The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1104: Pixie Totems

The White Dragon Cleric gave them a confused look. ”Who is Cara? Was there another mage in your group? We could have made space.”

Dana shook her head. ”Cara is an Overlord Ranked Chaos Badger. Not a beastkin. One of Karl’s bonded partners. She’s got Totem Ranked [Nullify] as a racial ability. It’s absolutely, disgustingly broken against mages.”

Ophelia nodded. ”She tortures Totem Ranked Lich Lords for fun.”

The Cleric blinked slowly. ”You’re saying she can just cast it over and over? As soon as she finishes the activation ritual?”

Ophelia shook her head. ”I’m saying there is no ritual. She can use the skill instantly and at will, until she runs out of mana.”

”How do you even capture, much less domesticate, a creature like that?”

Ophelia shrugged. ”I don’t think that we ever asked. One day, Karl just came back with a badger who liked loot and pranks.”

Dana nodded in agreement. There was more to the story, but that pretty much summed up their introduction to Cara. The question of whether she was actually domesticated could be settled later.

”Is it true that actual badgers will pick pockets? Badger beastkin get a bad reputation as untrustworthy.” One of the Warriors asked.

Lotus laughed, and motioned for Dana to answer.

”Not only will she do it, she will do it while you watch her. Then possibly give the item back if it wasn’t interesting enough. She even has a Skill, an actual Skill, called Pilfer. She uses it on boss monsters in the Dungeon to see if they will give extra loot.”

Ophelia smirked as a memory came to her. ”You know, I heard a story about her from when we were still living overseas. She beat someone up, then stole a barbecue packet from a woman’s purse as a way of suggesting that they roast him as a snack. You never know what she’s going to do, and without Karl or one of her bonded siblings, it’s impossible to stop her from doing it.”

Quinn nodded in understanding. ”Dealing with magical beasts is best left to the professionals. Even if they are bonded, they are still who they always were, and that doesn’t tend to mingle well with other species.”

The group sat in silence for a few minutes while everyone recovered, and when Lotus transformed back to human form, they got to their feet, ready to head to the next boss.

The process was the same as heading to the first boss, except now the warriors were singing along with Lotus’ silly songs.

And that was driving Quinn and the White Dragon Cleric insane.

She was infecting the others.

But morale was high as they reached the second boss platform, and the ranged members retreated to the centre, while the tanks moved into position to intercept the bosses.

Ophelia moved up with them, and Quinn chuckled to himself.

The big berserker had a point. Even if she didn’t want to be the tank, she was going to be one.

The Earth Elementals appeared and Ophelia moved to her right to gather one of them.

But because she was so intent on her task, she didn’t notice the confusion of the other members. These Bosses were larger than usual, stronger, and they were using new skills.

”Something is off. The boss event must have changed the dungeon. Everyone, be on your guard for unexpected attacks.” Quinn ordered.

There were still two bosses, so the fight proceeded as planned. The fact that they were using new skills made it a bit harder for everyone in melee range, but you couldn’t always rely on muscle memory and familiarity to keep you safe.

So, while all of the warriors took splash damage from attacks targeted near them, only a few took direct hits.

”The bosses have changed, but follow the standard procedure. Focus on taking down the west boss first, then the north boss.” Quinn ordered.

Dana moved the stone golems to help Ophelia hold the other boss, while she sent the Greater Golems to help the rest of the team with the main target. With her own spells added, she was confident that she wasn’t slacking on the damage, even compared to the more experienced Overlords of the main team.

There was no question that Ophelia was earning her spot on the team with her damage transfer and ability to prevent a boss from turning away from her.

But it was more difficult to make a noticeable change with over a dozen others specialized in the role alongside you. What she hadn’t noticed was how the boss responded to the different attacks. Dana deliberately targeted the same spots over and over, as that was the easiest way to take down a larger target.

But it was also the best way to do maximum damage to an Earth Elemental.

The deeper into the body you cut, the softer they were, so her strategy was actually noticeably more effective than the others, who aimed wherever they could hit easily.

It took nearly ten minutes to take down the first boss, but Lotus was still in a good mood, so the healing must not have been too intensive, Dana assumed.

She had a lot of constant area healing, and the White Dragon Cleric was taking up the spot healing role for those who took harder hits. The fact that she hadn’t had to do more than that even with both bosses up was enough to keep her happy.

The fact that she had managed to turn her Totems into adorable tiny flying Fae probably didn’t hurt, either.

”Back off and catch your breath. We will take over.” Quinn instructed Ophelia.

They had been trading tanks using taunt skills throughout the fight, but she had been holding this one alone, they assumed.

Only, she hadn’t needed to. The Golems had [Auto Parry] and they were able to block most of the boss’ attacks, so Ophelia was mostly just fighting freely while they protected her.

She followed the directions, though. She couldn’t tell them without transforming, and that would drop off the stacks of buffs that she had built up. Not worth the effort.