Ancient Eden - Chapter 132
Chapter 132
(41.3)
Mu Qing was carried back to the cave by Li Mang who put her down on a piece of animal skin cushion. Then he lit a torch and inserted it into a crack in the cave wall, and the inside was illuminated at once.
He squatted in front of her, somewhat clumsily wiped away the tear stains on her face with the palm of his own hand. Suddenly realizing that he had left a smudge on her face on the place where he had wiped her face, he retracted his hand, and smiled at her with some embarrassment.
He wanted to go to the stream to wash his hands, but Mu Qing hastily held his arm, wanting to go together, as if she was afraid that he would not come back. Xiao Hei who didn’t understand followed them on the way there, and then on the way back.
He made her sit back down on the cushion, and did not let her do anything.
Mu Qing watched as he went to the outer cave, picked up the pot she had just overturned, and poured the less than a third of the soup left in it, along with the ingredients left in the bottom, into a large bowl. Then he started the fire and re-cooked their dinner.
His movements looked out of practice, the way he was holding the spoon looked a little chaotic, but every move he made, reflected by the firelight, looked so serious, which warmed her entire body up to her heart.
In the evening, the two people cleaned and tidied up everything properly, Mu Qing lied in the crook of his arm, smelled the residual faint fragrance of pine in the cave, and asked him about the situation when he was outside these few days.
He said he hunted that tiger. Using a net. He had been inspired by the fishing nets she had woven.
The net material was some kind of vine that he had cut down from the cliff. This kind of vine was covered with fine scales that grew over the years. It takes several years for it to grow to the thickness of a thumb, and it was extremely tough. He used that vine to weave a large net that could be closed at will, and dug a trap for the giant tiger at some place where it had to pass to enter and leave its nest, he spread the net in the hole, covered it with a layer of branches and leaves that could support the weight of the bait, and then began to wait patiently.
He knew the routine of work and rest of the giant tiger, usually it would not come out in the daytime, and would only come out at night to do its activities. Therefore, during the daytime, he would keep his energy in a safe place nearby, and at night, he would put a small wild goat, which was tied up and injured, on the net, and wait for the tiger to come out.
He had been waiting until last night, where the giant saber-toothed tiger went out of its nest because of hunger and found the bait. When the giant saber-toothed tiger jumped up, the branches could not support its huge weight and collapsed, trapping the giant tiger. Li Mang, who had been hiding on the tree, immediately closed up the net firmly, and threw the sharp spear with force to stab the tiger’s abdomen.
The giant saber-toothed tiger was abnormally ferocious, even if trapped and stabbed in the abdomen with a spear, it was still roaring, wanting to break free of the closed net. The tough vine was also torn apart by its sharp claws.
Xiao Hei who had been lazy and spiritless during daytime at this time was unexpectedly as swift as a lightning bolt, it suddenly jumped up on the top of the head of the giant saber-toothed tiger, and viciously bit the tiger’s eyes and nose, without letting go.
In pain, the giant saber-toothed tiger shook its body with force, but Xiao Hei’s claws and teeth were nailed tightly on the tiger’s head, the tiger trapped in the vines roared as it struggled, and its front paws dug a big pit at the bottom of the trap. Li Mang’s took Mu Qing’s swiss knife in his hand, and pounced on the back of the tiger at the right time, he firmly held on with one hand, stabilizing himself in order not to be thrown off, while his other hand found the tiger’s lower jaw, and stabbed heavily at the throat in a horizontal motion.
The giant saber-toothed tiger’s throat was cut, and struggled for another moment as it was dying before it finally collapsed in a pool of blood.
Translator : Laura
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