The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 62

Chapter 62 Small Group Training

Professor Valerie led Karl and Dana out of the field and behind the gymnasium building, where she had a military sedan car parked, with a driver waiting for them.

"Climb on in, time is wasting, and I am under orders to have you back here before dark." She instructed as she settled herself into the front passenger seat.

It was obviously a sanctioned trip, as she had just been introduced as their instructor, but it seemed odd to both of them that they would be taken off school grounds on the first day by their new Professor for small group combat, or whatever she intended to teach them.

No words were spoken until they were out of sight of the Academy grounds, and then the Professor turned back to look at the students in the back seat.

"What we will be learning is not for the ears of the general population of the Academy, or for the busybodies watching the security footage. As you were informed earlier, I am from the Bureau of Elite Development, a division of the National Security Agency, and I will be teaching you the essentials of how to operate as a pair.

It is not guaranteed that you two will be working together after graduation, but the Bureau sees promise in you both, and we intend to guide your growth. There are certain things that the Academy can't or won't do for you, but I am under no such restrictions.

Have you both managed to get a grasp of the new abilities that you were taught over the weekend?" She asked.

"We have." Dana replied, somewhat stiffly.

"Excellent. Today we are going to introduce you both to some real experts. Sergeant Rita isn't bad, but she coddles the students too much in the first and second years." The Colonel insisted.

Karl considered rebuking the woman, as the Sergeant was an excellent teacher and she had put in significant effort to help him get this far, but it was probably wiser not to anger the Colonel and get Rita into trouble with her superior through no fault of her own.

The car stopped at a warehouse ten minutes away from the Academy, on the outskirts of a small town. The door opened, and the driver parked off to the side, next to a military bus.

"Follow me, and meet the rest of the teams." Valerie informed them, then straightened her uniform with a gust of wind magic and strode away.

"You get used to her." The driver whispered as Karl and Dana were getting out of the vehicle, and the smile on his face helped assure them that this wouldn't be as terrible as they had been fearing.

The Colonel led them into a side room where ten other pairs of Elites were gathered. A few of the pairs were clearly soldiers, but most were in civilian clothing.

The two students stood there stunned at the blunt revelation that their entire lives were actually being planned in that level of detail only weeks after they had started at the Academy. It was disconcerting to say the least, but from the responses of the others here, it was either not unusual, or it was not going to pan out the way that the board wanted it to. _{freёwebnovel.com}