The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 664  System Favouritism

After a few minutes of letting the Librarian ramble about the past and the possible targets of the attack, Overlord Drath decided to change the topic to something a bit more optimistic.

”This isnʼt strictly on topic for right now, but we would like you five to help with the ceremony here in the Capital next week. We know that you all have fully active systems, and the Government will be providing System enhanced items for the testing.

That is why we would like you to assist. You see, there is no guarantee that the items will have the same reaction to being handed from a Nurse to the student as they would when being passed from one of you to a student.

We are hoping to maximize the number of successes in the Capital region, and we will have nearby Elites help with as many of the other locations as possible.

If nothing else, it will at least improve the Morale of the new students to have met a few working Elites before they reached the Academy.”

Karl chuckled. ”The guards on the train were the first experience for me, and they were remarkably helpful.”

The General nodded. ”They are typically chosen from the Elites that are good with kids, but not really good at much else. I have heard that it makes them easier to relate to because theyʼre all Common and Awakened Rank Elites, the closest thing we have to just sending other students to pick them up.

We did consider that, by the way. As a sort of reward for senior students.”

Karl chuckled. ”That could be interesting this year, as so many of the students who are about to become Seniors have spent the last year on the Hill Giant border. At least, I assume theyʼre still there.”

Drath nodded. ”Theyʼve been moved a few times, and cycled back to the Academy for rest, but theyʼve spent at least half the year on the border, and theyʼre stationed there right now.”

Karl nodded. ”I donʼt think that any of my people would have an issue with the plan to attend the ceremonies. How many middle schools are there in the Capital?” Drath thought about it for a second. ”There are sixteen in the city, but they all do the injection ceremony at the opera auditorium so that their parents can attend and see the new Elites one last time before they go.

I believe that the smaller towns do it at the school, donʼt they?” Karl nodded. ”Yeah, but not with parents present. We did it in the classroom, as there was only one class in our year. But the Lithium mines arenʼt all that large, so many years we have under two dozen kids in a year. Mine was larger than usual, but even then, there were only a few of us at the Academy. Possibly, only two. Unless I missed someone.”

The Librarian frowned as the two talked. ”How much do you have left to do in the city before then? I seem to recall that we were getting training updates from some students under your supervision.”

Karl nodded. ”We have these five lovely young Elites in our care, and theyʼre making great progress. But we also have five Beast Rangers and a Tiger Monk from the Special Forces cadets training with us. We are going to try to advance that group in the next few days, as well as imparting some more skills and combat training to prepare these Acolytes for their time at the Academy.

I have been informed that the Army will be taking over the training of the Beast Rangers.”

General Drath nodded. ”Yes, they are already cadets assigned to the Special Forces, so we will take on their basic training, as we had already planned to when we thought they had no System access.”

The other Overlords chuckled. It was clearly a power play by the Church Army, but it wouldnʼt hurt anything, and they were going to be overloaded with students at the Academy anyhow, so letting the special forces students have special attention would help them immensely.

Plus, it would give them an excuse to foist similar talents on the army for training, in the name of boosting the skills of the Elites.

They were already short on teachers, and that problem was only going to get worse with the next influx.

Anyone who could and would teach students was going to be needed very soon, but the Librarian was beginning to suspect that Monarch Karl was going to find a way out of that, somehow. Likely by becoming a vital asset somewhere else, where there were no Elites to train. Or at least no freshmen for him to train.

Overlord Joram snapped his fingers. ”I get it now. There is a reason that you didnʼt have those young Elites fighting on the North Front. Theyʼre not just under your care, theyʼre still waiting to go to the Academy, so they havenʼt been inducted as proper Elites yet, with all the responsibilities.”

Karl nodded. ”Exactly. Three training days and a potion doesnʼt make a proper soldier, and it definitely doesnʼt make an independent Elite. Untrained fighters on the front lines are a nightmare.”

The Overlords looked like they were ready to retire to their own units for the night, but the Blue Dragon Priestess had more to talk to Karl about before he managed to escape from her.

”We can all discuss the motivations behind the attack later. Elite Karl, I have a request for you. You have a talent for teaching, and a number of rare skills. I would like to make a formal request for you to transfer those skills to the Clergy scribes for distribution.” She announced.

Karl smiled and placed his hand on hers.

{Skill Teaching Request} [Lightning Zone]

The Librarianʼs eyes opened wide in shock, and she read the system message quietly, but audibly.

{Pack Master Karl Offers Knowledge} Skill [Lightning Zone] will be transferred to the alluring Priestess Kelithuza.

”Hey, why does it mess with me, but flatters her? This is clear System favouritism.” Tabitha complained.

”A whole new skill, and a zone effect. That is lovely.” The Librarian sighed happily, before a sudden sense of dread spread over her.

”What are the restrictions on that skill book?” She asked, recalling the debacle of the [Refreshing Lightning] barrier.

Karl smiled. ”Thatʼs the fun part. I have no idea who can use it.”