Wilderness Survival with Druid System

The two didn’t talk for long before Arseny finished treating the Northeast Tiger’s wound and planned to continue tracking.

Chen Wen said, ”Do you have any items with the scent of your target on it? If so, let my lynx smell it; its sense of smell is very keen.”

Upon hearing this, Arseny asked the other members, and eventually, they took out a piece of clothing.

The member who took out the clothing said, ”This is the clothes we used to lay under that Northeast Tiger; there might be some residual scent on it.”

Chen Wen took the clothes and placed them before the lynx.

The lynx sniffed the scent and whispered to Chen Wen, ”It’s faint, but I can track the scent owner’s location, although it might be intermittent, so be prepared.”

Chen Wen nodded, indicating the lynx to lead the way.

However, considering the hunter group that had taken the Northeast Tiger was already setting up traps, causing trouble for everyone’s tracking, Arseny directed the two most experienced to follow beside the lynx, checking for possible traps.

Chen Wen walked beside the lynx, with the three of them paving the way.

Soon, the group kept scouting forward, searching for traces of that group.

But they hadn’t gone far before disagreements appeared within the team.

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A clearing in the forest.

Chen Wen stopped walking and examined the surroundings.

He noticed there were obvious traces of humans passing on both sides; the shrubs were pushed aside, and there were signs of broken twigs.

At the same time, Chen Wen also noticed there were some woods scattered on the clearing here.

They were chopped and processed; the other party should have made something with the wood here.

After the lynx sniffed around, it spoke to Chen Wen, ”Both sides have the scent, but this side is the most intense.”

Chen Wen glanced in the direction the lynx pointed, which was to the north.

North, directly opposite of Arseny and his team’s judgment of south.

Moreover, what troubled Chen Wen the most was that the traces to the north were light, and the shrubs weren’t severely compressed.

If it was an iron cage, it would definitely break more shrubs.

After inspecting, Arseny and his team unanimously believed that group should have taken the southern path with a cage.

As for the northern path, they thought it was intentional misdirection by that group.

Chen Wen and Arseny met up, sharing their opinions.

Chen Wen relied on the lynx’s excellent sense of smell.

Arseny trusted Chen Wen in this regard, but he wasn’t very sure which was truly the direction that group moved forward.

”Logically, the lynx’s sense of smell should be very good and fit for the task, but if they don’t use an iron cage, how will they take the Northeast Tiger away?”

Arseny couldn’t help but say, ”They don’t have any means to keep the Northeast Tiger quiet, do they?”

Chen Wen looked at the scattered wood on the ground.

He said, ”This wood... could it be that group used wood to make something, transferring the Northeast Tiger onto it so that they could take it away?”

Arseny also looked at the wood on the ground, falling into deep thought.

But soon, before Arseny could make a decision, the Golden Eagle flew over from the south.

It circled above Chen Wen’s head, loudly reporting the recon details to Chen Wen: ”There’s no sign of any humans to the south, they shouldn’t have gone that way!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen immediately pointed north, and the Golden Eagle understood, immediately flying away.

Watching Chen Wen’s action, Arseny thoughtfully asked, ”What news did you get?”

Chen Wen withdrew his arm and said, ”There should be no humans to the south; the Golden Eagle didn’t find any.”

This surprised everyone, so soon?

However, no one doubted Chen Wen.

After all, Arseny had previously understood Chen Wen’s survival videos; he was very aware of Chen Wen’s skill in beast taming.

Thus, Arseny made a decisive move: ”Let’s head north and check it out!”

This trust took Chen Wen by surprise; he originally thought Arseny and his team might delay, even preparing to head north alone.

Arseny glanced at Chen Wen, smiling, ”Don’t be suspicious of people you use, don’t trust people you doubt. Let’s hurry; they’re carrying a cage and the Northeast Tiger. If they didn’t sneak away in the night, we would’ve caught up with them long ago.”

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This search went remarkably smoothly.

With the lynx’s strong sense of smell tracking, Chen Wen quickly confirmed the direction.

And the Golden Eagle soon returned, informing Chen Wen that the group was resting at a small pond not far to the north.

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen immediately conveyed this information to Arseny.

Although he only vaguely mentioned the location.

Arseny directed the person in the team who knew how to operate drones to release a drone for reconnaissance.

Soon, two kilometers away by a pond, they saw a group of exhausted people resting beside the pond.

The Northeast Tiger was among them, but it was not only tied with numerous ropes; it was even suspended on a piece of wood.

It looked miserable, with some wounds on its body probably caused by the ropes, and others seemingly from scratched bushes.

This scene made Chen Wen’s unnamed rage rise.

He originally thought the group that took the Northeast Tiger used the wood to make a cage or something else to take the Northeast Tiger away.

But he never expected they just simply used two relatively straight pieces of wood to suspend the Northeast Tiger, ignoring its condition and thus causing it injuries.

”Hurry up, damn it, these bastards, do they not know the employer’s requirements?”

Seeing the Northeast Tiger’s grim situation also made Arseny furious.

However, what pained him was the money; after all, the employer had made it clear that they wanted the Northeast Tiger unharmed, or else there would be deductions.

This was also the reason why capturing the Northeast Tiger was so challenging this time.

Chen Wen remained silent, merely instructed Arseny and his team to lead the way, as he followed behind the group with the lynx.

Upon discovering the Northeast Tiger, the others had no time to care about Chen Wen; at this moment, they were focused solely on reclaiming the Northeast Tiger, indifferent to Chen Wen’s position.

Soon, the group reached the pond side.

Seeing Arseny’s team approaching, the hunter group that took the Northeast Tiger immediately nervously stood up from the ground.

Unfortunately, they were resting and exhausted, losing the advantage from the start.

Thus, they were quickly surrounded by Arseny and his team.

Seeing no escape, their leader, a tall and burly, shirtless Russian, picked up a double-barreled shotgun, standing confrontationally in front of Arseny with his people.

Arseny glanced at the Northeast Tiger, confirmed it was not seriously injured.

He also wielded a double-barreled shotgun, looking at the shirtless leader, ”We’re all in the same trade, don’t make it ugly. Hand the guy over, and things will be good for both sides.”

Hearing this, the shirtless leader’s mouth twitched slightly.

To be honest, he didn’t expect Arseny’s team to chase them down, let alone so quickly.

He couldn’t resist asking, ”Since you caught up, I won’t say much, but I’m very curious, how did you determine we went this way?”

Arseny didn’t reveal Chen Wen but said, ”Fifty percent probability, is it that hard to choose correctly?”

Alright.

The shirtless leader slowly lowered his shotgun and said, ”Shoot, none of us dare. We’re all legitimate businessmen, so let’s talk. We’re also here for the money, coming thousands of kilometers, can’t let us return empty-handed, right?”

Upon hearing this, Arseny sneered.

He’s loyal to friends, but when it comes to hunter groups like the opposite team, Arseny has a different approach.

Arseny, in front of everyone, directly pointed the shotgun at the unsightly leader’s face, ”Either hand over the goods to us, or we fight to the end. Do you think we’re afraid to die?”

After saying that, seemingly resonating with Arseny’s words.

Boris and another team member simultaneously raised two shotguns, aiming at the other hunters.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.