Chapter Forty-Six: Hunting
The captain remembers, however, that the witch doctor of the tribe once said, 'It is possible to domesticate a herd-eating animal with a fixed leader'.
In that case, these big guys can't simply be killed and shipped back.
Thinking of this, he beckoned back and motioned for the team to follow.
After the other nine hunters quietly gathered around, he pointed to the forest in the distance and said,
"We've got to find a way to bring these big guys back and let the witch doctor see if they can raise them."
The team members also saw the group of creatures at this time, and one of them seemed to be smarter, and immediately understood what the captain meant.
"It's so big, you have to kill a lot of meat, it's good to be able to raise it."
When he had said this, drooling, the rest of the hunters suddenly realized, and remembered the endless food output of the two animals in the tribe, and they all became excited.
"Yes, you're smart! Get them! Take it back! ”
"Alright, we don't have enough team. Swift Tooth, Fierce Tooth, you quickly return to the tribe and bring the news to the chief... No, what kind of official should you bring to the head... Let him send more hunters. ”
"Good!"
The two named trolls left in response, and soon disappeared from the sight of the trolls.
The speed of return will be much faster than when they came, or they will be able to arrive with support in a few lights.
"We can't wait, we have to drive them as far as we can in the direction of the tribes. Quickfang, you take four hunters and scatter them from the left, but don't attack, make a movement to drive them away; The rest of the hunters followed me, and we drove from the other side. ”
"Remember, don't be too violent, just make small movements; It's too panicked, they are so big and chaotic that we can't stop them. ”
After a simple assignment, the eight hunters split into two teams and began to circle the rear from both directions.
It didn't take long for some movement to begin to be heard in the forest in the distance.
The big guys, who were calmly chewing the branches and leaves, heard the sound, and began to dig the soil with their four hooves in a panic.
But, even then, instead of running away, they twisted their heads towards a few of their companions who occupied the most abundant food, as if waiting for instructions.
These dependencies are supposed to be the leaders, they have exaggerated horns, and they can even be 4.3 meters tall at the shoulders, which is a real 'giant'.
Obviously, the leaders were not very alarmed, they raised their heads alertly, constantly scanning the surroundings with fist-wide eyes on either side of their heads, and listening carefully to the movements.
After a few moments, the leaders gave up their food and scattered to the outskirts of the group with small trottes spread their hooves, faintly protecting the large group in the center.
The big guys in the inner circle seemed to be calmed down, and their stopped mouths began to move again, chewing while moving under the guidance of the leaders.
However, perhaps because the 'danger' was not obvious, the leaders didn't rush too much, so on the whole, they moved quite slowly.
It's not so much a dodge as a "polite" diversion of the 'low-risk unknown'.
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The wolves, who were watching this scene in confusion, did not know how to act, so they had to look at the head wolf and wait for it to come up with an idea.
The head wolf quietly observed for a moment, carefully observing the actions of the stupid big trolls.
After a moment, it seemed to understand something.
The low bark from the mouth was like an indication, and the wolves scattered when they heard the sound.
Since the wolves had been following the captain to the left, he immediately noticed the abnormality, and his eyes immediately showed worry.
He was afraid that this group of wind wolves would act without permission and ruin the plan to drive away.
The wolves spread out in the same direction as the trolls, but they ran farther away.
Or, and heard a wolf howling coming from the outer ring.
The wolves howled one after another, but there was no clear sense of rapid encirclement, just creating an atmosphere of wolves foraging nearby.
At this moment, the big guys, who were originally slow and only occasionally moved their steps, finally stopped eating without interruption and accelerated the pace of transfer.
Seeing this scene, the captain suddenly realized that it was the wolves who understood his plan and were cooperating with the hunting party.
"A bunch of smart guys, they didn't raise them for nothing."
The wind wolves were clearly better suited for this errand, and the main force of the drive soon became a pack of wolves.
The hunting party, on the other hand, withdrew from the 'front line' and shifted more attention to the vigilance of other threats.
For example, other wolves who are provoked by their sounds; Another example, other tribes of trolls.
The former doesn't matter, few wolves dare to hunt so blatantly in an area so close to the tribe.
But the latter is not necessarily, although this area is only about a day's walk from the tribe, but since it is not their traditional hunting ground, maybe some small tribes will notice this and occasionally come to pick up some bargains.
Fortunately, the worst did not happen, and the few lights passed quickly, and when the sky was darker, a large group of hunters from the tribe finally arrived.
Unclear about the situation at the scene, the 'large army' stayed a little farther away, and only Xunfang, who had returned earlier, followed the wolf howl with a few trolls.
"What's going on? What are the wolves doing? ”
The few who came over were the leaders of the other hunting teams, and they looked at the strange formation of 'prey-wolf-troll' with some amazement.
"That guy is chasing prey, let's see how far it can go? Maybe we'll work together in the future. The captain said to the head wolf who looked vigilantly at the side because he heard the noise.
"Okay, then let's take the team further to the periphery." After a period of observation, several hunting captains who arrived later also nodded in agreement.
In this way, the captains discussed the direction they were responsible for and left in a hurry.
The original captain walked up to the head wolf, who was no longer vigilant, and whether it understood it or not, whispered,
"Go harder! Well done, eat enough from now on! ”
When the head wolf heard this, he snorted disdainfully, but its movements were extremely swift, and it ran out with a 'whoosh'.
"Do you really understand? .....”
The captain looked in the direction it had disappeared, a little uncertain.
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By the time Bladefang finished the day's meditation, it was nearly dusk.
Walking out of the unusually conspicuous treehouse, I found that there didn't seem to be much living creature on the 'street' today.
"Today isn't the day to hunt intensively, is it? Where has everyone gone? ”
On the way, he finally met a troll who was chopping frozen meat, and he asked the question in his heart.
"Oh, I heard that there are big animals, and most of the hunting team has gone to help, but it should be back soon."
"Oh? New big animals, from which side did they leave? ”
Once the troll had pointed the way, Bladefang looked at the sky, realizing that there was still some time left before the next appointment.
He nodded, and headed for the tribal entrance over there.
Coincidentally, as we approached the entrance, I suddenly heard a noise, with wolf howls, warrior snorts, and an unknown low hiss.
He took a few steps faster, and after rounding a few houses that blocked his view, he saw the scene outside the new gate of the tribe.
There, there were thirty or forty creatures that looked like limoose from previous lives, but were several laps larger than I remembered, surrounded by nearly a hundred hunters and guards.
The largest of these 'moose', with exaggerated horns on their heads, seemed to be the leaders, and were roaring anxiously at the outskirts of the encirclement.
They tried to calm the panicked 'compatriots' while holding back the trolls from getting closer.
On the periphery, the trolls formed groups in hunting squads, pressuring from all directions, intending to go one step further and separate the several leaders from the larger teams in the inner circle.
The two sides continued to tug at the team level, and the trolls who didn't want to kill the killer and the 'moose leaders' who didn't want to flee alone were at a stalemate for a while.
At this moment, a 'moose' that was even a little more majestic than the other 'leaders' glowed red above its head, and launched a charge quite abruptly.
In its path were half a squad, about six trolls in their prime.
It seemed to be only an instant from slow to fast, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared from sight, and when it reappeared, it crossed nearly thirty meters and appeared where the previous half of the hunting party stood.
There were several successive roars of 'dong', 'dong' and 'dong', and the fence surrounding the tribe seemed to tremble under the impact of the heavy objects.
Look at this momentum, if it weren't for the new steel and wood, it would definitely be able to make a hole in it.
At this moment, the trolls who reacted looked in the direction of the sound, and they saw several hunters who were sliding down the fence.
Blade Tooth didn't have time to feel the power of the 'Moose Leader', and he didn't have time to look at the injuries of the flying troll, and the top of the 'Moose Leader' was already red again.
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