Chapter 202 Hunting in the Forest
The afternoon sun was not too hot, and the pale golden light shone down, illuminating the entire forest brightly.
Gray Lint held the golden retriever Haug, who had devoted all his efforts, with great ambition.
Today he wants everyone to know that his Haug is the best companion and the smartest golden retriever, smarter than Audrey's Susie.
Behind Earl Hall, specialized personnel led three slender hounds with smooth fur and eyes that were staring at the depths of the forest for him.
The price of each of these three hounds is a daunting figure.
Hastur was holding a hound that was obviously two sizes smaller. Compared with the three hounds of Greylint's Haug and Earl Hall, his hound was obviously not yet fully grown.
Even Audrey, who never liked hunting, took Susie, who was not very happy, to join in the fun.
"Susie, let's work hard. If you lose too badly, I won't give you delicious food when you go back."
Audrey said hello to Susie, who was obviously not enthusiastic, and then looked at the beagle held by Hastur, which was only half the size of Gray Lint's Haug next to her.
Needless to say, even if it encounters a ferocious wild animal like a wild boar, even if it encounters a suitable prey, it will be difficult to catch up with it, right?
Earl Hall's eyes also fell on the beagle, looking back and forth at its various parts, eyes, fur, paws and other details. He was quite surprised and said: "Although your hound is still small, it still has great potential. If you can If trained well, he might become an excellent hunting dog.”
Hasta smiled and said: "I am a layman in this area and not very proficient. If Earl Hall likes it, it is better for you to train it, so as not to waste a good hound seedling in my hands."
Earl Hall did not express his position, neither refused nor agreed.
Hastur estimated that Earl Hall wanted to see how well the beagle was trained before making a decision.
The four people entered the forest with their hounds at the same time. The attendants behind Earl Hall were divided into two teams, one team followed Audrey, and the other team followed Earl Hall.
Hastur didn't really need attendants to help him, he just brought two people with him in a symbolic sense, and Gray Lint brought four people with him.
After entering the forest, the four of them each chose a direction to move forward.
Audrey chose a direction adjacent to Hastur. .
"Hauge, today is the time for you to show off your wisdom and skills. You must not embarrass me."
Gray Linte shouted, and then let go of the leash holding the golden retriever, letting it break into the dense forest with no roads at the head of the dog.
Earl Hall also let people loose their reins, and then commanded the three hounds in an orderly manner to form a triangular encirclement formation.
Once one of the hounds spots prey, it will alert the other two hounds to join together and take advantage of the encirclement to round up the prey.
If it is a more difficult prey such as wild boar, the hounds will first chase and intercept it, slowly consuming their physical strength, and then wait for Earl Hall's team to catch up, and then cooperate with the personnel to surround and kill the prey.
"You are extremely lucky today."
Hastur gave his little hound a small blessing and let it rush deep into the jungle.
Its small size is an advantage when traveling through dense forests and thorns.
"Susie, it's your turn to go."
"Woof woof?"
"Susie, you see they have all gone to look for prey, you should act quickly."
"Woof?"
Susie turned her head and didn't really want to talk to Audrey. She really wasn't very interested in this kind of thing.
"Okay, Susie, if you don't work hard today, I will take you to see Gray Lint from now on."
"Woof?!"
Susie finally walked slowly along the forest path with elegant steps under Audrey's encouraging threats.
"..."
Audrey's cheeks felt hot at this, and she could only explain that Susie was an extraordinary hound who took an unusual path.
Soon, Earl Hall's three well-trained hounds were the first to find the prey. There was no need to encircle the prey, and the hound that found the prey easily killed the prey.
A brown-spotted silly roe deer.
Immediately afterwards, Hastur's little hound also heard the sound of finding prey, which made Graylint, who had been looking forward to Haug's show of strength, very depressed.
Hastur led the two attendants behind him and quickly caught up to the place where the beagle found the prey.
It was a ferocious wild boar, and it looked like it should weigh more than a hundred pounds.
As non-domesticated pigs, wild boars weigh less and are more aggressive.
The beagle only dared to harass from a distance and did not dare to step forward too much. It was very smart and knew to drive the wild boar in the direction of Hastur and others.
Upon discovering his prey, Hastur took the double-barreled shotgun and fired casually. The bullet grazed the forest leaves and accurately hit the right front leg.
The boar howled and rolled into the bushes.
Hastur asked the two attendants behind him to clear the way forward, followed behind him, and the hounds also surrounded him, roaring at the hiding place of the wild boar.
When he found the wild boar, Hastur shot it again, and then took out food to reward the beagle, so that it could continue to look for prey in front.
As for the wild boar, just note the approximate location and someone will deal with it.
Perhaps stimulated by Hastur's hunting of a wild boar at the beginning, Earl Hall also had a desire to win, commanding three hounds to continuously surround and kill the prey.
An hour later, Earl Hall had the most results, two roe deer, three foxes, and a wild boar.
Hasta ranked second, with two wild boars and a deer.
Grelint didn't hunt any prey.
Audrey was luckier. A panicked white fox accidentally rushed past Audrey, and then was distracted and became Audrey's trophy.
"Hauge..."
"Woof!"
Grelint looked disappointed, looking at the hunting rifle in his hand.
It's not that Hauge couldn't find prey, but that he couldn't make up the key shot, and let the prey slip away calmly every time.
He didn't practice gunmanship specifically, and he didn't have Audrey's good luck, so he could only be at the bottom of the list.
As he went deeper, Hasta came to the cabin he and Maric had built by the pond, ready to take a short rest here.
Audrey, holding the silly white fox, followed by Susie, also came here slowly.
She was not far from Hasta, and when she found a pond and a cabin here, she turned a little and came here.
"This place is really nice."
Audrey praised and led Susie to the pond to play in the water.
Compared to hunting, she prefers to appreciate every inch of the beautiful scenery in the forest that is worth stopping for.
The scene formed by the blending of the pond, lush forest, cabin, and dead vines is also the beautiful scenery in the forest that she has imagined.
"It's a pity that there is no small house built by pea vines here." Hasta came over and joked with a smile.
"Mr. Hasta, don't burst the girl's fantasy." Audrey puffed up her cheeks slightly, scooped up a handful of clear water and splashed it on Susie who was lying on the side of the pond with her eyes closed.
"Woof!"
Susie opened her eyes and looked at Audrey, shook off the water droplets on her body, walked away from Audrey with an elegant step, and found a place with shade to lie down and rest.
"Audrey, Susie's steps are very elegant. It seems that you are very good at teaching by example."
"Susie is very smart. She likes to learn other people's walking postures the most."
Audrey looked at Susie lying in the distance again. She felt that if she continued like this, Susie would probably forget the instinct of how to hunt as a hound.
It now likes to learn about humans. Well, it feels that it is equal to itself in personality, even though it is always itself that provides food for it.
Hasta smiled and came to the shade of the tree beside the pond to cool off, looking at Audrey who was playing in the water.
Today, Audrey was wearing the most popular hunting women's clothing in Backlund. She was no longer dressed in a traditional long skirt, and she wore fewer jewelry.
A brown double-breasted coat, coffee-colored short boots, black trousers, and a red felt hat on her head.
The whole person looked a little more heroic, and the overall image was a bit similar to Bernadette.
But after careful observation, Audrey's temperament is always more elegant and generous, without the free and easy feeling that Bernadette has.
After a while, Glellant appeared in a depressed mood.
He originally had the opportunity to catch a roe deer, but at that time he felt that a roe deer was too small and not worth hunting.
Later, he felt that no matter how small the prey was, it was better than nothing.
"Haug doesn't seem to be in a good state today?"
Hasta gave the embarrassed Glellant a way out.
"Yes, it trained too late last night, so it didn't have much energy today, otherwise it would be very powerful on weekdays."
Pushing today's failure to Haug, Glellant's mood improved a lot.
After chatting with Hasta for a few words, his eyes looked at Susie.
If he remembered correctly, Susie didn't hunt any prey today.
Glellant immediately cheered up, came to Audrey, talked to her for a few words, and both of them looked at Susie.
Susie, who was resting with her eyes closed, felt the malicious gaze, opened her eyes and stood up, looking back at Greylint and Audrey.
Although it couldn't hear clearly what the two people on the other side were saying, it was definitely not a good thing.
"Susie, come here."
Audrey smiled and waved her hand in the air, and Susie couldn't help but shudder.