The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 91

Chapter 91 They Need Exercise

The button, as it turned out, was made of blackened brass, and after poking at it for a few seconds and then rubbing her mandible against it to see what it felt like, Rae gave up on the button and returned to her space to avoid the attention that she was getting while out in the open.

"Once she's fully grown, I think that she will be more open about being outside, but for now, she is much more comfortable in places where she can camouflage herself, especially dark places." Karl explained.

"We won't force her out where she's uncomfortable then." The leader of the mage training agreed, while he rubbed Thor's head.

One new and friendly pet was good enough for the teachers, but Rita had brought Karl here for an actual reason, and not just to talk about how his weekend went.

"Are you healed well enough to begin full training schedules again? The notes said that there had been some mental damage, and there is no good way to quantify that." She asked very seriously.

"I feel better, but the only way to know for sure is to actually start training again and see if the pain returns. The two new spaces have advanced enough now that I am getting feedback from the pets, and not needing to constantly feed the spaces to keep them contained, so it should be alright. I'm not sure how much training I will be up for, though. I am going to need a lot of time to work on mental strength just to keep ahead of their growth rate." Karl explained.

"Alright, then we can go to the morning classes as scheduled. The afternoon classes will be changed starting today, as the decision has been made that there is not enough training for your pets now that there are three of them.

Sending Thor out to get his head rubbed is not officially training, no matter what the other Professors tell you." Rita reminded him.

What exactly they were going to teach Thor was a mystery to Karl, but as they finished their breakfast and headed for the training field for Hawk to practice, Rita got a much better idea.

"Thor is a growing boy, and he needs his exercise, so what we're going to do today is to have you sit and meditate while Hawk blocks the attacks, and I will bring some mages from the early Ascended class who are working on barriers to help Thor practice his skills."

As soon as he heard the word barrier, Thor's head perked up in the beast space. He loved the barrier game, and it would be even better with more barriers.

"Won't that be a waste for the other students?" Karl asked.

A few of the nearby mages laughed and Rita shook her head. "Taking full force Awakened Rank attacks repeatedly will burn through their mana faster than you might suspect. The goal is for them to keep the barriers up as long as possible, while Thor rampages through the field building up his muscles."

"Normally, they have the students from the Awakened Rank warrior classes smash at the barriers all afternoon. Setting them up for Thor won't be any different. But who is that? A new pet, I take it?" The mage student beside Karl asked.

"Yeah, a Lightning Cerro that I just bonded. The teachers are all in love with him, and he adores the barrier game. Once you see him play, you will feel thankful that you got Hawk instead." Karl joked.