Chapter 139
Chapter 139 – The Giant Eagle
Translated by Sunyancai
The two serpents were much larger than Shao Xuan, even without their special scales. They were slowly moving towards Shao Xuan and Chacha.
Strangely enough, Shao Xuan saw a kind of ridicule in their cold eyes.
Though witnessing the retreat of their own kind under the sword of Shao Xuan, they didn’t come to help, but kept observing from those high branches. They seemed to have been using him to test out the actual strength of Shao Xuan. As they now found that Shao Xuan was too exhausted to pose a threat to them, and they were also attracted by the seemingly delicious little eagle beside Shao Xuan. Finally, they climbed down from the tree slowly.
The two serpents started approaching Shao Xuan slowly in the special way they crawl.
Just as Shao Xuan was contemplating whether to duke it out or try to escape while carrying Chacha, a shrill eagle scream came from the sky all of a sudden.
The scream not only shocked the silent forest, but also interrupted the slow pace of the serpents.
While Shao Xuan was approaching, the giant eagle stared at him, seemed to be lost in thought and reduced its fierceness.
It fluttered its wings and flew up while holding out its claws to the ground.
Shao Xuan grasped Chacha by one of his legs and then jumped up and coiled his legs around some part of serpent body which had been pecked to vertebra. It was the only part which was thin enough for Shao Xuan to put his legs around.
Along with the rising of the giant eagle, Shao Xuan hung upside down by holding on the serpent. He was soaked by the brown and green blood. And Chacha was also very uncomfortable, for he was rarely grasped upside down like this.
Thanks to his strong body with the power of a totem warrior, Shao Xuan could carry the weight of Chacha. Usually, in the tribe, it was even not difficult for him to carry big stones, and Chacha was much lighter than the stones, despite of his larger body size.
When rising, the giant eagle could not fly freely, so it often had to rely on surrounding trees, which made Shao Xuan and Chacha collide many times with the trees. Thus they understood the feeling the serpent had that time.
Shao Xuan made every effort to hold onto Chacha firmly so that he doesn’t slip out of his hands.
They dared not to hope that the eagle would allow them to sit on its back. Actually, the eagle had a good temperament. It still showed some kindness to Chacha, even though they were not of the same blood. However, Shao Xuan dared not to ask too much of it, or it might become irritated and eat the both of them.
In the fierce beast world, it was normal for a same species to eat another.
After flying out of the forest, the eagle could fly much more easily. Shao Xuan even felt that it was easier for him to breathe.
The giant eagle ascended higher and higher to keep away from the top of the forest.
It was quite an experienced eagle, while Chacha was just a greenhorn.
Together with the scene of the ground getting smaller, Shao Xuan’s view also got wider. Shao Xuan could see the mountains in the distance, and the green forest.
He hadn’t had the time to observe the giant eagle until he was high up in the sky.
After carefully observing, Shao Xuan found that its state was not as good as he had thought. Fragments of its claws were about to fall off, as well as two bleeding broken toes, which was caused by the battle with the two serpents just now. Besides, its flying posture was also not as swift and violent as it had been before. It fluttered heavily as if it suffered from great gravity. In fact, the weight of Shao Xuan and Chacha meant nothing to such a giant eagle. As to the serpent grasped by the eagle, it could also not be that heavy.
It seemed very hard for the giant eagle to fly.
Then Shao Xuan moved his attention from its claws to its feathers and its beak. Though it resembled Chacha greatly, Shao Xuan was very familiar with Chacha that he could notice the tiny difference between their beaks. Its beak was more crooked than Chacha’s, which was not convenient for pecking prey.
Was it caused by disease?
Or by other factors?
Despite of its seemingly aggressive manner, the eagle suffered from a weakened body. Any fight could bring it tremendous pain.
It was beyond imagination that the eagle, so strong and fierce just now in the forest, should be in such a state. If not for this sight, Shao Xuan would have believed that it was still healthy and strong.
While he was pondering, a possibility occurred to Shao Xuan.
Is it possible that the eagle was getting old?
But he had no idea how old the eagle was and how long it would take for Chacha to
grow that large.
Dozens of years?
Hundreds of years?
Or even longer？
The mountain range was getting close. Shao Xuan had never come here. Besides, the direction the giant eagle was flying in seemed to be the same as Chacha’s.
Was it possible that they were flying to the Eagle Mountain?
However Shao Xuan didn’t see any other giant eagles here. If it was the Eagle Mountain, why did they see no other eagles here?
It appeared that the Eagle Mountain was still far from here.
This location was just where the giant eagle stopped over temporarily.
When they were close to the high mountain, the giant eagle started to flutter its wings vigorously to go higher. This way, Shao Xuan could feel its tiredness more clearly. Even Chacha could more easily carry Shao Xuan before.
Finally, the giant eagle landed beside a cliff, throwing the serpent on the ground. Shao Xuan also dismounted from the serpent and went to the other side while carrying Chacha.
Shao Xuan didn’t touch the serpent because it was hunted by the giant eagle. Most fierce beasts highly valued the exclusivity of their prey, so they would risk their life in protecting them.
Chacha also left the serpent alone, staying quietly besides Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan grabbed two hunks of medium-sized dried meat from his animal skin bag, which were somewhat hard to chew. He gave one piece to Chacha, leaving the other one for himself.
However, Chacha stared at the meat in Shao Xuan’s hand with some hesitation. Though it didn’t like such processed meat, it had no choice but to eat that to heal.
Bang!
A hunk of bloody serpent meat was thrown to Chacha by the giant eagle.
Chacha looked at the giant eagle who was busy pecking and then to the fresh meat in front of him, giving up the dried meat from Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan retracted his hand and started to eat the dried meat. Meanwhile, he said to himself silently that the giant eagle seemed to be very kind. Was it a general character shared by the elderly?