Chapter 7: Sycamore Nest
The primitive mountain forest was dense, the forest was very gloomy, the poisonous insects were infested, the beasts' roars were dull as thunder, and there were gusts of fishy air left behind by fierce pugilists, snakes and vipers, which chilled the skin and bones.
"Ow roar ......"
A thunderous roar came from the depths of the mountain range, causing the rocks to roll down, the echoes rumbled, the forest trees swayed violently, the chaotic leaves flew wildly, and there were large ferocious beasts in the distance.
A group of children's faces turned white, they had already left the stone village for some distance, they had come out without the knowledge of the adults, and entered the old forest, fortunately they had not entered the true habitat of the ferocious beasts.
"Brother Da Zhuang, the mountain forest is too dangerous, we are still too young to advance any further." A child said in a trembling voice.
They had grown up guarding the pristine mountain forests, so they naturally knew the dangers therein, there were all sorts of ferocious beasts, even their fathers and mothers needed to be cautious and careful when entering the mountain forests, or else they would lose their lives.
The group of children were not very old, there were a dozen of them in total, the leader was none other than Shi Dajiang who had once lifted a thousand kilograms of copper tripods, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his arms and legs were thick, and as his name suggests, he was close to catching up with an adult in height, he looked at the other person and said, "Leather Monkey, how much further is it?"
The leather monkey was named Shi Zhonghou, long and dry, but extremely strong and witty, saying, "I heard Uncle Lin Hu and the others say that the cliff isn't very far from the village, it's in this direction, it should be almost there."
"Shi Hao what's your opinion?" Shi Da Zhuang asked.
In the past, Shi Hao was just a follower behind a group of older children, since he lifted the bronze tripod, even the adults had already regarded him as a little monster, not to mention the children, and he instantly became one of the "backbone elements" among them.
"It will be dangerous to go any further." Little Shi Hao's voice was clear and crisp, and his big black and white eyes were dark, saying truthfully.
"But it's really not far from there." Shi Da Zhuang said.
More than half of the children were intent on going on.
"If you guys are going, I'll follow too." Little Shi Hao said in a childish voice.
Just like this, the group of children went on the road again, and walked out another mile or so, the big trees thinned out, the vegetation became less and less, the boulders gradually became more and more numerous, and there was a gust of ferocious aura permeating the area.
Jagged rocks, this is a large stone forest, silent, the ground scattered with some of the remains of the beast, snow white and amazing.
Leather Monkey looked around and whispered, "This is the place, I heard Uncle Lin Hu and the others say that its nest was built on the cliff wall deep in the stone forest."
Shi Da Zhuang also lowered his voice and reminded all the children, saying, "These beast bones might be left behind when it ate the fierce beasts, although it is said that it shouldn't be inside the nest at this time of the year, we still have to be careful, don't be discovered or we might not be able to live!"
The dozen or so children had all grown up in the great wilderness, and were very alert, and like the small mountain beasts, they swiftly and agilely ducked into the crevices of the stone forest to cover themselves. After observing for a moment and sniffing against the wind, they nodded to each other, and like apes and monkeys, they dashed to the deepest part of the forest.
Along the way they saw many skeletons, snow-white and huge, there were five or six meters long avian bones, and there were even millstone-sized beast skulls, all of which were caused by the beasts and ferocious birds in the mountains and forests after they were torn up and eaten alive, and this place was dead.
"It's really going to dwell here for a long time, if it reproduces some offspring, the people of our stone village will be under a deadly threat when they enter and exit the mountain range!"
"Uncle Lin Hu and the others have been discussing this for a few days now, and have long since observed its habits."
These children whispered as they sped, extremely fast, rushing into the depths of the stone forest like a dozen small whirlwinds.
A stone cliff stretched across the front, it was even more silent, not an inch of grass grew, at the very top of the cliff wall there was a huge nest, built with a single black sycamore wood, giving a very depressing feeling.
The children were separated by a long distance, hiding between the crevices of the rocks to watch carefully, the black nest was ten meters long in diameter, it was huge, and it didn't need to be thought of to know that it was the nest of a fae ferocious bird.
"It's really here!"
"This Green Scaled Eagle has been wandering here for a long time, and now that it has built a huge nest, could it be that it has already laid eggs as Uncle Lin Hu said?"
The group of children all had glowing eyes, this was the main purpose of their coming here!
This is a very ferocious and powerful foreign bird, in its body there is the blood inherited from the ancient devil bird, it is very difficult to deal with, ordinary beasts and ferocious creatures will have to die if they are targeted by it, it is difficult to escape and live.
"According to Uncle Lin Hu's and their observation, that male Green Scaled Eagle hasn't shown up for several days, it might have died in an accident deep in the mountain range, every day at noon that female bird will go out to hunt for food on her own, if you want to get close, the opportunity is right in front of you." Leather Monkey said.
The group of children clenched their fists, obviously nervous, but at the same time there was also a sense of anticipation and excitement in their eyes, all the children who grew up in the mountains and forests were all very bold, or else they wouldn't have taken it upon themselves to run to such a dangerous place.
"Everyone hide in the rock crevices, I'll throw a rock and try!" A dark-skinned child spoke up, his name was Shi Mang, and the village people called him Er Mang. During the martial arts performance in the stone village, he had directly knocked down a big mangy bull, and even almost lifted a thousand-pound bronze tripod, second only to Shi Hao and Shi Dazhuang among this group of children.
With a "hu" sound, a big stone flew up, rushed into the distance, and finally landed on the pile of rocks in front of the stone cliff with a thud, making a loud sound.
The crowd was startled, luckily there was no movement on the cliff.
"Er Mang don't be so reckless, be careful."
"I'll try to see if it's in the nest, it seems fine now, let's hurry up!" Second Mang said, and was about to rush over.
"Brother Second Mang wait a moment first." Little Shi Hao opened his mouth, grabbed a not-so-small stone and threw it out with force, the stone flew up the rocky cliff with a whoosh and landed near the Sycamore Nest with a loud bang.
After a moment, the cliff was quiet, and the green scale eagle didn't appear.
"Go!"
A group of children like a herd of beasts, wailed and dashed towards the stone cliff. Before and after arriving at the near future they divided their work in an orderly manner, a part of them stood on the boulder, watching the sky, standing guard and looking out in case the ferocious bird suddenly appeared, while a few others were ready to climb up the stone cliff.
"Big brother Da Zhuang you all wait, I'll go up and take a look first." Shi Hao said.
"You, an unbroken waif, just watch from the side, let's go up." Shi Dajiang said, and the group of children all laughed, Little Bit was still eating beast milk until now, and was often teased by them.
"I've been eating meat for a long time, I just take it as water occasionally!" Little Bit huffed, wrinkling his nose and staring with big black gem-like eyes in defense.
Of course, the little guy was smart enough to know that the older kids weren't really laughing at him at this point, but were rather taking care of and protecting him, not wanting him to be the first to go up and risk his life.
"I'm faster than all of you, and I can escape quickly if there's danger." Little Dot didn't wait for them to say anything, like a little monkey, with a whoosh, he quickly climbed towards the stone cliff, athletic and sensitive.
"Don't let him commit danger, let's go too!" Shi Da Zhuang and Er Mang as well as the leather monkey all followed closely behind, similarly chasing after him like apes and monkeys.
There were quite a few gaps in the cliff wall, allowing the children to use their strength to quickly climb upwards. Growing up in the mountains, guarding the primitive dense forest, their climbing skills are naturally very strong, compared to the mountain range of demon apes will not be inferior by much.
"Hoo...... finally came up!"
The stone cliff can be three hundred meters high, after Little Bit came up, he waited for the other three for a few moments until they all popped their heads up before they walked together towards that giant nest.
"What a huge bird's nest!" Leather Monkey marveled.
Standing in front of it was particularly shocking, the nest was ten meters long, built with black sycamore wood, occupying most of the top of the cliff, and was more gigantic than any of the houses in the stone village.
In addition to this, there are some big bones on the cliff that are sticky with blood, each one is thicker and longer than an adult, which is creepy.
Especially on the head of that millstone-sized beast bone, there were also a few ghastly claw holes with remnants of blood, which made it look very hideous.
"This is the skeleton of a Longhorn Elephant, it's truly terrifying, a ferocious bird actually wants to eat a giant elephant at every turn!" Er Mang was astonished.
"Forget about this for now." Shi Da Zhuang said, climbing up towards the black bird's nest.
When he arrived on the nest, he immediately felt a gust of morbid aura and the smell of blood. The edges of the nest were dark red, and it was obvious that the Green Scaled Eagle often fed at the edges of the nest, and after a long period of immersion in the blood of various beasts, this place had a very strong aura of fury.
"That ferocious bird isn't there!"
"Look, there are several avian eggs!"
A few children exclaimed in shock, they were bold enough to take matters into their own hands after overhearing the adults' conversation in the village, and they came here for the eggs of the ferocious bird.
"Great, let's hurry up and move them away, bring them back to the village to hatch, in the future there will be powerful ferocious birds that will hunt down fierce beasts and bring back prey for us!" The leather monkeys screamed with excitement.
Inside the Sycamore Nest was covered with soft golden silk grass, it looked very cozy, three crystal like jasper eggs were quietly presented there, with some lines and spots on it, the luster flickered.
Each of the eggs laid by this ferocious bird was as big as a water basin, translucent and shining, turquoise like agate, while the speckles on it glittered in the daylight.
