A Guide to Raising Your Natural Enemy Chapter 7

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7. Treating the Natural Enemy’s Wounds

Shu Shu's hands were trembling so hard. In his current state, it was odd if he could accurately throw the dicinal herbs onto the huge snake’s body!

With a discouraging “plop”, the wad of dicinal herbs fell on the ground beside the huge snake, very far away from the wound.

Shu Shu jumped in fright from the sound and unconsciously retreated a few steps before calming down, just to find that the huge snake did not move at all.

This huge snake would not co to a sticky end, right? Shu Shu observed the snake worriedly. Seeing the various wounds on the snake’s body, his eyes felt hot.

He had thought before that this area had been very safe. It’s very likely that it had sothing to do with that kind person. Otherwise, how could there weren’t any large animals at the river bank where it had always been the place where all kinds of animals gathered together?

It must have been the kind person who had helped him. He had been very happy when he had thought about it. But he had not expected that the kind person was in fact the snake in front of him. This snake… it wouldn’t actually die, right?

Wiping his eyes with his hand, Shu Shu once again took out so dicinal herbs, put them in his mouth, and chewed them.

The dicinal herbs tasted very bitter. Shu Shu’s brows puckered while chewing, but this ti he chewed the herbs for a while before spitting them out onto his hand. After he finished chewing, he did not dare to throw the herbs again. Rather, he summoned up his courage to cautiously move forward and slowly approach the huge snake.

The familiar scent was even more intense, and Shu Shu was finally not as afraid as before. He squatted down and put the dicinal herbs on the wound on the snake's tail, gently saring them.

While saring the dicinal herbs, not being careful, Shu Shu's hand t the satiny scales of the snake.

Shu Shu instantly jumped up and fled. He ran for a few ters before he ca to a halt. Then, frightened and still in doubt, he went back. Feeling that he’s biting off more than he could chew, he stared at the huge snake. He was trying to be brave, but his legs felt weak.

He was really, really afraid of snakes…. They’re so horrible!

Shu Shu couldn’t help but rember the first ti he had t with the huge snake and the feel of dread that had swept over him. At that ti, he had been really frightened. Unexpectedly, he had not borne in mind the sll of the huge snake. If he had known earlier….

If he had known earlier, well, it was neither here nor there….

The huge snake lay there motionless; its body was cold. There was a wound on its abdon, and it was still bleeding out.... Shu Shu was silent for a while and then slowly moved forward. This ti he applied the dicinal herbs on the wound on the snake’s abdon.

When he was applying the herbs, the huge snake's abdon moved up and down slightly.... Shu Shu cried out in fear and, not surprisingly, fell back several steps once more. He gradually loosen up before he dared to step forward again and continue with dicating the huge snake.

Edgar lay on his stomach on the ground and felt the hand that was treating him kept trembling. He remained silent for so ti.

In his lifeti, this was the longest ti soone took to administer dicine to him. The little guy was just repeating the motion over and over again. Anyway…, he actually wasn’t angry at all; instead, he thought it was funny.

The little sub-beastman was afraid that he would die. He did not expect that the little guy would still insist on giving him dicine.

It’s just... this little sub-beastman was jumpy, so he didn’t dare to move. At the sa ti, his whole body that was coiled around the loathso tiger actually felt extrely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, at this mont, the little sub-beastman finally stopped rubbing the dicine and ran away again, further this ti.

Edgar breathed a sigh of relief. Without letting the dicinal herbs that had been applied carefully fall from his wound, he released the tiger that had been constricted to death by himself. Moving his body, he chose a comfortable position to lie down.

The little sub-beastman would surely return, right? Edgar really looked forward to it.

Shu Shu did not want to return at all.

He had provided the dicinal herbs for the snake, but actually, it’s the snake that had found them for his use. Originally, the kind person had given him a lot of dicinal herbs. He hadn’t finished them all, so he had planted the excess at the doorway. It was a good thing that the dicinal herbs had been growing well, so he could finally harvest them.

Of course, now that they had been used up by him, it was still not enough.... Shu Shu could only look for them again.

It was not difficult to find the dicinal herbs. Shu Shu soon found so, but... he did not want to go back.

So much that as long as he thought of having to approach the huge snake, he promptly went soft at the knees.

But if he did not go back, what would he do if the snake t with a mishap? Shu Shu took a mont to build up his ntal strength. In the end, with his still trembling body, he walked over to the place where the huge snake and the giant tiger had fought.

Just as he drew near, Shu Shu saw that the huge snake’s position and location had changed.

The huge snake had moved? Shu Shu could not help but think of fleeing again. Fortunately, he managed to hold back. Eventually, he slowly walked and arrived next to the huge snake. Then, trembling, he set out to apply the dicine on the areas on the huge snake’s body that hadn't been dicated yet.

After completing his task, Shu Shu was in a hurry... to flee again.

Although he knew that he should save this huge snake, Shu Shu still could not help but think of fleeing.

But after he fled, he also couldn't help but worry that the huge snake couldn't move. Lying down there, what if it t and got eaten by a passing beast?

Shu Shu had thought that it had been quite safe here, but now he knew better. It was actually not safe at all, and there were even terrifying giant creatures.

There were still the dead tiger and the sll of blood. If other animals slled it…. Moreover, he couldn’t let the huge snake go hungry.... He was at a loss for a while. Then Shu Shu gritted his teeth and, with a bitter face, returned once again.

Bypassing the prone, motionless huge snake, Shu Shu extended his claws, planning to deal with the tiger and the surrounding bloodstain. Conveniently, he could give the tiger's at to the huge snake to eat.

The snakes in the wild did not eat dead animals. Of course, it didn’t count if they’ve just killed the preys themselves. If it were not for this, at that ti when Shu Shu had seen the huge snake for the the first ti, he would not have instantaneously “died”.

To think that he had once relied on playing dead to escape from the snake’s mouth.

Anyway, this huge snake and ordinary snakes ought to be different.

Since this snake was clearly a kind individual and knew to give him preys and dicinal herbs, it was absolutely very clever. He reckoned that it had been just like him; it was not an ordinary snake but a snake spirit!

Since it was a snake spirit, this snake could definitely communicate. He supposed it was not like those ordinary snakes that only ate live animals.... After all, this snake had eaten all the cooked food from him.

If the huge snake ate the tiger, surely it would not feel like eating him.... Shu Shu was deep in thought. He wanted to drag the giant tiger away from the huge snake—just a little further—before dealing with it. Unfortunately..., he could not move it.

Taking a glance at the huge snake and finding that it was still motionless, Shu Shu did not delay. He planned to skin the tiger right here.

Shu Shu stepped on the tiger's body with one foot. He grasped the tiger's skin with both hands and gave his all to tear it. He did not tear even a tiny bit of the tiger's skin. Instead, he wasn’t careful enough and got thrown down. He landed with his butt, flat on his back, and his claws also hurt.

Looking at his claws, Shu Shu couldn't help but curl his lip, "This tiger's skin is so thick!"

After getting ruthlessly thrown and tumbled over, Shu Shu could only give up his initial plan. Moving on to a hole on the tiger’s body that had been torn open by the huge snake, he took out the tiger’s at.

In general, the tiger’s at was not like its skin, so difficult to break.... Shu Shu concentrated on scooping out the at from the tiger’s belly.

Edgar opened his eyes and watched the little sub-beastman carefully, thinking that him tripping and falling was especially cute. Sub-beastn could not transform into a beast, but they still had so beast characteristics on their body. Among the few, there were so who could sprout claws. However, sub-beastn’s claws were often just ornants. It’s no problem to use them to scratch the beastman who transford into a man, but it's absolutely impossible to use them to tear open the skin of a giant creature like this one. This little sub-beastman really didn’t understand anything at all.

The little sub-beastman was clawing out the at from the giant tiger’s body one chunk at a ti, and his butt sticked out. The view under the grass skirt was fairly discernible, and Edgar suddenly felt that he was a bit feverish.

He had not liked those sub-beastn; he especially had not liked their weak appearance and timid manner. But now... he didn't know why he actually thought that this cowardly, inept little sub-beastman was pretty cute.

But unfortunately…. Thinking of his present circumstances, Edgar felt like he was being doused by a bucket of iced water, cooling his body from head to tail.

He had already turned into a beast.

However, if he had not suffered serious injuries this ti, when he had encountered the frequently-nude sub-beastman in front of him, he would have thought that this sub-beastman was malicious and had so other intentions, OK?

Edgar took a deep breath, not knowing whether he should remind the little sub-beastman or not—it was very easy to expose yourself when you’re only wearing a grass skirt.

Shu Shu spent quite a lot of effort to scoop out all the at chunks from the tiger's body; his claws already felt numb.

He placed the tiger's at and liver on a large leaf—piled high—and his face showed a satisfied expression. He pulled so grass within his reach and used it to wipe clean the bloodstain on his hands. Shu Shu was thinking of taking a rest, but when he turned his head to check on the huge snake, it was watching him attentively; its eyes were icy cold—extrely frightening.

Shu Shu’s heartbeat sped up. He did not know how many tis he had broken into a run right away.

After running a few steps, his heartbeat slowed down. He turned his head to face the huge snake and said, "You! Don't eat . Tiger at is very delicious, really!"

"Hurry up and eat, OK? Eat your fill so your wounds can heal more quickly."

"Uhm... my body is full of hair, eating will just cause you indigestion."

Edgar was still lying there motionless, looking like he had no strength. Shu Shu spoke for a while, and then he walked past the snake with a shudder. After pushing the leaf piled with the tiger at toward the snake, he imdiately fled again.

Edgar was indeed quite hungry. He was wounded; he should eat more food to heal the wounds.

After taking a quick look at Shu Shu, Edgar lowered his head and opened his mouth to bite and swallow a piece of at.

Shu Shu saw this scene, and he was so moved that he practically felt like shedding so tears. It ate the tiger at! It would certainly be too full to eat him!

Edgar ate up the at that Shu Shu had prepared for him. Just like Shu Shu had thought, the snake's belly swelled up.

Shu Shu knew that after the snake was full, it would not hunt again. Moreover, he reckoned that the snake was already unable to move freely now. It instantly made him sigh with relief.

He buried the tiger’s intestines far away and used his claws to turn over the soil on the bloodstained area so the sll of blood wouldn’t be too strong. He also used the lighter to burn one kind of pungent grass he had collected a few days ago to conceal the sll in the air. Then he sprinkled the huge snake’s excrent evenly on the surrounding area….

Completing all these tasks, Shu Shu’s waist was so worn out he couldn’t stand up straight, but he finally managed to put this area in order. At this ti, the sky was already dark.

After going out in the early morning, he hadn’t eaten anything. Shu Shu was very hungry, but he was really not in the mood to eat anything.

He got back the grass that he had previously collected for lining up his nest and threw a few bunches towards the huge snake’s body from a distance, covering the whole snake. Shu Shu was finally satisfied.

Pulling the remains—bones and skin—of the giant tiger by its tail, Shu Shu planned to throw out the giant tiger and conveniently look for an area where he could wash himself.... Of course, when he was doing this, he did not forget to wrap the giant tiger’s excrent with so leaves and take it along with him, so those beasts would not dare to approach him—the tiger’s intestines were cut apart by him; he literally did not lack excrent at the mont.

Seeing Shu Shu dragging the tiger's carcass away, Edgar, who was fully covered with weeds, got up and wiggled out from the underbrush. He followed Shu Shu closely at a slow pace.

The little sub-beastman was obviously very afraid of him, but he could not abandon the little guy. In this case, was it possible that, slowly, the little sub-beastman would not fear him?

Since he had been exposed, he might as well follow the little sub-beastman closely and stay on his side in an open and aboveboard way....

He was definitely more useful than that stinky tiger’s dung.