The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 67

Chapter 67 Tank

"Good afternoon class, I hope that you all ate well, but not too well. Rich foods will make you sluggish." The Elite known as Tank greeted them.

"As you heard, my name is Tank, and I am a part-time teacher here at the Academy, as for most of the year I am out hunting monsters. Today's lesson will be a simple one, like the Berserker fighting style is simple.

Now, you may think that simple means easy to defeat, but you couldn't be further from the truth. I have heard that our volunteer for the day is quite durable, and he has an assistant. Karl, please call for your Windspeed Hawk, and I will begin the demonstration."

Karl stepped up to the giant Berserker, and the teacher dropped into a combat stance.

"First, go with your instinct, and guide your Hawk to assist you. It will help the others see how the usual tactics against a martial artist won't work on a Berserker." Professor Tank instructed.

Karl immediately threw a net of crossed [Rend] attacks, and stepped to the side, intending to kick the knee out from under the teacher, while Hawk went for the obvious attack to the back of his armoured head.

They had learned that the neck was well defended in the training outfits, and this man was likely too powerful for the attack to work, but if [Shred] hit the back of his helmet it might leave him dizzy.

The execution was flawless. Shred hit his helmet a split second before Karl's foot hit the teacher's knee, but that's where everything went wrong. The hit to the head triggered the Berserker's [Rage] and Karl's foot simply bounced off the huge man's leg.

Then, faster than Karl could react to even begin to dodge, one massive meaty hand had backhanded his chest, sending him flying.

Professor Tank smiled at the class, while Sergeant Rita helped Karl to his feet. He was in a daze, disoriented from bouncing across the ground.

"That, young students, is called [Unstoppable]. The reason I showed you that first is because it's an ability that can be synthesized with magical drugs, so those of you who are in the army might run across it among other nation's soldiers in the future.

Unstoppable is a basic skill of the Berserkers, most start with it. You cannot knock them over without immensely overpowering them, any part of their body is equal to their entire mass. Also, while the attack to the back of the head from the Windspeed Hawk, Shred, I believe it used, will trigger Berserker Rage, which increases their power and movement speed multiple times.

Now, the Common Grade Berserker Students in your year aren't all that scary yet. But they will be.

Instead of what you would normally do, which is taking them down with a throw or leg sweep to put them off balance and make them stationary targets for abuse, you want to aim for vital areas, soft spots and nerve clusters. That will slow the Berserker down until the damage piles up enough that Rage wears off, and they start feeling the pain." He explained to the class.

Karl frowned. "So, basically, we dodge and avoid getting turned into paste until repeated attacks start showing their effects, but no leg sweeps and avoid hits to the head?"

Tank nodded happily, like a child receiving a present. "Just like that. Also, avoid the face and the crotch. Not because the attack won't work, but because it tends to cause an instinctual bump in the rage effect, and you might get hurt during training."

Karl prepared to continue, then asked one last important question. "Does the Berserker class make them huge, or are you just naturally that size?" _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}