The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 234

Chapter 234 Spaces Maximized

"Who is in shape for first watch?" Corbin whispered to the other Commanders as the Circle of Protection settled over them.

"I am. My skills refresh stamina, so I will keep first watch while my beasts rest. I can also see in absolute darkness, so there is no need to keep a light on for me." Karl replied.

Larry chuckled. "But it is for the rest of us. This place will be unnervingly black without one. Can you keep that flame spell of yours active, or is it draining even when it's not taking damage?"

Karl smiled and took out his bonded sword, then walked to the wall beside the entrance and stuck it into the stone, with the flames surrounding it. He reduced them to a faint glow and returned to the conversation.

"That should be a good enough night light for everyone, as well as a decent space heater. It doesn't take any effort to keep active, as it was intended to be a passive skill. Only when using it to attack or taking damage does it take effort."

The blade was positively humming with energy today, after all the fighting that it had gotten to do. Karl hadn't noticed with his injuries, but the amount of life that it had stolen was really rather excessive. It was only a small portion of the energy from each kill, but Karl had downed a significant number of monsters alone, including multiple Commanders toward the end of the battle.

The energy hadn't been fully assimilated by his body yet, but it soon would be, and he was focusing it all into the three focal points in the beast spaces.

It didn't take all of his focus, so as everyone ate their dinner, for which the Spellblades were happy to have a Nature Priest, and then settled into bed, Karl continued the energy transfer.

Once everyone was asleep, or on their way to it, he put most of his attention into it, leaving just enough to keep watching the tunnel entrance and the back wall, in case something came from that direction.

The back wall of the cave was only very dimly lit, even to his night sight, but the trickle of water was steady, and as Rae had said, it had to be going somewhere, as it wasn't filling the cave.

Karl let them sleep a bit longer, as they had started the rotation of night watches early due to exhaustion, and waited four hours before he woke Tessa for the second watch.

"The light will stay on while I meditate. I need to absorb the leeched energy from the battle." He whispered as she straightened her robes and brushed her hair.

"Is there anything to report?" She asked.

"Nothing at all. It is eerily silent out there, and I don't hear anything moving near the cave mouth. The wind has died down a bit, so the noise of the trees is quieter, and I can hear some small animals, but nothing else."

Karl settled into a deep trance while laying in his sleeping bag, and was only vaguely aware that at some point Tessa had traded spots with Alice for the third watch.

Alice had just traded spots with Prince Corbin when Karl felt something changing in his spaces.

He had been stuffing them with excess energy that his body couldn't absorb quickly enough all night, and it was then, with a feeling that spread through his body like the ringing of a bell, just a subtle vibration that made every bit of his body sing with energy, they stopped changing, and a fourth space began to form.

It already had a small focus in it, though it was otherwise barren and no larger than a bedroom, instead of the acres of space that the others now encompassed.

The change immediately woke the beasts up to see what was going on in their homes, and they all noticed the new addition.

"So, our homes have reached the standard. Now, we just need to make it to Commander Rank, and we will be the powerful ones on the team." Hawk preened, already imagining the majesty of his feathers when he reached Commander Rank.

"Yes, all shall bow down before us when we are Commanders." Rae agreed. _{freewёbnoνel.com}