34 Hunting novice (1/2)

The Ainos started moving after they finished their preparations. Galfus and the four cubs also moved together.

'It's not even six miles away and the area here is so different.'

Joonbum looked around as he had never been to this area before.

The trees started to thin out as they moved. When they walked over a hill, a wide plain greeted their eyes. A cool breeze swept past him as he enjoyed the scene.

”Joonbum! Look!”

He shifted his eyes and found the animal they were looking for.

”Bodua! Delicious.”

Joonbum watched closely and started to make out its shape.

'Is that a cow? Maybe a buffalo? It's really big.'

Joonbum took out binoculars from his backpack and examined it. It was a cow, but enormous in its size. It seemed to be bigger than an elephant. There were two very powerful-looking horns on its head. Its body was covered with short fur that looked sleek, which also helped reveal its muscles.

'I think even bodybuilders aren't like that.'

It was covered with monstrous muscles. The muscles moved and twitched majestically as the animal moved slowly, eating away the grass.

'You can die from boar attack but that… instant death at the slight touch.'

Joonbum realized why Doral mentioned that even the herbivores were dangerous here. When a few of them started running, it shook the ground. He was well away from them as he had to observe them through binoculars, but he still could feel the tremors.

'It's quick and dangerous. How are we going to hunt that thing?'

Joonbum grew tense as he swallowed his empty throat. He was expecting an animal that was much smaller in size. But this Bodua was much larger than what he could have imagined in his wildest dreams.

Doral spoke as Joonbum quietly examined the animal.

”Galfus, Kawiqunin, and us. We all like Bodua. Very delicious. The best. But also dangerous. We have to risk our lives. Big and fast. Everyone who gets attacked dies.”

He was like an employee at a safari giving an explanation about the animal.

'Dangerous herbivore. Delicious. Galfus and Kawiqunin like it?'

He could not understand all of what he said but he did manage to make out some words so he vaguely got the idea.

'How many are there?'

A large number of Boduas filled the plain. Joonbum started counting.

”One… two…”

He started counting them with the binoculars and stopped counting when he went over two hundred. There was at least double the number he had counted.

Joonbum examined the plains. There were other animals to watch apart from the Bodua. There was a group of white deer and rams covered in black. There were animals with familiar sizes also. Joonbum realized that all the animals seemed to share this vast plain in peace.

”There's water! It comes from there, runs through here, to there. It's a small creek.”

Joonbum turned his binoculars in the direction Doral was pointing at. There was water there as a lot of animals had come to drink water.

The size of the animals ranged from the size of a human fist to the size of the Bodua. There also seemed to be some predators among the animals, indicating order in this coexistence.

”Oh! Wow! What? Wow!”

His intention was to watch the Boduas, but Joonbum was captivated at the sight of the animals he had never seen before. Doral grinned at Joonbum who was moaning and gasping at the sight of all those animals. After some time passed, Galfus started growling. The cubs who were playing around went to Galfus in response to the sound.

”Joonbum! Let's move.”

”Oh, I'm sorry.”

Joonbum put the binoculars in his backpack and followed Doral. The Ainos moved toward a large shallow hole next to a large rock and settled down. There was nothing that would provide them cover in the plains, but this area was filled with large rocks and that was enough.

'Ambush from here?'