The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1236: Speed Run It

Karl winked at the Dragon. ”Oh, I can most definitely duel better than I could at Totem Rank. I don’t think that I will have too many issues, even if they ban summons from the format.

Plus, I have a secret weapon if things get messy, and I don’t think that any of the others will be able to stand against it alone.”

The item only increased one skill by one Rank. But if he made [Avatar] turn him into an Immortal Ranked World Dragon, the fight would just be completely lopsided.

The damage reduction alone would make it nearly impossible to hurt him, and the extra strength would turn it into a slugfest that nobody else could win in an enclosed area.

Lars realized the same thing after a few seconds. Dragons had an immeasurable advantage in an arena setting, in that nobody could run away from them. Even if you weren’t a warrior class, you were still a dragon.

Just bite them and bathe them with your breath weapon.

In that order.

The Golems didn’t slow down as they reached the boss, because Karl was distracted talking to Lars, so the boss fight started immediately, with Karl just adjusting the target of his attacks when the golems moved.

[Spam fire Void Blast at the centre of the chest.] Cara instructed, causing Karl to change tactics and cast more than one type of spell.

The rapid fire black bursts exploded over the boss Ape, who staggered back before flailing at the Myceloid Kings as the Earth Elementals circled behind it with massive broadswords made of stone.

It was so screwed.

{System Announcement} New Kill Time Record Achieved

{Enhance Difficulty Level?} Y/N

Deve paused as he saw the message.

”Dammit, they really found a way to do it.” He muttered, while Cara mentally cheered.

Beating up stupid apes who only attacked the closest thing was no fun.

Deve steeled his will, then thumped his paw on the ground.

{Yes} He announced.

{Select difficulty level.} 1-5

Before he could answer, Cara appeared in front of him and threw her paws up in the air, like she could grab the System message and keep it for herself.

[YES! ALL THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL!]

{Difficulty Level 6 chosen} Good Luck

Deve Roared. {You Damnable Badger! You’re not even part of this fight, why are you here causing me headaches?}

Cara laughed as she danced out of the way of his paw, but then there were Apes coming from every direction, while the next group along the path doubled in size and began to glow with increasingly potent red light.

{Enrage effect. It gets stronger by the second, but we’ve got to fight through these new monsters to get there. If this affects the other groups attempts to clear the dungeon, I am going to strangle that badger to death.} Deve informed them.

Cara laughed as she flapped up into the sky and began to hurl [Void Blasts] at the new apes.

They were mostly Totem Ranked, and would be relying on numbers to delay the dungeon group, and not massive amounts of damage.

However, every fifth one was a Mythic Demonic Ape, effectively tripling the number of real enemies that they had to fight, while the regular groups were all on an enrage timer.

And the Gods only knew what they would face when they reached the next boss.

Karl chuckled and transformed into the [Avatar] of the World Dragon, then took his golems to charge the enraged group.

{Deve, you strategize. Dana, work with him to clear the way. Cara, you had better pull your weight if you’re going to cause trouble.} Karl insisted.

Seeing that there were Totem Ranked Apes now, Rae came out to play, bringing four spider Golems with her. Then her whole group of Spectral Knights.

She didn’t have any Mythic Ape blood in her bath, and it didn’t smell too bad. Kind of leafy and meaty at the same time.

”Well, at least she called for reinforcements.” Lars chuckled as he watched the group’s lone warrior trying to fight off a wave of Totem Ranked Apes to get to the main fight, where Karl and his Golems were just reaching the enraged Demonic Apes.

Karl felt a surge of power from the Blade of Champions as he attacked, and the weapon got its first taste of Mythic life energy in a long time.

This was what it needed. New infusions of higher quality energy.

[Brutal Pugilist] applied its bonus damage on top of [Shatter] [Sharpness] [Brutality] [Rampage] and [Predation]. The final effect was dragon claws that cut through tough ape hide like warm butter, and blood everywhere.

Rae made a mental note to go there and clean up in a moment.

Once Karl was finished with the enraged ones, she could go get all the good blood for her bath. It might not be what she was after for her advancement, but the earthy notes made a good base, with strong vitality and regenerative energy.

She would just need to target the other components toward the changes she wanted to make.

Karl caught a massive fist in his own, then bit down on an Ape’s head. He shuddered at the feeling of crunching bone, and decided that using skills was probably better than brute force.

He didn’t share Rae’s opinion about the flavour of Demonic Apes.

[Gravity Slam] sent a shockwave out in front of him, knocking the apes off balance, and giving the Greater Golems in the form of Lightning Cerro a chance to knock them to the ground where they could be mercilessly tormented as they tried to get back up.

Then, Deve was with them, and the rest of the group began to push forward, keeping the fight clear of the extra monsters.

{The Enrage effect is getting strong. We need to keep pushing forward. Once these are dead, push forward and engage the next group.} Deve instructed as he went to join Dana’s Golems.

{Got it. They’re almost down. Surprisingly durable things.} Karl agreed.

With [Bestial Regeneration] and their earth magic, the Demonic Apes were becoming hard to kill, even when outnumbered four to one by Golems and constructs.