"Okay," Alex said.
In front of the phone screen, he took a deep breath and sat up straight.
He had only played shooting games in 3D, such as Dig for Survival, and his skills were only average, barely escaping the category of being completely clueless.
This was the first time he had held a melee weapon and fought a beast.
If this Horned Goat wanted to escape, which direction would it escape from? And what would its speed be?
He didn't know if he could keep up with its movements.
If he couldn't intercept it and let the goat escape, would he be very embarrassed?
It's fine to be embarrassed, but what he's afraid of is that his poor performance will make the Ethan siblings look down on him and think he's useless, and they won't cooperate with him again, which would be even more embarrassing.
At this moment, Alex in front of the phone screen couldn't help but daydream.
Why does it feel a bit tense? Alex hasn't felt this way when playing games for a long time.
It's starting!
After whispering a few words to Alex, Ethan took his short, black knife in his left hand, bent his back, and, hidden by the shrubs and grass in front of him, quietly approached the Horned Goat.
Alex in front of the screen hurriedly dismissed all distractions and manipulated the character to follow about one meter behind Ethan.
Rustling... rustling...
Even though he had deliberately slowed his pace, Ethan's feet still made a slight rustling sound as he stepped on the humus layer of the ground and his body scraped against the surrounding grass and leaves as he walked.
This sound could not be eliminated, but it would become much quieter if he slowed down as much as possible.
The three of them were previously about 20 meters away from the Horned Goat.
It took Ethan a full five minutes to close the distance to just three meters, which was slower than a tortoise's pace.
From this, it can be seen that although Ethan is still young, he is actually an experienced hunter.
Moreover, he must also be very agile, otherwise he would not have been able to hunt the young beast.
You must know that because of their small size, small animals are generally much more agile than large beasts, and their speed is not much inferior to that of large beasts either. It is not an easy task to hunt small animals.
Ethan only hunts small animals and not large beasts. What he lacks is not agility, but strength.
After all, he is still underage and does not yet have the ability to directly confront large beasts.
Ssshh... Ethan moved forward again, taking a small step.
Less than 3 meters away, the goat, the size of a calf, was eating grass with its head buried. Suddenly, it lifted its head, and its ears began to twitch.
It seemed to have sensed something, stopped eating grass, looked up, and looked around, looking a little uneasy.
Ethan immediately held his breath and did not move.
Alex also held his breath.
Emma, on the other hand, stayed 20 meters away and did not follow.
After waiting patiently for about a minute, the Horned Goat finally calmed down again, lowered its head, and continued to nibble on the grass stems and leaves on the ground.
Alex originally thought that Ethan would continue to move forward, but in the end, Ethan did not move forward again, but squatted there, motionless, looking very patient.
Until the Horned Goat had eaten all the grass and leaves in front of it, moved its hooves, and was about to move to a new place, Ethan, who was crouching in front of Alex, suddenly made a move!
He suddenly sprang up and, with astonishing speed, pounced on the Horned Goat.
Due to the viewing angle, Alex could only see Ethan's back.
He also hurriedly manipulated the character to stand up.
Then he heard the Horned Goat's terrified screams.
As it screamed, the goat, in a frenzy, took the sharp horn on its head and rammed it at Ethan.
Ethan deftly avoided it.
Failing to score a hit, the goat turned around and tried to escape.
At this time, Alex finally saw clearly through the screen that one of the goat's eyes had been blinded by the stab, and blood was flowing profusely, leaving it with only one eye.
The goat was running in the direction where Alex was located.
"Stop it!" Ethan shouted.
The goat was moving too fast. Alex had just enough time to control his character and raise the wooden shield in his hand.
With a loud bang, the enormous impact force acted on the wooden shield and then on the character's body.
Under the impact of this tremendous force, Alex's character let out a scream and was knocked several meters away.
The goat also stumbled back a couple of steps.
He had been knocked a little dizzy by the impact.
Ethan took advantage of the situation and pounced on him, plunging the short black blade he was holding into the goat's good eye, right up to the hilt.
The stab had already injured the goat's brain.
The brain-damaged goat stiffened in place for half a second, then seemed to have all its strength drained from it, and it fell to the ground with a plop, dead and silent.
There was no health bar floating above the goat's head the whole time.
This sudden battle, which ended so abruptly, was not like a battle in a game, but more like hunting in the real world.
The whole process lasted less than 5 seconds.
After the battle ended, Alex's character collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain, and couldn't get up for half a day.
"Brother Alex, are you okay?" Emma came running over, trying to help Alex up, but she was so small and thin that she was unable to do so.
"I'm fine, I'm not going to die," Alex said calmly in front of the screen. His in-game character had been knocked around quite a bit, but he himself was fine.
However, when his in-game character repeated these words, it was in a dying, weak tone.
At this time, Ethan also came over. He checked Alex's character's body and let out a breath, saying, "The ribs are not broken. Emma, don't worry, he's fine. He should be fine after a few days of rest."
Alex's character lay on the ground resting.
Ethan was holding a bamboo tube used to hold clean water and carefully feeding Alex's character water to drink.
Ethan was not far away, disposing of the goat's corpse.
He used leaves to clean up the blood from the goat's eyes and the bloodstains on the ground, and then buried the bloodstained leaves in the soil.
Wild animals, especially carnivores, have an extremely keen sense of blood.
Ethan did this to prevent the goat's blood from attracting some of the surrounding carnivorous animals.
While disposing of the goat corpse, Ethan said, "Alex, you did well this time. If you hadn't intercepted it, I might not have been able to kill the goat."
Ethan's voice had become much softer than before when he spoke.
After about half a quarter of an hour, Alex was finally able to stand up with difficulty.