The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1533 The Better Part of Valor

The surviving Sect members exchanged glances, then activated various defensive items that teleported them away, leaving nothing to fight, and a very disappointed Rae, who only saw one body that couldnʼt be resurrected, and Karl had already turned it into a modern art exhibition.

”How is everyone?” Karl asked as he transformed back to human.

Well, as human as he got. That beard was getting out of control, and he noticed that his fingernails were now shiny black and as hard as blades.

”Weʼve lost at least twenty young Immortals. Soul Damage too severe for a resurrection. I donʼt know about the others.” Jin replied in a tired voice as he lay on the ground, utterly spent.

Karl nodded. ”I will call out a specialist. Or is Brother Chin here somewhere?” ”Brother Chin is dead.”

Karl looked around in the Tiny World, and settled on Lotus. She was the only one he knew for certain could do the job.

”Whatʼs up boss? Oh, this isnʼt good.”

The little cleric immediately transformed into [Tree of Life] form, and rustled her branches in concern as the dead failed to raise.

”Theyʼve taken soul damage. Resurrection isnʼt going to work. But you have [Rebirth], donʼt you? To start them over in a new body?”

Lotusʼ branches wobbled as she nodded.

{Yes, but they will be children. There isnʼt enough soul left for it to resurrect as anything Immortal Rank.}

”Do it. Better children than dead.”

Jin and Alisha watched in awe as the soul damaged began to vanish, their bodies turning to pure energy, before reappearing under the branches of the healing tree as small children.

Compared to the Soul Energy of an Immortal, these Royal and Monarch Ranked children were only a fraction of a percent as strong. But that was all that was lingering around those who could not be resurrected by the Immortal Rank Dark Elven Priestesses.

The process went on for half an hour, with Karl keeping [Implacable] and a Mana Pylon active so that Lotus didnʼt exhaust herself with the effort.

{Thatʼs everyone with any lingering soul. Nine out of twenty-two.}

She was clearly dejected by the failure. But if the soul was entirely destroyed, you couldnʼt expect them to be reborn. That was the truly cruel nature of the Immortal Worlds.

Lotus transformed back and slumped into the grass next to Alisha. Then, her eyes went wide, and she rolled over to snuggle up next to the Elemental.

”Oh, so warm. This is nice. If only you were furry.” She mumbled before promptly falling asleep.

Karl shrugged at the womanʼs confused expression. ”Just let her rest, sheʼs earned it. I will explain later.”

In this world, a human of Lotusʼ power level was basically trash tier. If it wasnʼt for her extremely rare skills, her actions would have been seen as something akin to having a strangerʼs dog just jump on your lap.

The Elemental didnʼt know where Karl had gotten her from, though she suspected that she was from a Mortal World.

The [Rebirth] spell wasnʼt one that she was familiar with, but she knew the concept. Rebuild the soul from scraps and put it into a body that was suitable to the remaining power.

A second chance at life, that came at the cost of your Immortal lifetime of achievements.

Some particularly paranoid sorts would actually set up Necromantic magic of the same sort, where they trapped a portion of their soul and created an automatic array to have it recreate them if the rest of their soul was destroyed. It also gave them a better link to the world, so they could be resurrected a much longer time after they had died.

Creepy, but effective.

”We need to get moving. Their Elders of that Sect are going to be here soon to get the bodies. They will have felt the deaths, and we need to be somewhere that is not here.

Just in case someoneʼs personal disciple is among the dead.”

Not intervening in the fight definitely wasnʼt going to stop them from wiping out the whole group if someone tried to stop them from rescuing their protégé. Or worse, if Soul Siphon had killed them permanently.

The Blade of Champions was happy to take the vital energy of Immortals and Mortals alike. So, there were definitely going to be some who were difficult to

resurrect.

”I will move Lotus back to her own bed, and we can go. Itʼs better that I donʼt bring her to the Clan as a Mortal. She can come visit when she reaches Immortality. Sheʼs still young and from a Mortal World, but she will get there.” Alisha smiled as she had an epiphany. ”Sheʼs a green dragon cleric, isnʼt she? The way that she immediately gravitated to the warm spot to nap, she has to be

a green dragon cleric.”

”Right in one.”

The Elemental giggled. ”Green Dragon Clerics are always funny. Absolutely unhinged, even when theyʼre not stoned out of their minds.

You havenʼt lived until you have tried their unique blend of ʼRelaxing Incenseʼ. There is nothing quite like it.”

Karl nodded. ”The incense isnʼt quite as potent as their so-called meditation inducing cigarettes. But itʼs not bad. It actually keeps the house smelling rather

fresh.”

Then he opened a portal back to the Clan, located directly in front of the

Alchemy Hall steps.

”Why are we going to the Alchemy Hall?” Alisha whispered.

”Because I donʼt know where the healerʼs hall is. I have enough healing and regeneration magic of my own that I havenʼt seen a need to visit it.”

The elemental rolled her eyes, but before they could go anywhere, a group of Elders and white robed healers were rushing over. They had been informed that the group was carrying bodies back, and intended to save as many as possible, not realizing that Karlʼs group had already done most of what they

would be able to.

”Clear the way, clear the way. Wait, why are there children? Is that Brother Chin? Why is he tiny?”

The white dragon in question flapped up to Karlʼs shoulder so he could answer without looking up.

{Soul Damage. But Karl found a Green Dragon Cleric to cast Rebirth. Now, I am small again. Does that mean I get to go to school?}

The other healer laughed. ”And terrorize the other children with your demands for perfection? I think not.”