Loya Forest and Dora Plain are more like being in two completely different ecosystems.
The Dora Plain is more like the world Chen Qi lived in before. Although the creatures here are different from what Chen Qi is familiar with, at least he has seen most of them in the zoo or on TV.
The creatures in the Luoya Forest are collectively referred to as dragons by the orcs. This is not the same as the dragons in Chen Qi's cognition. They are more like prehistoric giants. They are huge and powerful. One type of hyena dragon also has the body shape of an adult lion.
Dragons can only survive on the food in the Loya Forest. If they eat the food on the Dora Plain for a long time, the dragons will still starve to death. The things on the Dora Plain lack some elements that can maintain their life, so Dragons will not set foot on the plains of Dora. Similarly, the Loya Forest is too dangerous for the creatures on the Dora Plain, and the two are almost in a state of clear distinction.
The reason why hyenas are called the natural enemies of orcs is that apart from the fact that they attack orc tribes every year, the main reason is that orcs are at the top of their diet. If they can hunt orcs, then it is considered as food. In the rare winter, there is no need to eat for several months.
Near noon, Aze was worried that Chen Qi would be hungry, so he chose a locust tree to stop. This acacia tree was slightly shorter than the one they rested on last night. The warty pork was heated up, but was stopped by Chen Qi. The two were on their way. Chen Qi felt that there was no need to waste time on lighting a fire. Compared with the hyena dragon that might be nearby, eating a cold meal was nothing.
A Ze untied the animal hide that had been tied up in front of him, and took out the warty pork from the animal hide. Chen Qi looked around and found a herd of elephants not far away, only forty or fifty elephants, the same as yesterday The majestic hundreds of heads that I saw were not large in comparison.
Aze handed the water-filled milk fruit to Chen Qi, "You haven't drunk water for a long time, drink some."
Chen Qi took it, and he kept drinking it sparingly yesterday, and now there is still a small half of milk fruit water, Chen Qi took a sip to moisten his lips, and handed it back to A Ze, "You drink some too." The other party ran away with him behind his back Half a day is harder.
Aze shook his head, "I don't need it." Aze put the cut wart pork in a lid of milk fruit. Yesterday, he saw Chen Qi use straw to sandwich the meat, so he broke off two young acacia branches and peeled them off. He dropped the leaves on top and wiped them with animal skin before handing them to Chen Qi.
Seeing Aze's careful movements, Chen Qi was a little moved, and stubbornly stuffed the milk fruit in his hand into the opponent's hand, watching Aze take a small sip helplessly before taking the wart pork with satisfaction and eating it.
Aze put the milk fruit back to Chen Qi's side, this place is still a little far away from the river, and there is no time to find water even if he has to travel in the afternoon, Aze doesn't want Chen Qi to be thirsty.
The cold warty pork is really not delicious. Of course, there is no condition for Chen Qi to dislike it now. If you don't eat it, you can only starve. Fortunately, the weather is relatively cool now. Although the warthog pork has been kept overnight, there is no strange smell.
A Ze, who was picking the most tender meat from the warthog for Chen Qinqi using his nails as a knife, suddenly stopped. Chen Qi followed his gaze, and what A Ze was looking at was the herd of elephants not far away. Elephants are the first group of migrants on the Dora Plain. They have a very good memory and can accurately find the final destination of migration. Other animals will start to migrate one after another along the trail of elephants.
Seeing that Aze was frowning and his face became more and more serious, Chen Qigang wanted to ask what was so strange about this elephant. A Ze suddenly hugged Chen Qi, and he didn't forget to grab the half warthog, and climbed up the branches to a higher canopy. The leaves of the acacia tree brushed across Chen Qi's face, leaving a little burning mark.
"What's wrong?" Chen Qi gritted his teeth in pain and asked in a low voice.
Aze didn't notice Chen Qi's abnormality, his eyes were still fixed on the movements of the elephants, his body muscles tensed, "Hyena dragon."
Chen Qi was taken aback, imitating Aze's way and half bowed his body close to the tree trunk. The lush branches and leaves of the acacia tree perfectly concealed their figures, but also blocked most of their sight. Chen Qi stretched out his hands to pull them away a little See what's going on outside.
The walking speed of the elephant herd is not fast. A naughty baby elephant pulled dry grass stems with its trunk while walking. Its mother turned back and arched its body from time to time, urging it to keep up with the pace of the group, but the baby elephant He didn't care about his mother's urging.
Chen Qi squatted a little numb in his legs, seeing that the elephant herd was a little farther away than before, he still couldn't find any traces of hyena dragons, and was about to ask Aze if he was wrong. At this moment, there was a rustling sound from the tall grass in the distance, and a silver-brown shadow jumped out of the grass, and rushed towards the baby elephant who was a little away from the elephant herd.
Hyena.
Although Chen Qi saw hyena dragons for the first time, he could still recognize them at a glance. Their backs were covered with a layer of silver-brown scales, their limbs were strong and powerful, and their jaws had amazing bite force. Before the elephant could react, a large piece of meat from its hind legs was ripped off by the hyena dragon, exposing the white bones inside.
The baby elephant fell to the ground and screamed in pain. Its mother ran over and tried to drive away the hyena dragon, but its speed was not as fast as the hyena dragon. The hyena dragon turned around and hit the baby elephant mother with its powerful tail, bypassing the hyena dragon. It jumped directly to the side of the little elephant behind, and opened its mouth to leave a bloodstain on the little elephant's neck.
The leader of the elephant herd discovered the situation, and left a dozen or so adult elephants to surround the other juvenile elephants in the middle, leading the rest of the elephants to help, and the hyena dragon let go of the dying elephant that had been bitten , jumped to the side, staggering the frontal attack of the elephant herd.
"That hyena dragon was injured." A Ze whispered in Chen Qi's ear.
It was only then that Chen Qi discovered that the hyena dragon had a hideous wound from its right eye to its nose, and its left hind leg obviously moved unnaturally, and needed to be supported by its tail to move.
Aze sat down, cut off a few pieces of warty pork, put them on the milk shell that Chen Qi was still holding tightly, and comforted him: "That hyena dragon's eyes and nose were injured, so he can't find us, you eat first something."
There is a life-and-death battle going on next to it, is it really okay for us to sit on the tree like this and eat meat and watch? Chen Qi looked at A Ze's expression, which was obviously much more relaxed than before, and silently complained.
He didn't eat in the morning, and Chen Qi was indeed hungry at this time, but he didn't sit down like Aze, he still maintained a posture where he could see the situation outside, while eating the food in his mouth, he followed the battle situation.
Hyena dragons generally don't hunt creatures on the Dora Plain, because eating can't solve their hunger. If they have to hunt when they are hungry, they will give priority to large animals. Although Chen Qi didn't know why this hyena dragon appeared here, but one thing was certain, this hyena dragon was very hungry.
The mother of the baby elephant stood beside her injured child, and comforted the baby elephant with her thick trunk brushing against the baby elephant's body. The baby elephant's eyes were half-opened tiredly, and the wound on its neck was oozing blood. The wound the hyena left on the baby elephant was very skillful, and it didn't kill the baby all at once, because hyena dragons are notoriously picky eaters, they only eat fresh meat like cheetahs.
The herd leader let out a roar, and the other adult elephants were ordered to run towards the hyena dragon in unison, trying to trample the challenger under their feet. The hyena dragon was half-bent, its limbs exerted strength, and it jumped onto the back of the leader of the herd nimbly. After a few ups and downs, it landed on the side of the injured baby elephant and stabbed at the mother's long front teeth. He grabbed one of the elephant's legs and dragged it out for a distance.
The hyena dragon is very strong, and it is not difficult to drag a baby elephant that is heavier than him. The mother of the baby elephant became even more angry, and rushed over without hesitation, but his body was bulky, and his movements were not as flexible as the hyena dragon. The hyena dragon dragged the baby elephant and even dexterously avoided the attack.
It was still a wounded hyena dragon, and Chen Qi looked amazed at it. If it was not injured, it is estimated that this hyena dragon would not pay attention to the elephant herd, even if it directly hunted adult elephants.
Apart from Chen Qi on the acacia tree, there was a group of lions passing by not far from the battle, and the leader of the elephant group had obviously spotted the group of lions. I was able to call back all the other elephants, they still have other baby elephants to protect, and the baby elephant that was bitten by the hyena dragon obviously couldn't survive.
Although the mother of the little elephant wanted to save her child, she couldn't do it by her own strength. She roared angrily at the hyena dragon twice, took one last look at the little elephant, and turned back to the herd.
The lions watched the hyena dragon drag the baby elephant aside and followed them not too far away. The hyena dragon only eats fresh meat, but they are not picky eaters. Even a baby elephant hyena dragon can't finish eating, so they don't mind eating a whole lot of meat. It's a free meal.
The time from the beginning to the end of the battle was very short, and the meat in Chen Qi's hands hadn't been eaten yet, so Aze tied the animal skin back to his body again, "The hyena dragon is eating, and its attention will be on the food at this time, let's take advantage of it." Let's go now."
Hyenas are very sensitive to the smell of orcs. Aze is very fortunate that the injured hyena was the nose. Otherwise, the hyenas would not be able to find them at such a distance. Orcs are the first in the hyena diet. The dragon found that he would only be pursued by the opponent, and he would never stop until he swallowed the orc. Although A Ze could escape even if he couldn't beat the hyena dragon alone, he could only be more careful with Chen Qi by his side, and he didn't know if there were other hyena dragons nearby.
Chen Qi nodded, swept the food into his mouth in twos and twos, and handed the milk shell back to Aze. Aze wrapped it in the animal skin and tied it around his waist, and carried Chen Qi on his back, silently climbed down the locust tree and left quickly.
The hyena dragon, who was enjoying the food, suddenly raised his head, looked thoughtfully at the direction where Chen Qi and the two left, and then glanced unkindly at the lions eager to try, bowed their heads and continued to eat their lunch.
The letter hawk circled overhead, letting out a long piercing cry to convey the news to other predators that there was a delicious feast here.