The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 907: Bhurk Regiment

The reinforcements that came for them turned out to be two Battalions of infantry from the 7th Bhurk Regiment. Both were made up almost entirely of wrath Demons, and they marched with heavy shields in a phalanx formation, ideal for preventing hordes of zombies and other lesser undead from getting into their ranks.

They even had specialty shields made, which intrigued Karl.

They had a pin and barrel latching system, with a pin on the left, and a hollow tube on the right, so that when the soldiers were shoulder to shoulder, the large shields could be interlocked to form a defensive wall that the taller Demons could attack over.

That was an advantage that the Wrath Demons had on most other species. With the average soldier standing well over three metres tall, they dwarfed the undead army, and even the vast majority of the Orcish locals.

”Avatar of the Red, it is good to see you again. We were told that there is a Dragon Favoured warrior here, who will draw the undead with their mere presence.” The leader of the first battalion to arrive greeted Priestess Delilah.

”Battalion Commander Daleth, I believe that it might be a whole group. Red Priestess Tessa has much favour of the gods on her, and her mount is certainly destined for greatness, despite his racial limits.

But it is the one known as Karl who has far too much destiny swirling around him. The Old Gods favour him.” She replied.

The Demon gave Karl an appraising look, and Karl shrugged. ”Thatʼs what the clerics keep saying. But mostly, I just have incredible luck.”

The Totem Ranked Wrath Demon smiled. ”Thatʼs all the favour that you really need. You still look young, though. Perhaps their favour extends to an increase in your growth rate as well.”

Karl nodded. ”My class has definite advantages over most when it comes to growth. I grow as my beasts grow, and the separate space skill that I have for them increases their growth rate.”

”What do you have for beasts? So that I can inform my men.”

”There is a Blood Destruction Demonic Spider, a Winged Void Badger, a Naga Shaman Queen, a Ghostfire Thunderbird, and the Behemoth that Priestess Tessa is riding is one of my bonded partners as well.” Karl offered.

The Demon frowned. ”Your luck must be insane to have stumbled across such an interesting variety of beasts.”

Karl shook his head. ”Itʼs a side effect of my class. It helps them evolve as they obtain new skills and treasures. Hawk, the blue streak up in the sky, used to be a Common Rank Windspeed Hawk.”

”You named your Windspeed Hawk ʼHawkʼ? Why not just call him bird?”

Remi laughed as the Demon clearly judged Karlʼs lack of naming skills.

{I am fairly sure that Hawk was the only one of us who was named by Karl without any input into his own name. There is actually one more, a Glasswing Butterfly, but sheʼs still in her early growth phase, and wonʼt interact with the outside world.} Remi added.

The Commander nodded. ”That should be enough information. I have a general idea what each of those species is capable of, and what a Naga Shaman can do, so a Shaman Queen should be the same, but on a larger scale.”

Remi nodded. {I have specialized in large area attack spells. It burns a huge amount of stored mana every time, but I can just about clear a battlefield.}

Having the beast spaces, plus the mana storage staff that Karl made for her, was a blessing. It would be so boring if she could only maintain a full output [Apocalypse] or [Meteor Storm] for half a minute or less.

The other battalionʼs leader, a Totem Ranked Wrath Demon named Ligo who could almost have passed as Commander Dalethʼs brother, came over with news.

”I have a report from the staging area scouts. The portals are opening now, and we can expect attackers along the border within the next ten minutes.”

The sun was just coming up, and they had been fighting most of the night, so the villagers were mostly exhausted and already in bed. They wouldnʼt be able to stay there long if the invasion came to the city walls again, but the two battalions were staged outside, where they could make best use of their trained tactics.

[We could just not fight them now, if we wanted.] Cara suggested.

It wouldnʼt take much to just keep closing the portals until the undead got annoyed and went somewhere else.

[We will let the villagers sleep as long as they can. Did you want to have a quick nap before more fighting?] Karl replied.

He had been on the wall for most of the night, firing arrows, but he wasnʼt so tired that he couldnʼt join the next wave of the battle.

[Eternal Lightning] recovered stamina with ease, especially when you were just waiting around for the next wave of attacks, and the constant healing of Lotus in Tree of Life form negated any chance of a hangover, though most of Karlʼs team had gotten at least a couple of hours of sleep before the attack started.

While they waited for the attack to begin, Hawk returned to his scouting pattern, watching for signs of portals opening in the grasslands around them.

If the red dragon was right, they should be receiving a rather large force to their location soon, and he had learned to trust the instincts of the clerics. If Tessa got a vision of battle, there would be battle. If Lotus saw snacks or a new friend, there would be snacks or a new friend.

Now, at first, that skill had seemed somewhat flaky. But knowing who was a friend and where the food was were both extremely valuable survival skills.

[Portals are opening. All around the village this time, about a kilometre out. Not large, mostly under two metres. But there are at least twenty of them open right now.] Hawk reported as the Bomgon attack began.

”Twenty portals in a full ring around the village. How do you want to deploy?” Karl asked.

Commander Ligo gestured out towards the troops. ”We brought enough soldiers to surround the village. We will let the villagers hold the wall, while we hold outside the moat. Dalethʼs men will take the north, I will take the south.

You can array your team with the villagers for the start of the battle, but kindly hold off on charging out until the initial shield wall is broken.

After that, it will be more of a melee, and everyone will recognize your people as allies.”