The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 195

Chapter 195 Return To Base

Hawk kept scouting as they returned to base, and Karl realized that while they got closer to the base, the monsters became more sparse and weaker. Groups of five and ten Goblins at the Common Grade, a single lizardman, and threats at that level were all that the short range scouts of the base would have found.

But the further he flew away from the base, the stronger and more numerous the monsters became.

So, the problem wasn't that they had found unexpected monsters, it was that the limited scouting that the base had done hadn't given them a proper expectation of the monsters which were in the region.

The Captain had determined this as well, and as they approached the base, everyone could see his resolve to have a "discussion" with the base commander and the head of intelligence.

They had flown multiple helicopters over the region, they should have some sort of idea what was there, but it seemed that nobody was even looking out the windows.

They were met at the edge of camp by a supply sergeant with a clipboard in his hands. "Captain. Are you in for the night? Our barracks are entirely full at the moment, triple racked. Would it be too much to ask you to set up on the edge of the base? We have more barracks tents, but no place left to put them."

Karl looked inside one of the barracks tents, at the rough, stretched canvas cots, and sighed.

"Alice, permission to set up a scouting position in the trees?" He requested.

The supply Sergeant thought that was a wonderful idea because he knew they were short on decent scouts, while Alice wasn't quite as sold on the idea of sleeping in a spiderweb in a tree. _{freewebnoveℓ.com}

But after a look at the surplus, bargain brand cots, she had a change of mind.

"Captain, my team will set up further out in an elevated position for the evening. We will rejoin you after breakfast for patrols tomorrow." She announced.

"Understood. Unit, grab the barracks supplies and get to work. I want them set up and the stove burning to get everything dried and heated by the time that I get back from my meeting." The Captain announced.

The soldiers nearby made a gesture of condolences for the base commander, and anyone else who might happen to be in the room. None of the soldiers from the base knew what had happened on his mission, but it was obvious that he was not happy about it.

Alice turned to Karl with a serious look as the others got to work. "We're trusting you on this one. Don't let us down."

Hawk already had the tree picked out, and Rae got right to work building a new fort. Again, it was as far up the tallest tree in the area as she could get it, and blended into the leaves, with some branches pulled down as cover.

She had only gone a hundred metres from the edge of camp to set up, but Karl doubted that anyone in the base had even noticed. They were watching the ground, and only the immediate area around the camp, which was a terrible defensive choice for a remote location, on par with the Goblins level of simple thinking.

Karl could tell he wasn't the only one wondering who was in charge here, and how they had gotten the assignment. Forward bases were always run by the army, but not every officer was suited to life anywhere but behind a desk.

It was possible that someone in one of those roles had been sent out here "for experience" leading up to a promotion, and they were just making a mess of things.

It only took Rae a few minutes to finish as the group watched from down below, and Alice finally noticed that their group consisted of six people now, not five. She gave Dana a curious look, which was returned with Dana's best pleading face.

"Volunteers and Mercenaries have to set up their own tent, we're not attached to the military units. You're not going to make me sleep in the dirt when there's plenty of room up here, are you?" She begged.

Alice smirked at Karl and nodded her acceptance. "Fine, you're with us until further notice. I'm sure that Rae made enough space for you. I know that you two are good friends."