From then on, Jera would always pick up prey whose throats had just been bitten off at the door every once in a while. The lionesses looked at it with something wrong. Some of them even suspected that Jela was Pascal's child.
"Oh, look at it, Pascal has sent such a big male antelope again! I really don't know what the relationship between Jela's little cub is and the hateful Pascal! He has never had a good look on our lion group, but he treats us so well. That little guy is so generous!"
"Jela is Lily and Garner's child, there is no doubt about it. Do you think our dear Garner would mistake his own child? But, let me tell you, this is indeed a bit strange. Pascal gave Jela Where did the prey come from? Are the lionesses of their pride willing to let Pascal share the prey they worked so hard to hunt with a cub that has nothing to do with them?"
"I heard that Pascal never eats the prey that his lionesses kill. Even though the lionesses in Pascal's pride go hunting regularly and always leave the biggest and freshest portion to Pascal, he doesn't. Never looked down upon, he was simply too hard to please.”
"So, he always hunts by himself? How does he do it? You know, lions are big and bulky, and although I have to admit that few can match their strength, but let's say To hunt—it’s hard for them to get close to their prey without being noticed, right?”
"Excuse me, I can't believe that as the leader of a lion pride with a vast territory, Pascal would actually go hunting by himself. This sounds incredible. It's just like the other day when I saw Ryan face Pascal. It's incredible to hide behind Ghana in fear but rush to the front to fight bravely... "
As they chatted, the lionesses' focus began to shift. They were obviously more interested in talking about Ryan than whether there was any secret relationship between Pascal and Jela.
"I have never seen a lion as bad-tempered and incompetent as Ryan. The day before yesterday, he encountered a group of hyenas that broke into the territory. He was knocked to the ground by them. If Ghana hadn't come back in time, he would have been disemboweled. Yesterday, he actually had the nerve to dislike the small amount of food Meira and I gave him, and asked us to give him part of our share. Oh my God, how can he have the nerve! If you ask me, he shouldn’t have any. Give it to him and let him find food on his own. I really can't figure out what role he has in our pride besides consuming food in vain! Fortunately, Ghana is relatively reliable, otherwise, I dare say, our The pride of lions will be finished early.”
"You're right, sister, only Ghana is willing to raise his useless brother without complaint. I feel unbearable when I think that I have to accept the advances of such a male lion. Why can't we just follow Ghanaian mating? A lion like Ryan who has no strength but likes to pretend that he is capable is the most annoying."
"Hey, you bad guys, how dare you speak ill of me behind my back!" An angry voice came from behind. The lionesses turned their heads and saw Ryan approaching with a sullen face. The aura of the male lion makes them involuntarily fearful. Everyone knows that in terms of strength, there is no way a female lion can compare with a male lion, especially when the male lion makes no secret of his killing intent.
"Do you want to fight with us, Ryan?" The lioness Ahir came out. She was always the one who was least afraid of Ryan. Among the lionesses in the pride, except Lily, she was the only one who successfully rejected Ryan's advances and never had sex with him: "The male lion actually attacked the lionesses in his territory, oh , I hope once this news spreads, there will soon be new topics of conversation on the grassland."
Ryan's face darkened: "How dare you laugh at me!"
Aisil used his tail to comfort a little lion next to him who was restless under the influence of the lion's breath, and said calmly: "We are just talking about a cowardly coward... Do you admit that you are a coward?"
"Roar!"
An angry growl filled the air. Ryan turned his head and exposed his sharp teeth in warning. His dark brown mane trembled slightly in the sun, like a vicious dog ready to pounce at any time.
Aixir was not afraid of him at all, even though the male lion opposite her was nearly a third larger than her. She raised her face, her golden eyes full of coldness: "I bet that as long as you continue to yell or attack us, Ghana will come over soon. How do you want to explain to him then? ,Um?"
Ryan was obviously very afraid of his brother. He glared at Aixir fiercely: "Watch your mouth! I will spare you this time. If I hear you say something slanderous about me next time, you will Just wait and see!”
Watching Ryan's retreating figure, Laoqi Fani whispered softly: "You know how to bully us, and you have the ability to be so majestic in front of our enemies!"
"Stop talking. I know you are dissatisfied with Len, but obviously, irritating him is not a wise approach." Aixier ended the topic: "Okay, sisters, let's talk about something happy. Let’s talk about it, Jones, has your little baby Helica learned to hunt?”
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Lions do not need to eat every day, and when they are full at one meal, they can go several days without eating. Since they had already gone out to hunt yesterday, none of the lionesses of the Garanaline pride went out today and they all stayed in their dens. The little lions jumped happily around their mother.
Today is the day when little lion Leo turns three years old. He was taken out of his den in a daze early in the morning and thrown out of his territory. He rolled around on the ground like a meat ball for a few times before regaining his balance.
He shook his head, shaking off the mud and grass on his head during the roll, and shouted in a dissatisfied tone: "Uncle, what's wrong with you? There's no need to hunt today, why do you want to disturb my sleep?"
As he spoke, he stood up straight. The three-year-old lion is already quite big, but it is still not big enough in front of his powerful and strong uncle.
"You have reached adulthood, you must leave my pride!" Garner looked at Leo in front of him seriously.
"I don't understand, this is my home, I have always lived here..." Leo tried to get close to the lion's den, but was slapped to the ground mercilessly by Garner: "This is my territory, Not yours. I will not allow a third adult male lion in my territory besides me and my brother, even if it is my nephew!"
"Oh, uncle, why are you so stingy to your nephew? Where is my father, does he know that I am about to be driven away?" Leo shouted dissatisfied.
"Adult male lions will be kicked out of the pride. This is a rule that all lions follow. Your father also knows it. Of course you should follow it. Now, leave immediately!"
"I won't leave!" Leo said angrily: "Isn't your child, Jela, who is also three years old, not kicked out of the lion pride? If you really want to talk about it, he is older than me! Why do you drive me away? Do I have to endure such unfair treatment just because I am not your child?"
The newly-adult lion stood up with difficulty, shook his mane, and quickly pounced using the hunting skills his mother had recently given him. In terms of skills, he is confident enough that none of the lion cubs in the same pride are as good as him. Even his mother praised his smooth figure and neat movements.
He tried to use these proud skills to resist his uncle, but he obviously failed. These skills of his seemed too raw in front of an experienced hunter, so that he didn't react until he was violently knocked to the ground. The bones all over his body felt pain as if they were falling apart, and soon, Leo smelled the smell of blood again—the smell of his own blood.
"Oh, no, let me go... please forgive me, uncle!" Leo felt his throat being bitten by Garner, and the threat of death was so close that he knew he was afraid: "I, I will leave your territory immediately, I never dare to disobey you again!" The lion's authority cannot be challenged. When he faced the threat of a lion in its prime, he realized how terrifying it was!
"Jera is different from you, don't bring it up to make trouble again!"
"Oh, oh, of course, you are right, I listen to you..."
Ryan only discovered that Leo was missing in the evening. He spent the whole day patrolling the territory. Only when he drove away the cheetahs and jackals could he feel the majesty of his own lion, which made him feel relieved after being depressed for several days. This pleasure was even greater after he defeated a lone adult hyena.
'I am also a lion king. This is the life I should live, being revered and worshiped by many animals on the grassland, instead of being mocked by the lionesses in the den as inferior to my brother,' he thought.
Unfortunately, this pleasure quickly disintegrated after he returned to the lair.
"Gana, you actually kicked Leo out of the lions. Who allowed you to do this!" Ryan said angrily: "You know Leo is my favorite child!"
"But he is already three years old. He is an adult. Our pride only needs our two male lions. We don't need a newly grown adult male lion to compete with us for territory! I thought you all understood this. .”
"Oh, no, my poor Leo! He is still so young!" Ryan walked around on the ground looking quite sad. Suddenly, his eyes were caught by a ball of yellow fur nesting quietly in the corner. Attracted, the golden brown vertical pupils stared in that direction for an instant. Jera seemed to feel the malice coming from the other party, and gathered itself tighter. It was trying hard to reduce its presence.
"If all male lions over three years old will be kicked out of the pride, what about Jela's existence? He is already over three years old. Shouldn't he be kicked out of our pride? Brother , as the leader of the lion group, you should be fair and just. Look, you kept Jela, what should you do if there are lionesses like you crying and begging to keep their adult children? ?”
Although Jela gathered his whole body and tried hard to reduce his presence, even his head was not exposed, but his ears had actually stood up.
Garner usually didn't show too much preference for it. Jela always felt that he was a dispensable existence to Garner, and leaving him among the lions was just pity for himself. It has always been a little trembling among the lions. Now, with the expulsion of Leo, all kinds of concerns have finally been brought to light by Ryan. Will Ghana take advantage of the situation and get rid of this trouble
Garner's eyes glanced in the direction of Jela: "I'll say it again, don't criticize Jela. Jela is different. When you see its size and development, you will never think that it is an adult male. lion!"
"But it is indeed an adult!"
"At least, Leo already has the ability to make a lioness go into heat, but Jela can't." Garner said displeased: "Okay, don't come against me anymore, my dear brother. You know, some I don’t want to reiterate the rules to you again and again.”
"Hey, brother! Hey, Garner! These are what you call 'rules'! It's... I'm speechless!" Ryan was obviously not satisfied with the result, but he didn't dare to challenge Garner anymore and could only leave it at that. Silence.
When facing Ghana's absolute authority, Ryan had something else in his heart besides his usual awe. Those things expanded rapidly with his anger, almost breaking through his reason and awe.
The lionesses on the side were whispering quietly. Of course, their focus was on Garner and Jera, and they ignored Ryan, who was standing in front of Garner as if waiting to be scolded. There has never been a day when Ghana showed his support for Jela in front of the lions like he did at this moment. The lionesses were naturally surprised. But in Ryan's ears, these unclear whispers all turned into mockery of him.
These lionesses had previously mocked him for being inferior to Ghana. Now that they have to submit to Ghana again, they have more to say! When will these days end
After Jela said those words in Ghana, she raised her little head.
Is it different? It is certainly different from the lions in this pride, from all the lions in this pride.
However, being able to openly defend it in front of so many lions, does it think that it can still have some expectations from its nominal father
Jela's dream didn't last long. When the early morning sunshine poured onto the land again the next day, Jela was taken out of the den by a lion. When Jela woke up and found that the skin on the back of her neck was held in Ryan's mouth, one can imagine her horror.
"If you don't want me to bite your throat off, just shut up!" Ryan's words were as cold and devoid of warmth as his eyes.
With his life in someone else's hands, Jela certainly didn't dare to mess around, so he could only nod hastily. Ryan was running wildly with it in his mouth, and soon left the lions' territory far behind. By the time Ryan got into a bush, Jela no longer knew the way back to the lions.
"Okay, you little hapless guy!" Ryan threw Jera off. Suddenly touching the hard ground, Jela grimaced in pain.
"You should have been kicked out of the lions a long time ago. You should be grateful for our kindness in keeping you until today. From now on, you can just ask for blessings!" After saying that, Ryan left without looking back, leaving only Jela looked so small in the huge jungle.