The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 501

Chapter 501 Eternal Troubles

None of them were sleeping deeply, except for Lotus under the [Disintegration] bubble that Cara had erected over them while they slept.

At first, Karl thought that it must take a lot of energy to keep an attack spell active all night like that, but the void badger used it like a tripwire. There was almost no energy in it until something touched it and woke her up, then she would lash out at them.

With [Eternal Lightning] active, it was no burden at all, and she could keep it active without interrupting her normal night's rest.

So, that was what she did, and took full advantage of the fact that they had a small person for her to cuddle like a stuffed toy.

The first few hours after their arrival, the monsters seemed just as confused to be here as Karl was to see them there. But once they got their bearings, they began to spread out and stake their claim on the surrounding areas.

Nothing had claimed the areas that were dangerously close to their camp, but twice in the early morning hours, Karl heard the sounds of combat as they either attacked a distant farm, or were attacked by the locals whose territory they had trespassed on.

The farmers were mostly Minotaurs and related species around here, and they did not take kindly to whatever these creatures were.

Without light, Karl couldn't be certain, but to thermal vision, it still looked like Yeti and Drakes, as Rae had described them.

The whole group was up with first light, too nervous about the situation to sleep. "What are we going to do? Do we follow the river toward the road and continue with the plan to keep working as merchants? Or do we just assume that everything has gone to shit if they're getting random monster spawns in the monster nation?" Dana asked, gesturing with a spoonful of oatmeal to emphasize her words.

Tessa sighed and nodded. "Some of the monsters are sure to settle in, while others will be killed in territory wars. But hanging around longer than necessary isn't a particularly smart call.

Whether we go north to get out, or east as planned to finish our loop, I think that we shouldn't delay. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

It might only be this area that is in trouble, but I have an idea of why.

The Golden Dragon Nation has always had too many anomalies and some low-level dungeons. That's why nothing else really wanted the territory to begin with, leaving it to the humans.

But now there is a stable dungeon here. A stable dungeon should also mean unstable anomalies that dump monsters on the area. That's how it works at home."

Karl frowned.

"So, that means the region around the Dungeon is likely to have a never-ending supply of trouble, just appearing?" He asked.

"So, what way are we going? Where does Hawk say the easiest way through is?" Ophelia asked.

"There isn't one. No matter where we go, we're going to have a fight. They've just been avoiding us because they think we're a sleeping monster pack, and they didn't want to fight at night.

Now that the sun is coming up, they will realize that we're a merchant wagon with guards. Once that happens, they will get more aggressive, especially the Drakes. I don't know what skills these sand coloured ones have, but we can hope that it's not something hard to deal with." Karl explained.

Tessa shrugged. "The Copper Drakes shouldn't be too bad. They are a type of sand dragon. They use a corrosive sand cloud attack. The problem will be if they're working with another monster. Drakes are smarter than people give them credit for. They can adapt to the weaknesses of their enemies, and bolster the strength of their allies.

They might not be as powerful as their Draconic cousins, but the Drakes are a higher order beast, and if they're working with an intelligent monster, they could be forming complex and deadly strategies.

What does Hawk say about the power levels?"

Hawk did one more loop of the immediate area to check, and found that it was mostly Ascended Rank, but there were two Commander Rank Drakes in his scanning range.

"Mostly Ascended. At the same level as the Dungeon, so it shouldn't be too bad for us this morning. But that could change at any time."