Chapter 2

On the grassy riverbank beside the stream, Xia Mingyu was in a standoff with three large wild wolves.

Of course, calling it a standoff was giving him a bit too much credit; a more appropriate word would be surrounded.

The three wild wolves, with shoulder heights of over half a meter, had their muscles tensed, surrounding him in a semicircle; the leader, the most robust wolf, leaned forward slightly, occasionally emitting low growls from its mouth, slowly moving forward to test his bottom line.

Seeing this dangerous scene, Xia Mingyu's face turned pale with nervousness, and beads of sweat slightly emerged on his forehead.

He knew very well that an adult fighting a wild wolf empty-handed still had a chance of winning; after all, humans are also a type of large animal.

But fighting three vicious wolves that cooperated tacitly and were comparable in size to North American gray wolves empty-handed, even if Tyson were brought here, he would lose his life to the wolves today.

Not to mention that he was just a college student who sat in a chair for a long time studying and even had a hobby of losing weight.

"What to do, what to do?!"

Xia Mingyu's brain calculated rapidly, but the only way he could think of was to escape into the stream behind him, hoping that the flowing water would make these vicious wolves back off.

But this wasn't very realistic, because the stream was really too shallow, only reaching his knees, which obviously couldn't make these hungry beasts give up the food in their mouths.

Awoo—!

Seemingly sensing Xia Mingyu's bluff, the three wild wolves let out mournful howls together, startling a flock of birds.

Afterward, they no longer waited, but bared their fangs and slowly lunged at Xia Mingyu from different directions together.

"Ah!"

Seeing this, he didn't have time to think too much; holding the determination that even if he died, he would drag one beast down with him, Xia Mingyu let out a roar, his ten fingers curled into claws, preparing to fiercely stab into their ghostly green wolf eyes when these beasts lunged.

Swish!

Just as the battle was about to break out, an arrow with tail feathers flew through the air from afar at an extremely fast speed, and the sharp arrowhead embedded itself with unparalleled precision into the left eye of the alpha wolf.

Awoo—!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment; accompanied by a dull and painful cry, the alpha wolf's massive body shook violently, and after stumbling around for a few steps, it collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

The spark of life in its only remaining right eye quickly extinguished, leaving only a piece of dead silence.

The other two wild wolves that were about to lunge at Xia Mingyu to tear him apart, seeing the alpha wolf fall instantly, immediately stopped their attack and fled in a panic like puppies.

In the cruel nature, beasts don't have the concept of revenge; only survival is above everything.

"Hoo, hoo!"

Having survived a disaster, Xia Mingyu, whose spirit had been highly tense, suddenly relaxed, panting heavily.

However, looking at the massive corpse of the alpha wolf in front of him, which had died from an arrow piercing its left eye and brain, he soon realized that now was definitely not the time to relax.

The person who shot the arrow, since they could hit the left eye of the alpha wolf lunging at high speed, could definitely easily hit his head as well.

Thinking of this, Xia Mingyu didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent, hurriedly turning to face the direction the arrow came from, and raised his hands high like a heroic French soldier.

"Thank you! Thanks! Merci! Arigato!"

He used several languages in a row to express his gratitude, trying to show his harmlessness.

Under his nervous gaze, a figure stood up from the thicket and slowly walked over.

It was a young boy wearing tattered clothes that looked like they were cut from rough burlap, carrying a quiver and holding a bow and arrow.

His face was thin and resolute, his eyes sharp, and his expression cold, giving people a feeling that he was quite difficult to approach. Besides that, there were two lines of equally strange text above his head.

When the boy walked closer and saw the text above Xia Mingyu's head clearly, it was as if he had seen something unbelievable; the coldness on his face could no longer be maintained, replaced by incomparable shock and astonishment.

Like Xia Mingyu when he saw the text in the stream reflection earlier, he rubbed his eyes forcefully and repeatedly, with such intensity that Xia Mingyu even suspected the other party was trying to squeeze his eyeballs out.

"Hello."

Xia Mingyu was just about to open his mouth to greet him, but saw the boy hesitate for a moment, his lips moving to speak a language he couldn't understand, and then he heavily lowered his head and knelt on one knee in front of him.

Xia Mingyu: "???"

Seeing this strange scene, his brain crashed for a moment.

Why did this boy, who clearly saved his life and could easily kill him, have to kneel to him?

And his clothes were actually so tattered, not even as good as a beggar in his country, and the language didn't sound like any language on Blue Star?

Xia Mingyu, with a head full of doubts, was just about to speak, but saw everything go black before his eyes; he only felt his brain dizzy, his body suddenly fell to the ground, and his consciousness gradually blurred.

After being knocked unconscious and coming to the forest, and not having a drop of water, and experiencing a life-and-death crisis, his body and spirit had long reached their limit.

Bang!

Hearing the sound, the boy raised his head, and seeing Xia Mingyu fall to the ground, he hurriedly walked over; after checking and finding that the other party was only unconscious, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"If such a big shot died here, I'm afraid not a single living soul would be left in the entire village." The boy, who was scared pale by this scene, said thankfully.

Immediately after, the boy scanned back and forth between the unconscious Xia Mingyu and the massive alpha wolf corpse, and finally, a look of obvious heartache appeared on his face.

He pulled the arrow out of the alpha wolf's left eye, washed it clean by the stream, put it into the quiver, and then adjusted the quiver on his back to his chest, only then carrying the unconscious Xia Mingyu on his back and walking forward along the stream.

Not having walked far, the boy turned around and looked at the alpha wolf corpse behind him, his eyes clearly revealing reluctance.

This hunt, he could be considered to have performed above his level, using an arrow to shoot into the gray wolf's eye to kill it, ensuring the integrity of the fur.

If he could peel off its fur and sell it to a fur merchant, he could sell it for at least thirty-seven copper Sol! It would be enough for him to pay his hunting tax for half a year.

It's just a pity that such a precious prey could only be left in place, to be gnawed on by other beasts before long.

After all, the most urgent task was to send this big shot to a safe place first.

The boy sighed, turned around again, and walked forward.

"So heavy... he's heavier than a big gray wolf."

Under the gradually yellowing sunset, the boy with a quiver hanging on his chest carried the man who was taller than him with difficulty, walking toward the distance step by step.

The bards of later generations sang like this: when the supreme, kindest, and most beautiful Radiant Holy King "Mingyu Xia" first arrived in the world, he met the dragon hunter "Boge Chu" who was being hunted by a pack of wolves; His Majesty the Holy King generously extended a helping hand and carried the dragon hunter, who had difficulty moving, out of the forest.

The rescued dragon hunter knelt on both knees in gratitude and swore to dedicate his life to His Majesty the Holy King, from then on becoming his right-hand man who changed the world and brought radiance to the entire continent.

(End of chapter)