Chapter 5 Harvest
At dawn, while the weather was cool, Brandon, Andrew and Alber entered the Thorn Forest together.
Brandon held a dagger, carried his short bow on his back, and a quiver on his waist, walking in front of him to lead the way.
Andrew held a spear in both hands and was responsible for covering the side and back of Brandon.
Alber held a round shield and carried a larger backpack on his back. At the end, the backpack was now their food, and when he went back, he would load the herbs they collected.
Because evening primrose usually grows in shade, Brandon leads his team to the north side of the mountain and needs to move forward for a long distance in the forest.
"We follow this path and go to the north of the mountain. We will go deeper, but don't worry too much, I just walked this path yesterday."
Brandon explored the road ahead and observed the footprints of nearby beasts, while reminding him: "But you will enter a more dangerous area later. Be careful not to speak and communicate with the gestures we said."
Both Aber and Andrew agreed softly, and the three of them walked forward like this, and they arrived at the shade of the mountain without any danger along the way. They found the similar environment in the evening primrose collected by Brandon yesterday and began to look for herbs.
When they were taking a break at noon, they had picked some herbs, and Alber and Andrew were sincerely satisfied with the herbs in their backpacks.
"Branton, how much can he give us these herbs to Mr. Cline?"
Aber, who was determined to be a businessman, asked, while Andrew looked at Brandon with a little eager eyes.
"Now these are a little less than the ones I picked yesterday, and Mr. Klein gave me a silver coin yesterday."
Brandon paused and continued, "But you know, Mr. Klein urgently used evening primrose yesterday, and Miss Bertina also helped to say good things. The ones picked today will definitely not be sold at yesterday's price, but these are still OK to sell fifty copper coins."
Even Brandon said this, it was enough to make the two teenagers nod in satisfaction.
After a short break, the three continued to look for herbs, and Andrew and Aber took turns to alert the beasts that might appear.
As the sun gradually turned west, Brandon inserted his sword into the soil and looked at the shadows on the ground. After discussing, the three of them thought it was time to return to the town as they were, and they wanted to rest for a while by the small river they passed by when they came.
Because it was too heavy to carry the backpack by Alber, but he couldn't replace him. Otherwise, when an emergency situation occurred, it would definitely be a mistake when Brandon and Andrew were required to push it up.
The three of them walked like they did when they came, but they were obviously more tacit than when they came. After walking for a long time, Brandon in front found several elks drinking water by the river. He immediately stood up and made a stop gesture to the back, signaling the two friends to stop.
"Is there any situation?" Alber asked casually.
As a result, when he saw Brandon's eyes glaring, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed because they agreed to meet prey on the road and not speak but gesture. However, this was the first time he had such cooperation. He had not encountered any decent situation on another day, so he forgot about it.
At this time, Brandon made a gesture to Alber, asking Alber to put his backpack on the ground, and asked him to pick up the round shield and hide behind the tree to pay attention to the situation on both sides and behind. After watching Alber do these things, he slowly inserted his dagger into the scabbard, took off the short bow on his back, and looked up at the sun in the sky. Although the sun is slanting west, there is still some time before the setting.
Brandon and Andrew stepped forward slowly. When they approached about twenty-five meters away, Brandon signaled to stop.
The two hid behind the bushes. Brandon inserted an arrow to the ground, slowly placed another arrow on the bowstring, slowly pulled the short bow, and Andrew tightened the spear with some tension, while looking at both sides to ensure safety on both sides.
With a "swoosh", Brandon launched an attack, and saw the arrow shot by the archer avoiding the blockage of several layers of leaves and shooting on the belly of a elk, and it shot very deeply.
"I'm hit!" Andrew shouted in a low voice. At this time, the deer began to run away, and the deer that was shot was also in the escape team.
"Warning!" Brandon shouted lowly, and quickly pulled the bow and shot again, hitting the elk that had been shot again. This time it hit one of its front legs, which directly made it fall to the ground while running. When it fell, it seemed to have inserted the bow and arrow in its belly for another period.
When Brandon set off his bow and arrow to shoot again, the other elks had already run away, leaving only the elks caught in the arrow, lying on the ground, shouting "Yo, Yo".
"Okay!" Andrew shouted excitedly, waving his spear a little. Then he and Brandon ran forward quickly, quickly ended the elk, then turned around and called Alber to move forward quickly.
"Quick, Alber, take out the rope from the backpack, we need to tie it up." Brandon was also a little excited: "Andrew looked for a thick branch, and we two carried it back. We can't stay here for a long time. Blood has already been emitted and will attract beasts."
After saying that, Brandon lowered his head and looked at the prey carefully. It was a minor male elk with a body length of about 1.5 meters and a shoulder height of about 1.1 meters.
When the three-person team quickly walked out of the forest, the three of them couldn't help laughing.
"We should be considered rich this time." Alber was so happy that he wanted to shout.
"I think yes, Alber, we're rich! Right, Brandon?" Andrew was so excited that he couldn't help himself.
"Although I want to say that, our money is just those herbs."
Brandon couldn't help but pour some cold water on his two friends: "I suggest not to sell this deer, but to eat it ourselves."
"Why?" Andrew and Alber asked in unison.
"Aber, your family is in better condition and may not understand."
Brandon turned his head to look at Andrew again: "Andrew, how long has it been since you eaten meat? How difficult is the warrior training? I don't need to say more. Without enough meat to supplement your body's nutrition, it will definitely delay your promotion to level 2 warriors. What's more, this is just the first time we went out to hunt, and there will be more and better gains in the future!"
When the three returned to the Grant Inn, the sun was about to set and they placed the deer in the kitchen of the inn.
Then Brandon was excited and visited the pharmacist Mr. Crane. Mr. Crane did not give a high price as he had expected before, but paid according to the usual price. In the end, Brandon, Alber and Andrew each received forty-five copper coins.
Chapter completed!