The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 146

Chapter 146 Trolling Is An Honored Profession

The berserkers were overjoyed to see Thor back again after lunch, and greeted him with a long round of head rubs and pats that had the Lightning Cerro in full happy puppy mode until the teacher came over to scold them all for not working.

Daniel decided to stay and supervise Thor while the others went to see how the mages were doing, and Karl let Hawk out of his space to fly around for a bit before meeting with the mages in their corner of the training fields.

They all knew the Hawk very well, and what it meant for their training, but the ones working on their shields were relieved to see that Thor had found a new spot to train and that he wasn't planning to exhaust them with his enthusiasm today.

Karl could have sent out Rae to tear apart their shields, but the students would never be able to keep up with the pure violence of her attacks for long. All that he would accomplish was to terrify the students before their next mission away from the school.

If they were afraid that they would run into something like Rae, that could tear through shields like butter, they would be much more hesitant to go, and good mages were essential to party safety on missions.

Letting them train with the warriors was the more humane option.

It only took Karl a moment to identify the Fire Mages among the group, and to activate Skill Master with them included in the targets.

He had to hope that it was working, as Hawk wasn't actually using any fire-based skills as he defended against the attacks, but his mind was relaying satisfaction as he observed the way that the fire mages adjusted their spells, and how they could use the same skill as both a large fireball and multiple smaller ones.

"Was he planning to practice his new skill at all?" Rita asked as they watched Hawk use nothing but Rend to deal with the attacks.

"He is, but he's taking a watch and learn approach until he's satisfied with the amount of understanding he has about fire magic. I'm actually surprised that it was fire magic. He already knows Rend, Shred and Wind Shield, so I thought if anything he would go for more air magic attacks, and not fireballs." Karl replied.

"That does seem odd. Perhaps it was related to the Elemental affinity of the drakes that were used in the potion? If they were descended from a lineage of fire magic users, then it would make sense that the potions would push him toward fire magic.

It might explain the change in feather colours as Hawk drank the potion as well. If the Fire Element was particularly strong, it might have tried to fully convert him from the wind to the fire Element.

Most magical beasts have an affinity, and I've never heard of it changing, but then wild beasts don't refine potions, so it might not happen in the wild except in very rare cases." Rita pondered.

Hawk became more confident in his new comprehension of fire abilities as the class wore on, until finally, it was time for him to show off his skills to these mages.

While his regular attacks went out in a predictable pattern, the water mages delayed their casting, and let loose their barrage of Ice Bullets toward the moving targets. Then, a massive fireball flew from Hawk's mouth, and the air filled with steam as Hawk laughed in joy.

"Dammit, did he learn fire magic just to mess with me? What did we ever do to him? I swear that bird has a vendetta against water magic users." One of the mages ranted, while Rita and Alice tried, and failed, to resist the urge to laugh.

Karl walked over and gave the boy a compassionate pat on the shoulder.

"I wish I could say that you are wrong, but you're not. Water attacks simply wrap around Rend and keep going, and it drives Hawk insane. First it was the Wind Barrier to block them, and when that wasn't enough, he took a growth opportunity and refined his progression into a way to completely counter water magic." Karl informed the downtrodden mage. _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

"I knew it! I told everyone that he was picking on me, but nobody believed me. They said that I just had good aim, and that's why Hawk always intercepted my attacks. But he really does have it out for me." The boy complained.

"Not you in particular. Water Magic. His vendetta is against the spell." Karl offered.