Soon, we could see the Hanu closest to us, with their long red fur and towering figures that were even a head taller than us.

It appears to be some kind of intelligent animal belonging to the ape family.

Just as Dante described, many of the Hanu were carrying bows and arrows, while others were wielding wooden spears like those of Mira's warriors, charging towards us. The distance appeared to be less than twenty meters.

I had only ever seen such a scene in movies and TV shows before, but I never imagined that I would actually be able to experience a real conflict in my lifetime.

At this moment, Dante had already loaded his blowgun and, seeing Hanu running towards them, he blew out a blowgun without hesitation.

"Whoosh!"

With a whooshing sound, Hanu, covered in red fur, was struck by Dante's blowgun. He let out a roar, but collapsed after only a few steps.

At this moment, Dante shouted to everyone, and immediately all the natives aimed their bows and arrows at the invading Hanu and fired a volley.

I was somewhat surprised. The Mira people are not a warlike people. Even when they encountered something like the Hydney Hound, they did not intend to harm it.

But when they encountered Hanu, whom they called demons, they showed no mercy and went straight for the kill.

It seems that their conflict has been going on for a long time, and has long since developed into a deep-seated hatred, to the point that they would fight to the death if they met.

"Sir, don't hold back! They are all incarnations of demons! Kill them!"

As Dante spoke to me, he loaded another blowgun into his flare box and fired it at the approaching Haru.

I'm not some saint; I've killed countless beasts along the way.

I certainly don't think I can be friends with animals that look like humans. Since they can anger even the gentle Mira warriors, I have reason to believe these creatures are definitely not good birds.

Top knew what I was going to do next and had already handed me a crossbow bolt.

These Hanu and monkeys have absolutely nothing to do with each other. I even know that orangutans sometimes hunt monkeys for food, so Top has absolutely no psychological pressure about how we deal with these guys.

As I nocked the arrow and placed my finger on the Xuan Blade, two Hanu happened to overlap.

Seizing the opportunity, I suddenly pulled the trigger of the Xuan Blade. The Qin crossbow emitted a dull thud as the string snapped shut, and the bolt in the quiver flew out at lightning speed.

"Whoosh!"

With a whooshing sound, the powerful arrow shot through the air, creating two plumes of blood mist. After piercing the heart of the first Hanu, it then pierced the left lung of the second Hanu.

In one fell swoop, the two Hanu fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and died.

"Excellent archery! Sir, your bow and arrow are truly remarkable; they can pierce through two Hanu at the same time!"

Dante expressed his appreciation for my crossbow and acknowledged my skill in using it.

The other natives also witnessed me hunting Hanu with a crossbow and couldn't help but feel envious of my amazing weapon, as their arrows couldn't achieve the same destructive power as mine.

Now I belong to the Mira tribe, and naturally I must share life and death with these Mira warriors. If we don't wipe them out today, then we will be the ones to be wiped out.

I stared intently ahead, the Qin crossbow in my hand emitting a dull hum as it tightened its string. Arrows shot from my hand, each one taking one or two lives.

Soon the ground was covered in bright red, like a blood-red carpet.

However, there were too many Haru who came to surround us. Even if the seven of us used all our skills to shoot, we couldn't shoot them all. At this time, those guys who were closer to us also started shooting at us with their bows and arrows.

Although their arrows weren't very powerful, we didn't dare to be careless after Dante mentioned that they might have been coated with something. If there was some kind of poison on them, even a scratch would be no joke.

At this point, our baskets came in very handy. A large number of arrows hit the baskets, but were bounced off by the baskets' own elasticity.

Since there are quite a few of them, some of the Haru have already emerged from the forest and come to the tree where we are, preparing to climb up and fight us from the tree.

We knew, of course, that once these guys got up in the trees, our advantage would be gone, so we absolutely couldn't let them get up there.

The Hanu on the ground tried to shoot arrows to cover their companions climbing the trees, and we didn't hesitate to prioritize harvesting the Hanu that were climbing the trees.

They froze in place, ceasing their forward charge. Instead, they retreated. My first thought upon seeing this was that they had given up and were beginning to retreat.

After all, their frenzy had already caused at least thirty Hanu to fall on our side, and continuing would only result in more casualties.

This seemed perfectly reasonable in the animal's behavior, but Dante became even more nervous.

"We can't let them leave! Otherwise, more Haru will be brought here soon."

As Dante spoke, his hands were not idle at all; he continued to fire darts one after another from his dartbox.

Judging from the current situation, there are probably only about twenty Hanu left who have evacuated. Without exception, they all ran into the forest in the northwest.

Dante, still unwilling to give up after seeing Hanu run far away, immediately climbed down from the tree and led his men to continue the pursuit of the remaining fleeing Hanu.

I grabbed Dante and said...

“Stop chasing them. The terrain here is so complicated, we might not be able to kill them all. If, as you say, they have received support from their pack, our situation will become even more dangerous.”

Dante's face was full of resentment, but no matter how unwilling he was, what I said was the objective truth. Continuing the pursuit would only do us harm and no good; the best thing to do now was to leave this place as soon as possible.

After calming down, Dante agreed with my point of view and told everyone to prepare for a quick retreat.

Just then, I noticed Su Su coming to my side with red eyes, pointing at the Nepalese knife at my waist and saying something.

At this moment, Dante looked somewhat disappointed and said to me,

"Sir, Su Su would like to borrow your knife for a moment. Would you mind lending it to her?"

I knew there must be some story behind this, but I didn't ask anything immediately. I simply took the sword from my waist and handed it to the girl.

Susu nodded to me in thanks, and then, carrying her knife, went to the Hanu who had been paralyzed by arrows or blowguns and were unable to move.

Then I saw the scene I had already guessed. Susu showed no mercy, slicing a knife across the neck of each Hanu.