The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 905: Delilah

Portals opened inside the village seconds later, and a whole team of Dragon Clerics in white robes came through, led by a red robed Totem Ranked woman. She looked like she should be in her mid-thirties, a rather ageless motherly look that Karl was certain was a transformation spell.

Snakebite simply waved at her, and the Priestess nodded before turning to watch Tessa firing attacks from her perch on top of the behemothʼs head, which was resting on the village wall, so he could send spells out more easily.

It also had the added benefit of encouraging the Orcs to rub his head whenever he wiped out another wave of undead.

The Red Dragon Priestess seemed to glide through the air as she leapt from the centre of the village to land beside Karl. It was similar to how Dana could walk on air, but somewhat more graceful. Or, her legs might be strong enough that she could actually jump that far, and she only used the magic to land more smoothly.

”Chieftain, Overlord. I got a message that there was a proper war going on here. It looks much more calm than expected.” She greeted them.

”There is a Totem Ranked Bone Dragon coming through the portal momentarily. The black robed one is on our side, and sheʼs recruited the Death Knights to taunt the enemy.” Karl explained.

The Priestess looked impressed, and motioned for her retinue to join them.

”What was your plan to deal with it? I see that you have a Void Badger, so you could have closed the portals already.” She asked.

”Well, we wanted to hold it on the ground for the Chieftain to fight. We have a Totem Ranked Void Blast skill which will do damage without the reduction of [Totemic Protection], so we can damage it. But Lady Rae, the spider, is greatly looking forward to stabbing it.”

The Priestess looked around at the situation. ”Well, with your abilities, you might be able to take it out. That defensive ability that your team has is quite effective.”

Karl nodded. ”I will extend it to Chief Snakebite for the duel as well. [Limited Invulnerability] should make up for any undead draconic nonsense.”

The woman patted Karl on the head. ”How about you put it on me instead? Dragons should be the one to deal with an undead abomination like a Bone Dragon.”

Karl extended [Void Body] and [Impenetrable Bulwark] to the Totem Ranked Dragon Cleric.

She laughed and transformed into a battle-scarred red dragon with a wingspan so massive that it nearly covered the entire village.

Through the portal, an equally massive skeletal dragon head appeared, followed by the rest of the bone dragon.

Rae didnʼt hesitate.

Chips of bone flew as she stabbed wildly at the dragonʼs back with her limbs, and even called her Golems onto his back to add more damage.

The dragon pulsed with power, and Rae was sent flying across the battlefield, over Karlʼs head and the village, then she went incorporeal and skidded along the ground for a few dozen metres before coming to a stop.

[Satisfying.] Rae sighed as she waited for her body to heal.

[Tastes terrible, though. Like that cheese with the blue mould in it. 2/10 do not recommend.] Cara agreed.

The red dragon took to the sky, where it was met by the bone dragon.

A massive plume of fire met a cloud of black energy similar to the one that Nachtia breathed. The black dragon and Hawk had both retreated from the battle, as dragon breath was indiscriminate, and nothing was likely to survive this engagement.

The two dragons crashed into each other, snapping and snarling as they clawed at scales and skeleton.

Bones shattered as the red dragonʼs claws tore into the undead monstrosity. But in return, the bone dragon clamped its jaw down on her shoulder. Only, it had no effect.

The [Impenetrable Bulwark] skill reduced damage taken by twenty percent, plus one point per day of age, and this particular red dragon was truly ancient. The undead creatureʼs maw spewed black mist over her body, but the priestess continued to tear it apart, shattering bones and throwing them to the ground.

It was a one-sided beating, as a flurry of spells exploded ineffectually against the red dragon. The frantic death throes of a bone dragon which had realized that mortality applied to everything, including it.

Chief Snakebite whistled in appreciation as the other clerics watched in awe.

”I have never seen anything like that. Itʼs like sheʼs got a whole Rank on the undead, it canʼt do anything to her.” One of the Clerics that had arrived with the Priestess noted quietly.

”Itʼs a small advantage granted by having an Impenetrable Bulwark Behemoth in the group.” Karl whispered to them.

The group looked over at Thor, who was watching with intense interest. If he were that old, he would be able to beat up ancient dragons as well. It was literally just a matter of time.

Two massive claws hooked through the eye sockets of the Bone Dragonʼs skull, and the glow of power faded from the undead beastʼs body with a crack of shattering bone.

Rae Shadow Stepped forward to grab a large red gem that fell from the corpse. That would look pretty in her space, and she wasnʼt going to let anyone else claim it. Even if she hadnʼt been the one to kill the dragon.

{New Shared Skill Gained} [Army Of The Dead] Creates a retinue of undead guardians suited to the summoner.

[Dammit, I forgot to move my undead.] Rae noted sadly.

The Death Knights had been standing under the battle, and they were now a pile of ash and bone, destroyed by the aftermath of the clash between dragons.

[You can summon new ones later. Just not now. We donʼt want anyone to think weʼre still under attack.] Karl suggested.

Rae was worried that the spell wouldnʼt summon anything as cool as those Death Knights had been, but if the system didnʼt want to give her more Golems, she would take these ones instead. Maybe she could get an army of bone spiders.

The team didnʼt have nearly enough spiders.