The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 167

Chapter 167 Helpful Hawk

The surrounding teams were essentially hunting blind, as they had no reliable way to find the monsters within their zones, and they wouldn't trust Hawk directly, but Bob had the answer for that.

He relayed the scouted directions that Hawk had given them in relation to the other groups, and they adjusted their search patterns to find the monsters that had eluded them.

None of the zones had nearly as many monsters as yesterday, and with Hawk scouting, they could keep a constant eye on their zone for the moment when the spawn appeared.

Doug smiled as Bob relayed another set of directions, moving a team just a little to the left to let them stumble upon a hidden enclave of Lizardmen. The beasts were just as shocked as the humans, as they had thought that their hiding spot was imperceptible.

Perhaps from ground level it was, but it was easily spotted from the sky.

Hawk was loving his new role. He got to send people to go fight with whatever he wanted them to, and then watch the outcome while he looked for more targets for him. It felt like he had become a King. The Royal Hawk, deciding the fate of the soldiers on the ground.

But maybe that meant he was a General. Could he apply for Commander Rank because he was a good Commander? It certainly sounded logical to him.

Karl just did his best to keep the bird on task, and not let him forget to keep scanning their own zone along with the occupied surrounding areas.

There was one side of their own zone that had no guards right now, but it also had very few monsters. If there wasn't anyone going to that location, then Bob fully intended to have his group cover it tomorrow, but for now, it was an insignificant threat.

The zone was on the far side of them from the nearest populated areas, so if they were going to threaten the towns, they would have to pass by the area that the group was protecting. But the few monsters there weren't showing any signs of motion, they were just settling in to live daily lives, hunt for food and build camps.

Then, just after lunch, the sound of helicopters returned. Three of the large transports were incoming toward their position, flying slowly over the forest, as if scouting the area for threats.

[Team Mackenzie, this is extraction four, come in. Please report your position.] The radio requested.

That made no sense at all, and Karl quickly called Hawk and Rae back to their spaces before the incoming helicopters could mistake them for threats.

[This is Bob Mackenzie, we are at 18.3002° N, 64.8252° W. Currently engaged in ranged scouting from an elevated position.] Bob replied.

[Prepare for extraction. We are relocating you to a priority zone.] The pilot replied.

[Understood. There is a suitable clearing next to the largest Ironwood tree in the area. We will meet you there.]

Bob looked at the group and shrugged. "Yesterday, this was the priority area. They know how heavy the attack was and that we almost lost a team, but today they're relocating us. I don't know what's going on, but I get the feeling that it's time to pay back a bit of our debts."

Karl frowned. "Pay back our debts?"

Doug smiled at him. "Inside joke. The politicians and billionaires all act like we owe them for funding the Academy, so every time they send us on a mission to nowhere, we refer to it as repaying our debts."

The twin mages nodded. "Non-optional missions, they're officially called. Most Elites get sent on one every two or three years. This will be our fourth, but we've just got that sort of luck."

"Aren't we already on an emergency call out?" Karl asked, trying to make sense of this dispatching system.

"We are, and it makes no sense that we're being moved. That's not standard procedure, so either we were specifically requested, or something so extreme happened that this location no longer counts as an emergency.