531 Guard The Farm
Once Remi and her bodyguards were in position, with two on Karl's left, guarding the side of the house, and one on his right, making sure that the escorts for the General didn't get overrun by a single Giant Boar, Karl was ready to begin.
[Alright, it's safe to come out now. Cara and Rae, I would like for you to stick together with Rae's Golems. Clear the area beyond what the Minotaurs and Satyrs can see, and loot as much food as you think we might need in the future. These all appear to be Commander Rank boars, and there should be Royal Rank Cyclops with them. That means plenty of high-quality blood for Rae.
However, if you find a Monarch, inform me before you start fighting it, and I will join you.
I know that at least Rae needs the Monarch Rank blood for her personal grooming, and if it's an edible species, it could be good for everyone's development.] Karl instructed.
[Monarch Rank Giant Boar...] Hawk was almost drooling at the thought.
He was already looking for one, but the Boars didn't appear to come in anything but Commander Rank. Being a spawn situation, there were no young ones with them. But it was also incredibly rare to find a Monarch Rank Cyclops. Hawk had scouted most of the way to both cities down the road now, and he had only seen three of them, two of which were at the fortress. The Overlords would take care of those in a few minutes, so there was only one that was an actual option, and even that one was over twenty kilometres away.
[We might have to wait for tomorrow's spawn to get a good one.] He informed the others.
Karl chuckled at his depressed tone. [What makes you think that we're going to still be here?]
[There are thousands of Commander Rank boars. They're overrunning farms almost as fast as the farmers can flee, and the city is full of them. We did alright walking through the Hill Giant lines, but these are stronger.] He replied with pride.
It was strange to have pride in what he viewed as a food supply that he didn't even raise himself, but Hawk's mind worked in its own special way.
Karl could hear him mentally calculating the food supply from multiple days of harvesting the boars, and how much space he had to store them in. If he processed them and got rid of the parts that weren't tasty, he should have enough for at least a week's harvest in the space he dedicated to boar type animals.
Rae came out of her space, and Cara appeared on her back as the Bloodbath Spider summoned her golems in the distance.
[Forward trusty steed. We shall clear a path of destruction through the boars. Delicious, delicious, destruction.] Cara insisted.
Karl stared at the strange spectacle for a moment and then realized that Cara was much bigger than he remembered, She had gone from badger to large dog sized, and when she spread her wings for balance, she had a wingspan as wide as Rae's standing posture.
[Are you getting close to advancing?] Karl asked her, curious about the change.
[Nope, I don't think I'm even halfway there. I'm just getting big. I'm working on a skill to adjust my size, but mostly I think I've just been eating too well. I need to start exercising.]
Why she wanted to adjust her size was a mystery, but Karl suspected that it had something to do with punching Drakes in the face. She kept facing big things that didn't respect her because she was small.
They vanished off into the darkness with a barrage of [Disintegration] and [Boulder Toss] attacks at the handful of nearby boars.
Then they were on the surprised Cyclops, whose night vision was apparently terrible because it hardly reacted until the Golem was liberating its head from its body.
Karl looked around the farm and realized that he might have miscalculated. With the dynamic duo going crazy on his side of the property, he didn't actually have anything to do.
He could hear the others fighting, and one of the Naga Warriors had gone to assist the Satyrs, who were losing their fight with the Giant Boar.
Karl heard huge rushing feet and saw one of the massive beasts coming for his left side, where the other Naga Warriors and Remi were stationed. Then Thor was on his feet and charging at the armoured challenger. This was his yard, and nobody was just running inside.
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