The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 228

Chapter 228 Spellblades

The next morning came entirely too early as Karl felt that he was finally making real progress on his spaces, but the promise of a unique challenge for the group, with the promise of even better rewards was enough to eliminate most of the concerns that his time might be better spent in the meditation room.

His backpack had been upgraded while he was away, including a small note from Lotus about the state of his supplies.

[Karl, I replaced all your camping gear, other than what Rae made, which I transferred from a stick to a proper lightweight pole. There is a folded cloth tent, your hammock, rope, lightweight kitchenware, extra boots and socks, and then the essential grooming kit.

Since you're with us, I only included the small fuel stove with one can, but normally, you would carry a spare. The cup that goes with the stove contains a coffee perk, and some fresh ground beans if you find yourself in need of better coffee in the mornings.

There is a week's worth of ration packs in there, as is protocol, and an extra canteen full of good water.

I also added some extra clothes, since you never have anything clean when you get back to civilization. Your laundry is tightly rolled and packed in the central pouch. Please refer to the diagram.]

Her handwriting was beautiful, so what had happened to her picture drawing abilities? Even the shape of the backpack was barely recognizable, much less the stuff she drew inside. Fortunately, the labels were perfectly clear, and Karl understood without completely unpacking the bag.

Instead, he just opened the sections and pockets to double-check, before curiosity overcame him, and he pulled out the grooming kit to see what Lotus had thought were the essentials for a man's grooming.

There was a straight razor, shaving soap and a brush, which looked higher quality than his old one. Then there was a comb, scissors, nail clippers, a sewing kit with both fine and leather supplies, instant set glue, leather soap, mink oil for conditioning the leather, and then condoms. So many condoms. _{frёewebnoѵēl.com}

Now, Karl wasn't a particularly prudish young man, and he did keep one in his old supply bag, just in case. But there were nearly thirty of them here. Was Lotus trying to tell him something? Or was this an oddity of what she considered essential supplies?

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long, as the Cleric in question came to check on him just as he was putting everything away.

"Lotus, why is half my grooming kit bag filled with condoms?" Karl asked as the smirking woman walked in.

"You see, the standard operating procedure is fourteen days of supplies, except water, which would be too heavy to carry for most of us.

So, fourteen days, and two a day, makes twenty-eight. There are precisely twenty-eight condoms in your bag, and if that number changes, we will have some questions for you, young man." Lotus replied in her best motherly voice before devolving into giggles.

"Well, it's not like they're heavy, but I admire your optimism. I didn't tear the pack apart, but it looks like everything is there. Is it time to leave?" Karl replied.

"Yeah, we head down in ten minutes, that's what I came over to tell you, just in case you were meditating. They hate waiting for people, especially Elites, who should know better."

"The pilots hate waiting on anything. But I'm all packed up now, should we get going?" Karl replied.

"The others should be waiting."

The word 'waiting' turned out to be an understatement. One helicopter was shut down for maintenance, and there were fifty clergy members standing around outside with their gear, as the other pilots wouldn't leave him to fly without his formation if they didn't have to.

There weren't many monsters who could take one out when it was loaded with clerics and Elites, but if they were taken by surprise, even Hawk could be a deadly threat to the transport vehicle.