The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 626

Chapter 626 Group Bonding

Once the training was done, the eleven new Acolytes were moved to the Elite dorms in the Cathedral. They were on the main floor with all of the other Common Rank Acolytes of the church, and they were all sharing one large dorm, but the atmosphere there was completely different from what they had experienced at the Orphanage, or in the common dorms of the cadets.

The other Cadets were all jealous of the ones who were chosen for Special Forces training, and the nomination had previously given the new Beast Rangers a level of arrogance, putting themselves above the others, though none of them were Elites.

Now, they were sharing a dorm with the Acolytes that had been chosen before them, and everyone in the room was on the same level. Over the course of the day, they had seen enough of the younger Acolytes training to know that while they were less trained, they were not weaker than the Beast Rangers.

It was a humbling experience.

But for four of the five chosen Orphans, it was a much more tense situation. They had finished dinner, and it was nearly to lights out. Lights out meant nearly complete darkness in the room. A room shared with Sybil, who could Shadow Step, and who they had bullied for being deaf all her life.

None of the ones here were lead participants in her bullying, as they simply didn't see her as worth the effort. But that didn't necessarily mean she didn't hold a grudge, and she was known to stab others even before she had a class that specialized in it.

Countermeasures were needed.

Sybil was about to climb up onto a top bunk in the corner of the room when Joan whistled softly, catching her attention through [Echolocation]. The Rogue turned to see what the fuss was, as the whistle was usually for the clerics to get the children to do something, but the girl was just smiling at her before she began to sign.

[Excellent work today, Sybil. You really were born to be an Elite.] Sybil smiled. That was the first nice thing that anyone had said to her in years.

"What is she saying?" Nikki asked from the next bunk over.

"Oh, right. I forgot that you all couldn't sign. I was congratulating her on her good work the first day. We were all chosen as test subjects for Monarch Karl's group to train, and they helped us all awaken our classes with an item and a skill book." Joan explained, signing as she went, then translating the responses for Sybil.

"Oh, Monarch Karl used tokens to help us bond with our beasts. From what I learned, you have to have the potential, and convince the beast to bond with you. It's not easy without guidance, and we had been trying for almost a year before today when he showed up to help." Nikki offered.

[You got an adorable kitten. I'm jealous.] Sybil signed while Joan translated.

The others laughed. Adorable and Moor Cat didn't often go together in one sentence, even when they were little. But for some reason, the cats liked Sybil, and didn't ignore her or shy away from her during the walk to the Cathedral after training.

"Just wait until she's big. Moor Cats are enormous when they're fully grown, as big as Princess Ophelia in her Dire Bear form. Well, the one before she uses her skills to become massive.

What sort of skill is that, anyhow? How is anyone supposed to fight a bear the size of a house?" The Tiger Monk complained.

Ophelia had shown off for them a little towards the end of the day, and while she had kept her speed down, it was still nearly impossible for the warriors to deal with her size.

With the Giants attacking, Elites were expected to be trained to fight both large and small enemies, but Sybil was certain that small was the easier half.

[Then she can block for you while you go for the vital points. It will be a good pairing. I've been trying all day to find a way to get around the guards, maybe tomorrow I will try using Pat's partner as a distraction.

They weren't strong yet. But they would be soon enough, and Princess Remi had laid out quite the plan for them. _{freewёbnoνel.com}