After all, in the previous life, he was just a half otaku who had never experienced any actual combat. Don't look at galloping around in the game, but his combat power is really low, and he has no combat experience, so he ventured into the forest to hunt for crystal cores twice. Undoubtedly failed.
This time Donald learned the lessons of the previous two times, combined with the knowledge of outdoor survival he learned from the Internet in his previous life, and was well prepared. Not only did the iron sword in his hand become more accurate and powerful after a few days of groping and practice, but he also spent the last of his family's money and borrowed the equipment of the hunter in the nearby village, so that he added a hardwood bow and a sword to the back of this operation. Bag of arrows.
He also realized that for himself with low melee combat effectiveness, the bow and arrow for long-range shooting is undoubtedly a weapon that saves life and increases the success rate of hunting.
Instead of spending a long time practicing swordsmanship, with this physical condition, it is better to master bows and arrows that are relatively easy, but with decent attack power.
After all, whether it is strength or physical coordination, he can't compare with those strong swordsmen who are naturally suitable for fighting. Although the profession of archer is not suitable, but his current purpose is to obtain crystal cores, bow shooting only needs practice It can be mastered in a short time.
As for the headshot issue? It's very simple, just shoot a few more arrows, there will always be a lucky hit. This really still can't be solved, just take a step back and fight with the long sword in your hand!
The waiting time was unbearable, and Donald's arm, who was holding a bow and arrow at all times, was already a little sore and numb. Feeling that I might not be able to continue like this, I had to gently put down the hardwood bow, put the arrow in front of me, and always prepare to reload the bow, and then moved my sour arm slightly.
"Damn horned deer, he is so timid, he has to look at the wind before drinking water, which made this young master wait so long!"
Just as I was complaining in my heart, I heard a slight rustling sound coming from the bushes not far from the stream in front of me.
"coming!"
Donald instantly retracted all his thoughts of complaining, drew his bow and arrow, and aimed the arrow and his eyes at the edge of the stream. Seeing that he was so concentrated at this time, it was as if he was an old hunter who had entered the state in an instant. In fact, this is all forced by life. After understanding the embarrassment and hardship of the former Donald from memory, Donald decided to change this situation. The otaku who has been lazy for more than 20 years now has a chance to be reborn into this dangerous world. At the very least, he must be worthy of his new life and the soul that has passed away from this body.
So Donald showed a serious state that he had never been in in two lifetimes. With the determination to succeed if he failed, he must hunt for the crystal core of Warcraft and see if he could get ahead with his favorite game in his previous life.
After a while, a majestic male deer in the lead led a few does with slightly smaller horns and seven or eight deer with only two small bulges on their foreheads to push through the bushes and enter Donald's line of sight.
"Good guy, no wonder you are so careful, it turned out to be brought by the family!"
Donald knew it in his heart, but his mental state did not relax in the slightest. Looking at the vigilant appearance of the horned deer in the next three explorations led by the male deer, he slowly approached the stream more than a dozen steps away, and the bow in his hand became tighter and tighter.
The living habits of horned deer are basically the same as their close relatives, wild deer. Generally, a strong male leads several females and their offspring to live together. Only when they are ready to migrate due to seasonal reasons, will they form a large group of thousands of heads together. A herd of deer, led by the strongest male among them.
Donald's target was the male horned deer and a few female horned deer. Those little horned deer were too young, and the magic core should not have fully grown, so they were of little value.
Although the horned deer has no attack power, the speed of escape is beyond his expectations. So Donald knew that he had only one chance, while those horned deer were still in a state of water, if he missed a hit, then with his beginner archery, it would be very difficult for him to hit a fast-moving target again.
Seeing that the horned deer had reached the stream, Donald's palms were sweating, and the tension in his heart was indescribable.
The cautiousness of the deer made Donald, a human, sigh in his heart. After reaching the water source, the stag, the parent, did not drink the water first, but led his partner to look around for the wind, inspecting the danger with sensitive ears and eyes. Let the pups behind you go to drink first.
The innocent little horned deer ran to the water's edge in a few steps as if cheering, and sipped the water while playing.
Finally, when the little horned deer had enough water, it was driven back to the mothers by the stag, and they continued to watch the wind, and then the stag lowered his head and stuck out his tongue to lick the water.
"It's now!"
The bowstring that had been tense was suddenly loosened, and the iron arrow's wooden shaft pierced the air like a meteor, and flew out of Donald's hand.
The arrow was finally released, and Donald didn't have time to relax, so he hurriedly pulled the bow and arrow again, and the second arrow followed.
Just listening to a female horned deer who was looking at the wind croaked, and then a blood flower bloomed. The largest target on the female horned deer had a feather arrow that seemed to be still shaking in the rear buttocks.
The arrow pierced three inches into the flesh, which was the reason for the shooter's lack of strength, but the injury was enough. When the female horned deer ran, her hind legs were injured, and even if she could run, she could not escape very far. With the clumsy iron sword in Donald's hand, it was enough to harvest this prey.
At the same time as the female horned deer croaked, the male horned deer raised his head for the first time, and led the horned deer group away from the water in a wind-like manner. The horned deer group that followed behind the male horned deer dispersed instantly. The uninjured horned deer seemed to have rehearsed thousands of times, and instantly escaped from the dangerous open area near the water. Seeing that they were about to burrow into the cover of the bushes, even the most experienced hunters could not continue to pursue them. They are.
But at this time, another sharp arrow has appeared. Although the speed of the horned deer is much faster than that of ordinary humans, they cannot hold back a certain otaku's luck this time. It was nailed obliquely on the neck of the buck. After the carotid artery was punctured, a large stream of blood spurted out instantly.
Originally, the strongest male deer in the herd only had time to run for a distance of seven or eight feet, but because of the loss of a lot of physical strength as the blood spurted, it soon fell to the ground.
It wasn't until the second arrow was fired that Donald's tense heart finally relaxed. He didn't even have time to check the condition of his prey. Then, as if he had exhausted his strength, he collapsed in the grass, sweating and gasping for breath.
After all, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary young man with no power to tie a chicken. He had never killed a fish, let alone hunted a beast as big as a deer with a bow and arrow.
In the transition from an otaku to a hunter, Donald was not sufficiently prepared physically or mentally. If it wasn't for his body in this life being much stronger and healthier than in his previous life, he might not even be able to open half the hardwood bow. Not to mention the hunting of monsters!
After taking a few breaths in the bushes where he was hiding, Donald recovered a bit, and got up excitedly to check the results. Seeing this, he was overjoyed.
Although the female deer hit by the first arrow did not penetrate deeply into her body, her joints lost mobility due to the injury to the tendons of her hind legs, so she dragged her three legs and was unable to run far.
The stag, who was shot in the carotid artery by chance, had already collapsed outside the bush where he came, with blood all over the ground, and he didn't even have the strength to breathe. Only his chest was still slightly heaving, and it seemed that he was not far from death. .
"It's really good luck. It seems that I have accumulated the luck of my previous two times! Hehe, two adult horned deer have two light crystal cores, and their fresh flesh is worth at least two silver moons. , finally got rid of the poverty-stricken state!"
Donald laughed, got up and ran forward.
Bind the female deer with the prepared rope and grab a handful of hay paste on the wound to slow her bleeding. After all, fresh prey is worth a lot more than carcasses. Maybe this female deer is still alive when she returns to town. As for the male deer, it was already doomed to death, so Donald didn't bother. After the blood was drained, he found a few sturdy bushes and tied a simple trailer, and fixed the male deer with ropes, holding the lame female with one hand. The horned deer dragged forward with the trailer in one hand.
As for why not pick up the prey and leave? With Donald's small physique, although his physique is much stronger than that of the waste otaku in his previous life, he can't carry a deer with horns that is nearly twice his weight!
With the harvest of this trip, Donald, who was in a happy mood, just wanted to leave the forest as soon as possible and rush home. After taking the core of the prey, he took the corpse to the market and sold it for money. It's a pity that his seventeen-year-old body is not fully developed. He has not done any physical work since he was a child and is a little malnourished. In addition, the two arrows before took most of his physical strength, so that he dragged his prey out only a few miles. Far away, he sat down on the ground covered in sweat.
"It's really not a job done by humans! I didn't expect that the monster hunted after all the hard work, but it fell on the way back, and this young master's reputation was ruined!"
Donald, who was really weak, looked at the lame female deer tied with the rope and rammed into the horns, bowing his head and sniffing the cold body of his partner on the simple trailer, making a whimper from time to time. I don't know if I'm mourning for my dead husband, or I'm screaming because of my leg injury.
Suddenly Donald slapped his head and shouted.
"I'm so stupid! Why didn't I think of summoning!"
It turned out that he suddenly thought that the purpose of his trip was to hunt the crystal core of the beast to test the effect of the book of truth?
Now I'm annoyed at not having the strength to take the prey out of the forest. After hunting down two monsters, I'm so excited that my mind is lost!
Despite being still in the dangerous forest, he dug out the hot and bloodshot crystal nucleus in the head of the male deer. Donald couldn't wait to issue an order to the artifact in his mind, preparing for his first summon.
I saw a pale golden book phantom unfolding in front of Donald's eyes, revealing a large number of summoning icons on the page.
Although he had the crystal core of Warcraft, Donald, who was summoned for the first time, didn't know how to choose.
According to the detection results given by the Book of Truth, the first-order horned deer crystal core can summon all creatures of the first level and below in the list. For example, the basic population units of various races, various wild monster units with first-level strength, and small animals that are less than first-level.
Of course, items and building units can also be summoned, but the summoning of dead objects only requires ordinary energy spar.
After thinking about it, Donald made the most reasonable choice based on his current situation, summoning a first-level wild monster, a jackal.
"In my name, come out! Jackal!"
As soon as Donald's voice fell, a mysterious magic formation composed of faint rays of light appeared out of thin air in front of him. After the rays of light, a large adult jackal with a head and tail that was six feet long appeared in front of him. At the same time, the horn deer crystal nucleus in his hand instantly turned into a stream of light and disappeared in the palm of his hand.
Seeing the ferocious jackal baring its teeth and grinning in front of him, Donald was startled at first, and then he was so excited that he almost cried with joy when he saw the other side bowing his head towards him in a docile obedience.
Since he came to this world, he has always had a potential sense of crisis in his heart. Although there is nothing on the surface, he cannot sleep peacefully every night, and is often awakened by nightmares.
Now he has mastered magical abilities beyond the cognition of his previous life. This world not only has knights and samurai, but also mysterious and powerful mages. In the branch of mages, there is a summoner who can summon alien creatures to fight for him. The presence.
As the heir of an aristocratic family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, although he has been poor, Donald still has a much better understanding of some knowledge in the world than ordinary civilians. He knows that he can pretend to be a summoner. The identity of the mage and the magical power of the Book of Truth protects him from establishing a foothold in this world, and even obtains a lot of wealth and noble status!
The miraculous manifestation of the effect of the Book of Truth made Donald let go of the panic of the new world and the timidity of being an otaku, and aroused the ambitions of himself and the memory of the dead Donald.
He spoke firmly and softly to himself.
"Starting today, I am a noble boy named Donald Melina. With such a magical ability, I will definitely regain the noble status and fief on your behalf, and build the Melina family even stronger!"
The determined Donald then turned around and fixed the rope of his simple trailer to the summoned jackal. The reined jackal was as ferocious as ever, but due to the summoner's order, even if he was unwilling, he had to pull the trailer with all his might.
But Donald hummed the world's tune, and followed the lame female deer with ease. This is what he chooses to call the jackal.
Although in terms of strength and intelligence, this jackal may not be comparable to the drudgery of the orcs and the peasants of the human race (the acolytes of the undead and the elves of the elf are not materials for pulling carts and cannot afford the prey and trailer), but It is the largest in size among the first-level wild monster units. In terms of attack power, the basic population of the unarmed two tribes is not comparable to the fierce jackal with sharp claws.
It can not only haul prey for itself, but also has a certain strength to protect its own safety. In this way, transporting summoned creatures for both combat and combat also requires only a first-level crystal nucleus as the summoning condition, which is naturally much more cost-effective than pure human transportation.
With the existence of the jackal as a coolie and a thug, if there is danger around, the sensitive and alert jackal will immediately warn its owner, so that Donald can safely walk around the green cloak forest, which is very dangerous for him. Thinking about the next move.
"With the ability of the artifact of the Book of Truth, my main goal next is to obtain enough Warcraft crystal cores and elemental crystals. As long as there are these two summoning materials, I can maintain certain summoning needs. The most basic means of standing in this world."
"With the help of summoned creatures, it will be easier to hunt down monsters next time. The crystal cores of monsters will be stored as materials for future summoned creatures, and the remaining skin, flesh, etc. will be sold and exchanged for gold sol to improve life. Or buy elemental spar."
"Unfortunately, more powerful summoned creatures also require higher-level Warcraft crystal cores. The periphery of the Green Mantle Forest is full of low-level Warcraft of Level 1 to 3. The situation in the depths of the forest is complicated, and it is too dangerous for me. Can't get in."
After thinking about it, one man and one wolf with two prey had already walked to the edge of the forest, and about two miles ahead was Red Maple Town, where Donald's house was located.
it's here
I can already see the smoke over the town through the red maple forest in front.
Donald entered the forest because of the path behind the Red Maple Town, which was not the front of normal adventurers and hunters, so he did not meet anyone else along the way, which also kept a secret for the existence of his summoned creatures.
Seeing that he was here, Donald, despite his reluctance, had to undo the reins on the jackal and ordered it to lurk in the forest and wait for his call.
"As a first-level summoned creature, according to the energy contained in the crystal core of the strong male deer, this jackal can exist for more than ten hours. If you take care of the two prey, and then rest to recover enough physical strength, you can still Before the summoning time expires, enter the forest again to hunt for monsters."
Thinking about it, Donald stopped complaining and was tired, pulling the trailer and the prey with all his might, and walked towards the town.