The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 107

Chapter 107 Skill Master

Karl looked around the camp site and realized that it was mid-afternoon. Over six hours had passed since he left, though it only felt like a few minutes in his mind.

He went to move toward the fire, where there should be some fresh skewers to cook meat for lunch, and nearly tripped over a small golden chest at his feet. That wasn't anything that he had seen before, but the moment he touched it, the chest vanished from his hands, and a burst of knowledge entered his mind.

[Taming Ability: Skill Master] Increases the chance of a beast learning new skills when actively used during training.

Was that what his class was supposed to be? He wasn't just collecting the beasts and creating a place for them to grow strong, he was supposed to be teaching them new skills as well? Was that even possible without the help of the Skill Books?

They were a powerful magical item, and it had taken the Inscriptionist group nearly a decade to learn how to make them, but this new ability Karl had been rewarded with seemed like he would be able to teach them new magical abilities at will. Hawk had been able to use [Wind Shield], so if it was the right element, they might even be able to learn magical spells.

There was more to the knowledge than just the title, and as Karl focused on the skill, he began to understand the way that it should be used. With the skill active and the beast watching the ability that you wanted them to learn, as well as some related resources as needed to increase their compatibility, he should be able to teach them to use an incredible variety of new skills.

They lived at the Academy, there should be all sorts of skills available to watch on any given day. He might even be able to teach his pets some of the skills that the others already knew.

Karl brought up Thor's lightning barrier around himself to help clear and focus his mind, as well as recover from the strain of the previous days' trials and three nights sleeping on the ground. If he could teach this to Rae, how much more dangerous would she become? Or [Shred]. If she could learn that ability, she would absolutely annihilate anything that she attacked.

The real question was if she would be compatible with either of them. Karl couldn't see Thor being capable of using Offensive Adaptation or Rend without some major attunement, or Hawk using Refreshing Lightning as he needed the delicate adjustments of airflow over his wings to fly.

But Rae might be able to use some new attack abilities, or possibly even fog, or a stealth skill, as her body coloration would naturally adapt to her surroundings. Just thinking about the possibilities was getting Karl excited, and the beasts weren't even finished their daily training for him to try anything.

So, he passed some time meditating, and improving the beast spaces while he wasn't on the stairs, giving himself a chance to compare the two training environments.

The difference was depressingly obvious. Though he had learned the technique to improve both the size and quality of the space while he was in the trial, his actual effectiveness at it when he was not partaking in the trial was less than a tenth as high. It would take him a month to get as much gain as he did in two days on the mana training stairs.

But compared to before he had learned and refined the techniques here, it was still much faster. That one month, which would feel so long after being on the stairs, was still equal to an entire semester or longer before they had gotten this opportunity.

So, there was no denying that this Holy Relic was a massive improvement for anyone lucky enough to have been able to enter, or that the change would have lasting benefits that could help them through their entire life.

As the sun got closer to the horizon, the other students began to tire of their training, and prepare to head back for the night. They had gotten an incredible amount from the Holy Relic so far, and most of them were only staying until the day ended out of general principle.

So, when the first one to come back early arrived, he wasn't expecting to see Karl sitting by the fire, and he certainly wasn't expecting the small silver box that appeared in his hands.

"What is this?" He asked nobody in particular.

"Try opening it. I got a gift from mine." Karl replied, eager to find out what the others would be rewarded with.

The warrior pressed the latch, and the lid popped open, then the small chest vanished, and a large flaming sword appeared in his hands.