Chapter 10: Top of the Storm 29. Special Companions
Night had fallen, and it was pitch black outside the cave.
Katu glanced at the mysterious man with alarm, as almost everyone sensed the murderous look in the cavern.
However, the mysterious man only glanced at it, and did not make any special moves.
"Would you like to invite our friends in? He seemed hungry too. Lloyd said with a smile at the mysterious man.
This mysterious man looked at Lloyd with an unnatural expression, because the man in front of him was the domineering person that Fangs said?!
The mysterious man whistled at the mouth of the cave, and the fierce eyes entered the cave......
Everyone except Lloyd gasped, for it was not a human who entered the cave, but a muscular tiger that roared low and majestic with every step.
Nicole held her breath and looked at Lloyd, only to see that Lloyd was only smiling shallowly.
This mysterious man also stared at Lloyd, and found that Lloyd was from the inside out, without the slightest sense of fear, very calm!
The tiger bared its teeth, roared low from time to time, and slowly paced in front of Lloyd, sniffing beside Lloyd, but the tiger's eyes widened violently, and bared its teeth at Lloyd, but did not make any sound.
Lloyd looked at the tiger with a special look, for this tiger was the one he had repelled with his eyes today, and it had a deep old scar on its forelimb.
"Fangs, come here." The mysterious man said to the tiger.
The tiger, known as the fanged one, obediently came to the mysterious man's side and meekly lay down.
The mysterious man threw the rest of the meat that had not yet been roasted to the tiger, which was called Fang, and then it ate on the delicious meat with relish and enjoyed its dinner.
Everyone looked at the mysterious man in front of them in amazement, just like the king of the jungle, and such a fierce beast was like his pet.
"He's my best brother, Fang, and we've been fighting together for years...... the mysterious man said slowly.
At this time, everyone's meat was almost roasted, so they listened to the story of this mysterious man while eating.
In the light of the fire, the claw marks on the mysterious man's face were so clear, as if they had just been carved.
"Back then, when the adventurous couple traveled to this forest, they were attacked by a black bear, and this man was desperate with the black bear. As a result, he was almost killed by the black bear, and at the moment of crisis, the mother of the tiger's fangs appeared, and after confronting the black bear for a long time, she drove the black bear away. The mysterious man touched the docile tiger on the side and said gratefully.
"Ahh Tigers are still so human!? Xiao Zhang asked incredulously.
"Of course, in addition to tigers, there are all kinds of situations in the forest that you can't think of!" Townsend raised an eyebrow and said, holding back for the first time not to continue his previous adventures in the jungle.
"So after the couple was saved, they were very grateful to the tiger mother, because in the confrontation with the black bear, the tiger mother was also injured, so the couple decided to stop, the man also recuperated by the way, and the woman found herbs to bandage the tiger mother." When the mysterious man said this, his expression began to darken.
Fang, who was enjoying the food, felt the mysterious man's sad aura, so he got up and licked his hand.
The mysterious man stroked Fang's head and smiled with difficulty, and Fangs continued to enjoy its food.
"But this decision is also a decision that changed the fate of this man's life!" The mysterious man seemed to have little appetite, walked up to the longbow, removed it, wiped the grip, then adjusted the control line, flicked the slingshot string, confirmed that the bowstring silencer was intact, and then twisted the bow tension adjustment bolt a few times.
"Over the course of the week, the couple became good friends with the tiger mother and her child, Fang." The mysterious man tugged on the bowstring.
"Wow! Yummy! Isn't that a good thing!? Nicole clasped her hands together and said with a wistful face, because it was unbelievable to be friends with the tiger.
"And yet all the ecological balance has been destroyed by those damn poachers!" The mysterious man said through gritted teeth.
"Could it be ......" Nicole seemed to have guessed something, and she felt a faint ache of sadness.
The mysterious man put the bow back and picked up the light axe.
"Yes, one day, while the couple was collecting plant specimens in the forest, gunshots rang out not far away, and then the mother tiger was heard screaming in pain. Then they rushed there, only to see that the mother tiger had fallen in a pool of blood, with many, many shots on her body, and she was no longer dead! When the mysterious man said this, he couldn't bear to look at the fangs that were enjoying the food.
"It's cruel, these hateful poachers!!" Nicole pouted, sad and sympathetic to look at the fangs that had lost their mother since childhood.
The men also felt heavy.
"The cruelty to the beast is already outrageous, and yet...... The girl in the couple rushed desperately in front of the tiger mother. The mysterious man closed his eyes, not wanting to recall, but the memories came flooding out uncontrollably.
"How can she rush up to such danger!? Those poachers are the most vicious lawbreakers! Townsend said excitedly.
"That's right, this girl is so stupid...... Since the poachers thought that another tiger had jumped out of the grass, they fired several shots at the other side...... "The mysterious man left tears of sadness and shook his head gently.
"It's so damning! The police should have arrested them all! Bring to justice! Nicole said angrily.
"These people, if you just catch them, it's really too cheap for them! Many of these poachers are fierce fugitives! That's why they fled to these gray areas, and once the police searched for them, they fled into the forest. After that, he came out and continued to do things that hurt nature! The mysterious man threw the axe in his hand against the stone wall in front of him, and the force was so strong that the light axe could be embedded in it.
"I see, I'll just say that Leiyin Town is so mixed with dragons and snakes, it turns out that there are so many fugitives there!" Townsend said with a sigh.
"Not only that, but there are also extremists with bad intentions mixed in with these people, and these heinous criminals are just their pawns. If you capture a thief, you have to capture the king first! Lloyd added.
Nicole looked at Lloyd thoughtfully, and Lloyd nodded at Nicole solemnly, meaning that this is indeed the case!
"But how did you know I was coming to save you? Why do you smile in the face of death when you are stuck in a swamp!? The mysterious man asked Lloyd in confusion, because he had traveled and explored the world for so many years, but he had never seen such a person!