Chapter 970 King of the Grasslands (1/2)

A group of blackon the prairie,

facing thesun

Golden sunshi+ne shone down on theht of their footsteps, silhouettes

snaked along the plain

Li Du, as at the back of the line, asked Cheeks, ”Where are we going now? It's

not like we're just walking around, waiting to co around, but instead of waiting for prey to co for its habitat,” said Cheeks

After walking for more than half an hour, they found a stretch of bush

At this, the hunters exchanged excited smiles and muttered a feords to one another

Four or five of them broke off from the party and crept closer to the bushes, while the

others moved on

The Hadzas left the coluether They divided their

forces along the way, trying to find asin the bushes on the grassland, and the hunters went to

find some

Cheeks handed Li Du a bow and two arrows, and together they crept close to the bush

Li Du had his o and crossbow in the black hole space of the little bug, but at this

time it was inconvenient to take them out, so he temporarily used the Hadza bow

As he had seen earlier in the , the Hadza made their bows themselves, of rather

coarse material

There was no bamboo in Africa The bow body was s were made from hemp ropes, and some came from supple

animal tendons

Their arrows, self- blunt

ones for small animals like birds and wild ht

away

Other arrows had ens These were used to

shoot gazelles, deer, wild goats, and other small animals

In addition, each hunter carried a stone arrow coated with poison, which was black all

over, and was used to attack large beasts of prey The poison used was Antiaris

The hunters approached the bushes carefully from all sides, but the wild birds within

were very alert and aware of the danger They i

The hunters released their arrows one after another, and as the arrows flew out, the

birds were struck and fell down

After the attack, the hunters began to harvest their kill They collected the birds into a

large bag made of baboon skin They also picked up the arrows and put them away

The people were happy with this success

”Perhaps we'll have to keep inviting guests to the hunt You've brought good luck,”

chuckled Cheeks

Soon, however, the luck ran out

Li Du kept going for about ten minutes when he saw a herd of elephants

It was the first time for him to see a wild elephant The anie visual iht of the wild elephants

The herd was large, with more than a dozen elephants, two of which were females with

their calves Except for the two calves, the elephants were all full-grown

Seeing the hunters get nervous, Li Du said, ”There is no need to be afraid of elephants,

is there? Can they attack as well?”

”The elephant is the ressive of beasts Our tribe had been attacked by

elephants I don't knohy They dashed into our cae of elephants all carams, which were naturally very

different froood temper, and would

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