The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 85

Chapter 85 Physical Examination

The last thing that they needed to do to determine the usefulness of the ability was to test it. Alice raised a barrier in between them, and gestured toward it with her fist.

"With just the lightning up, give that a punch as hard as you can. It will tell us how your muscles are recovering, as well as if the lightning can already stand up to an Awakened Rank impact. If it can't, it will break around your fist when you hit the barrier." She explained.

Karl snapped a fast punch at the barrier, and frowned. His strength wasn't fully recovered, and the physical strength wasn't as high as he would have preferred, but the lightning crackled against the barrier, making it glow bright blue, and held firm.

"Well, it's an Awakened Rank ability, for certain. Karl will need to keep the lightning up as much as possible for a while, but the barrier is as good or better than that Awakened Rank training armour." Alice informed the others.

"Is it safe to touch? As in, can you sit down in a chair without scorching it?" Daniel asked.

Karl took a step back and saw the faint scorch marks where he was standing.

"I'm going with no. Even through my shoes, it's burning the ground. But it's not burning off my uniform, which is a big win for my dignity." Karl replied with a shrug. _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}

"Yeah, best not to tempt fate. You aren't recovering as fast as the big Cerro or the Trice with their [Indestructible] innate ability, but it's still much faster than I had expected." Daniel agreed.

"I feel well enough to sit for a proper dinner now, so how about we go eat?" Karl suggested as he released the Refreshing Lightning ability.

[Eat?] A soft feminine voice hissed in his mind.

[Are you hungry for something different?] Karl asked delicately, hoping to make a good first impression on the spider.

[No, blood is life, life is power. I need a bigger nest before I lure prey.] She replied.

The spider reminded Karl of when Hawk was a baby, all about food. Always with the mice requests. Of course, if he hadn't had a massive growth spurt, those requests might not have stopped, but the focus on making the beast's situation right for comfortable eating was the same.

The group sat down to a proper dinner at a restaurant down the street, while the spider peered out of Karl's mind, content in its small nest, but intrigued by the world around them.

[They killed it and burned it? Why do they do that to the food?] The spider asked.

[For humans, it tastes better this way, and we can digest it more easily.] Karl informed her.

[Interesting. I will try some.]

Karl put a bit of steak in the Beast space, and the spider happily tore it apart before eating it in delicate bites that directly contrasted with the ferocity used to portion it.

[Not bad, it simulates the warmth of living food. Humans are strange, but smart. It is very tender, and they put something on it for flavour as well. I approve.]

Karl smiled at the response, and Alice gestured for him to share with the group.