"Mourn my ass!"
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There was no way Ethan could just stand there and watch the white eagle he had worked so hard to raise fall to its death.
After all, this guy had eaten quite a few of his spirit stones, plus basic evolution pills, and red dragon meat, and a bunch of other good stuff.
If it died, wouldn't he be taking a huge loss.
Ethan hurriedly pulled out an enchanted wind arrow from the warehouse.
This was an arrow that was entirely green. The fletching was white, but faint ripples of light flowed across the feathers, and when your hand got close you could even feel a trace of wind brushing past.
The glassy green arrowhead was inlaid with a green gem, which should be part of a wind beast core.
In terms of looks, although it wasn't as blazing and dazzling as the fire arrows, it had a kind of fresh, clean vibe.
But now was not the time to study it carefully.
Ethan quickly set the wind arrow on the bow, and the moment he drew the bowstring, he used his spiritual sense to say to the white eagle, ["Quick! Pluck a feather and throw it down!"]
"???"
The white eagle was confused, but it still followed Ethan's instructions, using its beak to pluck a feather and drop it downward.
Ethan aimed at the exact instant the white eagle let go of the feather.
He directly released the bowstring.
Whoosh!
An arrow carrying a gentle breeze shot out from in front of Ethan.
Ethan had to catch the timing.
Because the feather was much lighter than the white eagle. In the end, the feather would only drift upward, while the white eagle was falling down.
By then, even if Ethan hit the feather and the wind arrow created a tornado, it would be useless, because the tornado would only appear above the white eagle's head.
So, he had to strike at the exact moment the white eagle let the feather go, so he could make sure the feather was below the white eagle's body.
Thankfully, the wind arrow's speed was several times faster than that of the fire arrow.
If it were a fire arrow, Ethan could at least still see its flight trajectory.
But with this wind arrow, Ethan could only feel a breeze sweep past.
Right after that.
Everyone saw a rather spectacular scene in midair.
The white eagle, which had been about to hit the ground, was suddenly lifted up again by a gust of wind.
And that wind actually started spinning on its own, finally forming a tornado and carrying the white eagle back up into the sky.
The tornado spun faster and faster, higher and higher.
Luckily, the tornado formed in midair, so Ethan's villa wasn't affected, but you could still tell how powerful this tornado was.
If the target in front of him were a bunch of ordinary people, or some kind of bird-type monsters, Ethan could probably wipe them out with a single shot.
The tornado raged in midair for about five minutes.
Only then did its power slowly weaken.
And the white eagle, dizzy from being thrown around, finally fell out of the tornado and dropped into the swimming pool.
A huge splash of water exploded up.
Falling into the water, the white eagle finally sobered up from the smoke and slowly recovered.
Then faint tongues of flame flickered to life on its body again.
Pff~ Pff~
Just like an engine that was about to break down.
After spitting fire a few times, the white eagle finally burst into full flame again.
Boom!
In an instant.
The white eagle's feathers were dried at high speed, the effect was even better than a dryer.
Ethan's eyes lit up at once.
"Oh?"
"The white eagle's roasting effect is this good."
"Doesn't that mean I can use it as an oven?"
If he ever wanted to eat some baked cake or baked cheese or something.
"Mhm!"
Seeing this, the white eagle was so scared it quickly backed up several steps.
'These humans are way too terrifying.'
It was clearly just a poor, weak, helpless little eagle, how could anyone think of doing something like that to it.
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The sun was up.
By now Ethan was also fully ready to go. He held the dragon bow, slung an intermediate backpack over his shoulder, and led the crowd toward the mist.
As soon as he stepped out of the villa's boundary, Ethan saw prompts in all four directions.
But the content of these prompts... Left Ethan extremely surprised.
[East: Walk 2000 meters east and there is a golden treasure chest.]
[PS: There is a group of tree spirits around the golden treasure chest, and their combat power is extremely strong, but you can try using fire arrows to deal with them.]
[West: Grey Ore Mining Area, rich in all kinds of ores. But there is a group of ugly Goblins wandering inside. With your current strength, you can still put up a fight against them.]
[South: Primeval forest, not too dangerous. There are many small animals and herbs. Setting hunting traps inside may bring quite a harvest.]
[North: Snow-covered ice field, with a Platinum Treasure Chest hidden inside. But dangers lurk everywhere within. There are not only terrifying giant snow monsters, but also terrifying bloodthirsty snow bats hiding inside, impossible to guard against.]
The reason why Ethan was so surprised by the prompts in the four directions, was mainly because he realized that, of the four directions, aside from the golden treasure chest and tree spirits in the east, the other three directions had all changed.
He remembered that the west had originally been forest.
'But now, the west has turned into a grey ore mining area?'
And the south, the south had originally been the border between grassland and forest. Ethan had gone there before to pick up dead branches.
It was a low-risk area.
As for the north, that was even more ridiculous. It had been just grassland before, but after one snowfall it had directly turned into an ice field?
And on top of that, there were snow monsters and bloodthirsty snow bats inside. Just from the sound of it, they were a huge pain to deal with.
'Could it be that after the Lord War started…'
'The Mist World automatically changed?'
But these questions, Ethan would never be able to get an answer to. He could only rely on guesswork.
The changes in terrain were more or less troublesome for him.
After all, some directions he was familiar with, and some resources he had scouted before, basically went to waste.
But it wasn't all bad.
Because, new resources had appeared. For example, the Grey Ore mining area, which was a place full of potential opportunities.
After thinking it over for a moment, Ethan handed the beast traps to Herb Three and Wood Eight and said, "You two teams head south. Wood Eight will lead the logging team and be responsible for replenishing bait for the beast traps in time. Every time you cut trees, you must leave one person on lookout. Do not get careless."
"And Herb Three's group, you can go into the primeval forest to explore and look for herbs. But you must not go too deep into the forest. At all times, you must keep two people on lookout."
Ethan added to Herb Three with some unease, "Especially now, there are only six hours left until sunset."
"So you must head back immediately after three hours. Pay very close attention to the time. Don't stay in the forest after the sun goes down, or you'll be in big trouble."
"Yes, Lord!"
Herb Three and Wood Eight both nodded, then led their teams away.
As for the remaining three directions.
After thinking it over, Ethan still decided to go to the grey ore mining area in the west first.
Stone Six's team had ten people, and these residents were all just ordinary people. It would be inconvenient for Ethan to take them exploring or fighting, so he had to find a place to settle them first.
Although Ethan had no idea how this grey ore mining area had appeared, if he could mine all kinds of ore from it, then it would be a pretty good place to station Stone Six's group.
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