The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 631

Chapter 631 General Drath

Overlord Drath looked toward the students, then to Karl's beasts, who were doing their best to teach them new things, explaining theory even during the lunch break.

"How hard do you think that you can push those new Elites without damaging their potential?" He asked carefully.

"We have a potion for the five orphaned volunteers that might immediately push them to Awakened, but then they will need significant time to recover. The ones with bonded beasts will grow closer to the growth rate of their partner, though. The System will help them grow faster, but pushing the Elite to advance will only create an imbalance where one side is stronger than the other. It happens to me constantly, and I'm constantly working to keep both myself and all the members of my team in balance.

So, there is only so fast you can push them, and they will eventually need practical experience to help them grow." Karl explained.

Drath sat silently as he mentally calculated something. "So, Awakened by autumn, then Ascended by second year is realistic for most of them?"

Karl nodded. "If their growth rate holds, or whoever takes over after my team is reassigned keeps them on the same training regimen. I can't speak for other methods, but Ascended by the end of the first term shouldn't be a problem.

We've got some clerics over there taking scientific notes on everything that we're doing so that they can try to replicate it with others. Some of the advancement is directly due to my own skills and my team, though. So, I would expect limited gains from a repeat."

Drath chuckled. "Like following the same diet and workout plan designed to maximize gains, but having the second group do it without steroids."

Karl nodded. "Something like that. The real issues won't start until Commander Rank, though."

The Overlord sighed.

"Oh, I am well aware of that. What I was hoping was now that I've got some system equipment from the Dungeon, I might be able to boost some of my Sergeants.

They're already established in the army, so if I can grant them a system and smash them up to the Ascended or Commander Rank in a matter of months, I can give the units a champion to maintain morale."

"Not the officers?" Karl asked.

Drath shook his head. "The officers make plans and give orders, the Sergeants carry them out. We don't need powerful combatants giving orders, we need them fighting."

Cara laughed and nudged Karl. [Promoted past the point of usefulness.] Drath noticed the exchange and waited for a translation. _{freewebnøvel.com}

"She says they have been promoted past the point of usefulness."

"In a battlefield sense, that is true. The Lieutenants still lead larger teams, but beyond that, they're rarely on the front lines, other than the Commissars."

The Commissars in question were a Special Forces team from the Church, part of the Inquisition in charge of military morale. They were all insane, as far as Karl could tell, but they made the Red Dragon happy.