Chapter 149: Stop the beasts from entering the village

Kanan had learned something new today. He was already aware of the Helsik Tribe’s ability, being that of Beast Taming. This didn’t just apply to beasts, but to wild animals as well.

It’s how they are able to get livestock to their village so easily without worrying about the animal putting up a fight or fleeing when it gets scared.

However, there was something else to their power, and that was the ability to merge spirits into their tamed beasts, giving them the properties of whatever spirit they absorbed.

It was an amazing ability, one that Kanan was even jealous of. He could imagine all of the cats he could tame and cuddle with while having their purrs soothe the injuries he sustained. He loved cats.

Another thing he learned was that the Helsik Tribesmen only had a limited number of abilities compared to the variety of the Typhon Tribe and the Uniqueness of the Nemean Tribe.

The Helsik Tribesmen could either manipulate plants or water. All of them could see spirits, however, and all of them could tame beasts, including giving their tamed beasts a spirit attribute.

"Chieftess, this operation the Nemean boy just had us perform will save countless lives. If I can mass-produce the poison and antidote, I should be able to heal every patient within a few days, weeks at most." With something new occupying his attention, Riklok didn’t even care to insult Kanan.

"Then do it. You have my permission to use as many resources as you need to get this done without compromising the standard of living of the people."

"Thank you, Chieftess." Riklok went to work right away.

Loknya looked at Kanan and motioned toward the door. They were not needed anymore, so it was time for them to leave.

"Kanan, follow me. We should talk business. Since you’re here to help my people, personal mission or not, I think it’s best if we see what we can work out for our future trading prospects."

"I agree. Thank you for trusting me." Kanan was glad things were turning out this way. Sure, he still needed to deal with the Verminus Plant, but as things stood, he would have the aid of the Helsik Tribe as he did so.

"You’ve earned it. Now, once we return to my quarters, there’s a personal question I must ask–"

"Chieftess Loknya! Urgent news! A massive horde of gator beasts is coming this way! But that’s not all. A-Apparently, it looks as if people are coming with the beasts as well." The guard reported, shaking frantically.

"Lock down the village. Raise the net, and gather every warrior who can fight. We need to defend our home. If this place falls, then our Tribe is no more."

Turning to Kanan, Loknya asked, "Do you think the people who have been spotted are the corpses you mentioned?"

"Did you burn your dead?"

"We did not." She shook her head.

"Then I’m certain that they are the corpses of your fallen. Allow me to get my friends so we can fight alongside you."

"Thank you, Kanan."

"You’re welcome. And if your tribe does fall, you’re welcome in mine."

"You better not be flirting with my mother, Kanan." With her finger pressed against Kanan’s chest, Nyalok leaned into his face. "Because you’re mine."

After saying what she wanted, she leapt into the air and landed on a giant bird that appeared out of nowhere.

Following her example, Kanan flew toward the place he and his friends were staying.

"Guys! Get ready to fight! The Helsik Tribe is being attacked!"

"Hell yeah! I get to show off my moves!" Terin grabbed his spear and rocketed out of the hut.

"Does he know where the fight is even taking place?" Alue wondered

"He’ll learn eventually. Come on."

Once they were ready, Kanan asked Reda to teleport them to the first level close to the village entrance. When they arrived, the place was already being overrun.

The net was ripped, civilians screamed in terror, Gator Beasts entered their waters, and the fallen warriors were killing the living ones.

It wasn’t even a battle, but a slaughter. The Helsik warriors were being overrun, barely having a place to retreat to so they could stand their ground.

It wasn’t until Fera made a massive barrier that prevented the Gator beasts and corpse warriors from entering the village that the warriors had a chance to fight back.

But among those who were fighting, Nyalok, Loknya, Eshem, and Galrah were far the greatest. At least, of those, Kanan knew.

Some others were putting in the work as well, but Kanan had spotted those four absolutely dominate whatever foe came their way.

"Kanan! I won’t be able to hold this for long! Those beasts and corpse warriors aren’t messing around. Make this quick!" Fera shouted. She still hadn’t had enough time to adjust to her new power, and holding off a horde of over five hundred spirit-enhanced enemies wasn’t easy.

"Alright team, prioritize the civilians first! Get them to safety before engaging the enemy. We need those who can’t fight out of the way!" Kanan ordered.

"Right!" Reda began teleporting all over the docks, grabbing children, men, and women alike, and bringing them to safety on the second level.

Some gator beasts got extremely close to slaughtering a lot of people who were attempting to flee, but thanks to Lopis’s shadows, they weren’t able to do so.

Alue, not being really into combat despite being a warrior, used his control over plant life to create platforms and shields to protect the people who weren’t able to escape to safety on their own.

Though he didn’t like fighting, he loved the feeling of being able to save someone. It was his pride, and he would always save as many people as he could.

Kanan appeared and reappeared around the docks, saving people, cutting through gator beast flesh, and assessing the situation all at the same time.

He couldn’t understand how a force of this magnitude would be reported to the chief so late. Kanan was positive that there were scouts who reported back problems like these, so either the Helsik Tribe was short-staffed, the Verminus Plant had learned how to operate in the shadows, or something happened to the scouts.

Either way, Kanan would figure it out. But for now, he needed to fight off the beasts before they caused any more damage.