65 Chapter 65: Hunting (1/2)

*creak*

The carriage door opened and Edward walked in, he had a haggard expression and was clearly exhausted. He nudged Caesar's shoulder to wake him up.

”Let's swap, I am too tired to go on” Edward whispered quietly into Caesar's ear.

Caesar opened his sleepy eyes and slowly stood up, ”okay… have a good nights rest” Caesar said still half asleep and went to the front of the carriage.

Caesar sat down and grabbed the reigns of the horses, he controlled the horses to slowly move forward.

The carriage abruptly started moving once again and awoke Joe, he gradually stood up and grumbled loudly as he did so.

”Damn it's early” he grumbled and squeezed out the front carriage window… he plopped his arse down and yawned loudly next Caesar.

”It's chilly as hell” Joe complained loudly and picked his nose.

”Sigh, I thought I would be able to enjoy a quiet morning…” Caesar sighed loudly and massaged his forehead.

”What's for breakfast ?” Joe asked Caesar curiously.

”We'll either eat the dry foods that we stocked up on or we can go hunting in an hour or so” Caesar replied.

Joe nodded his head and sighed in exasperation… ”haah, an hour is to damn long!” Joe whined in a slightly annoyed tone.

”Ahri is still asleep and besides, I don't think there are any animals nearby,” Caesar said while scanning their surroundings.

Joe leaned back and stroked his long beard, he turned his head towards Caesar, ”do we at least have some jerky?” he asked pleadingly.

Caesar reached into his right pant pocket and pulled out a few pieces of jerky, he placed them in Joe's hands… ”Hopefully that can hold you over for now,” Caesar said with a sigh and jerked the reigns harder.

The carriage started to move at a quicker pace and Joe began eating the few pieces of jerky in his hands with relish.

An hour quickly passed by, Joe had an impatient look on his face as he glanced between Caesar and his belly.

”It's been an hour, hasn't it?” Joe asked curiously.

Caesar nodded his head and brought the carriage to a gradual stop, they were still in a relatively simple grassy plain, however, many trees were on the sides of the dirt road.

*plop*

Caesar jumped down and tied the horses to a thick tree, Joe followed behind and they both walked westward.

”Are there any animals to hunt this way?” Joe pestered Caesar continuously as they walked.

”Yes, now shush” Caesar placed his index finger on his lips and made a hushing sound.

”Okay, okay, I get it” Joe mumbled quietly and just silently followed behind Caesar.

They stealthily walked through the lush forest, Joe tried his hardest not to step on any branches or to make any sounds for that matter.

They continued walking for a few minutes before finally, Caesar raised his hand to signal Joe to stop moving.

Joe and Caesar walked a few more steps and poked their head out of a green bush, a large and crystal clear lake appeared in their line of sight.

On the sides of the lake were many different types of animals, they were all drinking water in this peaceful lake.

Slobber started to drip from Joe's mouth as he looked at the many Favin boars, ”h-hey are we going to catch one of those?” he asked eagerly.

Caesar nodded his head in confirmation, ”yeah, we should get a few extra for tonight as well” Caesar replied calmly.

”Did you bring any weapons with you?” Joe asked curiously.

Caesar shook his head, ”I can just use my hands or a branch” he said

”Heh, it's a good thing I brought this then” Joe smiled widely and took out a short bow from the insides of his pants.

Caesar looked at Joe wide-eyed, ”I don't remember you grabbing that… did you sleep with it?” he asked with a bewildered expression.

Joe rubbed his nose, ”A dwarf such as myself is always prepared” he replied boastfully and put his chin up.

Caesar examined Joe for a few seconds before asking, ”where are your arrows?”

Joe's eyes went wide, ”I can't put sharp objects down my pants you know?”

”Then what is the point of bringing your bow if you have no arrows…” Caesar massaged his forehead and looked at Joe in shock.

”Meh, at least I have a weapon” Joe argued back with a defiant expression.

”Are you retarded? The bow is useless without arrows, joe!” Caesar tried explaining calmly to Joe.

”No, I am not retarded, who is that?” Joe asked curiously

Caesar sighed loudly and wanted to bash his head against the tree, ”it's fine, just go spook those animals in my direction and I will take care of them” Caesar said towards Joe quietly.

Joe put the bow back in his pants and nodded his head, ”okay, wait here and I'll show you” Joe said excitedly and soon disappeared from Caesar's line of sight.

Caesar jumped up on a nearby tree and broke off a slim branch, he patiently waited for Joe to startle the animals in his direction… although with Caesar's current power it would be simple to just kill the boars where they stood, he didn't want to fight with any of the other animals around the lake.

Caesar waited for about a minute before finally, a short dwarf popped out of a bush and charged towards the Favin boards head first.

”GAHHH, IM COMING FOR YOU!” Joe roared loudly

Contrary to both Caesar's and Joe's expectations, however, the boars weren't scared of Joe, in fact, they angrily snorted and charged back.

*plop*