The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144 Lacerate

Rae and Jonah took turns working on their attacks, with Jonah stopping in between to give her pointers based on how she had activated it the last time. There was a lot involved in the advanced skill beyond just being able to make it work, and the actual bleeding effect could vary wildly based on how you did it.

It was the fine details that were the killer with advanced skills, but Rae was a natural at this, and by the end of the morning, she was nearly giving Jonah a run for top damage. Much of that was up to her Offensive Optimization combining with her new attack skill, but together, her damage was clearly into the Ascended Rank by the end of the class.

"Thank you, Jonah. I believe that she has the basics down now. I may come see you again if she wants more hints, but don't worry, I've prepared plenty of little gifts." Karl informed the older boy with a wink.

"If you gift like that all the time, there wouldn't be a student here that wouldn't gladly help you. Have a good afternoon, and I will check in with Rae the next time that I see her around." Jonah agreed.

Rae gave him a rather catlike head bump, then vanished back into her space to rest and consider ways to make the bleed effect of the new skill more effective. The training target didn't really bleed, but she could at least get an idea of how it worked based on the self-healing gel. When the skill worked better, the gel took longer to repair itself.

Karl was about to leave with the instructors when a boy's voice stopped him.

"What sort of class did you get that has a massive spider as a partner? Is that like some arachnid specialty druid?" The boy asked.

"No, my class specializes in beasts directly. There are three of them in total, and they're not summoned, like most of the Druid skills are. These are actual beasts I am raising." Karl explained.

"Wait, so that is an actual Bloodbath Spider? Not just a skill replica, but a real one, and you just taught it [Lacerate]?" The boy stammered.

More students stopped to stare at the little show, while Karl laughed. "That's exactly right. But she's really a good girl, there's no reason to worry about how skilled she is."

The students looked a bit concerned about Karl's mental health, but it was time for lunch, and that was much more important than an oddball class marking that turned vicious magical beasts into pets.

But the lunch break was not really a break for Karl and the trio. The Bureau of Elite Development had flexed their influence and gotten the drake scale potion prepared for the beasts to try, and Rita had scheduled that for their lunch break, so that Thor could still go to his afternoon Earthquake practice with the Berserkers.

"We can do this in one of the spare classrooms. The effects shouldn't be massive changes, but more of a strengthening of Thor's scales, and if the other two want to try, the effects will likely be even smaller." Rita explained.

"Well, there is no good reason why we shouldn't at least try. The potion was supposed to be safe, right? If there are no negative side effects, then there is no reason not to give it to everyone and see what sort of benefits they can glean out of it." Karl replied with a shrug.

He had never heard of any bad results from a monster eating a beneficial resource, and they would instinctively know if it was something that wouldn't agree with them. Karl fully expected that Hawk would likely turn it down, as he didn't like the taste of Drake meat, though he liked the smell. But Rae and Thor would likely at least try it.

But when Rita placed out the vials on the table in the training room, Karl was startled to see that all three had come out to see what the big deal was with this potion.