Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 202 Hunting in the Forest
The afternoon sun was not too hot, and the pale golden light shone down, illuminating the entire forest, shining brightly.

Grelint held Hauge, the golden retriever who poured all his efforts into it, and was full of ambition.

He wants to let everyone know today that his Hauge is the best partner, the smartest golden retriever, smarter than Audrey's Susie.

Behind Earl Hall, special personnel led him three slender, smooth-furred hounds, whose eyes kept staring into the depths of the forest.

The prices of these three hounds are each a daunting figure.

Hastur is leading a hound that is obviously two sizes smaller. Compared with the three hounds of Hauge of Grelint and Earl Hall, his hound is obviously not yet fully grown.

Even Audrey, who didn't like hunting very much, brought 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 greeted Susie, who was obviously not very enthusiastic, and then looked at the beagle that Hastur was leading. It was only half the size of the Hauge of Grelint next to it.

Needless to say, when encountering a ferocious wild animal like a wild boar, even if it encounters a suitable prey, it will be difficult for it to catch up to the opponent, right?

Earl Hall's eyes also fell on the beagle, looking back and forth at every part of it and all the details such as eyes, fur, paws, etc., and said quite unexpectedly: "Although your beagle is still young, you still have great potential. If you can If he is trained well, he might become an excellent hunting dog."

Hastur laughed and said, "I'm a layman in this area, not very proficient. If Earl Hall likes it, it's better for you to train it, so as not to waste a good hound seedling in my hands."

Earl Hall made no statement, neither refused nor agreed.

Hastur guessed in his heart that Earl Hall probably wanted to see how well the beagle was trained before making a decision.

The four of them entered the forest with their hounds at the same time. The attendants behind Earl Hall were divided into two teams, one followed Audrey and the other followed Earl Hall.

Hastur doesn't really need attendants to help him, he just brings two people symbolically, and Grelint brings four people.

After entering the forest, the four of them chose a direction to move forward.

Audrey chooses a direction adjacent to Hastur. .

"Haug, today is the time for you to show off your wisdom and skills. You must not embarrass me."

Grelint yelled, and let go of the rope leading the golden retriever, letting him lead the way into the dense forest with no roads.

Earl Hall also asked people to let go of the rein, and then methodically commanded the three hounds to form a triangular encirclement.

Once one of the hounds finds the prey, it will remind the other two hounds to converge and use the advantage of encirclement to round up the prey.

If it was a difficult prey like a wild boar, the hounds would chase and intercept them first, 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 very lucky today."

Hastur gave his little terrier a little blessing and let it rush into the depths of the forest.

Its size is small, but it is an advantage to pass through dense forests and thorns.

"Susie, it's your turn to go."

"Wang Wang?"

"Susie, you see that they have already gone to look for prey, you should act quickly."

"Wang?"

Susie turned her head to the side, not wanting to talk to Audrey, she really didn't have much interest in such things.

"Okay, Susie, if you don't work hard today, I'll take you to see Greint from now on."

"Wang?!"

Susie finally walked slowly along the forest path with graceful steps under Audrey's cheering and encouraging threats.

"..."

Audrey felt her cheeks burning hot at this, and she could only explain that Susie was an extraordinary hound who did not follow an unusual path.

Soon, Earl Hall's three well-trained hounds were the first to spot the prey, and the one that found the prey easily took care of the prey without enclosing them.

A silly roe deer with brown spots.

Immediately afterwards Hastur's beagle also heard the sound of finding prey, which made Grelint, who had been expecting Hauge to show his skills, very depressed.

Hastur led the two attendants behind him to catch up quickly to the place where the beagle spotted the prey.

It was a ferocious wild boar, which seemed to weigh more than 100 catties.

As non-domestic pigs, wild boars are lighter and more aggressive.

The beagle only dared to harass from a distance, and didn't dare to go forward too much. It was very smart and knew to drive the wild boar in the direction where Hasta and others were.

Spotting the prey, Hastur took the double-barreled shotgun and shot it casually. The bullet brushed the forest leaves to cover it, and hit the position of the right front leg precisely.

The boar uttered a howl and rolled into the bushes.

Hastur let the two attendants behind him lead the way, and he followed behind, surrounded by the beagles, howling at the boar's hiding place.

When the wild boar was spotted, Hastur gave it another shot, and then rewarded the beagle with food, so that he could continue hunting ahead.

As for this wild boar, you only need to write down the approximate location, and someone will come to deal with it.

Perhaps stimulated by Hastur's hunting of a wild boar at the beginning, Earl Hall also came up with the desire to win, commanding three hounds to siege and kill the prey.

An hour later, Earl Hall had the most victories, two roe deer, three foxes, and one wild boar.

Hastur was second, with two boars and a deer.

Grelint did not hunt a single prey.

Audrey was luckier. A panic-stricken white fox ran past Audrey by mistake, was distracted, and became Audrey's trophy.

"Hauge..."

"Wang!"

Grelint looked at the shotgun in his hand with a sad face.

It wasn't that Hauge couldn't find the prey, but that he couldn't make up the crucial shot and let the prey slip away calmly every time.

He hadn't specially practiced spear skills, and he didn't have the good luck of Audrey, so he could only be honorably at the bottom.

As he went deeper, Hastur came to the cabin he had built with Maric by the pool, and was going to take a short rest here.

Audrey hugged the silly white fox, followed by Susie, and came here slowly.

She was not far from Hastur, and when she found a water pool and a cabin here, she turned a little and came here.

"This place is really nice."

After a word of praise, Audrey led Susie to the pool to play in the water.

Compared to hunting, she prefers to appreciate the beauty of every inch of the forest that is worth stopping.

The scene formed by the blend of water pools, lush forests, wooden houses, withered vines and other scenery is also the beauty of the forest that she has ever imagined.

"It's a pity that there are no small houses built by pea vines here." Hastur came over and joked with a smile.

"Mr. Hastur, don't pierce the girl's fantasy." Audrey puffed up her cheeks slightly, and splashed a handful of clear water on Susie, who was lying on the edge of the pool with her eyes closed.

"Wang!"

Susie opened her eyes to look at Audrey, shook off the water droplets on her body, walked away from Audrey with graceful steps, and found a place with a tree shade to rest on her stomach.

"Audrey, Susie's steps are very elegant. It seems that you are very good at teaching by example."

"Susie is so smart. She likes to imitate other people's walking posture."

Audrey took another look at Susie who was lying in the distance. She felt that if this continued, Susie would probably forget how to hunt as a hound.

It now likes to learn about human beings, well, it feels that it is equal to its own personality, even though it provides food for it every time.

Hastur smiled, came to the shade of a tree by the pool to enjoy the cool, and looked at Audrey who was playing in the water.

Today's Audrey is wearing Backlund's most popular hunting outfits. She is no longer dressed in a traditional long skirt, and she wears a lot less jewelry.

Brown double-breasted coat, brown boots, black trousers, and a red felt hat on his head.

The whole person looks a little more heroic, and the overall image is somewhat similar to Bernadette.

But after looking carefully, Audrey's temperament is always more inclined to elegance and grandeur, without Bernadette's free and easy feeling that comes from the bones.

After a while, Greint appeared sullenly.

He had a chance to catch a roe deer, but at that time he felt that the prey of a roe deer was too small to be worth hunting.

Later he felt that no matter how small the prey was, it was better than nothing.

"Hauge doesn't seem to be in a good state today?"

Hastur gave the embarrassed Grelint a step down.

"Yes, it trained too late last night, so it has no energy today, otherwise it would be very good on weekdays."

Blaming Hauge for today's failure, Grelint's mood improved a lot.

After chatting with Hastur for a few words, he looked at Susie.

If he remembered correctly, Susie didn't catch a single prey today.

Grelint immediately lifted his spirits, came to Audrey's side, talked to her a few words, and both of them looked at Susie in unison.

Susie, who was resting with her eyes closed, felt the malicious gaze, opened her eyes and stood up, looking back at Grelint and Audrey.

Although it couldn't quite hear what the two people on the opposite side were saying, it definitely wouldn't be a good thing.

"Susie, come here."

With a smile on her face, Audrey waved from the air, and Susie couldn't help shivering.

(End of this chapter)