31 The Hunt 5 (2/2)

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The moon already high in the sky but hidden from view by the clouds. The forest shrouded by darkness, numerous pairs of eyes locked their gazes on a certain field filled with skewered eels. They spied from the top of the trees and behind the bushes, waiting patiently for their prey to come.

Yan Xiu, Chen Hanchen, and Liu Feng were on top of three different trees, forming a triangle with the trap in the middle while the others were hiding behind the bushes. Bai Yuan white fur would reveal himself, so he stayed far from the group. They already waited for two hours without seeing a shadow of Gudol bird, but still stayed vigilant.

When another hour was about to pass, their prey came. Followed by the sound of powerful footsteps, a group of huge birds came. Two meters tall with dark-colored feathers that covered its whole body except the feet, the leading Gudol bird cautiously observed its surrounding.

It came here after smelling the foul smell of its favorite food. Xiao Musheng signaled the team with a hand signal, telling them to hold their breath so that they didn't blow their cover. Yan Xiu told Bai Yuan to stand down telepathically.

There were at least ten or more Gudol birds in the group, they clustered just a few feet away from the trap. The leading Gudol bird walked out from the group and approaching the eels slowly. It keeps its head low and sniffed the place. When it reached the eels, it just gazed and sniffing it. First was a few pecks before it took a bite and swallowed the eels.

It then cried at the group and the group swarmed the eels fighting for the eels. Xiao Musheng raised his hand as a signal, it was telling Yan Xiu and the other to take aim.

Yan Xiu readied his javelin, Chen Hanchen gripped his dagger, and Liu Feng drew his arrow. They aimed at different birds but neither was aiming at the leading Gudol despite it was the biggest one.

When the Gudol birds almost swallowed all the eels, Xiao Musheng dropped his hand. Javelin, dagger, and arrow flew out. With a loud cry, three Gudol birds fell to the ground. One had its neck pierced by a javelin, one had dagger protruding from its eye socket, the last one was twitching on the ground with an arrow sticking out from its head.

The Gudol birds panicked and the place was engulfed in chaos and bird's cry. Xiao Musheng came out and kicked the leading Gudol bird back. Xin Guodan and Shuang Jingu also came out while waving their weapons and yelling like madmen, trying their best to be threatening. Yan Xiu told Bai Yuan to ran here while roaring and he came as Yan Xiu told him.

The Gudol bird wasn't hurt by the kick and quickly recover. It looked at the dangerous humans and approaching demon beast. With a cry, it leads the group of Gudol birds away. No one ran after them.

Yan Xiu threw another javelin to the writhing Gudol bird to end its misery and Chen Hanchen did the same. The plan was a success. The reason why they didn't target the leading Gudol bird was that so it could lead the group away after three birds were disabled.

The plan was simple, Yan Xiu and the others were tasked with disabling three birds. And after that, the one hiding on the ground would come out and forced the group of Gudol bird to escape by appearing threatening to the leading Gudol bird.

They took the three birds and began cleaning them. They first bleed them and plucked their feathers. When Yan Xiu get a clear look of the birds, his first thought was the massive size of it. The beak was thick and powerful. With a touch, Yan Xiu could tell the dense meat and muscle. His eyes traveled to the legs, with the feather gone, the fat legs were bare for all to see. He was imagining how delicious and amazing it would be to eat such a huge leg.

When the last processed Gudol Bird entered Xiao Musheng spacial ring, it marked the end of the hunt.