Breeding Rites Hunting Souls Between Trade

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It was a quiet day so far. The bird where singing and on the wide green lands where a deer herd eating grass. Everything seems so peacefully and quiet. Nobody would have thought that a large predator was just on this way here. It was nothing on the land, this predator come from the sky.

In this land the biggest fear of animals like the deer are no wolves, it was the dragons. Large flying creatures with sharp teeth. One of this creatures where Mavni. A female Ravager Wyvern. She was a friendly soul and so she wanted to thought a young dragon how to hunt. It was not her own kid, but that does not matter to her. She just wanted to help.

Together, with the juvenile she flew to a mountain, the grassland with the deer always in her sight. The mountain was far enough that the deer could not spot the two dragons. With a squeaky voice the smaller dragon asked, “What are we doing here?” He knew that he should learn something from Mavni but not what exactly. “I teach you how to hunt down your own prey. You need it if you want to survive. Even you need to eat and for that you need to hunt your own prey.” The young dragon looked at Mavni and then at the deer under them. “But I do not want to. It seems to be exhausting.” Marvin snarled at the juvenile as she hears that. “It is an important think to learn how to hunt! You need it to survive so you will learn it. No complaining!”
As Marvin was thinking dragons where the ultimate predators in this lands. Some cooperate with other creatures and help them. That was something she also thought about but not for now. Now she was a wild dragon trying to show this juvenile how to hunt, as it was thought her.

“It is never easy to learn something new, regardless what creature you are. Sonner or later everyone instinct will put in an you can learn it almost on your own but maybe than it is to late. Some will maybe die in the process and you will not have someone by your side the whole time to feed you or keep you comfortable. The day will come then you are to old for the nest and you need to live on your own. That is why you have to learn it what the elders will teach you. Even when it seems pointless or stressful. If you do not learn the basics than you will die. You will starve to death when you do not learn to hunt. You will die in the cold when you do no learn how you build a shelter or find something where you can hide. You need to learn how to survive on your own like a really proud dragon. “ Marvin raises her head to the air and spread her wings. The sun was shining right on her head and the inner of her wings. Right now she really looked like the proudest dragon the young hatchling has ever seen.  He changed his mind. He wanted to be like this dragon. A proud and strong dragon. “Teach me. Teach me everything you know.” He says and really wanted to learn something.

Mavni put her head down again and smiled at the juvenile. “Good I will teach you how to hunt and at the end of the day you can hunt you own prey. So listen carefully. The best chances to hunt something are from above, but do not be to high or you will not be fast enough. Second, keep yourself out of the wind direction. Even if it is harder to fly for you do it. So your pray will not have a chance to smell you bevor they see you shadow. Third, you need to be fast.” Explained the older dragon to the juvenile.

Both of them did not know that there was a third dragon very near. It was also a Ravager Wyvern. It was a beautiful male that imperial male.  His feathers seems to be like stars in a night sky and when he fly it is all moving like a sea. But right now the Ravager more looked like a statue. A blue statue but a statue. He also was focusing on the deer under him in the grassland. His eyes only saw his next victim and his prey.  Leviathan snarled and moved his muscles a little. His feathers sounded like the wind as he does it. He was alone, like most of the time. He has no hatchling hat his side he could teach how to hunt. Leviathan was hunting for his own but he was never hunting more than one deer at once. He only needs one to eat, the only time he would hunt more was bevor the winter. Than Leviathan gather some food, so that he do not have to hunt when the snow fall and everything gets cold. He knows that his prey will not come to a wide open than, like now. Now there were many deer under him and he could choose one. He wanted to hunt down one of the young males. It would be enough for him and some of them are not so near the heard. It would be easy for him to get this deer. Again his muscles where moving slowly and his eyes were focused on his prey.  Suddenly his spread his wings and before someone could notice it he jumped and fell down to the deer. His claws flip forward and garb  his chosen victim. The deer could do nothing and fell and bevor he notice what happened Leviathan bite in his neck an could easy kill it.

Mavni explains how top hunt to the young dragon. “And when you have your prey in your claws put it down on earth and then kill it fast. The best way is when you bite it in the neck. Its fast and the animal did not have so much pain. It is merciful to kill the one that is weaker as you fast.” She said and looked at the deer. “Now listen closely. I will show you how to hunt one of these deer. You will just watch and next time it is your turn to try.” She looked down and picked one of the deer to kill. It was no big one, not a really strong one. It was barely enough to feed two dragons. But that all does not meters at all. The juvenile should learn how to hunt and for that he did not need a full stomach. He should hunt his own pray later.

Mavni focused on her prey, just like Leviathan at the same time. She also moved her muscles and spread her wings. She let her fell down on his prey and like the other dragon she grabs the deer with her claw and put her down on the ground. With a forcefully bite in the neck of the female deer she killed the animal.

Up until now none of the older dragons recognized the other but now, as the heard of deer was running away both looked at the other. The young dragon landed besides Mavni and also looked at Leviathan. “Who is that?” He quietly asked but Mavni just step forward to hide the young behind her. She did not know the other dragon and did not know if he was dangerous. Leviathan show no fear, he was just curios and looked at the small dragon. “A young one should hunt on his own. He should not be feed from a female in your age.” He just says and took his prey. “He just learns how to hunt.” Mavni growled, but Leviathan show not the little reaction to that. “I am not your enemy. I just came here to hunt and did not know that someone was here besides me.” The big male dragon says and spared his wings. “Well than young one learns fast. A dragon need to hunt to survive and it is a cruel world out there.” With these words the imperial male dragon flaps his wings and fly to the sky with the dead deer in his claws. “Mavni did you know him?” the young javelin dragon asked but Mavni shakes her head. “I did not know him. But in this world there are more dragons and not everyone is so friendly like him.” She took a bite from the deer and shove it to the young one so that he could also eat something bevor he try to hunt for himself. They need to find a new prey but that should not be the problem, in this time of the year there was enough to find. 

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