In the afternoon, the sun was hanging high above their heads. Some adult deers were wandering under a patch of low buckthorns on the edge of the meadow. Lowering their heads, they were enjoying the sweet berries on the buckthorns. As for all the animals in Ice and Snow Wilderness, this was the best season of the year.
The wind blew over the meadow, causing the 1 m high weeds to rustle. Meanwhile, the wind brought some other sounds and smells in the meadow.
Seemingly sensing something, those deers stopped eating at once. They raised their necks and looked around. Closely after that, they started to run away in a flurried way at the same time.
The moment those deers started to run, they had been pierced by some javelins on the ground. One of the deers was pierced by a javelin on its neck and fell to the ground with a sad cry.
7-8 teenagers in animal skins suddenly rushed out of the meadow like leopards and started to chase after the two deers who had started to run away.
"This one won't be able to escape. Let's go after the ones in front …" The teenager in the front shouted and commanded the other teenagers. After hearing the words of this teenager, all the other teenagers quickly swept past the place where the deer had been. Then, they pulled out the javelins inserted in the ground and chased after the fleeing deer.
These seven or eight youths were only thirteen or fourteen years old, but their bodies were already quite burly, especially when they were running. Within short distances, the youths' explosive power and speed were very shocking. The Wasteland Horned Deer that had just started to run were unable to completely distance themselves from the teenagers for a while.
While running, the teenagers threw out the javelins they carried. The javelins chased after the deer and pierced into the ground or the grass, which made the fleeing deer run faster. After seven or eight teenagers threw out all the javelins they carried, another deer that was running at the end was pierced by a javelin. It fell to the ground.
Those teenagers didn't care about the fallen prey; instead, they continued to chase after the remaining deers.
The teenagers chased the deer out of the seabuckthorn forest. The terrain in front of them suddenly became flat and open. The deer were getting faster and faster and were about to completely get rid of the teenagers chasing them.
Besides javelins, those teenagers had another weapon — stumbling stones.
"Prepare the stumbling stones..." The teenager in the front shouted. All the pursuing youths immediately took out the stumbling blocks they carried on their bodies, and as they ran, they quickly waved them around.
"Release!" After the first youth threw out his stumbling block, all the other youths followed suit and threw out their own stumbling blocks.
Under the acceleration of the huge centrifugal force, the stumbling stones tied with ropes made strange sounds in the air as soon as they left the control of the teenagers' palms. They flew towards the deer at a speed much faster than the teenagers.
Most of the stumbling stones failed; however, one of them still wound around the leg of a deer accurately, causing it to fall to the ground.
The teenagers cheered and chased after it. Before that deer could stand up, they had already swarmed forward and pressed it to the ground once again. Using the ropes tied to the stumbling stones, they tied the limbs of that deer, making it unable to move anymore.
"Ha, this is a female Wasteland Horned Deer. We can bring it back to the village and raise it... "A teenager shouted happily." This time, Aida will have deer milk to drink... "
"Joey, you're really a good elder brother. Why don't you tell your family that Aida will marry me when she grows up? I will wait for her for another 10 years. Although Aida is only 6 years old now, all the villagers say that she will be a beauty when she grows up!" A teenager joked with Zhang Tie.
"Piss off!" The teenager named Joey waved his fist. "My Aida will at least marry a Bear-Killer Warrior in the future. This is what my father said. Let's talk about it when you become a bear-killing fighter! "
Saying this, the teenager called Joey glanced at the leader of the other teenagers. That teenager was called Ivan, who was acknowledged by the entire village as the one who was most likely to become a bear-killing fighter in the future. He was also the leader of this group.
'Do my dad and mom want to marry Aida to Ivan? ' A strange thought flashed across the teenager's mind. 'No, even though Ivan is my friend, I cannot easily take Aida away from me. I also have to work hard to become a bear-killing fighter so that I can protect Aida well... '
As her elder brother, the young man thought about it innocently. When he thought about the possibility of Aida being taken away by some man in the future, the young man felt as if something he loved the most was about to be taken away. In a short period of time, he once again strengthened his motivation to become a powerful Bear-Killer Warrior.
"Pack up, we have to leave here as soon as possible. It's a bit far from the village..." The teenager called Ivan put away his javelin and looked around vigilantly. "We still have a long way to go back to the village. We have to go back before dark. If we meet iron-teeth hyenas, we will be in trouble!"
Because the harvest this time was good, everyone was very happy. After hearing Ivan's words, everyone quickened their movements. The teenager named Joey directly carried the tied deer on his body. The deer weighing more than 50 kilograms on the teenager's body did not seem to be strenuous at all.
Everyone returned along the original path. After quickly killing the two injured deer that had lost their ability to move, the teenagers were ready to return to the village in high spirits.
It was still over 30 km away from the village. If they didn't waste time, they should be able to return to the village before sunset.
As the soil and stones here were grey, from afar, besides those places being covered by vegetation, the entire hill was grey. Nobody knew why this place had such a strange color. However, there was a saying that the soil and the stones on the surface were originally underground, and seemed to have a history of hundreds of millions of years. It was only after the Great Cataclysm that they were plowed up from the ground due to the violent geological movement.
Because of this reason, The soil here contained some strange elements and nutrients that could rarely be found in other places. Therefore, some special or more valuable plants grew here. Although not all the plants were suitable for growing here, all the plants that could grow here would grow very well. There were even some mutated plants that could only be seen in this place.
Additionally, even in winter, the surface temperature here would be higher than that in other places. Therefore, many plants that could not survive in other places could still grow here. This was the marvelous feature of this place.
There were more than one such place in Ice and Snow Wilderness. However, as this place was relatively close to Eschyle City, Because this place was close to Eschyle City, it was only over 300 km away. Therefore, this place became the most famous warehouse of medicinal materials across Ice and Snow Wilderness.
For example, the Buckthorn forest that the teenagers had seen when they were hunting the Wilderness Antlered Deer. The roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits of ordinary Buckthorns had very high medicinal and edible value. The Buckthorns on the Gray Hill were a kind of mutated Buckthorns that lived in this land, so their value was even higher.
Especially the Buckthorn oil here. The Buckthorn oil produced in Ice and Snow Wilderness was the best across Waii Sub-continent. It was also the most precious Buckthorn oil. As one of the most important exports of Eschyle City, the Buckthorn oil from Ice and Snow Wilderness was a must for each pharmacist in the pharmacy or raw materials warehouse on the continent.
The youths carried the day's harvest as they traversed through the gray hills. In just an hour, they had already traversed seven to eight kilometers. A few of them took turns carrying the harvested prey, while the youths who didn't carry the prey held the weapons in their hands. They walked in the front and the back of the team vigilantly.
Through long-term cooperation, the teenagers had developed a tacit understanding. They knew when to change shifts. Among all the teenagers, only Joey who had determined to be a bear-killing fighter just now was very persistent today. He took it as a chance to exercise himself.
As the old saying went, what you feared would come. Only after walking for over 1 hour, what they were most worried about happened — — they were gazed at by a pack of iron-teeth hyenas.
Iron-teeth hyenas were very sensitive to the smell of dead animals. They were nicknamed the Shark of Wilderness. An iron-teeth hyena could smell the fresh blood of other animals from 1-2 km away. Therefore, it could find its prey by the smell.
At the beginning, there were only 5-6 iron-teeth hyenas behind these teenagers. After that, they started to follow those teenagers who were carrying preys. Due to the number of teenagers and the weapons in their hands, they didn't approach them too closely. Instead, they just followed them leisurely.
These iron-teeth hyenas looked like dogs; however, their heads were shorter than that of dogs. Additionally, they looked rounder with thicker skulls. Additionally, their front bodies were stronger than their back bodies. Additionally, their body hair was coarse and hard. Additionally, their grey bodies were covered with dark brown spots. They could easily be hidden in the background of the hills. Therefore, they could barely be discovered unless being close to them.
Of course, if anyone treated them as dogs, he would definitely be eaten by them. It was not a joke. All the people across Ice and Snow Wilderness knew that iron-teeth hyenas excelled at breaking hard bones with their strong and sharp jaws. After that, they could lick the marrow inside the bones.
Marrow was the favorite of iron-teeth hyenas.
The iron-teeth hyenas behind those teenagers were all longer than 1.6 m. Each of them looked cunning and ferocious.
After being chased by the iron-teeth hyenas for a few minutes, Ivan decisively issued an order when he realized that he could not get rid of the iron-teeth hyenas or kill them.
"Throw down a Wilderness Horn Deer!"
Although they were a bit reluctant, they still threw down a Wilderness Horn Deer that had been killed by those teenagers. By throwing down a Wilderness Horn Deer, those teenagers could move faster and free one or two people. At the same time, those iron-teeth hyenas could slow down their footsteps.
They had better get rid of these iron-teeth hyenas in this way.
When they threw down the Wilderness Horn Deer, this was the most sincere thought in each teenager's mind. Nobody knew the terror of these iron-teeth hyenas better than them.
After leaving the Wilderness Horned Deer behind, the teenagers ran. The prey on Joey's body was still alive. The living prey on Joey's back was taken by another person.
Only after running for a short distance, they had heard terrifying sounds of teeth breaking and bones tearing from behind.
Those teenagers didn't get rid of the iron-teeth hyenas' chase. Less than 5 minutes after the iron-teeth hyenas disappeared, more iron-teeth hyenas started to appear behind them. This time, there were not only 5 iron-teeth hyenas, but a big herd of at least 20-30 iron-teeth hyenas.
At the sight of the 20-30 iron-teeth hyenas, those teenagers' faces changed at once. All the teenagers changed their faces at once. They knew that it was really bad this time. Iron-teeth hyenas were used to hunt in groups. This time, they encountered iron-teeth hyenas. Even Joey didn't say anything, but a herd of 20-30 iron-teeth hyenas.
This time, without Ivan's order, all the teenagers had thrown down the two Wilderness Horn Deer and started to run at their full speed. Even Joey didn't say anything. Because being alive was more important than anything else. If the Wilderness Horn Deer which could produce milk were gone, they could catch them again. However, once people died, they would have nothing left. The number of iron-teeth hyenas behind them was out of their limit.
Those teenagers had not imagined that they would really encounter an animal tide this time. Additionally, so many iron-teeth hyenas appeared so close to their village at the same time. This place was not far from their village. It was the traditional hunting range of their village. In the past, even when the animal tide broke out, this region had a strong deterrent effect on those wild beasts. However, this time, so many iron-teeth hyenas appeared here at the same time, which was not a threat to them. It was the safety of the entire village.
Those teenagers started to run towards their village at their full speed, panting heavily. However, before they ran 2 km away, the iron-teeth hyenas had appeared behind them once again, glaring at them with ferocious eyes...
In the wild, humans could never outrun iron-teeth hyenas. If they continued to run, those iron-teeth hyenas would only rush up to them when they were exhausted and suck their marrow.
The iron-teeth hyenas following those teenagers started to disperse and intended to outflank them.
At the sight of a mountain wall in front of them, Ivan immediately shouted, "Where are we going to set up the formation..."
After a few minutes, those teenagers leaned against a mountain wall and tightly gripped their weapons. In front of them, a great pack of iron-teeth hyenas were slowly encircling them.
Watching those hyenas, all the teenagers' faces turned pale. They knew that they were doomed this time. However, they didn't know how many iron-teeth hyenas they could catch this time.
"Joey, think about it. I'm serious about what I just said!" The teenager who had been joking with Joey more than an hour ago did not forget to add another sentence at this critical juncture.
"Damn it, we'll talk about it after you survive!" Joey glared at the bastard.
"Shut up, you two!" Ivan roared.
When the pack of iron-teeth hyenas was drawing closer and closer, the teenagers' palms which were holding the javelins had been soaked with sweat. At this moment, they suddenly heard a voice with an obvious pleasant surprise.
"Wow, so many treasures. You're all mine..."
The voice sounded like a grave robber who saw a pile of treasures when he opened a coffin or a traveler who saw a vigorous oasis after staying in the desert for a long time.
Hearing this voice, Ivan, Joey and the other teenagers became stunned. It was really shocking for such a voice to appear on such an occasion. What was more incomprehensible was the meaning of the voice — — Treasures? What treasures are there? Iron-Teeth hyenas or something else?
Just when the youths thought that they were hallucinating, a sound rang out. It was like a buzzing sound, but also a little like the sound of gears grinding against each other. It was very pleasing to the ears …
The moment this sound drifted, one of the iron-teeth hyenas had been pierced through by a metal bolt before it uttered a sound. Closely after that, a big hole appeared on its body as it was killed by a metal bolt in a split second.
The metal bolt was very powerful. After killing that iron-teeth hyena, the bolt still penetrated into the ground with its remaining power. This kind of power directly shocked the few youths.
From then on, the bizarre buzzing started to sound in front of those teenagers. On average, it sounded 3-4 times per second. Each time the buzzing sounded, one of the iron-teeth hyenas would have a snowflake explode and fall down.
What happened just now was too fast. Even those iron-teeth hyenas had not made any response, not to mention those teenagers. When those iron-teeth hyenas made a response, 17-18 iron-teeth hyenas had been killed...
In the eyes of those teenagers, a guy rushed down from the hillside in the distance. That guy moved very fast with a huge crossbow in his hand. They had not seen such a huge and strange crossbow before. The bizarre buzzing came from that thing in his hand.
When that guy rushed towards them, he kept shooting at those iron-teeth hyenas with that thing in his hand. His actions were really terrifying. In the blink of an eye, some more iron-teeth hyenas were killed. Those iron-teeth hyenas who were glaring at those teenagers just now wailed and turned around to escape. That guy seemed to have not seen those teenagers at all. Without even greeting them, he just chased after those iron-teeth hyenas with that thing in his hand...
In the blink of an eye, some more iron-teeth hyenas who were escaping had burst out blood flowers.
"Babies, don't run..." that guy shouted...
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