The Rise Of A Tribal Deadbeat - Chapter 87

A week had passed since Zok and Shira were captured by this unknown tribe. Zok had no idea that such a tribe even existed but these people were much more knowledgable when it came to beasts than the Zukira.

The structure they had built for themselves might be a bit lacking than that of the Zukiras. But the number of beasts they had tamed and the ways they used them was much different than anything Zok had seen.

The tulaks they had tamed were well behaved and never caused a mess. The same went for the dire wolves they had. Back at the Zukiras, one had to be careful around even the most trained and patient wolves.

But the wolves of this tribe were much more well behaved than any wolf Zok had ever seen. Except for Kaira of course. She was the best and no wolf could ever get close to her level of awesomeness.

However, the same could not be said about the people of this weird, but jolly tribe. These people were awesome in their own way and not to mention overly kind as well. But only fools would even try to use their kindness in the wrong way as they knew how to show their fangs as well.

On top of that, they had weird abilities as well. Just like Shira, he and the shamans did. Some of them could conjure fire with a snap of their fingers, while some could do exactly the same thing with water and other elements. While some others could read someone’s mind.

Although these predictions were not always correct, they were accurate enough to let the others know and prepare for some special events. Like a stampede or something as an appearance of an uninvited guest.

That was how they know Zok was going to appear in their territory and also the reason how they were so well prepared to capture him. When Zok saw all this, at first he thought he would be surprised. But weirdly enough, he wasn’t. If anything else, he was seeing an opportunity in front of him. An opportunity to make strong allies.

Well, not allies as he didn’t trust the ones who had captured him but it was a good idea to use them. If only he could slowly build his reputation amongst them everything would be fine. Something that Zok assumed would be easily accomplished considering how the tribesmen were behaving with him and Shira.

Even though Zok and Shira were technically their ‘prisoners’, they weren’t treated like one at all. They were just as free to roam around like anyone else. Just that there were people always watching their every move.

One wrong thing and both of them would get hit by a stream was water, air or even fire. Zok had experienced it first hand when he tried to run away. But it was thanks to that, his depravity meter was slowly recharging itself.

Other than that, life in this new tribe was pretty good. Especially when they started preaching him… Yup, as weird as it sounded, to Zok it looked more like the people of this tribe which he had come to know were called ‘Nutika’, treated him like some kind of a god or a messenger of God.

‘A god whom they won’t allow to leave.’ Zok sighed.

Oddly enough, Zok did not mind it at all. Except for the weird part where the females of the tribe would always greet him by… exposing themselves during the night. It was a regular occurrence. Something Zok did not like at all and whenever it happened Shora would get immense protective over him.

There was only one issue. Language barrier. The people from the Nutika tribe did not speak the same language as the Zukira. It had been quite a few times that the miscommunication had caused Zok to be fired an elemental beam at.

It was a situation that could have been solved much easier if only there was someone willing to become a member of his Hivemind. That way, they could communicate in the language of thoughts, and the other person could tell the others what Zok was thinking.

But there were two problems with this. Firstly, just because he was being treated well, it didn’t mean that all of them were going to trust him. Secondly, how was he supposed to tell them what he was doing? He had already tried to do it twice and that too both secretly and openly.

But both of the times, he got his ass handed to him. It seemed awfully weird that the women were ready to throw themselves at him. But the moment he tried to do something to them, they started to freak out.

As far as calling Cero and Kaira for help was concerned, Zok had opted not to involve them… just yet. For now, everything was manageable. Also, he didn’t know what kind of reaction these people might have when they see Cero and Kaira again.

For now, Zok was busy enjoying the company of the new tribesmen. He already had a plan of action in place. That was to earn their trust and then gain their secret knowledge of bending the elements to their will. Hell, if he was lucky enough, he just might be able to get more than just that.

However, little did he know why the Nutika tribe had so many proficient warriors amongst their ranks. They were always in a fight between their neighbouring tribes. Also, things were not looking good for them.

Zok thought Nutika were awesome and other things. But in reality, they were amongst one of the weaker tribes to exist. The only reason why they weren’t obliterated was because of their closeness to the boundary of the wilderness. A land which was considered evil by most of the tribes…

Yet, it was also a place rich in resources and almost all of the tribes on the outside had secret deals with the Zukira who were in control of the region thanks to the shamans.. However, things were about to change soon for the Nutika tribe as the other tribes prepared to simultaneously launch an attack on them.