gentle beast

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The Camuda Valley was inhabited by many carnivorous species and sounds were frequent. At the start, Suzanna did not care. At least until the sound came closer and closer, almost as if they were coming directly from the leopard tribe. There were many of them and the whole valley trembled with the sound.

Suzanna ears prickled and she listened closely. Her face quickly paled white and said to Jǐ Xiǎo Ōu behind her, “Come with me back to the race. The saber-toothed tigers are coming!”

The carnivorous species were familiar with the sounds of every beast. It was probably innate instinct.

Although Jǐ Xiǎo Ōu didn’t understand Suzanna’s words, she could hear the roar of beasts in the distance and her body stiffened but she immediately followed Suzanna’s footsteps.

“What the hell are these guys doing here?” Suzanna could not help cursing as she walked back.

The tigers lived in the Ramos Valley which was ten miles away. There was almost no interaction between the two races.
There was going to be nothing good in them coming in groves.

It proved the saber-toothed tigers were really looking for trouble.

Last time, Ryan led the tribe to Ramos Valley and, not only robbed them of their prey, they also rescued most of the females from their tribe. This made the leader of the tigers, Sarant, extremely angry.

After regaining his strength, Sarant assembled the warriors of the neighboring white tiger clan and came to Camuda Valley to wash away the disgrace Ryan had handed to them the last time. And to seize all the females from the leopard race.

Suzanna walked quickly, her legs gracefully dancing through the trees.

When she turned and saw the female was far behind her, she hesitated and prepared to go back to Jǐ Xiǎo Ōu. But, before could turn back, a face of yellow fur and long eyeteeth burst out of the woods in front of her. A saber-toothed tiger.

The tiger opened his mouth and uttered a fierce roar in Suzanna’s face, the snow on the trees falling all around.

Suzanna was surprised and backed away several steps, immediately raising her guard.

“This is leopard territory, how did you get in here?”

She glanced behind the tiger and saw there was no others behind it. She gasped.

The tigers had come to explore the leopard terrain. When most of the leopards were at the entrance to the Camuda Valley, the tigers had slipped in the back.

The saber-toothed tiger stared at Suzanna then looked at Jǐ Xiǎo Ōu in the back.

Two females, and the one in the back was herbivorous, harmless.

“On the entire Bornia continent, where is there a place the tigers can’t go?” the beast clawed against the ground, poised to charge forward.

Suzanna knew that she was no opponent for this male tiger and clenched her teeth, shifting into her beast form to flee.

The other side was one step faster than her and his hind legs pushed forward, shoving into her shoulders and throwing her into the ground.