The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1191: Into The Breach

[We might have to risk it. I can heal us, and use Divine Power to supplement your life.] Tian suggested.

Cara nodded. [That sounds good. And I will nullify the effects around you as you go down. If it becomes too much when we get close, you can just fly up again.]

Cara had Mythic Rank Nullify, and that should be close to the peak of what anything in this world should be outputting. If Cara couldn’t mitigate the damage, they really might need to call for Matilda’s assistance.

[Alright, let’s get this show on the road. Everyone, prepare to descend.] Karl agreed.

[Ooh, transform. If you’re not fully in the world, it might not affect you as much.] Hawk suggested.

[Lord of Destruction] Totem Rank Transformation Skill. Ignores most damage types, incorporeal, Deals fire damage to both physical and metaphysical targets.

Hawk had a point. The Lord of Destruction ignored ’most’ types of damage, so it was a good choice for this mission. Plus it was effective on both the physical and metaphysical, so there was a chance it would work on whatever mana suppression effect was killing everything else.

Karl descended through the clouds, and felt the moisture stinging his scales.

[Hawk... does your nearly invincible transformation make you vulnerable to even common water?]

[Water Magic is evil.]

Karl shook his head. He probably should have expected that water was anathema to all that was Hawk. So, he put up [Eternal Lightning] to protect himself from the water. It didn’t take any damage, so very little mana was needed to keep it active, and Karl’s smooth glide down was no longer met with any resistance.

[I can feel the spell struggling with Nullify. We’re good.] Cara announced as they reached a thousand metres in the air.

Then, at five hundred metres, Karl felt a wave of power smash into his mind, before gliding smoothly off his Power Matrix, the twenty-seven focal points that he had arranged to resemble the Chaos Dragon.

The power hit him, glided across his mind, and then seemed to vanish.

But not without a trace.

Karl felt the mana change and shift as it was pulled into the Chaos Plane by the Power Matrix.

That was how Mana could be Manipulated to empower the randomness of Chaos.

He understood now.

{Fundamental Rule Comprehension} Chaos 2% ⇒ 8%

Cara whistled in appreciation. One single mental attack had been enough to let Karl understand that much of the truth of Chaos? She should have devoted herself to messing with him more often, instead of slacking off and having fun.

They could have had a Chaos Empowered Karl by now.

Karl landed beside the Dungeon Portal, then hesitated. He could feel the power emanating from the portal, and it felt like undeath. The mana suppression was there, but it had been twisted and perverted.

[I think it’s glitched. Just dragon breath it.] Hawk suggested.

Karl didn’t actually know how to use dragon breath, though it was presumably a function of the Avatar form. Dragons contained a gland or something that let them use their breath weapon without affecting mana reserves, so it should be biological.

Who knew that middle school science would be useful at Totem Rank?

Karl focused on his mouth, and found that there was some sort of thing there. And when He focused on it, energy built.

So, when the energy peaked, Karl unleashed the wave of dragon breath on the dungeon portal, and instantly the energy signature changed.

From Undeath, it went to vibrant life, but only within the dungeon itself.

Outside, it was still draining every single bit of mana from its environment with the aggressive strength of the mana suppression.

[Well, here goes nothing. Hopefully, it’s safer on the inside.] Karl joked, while Cara cheered him on.

Even if it ended badly, it would probably be fine, she decided.

After all, it was virtually impossible to truly kill a creature of chaos.

Her body could be vaporized into nothingness, and she would simply reform using the combination of Void Body and Chaos Beast Constitution in a matter of days. So, logically, the same should be true of the Karl.

Probably.

Dragons weren’t quite as cool as badgers, so it might take him a year. But not more than that. After all, he was the Karl.

Karl shook his head in dismay at her twisted logic, then stepped inside the dungeon.

And realized that it wasn’t a dungeon at all.

The interior of the space expanded to the horizon, but Karl’s senses said that this was actually a [Tiny World], created by someone at the Mythic Rank.

Unholy energy filled the space, along with a miasma of undeath. But starting at the entrance, life was beginning to spread where Karl’s breath weapon had poured through the portal.

[World Dragons breathe... life?] Tian asked, confused by what he was seeing.

[Maybe it was intended to Nullify?] Opal suggested.

The aura of undeath didn’t feel like it belonged here. So, perhaps Karl’s breath just wiped out the extra energy and the space was starting to heal?

Karl focused and tried again.

A wave of golden energy flowed over the space, dispelling the miasma and causing flowers to bloom and grass to grow in its wake. A small bush started to bloom, then sprouted berries, ripening in seconds.

[It really does make things grow. That’s a good trick. If you use it on the Dana Mage, could we get baby Dana Mages?] Hawk asked.

[You want baby Dana Mages?] Tian asked, not sure why his older brother was so excited.

[We can teach them all to use fire magic. Fluffy baby foxes with even better magic.] Hawk elaborated.

Tian thought about Hawk’s proposal.

No, Holy magic was still definitely superior to fire magic. But if they had both holy and fire magic...

[Cut it out. You’re distracting me. Help look for whatever is causing the suppression effect. It’s just as strong here as it was outside.] Karl warned.

[Fine. But we’re petitioning for baby Dana mages as soon as possible.]