The Rise Of A Tribal Deadbeat - Chapter 50

Fighting against a swarm of monsters had its benefits. But not for Zok. He wouldn’t have minded fighting against Chiroterae if only he could get Exp from them. He was literally one-shotting them left and right, which meant even though the secondary effect of [Elude] was active, he wasn’t gaining any level.

For him to gain level he had to dodge their attacks. However, there were so many of them that it was impossible for him to dodge all of them. On top of that, he never knew which one creature was the system was telling him to dodge as even though they had different levels, all of them pretty much looked the same.

As a result, not only he wasn’t able to gain any Exp, but he couldn’t level up either. In other words, he was doing nothing but wasting his time and energy there.

‘Actually, it’s not all that bad.’

Even when Zok was losing a lot, he still had a smile on his face. Why? Because even though he wasn’t getting the Exp for killing those pesky creatures, his familiars were. On top of that, since Zok was not getting any Exp, the Exp for his kills was being divided two ways for Kaira and Cero. As a result of that Cero and Kaira were getting crazy amounts of Exp every time he swung the spear.

And if that wasn’t enough, the [Elude] skill only stopped him from gaining Exp and not the stat points for killing the beasts. Which meant even though he wasn’t levelling up, his stats were increasing like crazy.

The creatures had no chance against the four of them. According to their description, the Chiroterae were used to hunting beasts that were much bigger than them. Their speed and numbers should have worked to their advantage. But unfortunately this time, it wasn’t the case.

At first, they tried to target Zok but failed due to his proficiency in using his spear. Then they tried to attack Cero, but thanks to his stone-like hide, they only ended up breaking their teeth while trying to bite into his flesh. Kaira was seemingly under the most danger because her fur wouldn’t have been able to protect her. The Chiroterae seemed to have been thinking the same thing.

However, it seemed like they hadn’t seen the one sitting on her back. As long as Shira was there Kaira didn’t need to have thick skin or armour to fend them off. Shira’s perceptiveness and reaction speed had increased significantly after receiving Sofina’s blessing, which helped her dispose of the Chiroterae without any problems.

She was easily able to get rid of the creatures that got close to her using the vines to squeeze the life out of them. Kaira, on the other hand, used her agility to the maximum and was continuously chewing them off into bits and pieces.

When the Chiroterae attacked them, their numbers must have been in the 150s. But now, only a couple of dozen of them were left and the rest were lying lifeless on the ground. Zok and his familiars were all drenched in the blood of their enemies. However, it seemed like the Chiroterae knew they had lost the numbers advantage and escaped into the darkness as quickly as they had appeared.

“Phew… that was fun. All of you good?” Zok asked them while wiping some blood off of his face.

All of them nodded, no one had been injured. Although they were dirty and the stench of blood was killing them, they were alive and good. However, Zok had important things to do before leaving, like storing the corpses of Chiroterae in his inventory. One never knew what they would need in the Wilderness. And Zok could already think about a couple of uses… one was obviously to consume them and the other was to use them to set traps and hunt bigger beasts.

Not in the beastly glades, of course, the herbivores would never get anywhere near the rotting corpse of other beasts. However, he could use them later on if he ever decided to leave the glades in future.

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A while later…

Upon listening to their honest request and looking at their sorry state, Sofina decided to help them out and created a small water source for Zok and the others to clean themselves inside the cave. Surprisingly, the small pond that she made inside the second cave had hot water instead of the usual ice-cold water Zok was used to.

“You guys have gained quite a few levels…” Zok mumbled with a tinge of jealousness in his voice.

The three of them had just finished cleaning themselves up and were now waiting for Shira, when Zok decided to check the spoils of war, aka their level gains. They had killed 123 Chiroterae, who on average were level 9, as a result, both of his familiars ended up receiving about 55,000 exp each. Thanks to all that Exp, Kaira was now at level 18 while Cero was at level 21 and he was still stuck at level 16.

Once again, he was the weakest among his familiars and both of them were not even trying to hide the smug looks on their faces. The worse thing was that he wouldn’t be able to normally level up for a week.

“At least I got some stat points after killing those idiots.” Zok outed and opened up his information tab to check his stats.

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Name: Zok ???

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Level: 16

Title: [Lazy Bast.ard], [Sofina’s Ally]

Blessing: [Backlash (Level: Maximum)] (You can read the description of the blessing below.)

Exp needed to level up: 10900/17000

Stats:

HP: 1500/1500

Strength: 68 —> 90

Defence: 49

Knowledge: 53

Stealth: 20 —> 60

Stamina: 33 —> 53

Agility: 70 —> 100

Control: 1.75 —> 12.75

Accuracy: 40%

Depravity meter: 62.10%

Unallocated Stat points: 20

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He had gained a ton of points from the Chiroterae. His strength, agility, stamina and stealth have all increased tremendously. However, Zok’s eyes were not focused on them. Instead he was looking at the control stat that had increased by 11 points.

“Wait a minute…. when the hell did I gain control points?”