The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 229

Chapter 229 Prince Corbin

Everyone unloaded as the helicopter touched down, and a bearded blonde Royal Rank mage came forward to greet them.

"Good, you all made it, and you've had a chance to meet each other." He paused to laugh at his own joke and the obvious tension between the two groups.

"I am Prince Corbin, and as you might already know, these four are Larry, Darrel, Darryl and Darrin, and finally, our ray of sunshine is Rosalind." The Royal Rank Mage introduced himself and the Spellswords, with a teasing glint in his eye that dared the girl to speak out.

The fact she hated the name wasn't a secret, everyone could see it, but it was just as obvious that she had done something to annoy the Royal Rank mage and make him use her full name.

Corbin was dressed as an Elite, so Prince would most likely be a power-related title, as Commander and Overlord were. Larry and Darrel were the Commander Ranked leaders, while the other Darryl and Darrin were the Awakened pair, making for a larger power gap than most groups, but if they had Prince Corbin with them, it was probably some Spellblade Clan related mission, as they were all from the same group.

"Now, I'm not going to ask you all to work together, that would be pushing my luck too far, but I will request that the two groups not attack each other if you see each other in the wilderness. My people have an assignment to hunt beasts above their rank, and the rest of you are here for whatever mission the Church had, so your goals shouldn't overlap by too much." Corbin finished, before nodding in satisfaction in a way that reminded Karl of his father when something went right.

Alice reached out and shook his hand. "Prince Corbin, good to see you again. For those who I haven't met yet, I am Commander Alice, then we have Sister Tessa and Sister Lotus, Dana and Brother Karl."

"Brother Karl?" Corbin asked, looking at Karl's leather armour with the green tunic. That wasn't Church Guard uniform, and he didn't feel like a Priest.

"The Church summons him so often you'd think he was a Priest. He's actually a Beast Master Class Elite, so if you see oddly tame monsters around, they might be his. I wouldn't pick a fight with them, they're stronger than they look."

Rosalind scoffed, but Corbin looked excited.

"Perhaps we could have a little sparring match, as we have two clerics here to deal with any mishaps? It would help build recognition between the two groups." He suggested.

"Sure, the young lady and Karl seem to have a companionable rivalry going on. Perhaps he could duel her without his beasts active, and they could get a taste for each other's skills?" Alice offered.

Rosalind pulled her short black hair back away from her face and smirked. "You don't think that I can handle one Elite with his gimmick pets?"

Alice gave her a vicious smile. "Why don't you try him first and then see if you think you're up to a four on one fight, a Rank above yourself?"

Everyone backed away, all confident in their contestant's chances of winning, despite knowing very little about the opponent.

"I would like to make one condition if I win. Never call me Rosalind again." The girl demanded of her Royal Rank mentor.

"I will consider calling you Muffin again if you win one on one against him. If you can take him and his pets, I will call you Rose." Corbin countered.

That seemed to be as good as she was going to get, and Rose drew her blade, glaring at Karl, who took the two-handed blade out of stasis.

"As I thought, a big slow brute." She laughed, then launched herself forward using a skill that nearly caught Karl off guard.

But he was both fast and strong, and his eyesight had picked up the faint flare of magic around her as the skill activated.

He brought up [Refreshing Lightning] along with [Flaming Body], which he focused on his hands and sword as he leapt to the side of the clearing, and then used a tree to launch himself back at the recovering Spellsword, who had skidded to a stop after missing her target.

She darted out of the way as the massive sword whistled through the spot she had been standing a split second earlier, leaving a trail of flames in its wake.

Her taunting look turned serious as Karl spun the blade and reversed its direction without shifting his feet, a manoeuvre that anyone with normal human strength would never manage with a weapon that large.

With the Spellsword off balance, he chased her back across the clearing with a flurry of attacks as she studied his fighting style.