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5.17% The First Legendary Beast Master / Chapter 36: Practice Makes Perfect

Bab 36: Practice Makes Perfect

Dana and Hawk spent the rest of the evening practising their skill control together, while Karl focused on finding more about the growth cycles and power increase triggers of various magical beast species.

There were so many, but Karl was certain that if he worked on it, he could find some sort of pattern to the triggers. It should be either something to do with their skills, their body's alignment to an element or some sort of environmental factor. He didn't believe that it was completely random and that it was all up to luck, with study, they should be able to trigger the advancements deliberately.

The meditation and movement of energy to Hawk was certainly going to help, though he couldn't tell how much. But every meal since the advancement had given him a surge of energy, as he was absorbing the nutrients and embedded mana much more efficiently than a regular human would.

That should be something normal for the Elites, as the kitchens did deliberately prepare that sort of meal for every student, so the real difference should be that he could share the excess with Hawk, instead of wasting it.

Once it started to get dark, Dana finished making notes on what she had learned, and then returned to her room for the night, while Karl prepared to eat one more late night meal and meditate on transferring that extra energy to Hawk to help him grow.

The only problem was that they would have to wait until there was a noticeable change to find out if these methods were working, and even then, they wouldn't necessarily know for certain which of the methods were the ones that had the largest impact.

There was no exact measuring method, which was why they had just loosely grouped monsters into categories based on their power rankings, but that also meant that near the boundaries of those rankings there could be some uncertainty, unless the body or power went through a notable change.

For example, when a Devil Cat went through the process of moving from awakened to Ascended, it grew a second tail. That was a pretty simple and surefire way to tell. Many birds would gain a distinctive pattern on their feathers as they grew more powerful, and most mammals would increase in size in a sudden growth spurt.

Windspeed Hawks didn't go through most of that, they kept their appearance, except for the claws. Once a Windspeed Hawk reached the Ascended level, their claws would turn from a dull black, to a translucent obsidian, and that claw material was an exceptional resource for elites learning similar skills. It could be ground up and mixed with monster blood in the same way as the strength stones, and drinking it would increase skill understanding.

[Haha, yeah, make them eat my claw clippings. They grow back quickly.] Hawk giggled in Karl's mind, equating the broken claw parts to human toenail clippings. Just a shed waste product that it no longer cared about.

[Well, if we can help you grow to that level, we can help the others out then. We will show them how far ahead you are, just by being yourself.] Karl joked, stroking the bird's ego for a moment before he began to meditate.

In the morning, they both felt refreshed and a bit better than they had the day before, so that became their routine. Mornings with the mages, afternoons of martial arts training, and then evenings of book studies, while Karl worked on learning all that he could about magical beasts and the triggers that could cause them to advance, while Hawk worked with Dana on their mana control.

His rate of growth was incredible, and while he had an advantage to begin with, thanks to his species, Hawk was rapidly outgrowing anything that could have been expected of a juvenile Windspeed Hawk.

Normally, they wouldn't need to use the [Rend] attack more than a handful of times in a day, as it was primarily for hunting, and occasionally for self-defence. But by the end of the week, he could keep it up for hours at a time.

Dana was also progressing at a crazy pace with his help, and she now had full control over her magic missiles. It was quite impressive to see her hold them in place, or move them around the room with her mind. The process still drained her much faster than she would prefer, but it was a vast improvement on the first day that she started working with Hawk, when she didn't understand at all how she was supposed to control the mana flows.

So, it was with greatly improved confidence that they headed for the meeting spot for the next practical skills meeting.

The same group of fifty-four students were gathered in the field, waiting for the teachers to arrive, and Karl took his spot next to the other team leaders.

Sergeant Rita arrived a few minutes later with the two mages, driving one of the Academy's cargo buggies filled with gear.

"We have something new and fun for everyone today. These are the new experimental products from the weapons development department at the Golden Dragon National Research University. What you all are going to do today is go on a little field trip. The danger will be a bit higher than usual, as you will be leaving the Academy Grounds entirely, and not just going to the outskirts, but the University has asked us to test whether these new weapons with their fancy technology can actually improve the user's strength by a whole rank." Sergeant Rita announced.

The mages were more than a little skeptical, as their powers were based on mana flow and control, which were both internal factors, they didn't use weapons in the same way that the warriors did. If it was just for the warrior classes, it would be a great safety measure for Elites in general, but not specifically for them.

However, when they took the tarp off the cart, there was a box with everyone's name on it. The University really had come up with something for everyone, and the students began to become excited to see what it could do.


Bab 37: New Claws

Karl made his way to the stack of boxes, where Sergeant Rita was organizing everyone into a single file line to get through the stack more efficiently. She handed him a large box, and he stepped aside, trying to decipher how to open a box with no visible latches.

The answer turned out to be a fingerprint scanner in the middle of one side, hidden beneath the paint. To students who grew up in the city, it was obvious, but the small towns didn't have any need for such high-tech security in their daily lives, they just taped the boxes closed and called it secure.

Inside the box was a new set of gauntlets, similar to the ones that he already had, at least in external appearance, but they were lighter than the training units, and the claws on the fingers seemed to be made from some sort of actual monster claw, instead of alloy.

What sort of difference that was supposed to make to his [Rend] attack was a mystery, but there might be something else hidden under the nondescript black metal upper glove that covered his arm nearly to the elbow which would help with mana channelling, or serve as some sort of amplifier for his skills.

The only way to know was to test them, so Karl stepped away from the crowd, where the warriors were happily beginning to wave their new swords around, and gave them a flex to send a claw attack into the air.

The power activation feels much more natural, even than when he is doing it barehanded. The gauntlets weren't strictly necessary for the skill, unlike a sword skill. He had fingernails of his own that would do the job, but with these new gauntlets on his hands, the power seemed to flow to the monster claws and form much more smoothly than he could manage on his own.

It didn't feel like it was more powerful than usual, and the energy he put in was the same, but his recovery felt like it was faster than usual, as if the weapon was returning some of the expended energy to him.

With these gauntlets, Karl was certain that he could fight all morning with ease, and not have to take nearly as many breaks during the defensive training with the mages. It would certainly drive his classmates insane to have that many more skills coming up to block their attacks, but they were getting better anyhow, so it could be good for them.

It only took a few minutes to get all the weapons handed out, and for chaos to spread through the field where they had gathered. There were sword attacks and spells flying all around, a large stone golem standing to one side, and the ground was trembling from someone's magic.

It was insanity, but the teachers were content to wait until the students had all begun to calm down before they said anything else.

"Alright, calm down, everyone. You know what's coming next. But this time there is a twist. This week, we will be putting you in pairs. There are two of each number in the bag, pick one paper and find your partner for today's exercise. You will all be working individually in a large region, so don't expect backup if there are issues." Sergeant Rita explained, while the two mages looked excessively pleased with their ingenuity.

The device that the University had made for the mages varied from person to person, but mostly, they were in the form of a small rectangular frame full of crystals and tubes that could be hung from the user's belt.

Aesthetically, they were a strange choice, but better than the hooded coat with the wires running all down the inside that one of the mages was wearing. 

Dana had one of the boxes, a flatter one that was a little larger than a paperback novel.

That gave Karl a great idea. If they were allowed to keep these prototypes, he could suggest putting a regular book cover over some of them so that they blended in with the academy's usual apparel a bit better. That should also protect them from damage and dirt, which clearly wasn't a concern for the design team working on magician enhancing tools.

"Sergeant Rita, what are these gauntlets made of? Do you know?" Karl asked as she approached him with the bag of numbers.

"Just various monster parts combined, as far as I know. It's supposed to be something about combining the aspects of magical beasts to create magic items." She replied with a shrug.

Karl took a number from the bag, and waited for the rest of the students to choose.

He had drawn number seventeen, but the look on the teachers' faces said that simply shouting your number to find your partner would not be tolerated. Or at least not before the numbers were all passed out. So, Karl decided to wander and check numbers with the others who had received their cards.

He was at the edge of the group to begin with, and his path simply followed the Sergeant through the crowd. The others were doing the same, but in an organized manner. They were beginning to line up based on the number of their paper, with number one moving over toward where Karl had been standing in the beginning.

Karl caught on quickly and moved to roughly where he thought pair seventeen should be, and found himself standing next to Dana, who was holding a card identical to his.

"Well, that makes it easier. We already know each other's basic skills, and they should work well together. You take the lead, Hawk scouts, and I will deal damage from the back." She informed him with a smile.

"That works for me. How is your new tool? Is that mass of stuff really better than what you were using earlier?" Karl asked.

"It seems to be, but we will find out once we actually have to use them. The box is a focusing device, and you use it when you're casting the spell to intensify the effects. It's a bit difficult to use properly at first, but with some practice, it should increase my magic power by quite a bit." Dana replied.

"Now, we just need to find out what we're going to test it on."


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