The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1117: Do You Know

Once he was satisfied that everyone was in position, Thor bugled and started the charge, with the Dire Bears flanking him and the Undead Army taking up the outside of the formation.

It wasn’t nearly as fun without his Knight, but when he collided with the first Myceloid warrior and trampled it to the ground, Thor decided that maybe this Dungeon wasn’t going to be too bad.

The Warriors were right behind them, only waiting a few seconds for the Undead army to get in position.

Thor instructed them to go past the Myceloids so that the Warriors could attack without passing through the line. That seemed to work pretty well, and they were even considerate enough that they didn’t try to interfere with his stomping.

Cara was disintegrating bits of it, but other than that, everyone had picked another target.

Naturally, that was because the massive behemoth was standing over top of the fallen monster, using [Earthquake], [Lightning Zone] and [Consecrated Ground] as he stomped on the Myceloid.

Nobody dared to get too close and risk being squished by his enthusiasm.

”Hawk, go grab another group and get it over here. We’re almost done with this one.” Karl shouted, loud enough that all the warriors could hear him.

Cindy frowned. That was not how this was normally done. But the monsters had died more than twice as fast as usual, and the healers were looking bored, with nothing to do.

”Have you even cast a spell yet?” She asked Don as the cleric lit a cigarette.

”What one? Nobody is taking any damage. The Undead have full control of the Myceloids, and these ones don’t have any area attacks that strike behind themselves. Only in front.

That Monster Man’s damage reduction is absolutely insane.

I understand that he’s the one who makes the gear, so naturally he has the best, but this is beyond that. I don’t think that he listed all of his own defensive abilities, only the ones that he thought we would recognize as important.” Don explained.

”How so?” She asked as she cast [Rain of Fire] over the Myceloids.

”He said he’s got Limited Invulnerability, but I think that he’s got at least another twenty or thirty percent damage reduction from a skill, plus what is on his gear. Which isn’t actual gear, as far as I can tell.

He’s got an Epic Grade armour spell, and I can’t tell if he’s wearing armour underneath it or just accessories. But normally, only spell buffs spread to summoned creatures, and those Spectral Knights are regenerating more damage than they’re taking.”

That made sense to the mage. The Behemoth species were all known to have immense amounts of damage reduction, and that skill might have been shared with Karl.

However, Thor wasn’t taking any damage, as far as she could tell. His stomping had so badly mangled the Myceloid Warrior that it couldn’t even fight back at this point.

Hawk used [Meteor Shower] to get the attention of the next group of Myceloids, who were intercepted and pulled away from each other by the Spectral Knights before they reached the group. The undead had to shift their position a little to get on the far side of the new arrivals, but the transition was nearly seamless, with fresh enemies replacing the old ones as they died.

”I like his style. Smooth and efficient. No messing around or waiting between groups for the tanks to get their act together, no waiting for them to get the attention of the whole group and not just one or two.

If we can teach someone else this skill, I recommend that we put them in consideration for the off tank position on future runs.” Reggie noted.

Cindy frowned. There weren’t any Necromancers or Warlocks in their Alliance, though.

So, who could even use that spell?

”Patrol, pull the group away from the road.” The leader of the Jackalope group called.

”There are only three, I will hold them until we’re ready for them.” Karl declared, then put his bow away and grabbed the Sword of Champions before he activated [Avatar] to make himself large enough to handle three Myceloid Warriors the size of Ogres.

Just like Ophelia’s weapons did when she transformed, the weapon vanished as Karl shifted, but the buffs it granted remained. Including the life force transfer.

”So, he really is a Tank.” One of the warriors muttered as Karl swatted two of the patrol members to the ground, then flapped his wings and blocked their sight of the rest of the group.

Cindy smiled fondly at the memory of the show his Guild had put on, dramatizing his Guild War duel against Jerome.

”Yeah, he’s a wonderful Tank, he just doesn’t seem to need to do it much.” She laughed to herself, as the warrior wouldn’t be able to hear her over the battle.

[You weren’t joking, Thor. These things do smell wonderful. Have you gotten to taste them yet?] Karl asked.

[Every bit as good as I had hoped, and then some. I hope that we can grow more mushrooms with the steaks that drop as loot after the run.]

Cara laughed. [I grabbed some of the small ones growing along the road. Don’t worry, I made sure they weren’t going to be a sentient thing before I took them to storage.]

Thor’s sisters really were kind-hearted girls.

The fight here wasn’t too bad, so Thor sent the Bodyguards and the Haint to go assist Karl, ensuring that he didn’t have to fight alone. Just Karl’s bodyguards, though. Remi’s bodyguards were too mixed up with the warriors to get away easily.

[Do I go get more?] Hawk asked as the second group was about to die.

[No, let the group finish them off, and then they can work on the patrol before they take a break and get a drink. We’re not in a rush, we can casually walk through and snack as we go.] Karl replied.

Thor smiled as he tore another piece off his new target. This dungeon was really kind to him and Hawk. Not only did the enemies roast well, they were vegetarian snacks.