The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 574

Chapter 574 They Don't Give Up

The tension held on long enough that the defenders were beginning to relax. Almost all of them had completed their attempt to activate a system interface, and another round of candidates was being brought in.

These ones were mostly youngsters from the Divine Beast and Newbon Empires, while the Golden Dragon Nation was holding off, for fears of overcrowding.

But for Karl, Librarian Gareth, and a few others with good intuition, or a lot of combat sense, the quiet was unnerving.

The kids who were waiting their turn had been moved to the former slums of the town, where no ruins survived, and Rae had built a maze of stone walls and pillars for them to play tag in. The clerics were all sitting on the walls, keeping guard, and watching for injuries, while the soldiers finished their turn.

"Bring them out ten at a time. That should be a smooth enough pace that they won't have to wait now that the line is gone." Gareth directed, using the advantage of his enormous size to simply swing his head over to the clerics.

"Alright, the next ten who are it and tag someone come to High Priestess Tessa at the entrance. She will lead you to the trial while everyone else plays. Then you can come back after." One of the Beast Clerics instructed.

That brought an increased energy level to the game, as everyone either wanted to go to the trial or play as long as possible before they had to work.

The Children formed an orderly line to the orb, expertly shepherded by the clerics, and Karl turned his attention to the distant horizon, scanning for danger.

[There, I found it. Fifty metres from the edge of town, a giant sized portal is about to open.] Hawk announced.

"Incoming Portal." Karl shouted, with a gesture toward the portal, which would be under a hundred metres from him.

Both Karl and Remi called their bodyguards in front of the portal location, and the attack began. But not how Karl had expected it.

A barrage of spells crashed into their barriers, and an armed unit of human soldiers in shining red plate armour flew through, attacking everything that they saw.

{Artillery!} Someone shouted from the Golden Dragon Nation lines.

That triggered a barrage of anti-aircraft guns and artillery rounds, which were aimed through the portal to delay the reinforcements.

Three of the Commanders broke off and targeted Dana, who was nearby, but behind the lines.

Then the others focused their attacks on the Spellblades and the soldiers from Newbon.

Thor put up a barrier around the Orb, protecting the children, while Tessa took her spot on his back.

The attackers could move through the air, but like Dana they had to run on air, and that meant it was more efficient for them to fight on the ground, surrounded by larger enemies where they couldn't be focused on with multiple attacks.

For the first few seconds, they appeared to be ignoring Karl. Then a Monarch Rank mage came through the portal just as Karl fired a [Disintegration] coated arrow through the opening.

The mystical bolt hit his shield and shattered it in a single strike, drawing his attention and blood from his cheek.

[Oh, he took that one personally. If he didn't want to be embarrassed, he should have put more effort into his defences.] Remi laughed.

"You damnable beast. I will put you in your place today." The mage shouted.