The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 991

Karl raced through the darkness, following the sounds of snarling and crashing towards the heated battle. Then skidded to a stop when he saw the situation.

Cara was squared off against a tiny ball of glowing fur, with a large shining rock in its paws.

She cast [Void Blast] and the fur ball surrounded itself with a rock shield, then pelted her with spears of holy light, which she blocked with a barrier of [Disintegrate].

That made the spears explode, and the cavern trembled.

They were attacking multiple times per second, and the whole cavern complex was trembling.

Karl shaped a [Bulwark] to trap the furry creature, cutting through the stone to put it in a full bubble, and the battle stopped.

"Cara, what is that?" He demanded.

[It stole my rock.] Cara complained.

Karl paused to take in the room. There was a nest of soft dirt, the body of a long dead white fox, which felt as if it had been incredibly powerful when it was alive, and then the furry thing with the shining stone.

"Are you sure it was your stone, or was it in the nest with the furry thing?"

[I saw it first, it's mine.]

Karl sighed and rubbed his temples. That tiny furry thing could stand toe to toe with Cara in a duel. Whatever it was, it was not weak. And it was probably the offspring of that dead fox.

"I think you might have tried to rob its nest while it was watching the fight." Karl explained, wondering if the creature was intelligent enough to know that he was advocating for it.

[It wasn't here.] Cara insisted.

Then the creature stuck out its tongue at her, pointed fox ears visible now that it had lifted its head from the defensive position it had held around the stone.

It definitely heard her and understood.

At somewhat less than the size of his palm, this had to be a newborn fox. Of whatever insane species that dead one came from. Just the fact that it was willing to fight with Cara over a stone was impressive.

The fact that it hadn't immediately lost was even more impressive.

Karl stepped through his [Bulwark] and knelt down.

"Hello, little one. I have spoken with Cara, and she will refrain from taking your precious stone." Karl gently greeted the fox.

The creature gave him a skeptical look, and Cara shrugged. The battle was fun, and she didn't really need one more shiny stone if it meant that much to the little furry thing.

[Who are you?] A childish male voice asked in Karl's mind.

"I am Karl. Cara is one of my bonded partners. I apologize if she was mean to you."

[It was mother's. She can't have it.]

Now Cara felt bad for bullying the little thing.