Chapter 684: 684 Crouching by the Stump Waiting for a Rabbit

Chapter 684: Chapter 684 Crouching by the Stump Waiting for a Rabbit

“Where did the fox go?”

The three children had been asking him all day, “Why hasn’t the fox come back?” “Where did the fox go?”

Su Shu passed him a towel, “Is it out playing in the wild?”

Taking the towel and wiping his face, “Playing in the wild is fine. The important thing is that it stays out of trouble.”

“The fox is smart, and it has high mana; it knows these mountains better than anyone. It’s unlikely that it would get into trouble. Perhaps something interesting caught its attention and made it linger.”

“I hope that’s the case.”

“Don’t worry.”

*

Deep in the mountains, inside a dark cave,

the fox was comfortably napping.

Snow had sealed half of the cave entrance, but it casually lit a fire to warm up, making it very cozy inside.

The most comfortable part was that the cave happened to have a lot of honey stored inside.

Though it was hidden quite deeply, what kind of nose did it have?

As soon as it entered, it rummaged around, devoured its fill with gusto, and lazily lay by the entrance watching the sunset.

What beautiful scenery.

Apart from the spiritual energy being too thin outside its comfort zone, coming out occasionally was quite pleasant—it was, after all, its ‘home’ for over a hundred years.

In C city’s mountains, back when the Little Snake King was around, it was said that the produce was not as rich as in the Peng Mountain Region.

But the fox thought it wasn’t too bad either.

Originally, it had planned to make a day trip—just a casual stroll to nab a chicken or rabbit seemed like a fine idea.

But later, it realized that those small catches were hardly enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.

The soldiers of Unit 208 treated it pretty well.

Having nearly nothing to eat themselves, they still found ways to feed it from time to time.

Even though it lacked nothing in Su Shu’s space and wouldn’t have any issues without eating, it felt inexplicably moved.

So now it thought it would bring back something bigger.

It couldn’t always just drink soup; a bit of meat would be better.

During the Northern winter, hunting in the mountains was dangerous.

Ordinary hunters would not venture in casually.

Deeper in the mountains, the game was scarce, but still possible to find.

For larger prey, there were wild boars and bears.

The fox glanced back at its catch.

Two roe deer hardly weighed two pounds—hardly substantial.

It hadn’t found any wild boars but had managed to spot a bear’s den.

Oh, how delighted it was.

The bear had no idea what was happening; it left home and had no clue its stored honey was being pilfered.

The fox lay in wait in the bear’s den, playing a waiting game.

It had decided; this time, it would drag something big home.

The mere thought of it was exhilarating.

Unfortunately, when it was dragging the bear halfway back, it suddenly realized something.

Dragging a dead bear into the military camp would probably scare the life out of everyone, wouldn’t it?

After some thought, it buried the bear in the snow, made a mark, and ran back with the two roe deer.

The sentinel on the next day’s hill change was startled upon seeing it.

He quickly came up to help.

But then the fox grabbed his trousers with its teeth and started dragging him up the mountain.

This…

The sentry was in a quandary.

Without orders, they were not allowed to leave their posts.

“Be good, fox; wait a minute. I’ll go ask the group captain for instructions,” the sentry said, assuming the fox could not understand. He went back to his post to call the battalion.

The communications soldier rushed over.

“Group captain, we’ve got a request from the hill sentry post.”

“Speak.”

“The fox has returned to the base with two roe deer, but it seems to want to drag someone out.”

Upon hearing this, Tang Zelin asked, “It wants to lead someone out?”

“That’s right!”

Qu Guo’an was also surprised and looked at Tang Zelin. “This is the first time for the fox; it used to amuse itself quite happily, didn’t it?”

Tang Zelin got up, “Let’s go check it out.”