419 Chaflars Way of Apology, Retrieving the Supplies with a Pleasant Surprise (1/2)

Day 72 - 8:12 AM - Moutain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon

The night had passed after Mark spoke to the tribe elder. He decided to let them stay. Having a Seer in his base was not detrimental to them. In fact, an existence like the elder was more reliable than his [Clairvoyance] that would be activated without his control.

Although the elder's [Clairvoyance] was a bit obscure in its predictions, it was more active than his. That was what he needed.

He and Mei also listened to the elder tell their origins. Unlike other psychics that managed to gain their abilities accidentally like Mark and Jaeya, her [Clairvoyance] ran on the blood of their family. Before the current Seer faced their death's door, they needed to pass on their ability as a Seer to a successor. The successor should be a female direct descendant from the Seer's family and should be of adult age.

That should be the normal way for them to pass on the leadership of the tribe and their Seer. The female child of their family would become the Seer while a male child would take on the role of the Tribe Chief. Unfortunately, there was no possible successor for the elder right now.

Her children all passed away during their journey from Baguio towards this place. They died along with other members of the tribe when they were attacked by mutated animals several times in their journey.

Sadly, the only ones left in the elder's family were her two Grandchildren. The little boy, Gani, was just an eleven-year-old. As for the granddaughter, Mayumi, she had just passed her seventeenth birthday three months ago. Both of them still did not fit the right criterion for the positions that should have waited for them.

However, as they intended to go under Mark's leadership, Gani would not become the tribe chief anymore. As for Mayumi, she would still need to inherit the elder's position and become the next seer on her next birthday.

Thus, the elder still needed to wait for several months before she could pass on peacefully.

That was right, the elder might be avoiding the topic since her grandchildren were around. However, Mark could tell.

Her time in this world had long been over. The aura of death was rather too strong around her. However, it seemed that not being able to pass their position as a Seer prevented her from passing on.

Somehow, Mark had the thought that it was rather similar to folklore stories about Aswangs and Mananggal. There were stories about them where Aswangs would not be able to die of old age or sickness if they did not give their powers to a successor.

It might be similar, but, Mark could not sense that kind of atmosphere from the elder. There might be some similarities. Nevertheless, the elder and her grandchildren were surely human. If not, not only Mark, even Amihan would sense it.

With those in mind, Mark stretched his back as he helped with moving the things out of their vehicles.

The supplies and weapons they got from the mansion, the things they brought from Bay City, and most importantly, the gaming consoles Mark brought back from different places.

Prioritizing the gadgets he had, Mark and Mei moved them into his house.

As Mark had thought, the night here in the mountains was way colder than in the city. Especially last night, everyone had to adjust to the drop in temperature. Nevertheless, it was a rather comfortable night. Since the [Blood Children] had not seen Mark for a long time, they had been longing to be around him. As such, their warm bodies served as a heater for him, Mei and the girls.

The bed he prepared was large, yet it still felt cramped because of that.

Even right now, while Mark was working, the [Blood Children] were around watching his movements. They were thoughtful enough not to disturb his work. Well, aside for Alaula who would still jump towards Mark if not for Crimson holding her back.

After moving the things out of the vehicles, Mark with a small team from his group would go out to retrieve the supplies they left with Chaflar. There was also the supplies left behind at the mansion. They also needed to pick those up as soon as possible.

\”Master, where should I put these?\”

Odelina stopped by to ask while she held a large box filled with things Mark collected.

\”Put it inside the first room on the right after entering.\”

Mark replied.

The contents of that box were things he collected from the remains of the animals, insects, and even mutated infected, they encountered during the journey. It was only reasonable to put these items inside his workshop.

Since Mark, Mei and Odelina focused on the things they had inside the [Exceed: Personnel Carrier], they finished early. Odelina went off to help with moving out things from the other vehicles.

Mark, on the other hand, was troubled about three things. Two of the three lay down unconscious inside three cages in front of him and Mei.

The first one was Vem. This embodiment of lust was brought back by him without really thinking too much about it. He just found her as an interesting creature and nothing else.

Second, there was the [King Type] infected. It was glaring at Mark while lying down inside its cage. Its throat was already hoarse from screaming and growling that were was no voice coming out of its mouth anymore. Probably, Mark would observe and experiment on this guy before actually killing it.

The third one was nothing else but the Water Bug he caught from Laguna Lake.

While Mark was looking at the unconscious water bug, someone wandering around passed by which Mark immediately called.

\”Annica, come here for a bit.\”

The girl was amazed about the place that early in the morning, she was wandering around looking at almost everything. She even entered every place she could enter. Of course, she knew that there were places that she could not enter and did not force herself to. As Mark called her, she skipped toward him.

\”What is it, big brother?\”

\”Can you tame this one?\”

Mark pointed at the Water Bug. He was not sure if she would be able to and how she would react to this creature. After all, it would not be surprising if she was afraid of cockroach-like insects like this water bug.

Unexpected, she crouched in front of the cage.

\”Can I touch it?\”

She turned to Mark and asked.