The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 376 : 0373: Capturing the Landwalker Bird (First Update)

Since it was a fledgling, things should have been easy, with Douson's magic "Rock Wall," it would've been completely possible to block the path, and then they could capture it as if catching a turtle in a jar.

However, Liszt did not choose to do so.

Seeing the Landwalker Bird still lingering, unwilling to leave, he suddenly realized that the bird must be seeking something, "It appeared because of the breeding of the Barley Bugs, does this mean it feeds on Elf Bugs? That's somewhat unacceptable, although Elf Bugs aren't as valuable as low-level Dragon Beasts, raising them is simply horrifying."

Using Elf Bugs as food, even feeding dragons seemed tremendously extravagant, let alone a low-level Dragon Beast.

Furthermore, given the scarce production of Elf Bugs, the fact that the Landwalker Bird had grown so large and was still alive was truly unbelievable—he deduced that the Landwalker Bird was merely interested in the Elf Bugs.

"Perhaps I can lure it with something else?" Thinking so, he had someone bring dried meat and threw it over.

The Landwalker Bird startled by the dried meat hid in the bushes, but soon came out again, approached the dried meat cautiously, pecked at it, but did not eat.

"Doesn't eat meat?"

Liszt had someone throw bread and fruits and found indeed the Landwalker Bird ate a little, but with little interest, still looking longingly at the Elf Bugs held in the hands of the Retainer Knights.

"My lord, this odd bird probably wants to eat the Barley Bugs," Marcus stated bluntly, "Just shoot it down, keeping it is a destruction to the Elf Bugs."

"Don't be hasty, let me try again," Liszt disagreed.

He did not believe the Landwalker Bird rewarded by the Smoke Mission was there to eradicate the abundant Elf Bugs on his territory. After pondering, he decided to test the effect of Jade, maybe this low-level Dragon Beast would like to eat Jade too. He threw a piece of Jade near the feet of the Landwalker Bird.

The Landwalker Bird pecked at the Jade, indifferent.

The dried meat didn't work, bread and fruits didn't work, and neither did Jade, Liszt frowned instantly, "Could this bird really want to eat Elf Bugs?"

"My lord, shoot it!" Marcus proposed again.

Douson also barked "Woof Woof", showing its impatience as well.

But Liszt still chose to try luring it, after all, it was his reward, and it had to be treated "gently." However, half an hour later, the assortment of items thrown in front of the Landwalker Bird remained untouched, still failing to lure it. At this point, he could no longer remain gentle.

With a cold face, he directly gave the command, "Douson, Rock Wall!"

Boom!

Douson charged forward and spat out magic, a ten-meter long Rock Wall precisely cast behind the Landwalker Bird.

"Geda!"

The Landwalker Bird squawked and took off running, its movements light and agile, it bypassed the Rock Wall on the left side. Yet before it could escape, Douson released another Rock Wall—this Intermediate Magical Beast, under Liszt's training, had greatly improved intelligence and knew how to utilize magic, cooperating in the hunt.

However.

Everyone had underestimated the speed and agility of the Landwalker Bird, this low-level Dragon Beast that resembled a long-necked Grand Duke chicken, could leap high on the spot like a flea, and whenever the path was blocked by a Rock Wall, it would leap high over it. After all the hassle, they couldn't even touch a feather.

The Knight Squad had already circled around the bushes, trying to enclose it, but they failed to do so, and even when Liszt commanded to shoot with arrows, they still missed it.

Busy and sweating, the Landwalker Bird remained unharmed, hopping and jumping chaotically.

"My lord, there's something wrong with this bird, it is no ordinary beast," after several failed attempts at shooting arrows, Marcus said with a dark face.

Liszt waved his hand, no longer wasting energy, and declared the plan to encircle the Landwalker Bird a failure, "Indeed, it's extraordinary, since we can't block it, let's all stop."

Fortunately, the Landwalker Bird seemed to be toying with them. It could have taken the chance to flee, but it stubbornly didn't, as if it was playing a game of hide and seek with them. One could imagine that the allure of the Barley Bug was very strong, otherwise it wouldn't have risked staying here.

The knights stopped, and Douson also lay on the ground, panting with his tongue out. It had chased the most ferociously, but no matter how many barriers the Rock Wall placed, it just couldn't catch up to the Landwalker Bird.

All it could do was pant with its tongue out in an awkward yet dignified manner, pretending that the heat was affecting its performance.

As they stopped their pursuit, so did the Landwalker Bird. It hopped onto a Rock Wall, looking at Liszt and the others dryly, as well as the Jade Box in their hands filled with Barley Bugs.

The best method now was to use the Barley Bug as bait to lure the Landwalker Bird into a trap.

But Liszt couldn't bear to do it—given the speed and agility of the Landwalker Bird, if it ate the bait but still got away, that would be quite embarrassing. Moreover, to lose a Barley Bug for an unclear and undecided usefulness of the Landwalker Bird, he found it hard to judge whether it was worth it or not.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, and he thought of a new plan.

He had Marcus fetch some rope and make a few hunter's nooses, casually tossing them on the ground. Then, he picked up the Jade Box, opened the lid, and shook it in his hand to draw the Landwalker Bird's attention. The yellow-orange Barley Bug immediately attracted the Landwalker Bird's cries of "Karlo," "Karlo."

Liszt quickly closed the lid.

He turned around, took out the Barley Bug and placed it in another Jade Box, discreetly passing it to Marcus.

Then he turned back, holding the empty Jade Box, and placed the Jade Box in the center of the rope trap area. Then he slowly retreated to a position ten meters away, where he and Marcus and the others each held a rope, waiting quietly.

"Karlo!"

The Landwalker Bird clearly didn't understand what the ropes on the ground were, its intellect hadn't evolved to that point yet.

So after anxiously pacing back and forth, unable to resist the craving for the Barley Bug, it hesitantly approached the Jade Box, retreated halfway, and then finally couldn't help but dash toward the Jade Box.

When it stepped into the trap,

Liszt shouted fiercely, "Pull!"

Several Earth Knights pulled their ropes, most of them coming up empty, but Griffin's rope successfully entangled the Landwalker Bird's claws, instantly tightening. This sudden turn of events shocked the Landwalker Bird, and as it desperately tried to flee, the rope yanked it forcefully, causing it to tumble to the ground.

At that moment, Douson, like a black... brick, ferociously pounced on it, pinning it down the moment it managed to rise, its bulky body preventing the Landwalker Bird from moving.

"Douson, no biting!" Liszt hastily commanded.

He didn't want the reward they had worked so hard for to be killed by Douson's bite. Douson instinctively obeyed the command, not biting down, but rather holding down the struggling Landwalker Bird, his heavy body making it unable to move.

Then the Knight Squad members rushed over, each using the rope to tie the head, the legs, the wings, binding the Landwalker Bird tightly.

They had successfully caught a Low-Level Dragon Beast.

"It's so plump!" Charles Trap said while tying, touching the Landwalker Bird's belly and clicking his tongue in awe, "My lord, this bird is enough to feed us for several days!"

Liszt, stroking the dinosaur-like head of the Landwalker Bird, was very satisfied with this hunt, "Eating it is out of the question, I want to tame it to be my mount!"

During the encirclement, the Landwalker Bird had shown the qualities of an excellent mount.