"Click... rustle... click..."
Before long, familiar sounds, accompanied by the rustling of grass being brushed aside, reached Su Er's ears as he lay waiting in the tree.
The grass in the distance shook and rustled, and a dark shape flickered in and out of sight. No, there were three!
The prey was in position!
Spiders were highly wary creatures. They would wait until their prey had completely suffocated before approaching to feed.
The three Acromantulas that had come into Su Er's view stayed a short distance away, their twelve pairs of compound eyes fixed on the "animal" Su Er had transfigured as they crouched low.
At this point, some outside intervention was needed. Su Er had no desire to wait here in vain. Although Acromantulas had some intelligence, how could little spiders possibly outwit the crafty Su Er?
Su Er raised his hand and moved his Wand. The bait began bouncing on the ground, then suddenly charged headlong toward the Acromantulas. All three immediately took a step back.
In short, it repeatedly hopped between death and death, doing everything it could to lure them in.
"Click... click..." Su Er could hear the Acromantulas' sounds growing forceful and angry, while the occasional breeze carried the bloody scent of the bait toward them.
"They've taken the bait!" Su Er murmured delightedly. He could see a dark red haze coming over the three spiders' compound eyes, which meant the Acromantulas had entered a frenzied state.
After one final headlong charge, Su Er made the bait turn its back and rapidly retreat. Sure enough, the three Acromantulas immediately followed close behind.
Once the three Acromantulas had passed, Su Er held his Wand between his teeth, transformed into his Animagus form, and lightly jumped down from the tree.
Before following them, he inexplicably glanced behind