At last, he saw it again.
The two-headed deer.
But this time it was close enough for Li Long to get a clear look.
It did not actually have two heads. It had only one, with a huge, long set of antlers, tangled in which was another antlered head. By now, though, that head was nothing but bone.
It reminded Li Long of a video he had seen in his previous life. Two deer had fought, and one had killed the other, but their antlers had become locked together. To survive, the victor had been forced to drag the dead deer around until its flesh rotted and its head broke away from its neck, finally giving the surviving deer some relief.
He just did not know why this powerful buck had not shed its antlers or grown any velvet antler.
Were its current antlers too firmly attached?
Li Long was no zoologist and did not know the reason. But as he spotted the deer, it spotted him too. It still carried the other deer's skull on its head, with one antler attached. The other antler had fallen off somewhere.
It looked quite bizarre.
The instant the deer saw Li Long, it sped up, moving to get in front of the fawn and shield it with its body.
Just then, a roar came from the grass. A brown bear as tall as an adult burst out on its hind legs. Seeing the fawn ahead, it immediately raised both paws and lunged!
The Red Deer Stag panicked and hurriedly turned to protect the fawn. Alarmed by the bear's roar, the fawn stumbled toward the woods above, only to trip over the grass and fall. It tried twice to get up but failed.
The fawn's frantic cries distracted the Red Deer Stag despite