The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 316

Chapter 316 Light Sleeper

Karl had just sat down on his bed to meditate when he felt someone casting a spell to calm them, or possibly to put them all to sleep. He wasn't sure if it was hospital policy for this time of day, or if they had annoyed someone with their joking around, but he decided to lay down to meditate anyhow.

The mattress was hard and uncomfortable, and Karl frowned as he relaxed onto it.

"Cushy, right?" The blonde asked.

"I've been sleeping in spider silk hammocks that stretch to match your body weight distribution. I don't think that a regular mattress will ever feel right again." Karl explained slowly as he felt the spell settle over him.

The others were slowly drifting off, and didn't seem to notice the spell. Either that or they were used to the effect, and it didn't startle them, but Karl's mind rebelled against the magic, wanting to force him awake. So, instead of sleeping, he put [Refreshing Lightning] back up and continued to meditate.

For the next six hours, by Karl's rough estimation, that worked out well, and everyone else in the room slept and recovered while he worked on rebuilding the power focus in the beast spaces. Then the doctors came in to make their rounds, and cast a plethora of healing spells to help rebuild and regrow the lost limbs of the others. But when they got to Karl, he heard someone cussing, and the sound of a wall being punched. He focused on Rae's version of echolocation, which didn't require him to open his eyes to see, and noticed that someone had tried to give him an IV drip. It appeared that they punched the wall in frustration after they had burned themselves on the [Refreshing Lightning] barrier.

"What the hell are we supposed to do now? The order says IV fluids for the next six hours with an antipsychotic, and then another forty-eight hours of sedation until the head wound heals." The burned person, an orderly by their outfit, whisper shouted at the others in the room.

"You're lucky to be alive. Did you even think to check for protective spells before you tried to jab him? That one is a fresh Commander Rank battlefield trauma case, of course he will be paranoid enough to keep up defensive spells while he sleeps."

Thor giggled to himself as he spread the barrier over the whole group again. Karl hesitated for a moment, as he considered not stopping him. The others would likely appreciate the extra healing spell, but the staff definitely wouldn't. So, he had to say something.

[Let them rest without the spell until they're awake again. We don't need to make life harder on the healers. Healers are our friends.] Karl eventually reminded the Cerro, who was still resting in his pond, where the Holy magic from the stones would heal his leg faster than being outside with healing spells.

The spaces were the perfect space to recover, and with his pond, he would be fine in no time at all if he wasn't already. Thor had no intention of getting up to find out. It was more relaxing to simply float here and wait for something to do.

"What do we do now? If we can't administer the medicine, do we just make a note or send someone else in?" The burned person asked.

From outside the door, someone laughed softly. "Or you could simply ask him to take the barrier down. He's been awake the entire time, you distracted him from his meditation when you tried to stab him with the IV needle."

It was obvious that his sleeping act was not fooling whoever was outside, so Karl opened his eyes to see the Acolytes in the room with one doctor, while the doctor who had walked Karl's group in and turned them over to nature priests stood in the hall.

"I thought you weren't up to this on a Monday?" Karl joked.

"It's Tuesday now. I just came back on shift and already your group is giving me headaches. The War Priestess is studying instead of sleeping, the Nature Priestess is bored and asking for her imaginary friend, and the Mage girl had to be moved in with the Berserker to keep her from breaking down." He sighed.

"I should likely go check on her then. Being around others helps, and I've got a barrier that will accelerate the recovery process, both mentally and physically. Of course, it also shocks people who take a stab first, ask questions later, approach, but it's not really harmful." Karl replied, prepared to get up out of bed.

"You think that you can help more than the doctors?" The old man asked, amused.

"Friendly faces always help. You do the medicine, we do the moral support. But I'm guessing that the problem is that they're in a women's ward." Karl questioned.