The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 7

Chapter 7: The Fields

The other students quickly saw the tactic that Karl and the mage had come up with and began forming groups. From what Karl could tell, almost all of the newly empowered students were some sort of magical warrior class, and carrying various melee weapons.

Not many of them had chosen shields, but those who did have shields took the lead in a group to push forward, while the ones with ranged skills fell in behind, encircling the mages and others who got no physical attribute enhancement.

Two more classmates fell in behind the mage, following the example of hiding their faces, though they didn't know why they were doing it.

The sight frightened the weak-minded Earth Mice. One scary guy with claws leading three headless humanoid monsters was terrifying to the small creatures, and they began to flee instead of attacking Karl on his way forward.

That let him set a brisk pace through the field, and put the field full of mice behind him right until they made it to the first hedgerow, where they took a short breather for everyone to recover some stamina.

"Magic uses far too much energy. How long does it take you guys to recover after using your skills?" One of the boys in the back row, a warrior class with a large axe, asked.

"I can use mine three or four times, as long as I don't go all out. But then I'm tired, and I need to eat or rest. I haven't tried to time it yet." Karl replied.

The mage nodded her head. "I'm the same. Two spells, and I'm at my limit and I need a breather. But if I sit down for fifteen minutes or so, I can cast another. I saved my magic this time, so I can at least use one and keep going, or I can cast both in an emergency, but then I'll slow the team down."

The boy with an axe frowned. "I can only use mine once, and then I'm done. But I'm a woodcutter's son, and I can swing the axe for hours if I don't use the skill."

"That's good enough. So far, it's just been Earth Mice, and only an idiot would chase them with an axe. But if there is something bigger and slower up ahead, you can go ahead and fight it without using that skill. Did the injection make you stronger? It was one of the questions on the homework, so it must be a thing." Karl suggested.

"Yeah, a lot stronger." He agreed.

The other warrior smiled. "I'm not so strong, but I was alright to start with. Unfortunately, my first skill is defensive, see the shield in my marking? The silly thing is, I have no aptitude with a shield. I tried everything with the one in the storage box, but nothing worked. However, if I use a two-handed sword, I can activate the skill no problem, and keep it active all the time.

The only problem is that I can't swing the sword fast enough to block those rocks the way that you do with your gloves."

Karl nodded. "So, we've got a super strength axe man, a durable swordsman, a mage and me with my claws. That's not bad, and it looks like the teachers wanted us to group up to fight our way through to the gates.