Become a Cheetah
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The troubles of the Hosby lion pride did not last too long, the new lion king quickly took over the pride.
The new lion king of the Hosby lion pride was a coalition of three evolved male lions: six-year-old Nas, and the just over three-year-old Felix and Ero.
This result was very unexpected. Nas and the lion brothers were not related by blood. If they did not ally, they would not be able to individually repel other competitors and take over the pride.
Moreover, Felix and Ero were very young, they had not fully matured, and could not impregnate the lionesses.
By allying with these young male lions, Nas believed he was taking great advantage, not knowing that the lion brothers had their own little plans.
Nas was in his prime, with thick black mane, majestic, strong, showing power everywhere. Felix and Ero naturally could not compete with him. The brothers showed humility from the beginning, and Nas was very satisfied with this.
Soon after taking over the pride, the three male lions followed the tracks and found the three cubs hiding in the bushes.
Despite all the efforts of Zuwa and Sava, their desperate resistance could not shake the male lions at all. All three cubs were killed, and Nas even ate one of them.
The lionesses, who lost their children, were angry and sad, but could only find the scent of their cubs from the executioners. The male lions' seemingly cruel behavior would prompt the lionesses to go into heat again and give birth to their own children.
All male lions who seize a pride do this, and Nas was no exception.
Felix and Ero would not be content to be suppressed by Nas forever. Before they grew strong enough, the lionesses in the pride would always follow Nas's lead, and the benefits they received seemed only to be filling their stomachs, and the cubs born by the lionesses would not inherit their genes.
But if they did not ally with Nas, they would have to wait at least one to two years to have a pride of their own!
If they were primitive male lions, it would be impossible to decide to ally and seize a pride in such a short period of time. But Nas and the lion brothers were all evolved species, they had intelligence and could judge the gains and losses.
Similarly, the relationship between the two sides would not be as simple as that of allied primitive male lions.
Absolute trust and frankness did not exist from the beginning. They were all wary of each other, but Felix and Ero hid it better.
Compared to the high-spirited Nas, who tried to get along with the lionesses, Felix and ero were more like bystanders.
Nas seemed to be infatuated with Sava, while Sava's performance was somewhat contradictory. She would flirt with Nas charmingly, but when Nas thought he could succeed, she would give him a hard claw! The new lion king was in a good mood, and he still followed Sava with great interest.
"Enjoy it while you can"
Felix said to Ero, watching Nas and Sava walk away, while the other lionesses in the pride began to plan a hunt. "Let's go, follow those lionesses."
"Yes, brother."
Hearing ero's monotonous answer, Felix could not help but frown. "When can you change your catchphrase?"
"It's difficult, brother."
"...At least you know how to say 'it's difficult'."
News of the Hosby lion pride having a new lion king quickly spread throughout the grassland.
The alliance of three evolved male lions, no matter where they were, would be a force to be reckoned with.
The relatively weaker lion prides were more concerned about whether the Hosby lion pride would take the opportunity to expand its territory, but the neighboring Oros lion pride's reaction was very indifferent.
Only the lionesses would occasionally taunt Oros with sarcasm, "It's a pity, Zuwa has a husband."
Oros, having been provoked too many times, simply shook his head.
Men don't argue with women, if you can't afford to provoke them, just avoid them, and go patrol the territory!
Due to the excessive number of hyenas in the Hosby lion pride's territory, in order to please his wives, the new Hosby lion king's first task after taking over the pride was not to patrol the territory, but to drive away the hyenas.
Driven out of the territory and homeless, the hyenas wandered everywhere, and some unclaimed lands immediately became targets for the wandering hyena groups to compete for. Even the territories of some small lion prides were not spared.
Conflicts between hyena clans escalated, and several major clan conflicts even alarmed the lion prides.
The territories of Parson and Jairo were naturally also impacted.
Hyenas dared to encroach on lion territories, let alone cheetahs.
On Losa planet, cheetahs have always been at the bottom of the predator food chain. Even evolved cheetahs are weaker than other evolved big cats.
Although the Parson brothers and Luo Qiao are considered exceptions, they cannot be so powerful as to kick a lion flying, slap a leopard away with a paw, or bite a hyena to death in one bite. Opening golden claws also requires hardware support.
Luo Qiao knew his own limitations. His current goal was to eat his fill, raise his sons well, and postpone everything else.
Since Parson and Jairo's territory became uneasy, for safety reasons, Luo Qiao and the cubs stayed within fifty meters of the brothers all day.
There is strength in numbers, at least when running, they can disperse the targets.
Luo Sen and Luo Rui sensed Luo Qiao's tension, obediently stayed close to Luo Qiao, and even when chasing and playing, they would never leave Luo Qiao's sight.
Parson and Jairo began to patrol their territory constantly, leaving scent and markings in necessary and conspicuous places, warning the intruders that the owners here were not as easy to bully as they imagined, and they should think twice before trying to take advantage!
Luo Qiao and the cubs followed the brothers closely, and only after patrolling the entire territory with them did they realize how large the brothers' territory was!
"Do you always patrol your territory so often?"
"You don't even know this?"
Luo Qiao shook his head. "In fact, I don't have a territory."
"No territory?"
Not only Parson, but even Jairo looked over in surprise. "Are you kidding?!"
"No." Luo Qiao lay on the ground, cleaning Luo Rui's fur while asking, "Is that strange?"
How did this cheetah grow up?!
After Parson's explanation, Luo Qiao learned that every cheetah would demarcate a territory of its own, and if other cheetahs entered an unfamiliar territory, only fighting could win hunting rights.
Cheetah territories would occasionally overlap with lion or leopard territories. Parson and Jairo had encountered Luo Qiao several times at the border of the Oros lion pride's territory, so they naturally assumed that Luo Qiao's territory was nearby, but Luo Qiao told them that he had no territory?!
"Have you been hunting in the lion pride's territory all this time?"
"It seems so." And once it was in a leopard's territory, and he had a guinea fowl confiscated.
Parson took a deep breath. "It's a miracle that you've managed to survive with two cubs."
Luo Sen and Luo Rui looked at each other, they realized that they seemed to have forgotten something very important.
"Brother, didn't you tell Dad?"
"I thought you said it."
In fact, Luo Qiao did have a territory. He had adopted two cubs, and could fully inherit their mother's territory. The area was about fifteen square kilometers, including a grassland and a solitary rocky hill.
When Luo Qiao found them, the two cubs were only three months old, hungry and scared, their nerves still rattled, and they had forgotten to tell Luo Qiao about the territory.
"Dad," Luo Sen licked Luo Qiao's chin, and said, "Actually, you can inherit Mom's territory."
"Yes." Luo Rui continued, "Mom was killed by hyenas, and we don't have sisters, Dad can live in Mom's territory."
After listening to the two cubs' description of the territory, Parson suddenly said, "If I'm not mistaken, only the territory of the female cheetah Aisha has such a large rocky hill in this grassland, they are Aisha's cubs."
Luo Qiao looked at Parson, then at the two cubs, feeling that this tangent was too far off. Weren't they talking about territory, why did they suddenly switch to Luo Sen and Luo Rui's origins?
Parson continued, "Aisha was killed by hyenas a few months ago, her territory is now unclaimed, and may have been occupied by hyenas. I suggest you give up."
Luo Qiao twitched his ears, noncommittal. In fact, he was indeed somewhat tempted.
He previously thought he was a "three-no" person without a house, job, or wife, but unexpectedly, he had turned into a landlord.
Although he really wanted to take the two cubs to see the territory immediately, Parson's words made sense.
Licking Luo Rui, who was leaning against his chest, Luo Qiao fell into thought.
Parson walked to Jairo and lay down, Jairo leaned close to Parson's ear, and whispered, "Letting him give up Aisha's territory, is that really just for his safety?"
"Of course not."
Jairo was thoroughly flashed by Parson. At least you could have disguised it a little, brother.
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Night fell, Beatrice took the two leopard cubs out of the cave. The cubs could now climb trees very skillfully, and the spots on their fur had not fully developed, vaguely showing the beautiful prototype like roses.
The cubs had tasted meat at about a month old, and their appetites were growing, putting more and more pressure on Beatrice.
Just as the two cubs were pestering Beatrice, demanding that their mother go hunting, Monty suddenly walked out of the tall grass, dragging tonight's prey in his mouth.
Seeing Monty's prey, Beatrice was momentarily unable to react. What was that? A crocodile?! Although it was still only a "small" crocodile of about three meters...
Why would Monty catch such a thing?!
The crocodile had been partially eaten, and the cubs were clearly excited to see the prey, but Beatrice stopped them, not allowing them to approach Monty and the prey. Monty directly dropped the crocodile on the ground and walked towards the nearest fig tree, climbing up.
Beatrice looked at the crocodile, a free dinner is for fools who don't eat! Never mind what kind of crazy thing he is doing!
Beatrice picked up the crocodile in one bite, dragged it to another tree, estimated the distance, and smoothly dragged the crocodile carcass up the tree.
Monty lay on the tree, full of depression. He had specifically gone to the bank of the Gangsa River to wait, but did not see the evolved cheetah come to drink water. He caught a crocodile as a side dish, but the taste was not as good as he imagined.
Everything was going wrong. Perhaps, he should go to the other side of the territory to take a look...
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