The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 965: Rescue The Dwarves

Karl leapt over a ruined building and found two Ogres standing over a dead Dwarven Earth Mage. That should be one of the Council Members, and apparently no match for whatever groups of Ogres he had found.

But he was also fighting mostly alone, and not with a large group, as Karl had been.

Rae [Shadow Stepped] to the corpse, and hurled it at Lotus, then went incorporeal as a massive fist descended towards her.

The activation of [Leviathan] made Karl nearly six metres tall when fully buffed, and he smiled as he slung his sword over his shoulder, while making a rude gesture with the Haint Claw on his other hand.

”What do you say, gentlemen? Think you can take me two on one?”

The Ogres charged and Karl sidestepped as fast as he could, blurring in the monstersʼ vision as his blade cut deep into the side of the closest Ogre before he stabbed the clawed fingers of his free hand into the wound.

[Soul Steal] began to drain the monsterʼs vitality as the Ogres swung backhanded attacks at Karl, who was still moving. He charged between them, focusing his attacks on the same Ogre over and over as his blade shrieked through the air.

To the watching Dwarves, it looked like a streak of blue fire in the air as the blade spun, parried and attacked, all too fast for most to accurately track.

Remi came over to watch the battle, and contribute a steady stream of [Chain Lightning] attacks to the effort. She needed a skill at Totem Rank, but she just couldnʼt seem to grasp the difference, even though she was looking right at it as Karl used [Void Blast] on every strike.

[Watch, Sister. This is how you do it.] Rae announced, then appeared behind one of the Ogres and began systematically dismantling its back muscles.

The Ogre was rapidly being flayed alive, and her bladed legs no longer seemed to have any issues cutting through the thick hide.

{Skill Master 5 Activation} [Offensive Adaptation] has evolved.

{Totem Rank Epic Grade Skill [Predation] Gained}

[Predation] Passive Skill. The user has become a natural-born predator of everything they see. Increases damage significantly with every strike against a known target type. Bypasses a portion of the targetʼs damage reduction.

{Ooh, the Stabby sister learned a new trick. Thatʼs pretty impressive.} Remi agreed.

Unfortunately, it either didnʼt spread to her, or it only worked on melee attacks, and not skills. There was a good way to test it.

Remi sent her Naga bodyguards to engage the Ogres, and they landed a few strikes, which were doing increasing amounts of damage. But not nearly enough to think that they were ignoring the Totem Rank damage reduction.

Rae laughed at the effort. Predation was only a melee attack skill when used by her. It was part of her body, so if she attacked with her limbs, it was a Totem Ranked attack. But it didnʼt apply to blades or skills the same way. So, for others, it was nothing more than a damage buff.

Even her Golems didnʼt get the full benefit. They werenʼt spider enough, she assumed.

Karl landed three more quick strikes on the Ogre, and the last one carved a deep furrow across its belly, and massive bleeding.

The Ogre retreated, and Karl turned his attention to the other, which was currently trying to catch Rae using some sort of flaming club attack.

Karl swung at its knee, and the Ogre turned to defend itself. But at the last instant, Karl changed his footing and launched at the wounded Ogre, who was caught off guard.

The blade sunk deep through its chest, and surged with power as the ogre died.

Now it was two on one in the opposite direction, with Karl and Rae teaming up on the survivor.

Karl heard Thor laughing in his mind, but ignored it for the moment as he sent a flurry of attacks at the Ogre. It was left with an impossible choice. Karlʼs blade to its vitals, or Raeʼs claws through its back.

It tried to spin with its club, but Rae used [Night Haunter] to simply step back through the wall of the building behind her, leaving the Ogre baffled as to where she went, while Karl was presented with the Ogreʼs shredded back.

A second precise strike with [Void Blast] punched deep into the beastʼs heart, and the second Ogre fell.

”Lotus, how is your patient doing?” He called to the large tree.

Lotus shook her branches happily, sprinkling golden dust all over the ground. The Dwarf was alive again, and recovering, but still in rough condition. Lotus was letting her long duration healing spells take care of his remaining wounds, but he was also out of stamina and mana.

He had fallen when the repeated attacks had burned through his mana pool, and his [Earth Shield] had failed him.

Karl patted the Dwarf on the shoulder as he passed by, and Remi grabbed the mage by the chin to dump a questionable looking potion down his throat.

{New recipe for combined mana and stamina potion.} She explained.

The Totem Ranked Mage instantly looked better, and while it was clear that he wasnʼt at one hundred percent, he did manage to get to his feet and stretch some of the phantom pains out of his muscles.

”I will come check on you in a second. The others need a hand with their Ogre.” Karl explained.

The Dwarf grabbed his pant leg. ”Go east. There is a whole other group over there, and the citizens are on the run.”

Karl nodded, and motioned for Remi to follow him.

[Rae, help them out.]

[They wonʼt need it for long. Cara learned a new trick.]

Karl turned to see what she meant, and realized the badger had a thin rope made of spider silk wrapped around the Ogreʼs neck, coated in [Void Blast] that was pulsing like a buzz saw, or the worldʼs most insane garrotte wire.

That was certainly one way to kill an Ogre.