All hell broke loose inside the enclosure. As the wolf jumped over the fence, the beasts in the nearby enclosures panicked and most of the tribesmen ran to calm them down while a few of them rushed to get weapons to try and subdue the wolf along with the tulak.
Zok could see the tribesmen running away to get their weapons. But their weapons were kept far from the enclosure. However, if they tried, they could get to Zok before the tulak or the wolf could harm him but they weren't so sure of that. Or mostly, they didn't think Zok's safety was any of their concern.
Why did they think like that? Because Skah didn't show any concern towards his youngest son's safety either. If a father wasn't interested in saving his son, why would the others feel any different? Thus most of them had already given up even before trying.
They knew that even if Zok was inexperienced while fighting against the Tulak, the commander wolf wasn't. The wolf had an in-built predatory sense within itself and knew exactly what to do and how to take the tulak down. Moreover, even though Tulak was strong against a child like Zok, at the end of the day, it was just a low tier aberrated beast while the Commander wolf was a high tier aberrated beast.
The massive wolf should be able to easily dispatch the Tulak and when it was done, the wolf would probably turn to play with Zok. For now, the best thing Zok could do was to pray that the tulak doesn't go down easily and the tribesmen at least try to intervene for his sake. But first and foremost, his life solely depended on how long the tulak would be able to survive against the wolf.
'That basta*d tulak isn't going to last long... is he?' Zok thought to himself because just by one paw of the wolf got the tulak staggering as if he was drunk. Thankfully the wolf was taking things slow with the Tulak and maybe he was planning to play with his prey for a bit.
"ZOK! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" Ahuli yelled at the top of his lungs.
But that was all he could do as he was trying to stop another wolf from jumping out of the ring. He wanted to jump in and save his brother even if he was a good for nothing brat. His intention was for Zok to learn and adapt to their culture when he brought him there, not because he wanted him dead. Moreover, if anything was to happen to Zok, his mother would never forgive them.
Unlike his elder son, Skah didn't even bother calling out to Zok to even check whether he was okay or not. In fact, he didn't even bother looking at Zok. He was more concerned with the wolf that was in front of him rather than, the safety of his son.
"Baba, you have to help him. I'll take care of the wolves here. You should go and get Zok out while the Commander wolf is being distracted by the tulak-" Ahuli pleaded to their father, but Skah immediately cut him off.
"Don't be ridiculous and focus on the wolf in front of you." Skah had not a tinge of worry on his face. the only thing Ahuli could see on his father's face was disgust "I am done pampering that idiot. All he had to do was to bond with a tulak and if that brat can't even do that then I don't have a need for such a useless son."
Even in such a dire situation, the only thing Skah could think of was the humiliation he would have to feel when his useless son couldn't even tame a low-tier Tulak. In fact, he was secretly hoping that Zok would at least get some kind of disabling injury from the Tulak or the Wolf. But it would be even better if he was to die.
That way at least he would have an excuse for Zok's uselessness. Maybe he would even frame his 'son' to be a valiant Zukira who simultaneously fought against a Tulak and a Commander wolf, to save the others before succumbing to his wounds.
Ahuli was surprised. He never expected his father to be that heartless towards Zok. Of course, Zok was useless and a brat but at the end of the day, he was still family. How could his father even think of such a thing for his own son!?
Zok was unaware of what his father was thinking and kept lying there. He was terrified to even make a move. He desperately wanted to run away, but his body was not even in the condition where he could even crawl away. As most of the bones in his upper body were on the verge of breaking down and it was all thanks to the Tulak's charge attack. Zok didn't know nor did he care what the wolf was doing, he just wanted to get away from all of it.
'I have to at least try to move a bit..'
Just when Zok was about to try and make a getaway, the tulak's legs could no longer handle the weight of his own body and buckled. It seemed like the wolf's attack to its head dealt more damage to the tulak than anyone had anticipated. The tulak remained there on the ground, waiting for the wolf to deal the final blow. But to everyone's surprise, the wolf turned towards Zok, licked his bloodied head and curled up next to him like a pet dog.
"What the hell?" Skah exclaimed in shock. it would seem, his brat of a son finally had his attention, "That wolf just licked his blood... the wolf just bonded with that brat!?"