The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 472

Chapter 472 Why That Order?

Karl finished writing out contingency plans, and making a duplicate of the map, along with some additional notes, in case they had issues along the way.

Unfortunately, they didn't have a topographical map of the area, which would make it easier to find their way by landmarks, but Bishop Misty had managed to describe the area where the Anomaly would appear with decent accuracy, so Karl was reasonably certain he would recognize it even if they arrived early.

"Alright, that should be everything that we need to be ready for the morning trip. What's the time difference between here and there?" He asked.

"About an hour. You have time for breakfast, and you'll still arrive outside town as if you packed up camp at dawn."

That was good enough. Now, they had a whole afternoon to kill, and all of the students were in proper classes.

"Hey, why do you have them train in the morning and then do classes all afternoon? The Dragon Church does it the same way, but I never knew why." Lotus asked.

"It's because children are hyper, and you need to wear them out so they sit still for more than ten minutes at a time. Once they've finished training and all their muscles are sore, they're happy to sit and listen to lectures before evening training after dinner." Orthos chuckled.

"Oh, that makes sense. Feed them, then make them sleepy." Lotus looked like she had just learned a truth of the universe, even if it were one that everyone else had figured out years earlier. Of course, she was so bad at keeping to a schedule that it might not have registered with her like it did for everyone else. One of the many side effects of being a nature cleric.

So, after dinner, that was precisely what Karl and the others did. The evening training was shorter, more for physical fitness for the beasts than for training. It was great for burning energy, and turning the run into a game of tag and chase around the crude track through the area around the temple kept everyone running and not slacking off.

Keeping up with the beasts was impossible for most of Karl's team. But in Dire Bear form, Ophelia could do it, and Dana had movement skills to make it a bit more even, while Karl relied on overwhelming strength to make up for the lack of agility that the beasts had.

"How is that fair? He can run through the trees just because his legs are too strong." One of the Fox type beasts complained.

They were still faster than Karl, but he was nearly impossible to catch because he would use trees as a launch pad and not hit the ground for dozens of metres at a time.

Compared to that, Ophelia was much easier to catch, and she wasn't as fast. But if she caught you, she was impossible to dodge. It was like someone threw a house at you, she was just too large to avoid.

The kids were quickly exhausted from the evening practice and off to the showers before bed, just as planned.

The same was true of Karl and his group. They were ready to shower and sleep as soon as they were back in, despite the fact that it was only just getting dark.