The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 904: Totems Lead The Force

The revenants and the ghouls were nothing like the zombie horde. Not only were they much faster and stronger, they were also vaguely intelligent.

They didnʼt mindlessly lumber forward into traps or into Thorʼs [Lightning Zone]. They were smart enough to go around the visibly dangerous areas at the very least. Plus, they had good enough senses that they did at least attempt to defend themselves against the thrown spears.

The silent battlefield became suddenly deafening as the Revenants began to leap the moat and clash with the Orcish defenders. Blades met claws or the corroded blades left from the Revenantsʼ past lives, and Lotus increased the radius of her Tree of Life effect to spill out over the moat.

Like Thorʼs [Consecrated Ground] ability, simply standing in the aura was enough to damage and destroy the invaders, who were not all durable enough to endure.

While there were countless Overlords in the undead army, the majority of the numbers were made up of Commander and Royal Rank undead. Those died in droves, but they provided cover for the stronger undead behind them.

Chief Snakebite watched the flames sear the souls of the incorporeal undead away with a smile.

”You are a good man to have in a fight. Your team can fight with anything. Normally, we need to call for more Shamans when they send Ghosts and Haints. But how does a spider stab a spectre?”

Karl just shrugged. ”She believes that it can be stabbed, so it can be stabbed. But she can also make herself incorporeal, so there might be some sort of interaction there.”

The Orc nodded in satisfaction. That was good enough for him. Much of the worldʼs magic worked because you believed that it did. At least, in the opinion of an Orcish Chieftain that wasnʼt particularly magically inclined.

The density of undead near them was increasing, so Karl began to use a larger radius explosion on the [Void Blast] infused arrows to keep them off the walls.

Remi and the local shaman were working together to create a flame storm around the village walls, a burning blizzard with stronger than usual winds. They had started it twenty metres from the moat so that it wouldnʼt affect the spear throwing, but even with Remiʼs power level, that wasnʼt enough to stop any but the weakest of enemies.

If they wanted to do that, she was going to have to use [Thunderstorm] or [Apocalypse].

Naga Swamp was a great spell in the proper setting, but it only created a radius around Remi, and the shape couldnʼt be altered. While defending a village, that would just make a mess.

But today, the undead were surrounding the village, though no more portals had opened since the first batch, and repeated casts of [Hellstorm] through the existing portals only slowed the influx for a few minutes.

Karl looked out over the battlefield and saw a pair of Overlord Ranked Necromancers marching through the portals with an escort of Death Knights, and a black robed demon of some sort.

No, that wasnʼt a Demon, that was Rae, walking between them like she was part of their team, and the Necromancers hadnʼt realized that their formation had been infiltrated yet.

They stopped and raised their hands, bringing a wave of magic to the battlefield with a grand spell that was melting the flesh from the dead zombies, and slowly raising them as skeletons.

Rae watched silently as the Necromancers got halfway through the spell. Then, with a Dagger in either hand, she stabbed them both through the heart, killing them both instantly, which caused the half formed skeletons to crumble to ash, while the Death Knights stared at her in shock for a second, then kneeled before her.

”Did the spider just gain a retinue of Death Knights?” Chieftain Snakebite asked.

”I think so? They look like they intend to follow her, donʼt they?” Karl agreed.

”So much for loyalty among the undead.” The chief laughed.

The battlefield was suddenly full of burning embers as Remi decided that a full [Apocalypse] was needed to deal with the number of undead on the battlefield.

She was burning through an immense amount of magic to cast that at full output, but she was only going to need a few minutes to clear out the survivors of the invasion force, then she should have time to recover.

She wasnʼt just burning through her own mana, though. The Orcish Shaman had some sort of magical device or spell that was feeding more mana to Remi, adding to the amount she was regenerating.

The Naga Queen was loaded with Mana Storage and regeneration items, but for an Overlord Ranked area attack the size of a battlefield, no amount of mana regeneration would be able to keep up.

Rae sent the Death Knights back through the portal with a wave of her hand, and Karl waited to see what she was up to.

A few seconds later, the Death Knights escorted another trio of Overlord Rank Necromancers, all black winged Magic Demons, onto the battlefield.

Where they were promptly assassinated by Rae.

[And people say that Iʼm the one with the best sense of humour.] Cara joked.

Whoever was still alive on the other side of those portals was going to lose their minds when they realized that they had just sent three Overlords into a trap because they assumed that all the Undead should be on their team.

But for some reason, the flow of undead had stopped.

Rae went invisible and stuck her head through a portal to see what was going on.

[Oops, we broke the schedule. All the skeletons collapsed when I killed the last ones. I think that they know weʼre messing with them. Yeah, they definitely know that weʼre messing with them. Theyʼre totally sending a Totem over here.

Hey Cara, itʼs a bone dragon.]

Chieftain Snakebite was waiting for Karl to say something, as the battle was rapidly ending.

”They are sending a Totem Ranked bone dragon to come attack us. I think that if you can get to it before it starts flying, it should be a good fight. If not, I will have my team try to bring it back to the ground for you.” Karl explained to the Chief.

Snakebite was the only Totem Ranked fighter in the area, but just in case, Karl sent a message to Prince Stephen, the Totem Ranked Cleric.

[We are at the village led by Chief Snakebite, near the border. There was an attack through portals tonight. Suspected Totem Ranked Bone Dragon attack coming soon. If there is a military unit nearby, please advise.] Karl messaged.

[Understood, there are two units already en route to your location, both with Totem Ranked leaders.]

Well, Karl supposed they had made a bit of a spectacle in the dark with all this fire, and the Orcs constantly setting off fireworks along with the flares to illuminate the battlefield.