Chapter 13 – Mo-Er (2/2)

At night, some kids already fell asleep, and some kids who were worried that tomorrow might be yet another bad day for fishing and couldn’t sleep, weaved straw ropes mindlessly. It was so messy, they would weave and then undo the straw rope again and again. When they got angry, they would use their teeth to bite the straw rope, which made Shao Xuan quite anxious. How are we going to use these crappy ropes that were already bitten through?

The fire near the entrance had not been put out, and the curtain at the entrance was still up. The fire light was pretty obvious since it was already dark in the outside. So the night swallows would avoid the bright places and only observe from afar.

Mo-Er carried his knife and approached the entrance. He put the giant knife on his back aside, and held two short knives with both his hands. He gripped the short knives backhanded, and since he could not hide his breath like totemic warriors, the flying night swallows noticed his presence as soon as he walked out the entrance.

Shao Xuan sat beside the fire. It was not far from the entrance, and the sky could be observed from there.

Two crescent moons were floating in the sky. Yes, two of them.

When seeing the moons in the sky at night, Shao Xuan realized this could only be explained by this being a whole other world, which was far different from the world he knew. All the rules and experiences he once mastered could not be applied in here.

During this season, two moons would march against each other in opposite directions. The crescents could not provide enough light to the dark sky, so it was darker than before.

The night grew darker and darker, and winter would officially begin when these two moons fully disappeared.

Shao Xuan’s eyesight fell on Mo-Er’s body as Mo-Er left the cave. Judging from his earlier behavior and the way he held those knives now, Shao Xuan could tell that Mo-Er was quite experienced in fighting. Every day when the other kids were sleeping, he would start to practice with his knives. Even though his father was gone, there was still someone who was willing to teach him.

Holding the short knives, Mo-Er stood there in silence, as if he was staring blankly at the darkness. But Shao Xuan knew that Mo-Er was waiting for the game to approach him.

In the darkness, night swallows flew by at a very fast speed. One could not see their bodies clearly and only slight sounds could be captured.

There were a lot of night swallows outside the cave, and they were hesitating because there was light coming from the cave. Only a few of them dared to rush at Mo-Er.

A quick small sound was heard. Night swallows were approaching!

Mo-Er moved fast and he slashed his short knife to the left rapidly!

It was a quick slash without hesitation.

Ding!

He missed.

The second that the knife cut on the wall, there was a flashing sparkle, because he was standing quite near the entrance.

The night swallow that attacked earlier had left, but it left a half-hand long wound on Mo-Er’s arm.

It was caused by the night swallow’s shovel-like beak. But influenced by the coming knife, the night swallow slightly altered its attacking angle, so the wound it left on Mo-Er’s arm was not deep. If the peck was in the front, Mo-Er would have lost some flesh, instead of just getting a superficial wound.

A fine hunter needed to know how to hide and how to endure. Mo-Er did not reveal any painful expressions at the wound earlier, and he did not frown even a bit. His hand holding the knife was still steady and he looked just the same as before. He did not treat his wound, and just let the blood bleed from his wound.

However, the flying night swallows seemed to sense the blood in the air, and began to act restless.

Shao Xuan could hear the sounds of more night swallows flying in the air.

Compared with the other kids in the cave, Mo-Er was much tougher. In the past, Ku was very incomprehensive towards Mo-Er using night swallows to practice his knife skills. In the eyes of the kids in the cave, he was totally asking for death himself. When Mo-Er was not in the cave, they whispered and wondered about why he would try so hard in such a tough place, when he could have a far better and easier life.

Caesar was also provoked by those flying night swallows outside the cave. Shao Xuan calmed him down and stood up to lead him to the depth of the cave.

However, just after a few steps, Shao Xuan stopped, for he heard some sharp humming.

At first Shao Xuan thought they were imaginary voices, and then he wondered if it was tinnitus caused by too much thinking or other reasons. But after a while, he felt that something was wrong. The sharp humming grew stronger and stronger, as if the thing who created the sound was approaching.

Ding!

Another sound caused by a stone knife and stone walls hitting, and at the same time, the sharp humming that Shao Xuan heard stopped.

Shao Xuan looked at the other side.

Mo-Er held a knife in his hand, and the knife had already poked through a night swallow’s body. The night swallow finally rested after some waves of its wings, and its blood streamed down the gray stone knife.

The approaching night swallows turned and flew afar, as they were lingering in the air.

Mo-Er flung the knife and the dead night swallow was tossed into the cave beside the giant knife that Mo-Er carried in his back. Then he continued to wait for another game.