Chapter 32 - The Best
Yang Xiu stood about ten yards behind Ru’er. Her master was off to her left about twenty feet. Sounds of many beasts approaching came from the weirdly colored woods in front of her.
“Get ready,” her master yelled. “Just a few seconds.”
She nocked an arrow.
Her main emotion was excitement. So far, they’d handled everything that came at them with ease. There was no reason to think they wouldn’t do so again.
A raccoon burst through the underbrush. She pulled and loosed. One hit. One kill.
Her master advanced. A second later, so did her brother.
She nocked another one.
A squirrel jumped onto a tree branch above Ru’er. For an instant, she considered killing it but decided against it. There were more dangerous beasts coming, better uses for her arrow. The rodent could barely scratch any of them.
A small bobcat jumped out of a bush toward her brother. He was between her and it, so she left it to him.
A monkey swung from a tree. She loosed, hitting it in the eye.
More pests appeared, another squirrel, a few rats. She disregarded them. A bear followed them, charging at Ru’er. She didn’t have a shot on its eye, so she searched for another target.
A snake. A boa constrictor. It was a good fifteen feet long and wider around than she could fit her hands.