Chapter 3
2014-08-16
At noon, Tang An who was lying motionless on the tree trunk suddenly jumped up and went straight to Little Go to Stone Village.Fortunately, Tang En met the old farmer again.
The old farmer readily borrowed a hatchet for him after hearing Tang En's intention.
Tang En took the axe and turned back to the woods, and found a tree trunk tall and densely branched in a remote place.
Tang En chirps up the tree with two sips on his hands.
“Look at the terrain first and choose the foundation.”
In the sound of mutter incantations, Tang En's eyes lit up, and he aimed at a broad tree branch.
This tree branch is wide and firm, and there are many small branches supporting it, which is the best choice for the foundation of the wood house.
"The next step is to lay the foundations and build the walls"
...
Two hours later,
"wow ha ha I'm a fucking genius."
Tang En danced under the tree, looking at the wood house overhead with a sense of accomplishment.
Of course, if someone else came here and saw this "genius work" of Tang En, he would not think of wood house anyway. Because this strange building on the branch is not so much a wood house as it is a wooden barrel. A wooden barrel whose appearance is a test of imagination.
When things are done, of course, you need to find a professional for evaluation.
Tang En entered the Assassin System space, and Old Butler was staring blankly at Tang En's "genius masterpiece" on the light curtain.
"How is it? It's alright!" Tang En was beaming.
Old Butler>nominated: "Well, it's a bit artistic."
"Uh, right? It's just a coincidence, haha..."
Old Butler sighed: "It's definitely a coincidence. This kind of post-modern abstract art can't be done by normal people."
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Although The wood house appearance was strongly tsukkomi, but Old Butler reluctantly recognized the practicality. It is said that as long as it does not encounter bad weather, the safety of this wood house is fairly reliable.
Then, after a few failures, Tang En finally combined a simple crossbow with moderately soft and hard short wood and extremely tough vines.
It's simple, the grooves are not precise, the two sides of the crossbow string are uneven, the weight of the crossbow arrow is different, and everything depends on manual operation. From a practical point of view, this is a complete failure, and from an aesthetic point of view, this whole body tied with green vines is even more of a joke. However, at least it can shoot crossbow arrows.
Looking at the humble crossbow, Tang En gave an evaluation with emotion, not concealing the flaws.
Old Butler's evaluation is that it is suitable for close combat attacks.
Old Butler's review is professional, literally. Although this crossbow looks terrible, it's... uh, it's terrible. But it is undeniable that after the guidance of Old Butler, the lethality of this crossbow can still be guaranteed. Coupled with sharpened crossbow arrows, it is appropriate to penetrate an unarmored target within three or five steps of close combat.
As for three or five steps away? Didn't you see Old Butler's review, suitable for close combat attacks. Five steps away, with the crossbow's crossbow, it's hard to say where it shoots...
Although the crossbow can also be said to be a short-to-medium-range weapon, the accuracy of the crossbow has to reach 50 to 50 One hundred steps. Tang En's design of short and medium-range crossbow as a close combat weapon can be regarded as a pioneering work.
The crossbow has been successfully made, of course, I have to try it out, after all, dinner has not yet arrived. The rye bread given by Father York was taken as lunch by Tang En and digested early.
Tang En was excited because it was his first time hunting. After about several hundred meters into the woods, he successfully found a pheasant with bright feathers. This pheasant is foraging, pecking on the ground from time to time.
After Tang En approached fifty meters, the pheasant patrolled all around alertly. Tang En hurriedly lowered his body and secretly put the crossbow in front of him.
But before Tang En could take aim, the pheasant suddenly fluttered its wings and flew away, quickly disappearing from Tang En's sight.
"Damn!" Tang En thumped the ground angrily. I'm not ready yet, what are you running...
The finished apprenticeship is not good! However, Tang En was not discouraged and continued to explore.
To say that the Other World environment is really good, the air is fresh and there are many wild things. After continuing to move into the forest, Tang En found a lot of prey, including pheasants, hares, bamboo rats and so on.
However, the vigilance of these wild beasts is too strong. Before Tang En approached, most of the prey evaded one after another, as if unpredictable. One hour passed and Tang En didn't even fire a crossbow.
Damn, Tang En was angry, and simply did not hide the figure. Dozens of meters away, directly serve with crossbow arrows.
Whoosh, whoosh......
The strength of this crossbow arrow is really not small, every time it is shot, there is a sound of breaking through the air.
But this accuracy... how can I put it, when Tang En aimed, the arrows he fired were terribly skewed. When Tang En draws inferences from other facts and deliberately aims to be biased, the result is even more outrageous.
gū gū , Susu...
Chickens fly and rabbits go away, this jungle is stirred up by Tang En. A lot of crossbow arrows were fired, but none of them were successful. Some crossbow arrows are so biased that they can't even be recovered.
First time hunting, complete defeat!
Tang En covered in dirt returned to the Assassin System space.
There is still a forest in the space, and Old Butler is playing with a quirky crossbow. In front of Old Butler, a foraging pheasant was in the bushes about a few dozen meters away.
"sou", Old Butler casually raised the crossbow, a crossbow shot Rapid Speed. With a thud, it was nailed to the pheasant's paw.
“gū gū……”
The pheasant was obviously startled, and quickly flapped its wings, trying to fly away. At this moment,
"sou" came another sound. The low-flying pheasant, as if was struck by lightning, fell to the ground with a whimper, motionless.
"It's really hard to hunt long distances with this stuff." Old Butler threw the crossbow to the stunned Tang En.
Tang En checked the crossbow in his hand over and over again. That's right, this notch and this shape are the one he used outside.
"Don't be so surprised, as I said, the Assassin System space can have Myriad Transformations."
"I'm not surprised by that." Tang En shook the head, exchanging a look of adoration His expression: "Old Butler, your arrow technique is simply divine, and you still use, uh, such a crossbow."
Old Butler said: "You will do this in the future, as a A qualified Assassin must know enough about the weapon in hand in the shortest time."
Tang En eyebrows raised, with a look of you coming again: "You should teach me how to use the crossbow well. , or I'm going to be hungry tonight."
"No hurry." Old Butler waved a light curtain, which was exactly what Tang En was hunting.
Looking at his embarrassment from the perspective of a bystander, Tang En's old face was a little red.
"Do you know why these animals respond when you're not close?" Old Butler asked himself: "The creatures in the wild respond to every move within their sight, smell, and hearing range. It is very sensitive to every move, and some alert creatures even have an instinctive intuition for danger, so when it feels the danger is approaching, it will quickly leave."
Tang En looked at the light curtain and was frightened by him. The running prey, nodded in agreement, asked: "How can I get close to them without being detected?"
"Good question, this will use the Concealment Skills of the Assassin System Trees..."
"Oh, so I'm waiting here, I said Old Butler, don't bother, I won't be an Assassin." Tang En suddenly realized that in the end, he wasn't letting himself Learn the set of Assassin.
Old Butler still had that calm expression on his face: "We are now talking about your meal. Taking a step back, even if I want you to learn Assassin Skill, from the current point of view, there is no conflict. Isn't it?"
Tang En touched his nose: "Well, that's true, then go ahead."
"Let's give an example." Old Butler waved his hand , the dead pheasant disappeared in the distance, and a gray hare appeared. As soon as the hare appeared, he looked around and looked very alert.
"The perception of animals is limited, so if you are Proficient with the preliminary Concealment skills, you can do this..." Nothing special was done either. But Old Butler walked nearly ten meters, and the hare didn't respond at all.
How is it possible, is this rabbit fake? Tang En, who had seen hare with keen intuition just now, immediately thought about it decisively. However, this Old Butler always has a fixed face, it should not be so wretched...
There must be some skills! Where is it, where is it?
"en!" Tang En's eyes lit up, watching carefully, and saw the rabbit's head turning towards Old Butler, but Old Butler still walked over so calmly as if he hadn't seen it. The hare also withdrew its gaze and looked towards elsewhere.
I'll go, should I be so fake... eh, no. From the perspective of Old Butler just now, the two seem to be separated by a tree...
No way, is it a coincidence? Tang En quickly denied this possibility, because when the hare turned around for the second time, Old Butler passed by a tree at the right time.
It turns out to be like this...but then Tang En is frowned again. Even so, what about the hare's hearing? Those long ears are not fake. When such a big living person walks, it makes some noise.
In Tang En's doubts, Old Butler has walked over to the hare.
At this time, the hare was nibbling on the grass beside him, but the alert condition was not lifted, he still looked up to check all around from time to time, and his long ears were turning smartly. However, it never thought that a person was standing quietly beside it.
Looking at the agile hare and the quiet Old Butler, for some reason, Tang En suddenly felt a chill rise in the mind, he twisted his neck unconsciously, and glanced back secretly. at a glance.
"This is the Primary Invisible Form, do you want to learn it?" asked Old Butler, who had returned the same way.
Tang En looked at the fat hare that was still vigilant in the distance eating the grass, heavily nodded.
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At dusk, in the woods south of Little Stone Village, a pheasant happily pecking at the food seeds on the ground.
After half a sound, it suddenly lifts the head and stares all around, with no other creatures in sight. But somehow it looks a little hesitant. However, the food on the ground still induced him to lower his head and keep pecking at it. The greedy pheasant doesn't know that it has entered a trap at this time,
"pu", a light sound, a cover-like thing to incorporate it.
"gū gū...", the frightened sound of roosters crowing and flapping wings kept coming from the hood.
"wow hahaha...Dinner is ready!"