The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113 They Weren't Alone

Karl tried to focus on Hawk's memories of the people at the railroad tracks, but he couldn't get a clear image. Their communication was more verbal than imagery, and Hawk had described them as being in various forms of white clothes.

That sounded like clergy, but he couldn't be certain.

"Alright everyone, the clergy group up ahead may or may not actually be clergy, and they might be here with ill intentions. Hawk got a weird vibe from them, so we should be cautious approaching.

They are at the railroad, though, so unless we make a large detour and stay back in the trees, they will see us waiting." Karl informed the group.

"They shouldn't have any reason to be hostile to us." The cleric boy reminded them.

One of the warrior boys frowned. "You mean, other than the missing High Priest? I know it's not your fault, and so does everyone else here, but the question is if they're going to listen to a bunch of trainee Elites when one of their own is missing in the area. One of the High Priests had his carriage robbed while he was in my town, and the church was not happy with anyone."

Put like that, it would be best to be careful how they phrased the first interactions with the group up ahead.

Everyone turned to Karl, and Dana smiled at him.

"Well, good luck, Team Leader. We're counting on you to make a good first impression." She announced.

"Fine, I will go talk to them. Everyone else, wait here for me to return." Karl sighed.

Karl walked the last few hundred metres to the tree line, and then out into the open, covering the last half kilometre to the railroad tracks, where roughly fifty men in clergy uniforms were gathered.

There were two High Priests that Karl could see, and four young boys, about the age of the two students that they had rescued, along with the fifty clergy guards. Hopefully, this was the group from the Seminary Academy that had been out gathering resources.

The closest of the guards raised his fist in a silent greeting, which Karl returned as he walked. If he recalled right, that was done by guards and soldiers so that their voice didn't attract monsters or the enemy.

Once he got close, the guard began to speak.

"Who might you be, all alone out here in the woods?" The middle-aged guard asked.

"Not all alone, just cautious. I take it you're with the Seminary Academy, out to gather herbs?" Karl replied.

The guard nodded, and his gaze turned curious. "You met with the missing team, or you wouldn't know that. Are they alright? Where did you see them last?"

"Their escort has been killed by an Ascended Rank Giant beetle, but I brought the students with me on our mission for safety. We happened to discover a Holy Relic, and when one of our team touched the crystals, we were pulled into a World Dragon Trial Instance, as the guardians of that place called it." Karl explained, skipping most of the details to get the important part out.

"A Trial Instance? What did it look like?" The closer of the two clerics asked eagerly.

"A forested space with a gigantic golden pyramid temple in the middle. There were stairs up the four sides, testing your strength, magic, willpower and fate. We remained there for four days, until it kicked us out, but I got the guardian Golem to tell me that it opens at the will of the World Dragon, so it's not broken or anything, just waiting." Karl explained.

"Before you two go on a tangent, where are the students?" The guard asked.

"And did you find the body of the High Priest?" The other cleric asked. _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}