The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96 White Robes

Karl's keen vision caught sight of the white cloth moving toward them at a run through the forest, a full second before he managed to associate the clothing with its most likely owner.

"Those are clergy robes. No more than 150 centimetres tall, I think that they're students from one of the Seminary Academies." Karl informed the others, then moved to intercept the two running figures.

If he was wrong, he had all the advantages, and if they didn't want to stop, he could just have Rae tie them up until they calmed down.

The two came barrelling through the trees, then paused when they saw the Academy uniforms, and began to gesture wildly.

"You have to get out of here. There is a giant monster in the sky." One of them shouted.

"Three metre wingspan, kind of brown with a creamy belly and red streaks on its legs? That one is trained, he's with us." Karl informed them, and the two clerics simply stared at him as if he had grown another head.

"A what now? That sounds terrifying. But no, there is a giant beetle flying this way. It killed our lesson proctor, and he was an Ascended High Priest." The young boy exclaimed.

"How far have you been running? We are all Elites, and we are hunting for magical plants in the area. There are ten of us, with two strong Awakened Rank leaders." Karl tried to calm the pair.

Clerics weren't known for their combat power. They would empower the weapons of warriors and their healing magic was remarkable, but as far as actual fighting abilities, they were just humans with swords if they were even carrying them.

These two weren't.

"That might be enough? Can you fight an Ascended Rank beast?" The boy asked hopefully, while the girl beside him did her best to hide her face.

"I can confidently say, yes. We can fight a lone Ascended Rank monster. If there were a bunch of them, we would lead you away with us, but one is something that we can defeat." Karl replied with a gentle smile.

Hawk was getting excited as well. Most beetles didn't fly well, they only flew a short distance and then landed. His genetic memories told him that beetles were crunchy and nutritious, though he wasn't sure that this one was a species that could be eaten.

Rae was likewise excited about the prospect. To the Bloodbath Spider, all insects were prey.

The sound of crashing through the trees brought another trill from Hawk, who had spotted a large black figure headed their way, covered in blood and reeking of death. That had to be the beetle, and it was tracking the two humans.

"Everyone in position, get the clerics to the middle of the circle." Karl ordered, doing his best imitation of Sergeant Rita.

He did it so well that even Dana responded, ushering everyone into position, while her Golems remained outside, ready to face whatever threat Karl had noticed.

The crashing through the trees was hard to miss as the beetle chased after the escaped prey, so Karl called out the other pets in time for the students to get used to their presence.

"These two are Thor and Rae. DO NOT attack them." He warned the others.

The students stared in confusion at the sudden appearance of the Lightning Cerro, who was already the size of a small bear or a huge dog, but it took them a few seconds to find Rae, who had appeared in a tree and instantly hidden herself.

The beetle came in sight, and Lightning flashed around Thor's body. That caught its attention, and the creature began to charge, keening in a way that made Karl feel like the creature was starving and desperate for food.