The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 237

Chapter 237 Round Two... Fight

The words changed again and Lotus frowned.

"It says Rewards granted, basic testing passed." She explained.

"That sounds a lot like we should be let out, doesn't it?" Karl asked.

"It does, and I'm wondering why we're still here." Lotus agreed.

Then the symbols changed again.

[Beginning Advanced testing.]

"Advanced." Was all that Lotus said, as Karl and Tessa sighed.

[Oh, they want some of this, do they? Yeah, I'll give them some, stupid cold water magic people.] Hawk cheered.

Rae laughed at his enthusiasm. Of course, he was ready for the fight, he was way up there above it, where he had plenty of time to dodge the attacks.

Again a Clan of Yeti Warriors appeared in front of them, but this time it was only one Clan, but nine warriors and a leader. By Karl's estimation, they were all low Commander Rank, including the leader, though he might qualify as mid-Commander.

"Oh, this is going to suck." Tessa sighed as she realized what they were up against.

It was basically a poorly version of the same force that chased them into the cave yesterday, but only ten of them instead of three dozen or more.

"Alright, we can do this. Stay close, so we're all in the Circle of Protection, with Lotus in the middle as our primary healer. Tessa, I'm not sure if you still want to be on Thor, since these ones are a bit taller, but that's your call. Everyone else, you know what to do." Karl insisted.

The warriors began to spread out to surround the group, and Karl launched himself forward the moment they reached the edge of Thor's Circle of Protection. His sudden strike shattered the crude blade of his opponent, and the combination of Shred and Flaming Body let the blade cut deep into the Commander Rank hide of the beast, leaving it gushing blood from the wound in its chest.

The beast collapsed backward, holding its chest and trying to plug the wound, while Karl turned on another.

Thor charged forward to assist, bringing the rest of the group running after him, while Rae's Golems went after the one behind the Yeti that Karl was fighting.

They traded one round of attacks with it, then went for their true targets. One leapt on the furry monster, blocking its sight, while the other went for the back of Karl's opponent, tearing it open with [Lacerate].

These monsters regenerated slowly, and they would likely bleed to death if the group could hold out long enough. They just needed to inflict the necessary wounds first.

The spiders broke off to defend Rae, who was now under attack from the monsters who had come around the back of the fight, and Karl noticed that one had doubled back to cast Ice Magic on the chest of the downed fighter, freezing the wound and stopping the blood flow.

That might work to stop the damage from Lacerate, but that particular target had its organs punctured and burned. Sealing the leak wouldn't help for long.

Still, with the damage patched, the beast carefully got up and retreated from the battle.

He didn't get far.

Once he was away from the others, still too injured to defend himself, Hawk was raining fireballs at him from above, while taunting the monsters with his agility.

Unfortunately, his arrogance cost him dearly, and Hawk took a direct blast with an icicle that sent him directly into his beast space, frozen stiff. He was still alive, but he had taken heavy damage, and Karl worked to increase the temperature of the space and thaw him as quickly as possible.

"What happened to Hawk?" Lotus called.

"Icicle blast." Karl called back, without enough time to explain.

He was facing three of the Yeti Warriors now, each more powerful than he was, at least on the basic skills level. He still had the advantage in brute strength, and Karl was using that to keep them from being able to dictate the pace of the fight.