The sweat pores in Jay Sudoriferous gland suddenly increased and went into action.
The sight and presence of the leopard sent a strange message into his nervous system. He could feel the pressure of his body leaning on his ribs. His heartbeat rose, beating more than thrice per seconds. The colorful and quite forest suddenly became noisy and rowdy.
The leopard makes it step as slow and steady as possible. Jay felt hot outside but developed a extreme coldness inside of him. It his first time seeing a leopard. Although he had once saw the beast of doom but it was no ordinary animal. It was a beast! The leopard claws was as sharp as the edge of the sword. It eyes were as bright as the anger of a burning furnace.
Jay stood still, frozen, not knowing the next step to take. The leopard must be starving and would absolutely be in need of a fresh meat, he thought. Had he knew, he should have listen to Cole and keep company with the horses. But his ears were too abstinent to listened and obey instructions. No doubt , the leopard came for the little fox but as fate will have it, the universe brought something more bigger and enticing it way.
He summoned courage, he had to act brave. It time for the hunting spirit in him to take full action and manifest. The leopard leaped forward making a slow and calculative movement. It snarled slowly, displaying it sharp and carnivorous behavior.
This was the end, Jay told himself.
It would be written for historical purpose and encrypted for upcoming generation to see, that his father was killed by a beast and he, his son was torn apart by a hungry leopard. His quest for vengeance would be immediately aborted.
The leopard came closer, increasing it acceleration. Run! that was the best decision that came to Jay mind and without hesitation, he took to his heels, galloping at a higher velocity. The chase became a cat and rat race. A sudden energy ascended into Jay body.
He was running faster than he use to. It will be a brutal scene if he made a mistake at this point.
But nevertheless, the leopard ran with a faster velocity than that of Jay. There is definitely no way he would outrun a four footed animal. Jay kept running, like a dear been chased by a lion.
He drifted his head backward, hoping to catch a view of how close the leopard was. But to his greatest surprise, the leopard was gone! He took a pause , circulating his eyes to be sure he wasn't in a state of trance . Where was the leopard? It couldn't have spared a delicious prey.
Animals like leopard are specially known for hunting down their prey had devouring them afterward. His garment were covered with sweat. A part of him limped for joy while the other was in a state of curiosity. Was the leopard gone? And why? Series of question were colliding right in his mind. Jay was in the middle of this anticipation when he heard a sound. It wasn't loud but rather echoed faintly. He could hear the sound coming at the back side of his skull.
Holy Jesus was all Jay could think of at the moment. He had always wished his instinct were right so he could feel like the special one but on this occasion, he really wished they were wrong.
And slowly like a tortoise about to challenge a snail to a race, he faced his opposite side.
Right in front of him was the thirty year old leopard, staring so hard at him with it colorful and wide broad nose.
He could feel the breath of the animal. They were slow and heavy. Fear gripped him, taking total control of his body and making an advance movement on his state of mind. He fell unto the ground, covered with yellowish dry leaves. There was something different about the leopard. It yellowish eyes failed to display the desire and uncontrollable urge to kill.
It just stood still, staring solemnly at Jay like it had found it lost baby.
Jay was not sure if the action he was about to take were right but like previous occasions, he decided to follow his instinct. He stretched forth his hands towards the animal and with calm and ease, he touched it forehead. The leopard gave a joyful limp, waving it tail and closed it eye like it had seen it ancestors. Jay was surprised. Why would a leopard bow and succumb to him?
He was completely astonished. His mum had always called him a special child, one with great abilities and power. But only in the comic novel he frequently read have he came across such heroic scene. He had Just calm the mind of a leopard with a head touch. Cole and the rest of the team discovered the trail of the leopard but in between the leopard trail was a human foot.
He immediately ordered the crew to follow the foot tracks. The trail was still fresh and clean, looking very obvious to the human eye. The men moved with their horses, riding very fast.
Cole beckoned to the team to slow down when he notice a divergent movement, the trail gave a double direction confusing the hunters on which way to follow. The footstep of the leopard seems to loose communication with that of the human trail.
Without much hesitation, he summoned the crew to go after the animal trail, while he single-handedly followed the human foot step. From the look and shape of the foot, there was no doubt , it was a middle aged teen. He just hopes it not too late. The animal is a carnivore and the faithful truth about them is the fact that they never give up until the targeted prey is dead. It was an acquired trait for all carnivore.
Cole got closer to the trail slowing down his horse. What is naked eyes saw was far beyond the ordinary. It was convincing but confusing. Few centimeters away from him was little Jay, touching the forehead of a male leopard, showing forth the ability of a jungle lord.
A title no one has acquired in a thousand year.
A/N: 2k gang we made it 🔥
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