The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 235

Chapter 235 Check The Cave

Karl focused on his meditation while the last shift of the night ended, and the newly formed fourth space began to rapidly expand in his mind, absorbing everything that it could get, along with the lingering remnants of energy that Karl's blade had provided during the previous day's fight.

With the other three spaces waiting for their occupants to advance, and this fourth space being so small, the change was immediately obvious, and the enhancement of the focus was expanding the area much more efficiently than simply pouring energy into the space had.

The Monks knew what they were doing for certain, and this was so far superior to trial and error that Karl felt silly for not having thought to ask them in the first place.

The others began to wake, and Karl could smell food cooking, so he shifted most of his focus to the outside world, and let the new space form naturally.

[What sort of new friend are we getting?] Thor asked as he took his cue from everyone else and began to eat breakfast.

[I have no idea. What sort of friend would you like?] Karl asked.

[More Lightning Cerro.] Thor replied confidently.

He really should have seen that one coming. Thor was a pack animal, so of course he would want to be with more of his kind if given the option.

Hawk chimed in with his opinion. [All that we're going to find here are snowy things. Oh, the fluffy snow cats are alright, I think. They never finish their food.]

Rae wasn't picky. [Just pick someone cool.]

[Alright, so we're looking for someone cool, maybe a snow cat, and potentially a friend for Thor. But we should cover for holes in our skills. We don't have anyone who enhances the group, except for defence, we don't have a healer, and we only have one long ranged attacker.]

[Ooh, ooh, I can be the healer. Healer sounds like a fun job.] Thor volunteered.

[Well, alright, as soon as you learn healing magic, I will let you try out a run as the team's healer, and I will tank with the Golems.] Karl replied, indulging the Cerro's idea.

[That shouldn't be hard. I have felt lots of healing already.] Thor replied, optimistically.

If he really could manage it, the new cleric students at the Seminary Academy would never live down the shame. Outclassed in their own class by a Lightning Cerro.

Karl was contemplating what would be best for the next addition to their team when breakfast was served, and it was time to start the serious part of their planning for the day.

Everyone could use a bit longer to recover after yesterday, at least a late morning start, and the cave had been safe so far. That led to the natural idea to make it their base for the next few days of exploration.

After the fiasco yesterday, they needed to know what was going on here, and if it was going to be an expanding threat to the surrounding areas.

If the ice continued to spread, it would be everyone's problem soon, and they had a responsibility to at least try to find out what the situation was so that appropriate forces could be sent to deal with it.

Lotus gestured to the back wall of the cave as she was finishing breakfast. "Can you go grab some water and boil it for coffee? The runoff should be pure after being filtered by the sandstone around the cave."

Karl walked to the back of the cave and extended the larger canteen toward the water flowing down the back wall. However, the moment that his fingers touched it, the wall vanished, revealing an extensive tunnel network extending from the room on the other side.

[I thought you checked the area.] Karl asked Rae as the spell vanished.

[You look with your eyes, not your limbs. Did you want me to check the water temperature when I could already see it was cold?] Rae retorted.