Don't mess with that dragon

Chapter 23 Successful Capture
"How is it? Is there any fish coming?"

One by one, the orcs poked their heads out and looked towards the entrance of the cave, their eyes full of anticipation.

In the entrance of the ice cave the size of a stone basin, the lake below was completely calm, without even the slightest ripple, as if even the water had been frozen to death, not moving much.

All the orcs held their breath, not daring to make a sound,
1 minute passed, 10 minutes passed, half an hour passed
Nothing at all.

A group of orcs waited helplessly by the entrance of the cave, and the snowflakes fell, almost turning them into snowmen one by one.

It can’t be said that there is no such thing. It can be seen through the hole. There are still some shadows swimming past under the water surface, gliding slowly. A fish is the size of a kobold. It’s just that there are countless schools of fish crackling in the imagination. The scene of breathing oxygen into the cave did not appear.

The fish gathered here basically didn't show their heads, and ran away if there was a slight movement.

During this period, one of the goblins forked a wooden spear and got a fat fish weighing half a catty, but that was all.

"It's not bad. Arrange sharp-eyed orcs to guard the entrance of the cave every day, and you can also get a certain amount of meat."

The kobold leader, Pooh, was a little disappointed, but although there was no scene of a good fish harvest described by His Royal Highness Austin, it was at least a source of food.

You know, being able to live with food in the cold winter is pretty good.

Orcs can't be too greedy.

"Boss Pooh, next."

All the orcs turned their attention to Pooh, waiting for his next idea.

"Make these holes wider first, and then find a few people to take charge of spearfishing here."

This matter still needs to be reported to His Royal Highness Austin, but in order to survive the food shortage crisis in the cold winter, His Royal Highness Austin will probably not object.

It's just that the hole in the ice surface is a bit small, and it needs to be made wider before it can be used, otherwise it will be really inconvenient.

"So be it."

Although this trip did not completely solve the food crisis in Dragon Nest Village, it is good to be able to find a relatively stable source of food in the cold winter. His Highness Austin is indeed amazingly knowledgeable, and he is worthy of being a naturally noble dragon.

Just when Pooh was about to lead the team back, it suddenly occurred to him that he seemed to have missed something.

hot water,

By the way, there is hot water!
I was too nervous before and even forgot this.

When talking yesterday, the blue young dragon once talked about pouring hot water down to speed up the gathering of fish schools.

Just does this work?

A trace of hesitation suddenly appeared in Pooh's heart, but he quickly extinguished it. His Highness Austin is absolutely right, and what His Highness thinks must be right.

"Go back to the village and boil a bucket of hot water."

Pointing to a few kobolds casually, Pooh ordered.

Taking advantage of the time when the kobolds returned to the village to boil water, Pooh led a group of orcs along the hole to make room.

There is a hole, and then I smashed ice along the edge of the big hole in the basin. With a gap, the speed is much faster than before, and there is no need to bake this way.

Not long after, a hole in the ice layer about half a meter wide was smashed open, and then Pooh ordered the rattan baskets brought by the people to sink into the lake through the hole. , you can catch the fish with a single pull up, which is much better than spearfishing.

It's just that underwater fish are not stupid. After catching fish a few times with this method, it is basically difficult to catch fish again.

I hope the method of hot water is useful, Pooh seemed a little uneasy.

Not long after, several kobolds rushed over carrying a stone basin of hot water that was constantly emitting white smoke.

"Okay, hurry up and get down!"

Pooh commanded the orcs around to make way for a passage, and the kobolds carried hot water to the ice hole, and dumped the hot water that was constantly emitting white smoke.

Whoa!
Violent water splashes surged up, carrying a thick mist that almost drowned everyone present.

"How is it? Is there any result?"

After clearing the white mist, a group of orcs quickly stuck their heads out and looked towards the entrance of the cave.

The turbulent ripples gradually calmed down, and the mist on the water gradually dissipated.

However, under the anticipation of many eyes, the lake water inside the cave entrance did not show much abnormality.

"Ugh."

Pooh sighed, and all the orcs around him looked discouraged.

It seems that the method of hot water is not feasible.

"Forget it, let's go back first."

Just at this time,

Whoa!

Suddenly, there was a sound of splashing water, and the lake water in the cave entrance visibly surged.

"Just that"

Before Pooh could react, at the same time, the sound of splashing water surged again, but at this moment it no longer dissipated immediately, but ripples of water splashed one after another.

"Fish, fish!"

Stripes of shadows rushed quickly from under the ice and gathered around the entrance of the cave.

The orcs around hurriedly pointed to the densely packed fish schools at the entrance of the cave, and shouted excitedly.

The lake under the entrance of the ice cave was occupied by dense schools of fish that came from nowhere. Many fish even jumped out of the water, and one accidentally fell on the ice, and was quickly caught by the orcs nearby.

"Success!"

Seeing this, the kobold leader Pooh let out a long breath, the food for this cold winter is here!

Although I don't know the principle, and I don't know why so many fish will gather after pouring a bucket of hot water, but this does not prevent Pooh from following Austin's guidance and obtaining the so-called big harvest.

"Get up the basket!"

Taking advantage of a large number of fish gathering, Pooh quickly ordered to pull up the rattan basket that had sunk earlier.

Whoa!
A large amount of water flowed down from the gaps between the baskets, and the rest of the large number of fish were crackling and jumping in the baskets.

"it is good!"

When the basket was pulled up, Pooh the Kobold looked into the basket first, and seeing the big fish and small fish constantly jumping at the bottom of the basket half full, Pooh couldn't help laughing.

But at this moment, the fish gathered at the entrance of the cave didn't seem to notice that the same kind disappeared, and they were still scrambling to swim over, filling the holes created by the fish taken away by the basket again, and jumping out of the water from time to time.

Seeing this scene, all the orcs took a reassurance in their hearts. It seemed that this cold winter would be enough to survive.

An indescribable joy surged from every orc's heart, it was the joy of a good harvest, and the excited expectation for a better day in the future.

Since the birth of these orcs, the cold winter in memory has been spent in hunger, but now seeing the hope of being able to eat meat every day, can you not be excited?

At the same time, in many orc dramas, Her Highness Austin, who proposed this method, admired even more, and his status was elevated again.

(End of this chapter)