Chapter 4 : New tools

After finishing his meal, Lobion leaves to fall asleep once more in his shelter. Meanwhile, the sun sets in the distance across the landscape.

Several hours later, Lobion opens his eyes and gets up to start his second day in his shelter.

"Wow, I have to get up." However, Lobion finds it hard to get up so early in the morning.

At the time, he didn't need to do much at home in his tribe. He only had to help his father with the sleeping arrangements and his mother with three errands to do with the other people in the tribe.

However, he didn't need to clean or cook for himself, as his mother and sisters usually did that for their families.

"I don't know exactly how long I've been separated from my family but I miss them already!"

After a small burst of sadness first thing in the morning, Lobion decides it's time to work on some important things for his second day in this shelter.

The first thing he needs to do is get something to eat! He doesn't want to make the same mistake as the last time he skipped breakfast!

After eating the leftovers from the dodo and some of the berries in the small storeroom, he decides on the important tasks he has to do.

The first task he wants to do is to make a spear. Indeed, Lobion quickly realised yesterday during his dodo hunt that he lacked a weapon worthy of the name!

So he goes to get the materials he needs to create his future spear. He leaves his shelter with a decisive step, but he does not forget to take the two tools he created the day before.

Indeed, once outside his base, Lobion goes towards the trees which are not far from his cellar. He looks for a suitable tree to create the handle of his future spear.

However, he also has to think about finding trees that are more or less similar, because he would like to create more than one spear. But before he can do that, he has to make one.

Fortunately, he has already helped his father to make the spears of his village, although he would have liked to stay home and sleep in the morning...

He soon finds a group of trees that are suitable for his needs. He doesn't hesitate to get to work on the spot, so he takes his axe and starts to cut the tree.

The trees are large, they are more than 6 metres long, but they are not very thick in width. In fact, they are the width of a handle! However, these trees have no leaves and are therefore of no value to dinosaurs and other forest creatures. This is why these trees were able to withstand the fact that they are not as strong as the trees next to the water which are more than 2 metres wide!

These trees also have an interesting feature which is their colours. Indeed, their colour is light red which contrasts with the other trees of the forest or the rocks which constitute its shelter.

"PA! PA!" sounds of axe blows echo in the forest and break the calm present in the forest.

"SHOUUUSHHH!" The first tree of the group falls next to Lobion.

An hour passes like this...

"Fuu!" Lobion blows out his breath and takes in air from his lungs after cutting through the group of trees.

"I'm not as out of breath as I thought I would be!"

"I think I'll name these trees the Redia!" Lobion said aloud after looking very carefully at the trees in front of him that were now cut down.

Since he has cut many Redia trunks, he cannot carry them all in one trip. So he has to make two or three trips to bring them all back to his shelter.

20 minutes later ....

"Finish! Now all I need to do is find the right flints to make the point and I can make my precious spear!" Lobion thinks when he sees the pile of Redia logs in front of his shelter.

To find good flints, he has to go to the river he found the day before. After a few minutes, he finds himself in front of the river and starts to take the flints that he judges to be of good quality for spears and then returns to his shelter.

He now needs to find a rock strong enough to cut the flints into flints sharp enough for the spears to be effective.

30 minutes later, he rolls in a large rock that is light grey in colour.

"Hufff! Hufff! It's not light that rock!" Lobion says with difficulty as he looks at the rock in front of him.

Indeed, the only rock he could find was a rock that was about 3 meters wide and high. This rock is heavy, but Lobion is lucky because the rock has a spherical appearance which makes it easier to carry and move as he is alone at the moment.

To prevent the rock from moving and rolling during the night, Lobion decides to make a find and then put the rock inside to prevent it from moving.

2 hours later...

After Lobion has finished all his preparations, he finally starts to create his famous spears.

He cut the wooden trunks to make handles of 1 metre and 7 cm wide. He also cuts the flint with the stone he has previously carried.

He assembles the spear by putting the cut flint at the end of the spear and securing it with the rope made from the bark.

"Finally I have finished my spear, I can definitely defend myself even if dilophosaurs attack me."

After finishing his new spear, he starts to work on creating the second one, then when the second one is finished, he starts to create the third one. He ended up creating a total of 6 spears that day.

Lobion stopped making spears because he noticed that it was getting dark outside. He decides it's time to go on a little hunt to avenge the defeat he suffered on his last hunt!

"Dodos beware, your grandfather is coming to help you understand the art of fire!" Lobion thinks inwardly while having a huge smile on his face when he thinks of the fate he has in store for the dodos near the river!

So he takes three spears and holds them in his hands.

"In the future, I must make sure that I can hang the spears on my back so that it is more practical when hunting."

So he leaves the cellar and heads in the direction of the stream. Once there, he crouches down and starts to use his power to look for dodo tracks.

Lobion's eyes light up and he sees the dodo tracks appear, he starts to follow them and arrives at a place that is not far from the stream.

This place is hidden by bushes and some rocks giving the dodo a 'safe' space. Lobion then sees that there are 20 dodos present in the space at that moment!

Lobion is about to make a massacre!