The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 137

Chapter 137 Home Sweet Academy

The group were in high spirits when the bus parked in the front lot and the professors came out to meet them and see how their mission had gone.

"Team Leaders, how were the results? Not the confidential portion, but the advancement resources." Colonel Valerie asked as Karl and Dana stepped off the bus.

"We ended up with some improved alternate resources, thanks to Hawk's keen senses. We've got our entire packs loaded full, and I've got some plants in my beast space for the witches to make potions from. Can we get a wheelbarrow, or a cart, or something? There is a lot." Karl replied.

Dana nodded her agreement, and opened the top of her pack to show the Colonel the amount of loot stuffed inside.

"Did the others do this well?" Sergeant Rita asked as she saw the densely packed resources.

"We split things evenly, based on what everyone needed. The warriors and mages have different loot, but all of our packs are full, and we all have some of the aloe plant numbing and healing gel." Karl explained.

"You really did have good luck, considering that you also got a present from the church for helping their students." The Sergeant replied with a warm smile that startled the students who didn't know her.

It was rare to see teachers that honestly happy, especially when they hadn't been part of what had happened.

The Colonel pulled Karl and Dana aside to make a proper report, and the professors in charge of the other students took them in to get their version of events, or as much as they could tell. They all knew that something had happened involving the church, and they wouldn't ask too deeply or risk getting their students in trouble, but they still wanted details on how they ended up with ten loaded backpacks after leaving to look for a handful of rare plants.

"Oh, before we go, the stuff for the witches. I will leave it on the ground here." Karl announced.

The girls cheered as Karl unloaded the large fern plants, and the teachers stared at them.

"Did you clear an entire glade of them or something?" One of the professors asked.

"Nope, we took about every fourth one, and only the smaller ones whose stems fit in the jars. There is way more of it still growing, and we cut these off well above the ground, so they should grow back without too many issues.

Sustainable harvesting, as the clerics called it.

We did the same with everything else. There is more where this came from for everything that we brought back." One of the witches proudly announced.

"It's like you've got the World Dragon's own luck." The teacher sighed, then glared around the parking lot as the students began to laugh.

The closest student held up her hands in surrender. "They're not laughing at you, Professor. You see, our reward from the church was a Dragon Scale Amulet, the good luck charm. Then they gave us a skill book of our choice, but random choice, as they gave us books with no names on them.

It worked out perfectly, though, and we all learned a new skill, except the team leaders, who already had a brand-new skill, so they got an item."

Karl shook his wrist, showing off the plain gold bracelet, and the teacher's eyes went wide in surprise.

"You got a Holy Item as a reward? Are you a bishop's secret love child or something?" The professor asked.

Colonel Valerie snorted in laughter at the old mage's response. She already knew the basics of what had happened, thanks to her position, and that their level of luck was far higher than what they had revealed so far.

Karl followed the Colonel and Sergeant Rita away as the Professors gathered around the pile of ferns to admire the perfectly preserved state of the delicate plants. If they were lucky, they might even be able to replant these and get a sustainable source of the gel for the Academy.

Of course, the Witches would get them all if they wanted them, but the Professors would willingly substitute credits or other resources for them in this condition.

Normally, students came back with jars of gel, or dead and drying plants after days of travel, but these were still fresh with morning dew and trying to regenerate.

"Get these to the hydroponics bay. I want them alive." The professor was ordering as Colonel Valerie led Karl and Dana into the main school building.

They took seats at desks, while the Colonel paced in front of them, and Sergeant Rita lounged on the teacher's desk, waiting for her turn to speak.

"Well, you lot really broke the system this time. Congratulations on your results, and the gains you have made. I have been instructed not to dig into the matter, both by my superiors in government and the upper echelon of the Elites.