29 The Hunt 3 (1/2)

Chen Hanchen brought the team to an open space, it was not too big, it was only a room wide. The open space was not far from the camp and thanks to the slanted ground, the open space was visible from the camp. There was many trees and bushes around it, providing a perfect place for ambushes. The wind flow was good for making sure the bait smell spread.

”This place is good. Yosh, let's place the bait here.” (CH)

Chen Hanchen walked to the center of the open space and put down the makeshift bag containing the eels. He told Xin Guodan and Shuan Jingu to collect some branches, then he cut the fifteen cm long eels to smaller blocks with Yan Xiu. The eels blood drenched the ground, fifteen eels were cut and ten were saved for dinner. Foul smell engulfed the area.

Chen Hanchen wasn't too keen about it when he heard Yan Xiu wanted to cook the eels, as the eels really smelled bad. But with Yan Xiu guarantee, he relented. He wondered what could Yan Xiu make out of these smelly eels.

When Xin Guodan and Shuang Jingu back with the branches, they were choked by the smell. Pushing through the foul smell, the four of them slipped the eel meat block to the branches and stabbed the on the ground. Bai Yuan stayed far away from them because of the smell.

When they were done, there was many branches with eel meat on them sticking from the ground. The stabbed eel head was still twitching, it's mouth moved up and down, testament to the freshness of the eel. It was an eerie scenery. With Yan Xiu spring mist spell, the bad smell on them was erased and they could breathe again. Only then Bai Yuan approached them.

”We're done here, let's go back.” (CH)

”Eh, we're leaving? We're not guarding it?” (XG)

”Don't worry about it, you've noticed the smell, don't you?”

Xin Guodan nodded, the Blind Eel smelled bad. Maybe because it's living environment, it's smell was like sewer water. But it grew even worse when it was cut, the foul smell was truly released then. Yan Xiu already used to bad smell so he wasn't bothered by it, but Xin Guodan and Shuang Jingu was, they gagged when they smelled it the first time.

”Of all the things that live here, only Gudol birds like that eel. They were a strange birds that love foul-smelling food. But don't worry, they're not scavenger, they just like the foul smell.” (CH)

”I see, but still, is it okay to leave it like that? What if a Gudol bird come and eat them?” (SJ)

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”They only active from after midnight to before noon, the rest of the time, they spend it sleeping in their nest. So, it's okay to leave it and came back before midnight.” (CH)

Having said that, Chen Hanchen walked toward the camp. Yan Xiu and the other two apprentice hunters could only followed while looking back at the bait, Bai Yuan followed them while yawning.

While they were walking back, Chen Hanchen suddenly stopped and crouched behind the bushes, Yan Xiu and the others, even Bai Yuan, quickly followed him. Chen Hanchen was peeking out from the bushes with his face expressing his excitement, the others looked at the same direction at him.

What they saw was an animal with tall muscular legs with supple body, it's tail was long and bushy at the end, a lone long thin black horn on top of it's nose. It's fur was short with beautiful dark brown color while the fur of it's stomach, under neck, and legs was white. The creature was munching on some kind of berry, beside it was a similar creature but with smaller body, lighter color, and with no horn.

”Oh man, we're lucky! That's a pair of Black Deers! Little Xiu, you take the hornless one, I'll take the other! Quick! Before they sense us! (CH)

”Eh? Oh, okay.” (YX)