The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1118: The Mushroom Man

Once the patrol was down, Karl curled his tail under his feet and settled down on the pathway with his wings tucked and Cara sitting on his head.

”Did you know that dragons could loaf? I’ve never seen a dragon sit like that before.” Steve laughed.

”Probably because Karl isn’t a dragon, it’s just a transformation, and he’s a Cat Demon.” Cindy shrugged, taking up the role of spokesperson for her group, since the Tank was in dragon form.

”We’ve got two more groups, and then the first boss. If we deal with them in the same way, we should not have any issues. How taxing was that extended fight on the healers? Is their mana holding up?” He asked.

”We ain’t done shit. I’ve been standing here chain-smoking and waiting for someone to screw up badly enough that they need me.” Don replied.

Steve laughed. ”Well, if you put it that way, should we pull both groups at once, and use the extra targets to save time with area damage effects?”

He was assuming that the healer was just putting on a brave front, but in combat, he was too busy to keep track of the health information of the group members. So, he didn’t realize that the man was completely serious, or that the life steal of the Spectral Knights was so high that the healers really didn’t have anything to do.

Karl joined the lead group when they were ready to move again, and Thor reassigned the bears and the Haint to join Karl. They would pull the second group back to where the rest of the tanks were waiting, and then get them turned around so that the damage wasn’t hitting the whole group.

That was what the Jackalope Group considered the hardest part of the fight.

You needed to get them to the right position and get them turned around, or get the melee fighters behind them without anyone taking too much damage.

Karl led the team forward, and let out a huffing draconic laugh as he saw the targets. One group of five, and one group of three.

So, they could put the Undead two to one on the first group, while Karl and the Dire Bears each took one of the others. They were significantly larger than the Spectral Knights, so it all worked out evenly, and the spot where the first group was standing was large enough for everyone.

[Hawk, go bring that second group to us. We will grab them and put them at the exit.] Karl instructed as the team edged around the clearing, waiting for Thor and the undead to charge.

Thor charged, and Hawk darted off to go get the second group, while Karl shifted the bears into position.

The Myceloid Warriors came running, and Karl bombarded them with [Void Blast] spells, but for some reason, they were intent on charging right past him and into the other melee.

One massive claw stopped the one closest to the defenders, and Karl slammed the Myceloid down on its back as the bears brought the others to a halt. A few solid hits were all it took to change the monsters’ focus, but the initial targeting concerned Karl.

It looked like they were smart enough to realize once they saw the rest of the team that their allies were in danger and not from the closest enemies.

”Did he just choke slam a Myceloid Warrior?” Don whispered to Reggie as they watched the fight.

”Pretty cool, wasn’t it? I heard that their Overlord team has a Giant Dire Bear Berserker, five metres tall. I bet that she could do it as well.” Reggie agreed.

”The day that the Darklight Host has a whole team of Totems to work together, the Dungeon Bosses will cry tears of blood.” Don joked.

This group was already bad enough, and there was just one Darklight Host Totem in the group.

Wherever they had gotten their extra skills, it was clear from the stories of the Overlord Ranked teams going on in Guild Chat that there were no unexceptional members in their Ranks.

”You know, having oversized tanks in this dungeon is definitely the way to go. See how much easier it is for Karl and the bears to deal with the Myceloids than it is for the Undead?

None of them are being overwhelmed. The three big guys can simply slap the Myceloids around and keep them from doing anything effective, while the Undead block and parry like normal.

The next time they’re doing an intake, let’s ask Raj if he can find us a Bear Totem Berserker.” Reggie commented, only halfway joking.

”Or maybe a Red Dragon. A Red Dragon Paladin would be an outstanding tank in this dungeon.” Don agreed.

The warriors spread out to attack everything, sacrificing individual kill speed for easier constant damage when they weren’t interfering with each other. They could all see that the healers were slacking, and they weren’t injured, so all of the usual tactics were ignored for the fight, in favour of maximum overall damage.

The barrage of skills rapidly whittled away at the life of the Myceloids, and as they began to fall, Thor herded them into a small circle, where the warriors of the Jackalope Group could hit everything with area attacks.

”Conserve mana. Don’t wear yourselves out before the boss fight.” Steve warned as the group began to get a bit too enthusiastic about the fight.

With so many Golems to keep the Myceloids off them, they didn’t have to worry about targeting secondary opponents, or being attacked unexpectedly. It was the most enjoyable fight they had engaged in for years, and they had gotten a bit carried away early in the Dungeon.

The last of the creatures fell, and Karl shifted back to talk to the team leader about the boss fight.

The System could translate Serpent to Common just fine, but it was easier to speak face to face, than to look down on the person you were talking to.