The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1026: Clearing Sand Howlers

Dana smiled as she watched her golems parry the attacks of the Sand Howlers.

The creatures hadnʼt landed a single strike on the Golems yet, and the Greater Golems had moved to protect the side opposite Tessa and Thor. But Dana realized there might be a better way to do this.

If she shifted the Golems, who had gained her increased attack speed and auto-parry, she could put the Greater Golems between them, and then both the damage and defensive capabilities would be balanced across the whole section of the battle they were responsible for.

The Sand Howlers werenʼt particularly fast, and they were large. So, only three of them could engage each Golem at a time.

That was enough that the stone summons were mostly on the defensive. But they were still managing to land a few attacks of their own without relying on Dana. Her newest attack skills were all flower themed for some reason, with names like [Piercing Rose Thorns] and [Plum Blossom Slash]. But they were every bit as powerful as spells with more dignified sorts of names.

If she didnʼt know better, she would think that the System was messing with her, and giving her skills with names that she would be embarrassed to say out loud.

Nevertheless, they smoothly cut through the thick fur of the Sand Howlers, and every strike left lingering damage from her new poison skill [Toxic Beauty].

She really had been scammed by this Mystic Blademaster class.

The part that annoyed her the most was that it really was as good as she had hoped, and she had even gained the ability to control her [Blade Swarm] skill to the point that she could engage a dozen opponents at a time just with the magical blades.

As she fought, she could feel her mind beginning to expand. Each blade, each summon, was a separate train of thought. And the more that she used them, the more natural it became.

Dana briefly considered that this level of Class might actually be on par with what Karl had if her physique was the same. But as he had Cara on his side, his Antimagic capabilities made him a hard counter to all sorts of mage classes, no matter how powerful.

If he couldnʼt just nullify her attacks, Dana was certain that she should be a match for nearly any other Overlord.

She activated [Plum Blossom Slash] and sent a wave of razor sharp petals into the Sand Howlers, tearing into them and driving back an attempt to get behind her formation.

”Karl has nearly dealt with the Totems already.” Tessa informed the others from her raised vantage point on Thorʼs back.

Dana laughed, of course he had.

Between Karl and Rae, there was little doubt that they would be able to tear through a ten on two battle as if the enemies were made of paper.

As the number of Sand Howlers dropped, Tessa and Thor moved to herd them into a smaller group, where area skills would do more damage. They had multiple area damage effects, and if they could keep the Sand Howlers close enough, they would all be taking continuous holy damage.

Dana shifted the Golems and her Epic Guard around the other side, encircling the last dozen Sand Howlers in a full reversal of the early part of the fight.

Then, Rae was there, all stabbing limbs and flying blood, and the Sand Howlers were dead.

Rae dipped her front half in what Dana took as a nod of satisfaction, and the spiderʼs army of summoned creatures finally caught up to the battle. None of them could use [Shadow Step], so they had to actually run across the battlefield.

Rae didnʼt have that much patience.

Karl jogged over and checked the bodies using Soul Sight to ensure there were no survivors faking their death.

”Alright, Hawk has found more targets for us. Did we want to keep going, or does anyone need a rest? It will take about fifteen minutes to get there.” Karl asked.

”If weʼre in the carriage, thatʼs more than enough time to recover.” Tessa agreed.

[I need a snack. Fighting makes me hungry.] Thor added in Karlʼs mind.

”Alright, I will have my Golems pull the carriage, and everyone else can rest. That way weʼre all fresh for the next fight. There is only one Totem leading the group this time, but there will be a lot more Royal Rank enemies to deal with, instead of Overlords.” He explained.

Tessa hopped down and Thor returned to his space to eat.

It was the one inconvenient part of being a behemoth. His appetite was much larger than when he was a Cerro, and his body was still growing rapidly. Thor wasnʼt quite clear on how large he was going to get, but the name suggested that he would be something close to dragon sized when he was finished.

If he had thought to ask Remi, he would have gotten the full answer. The Impenetrable Bulwark Behemoth never stopped growing. But they got better at reducing their size over time so that they could maintain a more manageable size, and not eat themselves out of a home.

The larger they were, the greater their appetite, and the oldest of the Behemoths dwarfed even the ancient dragons in pure size.

Karl called on a pair of Dire Bears and Rae made them a harness to pull the carriage, which was quite the sight. The two bears harnessed together in a row for more output was overkill, given that they didnʼt even have trade goods in the carriage.

But it looked impressive, and the spell summoned two of them anyhow.

They started moving across the soft ground, and Karl realized that while they were out of the swamps, the lower areas were still very wet and muddy. That was going to be a problem for travelling, but they could make flotation adapters for the carriage wheels easily enough, and the Totem Ranked bears were capable of simply dragging the carriage through any depth of mud.

As long as the carriage held up to the abuse.