Chapter 481: Black Forest (30)
Li Ang and his party did not rush to leave after the battle, but stayed where they were, probably trying to take advantage of this time to settle lunch, and at the same time let the wounded rest for a while.
A few minutes later, a campfire appeared in the woods, and some people walked up to the carcasses of the spiny-skinned boars, cut off the freshest parts of their bodies, and returned to the makeshift camp with the wild boar ones one by one.
After another ten minutes, a burst of aroma rose from the camp and drifted into the woods with a gentle breeze.
Although their food these days is prepared by Jeff himself, in order to be able to carry it for a long time, most of them are made of several easy-to-preserve ingredients, which will feel good when you eat it first, but eating the same thing every day for every meal can feel boring after a long time.
This time, at the behest of Leon, they set up a bonfire directly in the Black Forest, and the two hunter leaders, Cheney and Boris, grilled the tender and juicy barbecue with their own hands, and the aroma alone made people salivate.
Everyone enjoyed a barbecue lunch, but due to Cheney and Boris's miscalculations, they roasted wild boar meat far more than the number of people, and in the end there were almost dozens of pounds left.
Oily food is not easy to carry, and if you want to barbecue meat, there are many edible beasts in the Black Forest, so these pieces of roasted meat are discarded on the ground, and the people simply clean up and start gathering, and then continue on their way.
They had been away for nearly ten minutes, when there was some sound in the nearby canopy that was different from the swaying of branches, but other than that, there was nothing unusual.
After another ten minutes, there was a "bang" in the canopy of a tree somewhere. A leaf was lifted to reveal an ugly face.
It was a prime ape, and its eyes were shining. Vigilantly observing the movement around it, it was not until two or three minutes later that it tentatively crawled out.
The ape cautiously climbed down from the trunk, stopping every once in a while and then looking around to make sure there was no danger before continuing to move.
After a while, it finally put one foot on the ground. His hands are tightly clinging to the trunk of the tree, and he will climb up as soon as there is any movement.
In this way, the apes are unusually vigilant. Step by step, it approached the makeshift camp where the humans had just been, while its nose kept sniffing around, as if to confirm the source of the smell that attracted it so much.
The ape finally spotted the roast scattered on the ground, and slowly crouched down. While still vigilant around. While picking up the barbecue and putting it next to the nose. It slowly tried to take a bite, and soon another bite, and finally devoured a whole piece of roast meat.
Then the apes picked up a large piece of roast meat again, but at the same time there was another "hula-hu-la" sound in the canopy, and a dozen apes, who had begun to get impatient, appeared, and they came to the first ape with the same vigilance, trying to eat the next bite of the roast.
Dozens of seconds passed, and they began to scramble for the few barbecues left on the ground. Some apes relied on their physical strength and threw some of their skinny counterparts to the ground. Then snatch the barbecue from the other party's hand and hide aside to enjoy it alone, this once temporary camp of humans gradually becomes chaotic, and the figure of fighting can be seen everywhere.
At this time, forty or fifty meters away from them, a tall human wolf was standing quietly in the canopy of a tree, her sharp eyes looking through the gap between the branches, through the faint mist, overlooking the scene.
A breeze blew and lifted a leaf, and by the time the leaf returned to its place, the man-wolf had disappeared.
After a few moments, Melissa, who had returned to her original state, changed her clothes, caught up with Leon and his party, who had already walked some distance, and whispered her discovery in his ear.
A satisfied smile appeared on the young man's face, and he knew that he had guessed correctly, and that the plan could be officially implemented.
Next, he did not rush forward, but led everyone around the forest as if they were lost, more than two hours passed, the total distance advanced was only a few hundred meters, but there were countless circles from the outside.
During this time, they had fought at least four or five battles, against the usual beasts like the spiny boar, the grizzly bear, and the spotted leopard, but one thing was different from the usual ones, and after each battle, people would stop for a while, then set up a campfire and start roasting the meat as if they would never get enough to eat.
Roasted wild boar, roast bear, and even roast leopard meat, not only in a variety of ways, but also in a variety of ways, each time the aroma of roasted meat wafted into the forest with the breeze straight into the forest, and then they continued to set off, leaving behind them more and more roasted meat in addition to the carcasses of wild beasts.
Every time Melissa came back to report the news, Leon was overjoyed, because every time they left, the number of apes appeared, and by now at least a hundred apes had "tasted" the delicacy they had deliberately left behind.
“...... Soon," Leon said secretly, and his confidence grew stronger.
"Sample...... If this can be seen by you, Lao Tzu will immediately admit that his intelligence is not as good as that of apes, and he will never set foot in your range of activities in the future!"
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"My lord, this is a brilliant plan," said Cheney, who had already learned what the young man thought.
The food discarded by the guò lures the apes, so that they can't stop after tasting the delicious barbecue, and follow the people step by step, while the people completely ignore the creatures, and every time they really leave, the apes can enjoy it with confidence.
Time and time again, the facts tell us that there is no danger in doing this, and that the common thinking inertia of living beings weakens their defenses a little bit, and finally launches a surprise attack that can inflict a lot of damage on them with a single hit.
Such a plan is not like a young man of only twenty years old can come up with it, even if Cheney and Boris, as old hunters for many years, have always maintained the established idea that they should not barbecue food in the forest, otherwise the smell will attract the attack of the surrounding beasts, but they did not expect that they could use this to attract apes in turn.
"This young lord is really not simple...... Cheney said secretly in his heart, "not only is his strength strong, but at the same time, his experience and experience are far beyond his peers, I thought he would be impulsive before, but now it seems that I was wrong......"
Thinking of this, the veteran mercenary couldn't help but say, "My lord, the size of the apes is already nearly two hundred, and their vigilance has been lowered to the lowest point, can we launch it?"
"No," the corners of Leon's mouth lifted into a hint of a smile, "Wait a little longer, this number hasn't reached my goal yet, and they'll still be cautious when they come out, so there's no hurry." ”
However, the wait was nearly an hour, but during this time, the frequency of encounters with wild beasts on the road suddenly increased, and the battle was one after another. However, Leon was very happy with the change, because it probably meant one thing—the frequency of food they had left behind was no longer enough to satisfy the growing number of apes.
Finally, after a battle, Leon said, "Prepare more food this time, and then everyone will prepare according to my instructions!"
The crowd immediately got busy, and the two rangers and Melissa climbed to the top of the tree separately, and after a moment Melissa came down alone, shaking her head at Leon, indicating that no trace of the apes had been found.
"Let's begin," the young man also confirmed this on the battlefield map, and immediately commanded.
The mountain people immediately divided into several groups, each came to the tree not far away, quickly dug the soft soil, and in a minute or two dug a pit that could hold two or three people, and after repeating this several times, six or seven of the same pit soon appeared in front of everyone......
Boris was the first to jump into one of the pits, while Cheney also entered the same pit, and the others quickly covered the holes with collected twigs and sprinkled them with thick layers of dirt.
As that wasn't all, Leon took out another small bottle, took a pinch of powder from it, and sprinkled it on the dirt - this was what Cheney's bottle sprinkled on the flames could give off a disgusting smell to beasts, and at the same time it could also serve to hide the smell of humans, although there was no fire now, but it could also have some effect.
Next, some third-order powerhouses such as Leon and Caterina, as well as elven swordsmen, also entered the pit separately, and the mountain people concocted them in the same way. Next, the mountaineers, who had already exhausted their bodies, ran back and forth as fast as they could, and then, with a hot sweat, left the area with the two rangers, led by Erin and Melissa.
The mountain people did this to increase the smell they emitted, so that the apes with quick noses would be less guarded, and although it was not known if it would be useful, the young man had told them to be on the safe side.
This time it will be hundreds of apes to face, so people like Erin and Ranger who are slightly less powerful and not suitable for close combat were asked by Leon to leave temporarily, although Erin was unwilling, but she knew that this operation would be important for the next journey, so she obediently obeyed Leon's orders.
Melissa will return as soon as she escorts them for a distance, and she can turn into a beast, and even her smell will change after turning into a human wolf, so there is no need to hide in the dirt pit in advance. And she has a more important task, which is to be the first to find an opportunity to attack behind the apes, and then try to cut off their retreat.
The preparations were all completed in a matter of minutes, and after five or six minutes of Melissa's figures had disappeared, the canopy in the distance began to tremble violently, and there seemed to be many creatures jumping between them. Then the tremor spread, and suddenly dozens of apes emerged from the canopy, crawled down the trunk, and scrambled to pounce on the "left" roast meat on the ground.
More and more apes appeared in the canopy, and in the blink of an eye, the number increased to three or four hundred, and it is estimated that a considerable part of this ape group has already received the news and come here to enjoy the delicious food.
They fought for food on the ground, and there were often skirmishes between them, and among them appeared one of the tallest apes, at least three meters tall and huge, and the other apes did not dare to fight against them, but avoided them as they passed.
"This seems to be the real leader ......of the apes," Melissa thought as she hid in the trunk of a tree in the other direction. (To be continued......)