The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 166

Chapter 166 Late Start

Before they headed up to the fort, an irate Rae had finished checking her catch and returned to her space to have a nap before evening descended, and she went on guard to make sure that nobody else was going to steal from her.

She had been active all day, so Karl didn't begrudge her the rest. Thor was returning to his space as well, since he couldn't climb to the fort, and Hawk had already settled into the nest he made in the fort last night.

That might be the reason that nothing came up. It would have smelled like Hawk and humans to them, and that would be enough to repel most forms of common monsters.

Even in her sleep, Karl could sense Rae's annoyance. The thief was most likely just some common grade monster who saw an opportunity and took it, but she took it very personally. In her space, there were no threats, and things stayed where she put them, so when someone looted her webs in the real world, she was not mentally prepared.

Doug prepared dinner again, and Karl relaxed against the wall of the fort as they all waited for the food to be ready.

"Aren't you afraid of falling?" One of the mages asked, and Karl opened his eyes to look their way.

"Honestly, not really. It's a strange thing, but I don't have any sort of fear of heights. With the durability that I have, I likely wouldn't suffer too badly if I did fall, but here with the wall at my back, it doesn't concern me in the least." He replied with a shrug.

"It's got to be a class thing. Even for the warriors, the fear of heights and sense of vertigo is inherited. Bob wouldn't be seriously injured either, unless he landed on his head, but even he stays closer to the middle of the net." She explained.

Hawk thought that the whole conversation was funny. Karl couldn't fly, but a little fall wouldn't hurt him.

[Maybe you should grow wings.] Hawk suggested.

[And how do you suggest that I do that?] Karl replied.

[Attach them to your uniform. I saw a video of soldiers with a big round net over their heads and they could float. Wings can't be that much harder.] Hawk replied with absolute certainty.

[That's a parachute. It does let them float fairly well, but actually flying is harder for humans. We're heavy.]

Hawk lost interest when Karl announced that he wouldn't be able to fly, but the idea was an intriguing one. If he had a hang glider or a squirrel suit like the extreme sports people on TV, he might actually be able to nearly fly, and attack monsters from the sky.

Hawk would love it.

They settled in for their usual watches after dinner, and at some point during the night, Rae woke up to patrol her webs because she was awake and in a much better mood when Karl was gently shaken awake for his watch.

[Did you find something good on your web?] Karl asked as he sensed her change of mood.

[I found a very good thing. The stupid thief is a Box Tree Spider family.] Rae replied.

Karl wasn't sure why that was a particularly good answer, so he thought about what he knew of the species. They were scavengers that blended in perfectly with tree bark and could flatten their bodies to avoid detection.

That was fairly benign.

They were also a Common Grade spider, and barely considered a magical creature, as their only supernatural ability was their ability to disguise themselves so perfectly.

Fortunately, Rae felt like explaining.