Bella looked at James Grayson worriedly.
She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid of James's death.
He became a general at such a young age. He had great achievements in war and a strong background. Maybe he will be the president in a few years. She didn't want him to become a wolf's food in the wild just while saving her.
Even the thought of it was pitiful.
James Grayson saw Bella's worry and gently rubbed her cheek.
"Don't worry. Wolves don't come here every day. We'll be fine. Believe me." James Grayson promised.
Bella nodded. It was useless for her to worry. "Do you know where this island is?"
"I don't know. There are many islands on the sea and many uninhabited ones, especially in the deep sea. Ordinary people won't come here. Even for military land, they will choose convenient geographical conditions. Some explorers have surveyed it. There are no footprints on the beach here." James Grayson looked around, picked up one of the nets and emptied out the pot.
There was a kitchen knife, a dagger, a pistol and a magazine in the pot.
"Can you still use your pistol?" Bella asked, looking at James Grayson with hope.
If they would have a gun, she would feel much safer.
"It can be used. If there are chances that it won't work, we will dry it and there will be no problem. There are 20 bullets in total, so we need to choose a safe place to sleep." James Grayson threw the dagger to Bella. He took the gun and the kitchen knife. He looked at the dried fish and smelled it. It seemed it should be edible.
"Bella, you dig a pit here. Don't need to dig too deep. Just dig about ten centimeters. I'll pick some leaves." James Grayson said.
Bella held his hand. "I'll go with you."
"All right." James Grayson wrapped the fish with four big leaves.
Bella dug the pit. James Grayson put the fish in and covered it with sand.
"Let's go."
Bella followed James Grayson and entered the forest.
Because it was a no man's land, the trees were wild and dense, and most of them were big leaf trees.
James Grayson cut it and went in at the same time. Bella helped her to deal with it. James Grayson cut out a meter wide and long place, stopped and looked at a tree.
"What's the matter?" Bella asked in bewilderment.
James Grayson pulled the corners of his mouth. "Even if we don't have a pistol, we do not need to be afraid of wild animals."
"Why?"
"This kind of tree is called arrow poisonwood. It's the poison that has been mentioned in martial arts novels. Tomorrow, we will make some bows and arrows. It will be enough, as my archery is the best in the military region." James Grayson said confidently.
Bella smiled. "I have a feeling that we can live in the mountains and forests for a lifetime."
James Grayson pinched Bella's nose. "If you accidentally get the poison from arrow poisonwood, the grass under it is detoxified."
Bella exclaimed, "Nature is really amazing."
James Grayson glanced around and pointed to one of the big trees. "We'll build our place on this tree."
Bella looked up, the branches and leaves of the tree were too thick. "Will there be snakes on it?"
"Snakes go up trees to look for food. But snakes are timid animals, as long as we clean them up, they won't come up." James Grayson explained.
He quickly climbed up, with a strong body and a fast speed.
Bella saw that he was cutting off the extra branches.
Not far away, she saw a plant with a lot of fibers. Thinking of tearing it into silk and making the rope, she cut it down and took it off under the tree.
An hour later, James Grayson had already cut off the redundant branches of two adjacent trees and jumped down from them.
Bella looked at the tree and said, "Isn't it too high? I don't feel too stable. I... Well, I can't climb trees. "
"Don't worry about that. I'll make another ladder. When the ladder is finished, the bark below will all lie down. The tree without the bark will be smoother, and animals will not climb up." James Grayson explained.
"Are we going to bring all the boards here now?" Bella asked.
"Um." James Grayson led her away.
Bella felt the rough palm of his hand, with the hot temperature.
She hoped that there can be ships passing by to get him out.
They brought their boards under the trees and separated them.
James Grayson chose eight big branches, and Bella helped to clean up the side branches. The two trees he chose were face-to-face. From the second tree, James Grayson chose five branches, but they were not at the same height. He first tied eight big branches to five big branches to form a balanced plane.
Bella was really impressed, "you should be a master of architecture."
"When my soldiers and I were on a mission, we built such a simple bed in the forest. There was nothing else. We are lucky that we have these boards, so this bed should be more comfortable." James Grayson said with a smile.
Bella thought that she would sleep in the same bed with him tonight. She had a strange feeling in her heart, which she didn't have while floating on the sea.
She lowered her head and went on knitting.
James Grayson jumped down from the tree and tied the rope to the middle of the wooden bed.
"Why you are tying the rope?" Bella asked in bewilderment.
"You can't lift this board. I'll pull it." James Grayson explained.
Bella nodded.
James Grayson's position was too high. It's more than three meters by visual inspection. The width of the bed board was much, it was estimated that she wasn't so powerful. James Grayson climbed up first.
Bella tried her help him pull the rope and finally got the first board up. He put it firmly, but there was a 25-degree tilt.
James Grayson jumped down from the tree and looked at the time. It was 12:20 at noon.
"Hungry?" James Grayson asked.
Bella nodded. In fact, an hour ago, her stomach growled.
"The fish should be better. Let's go." James Grayson said.
Bella looked at the beach, her eyes flashed panic, and she looked back at James. "What's that black thing?"
James Grayson followed Bella's eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. "Bella, we are lucky. So fast, God sent us food. That's a boar. "
James Grayson galloped past.
"Be careful," Bella said.
James Grayson ran over. The boar was eating their fish. When he heard the sound, he turned around.
James Grayson took the opportunity to shoot. The bullet went right into the boar's head. The boar swayed a few times and fell to the ground. Bella looked at the boar on the ground. Although she has eaten pork, she has never killed a pig.
"Can you cut pigs?" Bella asked James Grayson.
James Grayson looked at Bella beside him. Obviously, he hasn't killed pigs and didn't cut it, but when he saw Bella's appearance it seemed he did!