King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

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Joe Ga and his team had not really camped overnight on the savannah; by 11 p.m., Dorian led a park vehicle convoy to their location.

Seeing his boss and the others looking somewhat uneasy around the campfire, Dorian jumped out of the vehicle, spread his hands and said, "I came as quickly as I could. You probably won't believe it, but I actually saw a hippopotamus on the way. That fellow scared the living daylights out of me..."

Joe Ga glanced at Linda, his assistant who had been quite quiet throughout...

With a smile and a shrug of her shoulders, Linda said, "The rainy season is about to start, and the marshes to the west will be teeming with hippos. Maybe they just encountered one of these big fellows passing by.

They can move from one waterhole to another across the savannah, and you have to be a bit careful when you come across them. I've read some materials; in the past 10 years, those hippos have killed at least 40 people."

Joe Ga pushed away the young elephant leaning against him and stood up, laughing, "I didn't expect it to be this thrilling here. Tomorrow, I'll have to take a good look around in the helicopter and then find a nice spot."

He beckoned to Dorian and said, "Get me a cleaner pickup truck; let's take this little guy back with us."

Dorian looked at the young elephant, which was sticky and clingy to Joe Ga, and laughed, "Boss, it looks like it's fallen in love with you. Raising such a little guy won't be easy, haha..."

Hearing this, Joe Ga pulled the young elephant's trunk out of his pocket, held it in his hand, and said with a hint of resignation, "Indeed, it's not easy. This little snapper is a bit too large."

While Joe Ga was talking to Dorian, Ayu, who had been on the alert, suddenly pointed his gun in a direction and called out in a low voice, "Boss, someone is approaching, and he seems to be running for his life. Something is chasing him."

At that, Joe Ga shouted, "Turn on all the car lights, elephants grab a gun, everyone else get in the vehicle."

John was accustomed to such situations; he grabbed a double-barreled shotgun from his backpack and moved to Joe Ga's side, saying, "There are no indigenous people living permanently on these grasslands. It might be a poacher who's run into trouble and is approaching us for help."

Joe Ga felt a push on his back and turned to find the young elephant refusing to leave him, nudging his butt wanting to go with him.

He shook his head with a laugh, knowing he couldn't possibly lift the rotund creature weighing more than a hundred kilograms. He gestured for Nis to direct a truck to come closer, and then, with a mix of coaxing and trickery, managed to get the young elephant into the pickup's cargo area.

Then, holding an HK416, he joined John's side and asked, "What's the usual way to deal with poachers around here?"

John paused, then shook his head, saying, "You don't deal with them, because the poachers here are locals, and they don't attack others like poachers elsewhere.

What they need is not someone telling them what's right or wrong, but someone to figure out a way to provide them with a job."

As he spoke, John looked towards Ayu, who was keeping a vigilant eye in one direction with his shotgun raised. Hesitating for a moment, he said, "Can we not hurt..."

Seeing the increasingly solemn expression on Ayu's face, Joe Ga decisively waved his hand and said, "That will depend on the other party's attitude."

Then, Joe Ga called out loudly to Ayu, "What's the situation?"

Ayu sniffed the air, then said gravely, "It's lions. The man has riled up the pride."

As he spoke, Ayu fired a shotgun into the sky, and soon after, a powerful roar of a male lion echoed from the distance.

Minutes later, from the bushes in front of the makeshift campsite, a bloodied white young man burst through.

The moment he saw the group, he cried out 'Help' excitedly, then collapsed onto the ground. Rolling and crawling towards the light from the vehicles, he lay there, too exhausted to get up again.

Seeing that the young man was unarmed, Joe Ga motioned everyone to lower their guns, then said to John, who was frowning, "You're familiar with this place, go and find out what happened?

The blood isn't his, and the fact he ran this far means he's not in bad shape.

If it's not serious, we'll get in the vehicles and retreat."

John nodded slightly, "It's Freeman's boy. He came to Africa to hunt with his father. It's them who paid Manlo for the ivory.

Something's not right; his father should have been with him."

As he spoke, John approached Freeman, who was trembling all over, gave him a quick check, and then snapped his fingers in front of him to attract his attention, and asked, "Why are you here? Where are your father and the guide, Samo?"

Freeman was the typical son of a wealthy American family, dressed in expensive outdoor gear from head to toe.

But at that moment, none of that gear offered him any security.

Upon hearing John's call, Freeman gripped his arm in a panic, his eyes fixed on the pitch-black savannah, "We have to get out of here, now, now! Those lions have gone mad; they killed my dad and Samo. Our guns were no use at all.

We have to go, we have to go..."

As Freeman spoke, the low growl of a male lion once again sounded from the nearby grassland, and suddenly the area fell silent. Then, a rustling sound made everyone tense up.

Seeing the park guards in the convoy tensely raising their guns, John waved vigorously for them not to shoot. As he grabbed Freeman's collar, he asked, "What did you do? You shouldn't be entering the savannah at this hour. What exactly did you do to enrage the lion pride?"

Agitated, Freeman clasped his head, saying, "I wanted to catch a lion cub to take home. Samo said he knew where a lioness had just given birth to cubs.

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"He said night is the time when lion prides go hunting, and we might have a chance to steal a cub..."

Upon hearing this, John cursed and said, "Shit, let me tell you, there are plenty of channels if you want to adopt a lion. There's an adoption notice right at the entrance of my rescue center.

FUCK! Why would you take such a risk?"

Little Freeman lowered his head in silence for a few seconds, and when another powerful roar echoed, he clung to John's arm in terror and shouted, "It's my dad, it's my dad who wants that Lion King; Samo said that the Lion King is a three-eyed spirit, so my dad wanted to...

Let's go, let's get out of here, they're all devils!"

John was utterly flabbergasted by this reckless and foolish father and son who obviously intended to enrage the pride to invoke self-defense and then kill the Lion King, making it seem only natural to take him back home.

Indeed, some people are just so unruly and unbelievably stupid in their behavior.

As John was at a loss for words, Ayu suddenly drew his M500 revolver and fired several shots into the sky, then said to Joe Ga, "Boss, we need to leave. It's not just one male lion; it's two, and they're here with a group of lionesses and have marked us as targets."

Joe Ga glanced disdainfully at Little Freeman, who looked like a terrified mess after the trouble he'd caused, and then said to John, "Let's get to the car first. My men didn't bring night vision goggles, and we'll be at a disadvantage in this kind of situation at night."

After hearing this, John said, bewildered, "What use are night vision goggles? Lions move much faster than you think, and the field of vision offered by night vision goggles can't keep up with them."

Hesitating, John then said to Joe Ga, "We can't pull out; we have to search for Freeman and Samo to see if they're still alive.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Even if they're dead, we need to retrieve their bodies while the lions are too busy to eat them; otherwise, Namo and Arthur are as good as dead!"

Joe Ga, confused, said, "Who the hell are Namo and Arthur?"

As John helped Little Freeman up, walking towards the vehicles, he said, "Namo and Arthur are two male lions; they are rare brother leaders of a pride.

Namo has an injury on his forehead, and for some reason, a black gemstone remained embedded in the wound, which led to the legend of the three-eyed spirit here.

However, many believe that you can find more black gemstones within Namo's territory.

These people aren't interested in just any lion; they're after the gemstone on its forehead, a very rare black diamond.

But what these people don't realize is that Namo has a brother, Arthur.

Compared to the robust Namo, Arthur is like an assassin lurking in the shadows."

As he spoke, John stuffed Little Freeman into the car and then said to Joe Ga, "I only discovered by chance that the pride had two leaders. There are only four prides on the entire savanna, and I can't just watch them being sentenced to death."

Joe Ga was stunned for a moment, then incredulously said, "Why should I care? They brought this on themselves..."

As Joe Ga looked at John's awkward expression, he suddenly realized and said, "Oh, because they're white, animals have to pay with their lives for killing whites, while killing blacks gets them a trip to a sanctuary."

John shook his head in embarrassment and said, "It's not entirely like that. The main reason is that the Freeman family is in the textile business and they have a lot of dealings with Central Africa.

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As you know, the textile industry is pretty much the only industrial sector in Central Africa."

Looking into Joe Ga's eyes, John said, "I have to search for them, even if it's just to find their bodies. Otherwise, their family will send many people into the savanna to search, and Namo and Arthur are doomed."

Once Joe Ga understood the point John was making, he realized that the two men were most likely already dead, but still going into danger was to prevent their family from seeking vengeance.

Legally speaking, if you illegally hunt and get killed by an animal, it's your own fault when you die.

But as soon as so-called rescue teams are sent in, the situation becomes uncontrollable.

Because you don't know if they are going in to retrieve bodies or seeking retribution."

After pondering for a moment, Joe Ga then shouted to Ayu, "King Kong, can you ensure our safety?"

Ayu glanced at John, then nodded and said, "With the car, we can!"

Having heard this, Joe Ga turned and yelled at Nis and the others, "Elephant, clear a car for us; you escort the others back first.

Devil Bird, after you get back, remember to feed milk to the Little Elephant.

Owl, drive the Little Antelope back to refuel, and come in to back us up when you hear my call."

Joe Ga then dashed to the helicopter, pulled out a tactical vest, and put it on before tossing a belt full of shotgun shells to Ayu.

After arranging his magazines and gear, Joe Ga cocked his gun and said to John, "You drive; we're going to take a look inside.

The three-eyed lions are too good of a draw; I need to keep them!!"