walked slowly towards Joseph more cautiously, ignoring the blood dripping from the arrow in its throat to the ground.
Joseph hesitated, should he defend himself with a spear or a crossbow? The opponent is too fierce, and your own strength is insufficient, so don't use a spear to engage in hand-to-hand combat, this time you have to shoot in the eyes!
After thinking about it, he quickly stood up, and as he quickly recoiled, his hands trembling, intending to re-string the crossbow with arrows.
When the old "Eden Tiger" walked five or six meters away from Joseph, the young "Eden Tiger", which Joseph and the older "Eden Tiger" thought had been bitten to death, suddenly got up.
It leapt to its feet and rushed towards the older "Eden Tiger", stretching out its two front paws and slapping it hard at the top of the other's head.
The older "Eden Tiger" was pushed to the ground by the tremendous force of the impact, and the butt of the arrow stuck in its neck slammed into the ground, and the reaction force caused the sharp arrow to pierce its entire neck directly from the bottom up.
After the young "Eden Tiger" lay down, he immediately moved sideways and quickly bit the opponent's neck from top to bottom three times, and then the older "Eden Tiger" lay on the ground and twitched, and the blood spurting out of his neck spilled all over the ground.
At the same time, Joseph hurriedly set up the arrow and was about to lift the crossbow, when the young "Eden Tiger", after taking a third bite on the older "Eden Tiger", immediately changed direction and pounced on Joseph, stretched out his right grip to knock the crossbow off Joseph's hand, and then stood upright with his hind legs, put a pair of front paws on the opponent's shoulders, and stared at Joseph's goldfish eyes face to face.
At the same time, the white spikes on its tail lifted up and gently pressed against the other's throat.
Joseph's hands froze in mid-air, staring blankly at the blood-stained, hideous-looking "Eden Tiger" in front of him, and suddenly felt a heat in his lower body, and a stream of urine oozed from under his trouser legs.
And by this time, the older "Eden Tiger" stopped convulsing and never had a chance to get up again.
The young "Eden Tiger" then tilted his head, bit the wooden stick at the tip of the spear that was sticking out from behind Joseph's right shoulder, and with a "click" snapped the spearhead made of the tiger's tail bone off the wooden stick and threw it on the ground.
Then he removed his front paws from Joseph's shoulder, took half a step back, and walked around him three times before finally stopping at the crossbow on the ground.
After sniffing at the crossbow a few times, the "Eden Tiger" raised its right paw and gently patted the object it considered dangerous.
Because when it was pretending to be dead before, it was to see that Joseph used this thing to launch an arrow and hit the neck of the elderly "Eden Tiger", so that he could find a chance to turn defeat into victory.
When the Y-shaped wooden stick behind the crossbow arm was struck, the crossbow that had already been set up with the arrow was fired, "whoosh!! With a thud, the bolt shot out and plunged deep into a small dirt bag a few meters away.
The young "Eden Tiger" tilted his head and thought about it, picked up his crossbow, walked behind Joseph, and stretched out his claws to push the opponent's buttocks.
Joseph was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that this "Eden Tiger" was trying to "capture" himself?
So he turned and pointed behind him, and said, "I have something to bring." ”
The "Eden Tiger" seemed to understand what Joseph meant, and nodded.
Escorted by the Tiger of Eden, Joseph then walked back to his backpack and turned his head to look at the other party.
The Tiger of Eden, still holding a crossbow, sniffed at his backpack and then raised his chin at Joseph.
Joseph trembled and took off the remaining wooden stick of the spear on his back, then slowly crouched down to pick up the backpack and carry it on his back.
The Eden Tiger walked up behind Joseph again, stretched out his claws and pushed his right hip, causing Joseph to turn halfway, and then nudged the bottom of the backpack on the back of the opponent's waist.