Seeing movement on the hillside, Li Long grabbed his gun and stepped forward to shield Haohao behind him, while reaching out to pull Mingming away from the water.
With little wild boars coming down first, there were bound to be adults following them. Li Long certainly did not want his two children frightened or knocked down by a full-grown wild boar.
Several half-grown wild boars poked their heads out of the bushes on the opposite bank, watching Li Long, Mingming, and Haohao warily.
With a series of grunts, two much larger sows burst out of the bushes. Seeing the little boars that had fallen into the water, they grew anxious, opening their great mouths to bare yellow teeth and squealing for the piglets to hurry back up.
Judging by their size, these two sows had to weigh at least two hundred kilograms each. As they tentatively approached the water, they knocked the bushes every which way. These were not creatures he could overpower!
Then they spotted Li Long and the two children.
The boars were startled at the sight of Li Long too. The half-grown ones turned and ran, but the two sows hesitated. After all, their young were trapped in the water. Should they save them or not?
"Mingming, Haohao, stand back! Daddy's going to shoot!"
Li Long shouted, raised his gun, released the safety, and worked the bolt to chamber a round before firing toward the boars. He no longer cared whether he hit anything. First, he had to scare these creatures away!
By the time Li Long pulled the trigger, the two sows had made their decision. They turned and fled, disappearing into the bushes in an instant.
The gunshot echoed along the water. The bushes shook here and there, accompanied by shrieks from wild boars and