The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 196

Chapter 196 They're Not Even Looking

That evening, they were treated to the combined efforts of Tessa and Lotus in the kitchen. As they could both use advanced food creation spells, they both worked together to make dinner on the table Lotus had formed, and the results were spectacular.

Doug was a good cook, but these two were artists.

Then, everyone settled in for the night, exhausted from the day.

Karl woke up to the feeling of Rita poking him on the forehead to get him up for his shift, and he realized that he wasn't alone under the blanket. Dana was curled up against him, sound asleep, with her own sleeping bag abandoned half on top of his. She must have rolled over at night, and Karl could see from the smirk on the Sergeant's face that Rita was going to hold this one against him in the future.

Once he was awake, she made a motion to silence him, and then quickly slid under his blanket as Karl got out, replacing him in Dana's arms, while the mage mumbled happily and held on to the Sergeant.

Karl joined Tessa on watch, and saw that the cleric's eyes were golden, just like Hawk's. Not glowing with holy magic, but obviously enhanced with some sort of spell so that she could see better in the dark.

"How is your night sight?" She whispered as Lotus crawled into bed beside Rita and Dana.

"I can see in low light like Hawk, and I can see in zero light using echolocation and thermal imaging like Rae. In the forest like this, with so much ambient noise and movement, I can see pretty well, especially if the target is warm-blooded." Karl explained.

Tessa nodded. "I knew I was in luck with you on watch. Lotus can also see in the dark in her own way. She uses the trees to sense movement around them. It's not as precise, but it gives a good idea of how big the creature is.

I think that Alice and Dana relied mostly on sound, since Alice is a wind mage."

That made Karl wonder if Hawk might pick up some new sensory magic in the future. [Skill Master] was still constantly active, so he was being enhanced to pick up new skills, but unlike Rae, who had learned to make Golems, he hadn't shown them anything new.

That didn't always mean he didn't know it. Just that he hadn't shown or mentioned it if he was using it.

There was no movement near the camp for the first few hours, but near the end of their shift, Karl noticed something large moving in the distance, as if scouting the perimeter of the camp.

"Do you see that? Three large figures, Ogre sized, scouting the camp. They're circling around outside the patrol range so that the guards don't detect them. But the Ogres are close enough that they would be able to smell the humans when the wind is right." Karl whispered to Tessa, while he pointed out the Ogres in the distance.

"Oh, those sneaky bastards. I see them now. Should we go take care of them?" Tessa replied.

"They're headed this way. I think we should just wait, but warn the camp that they're being scouted, in case there are more groups that we can't see from our position."

Tessa smiled and patted Karl on the shoulder. "Good call, very by the book. You've got decent instincts for a first year student."