Chapter 52: Mackenzie Wolves (Twenty-One)
The brutality of the four tyrants of the Lecce wolf pack was mainly inherited from their father.
Many years ago, Lecce's father, who was a stray wolf, swaggered into a family wolf pack.
He brutally killed the old wolf king and all the underage cubs, leaving only a few adult female wolves, and forced them to bear offspring for him.
After the cubs were born, Lecce's father ignored them and, relying on his status as the leader, squeezed out the survival resources of the entire wolf pack.
Taking advantage of the female wolf's instinct to protect her cubs, they left them to fend for themselves.
All of Lecce's father's descendants are troublesome people.
Normal wolf cubs will fight with each other in the den to confirm the order of superiority and inferiority. However, under the guidance of reason and mother, they have some sense of propriety and rarely kill each other.
The fight between the Lecce brothers was completely death-level.
They ruthlessly attack their weaker brothers and sisters in the same litter until they are all bitten to death, and they are completely supplied by the milk and food provided by their mother.
Gradually, the male wolves that obtained the most resources became strong and powerful, and revealed their brutal characters.
They mercilessly left their mother who had worked hard to raise them, and like their father, they began the killing and wandering that only tyrants can do.
At the beginning of their wandering, the four brothers attacked other wolf packs separately and encountered setbacks several times.
They finally realized that there were many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Yellowstone National Park, and many wolf kings were not easy to deal with.
After they got together again, the four brothers with the same brutal blood formed a rare alliance of leader-level male wolves, specifically targeting gentle family wolves for slaughter.
Because of their cruel behavior, they were called the "Four Tyrants" by netizens on the forum.
As of this year, the Lecce wolf pack will invade one or more family-based small and medium-sized wolf packs every late summer and early autumn, and the area of the territory they occupy has reached four areas!
Netizens on the forum calculated the density of prey in the territory, which was enough to feed three Quinn wolf packs, but the four tyrants of Lecce were still not satisfied.
They always choose to launch an invasion in late summer or early autumn, mainly because at this stage, the big wolves in the family may choose to wander outside. Newborn cubs are only about six months old and cannot be used as combat power.
The family wolf pack attaches great importance to their cubs. Throughout the summer, the entire wolf clan must be exhausted from taking care of the cubs, and the adult wolves are at their weakest period.
On the other hand, the four tyrants, like their father, always left their cubs to the care of female wolves, so they were hardly consumed.
Therefore, they have never been defeated in the aggressive wars they launched.
In the early autumn of the year before last, the Lecce wolf pack defeated the Adam wolf pack and forcibly occupied their territory. They then settled down in the forest wetlands and forced the female wolves to continue their bloodline.
On weekdays, the other three male wolves would obey the orders of their eldest brother Lecce.
But when it comes to breeding rights, the brutal male wolves will not give in at all.
They violated the inherent principle of monogamy of Mackenzie wolves and tried to make as many female wolves pregnant as possible and produce more of their own bloodlines, even if they could not raise them all.
Female wolves in the Lecce wolf pack even have to compete with nearby grizzly bears for carrion before and after giving birth to their cubs.
Without the support of a wolf pack, the survival rate of the cubs of a female wolf can be imagined.
Although the four tyrants were too lazy to raise cubs, they invaded more wolf packs in the name of raising cubs so that their children could have a larger living space.
Netizens on the forum thought that if their purpose was for the cubs, they could be considered "good fathers".
However, what happened last year broke everyone's inherent cognition.
Migrating animals brought scabies to northern Yellowstone early last spring.
The Lecce wolf pack happens to be in a high-risk area with very high infection rates.
Except for the four tyrants who rarely socialized with other members of the wolf pack, all the other gray wolves were not spared.
All the newborn cubs were affected, and only one of more than ten cubs survived to the summer.
In the end, the cubs that survived until the summer unfortunately died due to the sequelae of scabies.
Logically speaking, there are no newborn cubs this year, and the four tyrants do not need to expand their territory for the sake of the cubs.
As a result, the day after all the cubs died, the Lecce wolf pack invaded three family wolf packs in succession in an extremely cruel manner.
The three wolf packs are located in different areas, but they have one common feature:
Raising cubs.
Generally speaking, Mackenzie wolves, unlike tigers, do not need to kill their cubs to force female tigers into the breeding season.
Nor are they like brown bears, which, when hungry, will eat their own cubs, which are easier to catch than prey.
Many past cases have shown that most male gray wolves will not deliberately attack pups.
After some wolf packs change their wolf king, they will still raise the previous wolf king's children and treat them as family members.
Not only do the Lecce wolves violate family ties and monogamy, they even bare their claws towards their precious and fragile cubs.
People who pay attention to gray wolves have finally determined that their aggression is just to satisfy their own sadistic hobbies.
At the same time, everyone also realized that
If the four tyrants remain in Yellowstone Park, more wolf packs will fall apart and pups will die.
Unfortunately, the four tyrants were too powerful, and the traditional family wolf packs were limited in their capabilities and could not contend with the four male wolves in their peak stages.
There are only a few super wolf packs that can deal with the Lecce wolf pack, and their activity ranges hardly overlap.
The only group of wolves that would pass by the territory of the Lecce wolf pack during their migration would always leave before the four tyrants launched their invasion.
Moreover, the documentary photographer observed that the Lecce wolf pack was not only brutal, but also took "bullying the weak and fearing the strong" to the extreme.
They knew that they could not defeat the current Quinn wolf pack, and when they smelled the scent of the wolf king from afar, they would actively avoid him for fear of a conflict.
The same situation is happening today.
The four tyrants went out hunting and caught the scent of a super wolf pack in an area where they often moved.
They only dared to pick on the weak, so they chose to bypass the river and go to an area they had never been to.
After crossing the wide river running north-west next to the territory, the Lecce Wolves were surprised to find that -
A wolf pack.
A family-based wolf pack ruled by an alpha female.
They arrived just in time, as the main force of the wolf pack had gone out to find food, leaving only two weak female wolves to look after the cubs, who were less than three months old.
The four tyrants immediately decided to change direction and take a look at their invasion targets in a few months.
The male wolves, emitting a dangerous aura, had just crossed the boundary that Theresa had marked. The two female wolves who stayed in the territory to look after their cubs immediately noticed it.
Queya immediately sounded the alarm, notified family members and allies who were out hunting, and asked Wang Mei to take the cubs into the birthing nest.
The birthing den is very well hidden and difficult for outside wolves to find.
Not long after, four male wolves appeared in Queya's sight.
The female wolf, who was at the bottom of the social ladder and had always been at the bottom of the social ladder in terms of hunting and eating, rushed forward without hesitation.
“Woo!”
Queya knew that he could never defeat a male wolf in its prime, let alone four of them.
But Queya still risked his life to protect the wolf pack and cubs who had no blood relationship with him.
Because Theresa accepted her missing teeth even though she knew she had a defect when winter was approaching.
Even though she was a low-ranking wolf and her contribution was low, her family members would still leave food for her when prey was scarcest.
For Toothless, even without blood ties, this place is his home!
It was spring, and the family wolf pack had not yet reached its weakest state. The four tyrants had no intention of starting a war at this time.
Seeing that the weak female wolf with a missing tooth dared to show her claws towards them, the Lecce brothers' innate desire for violence was instantly aroused.
"Woo!!!" Lecce roared fiercely.
They have experienced too many fights between the strong and the weak, and know how to make the most of "entertainment".
The four tyrants surrounded Queya, but they did not attack her vital parts. Instead, they created wounds as if they were playing a game and gnawed at the female wolf's ears and face.
Let her struggle in extreme pain and watch herself die bit by bit.
The experienced four tyrants knew from Toothless's body shape that she must be a low-level wolf.
The contribution of bottom-level wolves to hunting and the family is very low, and most wolf packs will not rashly challenge a powerful wolf pack just because they lose a bottom-level wolf.
The killing lasted for more than half an hour, until Toothless's body was completely cold. The Lecce wolves licked their paws and prepared to leave reluctantly.
At the same time, the king's sister, who had hidden all the cubs in the wolf's nest, ran back as fast as she could, ready to fight side by side with Queya, the most gentle member of the family who had worked hard to raise three litters of cubs for them.
Smelling the blood from a distance, Wang Mei had a premonition of something and let out a shrill wolf howl.
The Lecce brothers heard the wolf howling and stopped again.
A female wolf is about to arrive.
Judging from the sound, it should be a female wolf in the breeding season.
The four tyrants are very interested in female wolves during the breeding season.
Every time they invaded a wolf pack, they would first kill the cubs and male wolves, leaving behind the female wolves that were suitable for breeding, and use siege to force them to surrender and agree to continue the tyrant's bloodline.
Both of Adam's daughters experienced this kind of hell.
The eldest princess was lucky enough to escape, but the second daughter refused to surrender and was eventually tortured to death.
Realizing that a female wolf of marriageable age was approaching, the male wolves turned back and planned to use the same trick again.
At this moment, all their attention was on the female wolf of marriageable age, and they did not notice that another wolf was running towards them at a slow but steady pace.
At this point, the main group of wolves also went out hunting, leaving Christine and White Collar to take care of the cubs.
Hearing the wolf howling for help next door, the young white-collared man quickly stood up and planned to go over to check the situation.
“Woo!”
Christine howled in a long-lost command, asking the white collar to stay where it was.
She was too familiar with the smell coming from the distance and the howling of wolves in the distance.
Christine didn't even need to look to immediately guess which wolves had invaded next door.
So, she knew very well:
The invaders are very strong, and even the wolves left in the territory combined are no match for those brutal male wolves.
But Christine still stood up.
Because she knew better: if the group of male wolves left the allied wolf pack without paying any price.
Then, when the allied wolves are at their weakest, the howls of aggression will sound again, bringing more damage and death.
Although the opponent's target this time is the slanting wolf pack.
What about next time?
Christine gently lowered her head and rubbed White Collar's forehead, then rubbed each of the newborn cubs one by one.
Then he took staggering steps and rushed towards the allied wolf pack with determination.
White Collar realized something and quickly propped himself up, calling out like a cub to its mother, wanting Christine to come back.
Christine, always loving and strong, did not respond to her daughter's request to stay.
The female leader of Adam's wolf pack exercised her power for the last time and ordered her daughter to stay and take care of the cubs.
"Woof..." White Collar was extremely uneasy, but had to obey the leader's order. He lay back in his original position and gathered the cubs in his arms.
When I looked up again, my mother's figure had disappeared forever.
White Collar became even more uneasy. She desperately called for help, hoping that the wolves would come back as soon as possible.
Finally, the sound of flapping wings echoed in the sky, and the raven that always followed his brother flew back.
White Collar knew that his brother must be on his way back.
She held back her trembling fear and protected her own and her sister's cubs, but the whole wolf couldn't control its anxiety.
Things are going to change.
The territories of the two wolf packs are close to each other. In order to take care of each other, they usually keep the cubs very close to each other.
Even though Christine was staggering, she was still one step faster than Wang Mei and stood in front of the Lecce brothers.
Wolves can identify each other by scent.
Even though the female wolf is old, her fur color and pupils have changed.
Lecce was still able to recognize the female wolf who had successfully escaped from their clutches that year by the smell, and his violent nature once again took over.
This time, there was no desperate resistance from the old wolf king.
With the strength of the four tyrants, it is absolutely impossible for her to escape.
The Lecce brothers had the same idea and immediately surrounded the enemy from both sides, quickly forming an encirclement.
They had too many experiences of brutal killings, and after launching an all-round encirclement, even the strong male wolf could not easily break free.
He could only be trapped inside and be tortured by the four male wolves.
The Lecce brothers successfully formed an encirclement, thinking that Christine would die painfully in a futile struggle like all her peers in the past.
They never expected that they underestimated the determination of a vengeful female wolf.
When Christine set out, she had no intention of returning alive.
If she hadn't had three cubs to take care of, she would have stayed by Adam's side and fought the enemy together with her husband.
Christine had witnessed Adam's end and knew the Lecce brothers' best moves.
When an ordinary wolf is trapped, it will subconsciously look for a gap to escape, but this will expose many flaws.
But Christine doesn't.
She had no intention of living in vain.
Christine rushed straight towards the male wolf who first attacked Adam and later killed her second daughter, and was called the "Three Kings" by netizens.
The Third King is not the strongest among the four brothers, but he is definitely the cruelest.
Almost every massacre was initiated by him.
Christine pounced forward and, taking advantage of the Third King's unpreparedness, bit the back of his neck hard, which was the most difficult part to escape from and where he could not fight back.
The bite force of old female wolves has seriously deteriorated, and they would not have caused much damage to male wolves.
However, Christine tried her best, risking breaking her canines and molars, and bit through the muscles on the back of the three kings' necks.
Seeing this, the other three male wolves came forward to help.
He ignored the original plan and just wanted to make Christine give in as soon as possible.
Christine was much more determined than they had imagined. Even when she was attacked by three male wolves at the same time, her wounds were reopened and a big hole was bitten on her stomach, but she still used her last bit of strength to refuse to let go.
Under the attack of the male wolf, Christine soon became dying.
At the end of her life, she heard the familiar howl of a wolf.
In the dim light, she seemed to see her husband again, his jet-black hair as gorgeous as the night.
In an instant, all the pain became lighter.
Christine closed her eyes. Two of her canine teeth were broken, but the strongest one was still embedded in the body of the Third King.
The three kings struggled to shake Christine off, but were weakened by their injuries.
Several other male wolves bit Christian to death in an attempt to help their brother escape.
Suddenly, they heard wolf howling coming from far away, and the scale was quite spectacular.
Wolves can judge the strength of their own kind by sound.
The three tyrants almost immediately concluded that they could not defeat the spring wolves.
In the blink of an eye, except for the male wolf who was unable to escape at full speed due to his injury and the female wolf's corpse hanging on his back, the rest of the wolves disappeared without a trace.
The third king rolled on the ground in a mess, and finally threw away the female wolf that was biting him with all her might.
He got up and tried to evacuate the territory.
The howling of wolves nearby told him: it was too late.
Hearing the aggressive low throat sound, the three kings immediately assumed an attacking stance.
As soon as he fell to the ground, he was knocked over by a black-haired wolf that rushed towards him.
The Third King felt dizzy, and when he came to his senses, he was surprised to see:
The wolf, which looked exactly like the dead wolf king Adam, with black fur and golden eyes, bit his neck viciously.
The three kings were so frightened that they quickly rolled half a circle, protecting their necks and using their relatively safe backs for defense.
As male wolves in their prime, the Three Kings knew that it was difficult for wolves to kill their own kind or large prey in one bite.
The moment the black wolf bit him, he clearly heard a 'crackling' sound from his spine.
The angry wolf actually bit off his spine with one bite!
Animals whose spines have been bitten off are already declared dead and can only wait for their lives to pass away.
In the wilderness, only the painful cries of the three kings could be heard.
The black wolf silently returned to the already cold female wolf and lowered his head to kiss her mouth.
It was not until this moment that the three kings realized that this wolf was the cub that had been let run away that year.
When the Lecce brothers bit Adam to death, they never dreamed that:
In another two years, a male wolf with the same appearance will end their sinful lives as wolves.
Yu Yiyun stayed quietly beside Christine, gently rubbing her mouth, hoping that her mother would respond to her.
Those gentle grey-green eyes will never have the luster again.
He lay silently beside his mother, hoping that her body temperature would dissipate more slowly.
Before today, it was difficult for Yu Yiyun to confirm whether wild beasts had emotions.
Mackenzie wolves experience too many separations and deaths in their lives, and perhaps every separation may be a farewell forever.
People often assume that animals are used to losing their companions and that their grief will not last long.
Is this really the case?
Yu Yijun lay quietly for a while, and then the eldest princess came back, followed by Ah Xuan and Cotton Candy.
They saw Christine's cold body and a low whimper came out of her throat.
Then they lay down beside their mother like a black fur ball, trying to keep her with their warmth.
Not long after, the wolves from next door also came back.
Theresa ran to Queya's body and nudged her belly, trying to help the female wolf stand up.
After confirming that Quetooth really could not stand up, the Queen lowered her noble head and leaned over beside Quetooth to pay tribute to her deceased family member.
Yu Yiyun stayed by her mother's side for the entire night.
It was not until dawn that he and Theresa took the bodies of Christine and Toothless to the waterside for burial.
Waterholes in forest wetlands often dry up seasonally and are devoid of large fish.
There is silt deposited at the bottom of the pond, and neither herbivores nor carnivores will easily enter the water. The beavers and otters living here have long been scared away by the "notorious" Paw Patrol.
The two wolves sank into the water, at least without having to worry about being disturbed by scavengers.
Yu Yiyun squatted beside the puddle and looked at his own reflection on the water.
A few bloodshot streaks appeared in the bottom of the eyes, making the originally clear animal pupils look quite terrifying.
He never thought that he would have such a look in his eyes.
I never thought that I would have such a dangerous thought.
It has come to this.
The natural law of the survival of the fittest left him no room for escape.
Soon, Yu Yiyun returned to the territory.
The wolf pack, having lost its patriarch, was enveloped in a depressing atmosphere.
Even the most lively Marshmallow and a few cubs were strangely quiet at this moment, as if they were crushed by something invisible.
The eldest princess lay under the shade of a tree in the distance, with her ears drooping and her paws curled up, grieving alone. She did not look like a leader of a wolf pack at all.
Baimao stayed by the eldest princess' side, trying to comfort his partner, but he was unable to cheer her up.
Yesterday’s hunt was not successful, so the wolves retreated as quickly as possible, and now everyone is hungry.
The big wolf can still hold on, but the cubs must eat something.
However, the female leader who was responsible for organizing the hunt did not seem to have any intention of leading everyone in the hunt.
If this situation continues, the wolves will miss the spring when prey is abundant, and their strength will definitely be greatly reduced.
Just as Baimao was anxiously circling around his partner and several foreign wolves were nervous and agitated due to the low pressure, a long wolf howl sounded.
The black wolf returned to its territory and its temperament seemed to have changed overnight.
He walked out of the territory and issued orders to his family members, asking them to follow him hunting.
Usually, only the leader can do this.
The family members were a little confused. They looked at the black ball of hair, then at the eldest princess, not knowing who they should obey.
The eldest princess reacted immediately. She forced herself to walk over and follow the black ball of hair.
The black fur ball came over and rubbed its head against its sister. The eldest princess lowered her ears and accepted the comfort.
The wolf pack members following behind realized that—
At this moment, they had a powerful male leader.
For the next three days, Yu Yiyun took his family members hunting every day, forcing his companions who were immersed in grief to eat a lot and accumulate strength.
On the fourth day, it was another starless and moonless night, and the low-pressure clouds indicated that heavy rain was coming.
At this point the wolves had just finished eating and should have been resting.
The black fur ball, however, strode towards the other end of the forest wetland, turned around and gave a non-compulsory call, inviting its companions to follow.
The eldest princess seemed to realize something, and immediately raised her head and followed without hesitation.
Immediately afterwards, the second response was marshmallow.
Baimao and Xueba hesitated for a moment, and although they were not quite sure why, they followed.
When Yu Yiyun passed through the territory of the Zhixie wolf pack and crossed the river in the middle of Hengge, a large group of wolves followed behind him.
Not only the wolf pack, but Theresa and her family members followed behind.
On a quiet night, the patrolling forest ranger heard the howling of wolves, which indicated an invasion, but he did not take it seriously at first.
Until he discovered that the wolf that made this sound was actually the most gentle and least aggressive wolf in Yellowstone.
No. 9119.
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