After A Zhang finished eating, he and A Li took the food for Ake and continued to go back to the cave entrance outside the small bamboo forest to defend. There was a tall acacia tree not far from the cave entrance. A Li stood at the tallest acacia tree On the branches, the animal skin backpack on the back is full of arrows, holding a wooden bow in his hand, and his eyes are fixed on the cave entrance illuminated by the fire.
Azhang handed the food to Ake, "Did something happen?"
Ake took it and drank a sip of bone soup to moisten his throat. His throat was already thirsty after staying by the fire for a long time. Hearing Azhang's question, Ake shook his head, "But I smelled a trace of blood before. smell, it is not very clear after being isolated by the fire, I don’t know if the hyena dragons are killing each other inside.”
"The hyena dragon has a strong sense of group, and there should be no such thing as cannibalism. Now I just hope that the tobacco can trap them." Azhang picked up a tree trunk and threw it into the fire, and continued: " You go to rest first, let me take care of it first, I'm afraid I will have to watch it all night tonight."
Ake nodded, climbed up the acacia tree where Ali was and began to enjoy his dinner.
Low and deep roars came from the depths of the cave, and were drowned by the crackling fire. The firewood was damp, and the black smoke half sank along the depths of the cave, half rose into the air, and disappeared into the sky. In the vast night.
The moonlight on the second day of the month was very bright, as if a slightly dim street lamp had been cast on the entire Dora Plain. Aze climbed to the city wall, added some firewood to the fire plate beside Chen Qi, and persuaded: "It's fine for me to guard here alone, you can go back to the watchtower and sleep for a while." Chen Qi couldn't hide the tiredness in his eyes, and A Ze felt a little distressed when he saw it.
Chen Qi grabbed Aze's slender fingers, let out a sigh of relief at them, and then put them on his face. When the cold fingers touched the skin, Chen Qi couldn't help shivering, "It's okay, I'll be with you Keep it."
"In case you fall ill again..."
Chen Qi smiled, pointed to the several thick animal skins covered under him, and pulled the two cloaks covering his body. Except for his face, there was almost no exposed skin on his whole body. , plus there was a big fire pan burning beside him, he came out after making sufficient preparations. "I'm well prepared now, and I will definitely not let myself fall ill this time. And I drank a big bowl of ginger soup when I came out just now, and now I feel warm in my body. If you don't believe me, reach out and touch it. "
Naturally, Aze would not really reach out to confirm. Seeing that Chen Qi insisted on staying with him, he could only sigh, took his hands away from the other party's face, helped Chen Qi pull up the scarf, and pulled it up. Most of his face was covered, leaving only a pair of beautiful black pupils.
"If you can't hold on anymore, you must go back to the watchtower. Don't make me worry, okay?" Ze's tone softened, and he asked inquiringly.
Chen Qi frowned, "Okay."
When Aze got the answer he wanted, he went back under the fence, found a suitable distance and sat down cross-legged. Just now he heard bursts of neighing from the cave. Based on his knowledge of hyena dragons, they were not It is not that simple a creature that will be knocked down by tobacco. Although hyena dragons run rampant in this world by attacking in groups, they can completely surpass the power of females when attacking them in a single round. The female hyena always gave him a strange feeling. Aze was afraid of any accidents, so he didn't dare to distract himself.
In the middle of the night, Chen Qi couldn't hold on any longer, so he stood up and moved his body. Ah Ze saw Chen Qi's movements and looked up slightly, and then heard Chen Qi's exclamation, an arrow fell from the sky, straight fell onto the fire.
A figure covered in dark red blood broke through the raging fire, staggered and stopped on the nearby snowdrift, and then rolled on the spot, taking advantage of the coldness of the snow to burn the red and painful scales that were scorched by the fire. Armor to cool down.
Aze picked up the firewood next to him and threw it into the cave, then poured down the melted fat from a bamboo tube, and the fire that had been flushed out of a cave started to burn again.
The female hyena stared at Aze gloomily, and stood up staggeringly after the temperature on her body dropped a little. The female hyena shook her head, as if she wanted to get rid of the drowsy and paste-like thoughts in her head .
Aze and the female hyena dragon drew a little distance away, standing in a position sufficient to counterattack, the ten-fingered beast's nails glowed coldly under the moonlight. Chen Qi tightened his grip on the bowstring nervously, and took out an arrow from the backpack behind him. The arrow had already been wrapped with cloth strips in advance. Chen Qi moistened the arrow slightly on the pottery plate with grease next to it. The fire was lit, and the rocket hit the female Hyena with strong wind.
The female hyena gave a soft snort, turned her body slightly, flicked her tail and drew it directly on the arrow, and the arrow snapped in response. Chen Qi's second arrow came again, and the female hyena roared, ignoring those arrows, Before bullying, he planned to get rid of the female not far away first. The female hyena opened its huge mouth, and it seemed that the shredded flesh and a few white hairs could be vaguely seen in the gaps between the deep cold fangs.
Aze bent his body slightly, and when the female hyena moved, he moved and circled the female hyena for half a circle, always keeping a safe distance. Taking advantage of this gap, Chen Qi shot two arrows with fire at the female hyena. One of the arrows happened to be inserted into the scorched wound where the flesh was exposed. The female hyena let out a pain and looked at Chen Qi. The eyes are getting worse and worse, but it knows that if it doesn't kill the female in front of it, it can't do anything to the person standing on the wall.
Hearing the hyena dragon's voice, Carlo put A Yao on the slate bed, laid him several layers of thick animal skin cushions, and then ordered A Jing to look after him, took the wooden bow and arrows from one side and came out.
As soon as Carlo went out, he saw Aze who was being chased all over the yard by the female hyena, and hurried to Chen Qi, "What's going on? Have all the hyenas escaped?"
Chen Qi shook his head, "Only this one came out, and the others were still trapped in the cave." Chen Qi picked up another arrow, dipped it in oil and ignited it, his movements became more and more proficient, "Carol, you come too Help cover Aze, that Hyena seems to want to fight to the death."
Carlo's expression froze when he heard the words, and he quickly picked up his wooden bow and started to cover Aze in the same way as Chen Qi. I have to say that the orcs are probably born with more developed motor nerves than Chen Qi's. After a few arrows, Carlo got used to it The running speed of the female hyena, and then almost every sharp arrow with fire aimed at the wound on the hyena. If the hyena didn't hide quickly, I am afraid that Carlo would be able to hit the target with every arrow.
In order not to be anesthetized by the effect of tobacco, the female hyena could only use pain to dispel the sense of chaos. Later, in order to rush out of the fire, the scales were burned by the fire. Now the female hyena is not only injured all over her body , the scales on his body, which were once extremely powerful and blocked various injuries for him countless times, have become extremely fragile.
Carlo's arrows are much stronger than Chen Qi's. As long as the female hyena can't avoid it, it will be firmly pierced into her body. In just a short while, the female hyena's body is like a half hedgehog. It was full of arrows, and there were still burning cloth strips stained with grease on the arrowheads. An unpleasant smell of burnt flesh permeated the yard.
The female hyena didn't dare to ignore the two men on the wall who seemed to be very weak in attack. It took a few steps back, intending to stay away from the position of the two men to give itself a little breathing time.
However, how could Aze go around behind the female hyena dragon as it wished, and take advantage of the moment when the female hyena dragon's attention was attracted by the two people on the wall, he stepped forward quickly with ten fingernails inserted deeply At the burnt wound on its tail, the hyena dragon turned around in pain and wanted to bite off the abominable orc who dared to attack it. Fortunately, its body was soft enough, and Aze dodged it flexibly. He pulled out his right hand. , directly took a step forward, intending to point directly at a wound on the hyena dragon's neck.
Just now, the hyena dragon steadied itself, taking advantage of the weakening of Aze's strength when he pulled his hand away, the tip of the tail directly wrapped around Aze's hand that was still inserted in the wound of its tail, and then flicked it, Aze Ze lost his center of gravity, and was thrown to the ground by the hyena dragon. The front paws of the hyena dragon followed closely, and with one paw, it struck A Ze's chest.
When Aze landed on the ground, he used his strength to roll on the spot, but he was still a step too slow. He couldn't dodge his right wrist. He was scratched by the hyena dragon, and the animal skin on his wrist was pulled away, accompanied by drops of blood. fell to the ground.
"Aze."
"elder brother."
The two people on the fence were startled by this change, and called out in unison. The wooden bow was fully drawn again, and five or six arrows were shot at the female hyena dragon, separating it from Aze.
Looking at his bleeding right wrist, Aze's eyes darkened, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. After the arrow passed, he stepped forward again, and his sharp nails stabbed straight at the hyena dragon.
Hyena didn't expect that the orc's strength would increase a lot after being injured. Instead of retreating, he advanced, and his moves pointed directly at his vital parts.
Compared with the hyena dragon, the orc is already petite. Aze is more flexible and faster than the hyena dragon. The hyena dragon has defended the left side and Aze has begun to attack the right. It is already in a state of extreme hunger, and Being trapped in the cave consumes a lot of energy. Its legs were injured. When running, it had to rely on the power of its tail to coordinate its movement. Now that its tail has been injured by Aze, it feels heart-wrenching every time it moves. pain. The female hyena knew that she might have to confess here today.
But how could it be reconciled? It was not reconciled when it was driven out of the hyena group, and it was not reconciled when it started hunting prey that could not fill its stomach at all on the Dora Plain. Now it is getting closer and closer to death.
Obviously, as long as it survives this winter, it can go back to the forest.
Why? Why are these things that are prey not conscious of being prey? Obviously just lie down and enjoy it for yourself
The female hyena's eyes were getting redder and redder, as if she was about to bleed, and under the reflection of the moonlight, there was an enchanting feeling.
Aze didn't dare to be careless, and raised his speed to the highest. Chen Qi's bow and arrow were not accurate enough for fear of accidentally injuring Aze, and he stopped covering, but Carlo caught the gap between Aze's one-hit and left and fired arrows seamlessly.
The battle seemed to last for a long time, and it seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. Chen Qi couldn't see exactly how the female hyena fell down.
Aze's sharp nails pierced the hyena dragon's throat, and then dug out the scales on the dragon's chest. With one claw, he took out a heart that was still beating slightly, and Aze threw the heart into the nearby fire , stretched out his hand to wipe the blood stained on his face, his eyes were flickering by the light of the fire, and he couldn't see the other party's emotions clearly at the moment.
Seeing that the hyena dragon finally fell down, Chen Qi hurriedly got down from the fence, rushed to Aze in two or three steps, and grabbed his wrist. Sure enough, he saw a scratch across half of his wrist. Fortunately, the wound was not deep. Injury to the temuscle and the like, apart from the bleeding, it shouldn't have any impact on the future.
"Aze, you and I go back to the watchtower to treat the wound first, let Carlo stare at the wall for a while in the cave." Chen used a sword corner knife to cut off a small piece of animal skin and wrap it around Aze's wound, pressing hard Stop, don't let the blood continue to flow out.
Aze looked at Chen Qi grabbing his wrist and was a little distracted. He didn't come back until Chen Qi called out again, bent down and kissed the corner of Chen Qi's lips, his eyebrows and eyes were bent, "Okay."
Chen Qi helped Aze clean up the wound and then sewed it up with gut. After the treatment, Aze continued to go back to guard the cave.
The hole wasn't too big, but the fire piled up beside the hole almost illuminated the entire courtyard like daytime.
Except for the change of the female hyena, none of the other hyenas rushed out of the cave this night. In the second half of the night, everyone took turns to close their eyes to rest their minds.
The fire at the entrance of the cave burned until noon the next day. When the fire was about to go out, Ake came back and asked Chen Qi what to do next. They discussed and decided to go in from the cave in the yard to see what was going on inside.
Because Azhang was injured in his arm, Aze and Ake were given the task of going into the cave to explore, and Azhang and Ali continued to guard the cave entrance in the small bamboo forest, lest the hyena dragon still have the strength to escape.
Ake didn't know that the female hyena had rushed out of the cave last night. When he saw the gray corpse in the yard, Ake's eyes darkened. He walked over to observe, and finally pointed to the chest of the hyena. Looking at Aze at the place where a hole was dug out, "This hyena dragon..."
Aze nodded, "It has eaten the giant wolf god." After a pause, he added, "It's more than one."
Ake was silent for a moment, did not speak again, and together with Aze removed the extinguished charcoal ash, both of them had thick wet cloth strips tied on their faces, while Chen Qi and Carlo stood on the high wall, They were always alert to the movement around the cave, and if any hyena dragon rushed out like yesterday, they would immediately cover the two females.
The two found the four male hyenas in the middle of the cave. The hyenas were still alive, but they could not move. The size of the cave was not big enough for them to drag them all out at once, so they had to drag them one by one. , Once out of the cave, the throat of the hyena dragon was cut first, and the heart was taken out. The hearts of the four male hyena dragons were not like the blood of the female hyena dragon with a hint of dark purple.
Ake also found a furry snow bear that was almost torn into pieces near the entrance of the small bamboo forest. The scene was too cruel. It is estimated that the hyena dragon thought the snow bear was too big to block the way, so it directly ate it. Ake disposed of the snow bear's body, and then refilled the cave with others.
The hyena dragon carcass in the yard was set up a fire and burned directly. The fire continued to burn for a day and a night, and it was not completely burned until noon the next day.
After dealing with the cave and the hyena, everyone moved back home. Chen Qi's house was fine, because the rice berry powder hyena only destroyed the fire in the hall and furniture such as tables and chairs, and put them in the corner The large wooden box used to hold potatoes and sweet potatoes was also destroyed, but there were not many potatoes and sweet potatoes left, so there was no hindrance.
The house of Ali's house was seriously damaged. His house was the closest to the cave where the hyena dragon came out, so the hyena dragon was the first to enter Ali's house. Not to mention a few big holes in the wall, including the kang bed and the stove. All collapsed in half.
Seeing this miserable situation, Chen Qimo was silent, "Why don't you move to my place for the rest of winter?"
"No need." Azhang laughed haha, and pointed to the storage room at the back, "The hyena dragon didn't destroy the storage room, just move the things out of that room and tidy up a little bit to live in it." Well, it’s good that Ali and I move there.” After speaking, he shook his head in distress, “But there is no fire pit in that room, so Ah Jing can only let him live in your house first.”
Chen Qi nodded clearly, "It's okay, just let Ah Jing stay with me."
Azhang patted Chen Qi on the shoulder, "Then I'll leave it to you."
As a result, on the second day, he re-made a kang bed in the makeshift utility room that Azhang mentioned. The bed was bigger than the one in his original room, occupying a full third of the room. The width of the room is two, it is estimated that three Chen Qis can roll around on it.
Chen Qi: "..."
The pottery pots and plates that Hyena Dragon destroyed the most were all broken except for a few in the storage room in Chen Qi's house. Although Azhang sent his tribe to the lion and wolf tribe, he handed it over to him. The other party had a lot of pottery, but the pottery he had exchanged from Ali for decades was so much that several houses could not fit in it. At this moment, the pottery was almost broken, and there were not many usable ones, so Azhang handed over a lot of pottery. With a wave, he took Aze and Ake back to the tribe to move pottery in a mighty way.
This attack took almost a week just to deal with the follow-up, and Chen Qi felt that life had returned to normal after everything was done. All the snow in the yard was cleared to the outside of the fence. In order to prevent any hyena dragons from being clever enough to use snow bears to dig holes to sneak in again, Chen Qi asked them to build the whole yard with glue mixed with sand, which is convenient for daily cleaning. Snow accumulation is also convenient to find out where cracks appear in the first place.
It didn't snow again until the gums in the yard were solidified, and after cleaning up the damage caused by the hyena, the days seemed to return to the calm at the beginning, as if the threat some time ago was just a dream.
Sometimes Chen Qi would see Aze staring at his wrist in a daze. Chen Qi was worried that his wrist would have some sequelae from being scratched by a hyena dragon, but every time he asked Aze, he would just smile. Said it was okay, Chen Qi had no choice but to try not to let him work, so as not to tear the wound.
A Ze's wound actually healed very quickly. Within two or three days, Chen Qi removed the sutured gut, and touched the skin near the wound with heartache, "It's a pity, it may leave a scar."
"pretty good."
"What's wrong?" Chen Qi glared at him, obviously not paying attention to the injury on his body.
Aze was a little distracted, and touched the small circle of scars on his wrist that had almost healed, "If you don't look at this thing carefully, people will think I have stretch marks."
Chen Qi was stunned, gently hugged A Ze into his arms, kissed his brow and eyes, and leaned into his ear half teasingly, "Then do you want to give me a baby now?"
The tips of Aze's ears were slightly red, he pursed his lips, and after a long time said in a voice too small to be heard: "Okay."