Chapter 14: Its just a tiny fire dude
"Sister, first listen to what Night sister has to say." The taller, squinting teenager interrupted her.
'So this tall man must be brother to this woman, and the stuttering man must be Night's brother.'
"Okay. Let's do this right now. Let's go see the Chief now, I will explain it to him." Night said.
Following them, Edward walked into the cave.
Dozens of eyes looked at him as he passed through, they were old and young, dozens of people curled up in the shadow of the cave, they were mostly naked, only a small piece of animal skin covering their lower body, all eyes were full of vigilance. Edward felt a little suffocated, thinking that if he was not brought here by Night, these people would tear him apart.
"Chief, I brought back a person who had no place to return too. He is called Light. He would be helpful to us and knows a lot of things we do not know about. I want you to take him in."
Night asked from an old man who was full of wrinkles and looked very old.
The Chief was draped in animal skin and carried a cane. He coughed a few time before trembling a bit as he spoke:
"You brought a stranger into our cave… into our home?"
Just as he said that, he slammed his cane on the ground and shouted:
"Our people have lived here for so many moons, and have never let strangers step in our place!"
The Chief appeared angry.
Slightly dissatisfied, Edward interjected:
"Today… this morning… didn't Titan also come here and steal Night? Isn't he a stranger for you?"
"Shut up!" Chief roared back in anger.
Edward knew for prehistoric people, it was always better to appear strong and stubborn than to just back down. He decided to speak up.
"Chief, I have lost contact with my tribe, I just ask you to take me in. Let me have a place to live and I will definitely contribute with my skills. I can ensure you people have meat."
As soon as the voice fell, everyone gave a sneer, and almost everyone laughed at him.
"This is true! Today he easily caught a rabbit! I also roasted rabbit meat, barbecue is really fragrant! Do not believe me, look at the rabbit skin around his waist!" Night blurted out everything trying to help out Edward.
Everyone's eyes including the Chief went towards Edward's lower body. Even though Edward felt uncomfortable the way everyone was staring at his lower body, including some very beautiful ladies of the tribe, he could barely stop his body from heating up.
'No erection No erection No erection' He chanted the mantra in his mind.
It was no wonder that the tribe of Night have been so miserable. Of course, it was estimated that other tribes were not any better.
This kind of old-fashioned group were only waiting for the end. Prehistoric men were not that simple. They were a curious bunch that knew to take risks. That's how humanity progressed but it was obvious not every tribe survived. It felt weird to him that they were making such a huge ruckus just because someone wanted to join their tribe.
"I can create a fire and I can cook our preys!" Edward blurted out.
"Fire? FIRE! You can create fire which is but the wraith of nature and god?" The old Chief with his dirty face spoke a bit too close to Edward making his spit and saliva fly towards Edward's face.
"Let's do it, let's go outside, I will show it to you."
Making fire was the only thing he could do now, for this group of primitive people to see.
As he said, he and Night walked out of the cave, and a lot of people behind him followed.
Once on a flat land, Edward got to work. Night knew what Edward was doing so she quickly helped out by collecting dry branches and grass.
Edward placed two stones from the ground as the base, laid the dry grass underneath and piled up the dry branches. After everything was ready, he took out the bow drill which was hanging from his waist.
He pressed the auger in his left hand and pulled the bow drill back and forth quickly. It didn't even take five minutes. The wooden stick started creating smoke, and then he quickly put the stick under the hay and blew it continuously. A few breaths later, a fire started.
The Chief and the rest of the tribe had almost the same reaction. They screamed in fear and quickly retreated a dozen steps. Edward knew they were not that courageous but he didn't thought they would scatter and flee like ants to this extend.
'Night was alteast better because she still had her curious nature that wanted to see what this actually was. They all show no curiosity but just plain fear.'
At this moment, it was already sunset. Night skillfully added firewood into the fire to make it stable. Her delicate face was painted with a tinge of red. It wasn't known if it was because of the fire or the sun set but nonetheless it only served to highlight her beauty.
Edward stood up from the fire and spread his arms wide open as he spoke to the crowd.
"Have I not proven myself?"
The Chief took out a stone spear as he pointed it towards Edward and screamed angrily:
"Hurry! Quick destroy the fire or you anger the gods. DO YOU WANT TO BURN US ALL DOWN?"
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'Dude calm down, it's just a tiny fire.'
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
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