The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 109

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The Clerics returned a minute later with concerned looks.

"The end of the tunnel is gone. Everything past the first chamber looks like solid rock, the whole tunnel is hidden. We marked it as the entrance of a Holy Relic, but I'm not sure that anyone will believe us if they can't see the crystals." The male cleric informed Karl.

"That's fine. When it opens again, there will be no doubt that it leads to the Holy Relic. Perhaps it's better this way. Anyone else who stumbles across it will be trying to get a portal to open on the wall, while only those who should know will understand that the tunnel will appear when it is ready." Karl replied.

The students started to repack their gear into the best approximation of its original state, helping those who just weren't getting it, until they were all ready to move again.

Having been in the same spot for a few days gave them some backpack space again, thanks to the rations that were used up. That would give them a bit more space for more resources to bring back, but they had already gained far more than they expected, even just measuring by the actual plants that the team had harvested.

Normally, you would only find a few flowers, or a small patch of moss, not entire trees and fields worth of them.

That led to many arguments in the student groups if they hadn't worked out a proper rotation for who got the resources, instead of having enough for everyone to split what was available.

"The next one is straight east of here by ten kilometres. I will send Hawk up to scout, but be prepared for a long walk." Karl warned the group as they set off.

Through the woods, ten kilometres was going to take them half the day, but there was always the chance that Hawk would find something along the way.

"Do you think that the abundance of resources we found was because the Holy Relic was about to open? I mean, it should give off lots of power, right? So it might be the reason that there are so many resources in this area." Dana suggested.

"So, you're saying to forget the map and look around the cave for more good stuff? Everyone, what do you think of that? Do you mind staying in the area for a day or two, in case there are more plants for us to find?" Karl asked.

They were the leaders, but the other eight were the ones who had actually planned the mission. The resources were mostly for them, and had been expected to be a level below what Karl and Dana would need.

Most team leaders would add a mission point of their own to the trip if possible, if not, they would do it just for the Academy Credits and the time away from the regular training schedule.

That was the important part to a lot of them. Getting to go out and explore on their own was much more relaxing than being in class, and the missions picked by the first year students were rarely dangerous.

Even the Ascended Rank beetle which had been mauled by their team was an outlier. The mission report hadn't expected anything that dangerous in the area.

[Hawk, circle the area. Any magical plants or other interesting things you see, let me know and we will go explore it. Even if it doesn't seem too useful, it's still a resource.]

Hawk turned to circle around the cave in increasingly large circles for the next ten minutes until he found something of interest.

[There are shiny rocks over here. The mages like shiny rocks.] Hawk offered, as if he wasn't quite sure what to look for if it wasn't food or a resource he had seen a picture of.

[That is good. I have shown you all the resources on the list, and if there are any that you have seen on the balcony, or in the botany books, you can tell me about those too.] Karl suggested.