The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 333

Chapter 333 The Final Reinforcement

Karl considered the new group's strengths, and wondered who they were going to get as their second Commander. Presumably Morgana, as she was his advisor from the Bureau and didn't have classes to teach, but in this camp it appeared to be the Headmaster running the show, and he didn't know her as anything other than a student.

"Why don't we sit and get to know each other before we have to work together in battle?" Karl suggested. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}

Mick, the bald Golem Mage, laughed. "Well, more like you get to know us. You're a bit of a legend in the Mage classrooms after your Hawk spent weeks torturing the Awakened Rank class."

Karl chuckled. "But Hawk isn't my only beast. In fact, he's the first of four now. Plus, it's more of the personality of the people than the skills. I can find that in your deployment orders, or at least the basics of your skill set, so what I need to know is how everyone will react.

Have Jimmy and Ali faced the Giants before? Will Seamus really wet himself when a spear flies past his head? You know, the little life details that determine how you react."

Seamus sighed. "You joke, but the Bard Classes normally do morale work in camp when we're assigned to combat duties. It's more like an Idol show. Well, sometimes it IS an idol show, depending on who they sent.

I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing in a combat group, it's not part of my training, but the Academy says that every Ascended Class has some sort of utility in battle, and I've got to work on mine."

"Would it help if we had the nature priestess get you a bit stoned before we have to go to battle? Strictly medicinal, of course." Karl asked.

The other boys from his team laughed, and Seamus looked horrified, waving his hand frantically to deny the suggestion.

"No, that's a bad idea. It definitely won't help my use my skills, I can say that much for certain. Why don't we start with Mick? My own shortcomings can come later." Seamus suggested.

Karl shrugged. "I don't see why not, but I should ask, how much field work have you all done?"

Mick shrugged. "Seven missions, five of which were resource gathering. Jimmy and Ali are about the same, since they were usually with me. Having six small golems is really helpful against Common Grade wild animals or monsters and for gathering resources, after all."

"So, seven weeks, give or take, of which, two were monster hunting?" Karl asked.

Mick shrugged. "That sounds about right, but the monster hunting missions went longer than a week each, since we forgot to bring a tracker, and it turned out to be really hard to find them."

Even Tessa winced a little at that news. That meant they had done very little actual fighting.

Ali, the darker of the two warriors, gave Karl a curious look. "How much combat have you seen this year? You're still a first year, right?"

Karl nodded. "I was with this team on the Frost Giant border, as advanced scouts for about a month, and then in the field doing monster influx suppression before that for another month. Then a couple of Academy Missions to start the year.

Really, we've basically been in combat since the war started, as we got trapped behind the Frost Giant lines."

Seamus' eyes lit up. "Oh, I heard a great song about you the other day. Hawk the Giant Slayer, about how an Elite and his bird killed a Thousand Giants as revenge for making it cold."

Hawk was startled. [How did they know?]

[I have no idea. I think that they think it's a joke.]

The girls were laughing, while Seamus now looked confused.

"Don't tell me you actually did it? I heard the song from a bard class student who had just gotten back from the Frost Giant front lines. He's somewhere around here if you want to hear the full song." Seamus suggested.

"He must have been working the radios, or in the dispatch office. Hawk despises the Ice Element. Hates it with a passion. And, he's our scout, so he's always up in the air where people can see him." Karl explained.

Tessa patted the shocked bard on his shoulder.

"Where were you during yesterday's battle?" She asked.