Chapter 1850 Thee Culprits 2
Yes… Why did these creatures take their prey into the Dome of The Fierce? Many Sprouts thought long and hard about this, also finding it bizarre. First, understand that these birds never appeared in winter... Just in the other seasons. For Baymard, handling these birds came easier, after shooting the h.e.l.l out of them and driving them off time and time again. At first these vultures were stubborn, but soon learnt that Baymard was a difficult place to attack. That said, Arcadina also put up a strong fight, always stopping these creature"s attempts over the years. It"s true that Arcadina"s overall defense has gone up by 40% since it began mingling with Baymard. Believe it or not, these creatures were also at their wits end after taking defeats left, right and center from Baymard and Arcadina. They could also go hunting in the forest for prey, but animals had more heightened senses of danger than human children.
No matter how you look at it, moles can dig to hide underground, squirrels can go into the trees, but human children have to choose but to run out in the open, unless there is a house or a river they can swim into. Even then, all they had to do was wait for the children to rise out of the waters for air before sweeping them away. Sorry, but humans were easier to catch for ma.s.sive vultures like themselves. What"s more, eating a measly squirrel won"t satisfy their bellies at once. But do you know how much meat a human child carried with them on their bodies? These vultures were unwilling to accept defeat, so they kept trying, but often ended up in defeat, with their numbers dwindling down in the herd after every retreat. Enough, was enough! This time, they planned long and hard before fighting back and successfully capturing a total of 42 children. Many times after capturing these children, the humans would often hunt them back and save the children before they could even devour them. No! This was very annoying! No matter where they went, the humans could always find them and rescue these children back. Terrible! These humans sure were an annoying bunch! …
Many vultures hated humans with a pa.s.sion. That said, they did their own little research, and found that the Dome of the Fierce, though scary, was the most likely place these humans wouldn"t thread into lightly. This was good… this could save them time to devour the humans before flying away after wiping their mouths clean. And all they needed was 4 days. They, Grachin vultures, had peculiar digestive systems. For one, they only eat 1 or 2 times a month. This was because every time they ate, they ate as though it was their last day in this world. They eat 20 times more than usual, and their bodies then swell into giant culture clouds floating in the air. It then takes about 2 weeks and sometimes 3 weeks for them to digest everything and return to their original firms. So during this time, they can"t eat another single bite, only drinking after. During this time, they also move to find comfortable locations for digestion. However, it should also be noted that they can fly for long hours during this time. It"s only during the last few days of digestion, that they"re able to plan and go out in groups to hunt for their next meal. These vultures were a very ferocious bunch, and also knew this as well. Understand that they must hunt when digestion is almost completed, because should they hunt on a completely empty stomach, they become very irrational. So irrational that they even forget their comrades, turning to kill and feast on each other in times of extreme hunger. They eat their own children and even adult vultures in the group. In the end, a vulture is a vulture. Death is what it loves to see the most. They can also sense drying creatures around, flocking to the perimeters to wait for them to fall to death before plunging towards the bodies like crazy. Bottom line, these vultures are never 100% hungry when they go out hunting. Now, the next thing they do after following a successful hunt is gathering and throwing the food in one corner, while regurgitating and emptying their stomachs up, as if they were snacks. But you see, unlike snakes that had wider necks and slender bodies for regurgitation, these vultures had twig necks. So regurgitation room time for them, about 4 days for an adult vulture, and 8 days for baby vultures. .
Again, it should be noted that these vultures will not begin the registration process unless they have successfully captured their prey. The Arcadinian children were reported taken around 7 Am today by the streams.
This means 4 days from now, the vultures will be ready to feast on them. How clever. These vultures were looking for a safe place to regurgitate and eat their prey without the fear of human intervention.
So they chose the Dome of The Fierce, thinking they, the humans, won"t be able to infiltrate and rescue the prey from their grasps.
Smart. These vultures sure were clever in thinking this. The vultures probably thought that even if the humans wanted to venture in, they would definitely get devoured by other terrifying creatures before they can get to them. Again, this forest"s terrain was so harsh that vehicles couldn"t drive in.
Horses will also suffer, since they would get startled every few seconds while riding in. No… The best way was indeed by foot. But how far can these humans go on foot through the crazy terrain without dying? At some point, they"ll have to go down cliff sides, move over swamps, slide down steep slopes, and so on.
Sorry, but these vultures were quite confident that they would get the chance to eat to their fill and rest properly for a few more days before taking off to another location, all without the intervention of humans here. In short, their primary worries were the beasts in here. They hoped that the best they made for themselves here was secured and safe for the time being.