While the ferocious-looking tiger was feeding on the wild boar. Eklavya started to withdraw silently without alerting the tiger.
Eklavya who had seen a tiger hunting its prey only on the National Geographic channel previously felt how contrasting it was when he saw the tiger feeding in front of him and he understood that watching something on television or in a zoo and witnessing the tiger feeding on its prey in reality are two different things. Since now he was in a jungle and it was night time, there was nobody who was there who could help him because he was totally alone at this point of time.
He knew that the favorite time for the tiger to hunt its prey was at the night time so this was basically its favorite time to hunt and once the tiger consumes the wild boar and is still not satisfied then it will hunt him if he remains here. So he needed to come out of that place and exit the jungle as quickly as possible.
As the wild and fierce tiger was tearing the flesh of the wild boar and feeding on it Eklavya started to withdraw in a ninja like manner without making any noise so that the tiger would not know of his preLovece anyhow. However a tiger is not an ordinary jungle species as it is said that it can be considered the king of the jungle after the lion. They have small amounts of odor detecting cells in their nose and a reduced olfactory region in the brain that identifies various scents. The tiger mainly uses its sense of smell to communicate information with one another such as territory status.
Since the tiger had such good smelling skills it was very easy for it to detect any species which was coming its way from very far away and it did to need to see or listen to know exactly what was coming its way. So even if Eklavya was not making any noises and withdrawing from the place in a ninja like fashion the tiger got the smell of a Human being which was near him and became alert.
The Tiger lifted its eyes and saw Eklavya. As soon as The Tiger gaze met with Eklavya it saw a delicious looking human that was withdrawing timidly. The beast felt like its dream had come true since it wanted to taste a human for such a long time. After ages of waiting, finally its dream has come true.
The wild boar flesh was good since it was filling but it was very crude and the flesh was hard. But a human flesh is gonna be tender and smooth as it thought and its blood is going to be sweet. So obviously the beast was not going to miss on such a wonderful treat when the treat has come to it by itself.
While the wild carnivore was giving a greedy look at the young Human. Eklavya on the other hand was frozen in his place as he was not able to move at all. It was as if he was stuck in his position and hypnotized by the ferocious wild beast. When Eklavya looked at the tiger he felt as if death was looking at him in the eye with blood dripping from its mouth.
Eklavya has just gotten his life back so he did not want to lose it again and that too in such a miserable manner by being the dinner of a wild beast so he collected every ounce of courage in himself and started to withdraw and run for his life.
"Rrrroooaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Rrrroooaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"
While he started to run for his life the Tiger roared which felt like the insides of Eklavya were shaken and he fell down on his face.
Eklavya was actually a very brave person and will fight with people who are stronger than him without even blinking his eyes and can go to any extent to help his friends. However there was a lot of difference between fighting a strong human and tackling a wild carnivore who is looking at you greedily in the middle of the night that too in a wild jungle so naturally Eklavya was a bit scared for his life so he wanted to withdraw in silence but now that the tiger had noticed him all his hopes were gone.
Also he clearly understood that killing a snake with a heavy stone and some scorpions were way easier but now he was facing a wild tiger which has got speed, strength and stamina. So even if he uses his poison skill the tiger will be able to finish him off within five minutes of time which was enough for the beast.
While Eklavya fell down on his face he turned immediately on his back to face the tiger who was running towards him with blood dripping from its lips and then the beast lunged at him from a great distance and reached him in a fraction of a second to plunge its teeth on Eklavya's throats so that it can enjoy the hot blood of the Human.
This was a life and death situation for Eklavya and in this kind of situation he was really despairing and wanted to escape the Tiger anyhow. As he saw the Tiger he used his poison skill and unleashed all the five rounds which he had but still it seemed that there was no effect on the tiger. So he just moved from his place and the tiger landed on the empty spot just beside him.
This all happened in a fraction of a second. He knew that it was futile to run from the Tiger now and he had already used up all the poison skill so he lunged at the tiger and mounted the beast in a lightning like manner and embraced the tiger in an iron like grip.
The wild Tiger was startled for a moment as it did not expect any resistance from the human. However it seemed that this human was quite strong since not only was it able to escape and dodge its attack earlier but now the Human dared to mount on it and it had a death grip which was actually choking the Tiger.
Both the Tiger and Eklavya struggled with each other for sometime and then after some time the tiger felt as if his vision was going black as it started to lose its consciousness. Then after five minutes it completely stopped struggling as the poison started to show its effect and all the life force escaped from the Tiger.