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10 minutes later.
I stood on a branch, my gaze fixed below
There was a hare that stopped eating. It rubbed its nose and pricked up its ears to listen to the surroundings.
I raised the arrow sleeve in my hand and quietly waited for the right moment. I waited for it to lower its head and continue eating the mushroom.
This hare weighed at least four kilograms. It was enough for my energy needs for a day.
A moment later.
The hare didn't sense any danger and lowered its head to eat the mushroom again. The arrow in my hand followed.
"Pfft~"
With a soft thud, the hare fell to the ground.
The 15-centimeter arrow pierced through the rabbit's left eye and nailed it to the ground through its right eye.
After confirming that the surroundings were safe,
I jumped down from the tree and picked up the hare. I looked up and observed my surroundings for a moment before walking towards a slope in the northwest.
The wind now should be a southeastern wind. According to my calculations, I should still be at the edge of the forest. The edge of the downwind was the least noticeable location.
After peeling off the rabbit skin, I started digging and building a earthen stove.
Such a smokeless earthen stove buried underground was a skill I had learned in my previous life. It was very useful in the wild.
Nearly an hour passed.
I took the roasted hare from the earthen stove and put it in my mouth to chew.
I placed the rabbit skin on top of the stove to dry it. At night, this complete rabbit skin should make a pretty good mat.
Although there were no seasonings, the hare meat roasted over an open fire still tasted good.
I took out the water bottle and took a few sips.
I put the remaining half of the hare meat into my backpack and continued to explore the forest.
The trees grew denser.
The dappled sunlight had started out as specks, but now I could only catch a glimpse of it when I was lucky. I was probably already in the heart of this dense forest.
The forest was frighteningly quiet. Occasionally, the sound of insects added to the terrifying atmosphere.
I didn't let down my guard. I took every step carefully.
The road in front of me was getting darker and darker. After I looked up and couldn't see any sunlight at all, I decided to stop and rest for a while. It might be a good choice to set up camp now.
I found a branch of a big tree and covered it with rabbit skin. After sitting on it and experiencing it for a while, I took out the thin steel wire from my backpack and wrapped it around the tree I was resting on as the first line of defense.
If one didn't pass through the route I set up, it would be cut into pieces with a quick walk.
After tying the warning rope to my hand, I sat down in peace and chewed the rabbit meat that had long been cold as dry wood.
Exhaustion finally assaulted this body that had just turned eight years old. I leaned against the tree trunk and fell asleep…
An unknown period of time passed.
In my half-asleep state, I thought I heard voices in my ears.
I opened my half-closed eyes, and something particularly bright penetrated my retinas.
It was the glow of fire!
In an instant.
I sprung up like a cheetah, no longer sleepy at all. I quietly untied the warning rope in my hand, took out my dagger and held it in my hand.
It seemed that it was already nighttime. In such an environment where one's vision was severely obstructed, flyings knives and sleeve arrows would lose their accuracy considerably.
I quietly went down the tree and approached the glow, wanting to confirm the identity of the people who lit the fire.
The conversation between the two of them, accompanied by the crackling of the firewood, clearly entered my eardrums.
"Bob, it's my night watch. Aren't you going to get some sleep?"
"No, the bugs here are too annoying. How I miss the times when we held the Feudal Lord's daughter and drank in the tavern."
"Huh? Do you mean you miss breaking her neck after drinking?"
"Hey! If there's a chance to do it again, it's not impossible…"
"That depends on when that damned adventurer appears. I also want to lie on the Feudal Lord's bed and listen to their screams… As long as we can kill the adventurer who entered this forest, we can regain our freedom!"
"But we've been searching for four days, and that d*mned guy still hasn't appeared. We've searched all four directions of this forest, but there are still no adventurers. Can't we just escape?"
"Oh! Bob, how can you have such a terrible thought! If we are to escape now, I'd rather die directly. No one can escape from the Sword of Damocles, no one!"
Between the two of them.
One of them stood up agitatedly.
The Sword of Damocles.
Is Father that scary?
These two scumbags didn't even have the courage to escape?
Hmm~
He is indeed quite terrifying. After all, he even wanted to kill his biological son.
I hid at one side and began sorting through the information I now had.
Father's orders to them were not to capture me, but to kill me in a physical sense.
I was lucky today. I was moving in the direction they weren't looking in.
These three scumbags were indeed people who deserved to die. This was certain.
Killing them would not burden me psychologically at all.
I stuck my head out and observed the three of them.
Among the trio, one was lying down and sleeping while the other two were chatting face to face.
The enemy was in the open while I was in the dark.
I was confident that I could kill one of them with the sleeve arrow, but that would give the other person enough time to react and wake up the third person.
The night could hide my figure, but it would also make it difficult for my flying knives to aim at the enemy's vital points while moving.
Sleeve arrows were designed as hidden weapons, and in order to ensure that they were small enough, each arrow needed to be manually loaded.
I couldn't use long-range weapons, so I only had my dagger.
However, without knowing their strength, I might not be their match with just my dagger.
It seemed that I needed to use a scheme to resolve this.
I looked at the wire in my hand and had an idea.
Swoosh!
I raised my hand and pressed the spring of the sleeve arrow. The arrow hit the man named Bob between the eyes.
"Bob! Halson, get up! We're under attack!"
The other man stood up in shock and kicked the firewood in front of him away. He called out to his companion in panic and fled into the darkness.
As expected of an outlaw arranged by Father, he was very experienced.
"Your reaction is not bad. However, all of you will die today!"
I loaded the second arrow in the darkness and called out in a mimicked aged voice.
"You immature fellow, are you the adventurer that Damocles spoke of? Your chance to sneak an attack is gone. Halson, we will surround him from both sides!"
A male voice came from the darkness.
An eight-year-old's tender voice with deliberately imitation could not deceive them.
The dart in my right hand shot towards the source of the sound. All I heard was the sound of it stabbing into the forest.
"Halson!"
"Leave it to me!"
Two urgent cries came from in front of me. Feeling the pressure coming at me, I turned around and retreated. The figure behind kept up in hot pursuit.
After a dozen steps, I stopped.
Thud!
The sound of a body falling to the ground came from behind me.