The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 50

Chapter 50 Career Paths

The helicopter lifted off and turned toward the east, flying high over the treetops, and roughly following a river.

"It's beautiful from up here." Dana spoke into the microphone, nearly drowned out by the noise of the helicopter.

"It's like nothing you'll get to see on the ground. You two did good down there. I don't know what the Academy originally sent you to do, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't for the Goblins. I checked while we waited, and the other teams of students all went to take out a handful of magical beasts and then called for a ride home the first afternoon." The team leader informed them, now that there were no more curious ears around to overhear them.

"I thought that might be it. There was a group of wild Irontusk Boars near the town. That was a nice light start to the day, and at first, we thought that might have been it, but then we realized that all the houses were empty, and they hadn't just brought everyone inside to wait." Karl agreed.

"So, you just started to scout the town for Goblins and then killed them all until we showed up?" One of the other special forces soldiers asked.

"We thought that we might have underestimated the teachers, so we cleared out all the Goblins and then called in on the hotline in the government building, but they didn't believe us and threatened to send the military police.

That ended up being you, and they asked that we stay on the phone until you arrived so they didn't have to put out a search warrant for us." Dana laughed.

The soldier rolled his eyes in amusement. "They're a bunch of idiots. I'm sure the boss went over proper protocol already, but calling them is usually a last resort. Getting in contact with a military unit or the Academy directly will make your lives a lot easier.

Do you think that they're going to give you a promotion after this? I see you've still got the first year Common Grade badges on, but there's no way that either of you is still Common Grade. We saw the fog and the bodies, that is definitely beyond the skills of two Common trainees."

"We will see. If they do, it will be great. You know how it is at the Academy, power gets respect. So, if we can get them to give us the black badges, we will at least be able to show off to our fellow first year students." Karl agreed.

The special forces team laughed at their own memories of school. They were also among the first to advance, so they knew very well that there were plenty of social benefits that couldn't really be quantified about being the first with the black badges.