The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 129

Chapter 129 Rainy Days

Betty got the cooking started, while the others sat and watched the rain fall. They were in a good spot, on an open hilltop with gently sloping sides that wouldn't wash away easily in the flood, but they were essentially trapped.

The bridge behind them was gone, and the road in front of them was flooded. They could try to head off through the open fields away from the river, but that didn't lead to the Academy, or to anywhere particularly useful that was within walking distance.

Betty tapped her spoon against the pot of rice and beans. "Well, the rice is ready, so we might as well eat. Who knows how long we will end up sitting here, but one thing that I have learned is that if you sit on the top of a hill long enough, someone or something will come looking for you."

"Thanks for the words of encouragement." Karl laughed as he looked out into the heavy rain.

"Just making sure everyone is aware. There is a huge amount of the grasslands flooded, and there are thousands of small creatures that live there. They all need somewhere to go, and we're on the high ground, furthest from the water." The cleric reminded them.

"You have a point, and I'm not sure that I'm happy about it." Karl replied, making her smile.

"You will find that I am very frequently right, and you will very often not be happy about it. But that doesn't change the fact that we need to pay attention so that we're not caught off guard if something starts coming up that hill to get away from the floodwaters.

Too many of the animals have lost their homes for the day not to need to relocate, so it's best if we just set a guard now, and expect that we're going to be attacked at some point this evening while we wait to see if the rain is going to stop.

If it does, there is a chance that the flash flood will go down again fairly quickly, and the railroad has been built to withstand a fair bit of flooding. _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}

But if the flow is too fast, then there isn't anything that is going to save that road, and we will end up either walking it in with our driver, or waiting here for them to fix the road." Betty reminded him.

"See, that's the part that we didn't want to hear. I wonder if we could just let Thor outside to chase off the smaller monsters." He suggested.

"Thor, chase off monsters? You mean play with them, right? Thor is the least threatening monster I have ever met, and I had a pet Nekomata." Betty laughed.

"Good point. I would suggest Rae, but as much as she would enjoy eating the small creatures and insects, I can't see her agreeing to go out and stand in the rain." Karl joked.

[You're smart. But I doubt that even Thor would be happy about standing in that rain. The vibrations on his scales would drive him nuts. Heck, the vibrations of the heavy rain on his scales would drive me nuts, and I'm over here.]

[Well, be prepared for an emergency call out, in the event that we are attacked, and it's more than a few spells can take care of.]

Karl could feel Rae rolling ALL of her eyes at him, but he didn't mind. She would go out to defend the bus if he asked her to. She just wouldn't be happy about it.