Ryuen and Nami entered the forest. It wasn't very big, but it had many large animals.
Soon, they came across a big wild bull happily eating grass!
Not far from the bull was a small pond.
"Nami, climb up that tree and wait for me. I'll take down the bull, and then you can come down!"
"Okay, be careful, Ryuen."
"Don't worry, Nami, I'm very strong!"
Nami nodded and quickly climbed up a big tree, watching Ryuen closely from the branches.
Seeing that Nami was well hidden, Ryuen quietly approached the big bull.
He held his breath, making no sound.
When he got within seven or eight meters of the bull, it finally sensed something.
Ryuen quickly crouched down, hiding in the grass.
The bull looked back in Ryuen's direction for a few seconds, then went back to eating grass.
Not far away, Nami watched Ryuen's actions nervously.
She knew Ryuen was strong, but the bull was also very strong, so she was a bit worried.
Ryuen hid in the grass, waiting for the right moment.
At that moment, a few goats came out of the forest and started drinking from the pond.
Hearing the goats, the bull stopped eating and looked at them.
Ryuen knew this was his chance!
He jumped out of the grass in a flash, covering the seven or eight meters in an instant.
The bull sensed movement behind it and turned to look. It saw a small human-like figure with a fist as big as a sandbag coming down on it!
Ryuen clenched his fist and punched the bull's head hard!
"Ha!"
"Bang!"
With one punch, the bull felt dizzy.
Thud...
A few seconds later, the dizzy bull fell to the ground!
The goats, seeing the fierce little boy, ran away in fear!
"Wow!"
"We did it! The bull is down!"
"Ryuen, you're amazing!"
Nami was so excited that she jumped down from the tree and ran to Ryuen.
"Hehehe..."
"Am I awesome or what?" Ryuen stood proudly in front of the big bull, showing a victory sign to Nami.
"Mmm mmm mmm!"
"That's great, Ryuen! Now we can eat lots of meat!"
Nami looked at Ryuen, drooling. With Ryuen around, she would have meat to eat from now on!
"Of course, Nami. Wait a moment, I'll handle the wild bull first. We'll have meat soon!" Ryuen drew his knife and prepared to cut up the wild bull.
"Alright, I'll go find some firewood!" Nami eagerly ran off to gather firewood.
Ryuen started processing the wild bull, cutting it into smaller pieces.
Before long, the thousand-pound wild bull was turned into chunks of meat with bones!
By then, Nami had gathered a pile of firewood nearby.
"Ryuen, start the fire. I want to eat roast beef!"
"Alright, alright, here we go!"
Ryuen set up the firewood, touched it with his fingertip, and a hot flame instantly appeared. He flicked the small flame onto the firewood.
With a whoosh, the dry wood caught fire immediately.
Ryuen and Nami placed the skewered pieces of meat with bones over the fire to roast.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
"Tonight, Nojiko and the others can eat lots of meat, hehehe~~" Nami was very happy. This was the first time she could eat so much meat.
"Of course, if we run out of meat, we'll go hunting again!" Ryuen said proudly.
The meat sizzled and dripped with oil as it roasted over the fire.
Ryuen and Nami were drooling, and the waiting felt like forever.
Half an hour later, Ryuen couldn't wait any longer and stood up to try a piece.
"Wow~ it's ready to eat!"
"Me, me, I want this piece!"
Nami eagerly took a piece of roasted meat.
"Don't rush, be careful, it's hot~~"
Then, the two kids started gobbling up the meat, having their first picnic in the forest.
They ate all the roasted meat until it was gone, then lay back with satisfied smiles on their faces.
"Hehehe~ I'm so full, that was great, Ryuen~"
"Of course, stick with me, and you'll always have meat to eat!"
"No, no, I'm the navigator, you have to listen to me!"
"Seems like it, but anyway, we'll have meat to eat every day from now on!"
"Roar!!!"
Just then, a loud beast roar echoed!
Ryuen and Nami immediately stood up and looked in the direction of the roar.
"That sound... could it be the king of the beasts here?" Ryuen guessed.
"The king of the beasts? That must be really strong! Let's go, Ryuen, if the beast king finds us, it'll be dangerous!"
Hearing the words "beast king," Nami's face showed a hint of fear.
"Roar!"
"Roar!!"
At that moment, another beast roar sounded.
In an instant, all the animals in the forest started fleeing wildly!
Ryuen grabbed Nami and jumped onto a big tree in the blink of an eye.
"Don't be afraid, Nami. It's probably two fierce beasts fighting for the position of beast king." Ryuen looked in the direction of the loud roars and said softly.
Just two beasts. If he wanted, he could burn them all with a single fire.
"Fighting for the beast king?" Nami looked at Ryuen in confusion.
"Probably. How about we go take a look, Nami? The beast king's meat must taste better than beef."
Ryuen knew very well that in this world, the stronger the animal, the more energy its meat contained, like the Sea Kings!
"But what if the Beast King charges at us?"
"Don't worry, the Beast King can't beat me. And Nami, you forgot? You can open a door and escape anytime."
"Oh right, I forgot I'm a Door-Door Fruit user now!"
Nami suddenly remembered that she had superpowers now!
"Hehe~ Let's go check it out!" Ryuen jumped down with Nami in his arms.
Now that all the wild animals in the forest had run away, there was no need to worry about running into any beasts.
"Let's go, let's take a look~"
"Yeah!"
Thinking about her Door-Door Fruit powers, little Nami wasn't scared anymore. Instead, she felt a bit excited.
The two kids immediately ran towards the direction of the loud beast roars.
After about ten minutes.
Ryuen and Nami finally saw the two Beast Kings fighting, a nearly ten-meter-tall tiger and a huge black bear over ten meters tall!
Both beasts were badly injured from the fight, and the tiger was already showing signs of defeat.
"Is this the Beast King? It's so big~" Nami exclaimed.
"Roar!!!"
At this moment, the black bear let out an astonishing roar, and its huge paw slammed down on the tiger's head!
The already seriously injured tiger couldn't take it anymore and fell to the ground with a whimper.
"Roar!!!"
The black bear roared triumphantly, as if telling the animals in the forest that it was the only king here!
Ryuen's eyes lit up as he looked at the black bear and the fallen tiger, almost drooling.
"Nami, wait here. I'll take down the black bear!"
"Huh???"