The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 480

Chapter 480 Wilderness Detour

The kids were quickly packed up into the wagons, and Karl's team prepared to head out.

"Will you be following us to town?" The retrieval team leader asked.

Karl shook his head. "No, we need to make a delivery to a nomadic tribe today, and if we go through the city we won't make it on time after all this delay."

The team and the bandit kids all looked concerned with that answer.

"You're going to make a trade deal with the nomads? The Yellow Tusk Orc Nomads? Are you insane?" The team leader asked, unconsciously checking his armour as if they might hear and attack.

"It's just a load of dried fish, it's not like we're trading weapons. Besides, I'm pretty good at getting along with Orcs."

One of the wagon drivers laughed. "Is that even possible?" _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}

"Of course. When they challenge you, just tell them off and demand to talk to the boss."

The wagon driver held his belly as he laughed. "Oh, it's like that. I suppose if you're not averse to a fist fight with an Orc Champion, it's a good method. Presuming that you don't die of stupidity."

Ophelia changed back to Werebear form and took a seat on the front of the wagon after everyone else was loaded. She had put Cara in the wagon to keep both Lotus and the Void Badger entertained, and they were ready to leave as soon as Karl finished chatting.

"Alright, gentlemen. Good luck with your work. Perhaps I will see you again one day."

Karl turned the wagon northeast across the road and into the open grassland.

He had a general idea where he was going thanks to Hawk's scouting, and now he just had to wait for the bird to find the exact spot where the Anomaly was going to appear.

Thor was making good time, as the grass was mostly untouched, and the dirt soft enough that the wheels weren't taking jarring hits, except when they found a hidden stone.

[There is a large group of people walking in the distance, near the hill with the three upright stones where the Anomaly should be.]

[What species?] Karl asked.

[Orcs, mostly. But they've got some others with them.]

That sounded odd for Orcs, but Karl altered Thor's course so they were all headed for the Anomaly location. Even if the meeting with the nomads went badly, it would be good cover for them interfering with the Anomaly.

"There is an Orc tribe ahead. They're near where the Anomaly will appear, so I will go meet them, and we can delay until the Anomaly opens. If what Bishop Misty told us is correct, it should be soon." He explained, so the others understood.

The Orcs sent a runner when Karl was still five kilometres from the stones. He turned to meet them, so the Orcs didn't think he was running away. But he didn't turn directly so that he would end up with a few hundred metres of the stones when they met each other. The Orcs were intending to pass by the stones, but they had stopped on the far side to see what the merchant who would keep driving a wagon toward them wanted.

The Orcish runner straightened the tie around his neck, worn with nothing but a pair of tattered black shorts that were once fashionable pants.

"Yellow Tusk Clan Chieftain, World Smasher, wishes to im-choir what yer business is."

He spoke slowly with a thick accent, as if unfamiliar with the language.

That was a major change from the last time Karl had seen them, when the leader spoke with a posh accent, and wore fancy clothes that the clan had made themselves, not looted from another species and altered.

[Rae, make a pair of simple black pants that will fit the leader of the clan.] Karl instructed.