Chapter 338 Pretty Rocs Obtained

Chapter 338 Pretty Rocs Obtained

The bodies of the Rocs were littered with damage, plugged with dozens of arrows, but few of the attacks actually made it past the under layer of their feathers, which Karl found to be as strong as Rae's silk when he tried to pull a few of them free.

"No wonder everyone is afraid of these things. Look at that, an arrow fired by an Ascended Archer didn't even cut through the flesh. Between that and attacking from a thousand metres in the air, most of the world couldn't even fight back." Karl muttered to himself as he examined the corpse that had landed closest to the lines.

That was where everyone had gathered to see what a bird with a fifty-metre wingspan looked like up close.

It was large enough it could prey on Hill Giants and carry them away in its claws, a true terror of the skies. But it also had magic, both defensive Earth Magic and offensive Fire.

While the students examined the closest body, Hawk flew back out and stealthily stole three for himself. They had secrets that he wanted.

He was powerful, but they were powerful and scary.

It was nearly twenty minutes before anyone noticed that the other bodies were missing, and teams were sent out to go look for them, in case they were wounded and escaping.

"Professor! They're not alive, Karl's monsters looted the bodies. They do that." Lotus shouted out to avoid being sent with a team to look for a giant bird that she already knew they wouldn't find.

"What do you mean, they looted the bodies? That thing weighs literally tonnes, how could they even lift it?" The professor asked.

"Don't ask me, it's some magic thing. They just whoosh, vanish, into a separate space. They do it with the Giants all the time." She explained.

"Why would they even want them?" The teacher asked, not following her explanation.

"You know. Snacks, growth resources, decorations."

On Morgana's shoulder, Remi nodded happily. She would negotiate with Hawk later, as she wanted some of those feathers for her space, and he had a lot of them now.

Maybe she could get some of those colourful ones from the belly with the multicoloured stripes. Those ones would make great ornaments.

"You know, there is just something about you that attracts trouble. Did you see how those things basically ignored an entire offensive line to attack you?" One of the other students asked.

Morgana laughed and patted the student on the shoulder, before he noticed Remi staring at him from only centimetres away and dropped to the ground in panic.

"Dammit, woman, that's a poisonous snake." The boy shouted.

"Are you saying that you have a strong personality?" Lotus asked, looking down at him.

He nodded. "Yes. And an intense fear of snakes."

[Who could hate me, I'm adorable?] Remi asked.

Karl smiled, and Morgana looked between him and the snake. "She just got offended that someone called her scary, didn't she? I've never seen her try to act cute and offended at the same time." The Witch Doctor laughed.

"Is that what she's going for? She just looks offended, like she slithered in something foul." One of the nearby mages joked.

Remi tilted her head, wondering what she was doing wrong that they weren't getting the message.

"See, that is adorable. The other just looks offended." The mage added.

"Does everyone suddenly speak snake?" The snake phobic warrior asked, backing away as he rose to his feet so that there were two other people between him and Remi.

"She's really good at it. Out of all the beasts I've ever met, I think only my pet dog and Thor are better at conveying emotion, but Thor only knows happy and playful." Mick joked, with a gesture toward Thor, who was playing kickball with some of the students.

{Off-duty students may now return to your regular schedule.} The radio announcement sent everyone walking toward camp, leaving only about a tenth of their total number along the front lines.

"Alright, Karl is with me, and I think the rest of you already have your assignments. Oh, Mick is with us as well. I'm doing the ancient history lessons today." Morgana informed them.

"Great, straight from rock dust in combat to super dry history lessons." Mick sighed.

Karl patted him on the shoulder. "It's not that bad. Morgana finds the interesting parts of history to bring up. Though some of that is certainly because I'm most interested in the parts that might lead to System relics and rare resources for the beasts."

"Well, that has to be better than Professor Jones' descriptions of his times spent exploring the catacombs under the Capital. How can you spend forty years on a career without a notable accomplishment?" Mick sighed.

"Well, at least I don't need to worry about that. I have found a number of cool things already." Karl replied.

"Oh?" Morgana gave Karl a sharp look, but he knew most of it couldn't be mentioned. The dungeon in the hills near the Frost Giant border wasn't classified, though.

"There was a mission, not long before the war started, where I went to investigate an anomaly, and it turned out to be a combination of Yeti magic and a dungeon instance that had appeared beneath a cavern complex. There was a whole trial challenge series, and a village of Dark Elves, plus the Dungeon Instance itself. That's where I found Remi as an egg." Karl explained.

If they were already enthralled in the story, they would remember more of the lesson.

"Let's start there today. Why don't you describe the architecture, and we will try to match it to an era and region." Morgana decided.