Chapter 134

Dawang's orders to the Owl Riders were to not conceal their strength and go all out; the winner will be rewarded by Dawang!

Wei Shen led a unit, Dawang and Ling Yin led another unit, starting from the west slope to encircle; the Marquis of the Eastern Capital's forces were on the eastern side, and both sides, swords sharpened, charged into one of the hilltops of the Branch Yan Mountain Range.

After they charged out and disappeared, the Marquis of the Eastern Capital had not yet gone far.

Kids really are full of energy!

Liang He came over, "Father thinks highly of the Prince of You?"

Because of your sister, we've already offended the Prince of Yu; we can't offend him too, right? Being on good terms doesn't mean taking sides. From now on, whenever we need to mention the military reports of Youzhou, we'll just greet Youzhou, and we'll maintain a 'mutual watch and assistance' with the Prince of You.

Yes!

Winnie foolishly followed behind; Dawang said he'd take it to eat something good. This fellow hadn't eaten enough after a morning of vigorous exercise, and upon hearing the suggestion, he had no choice but to comply.

Upon entering the dense forest, Dawang's map was exhausted and the dagger appeared; he stretched his hand forward and pointed deep inside, saying: "Go, Winnie! Catch whatever you can and eat it! Eat anything!"

?

The bear was foolish..

Do we still have to catch it ourselves?

The bear instantly went limp and wanted to lie down right there, but Dawang was already full of energy, spurring his horse forward: "Charge, duck! Tonight I want meat; if Winnie doesn't go, he can stay and eat rations!"

Winnie saw that even White Marsh had followed along, and for the sake of meat he stubbornly got up and followed.

Upon entering the forest, there wasn't much game, and there were plenty of hungry commoners daring to come out and adventure on the outskirts. The Owl Riders spread out in a semicircle moving inward, and Dawang again sent Skycover to scout for him.

Wherever you find a large animal, report back; I, Dawang, must win, Skycover! If I lose, will your reputation look good? We're on the same side—if you let Wei Shen win, your position won't be secure either!

Although Skycover didn't understand how Wei Shen's victory concerned it, it still flew up to help Dawang look for game.

Just finding a game animal—isn't that easy?

Not long after Dawang had just gone around a difficult slope, Skycover returned, tossing a wild chicken down from the air with pride.

Dawang was delighted that it had instinctively learned to hunt, yet he disliked the prey being too small.

He spread his arms, "This is too small; you need to find something about this big, then let me know to go hunt it, got it?"

Skycover gave him a complicated look, thinking, "This person must be crazy—there's no such big bird! I, Skycover, am the biggest bird!"

Probably that expression was too obvious; Dawang somewhat noticed.

He pointed to the bear nearby, which had slumped to the ground to rest when the unit stopped, using it as an example: "Find something like this; when I encounter birds or chickens, I just hunt them myself. You go look for prey this big, understand? If we catch it, we'll take it to the shop to sell the meat and buy you candy!"

The bear, serving as the target example, lay sprawled on the ground desperately resting; White Marsh shook its head—what hope is there in this external aid!

Skycover seemed to understand; anyway, it flew off again and vanished from sight in an instant.

The further they went, the fewer human traces there were, and game began to increase. Dawang relied on the Sun-Shooting Bow, hardly ever missing; from small wild chickens and birds to medium-sized roe deer and foxes, anything larger he hadn't encountered.

Unfortunately, the foxes were mixed-colored yellow fur; Dawang, wanting to make a collar for his sister, became even more eager.

About two hours later, he heard movements from the other teams, yet Skycover still hadn't returned, and Dawang began to worry that this fellow had gotten lost.

Ling Yin shook his head: "No, that cloud eagle's intelligence isn't that low. Maybe it's single‑minded, truly going to look for a bear."

Dawang was desperate: "Isn't that not low enough? Besides our Winnie, who else has a bear wandering outside in winter? If we can't find it, we'll just replace it!"

The two sides tightened the encirclement, and Dawang had no choice but to abandon his external aid and rely on himself: "I feel the Marquis of the Eastern Capital's dagger is slipping away from me~"

Fortunately he had the Sun-Shooting Bow, and his battle record was splendid.

When they met in a forest with the Marquis of the Eastern Capital's people, the sun was already slanting westward, and his single‑minded bird still hadn't returned.

Dawang, worried about going to the neighboring mountain range to look for the bird, Ling Yin volunteered for the task, so Dawang had to follow the main force back to camp.

Looking again at the lazy bear loafing beside him, Dawang evaluated his bear: "Although it's just a decoration, at least its range of movement is controllable."

Wei Shen said: "Now even those who loaf around speak so politely? Congratulations, Dawang! Your studies weren't in vain~"

Dawang: ……

Angry. I'll note it in my notebook tonight!

Behind Dawang followed a team dedicated to carrying his game; when everything was piled together, the Marquis of the Eastern Capital found there was truly a lot—indeed more than Liang He's.

After tallying the game, everyone realized that Dawang and those who had fought half their lives were roughly evenly matched. In quantity, Dawang came first; this fellow would shoot at anything he encountered for the dagger's sake; if comparing quality, Wu Jian was best, having two wild boars.

This result was enough to astonish everyone; upon learning that Dawang's archery was excellent, the Marquis of the Eastern Capital praised him without reserve—this bow was genuine.

Dawang had been worried his little chubby bird had gotten lost, his mind elsewhere; otherwise his tail would definitely have perked up.

The Marquis of the Eastern Capital said this prize should go to Dawang; shooting small targets is harder, and there's certainly a motive to indulge a child's whims, but Dawang was making excuses when a disturbance appeared on the horizon.

Skycover!

Upon hearing that name, everyone instinctively looked up, only to see a wobbly blob flying in from the horizon—what is it?

"What is that?"

"His Highness's eagle?"

"It can actually grab and move an animal bigger than itself?"

"What is it? Still alive!"

"Sky-Covering lowered its altitude in a wobbly, crooked way; when it was about two meters above the ground, it proudly threw the thing in its claws right in front of the King."

"How about that? Hit two!"

"Didn't find a bear like Winnie in the mountains; we swapped for one about the same size!"

"The camp was extremely quiet; the King kept his mouth wide open the whole time."

"After reacting, he first gave a slap to the flattened bear patty beside him, 'What use are you! Look at your younger brother, it can actually catch a big beast on its own!' The young of the big beast is also a big beast."

"Winnie gave him a clear little look; the King instantly lost his temper, really, one should be tolerant of silly children, comparing is not good."

"Sky-Covering held its head high and chest out; the tiger cub that had fallen to the ground in a mess of meat and veg crawled up and shook its head; before it could even walk straight, it was pressed down by Wei Shen, 'From now on I won't obey anyone except us Sky-Covering! This is the Mountain Lord's cub, it can even catch it!'"

"After a moment's delay, Ling Yin also returned; a huge tiger was loaded onto the back of the white gold wild horse, and he himself led the horse walking beside."

Da Wang exclaimed, "Ling Yin, you actually managed to hit a big one?!"

Ling Yin shook his head, dragged the already-dead tiger carcass off the horse's back and threw it to the ground, "It wasn't me; this tigress had her artery severed by Sky-Covering."

Impossible!

Impossible!

How is that possible!!

What's an artery?

That's right, that different firework is Da Wang.

Wei Shen was distraught, and together with the few people from the Eastern Capital Marquis's side they had already surrounded the tiger's corpse, "……How was it cut open?" "Impossible! How big is that eagle?"

Everyday was being carried on Da Wang's shoulder; how big could it be? Sky-Covering's size so far is just over a foot, less than half a meter, yet its wingspan already far exceeds that of an ordinary eagle, truly astonishing.

Everyone turned over the tiger's head and discovered that the skin on the right side of its neck was split, the fur still bearing half-dried bloodstains. Ge Zhong examined the wound; it was deep enough to see the bone. After repeatedly checking, he hoarsely said: "It's not a blade wound; it looks like… it was really cut open by something sharp. Look, there are still a few holes here!"

It's that eagle's claw!

This is too outrageous!!

Everyone kept checking the wound to confirm, only Da Wang grinned while grooming Sky-Covering; today the rainbow farts are free, a big gift, and the little fat bird has already been made dizzy from being patted.

The Eastern Capital Marquis found it interesting and asked him, "Your Highness, do you believe this eagle killed the tiger?"

Da Wang nodded vigorously, "Ling Yin won't lie to me, your king."

The Eastern Capital Marquis glanced again at the sword-bearing middle-aged person standing aside, seemingly unrelated to this commotion.

Just now, that person, afraid of getting blood on the tiger's skin, used two fingers to pinch a layer of skin on the tiger's head, and directly threw the three-meter-long tiger, which was already a struggle for the horse to carry, onto the ground……