Chapter 45: Shooting and Killing a Wild Deer, Archery Practice Shows Results
Lin Ye walked along the road, carrying a marmot.
Suddenly, an idea struck him.
These marmots were all plump and strong, about the size of a calf.
So, could he tie a scarecrow onto them?
That way, they would become moving targets.
These marmots were not edible.
Wild marmots likely carried deadly bacteria.
Lin Ye wouldn’t risk his life for a little meat.
However, they would be perfect for making moving targets for the beast-eared girls to practice archery.
He just needed to keep a close watch on them to prevent them from digging holes and escaping, which would then lead them to wreak havoc on his chili peppers again.
Lin Ye carried the marmot back to the tribe.
The early-rising beast-eared girls had already begun their archery practice.
Ever since they learned archery, they spent almost all their time practicing, except for eating and sleeping.
Although the beast-eared girls appeared to be chatting and laughing as usual, they were all striving in their hearts to achieve results faster in their training, in order to protect the tribe!
They heard the marmots squeaking and turned to look.
Seeing Lin Ye carrying a string of plump marmots, they all gathered around him.
They looked curiously at the marmots in Lin Ye’s hands and asked.
“Ye, did you catch these?”
“They’re so fat, what are they? We’ve never eaten them before!”
“Ye, are they delicious?”
The last question was asked by Sakura, her mouth watering.
Seeing Sakura already drooling at the sight of the marmots, Lin Ye quickly informed them.
“These are called marmots. They are not edible. Eating them might make you sick.”
The beast-eared girls had already been planning to start a fire to barbecue the animals.
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, they all looked at the marmots in Lin Ye’s hands with confusion.
“Marmots? What are marmots?”
“These are called marmots? Can they really not be eaten? They look so delicious.”
Seeing that the beast-eared girls’ minds were solely focused on food, Lin Ye shook his head helplessly.
However, Lin Ye couldn’t explain it to them clearly.
He could only tell them, “Marmots have small worms inside them. If you eat them, those small worms will grow inside your body, and then you will become sick, or even die.”
When the beast-eared girls heard that marmots had small worms and eating them would cause sickness and even death.
They all fearfully stepped back a few paces.
This thoroughly dispelled their idea of eating marmots.
Lin Ye looked around and noticed that the hunting team members were not present, so he asked.
“Where are Xing and the others? I don’t see them.”
“They said they were going to check the traps together, and they left this morning.”
Lin Ye nodded then.
Once the beast-eared girls knew these marmots were not edible, they lost interest.
They all returned to continue practicing archery.
Lin Ye felt a little worried upon hearing that the hunting team had gone to check the traps.
It was near that very trap that they had previously found traces of the Pig-headed Tribe.
However, during Lin Ye’s previous two trips to check the traps.
He had observed that the Pig-headed Tribe seemed to have disappeared from that area.
But it was better to be safe than sorry, Lin Ye was still a bit uneasy.
Lin Ye tied the marmots to the branches of a tree, hanging them in the air.
Then, he picked up two ox horns and prepared to go find Xing and the others.
Just as Lin Ye was about to set off.
Xing and the others happened to return with their prey.
They used the method Lin Ye taught them to drag two animals back to the tribe with vines.
Their faces were filled with excited smiles, and they were constantly discussing something.
Seeing them return with prey, the beast-eared girls once again gathered around to welcome them.
Behind them, they dragged a wild boar with large fangs, and a wild deer with an orange coat full of arrows.
“Wow, you caught two prey at once!”
“Look, this deer has so many arrows stuck in it.”
“Really? So many arrows. Did you catch this deer with a bow and arrow?”
The beast-eared girls, seeing the deer covered in arrows,
all began to ask the hunting team members.
The hunting team members nodded and excitedly began to tell the other beast-eared girls how they had shot and killed the wild deer.
Lin Ye also walked over at this time.
He saw the wild deer on the ground, covered in arrows.
He heard the hunting team members describe how they pursued and shot the deer.
Finally, it was Xing who shot an arrow into the deer’s neck, ultimately killing it.
Lin Ye nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this. The beast-eared girls’ practice had finally paid off, and it had indeed increased the tribe’s combat strength.
The other beast-eared girls let out sounds of admiration.
“Wow, you’re so amazing, you actually caught prey with a bow and arrow!”
“The wild deer runs so fast, and you were able to hit it, that’s truly incredible.”
Some beast-eared girls looked thoughtfully at the deer on the ground.
“It was only after shooting the neck that they successfully caught the wild deer. Last time, Ye also shot at the eye.”
Some beast-eared girls had already realized that hitting vital spots was key to quickly killing prey.
They looked at the bows and arrows in their hands and began to ponder.
At this moment, Xing saw Lin Ye approaching and ran to him.
Happily, she said.
“Ye, look quickly, we caught prey with a bow and arrow.”
The other hunting team members also ran to Lin Ye, their eyes full of anticipation as they looked at him.
Lin Ye looked at the beast-eared girls before him, their expectant gazes seeming to say, “Praise me, praise me.”
Lin Ye smiled and said to the beast-eared girls.
“You were able to hit the fast-running wild deer, you are already very capable.”
After receiving Lin Ye’s praise, the beast-eared girls felt as if they were floating, and uncontrollable smiles blossomed on their faces.
Lin Ye crouched down to examine the wild deer.
Lin Ye noticed that most of the arrows were lodged in the deer’s torso.
Only a few arrows had hit the vital spots.
However, it was already a great achievement to successfully kill a wild deer with a bow and arrow.
In the future, he could have the beast-eared girls focus on practicing shooting vital areas.
Whether it be humans or animals, vital spots are not limited to the head.
Hitting any internal organ would be a fatal injury in this world where medicine is scarce.
Lin Ye pondered for a moment, and a plan formed in his mind.
Being able to shoot so many arrows while pursuing a wild deer.
This indicated that the beast-eared girls’ accuracy was no longer a problem.
As long as they practiced with moving targets, their archery skills would be sufficient to handle most unforeseen situations.
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