The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1189: Suppressed Battle

Karl frowned as more thoughts filled his mind, strategizing a defensive perimeter around what the Greater Golems assumed were the weakest members of the group. Cara and the Epic Guard.

”Damnable World Dragon! He can still use all his magic, even under suppression.” The leader of the Giants snarled as he dodged Karl’s attempt to bite his face off.

It took many times more mana than it should have, and they weren’t even at the centre of the effect yet. But yes, Karl could still summon Golems well enough. However, if he was going to keep spamming [Void Blast] he was going to need to supplement his mana supply, even with his prodigious mana reserves.

Fortunately, the Giants were all Warriors, so he didn’t have to deal with too many complex spell effects, mostly just direct attacks.

The Golems were doing an excellent job of holding off the rest of the Giants, but the constant stream of thought from the Greater Golems was surprising. Karl didn’t even hear the Myceloid Kings’ thoughts, and he knew that they were intelligent, as they were speaking to each other in some language of flashing colours he couldn’t decipher.

Then, it came to him.

They were Cerro.

The Cerro Packs shared a mental connection, it was an innate ability of the species, and Karl had just never noticed because it was also a skill granted by his class. So, the Golems treated him as part of the pack, and the Golems were close enough to real Cerro that the mental communication worked.

Karl did notice that their Refreshing Lightning was either missing or superseded by Eternal Lightning, though.

He could hear swearing in the distance, but Karl didn’t have an opportunity to search for new threats. A crushing blow of the Giant’s maul narrowly missed as Karl charged, but the Giant had four arms to grapple with, and only two holding the maul.

The two massive forms were deadlocked for a second, then Karl breathed [Ghostfire] in the Giant’s face, forcing him to retreat.

”Tricky. Using a spell instead of your real breath weapon.” The Giant snarled.

Karl chuckled. ”You’re surprisingly durable. I thought that you’d be a snack by now.”

His claws sparked against the head of the maul as the Giant parried his next attack.

”The Titan Clan does not go down so easily. We are not the discarded dregs of your world.” The Giant panted.

Karl was proving to be incredibly annoying to fight.

Not just because he could still use magic, but because it was nearly impossible to damage him, and when you did, he healed so fast you didn’t make any headway.

The Titan Clan healed quickly as well, but against the greater Dragon species, they couldn’t claim absolute superiority on a physical level.

Plus, those shambling mushroom men were turning everything toxic.

The angry noises were getting louder, but Karl still couldn’t tell where they were coming from. It wasn’t any of the four armed Giants he was fighting, but it sounded too close to be the other Giants, who had retreated along with the Dragonkin to fight in an area that wasn’t covered in spores.

[Gravity Slam] on his fist knocked the Giants’ leader backward, and Karl used the opportunity to assess the battlefield.

Over half of the reinforcements were dead, along with almost all of the Dragonkin, who were trying to flee the battlefield. There were only two more of the Totem Ranked Giants standing as well, but he could see that two of the downed Giants were only injured, and would rejoin the battle in a few minutes if they could escape from Cara long enough to heal.

The pained screaming was coming from the other side of the portals, as Hawk had cast [Apocalypse] through them to stop the Giants from sending any more forces through.

A gurgling moan made Karl instinctively wince in sympathy as one of the fallen Giants had his groin crushed by the foot of an overgrown Cerro golem.

That was enough sign for the survivors that this fight was over.

But they couldn’t retreat when their village was on fire on the other side.

Even if they closed the portals, they couldn’t safely retreat. It had been the opened portal that had drawn them here, so Karl could just open a new portal to their hometown now that he had marked it with a spell.

Or, with a curious badger, as Cara had gone through to look around, but quickly came back when she saw that it was all on fire and nobody wanted to fight.

Another of the Totem Ranked Giants fell to the combined efforts of the Golems and Cara, leaving just one unfortunate fighter plus the leader, who was deadlocked with Karl.

The leader barked an order, and the Overlord Ranked Giants at the other side of the battlefield began to retreat, grabbing the bodies of the fallen as they ran for the portals.

{Good fight. I am sure that I will see you again soon.} Karl informed the Giant.

”Don’t meddle in things that don’t concern you, and we won’t have to.” The Giant replied, nearly shattering [Eternal Lightning] with a strike to Karl’s shoulder.

”The suppression effect is causing trouble for others. I can’t just let it go.” Karl replied, speaking quietly enough that only his opponent would hear.

The Giant retreated a few steps, then grabbed his last standing ally.

”Good luck with that. If you find it, I’ll pay well for it.”

Then the leader hurled his partner through the portal and exited the battlefield.

The portals closed behind them, and Cara climbed up one of the Greater Golems’ backs to inspect the battlefield without the effort of actually flying.

The Dragonkin took one look at Karl’s group, and simply ran away.

There was no point in them trying to get their stolen portal stones back from him. He could fight a Totem Ranked Titan Champion to a standstill, and even when everything else was dead or dying, neither of them had taken any serious damage.

That wasn’t something that their surviving members could handle.

They owed the Giants for that one. If they hadn’t shown up when they did, the Dragonkin would have all died here.