"Creak." Toller raised the bow in his hand and pulled the tight bow string. His eyes were sharp and focused, revealing a strong murderous aura.
"Peng." The bow string flicked suddenly, making a crisp sound, and then the arrow flew out from the string. In the dense woods, the arrow seemed to be equipped with a tracking device, accurately hitting the prey.
"Hit." Vargas jumped out of the bushes happily, but the reindeer that was shot jumped into the forest with the arrow. It seemed that even if it was hit by the arrow, It is also much faster than Vargas.
"It's amazing." Su Chen also stood up and said to Toller who put away his bow and arrow. The arrow was so fast and accurate that even the prey hiding among the trees could not escape.
"Follow." Toller was still taciturn. He put his bow on his back and walked forward with Suchen. He didn't seem to be worried about the deer escaping, but Vargas had already lost the trace of the reindeer in the woods.
"Can he still find it?" Vargas looked at the dense bushes and trees around him and said to Suchen. In fact, this is what real hunting is. After shooting the prey with a bow and arrow, these prey that survive in the wild are very strong. , it is impossible to fall down all at once. The so-called one-shot death can only be seen in film and television works.
"It's blood stains and footprints. He judged the deer's tracks based on these." Su Chen glanced at Toller, who was leading the way, and said to Su Chen.
"What a great hunter, but his way of shooting is very special and very familiar, don't you think?" Vargas said to Suchen.
"It seems right." Su Chen realized this detail. Archers have always been a very important branch of arms in the ancient world, and archers have different ways of drawing bows. Although various ethnic groups in history have different ways, But in the West, as long as the Mediterranean model is the main one, that is, you don't use your thumb when pulling the bow. After pulling it to a certain level, it will automatically shoot out. Norse warriors used Viking longbows in this way.
The Eastern archery method is just the opposite. It uses the thumb to pull, which is more powerful and the arrows shot out are more powerful. At this time, Toller was using this method. Su Chen was a little curious. How did he discover this by himself? This method is still said to have had exchanges with Eastern peoples.
"It is said that there is a great Silk Road in the East, through which merchants sell expensive silk and goods from the East to Europe." Su Chen thought of this, pretended to talk to Vargas, and said loudly on purpose, and heard him Toller obviously paused for a moment, but quickly returned to normal and continued to move forward.
"Silk, I've heard that it's more expensive than gold." Vargas's eyes lit up. He had heard a little bit about it from some warriors who had traveled far and wide. It was said that the silk produced by the Orientals could be exchanged for just one piece. Several times the amount of gold, but unfortunately that kind of thing is just a legend, and no one has ever really seen it.
"Yes, if we can venture to the great Silk Road one day, we will definitely be able to see it." Su Chen also nodded slightly.
"We're here." At this moment, Toller, who was leading the way, stopped and said calmly to Suchen and Vargas behind him.
Sure enough, in the lush grass in front, there was an injured deer lying. Its beautiful fur was shining in the sunlight that filtered through the leaves. Its white belly was rising and falling violently, and blood was spurting out from its mouth and nose. , its dark and beautiful eyes stared blankly upward.
"Did you find it so soon?" Vargas was about to step forward excitedly, but Su Chen stopped him and shook his head at him.
"Shh, shh~~." Toller stepped forward quickly. He squatted down beside the deer gently, put his hand on its head, and while stroking it gently, he leaned down and touched its ear. As he said something, the deer gradually closed its eyes slightly, and Toller quickly pulled out the dagger from his waist and pierced the deer's vital part.
"Pfft~, Mou." The deer struggled with its four hooves in pain, then let out a dull howl and stopped moving.
"Make a fire, let's take a rest." Toller stood up and inserted the dagger back into his waist. Su Chen was even more surprised when he saw an ivory tiger head on the handle of the dagger, because Northern and Western Europe are very different. There are few animals like tigers.
Vargas and Suchen quickly picked up the dry firewood. After stacking it, Vargas took out a small wooden tube and took out a tuft of velvet. This is a special ignition tool of the Norse. Linsi found fungi from a kind of tree. Then Vargas poured out the wooden pipe, and the liquid flowed out and dripped on it. He pinched it with his hand, and soon it started to smoke and catch fire.
"Crack~~." The pieces of venison were placed on the flame. As they were turned, the alluring fragrance gradually emitted. The blood-streaked venison gradually turned golden yellow, and the squeaking grease dripped on it.
"Wow, it smells so good!" Vargas kept swallowing his saliva, twirling his hands and saying involuntarily.
"Why did you leave one piece?" Suchen asked Toller when he saw that he had placed another large piece of venison next to it, as if it had some other purpose.
"Stay and lure the wolf." Toller said lightly, and then he glanced at the sky. The weather seemed to have become rarely warm recently.
"Toller, how long have you served the lord?" Suchen asked Toller.
"Ten years." Toller said calmly, then took out his dagger, cut off a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it.
"This dagger isn't yours, is it?" Suchen asked Toller.
"Oh, why didn't you know it wasn't mine?" Toller looked at Su Chen with interest and asked.
"Because the animal carved on it is a tiger, not the animal we have here." Su Chen pointed to the tiger head on the dagger and said to Toller, who seemed to be surprised and stopped eating meat. Chewing, looking at Su Chen in surprise.
"What is a tiger? Isn't the leopard on the dagger?" Vargas started to tear the roasted meat at this time. The hot meat made him blow his fingers in disobedience. When he heard Suchen and Toller's Conversation, he couldn't help but curiously asked.
"No, that's not a leopard, but a tiger from the east." Su Chen shook his head and said to Vargas.
"You actually know Tiger. It seems that the rumors are true. You are indeed blessed by the god Odin." Toller squinted his eyes and murmured, because at Su Chen's age, he didn't even leave It is impossible to get to know an animal like a tiger when passing through East Hamar.
"What are you talking about?" Vargas looked confused and didn't understand the conversation between the two.
"When I was young, I followed a raiding team and attacked the territory of the Russians. The furthest I went was to a place called Khazalia." Toller seemed to be recalled by Su Chen's words. He said calmly, but Su Chen was frightened when he heard these places, because it was a long way from Northern Europe to the Central Asian grasslands, and he narrowly escaped death. He didn't expect that the Vikings' footprints were so far away.
"So that's where you learned archery?" Su Chen couldn't help but licked his dry lips, because Zalia was already very close to that eastern homeland.
"Yes, a group of grassland warriors taught me that we worked together as mercenaries for a while, but soon separated, and when we met again, we had become hostile camps." Toller's face showed a complicated look. The expression, but soon disappeared.
After hearing these words, Su Chen couldn't calm down for a long time. He didn't expect that in this remote territory, there were people who had been to such a distant place. Beyond the Silk Road, it was the territory of the Guiyi Army, and he was haunted by Yumen Pass.
Toller looked at the absent-minded Su Chen, and was troubled in his heart. This strange young warrior actually knew so many things about the East, which he should not be able to understand at his age.
"Kill Ulf and you will no longer owe me any favors." Night Lord Hrolf visited his humble hunting lodge and gave him this order.
