The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 911: Somebody Call 911

Even though Remi had created the swamp to spite Hawk and his giant anti water user fireball, the Demons were not the least bit upset about the battlefield conditions.

It confused the skeletons, slowed their reinforcements, and if you knocked one backward into it, the creature took longer than usual to get back up, giving the warrior time to catch his or her breath.

[That spell takes too long. I want to do it again now. Karl, I need a thing like Remi has for more mana.] Hawk complained.

A piece of Jewellery with enough mana storage to let him double cast that spell was an absurd request. Even three items wouldnʼt be enough to fully replace his mana. But he could get back enough to not slow down his other attacks while he regenerated for a while.

[I will work on something for you once weʼre done with the undead. You might have more ideas with some practice.] Karl agreed.

He had a point, Hawk thought. The new fireball had just been invented, there might be room to improve it.

Remi broke his concentration with a new idea. [You know, if I aimed {Thousand Year Flood} straight down, and then flew around the battlefield to clean up, that should make it rain about 3 centimetres a second for a hundred metres around me.

I could be a rain goddess for the withered crops.]

Hawk snorted. [For one, you canʼt fly very fast, youʼd flood everything. But more importantly, this is clearly just bullying.]

Karl chuckled. [You two cut it out. No fire versus water arguments in battle. Besides, youʼre both still losing to Rae in kills.]

Hawk paused. That couldnʼt be right, could it? NO! She really was beating him, even after his huge fireball. It definitely took too long to recover from.

The reminder got both of them back to work, creating [Hellstorm] vortexes to pull the undead together for faster clearance rates, while the rest of the group tried not to laugh at their renewed motivation and rivalry after Hawkʼs new spell.

They would ask about it later, but watching the bestial siblings clearly trying to one-up each other was highly entertaining for those who could see it from their position.

Karl found himself too far from the battle again and switched to his bow, which caught the attention of the demons.

”Now that is shiny. Where did you get that?” The one on Karlʼs right asked as he hurled a fire bolt over the front rank of defenders and into the swamped skeletons.

”My guild made it. Itʼs a custom piece, obviously, but we have Overlords for smithy, Alchemy and Runecrafting.” Karl explained as he fired volleys of [Void Blast] arrows into the swamp.

”How are you not out of mana?” The same Demon asked.

Karl smiled and shook the bow. ”Itʼs got a reduced mana cost for the arrows. Theyʼre actually quite efficient to cast, and I made accessories for mana regeneration.”

The Demon fired a few more shots as he considered the description. ”I will have to talk to the Commander. I bet that he could get approval to buy a few like it for the Squad Leaders. Now, the rest of us might not make enough in a year to even consider buying that, but the army is a bit more generous with those in leadership.”

That was certainly going to be true if they were willing to purchase Epic Grade Overlord Ranked weapons. That was a very generous benefit by any armyʼs standards, even if they were well worth the cost.

”You know, those arrows are particularly effective. Is there more than just the void spell on that arrow?” The other Demon asked.

”The void blast is layered on top of a Poison Arrow made solid with [Blessed Item]. As it was made specifically for me, I went a bit overboard. But the arrows get a bonus against anything sensitive to holy damage.

With me adjusting the void blast to larger radius with lower initial output, the blast causes holy damage to multiple undead at a time. Iʼm quite proud of this one, even if I didnʼt make the base bow that the Runes were added to.

That was done by our Guildʼs Grandmaster Smith.”

The demons near Karl all chuckled. ”Now youʼre making us all jealous. But against the undead, a holy explosion is just ridiculously good. Even a little bit of holy damage would be a huge damage increase. Plus, their damage ignore doesnʼt work on holy damage.”

Karl nodded in understanding. ”I will talk to the two Commanders after the battle, and see if they can get approval for a number of items that will add holy damage to attacks. Wait, I have a temporary solution.”

Karl focused for a second to cast [Talisman] with runes for bonus holy damage on it. Then he folded it in half and stuck it in the armour of the demon on his right.

”Try that.” He instructed.

The next fire bolt exploded with a flash of golden light on impact, and the nearby skeletons were more charred than usual. So, Karl made a half dozen more and gave them to everyone standing nearby, including Remi.

There was no need to give them to the golems and bodyguards, they already got enough bonuses.

Shining golden blades made short work of the undead, even if the overall effect was a bit like an outdoor concert in the middle of the day, with all the flashing lights.

Karl made a mental note that the holy damage runes were not stealth-friendly.

The swamp was rapidly being cleared with even a half dozen holy damage talismans, and Karl realized just how much difference being properly equipped to fight the undead made. The Demons had absolutely zero affinity with holy magic. The only chance they had at it was becoming a cleric to another speciesʼ god. And even that was somewhat sketchy.

So, what had been a stalemate between unholy magic element users was completely overturned with just a few added Holy Magic spells. And that gave Karl a great idea. It wouldnʼt take much to make a cloak pin or brooch that gave them some holy damage, or converted a portion of their damage to the Holy element.

That would absolutely annihilate the undead hordes. It was simply not something that had been available to them, not a new idea. Making items with holy damage, that were compatible with Demonic users, wasnʼt something that most clerics could or would do. It would normally reject them.

But Karlʼs talismans had been fine, so he hadnʼt realized there might be a conflict yet.