The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Updated Mission Statement

"Hawk thinks that will be useful to him if he can have it. What is it?" Karl asked.

"It's mana infused monster blood. It's the most basic of Common Grade resources for physical cultivation type elites. Drinking mana infused monster blood strengthens the body and can induce mutations. Without a proper method to handle and guide the process, it is often fatal, but for a monster or magical beast, it should be perfectly fine." She explained, with amusement sparkling in her eyes.

For a moment there, she almost seemed like a happy young woman, but then her serious face was back as she gestured toward the table.

"Call him out so that I can see the process. If it works, the Academy will get you more resources for the bird until it can grow into a proper combat unit. According to this morning's briefing, leadership feels that trying to turn you into a frontline fighter with just one Rending attack is pointless, and the senior professors think that we might have more luck training the Hawk, with you as its backup and leader in a support or scouting role." She explained.

Karl sighed. "Day two and I've already been sidelined?"

Rita gave an honest laugh at his disappointment. "All the mages are being cultivated in this direction as well. It is a measure to reduce casualties. The more people that we can have fighting behind golems, summons, barriers, and in your case, monsters, the better we can resist the Magical Beasts, and the more success we will have against the armies of the other nations.

They know that we have the advantage, and this relative peace won't last for much longer. If you don't want to be cannon fodder, you need to act quickly to gain strength. So, strengthen the bird, and when you feel that you are strong enough to take on another pet, let me know and the Academy will find something suitable for you."

That was a sharp change from yesterday's regimen of focusing on building his physical strength as fast as possible, but if they didn't know any more about his powers than he did, there wasn't actually much they could teach him, other than methods that had worked for others with different powers.

But Hawk was already out on the table, and happily lapping up the mana infused monster blood while radiating an amount of power that was far beyond what anyone would expect of a Common Grade beast.

After a few seconds, the effect seemed to fade, but the former swallow - sized hawk was now much larger, and while it was still a Common Grade monster, it was getting much closer to fully grown and awakened level power.

Then, something truly strange happened. Karl felt energy flowing from Hawk to him, clearing his mind, sharpening his eyesight, and leaving his muscles feeling fresh and strong.