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Chapter 5
In front of the angry lion, even the most brave hyena had to avoid its edge.
What's more, there are only three hyenas, and there is absolutely no way to threaten the male lion in terms of force or number.
Hyenas dare to hunt down lion cubs and can compete with adult lions, but if not necessary, they are unwilling to confront adult lions, whether it is a mighty and majestic lion or a female who is a good hunter. lion.
In front of Pascal, they retreated, they left their prey and fled. It is not the first time that they have done this kind of thing. The Natalie hyena group they had lived in was driven away by the new lion king Pascal of this land. Losing the inherent territory of the hyena group, the hyena leader Natalie's prestige in the hyena group decreased a lot. Soon, Nardelli took her place.
When the hyena group was continuously integrated, the three of them, as loyal fans of the former leader Natalie, were also driven out of the hyena group. They cannot hunt in the newly-occupied territory of the ethnic group. As outsiders, they cannot touch the interests of the local hyena group. In order to survive, they can only run on the edge of the territory of the two lion groups and the hyena group.
To avoid the lions and their kinsmen, they even changed the hunting time to noon. At this time, lions usually sleep in their dens in order to avoid the scorching sun from burning their hair. Hyenas also like to go at night action.
Who can tell them what happened to the lion roaring behind them? They had never heard Pascal's angry voice before, even when he drove away the Natalie hyenas, he was still majestic and calm of. And just now... when they heard Pascal's roar, they almost thought they would be torn to pieces by him in the next moment.
The angry lion stared at the lion cub, who had his head drooping and fell to the ground, his eyes were cold. He didn’t give too much attention to the hyenas who fled, anyway, he has remembered their smell, their deaths are just
He stepped forward and licked the dying little lion. He wasn't sure, if he came a little later, would he see a pile of minced meat? This is a rare little guy that interested him. .
The little guy glanced at him weakly and closed his eyes again. Only from the slight trembling of the pale yellow hair can he feel that it is still alive. The male lion simply squatted down-body, carefully licking the wound for the little lion, first the eyes, then the back, the degree of carefulness was comparable to giving him a bath. Perhaps even lionesses are not so careful when bathing their children.
Feeling the lion's thick and warm tongue wandering around her wound, Galia felt embarrassed. Although knowing that licking is a common phenomenon in the animal world, it still cannot adapt.
Too close. This distance, this posture, has exceeded the range it can tolerate.
And, has anyone seen a male lion licking a lion cub? This is usually the job of a lioness. Has anyone ever seen a male lion lick other lion cubs instead of rushing forward and killing them? This is ridiculous.
But now, Galia has no choice. How to make a lion cub so badly injured that it can't even stand to protest against an adult male lion, at least Galia thinks it can't do it.
Therefore, it can only let Pascal pick itself up. In terms of its size, it is so small in front of Pascal that Pascal can swallow it with just one bite. Although knowing that Pascal would not end his life immediately since he had saved him, this posture that his life safety was threatened at any time still made Galia extremely uneasy.
As if perceiving the trembling under the fur of the little thing he was holding, Pascal raised his front paws and turned into a human form in a golden light. He carried Galia to his face: "Hey, rest assured, you little guy. You don't want the wound to grow bigger, right" This is a tall, vigorous and strong man. The contrast of power is too great, and Galia is like a plush toy in his hand.
However, Galia couldn't care about it now. It was nestled in Pascal's arms and glanced at him weakly, without the strength to speak. The smell of blood on its body has attracted many hidden hunters nearby, but they dare not step forward because of the lion.
This coveted feeling made Galia feel uncomfortable. Similarly, Pascal's strong and aggressive aura made him feel depressed and fearful. But it has no way, now it is just prey to the hunters on the grassland.
Pascal could feel Galia's discomfort. He stretched out his hand and stroked the soft fur on his head, a little bit of his own breath: "You are a dishonest little guy..."
Galia buried her head in Pascal's arms and quietly rolled her eyes.
"It's really hard to imagine, how can a quirky little guy like you fight directly against three adult male hyenas. Do you think the god of luck will always take care of you? Uh, you don't know how big the sky is."
Now Galia's eyes were almost turned into dead fish eyes.
If you can, whoever wants to bite the three hyenas can never think of himself as a superman or the protagonist who defeats the strong with the weak. Asking such a stupid question, is this lion mentally retarded?
Suddenly, Galia got a chill after the item. Before it adjusted its expression, Pascal picked it up: "You are scolding me again in your heart, isn't it? Hey, don't pretend to be stupid, I see your expression! "
"..."
"It's useless to pretend to be dead." Pascal's head moved closer to Galia, showing him his sharp teeth: "If you pretend to be dead, you will be eaten."
Galia has a feeling of ‘ah, isn’t it really the two kids in the kindergarten are talking?’
It wasn't until Pascal's sharp teeth touched his neck that Galia felt a deep sense of crisis, and the hairs all over his body stood upside down. What does the lion in front of it have to do with it? Why is it certain that he will not kill it because he saved it from the hands of the three hyenas. This is really the funniest of this century. a joke.
Protecting and being protected, trusting and being trusted, any relationship is so thin when the strength of the two parties is not equal.
Seeing the little guy nestled in his arms, he was too frightened to move, Pascal felt much better. He wasn't a bully, oh no, lion, but somehow, bullying this little guy made him feel very fulfilled.
At this time, Pascal still doesn't know how much trouble his evil taste will cause him in the future.
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It didn't take Pascal too much time to get from the edge of the territory to the center of the lair. In fact, if Galia's injury hadn't been taken into consideration, he could have been faster.
The members of the Pascal Lion Group, nine lionesses and three males heard Pascal's roar and came out to greet him.
Galia's eyes simply rounded. It has no common sense to know that the leader of a lion group is generally one or several male lions. The male lions who can share the lion king's position and territory are usually brothers. But there are three male lions in front of it, plus Pascal himself is four, they don't seem to have any similarities, what is going on!
Immediately afterwards, a scene that made it even more incredible appeared. All the lionesses and lions bowed their heads in front of Pascal, and gave him the highest degree of respect like a king who had returned.
Pascal and the other three lions are not like collaborators at all, they are more like survivors and subjects. This kind of relationship is not uncommon in the human world, but Galia has seen it in the animal world for the first time. The attitude of those lionesses towards Pascal puzzled Galia even more.
You know, although the male lions look majestic and the ruler of the entire lion group, they are actually just visitors of the lion group. When they have the ability to drive away all the invaders, they are the leader of the lion group; when they are defeated and driven away by other male lions, they have nothing. It is the lionesses who really dominate the lions. Therefore, although they are in awe of the lion, they will not experience the phenomenon of complete surrender as Galia saw.
For the first time, Galia had a keen interest in the lions under Pascal's rule.
"Welcome back, sir." One of the lions stepped forward. It seemed that he was second only to Pascal in the Pascal group. His polite attitude made Galia suspect that he came from a civilized society, rather than growing up in the wild. Then, a scene that surprised Galia even more happened. The lion raised its front paws and slowly turned into a person in a burst of deep purple light.
Galia has also seen this method of transformation in Pascal. It seems that it and Pascal are not the only lions that can transform into human form. Ah, of course, and more importantly, when the two lions are deformed, there is an aperture around their bodies. Galia doesn't know what that means, but it doesn't.
The lion stared at Galia in Pascal's arms, lowered his head and sniffed the cub's body: "Sir, this is..."
"I have seen this lion cub." The lioness leader Wana suddenly said: "Its mother Lily-the stray lioness once was the same as us."
"So, this cub is..."
"I've heard the rumor that it's not growing up."
"Oh, it seems that our guess is correct. It will also be one of us." The lionesses talked.
"My lord, it is a child of Ghana. It appears here now. Is it abandoned by the Ghanaian lion?" Leoard, the lion who ranks second only to Pascal, said: "Oh, I mean, if it was not Ghanaian What the lions abandoned, maybe we should send it back, otherwise it may cause disputes with the Ghanaian lions."
"We are not afraid of the Ghanaian lions, but winter is coming. We should reserve some prey as much as possible instead of spending time and energy on guarding against the Ghanaian lions' revenge. Oh, of course, if you plan to capture Ghana now Lions, to expand our hunting range, there is nothing to say. However, I have to remind you that now is not a good time to expand your territory. After all, your uncle, City Lord Serant..."
"Oh, yes, I have to watch out for Serant, so I can't make too much noise, right, dear Ray, you are wrong, since the day I was exiled by Serant, I was in his There is already a dead person in his eyes. He will not take a dead person in his heart. Even if I occupy all the land of wild lions, I am afraid he will dismiss it. Therefore, what you worry about will not become a reality. ."
During the speech, Pascal glanced at the little lion, who was only the size of his palm, and held it in his arms. He noticed the little guy's sluggish look, and his face also sank.
"But I can't let you take this risk, maybe City Lord Serant's reconnaissance force..."
"This has nothing to do with my staying with this child. Listen, Leo von Akathus, I have made a decision, and you only have to choose whether to obey." The Lion King said: "From today From now on, Galia is my son, and I will not give my son to anyone... even Ghana."
Pascal was too lazy to bother about internal disputes among the Ghanaian lions. Since he found this little guy, he didn't plan to return it again. As for Ghana, if he abandons his child, then he is guilty of death; even if the abandonment of Galia was not his intention, and he did not take good care of the little guy, causing the little guy to almost die in the mouth of a hyena, he deserves to lose the child. .
From the look of the Lion King that was different from the past, Leiold could see his seriousness. In the end, the loyal subordinate lowered his head: "Yes, sir, I understand. If this is your will."
Pascal nodded in satisfaction, changed back to the shape of a lion, and took Galia back to his den.
"I guess, you need something to eat now, little guy." The lion dragged a warthog not far away to Galia and arched in Galia's direction.
The lionesses have been paying attention to Pascal's movement. Seeing this scene, a lioness couldn't help but yelled: "Oh, are you serious, did you actually give up your prey to the little one." Beléne, the youngest lioness in the group of lions.
Her third sister, Lenny, persuaded her: "It seems that the adult really regards little Galia as his own child. Okay, let's do whatever the adult wants, let's leave it alone."
"No, I mean, don't adults need to take care of the cubs with us. After all... It is our lioness's responsibility to hunt and care for the cubs. Oh, although adults almost never eat the prey we catch."
"Maybe the adults are more willing to take care of the little lion personally. After all, he seems to take it seriously. Come on, sisters, this is not something we should worry about. Let's go hunting. Look, the adults have come to see us. If he doesn't leave, he will be angry..."
Galia didn't notice this episode. From the moment Pascal put the warthog in front of him, she felt extremely hungry. Intense hunger and eager appetite-hope to make it forget the status quo of his injury. It had just taken a step before it let out a painful grunt.
"Let me see if the wound on the paw has opened again, you careless little fellow" Pascal overturned it to the ground despite Galia's objection. Now Galia had to turn her feet upside down, showing her soft belly toward Pascal. Pascal held its slender hind paws, looked at the wound that had turned dark red, and licked with his tongue.
Galia felt the lion’s warm and tropical barbed tongue traverse the wound on his hind leg, and suddenly a horrible feeling arose. This fear was even greater than when he was first treated by Pascal. At this angle, it can't fully see Pascal's movements, but Pascal can have a panoramic view of its every move.
The feeling of being licked by Pascal reminded him of the prey that was about to be devoured. Maybe this male lion didn't want to heal his wounds at all, but was testing if the food suits his appetite, God knows!
In front of the lion's mouth, Galia once again felt her insignificance.
"Look at your expression." Pascal turned Galia back like a tortoise shell: "Why, thought I was going to eat you, I said, you are too thin, not enough for my teeth, or wait for you to grow. Bigger."
Galia felt a little bit cold. It didn't know whether it should be happy or afraid. At least, recently it doesn't have to worry about its own life. It also knows how slow its growth rate is. From this point of view, it should be a long time before it is actually eaten by Pascal as a reserve food.
That's it, Galia thought. Its life is always threatened, either from the grassland or from this lion. Living alone on the grassland, maybe it will not see the sun tomorrow; give this male lion a reserve of food, when it really grows to be eaten, at least it has the ability to resist or escape.
You can’t expect the lions to be philanthropists and will raise a lion that has no blood relationship with them for no reason, right?
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