The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 618

Chapter 618 Friendly Kittens

Everyone just stared at Karl as he stood next to a growing puddle of blood as the cleric worked to heal the cadet in preparation for resurrection.

"Why didn't you tell us you were serious?" One of the others demanded.

"Did everyone think that I was joking about you dying if the cat disagreed? I wasn't lying. I am also not joking about you only getting one chance. The token won't work for you again if you fail and live. But there are other beast species options here, if you want to try one of them." Karl reminded them.

One young woman stepped forward as she wrapped her hands in some sort of cloth.

"I would also like to try for a Moor Cat kitten. The young lady with the white stripe on her neck." She insisted.

The kitten turned to stare at the audacious upstart of a human kitten.

It didn't particularly dislike this human, but to think that a human thought they could be partners in any meaningful way? Ridiculous.

The cleric pulled the body out of the cage and began the hard part of his work while calling for reinforcements. Resurrection took a huge amount of energy, and for some reason, healing this victim was harder than usual.

If he couldn't do the resurrection alone, he might need to cast the Reincarnation Ritual and have the cadet reborn in a new body.

The tokens that Karl was using appeared to be some sort of divine blessing, and the Gods themselves were interfering in the casting of his spells.

That should have been expected, Karl thought. Both the Nature God and the God of Death approved of permanent death by stupidity as a punishment. They also both rewarded those who were brave enough to try anyhow.

Assuming that they survived.

The mottled black and grey kitten with the white stripe on its neck marched over to Karl, demanding he use his spell so she could find out if this fake monk was worthy.

[Do you think she's getting eaten?] Cara asked.

[I think that she knows something about that cat in particular. If it was a lingering injury or deformity, she wouldn't have chosen that one as a life partner, so it's likely about personality.] Karl suggested.

When both appeared ready, Karl used a token on them, and the cat pounced, only to have the cadet punch her paw.

In the next few seconds, dozens of strikes were parried, and the girl nimbly dodged strikes with the jaws, as well as a four footed pounce, intended to pin her to the ground.

Interestingly, while the barrier was up around the cage, Karl was not blocked this time. He could move freely around the cage, but chose to sit along the wall between the mother cat and the action.

The cadet was beginning to sweat heavily with exertion by the end of the second minute, but the kitten was losing focus. It had forgotten that it was supposed to be making the monk prove that she was a worthy partner, and had reverted to simply playing with the human like she did with her other siblings.

Two minutes after that, the cat vanished and the girl smiled. [Name] Nikki

[Class] Tiger Monk

"Congratulations, you have succeeded, with only minimal injuries." Karl informed her.

The girl was actually bleeding very heavily, and was likely to pass out from blood loss soon. It was only adrenaline and joy keeping her conscious right now.

A newly arrived cleric cast a healing spell on the exhausted monk, while Karl warned away a few of the other cubs that thought it might be a good opportunity to eat a human while they were exhausted.