The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Efficient Casting

Karl sat on the balcony of his room with a stack of textbooks, trying to determine if there would be some surefire way to help Hawk advance from the Awakened stage to Ascended without a large delay.

From what he knew of the Windspeed Hawk, their progression usually came from improved skills with [Rend] along with an increased ability power level. The mana infused monster blood should help with the second part, and they were doing daily training, which no wild Hawk would ever have a reason to do.

Mostly because they hunted for food, not for sport, so they wouldn't use their skills a hundred times a day. That gave them some sort of advantage over the wild growth rate, but there had to be more that he could do than just grind their skills over and over.

Hawk had already learned the [Wind Barrier] from the Headmaster's Wind Beads, so the Windspeed Hawk could absolutely learn new things from mystic resources, he just had to get his hands on them.

A knock on his door distracted him from his confusion, and Karl went to open the door, finding Dana with a smile and a bag full of books, plus a small plate of food.

"I brought a gift for Hawk. Someone told me that they had them around their house in the farmlands, and the Hawks really liked these, so I asked the kitchen to find one." She greeted him.

That caught Hawk's attention, and he flew in from the other room to land on her shoulder and check out the plate.

It was a small animal, skinned, but intact and raw, but to the Windspeed Hawk, the smell was divine.

"It's an Iron Jaw Mole. They're farmland pests, as they dig huge holes for their nests. They've got great jaw strength, as you would expect, but that's it. Unfortunately for them, they're even weaker than the Earth Mice in the fields outside the Academy, and they've got no ranged attacking power at all."

The trio walked back to the patio and Dana set the plate on the table, where it was immediately attacked by Hawk.

"Mind your manners, I don't need you getting blood splatter on the textbooks." Karl reminded him.

In response, the Hawk pushed the plate to the far side of the table, but didn't slow his pace, happily tearing the small animal to bits.

"What are you working on today?" Karl asked as Dana set out a pair of notebooks, but no reference text.

"Mana control. According to the teacher, I still use too much for every spell, and that inefficiency is why I'm having trouble with multiple spells and my channelling speed. For now, they've asked me to just focus on Magic Missiles and Fog, and not to expand my spell repertoire yet, or I will ingrain bad habits into new spells.

So, I want to get my efficiency increased as quickly as I can." Dana explained.

Hawk looked up with interest. That topic sounded like it would be useful to him too. He could kill more water balls that way, and taunt the mages. Taunting mages was way more fun than Hawk had expected it to be, especially when they weren't allowed to attack him directly.