Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chapter 565 - 64: Cooperative Hunting

As the eagle grew fuller, everyone eagerly awaited Chen Wen’s solution.But after Chen Wen whistled, and the weasel returned to his coat pocket,

he turned around and left with the wolverine.

Behind him, the eagle, having swallowed the last piece of meat, chirped twice and soared into the air.

Is he really going to leave it alone?

The crowd was shocked at this scene.

To them, this was like handing the eagle away!

But in the next second, an astonishing scene unfolded.

The eagle flapped its wings, quickly flew up, and followed Chen Wen.

"How...is this possible?!"

Someone exclaimed, "Once an eagle is full, without restraint, why wouldn’t it leave?"

They didn’t understand the habits of wolverines, red foxes, North American wolves, or weasels.

But they knew eagles too well!

These eagles, unless tamed, would flap their wings to escape once they were full!

Yet Chen Wen’s scene was no illusion; what exactly is going on?!

"Could it be... after eagles are satisfied with food, they voluntarily follow humans for the next meal? Or is this an eagle that’s lost its hunting ability?"

Someone voiced their guess.

"Or maybe Chen Wen has such a strong personal charm it voluntarily followed him?"

This guess seemed unlikely.

But no matter the reason, seeing the eagle, cold and aloof like a goddess, following Chen Wen so readily, left everyone slightly displeased.

A cool goddess!

Just like that, went with Chen Wen?

...

Chen Wen certainly didn’t know their guesses.

However, this eagle wasn’t a female; it was a just-matured male.

As Chen Wen walked, he instructed the eagle, "Fly up and scout around, look for any animals, big or small, that we can eat."

Upon hearing this, the eagle immediately flapped its wings and flew high up.

And Chen Wen had the wolverine stay alert to the surrounding scents.

With an airborne unit, the difficulty of finding prey would significantly decrease.

Chen Wen no longer needed the wolverine to constantly search for scents to track prey.

The wolverine’s workload was greatly reduced.

Soon, as Chen Wen and the wolverine waited.

The eagle returned, landing beside Chen Wen.

"Found it! Not far ahead, there’s a black animal! But it has a lot of sharp quills; I’ve encountered it before, they’re hard to deal with, can you handle it?"

The eagle quickly reported its findings.

Hearing the eagle’s question, Chen Wen smirked: How could a man say he couldn’t?!

With a wave of his hand, not meaning he couldn’t, but needing no words!

"Lead the way!"

Then Chen Wen murmured, "With quills, black, near Great Slave Lake... it should be a North American porcupine!"

The North American porcupine is a type of porcupine in the New World porcupine family.

It sounds verbose, but it’s not a beneficial creature.

To the local government, they’re considered harmful.

Because their diet is voracious.

In summer, they eat tender branches, roots, stems, berries, and many plants, harmful to forests, though they spread seeds, having some benefits.

But once winter sets in, these creatures turn to chewing on pine needles, bark, and other woody vegetation.

And that’s entirely harmful!

During winter, a North American porcupine can destroy a significant size of forest!

Thus, they are tagged as harmful by local government, encouraging hunting!

Moreover, they have a lot of fat.

Chen Wen, along with this group of survivors, were all interested in the North American porcupine.

But these creatures usually rest during the day, active at night, their timing just misaligning with the participants.

Making hunting them a significant time investment.

And survivors’ time is precious, so normally no one goes out of their way to find them.

Hence, opportunistic hunting happens more often.

Chen Wen was doing the same this time.

With the eagle leading from above, Chen Wen gradually spotted traces of the North American porcupine.

No peculiar behavior, it seems to be an ordinary animal.

Chen Wen muttered, looking at the wolverine: "Your turn to act, the eagle can’t handle this, try driving it over."

Finishing, Chen Wen quickly climbed a nearby tree, hiding himself.

The wolverine didn’t hesitate.

It raised its head and barked twice, signaling the eagle to watch from another spot, not interfere.

Barking done, whether the eagle heard or not, the wolverine began its maneuver.

Soon, the strong and burly wolverine faced the North American porcupine.

This porcupine wasn’t very large, but was nearly a meter long, similar to the wolverine.

Upon noticing the wolverine, it became instantly wary.

Wolverines rarely actively hunt porcupines, or hunt at all.

But the porcupine’s natural enemies include wolverines, and when food is scarce, wolverines will go after porcupines.

And the instinct to evade wolverines is encoded in the porcupine’s genes.

Upon sensing the wolverine’s killing intent, the porcupine instantly bristled, presenting its sharp quills.

The quills rose sharply, like shimmering steel needles, making the wolverine cautious to approach.

It had encountered porcupines before and had fought them.

It knew well that these sharp quills were extremely troublesome!

Any contact with them would feel like an unshakable curse burrowing into its body, very hard to remove.

Even if removed, it was very painful!

Therefore, the wolverine didn’t rashly attack, but kept barking continuously, driving the porcupine towards where Chen Wen was.

People marveled at the scene.

This wolverine is so smart!

Though Chen Wen had trained it, not extensively.

Yet now, the wolverine’s performance wasn’t much different from ordinary hunting dogs.

Could wolverines also have the potential to become hunting dogs?

Someone noted this down.

Near the Great Slave Lake, wolverines are plentiful, everyone has caught them before, perhaps next time they could try taming them.

...

On Chen Wen’s end.

Under the wolverine’s persistent pressure, the North American porcupine cautiously moved back.

As a vegetarian, it wasn’t a match for the wolverine and didn’t have thoughts of sparring with it.

Therefore, instinctively under the wolverine’s pressing, it slowly moved towards where Chen Wen was.

North American porcupines frequently rely on scent to perceive their surroundings.

Under the cover of [Tree Assault], as long as Chen Wen didn’t actively spread scent, it was hard for things under the trees to sense him.

Soon, as the porcupine entered Chen Wen’s attack range.

He also gradually moved, preparing for action.

As it attempted to retreat again, Chen Wen suddenly whistled loudly.

The porcupine paused, instinctively stopped, attempting to locate the source of the sound.

But in that instant, from the tree, Chen Wen struck boldly!

The sharp long spear tore through the air, creating a whooshing sound, and finally, like lightning, precisely and switly pierced into the porcupine’s body.

A perfect hunt!