The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Recovered

The drakes were faster than the helicopters, and both were rapidly fading into the distance as the clergy did their work, saving one attacker and most of their guards.

Then they waited. And waited some more until the special forces team gave up the chase and returned a half hour later.

From the look on their faces as they stepped out of the helicopter, it was not a triumphant return, and the Drake Riders had escaped their pursuit, but it was still good to see them.

"Priests, students, and who might these be?" The large man leading the Inquisition team asked.

"A gathering team from the Divine Golden Academy, led by the Awakened students Karl and Dana, here to gather herbs, sir." Karl replied, as he was the closest of their team members.

"Two Awakened Team Leaders for a resource gathering mission?" The Inquisitor asked.

"Yes, sir. We're all in our first year, so they sent an extra Awakened member on this Common Grade mission to make up for our inexperience." Karl explained.

That seemed to be enough to mollify the Inquisitor, who just nodded in satisfaction as he looked over the team.

"It looks like you're all the leaders of this year's class. Congratulations on your acceptance by the Divine Serum." The Inquisitor replied.

"The World Dragon smiles upon us." Karl agreed.

The two cleric students who had been with him nodded enthusiastically, and even the Inquisition smirked at that reverent response. The group had discovered two Dragon Priests, more correctly, a Priest and a Priestess, as the Inquisitors began to realize. If that wasn't proof of the World Dragon's favour, then he wasn't sure what qualified.

"We will need to extract the entire team at this time. Notification has been sent to the Divine Golden Academy, and they will come to recover their students once we have had an opportunity to speak." The Inquisition team leader announced with a gesture toward the helicopter.

The clerics looked nervous, which made everyone else nervous as well. What did they know that nobody else did? The team hadn't done anything wrong, so surely there was no need to be frightened, Karl thought as he called Hawk and Rae back into their space for the trip.

Both had stolen Drake bodies for later, which someone would certainly notice, as the scales were incredibly valuable, but that could be discussed once they got back to the Academy, as they could also be counted as a strengthening resource.

Many scaled beasts used potions with the scales of Dragon type beasts to help their growth, and Karl had Thor, who might be able to get something from the exchange.

"Can you show me the marks?" The leader of the rescue team asked, looking at the two newly awakened Clerics directly.

They both pulled up their sleeves and the man smiled, then gestured toward the helicopter. "Everyone in. We've waited here long enough."

As soon as everyone was in the large, twin bladed helicopter, it began to move, not even waiting for them to get buckled into their seats.

This matter must have been a bigger deal than what Karl or any of the others had suspected, and they hadn't even been asked about the Holy Relic yet.

They only flew a few minutes, before they landed at a large cathedral surrounded by low stone buildings that were built in the middle of nowhere. This was the Seminary Academy, where the clerics trained their new clergy, and raised orphaned children who were left in their care. Only a promising few would get the preferential treatment that the six students in the helicopter had, but they would all be given the Divine Serum when they came of age, to determine if they would continue a mundane life or start moving on to bigger things.

"It is unorthodox to have students awaken outside the ceremony, but with the presence of Holy Relics, it is not unheard of. There is one in this school as well, and it is known to grant boons to those who the World Dragon favours.

That is the first place we will be going. The response of the World Dragon Temple will tell us much about you." The leader of the Inquisition team informed them.

They were led out of the helicopter and toward a small golden building, with ramped corners that reminded everyone of the stairs at the trial site.

"Is there something familiar about this place?" The inquisitor nearest to Karl asked.

"The stairs. The trial instance that we were in was a Golden Pyramid temple with staircases up the four sides like the ones on the corners of the building here." Karl quietly answered, trying not to disturb the peaceful vibe of the area.