The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1366 Dodge and Deflect

With lunch finished, Princess Rue was back at her training, and quickly adapting to her Commander Rank advancement.

As shocked as she was at her new power level, which was easily twice what it had been this morning, that was nothing compared to the absolute disbelief that filled the minds of their two spectators.

Rue was young, and trusting. When Karl said that it was normal she should advance at this rate with his guidance, she believed him.

But the Librarian was not a young dragon, and he knew perfectly well that it was the furthest thing from a normal rate of advancement. Even the Crown Prince couldnʼt help but to compare it to his own advancement rate, and see his status as a prodigy about to crumble before his eyes.

”Is she really going to make it to another advancement today?” He pondered as Rue devoted herself to practicing her new attack spells and targeting.

Karl had set up a replica of the mage training from the Academy, with a replica Hawk as the defender, blocking her attempts to hit the targets. Simply hitting the target was too easy for her already, but she was not having much luck trying to get past the defender.

Altering the speed of the spellʼs travel and targeting without making it obvious were not skills that she had mastered.

In Karlʼs mind, it wasnʼt really important to focus on this part of her training, as she would have plenty of time after he left to master the techniques. But he planned to make it the contest for tomorrow with the other kids, and for that reason alone, she needed to be the best at it.

Everyone knew that she was just starting, so they would have very low expectations for her. Being able to even keep up with the others would be a huge win for her reputation.

But her stamina also needed work, the same as any other new mage, and when she had to sit to take a break, Librarian Barry was immediately on Karl with questions.

”Alright, now I need to know. What other skills do you have for teaching? Can you just force your student to learn anything that you want? Are there restrictions? Can you do it for anyone?” He began, his words flowing together without time for Karl to answer.

Karl spent a few seconds wondering how he could even explain this in a way that would make sense.

”The skills I can teach are limited to ones that I know, or a compound of skills that I know. But the more complex the skill, the more extreme the restrictions. For example, Mana Suppression is an Artifact Grade skill.

The only people who could possibly learn it would have to already possess a significant understanding of the Fundamental Rule of Mana Manipulation, they would need an affinity for both high and low mana environments, and possibly other restrictions that arenʼt as obvious.

But if I just wanted to teach someone how to use a Lightning Bolt, then most mages, shamans and blue dragons should be able to learn it. Even warrior class blue dragons have a chance to learn Lightning Bolt.

I suspect that if they could, it might even open a Mystic Knight type class for them, as they would be on the path of mixing blades and magic!” Karl explained. ”And what is the source of this strange ability?” The Librarian asked.

”The same as the rest of my skills, I suppose. I have become the Avatar of the World Dragon, so I will just say that the System is the reason.” Karl replied with a shrug.

Librarian Barry smiled. ”So, theyʼre from your Skill Tree, not a fortuitous encounter. That is a good sign, it means that there might be another who might have a similarly useful skill for training young dragons.”

Karl hadnʼt thought about it that way. He was certainly the only one in his own time that had these particular skills, at least to public knowledge.

But this time was much further into a resurgence, so there might actually be a few others who had a similar skill set within the Dragon Isles.

Prince Lukas frowned, the black orbs of his eyes narrowing in suspicion. ”What I gather from this discussion is that you plan to secretly teach the Princess more skills that will help her growth, and guide her toward whatever goal you were sent her for

Karl shook his head. ”Youʼre only half right. I will teach her more secret skills, but itʼs not toward a goal that I was sent here for, but one that she set for herself.”

”And what goal might that be?”

Karl smiled at the annoyed Shadow Dragon. ”Thatʼs a secret too. Perhaps you can get her to tell you, but itʼs not my secret to share.”

Lukas gave him a sad smile. ”With how poorly our brothers behave, I highly doubt that she trusts me enough to open up about anything resembling her deepest secrets. But thatʼs fine, I will figure it out given a bit of time.

I do enjoy a good puzzle.

More importantly, is it possible to teach someone to make this training ground? That magic is entirely too useful, and itʼs a shame that itʼs not available for more of the noble young dragons.”

Karl shrugged. ”Itʼs not impossible that someone will learn it, but who has enough affinity for illusion magic to make the Domain? If they can do that, then the other spells that go with it are not impossible.

However, itʼs not that challenging to modify the [Gargoyle] spell to create a flying defender to protect targets. Surely, someone here knows that spell.”

Librarian Barry smiled. ”I know the Gargoyle spell. I often use them to watch over the Library in my absence, and the ones stationed around the ceiling are quite real.”

Karl nodded. ”Then you can use a standard training ground with durable targets for the purpose. Originally, I had a Dragonhawk serve as the defender. Theyʼre especially enthusiastic about the job if you have a water mage in the group.”