The Rise Of A Tribal Deadbeat - Chapter 47

“I guess the Spirit is our neighbour now.” Zok mumbled as they walked out of the second cave, “Hopefully, she’ll give me a better ability next time we meet her.”

As he said that, everyone else started nodding, but not too seriously. They just wanted to stay silent as none of them wanted to hurt Zok’s feelings. Especially since he received a title and nothing else. Cero on the other hand had a different opinion and wasted no time in expressing it in the form of a loud grunt.

“What? I am NOT jealous!” Zok turned to face Cero while Shira started laughing, “Oi! Stop that!”

But it was too late now. All three of them were laughing in their own ways. How did Zok know they were laughing? Because of the Hivemind, of course. Although Zok had received a title that was very useful to him, the rewards his familiars and Shira got were, in his opinion, much better.

After Sofina was done blessing him with the title, she did the same with the others. However, unlike Zok, all of them received a skill and not a title. Zok would have been content with the fact they got some low-level skills, but nope. Sofina just up and gave them some of her own skills.

Shira got the best of Sofina’s blessing, which could be seen as a tattoo of a green vine on her left shoulder. With the help of the blessing, she had received the power to communicate and manipulate nature around her. Thanks to that, she now had leaves and vines to cover up her bare body.

Although she could only control some large vines for now, still, that skill was one of the best skills one could have in the wilderness. Also upon receiving Sofina’s blessing, the curse of Cannibalism was lifted from her, and Zok was happy for it. Shira had already suffered a lot and deserved some peace.

Next up was Kaira. She received a blessing that allowed her to change her size as she wished. She could grow as big as the cave itself or become so small that even Shira could carry her in her arms. As for Cero, he received a skill befitting his appearance, a skill known as Rock Stomp.

The skill worked exactly as it was named. If Cero stomped the ground hard enough, he could crack the surface and bring forth the rocks that were hidden underneath the crust of the planet. These rocks would pop out at an insane speed which would cause harm to the people over a straight line and probably knock them up as well. They will have to test it out later in actual combat.

Zok was happy while they were getting those skills. But his happiness was soon shattered when he learned he couldn’t copy those abilities as they were ‘exclusive’ to the ones who had received them. He didn’t even know there were such skills that he could not copy, in the first place. That was the reason why the others were busy laughing at him.

“Yeah yeah, laugh all you want but I can still take all of you down in a fight.” Zok waved his hands, “That aside, we still need to think about what we’re gonna do with the cave.”

Apart from giving individual gifts to all of them, Sofina also gave them a combined gift. The cave they were in was all theirs and they could use it as they please to help them complete the task she had given to Zok. In other words, this was the place given to them to start building a safe haven for everyone.

As they exit the cave, Zok noticed that the markings on the wall had disappeared just like they had before in the Arachnid cave. This meant the cave had now been ‘cleared’ and was safe for them to inhabit, just like Sofina had informed them.

“Let’s see what we can do to make our living situation a bit better… what is it Cero?”

Cero let out a low growl, making a suggestion to Zok and his suggestion was exactly what Zok was thinking.

“Yeah, we will make good use of your abilities.” Zok smiled before patting Cero’s head.

The moment Zok was done patting him, Cero turned towards Kaira with a smug look on his face. Their rivalry was still going on. Kiara hmphed and turned away, while Shira was confused as to why the beasts were behaving like that.

“Alright then, let’s get to work. Cero, come here.” Zok waved the beast over, “Use your ability to cover the entrance. But be careful not to damage the cave, okay?”

Cero grunted loudly and next second stood tall on his hind legs before stomping on the ground with all his might. A moment later numerous rocks popped up like a bunch of wild berries and covered the cave’s entrance.

“Kaira, Shira, you’re up next.”

Shira jumped down from Kaira’s back as the wolf started growing bigger and bigger till she was just as big as the cave itself. However, Shira was clueless about what she could possibly do with her ability.

“Just use your vines to make a small entrance through those huge rocks. Kaira, you help her carry the unnecessary rocks. Cero, you’ll help Shira in breaking the rocks using your horns..” Zok gave them their orders before climbing on top of a huge boulder and laying back on it, “And since I don’t have any abilities to help you out, I’ll take a nap right here.”