A yellow-furred tiger leaped up from the ground.
It shook its dizzy head, its tiger eyes locking onto the slender little female standing opposite it.
“ROAR!” It let out a long howl.
Then, it bounded toward Misha on all fours.
“Misha, Reya, watch out!”
The Dog Clan males, who had rushed over after hearing the tiger’s roar, saw this scene and quickly called out to warn them.
With her sharp senses, Misha had naturally heard the tiger’s movements.
She grabbed Reya with one hand and leaped to the side, dodging the attack.
Caesar, who was already injured, reacted a beat too slow.
His arm was slashed by the tiger’s claws.
“Ah!”
While frantically dodging the tiger’s attacks, Caesar cried out to Reya for help.
“Reya, help me!
I can’t kill the tiger on my own.”
Reya’s feet instinctively moved, but his arm was firmly held back by a soft, delicate little hand.
“If you dare to go, I’ll break your legs.” She thought that a broken leg wouldn’t affect his ability to have cubs, nor would it stop her from completing her mission.
“I—I won’t go,” Reya lowered his head and said softly.
Since Reya wasn’t helping, the newly arrived Dog Clan males had to step in.
Several males surrounded the tiger and launched an attack.
However, the gap in strength between dogs and tigers was vast.
Before long, all the males had sustained injuries.
Seeing Reya remain unmoved, Caesar said pitifully, “Reya, since you won’t help, can you at least go back to the tribe for help?
You can’t bear to watch us die, can you?”
Hearing this, the other males’ gazes toward Reya changed, now mixed with blame and dissatisfaction.
“Tsk.
What a damn two-faced hypocrite.”
If it were only Caesar, Misha wouldn’t have intervened at all.
But now that there were other Dog Clan males involved, she couldn’t just stand by if she wanted to ensure they would support Reya in becoming the Clan Leader.
Besides, making Reya watch his companions die helplessly was unrealistic.
If she tried too hard to stop him, it might create a rift between them, which would be detrimental to having cubs later.
Reya’s expression turned solemn.
“Misha, I have to go.”
Misha released her grip.
“Go on.”
Reya immediately transformed into a large yellow dog, baring his fangs as he lunged for the tiger’s neck.
With his addition, the other males found the fight significantly easier.
The tiger had already suffered severe internal injuries from Misha’s earlier kick, so Reya managed to bite it to death without much trouble.
“Wow, we actually killed a tiger!
We’re so amazing.”
We’ll be so proud when we tell others!”
The Dog Clan males were incredibly excited.
Caesar’s lips curled up as he coughed lightly.
“Yes, you guys were already amazing.
But if Reya had stepped in earlier, maybe everyone wouldn’t have gotten so hurt.”
Misha gritted her teeth as she listened from the sidelines.
This two-faced hypocrite never missed a chance to throw dirty water on Reya.
“You’re weak yourself, yet you insisted on provoking a tiger.
Now you’re blaming the person who helped?
If it weren’t for your arrogance in trying to hunt a tiger, they wouldn’t have gotten hurt in the first place.
You are the root cause of all this.”
The system had just filled her in on the plot: Caesar had been jealous that Reya managed to hunt a tiger, so he guilt-tripped Reya into helping him hunt one too.
Finding it hard to refuse, Reya had agreed.
He was the one who wanted to show off, and now he was here spouting his two-faced nonsense.
Prompted by Misha’s reminder, the other males also recalled the truth of the matter.
“Yeah, Caesar, you should just run away immediately the next time you encounter a tiger.”
“That’s right.
If Misha and Reya weren’t here today, you probably would’ve lost your life.”
They had all seen the scene where Misha kicked the tiger over earlier.
“Yes, it’s my fault.
I apologize to everyone.” A trace of resentment flashed across Caesar’s face, though he quickly covered it up.
However, Misha, who had been keeping an eye on him, saw it clearly.
She sneered inwardly, wondering if this was all it took for him to crack.
Didn’t Caesar always pretend to be gentle and generous, acting as if he had the virtues of a Clan Leader?
Then she was going to tear off his hypocritical mask and let the whole tribe see this scumbag’s true colors.
“And you, Reya.
You treat him as a brother, but he tried to use you as a human shield.
I think you need to take a good look at whether he’s truly fit to be your companion.”
Misha’s expression was serious as she added, “After all, having a companion who’s too stupid can cost you your life.”
When hunting in the forest, a reliable companion was crucial.
Misha was publicly undermining Caesar.
Everyone had seen what just happened, so he couldn’t refute it and could only choose to remain silent.
Reya didn’t react.
He simply stepped forward, cut off one of the tiger’s hind legs, and started walking in the direction of the tribe.
As they were walking, a two-meter-long yellow dog suddenly lunged out from the side, aiming straight for Misha’s pale neck.
“Misha, danger!”
Reya wanted to step forward to help, but he had been injured while fighting the tiger earlier, making his movements somewhat sluggish.
Caesar, who had caught up at some point, grabbed him.
“Reya, be careful.”
Reya tried to shake off his hand but couldn’t.
His face darkened.
“Caesar, let go of me.”
Caesar shook his head. Follow the newest chapters on novelping.com.
“Reya, I just don’t want to see you get hurt.
Misha can even injure a tiger; this wild dog is nothing to her.”
“Even so, I’m going to help her.” Reya’s eyes were bloodshot.
One of his hands transformed into a sharp claw as he attacked Caesar.
Sensing the danger, Caesar quickly let go.
Reya dropped the tiger meat in his hand and sprinted toward Misha, who was now engaged in a fierce struggle with the wild dog.
“Misha, I’m coming to help!”
Because of his intense sprinting, blood seeped from the arm where the tiger had scratched him, soaking his entire limb.
Seeing him rush over to help her with such disregard for his own body, the anger in Misha’s heart subsided a little.
“This isn’t a wild beast; it’s a male!” Misha slammed her fist into the yellow dog before communicating with Reya.
Reya sniffed the air.
“I can’t smell his scent.
He’s consumed a Concealing Breath Fruit.”
A Concealing Breath Fruit was a type of fruit that could mask one’s scent.
Misha narrowed her eyes, a flash of murderous intent passing through them.
“Then let’s keep him here and see exactly who he is.”
This male was coming for her, and every strike was lethal, so she had no reason to hold back anymore.
She stopped holding back her strength, landing heavy punches on the male.
In no time at all, the beast-form male was beaten flat onto the ground.
“Speak.
Who sent you?” Misha was brimming with killing intent, her eyes as cold as if she were looking at a dead man.
Suppressed by her murderous aura, the male on the ground couldn’t help but revert to his human form.
Reya immediately recognized him.
“Jira, it’s you!”
“I heard that the little female Misha is very strong, so I wanted to challenge her,” Jira said pitifully, clutching his injured abdomen.
“Is that so?” Misha turned to look at Reya.
“What do you think?”
Reya pursed his lips, naturally not believing Jira’s excuse.
His expression turned grave.
“Harm Misha, and you die!”
As he spoke, his hand morphed into a sharp claw, and he slowly walked toward Jira.
“Wait a minute!
Jira is our clansman.
Reya, you can’t hurt him,” Caesar stepped forward and blocked Reya’s path.
Misha leisurely crossed her arms and let out a sneer.
“Caesar, you’re way too bleeding-heart.
You didn’t step in to stop him when he was trying to kill me earlier, and now you’re pretending to be the good guy.
“Could it be that you were the one who ordered him to kill me behind the scenes?”