The jackals weren't all that strong when all the carnivores were taken into consideration.

But with their big numbers and strategies, any beast would think twice before messing with them.

Needless to say, they would be weak alone.

One such great jackal clan was - The Meril Clan.

It was a clan made up of one of the strongest, fastest, and most defensive jackals ever. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this clan was strongest among all other jackal clans.

Dekon, was the young master, in fact, the youngest child of the leader of such a great clan.

The clan leader, Foril, was blessed with four sons and eight daughters, however, the youngest among them, that is, the fourth son was just a disgrace to all of them.

Indeed, Dekon was the weakest among all. Because of that, he didn't get any exact attention from his parents. Needless to say, he got extra attention from his brothers, of course, it wasn't good by any means.

They would bully him, insult him and push him to the extreme most of the time.

He was just tired of all of these, but he couldn't do anything.

He was the weakest among all, and not smart at all.

The only thing he was good at was - taking quick decisions. It didn't matter if the decision was good or not, he would just take some random decision.

'Think before you talk or do.' - this is how the saying goes, but for Dekon, it is quite the opposite.

'Do before think.' - perhaps he might have misheard the saying, but this is exactly what he would do and had been doing all this time.

There was just one person supporting him and that was his eldest sister.

When they heard about the Supreme celestials announcing to many other beasts and their followers that they needed Shin's head and would give rewards in return, Dekon thought that this could be the perfect opportunity to increase his strength.

It was once in a million opportunities how could he let the chance slip by?

He and his eldest sister, Masi, joined the festival.

Dekon was impatient Indeed and somewhat foolish, but he wasn't that big an idiot to just attack an individual who has a bounty on his head placed directly by the Supreme Celestial.

He thought he would attack when all the other beasts would start their attack and would try his luck.

But there were two factors that altered his decisions after he arrives in the arena.

The first and the biggest factor was that his brothers and other sisters were also present there.

Obviously, since their clan was the strongest out of all the jackals' clans, there was no way that the Supreme celestials wouldn't ask them.

'No...'

'If they get the reward then I will be left even more behind...', this thiuhut shrouded his mind.

He then glanced at Shin and then found the second factor that influenced his decision.

It was Shin's appearance.

Shin looked so small and weak. Adding to the fact that he emitted no aura, in the eyes of every carnivore there, he appeared to be a prey, an easy prey in fact.

As mentioned earlier, Dekon didn't think twice before making any decisions. He just followed his instincts most of the time.

While a beast's instincts are thought to be somewhat perfect, his were totally useless. It is comparable to doing something on a whim.

He ended up jumping toward the fake Shin with his mouth wide open.

His brothers and sisters in the audience were dumbfounded by his stupidity. They had realized that he had come to gain the rewards to overtake them, but they thought that they could snatch it from him with ease.

He was a fool after all, but this foolish!? No! No one expected that.

Even his elder sister Masi, who supported him, was left with her jaws dropped as she saw him jump out of the audience seats.

'What a dumb ass..'

'He is going to get minced into pieces.', thought a vulture in the audience who had been here all this time.

The vulture had witnessed the battle. He had received the news about taking Shin's head, but he had given up on that when he recalled Shin's strength.

When he saw the jackal jumping towards Shin, he could only imagine him leaping towards his own death!

But guess what, the vulture ended up being totally wrong. He was in for a surprise!

The jackal shortened the distance between Shin and himself. A single jump wasn't enough to let him reach Shin directly. He only landed a few meters inside the arena and then ran with all his might.

Reosan, standing close to Shin, was surprised by seeing this happen.

The celestials had heard about the order so they knew why the jackal ran into the arena. However, they did nothing and just waited for all this to get over.

The audience thought that the jackal was going to get crushed even before he got the chance to reach Shin. Many high-ranking beasts were surrounding him and standing almost between the jackal and Shin.

But what a pity, they had no idea that those were fakes.

Even if they were to attack, they couldn't use even 1% of the power of the originals. Considering the fact that they would suck up a large amount of Panda's mana, they probably even couldn't move properly.

The jackal passed through them with ease. He was ready to attack them, however, none of them moved.

He seemed confused as well.

As he was passing them, he continuously thought about their plan but he failed to understand.

And by the time he actually thought that this was a scheme, he had already arrived close to Shin.

Forgetting what he thought, he just jumped forward with his mouth wide open yet again.historical

*crunch*

With a single bite, he ended up separating Shin's head from his body.

"HUH!?", about a hundred beasts in the crowd raised their voice in surprise, simultaneously.