The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1293  Freed Boss

The Fallen Seraphim huffed as Karl kicked it in the chest, gaining a bit of space to attack from a new angle.

The others were quickly clearing the additional fights beneath them, while Karlʼs fight with the boss seemed ready to tear the dungeon itself apart.

Something about the restrictions on the dungeon had changed, as the other Seraphim only flew enough to launch themselves into combat, but the boss had not only left his platform, but he was fighting in the sky, and damaging the actual dungeon.

That was not normal.

The visitors to the dungeon could damage it, but the occupants never did.

”You, Monster Man, I will end you today.” The boss promised.

”Big words for someone who hasnʼt even faced the Chaos Badger yet.” Karl joked, panting with exertion from the extended fight.

Cara had joined him in the air, but other than firing off a few attacks at the back of the boss to keep him distracted, most of her work had been to supplement Hawkʼs role of aerial bombardment on the main forceʼs fight.

{Rewards Degraded} The dungeon informed them.

That meant they had been in here ten minutes now. Not long, but longer than Karl had expected to be facing the first boss.

Further down the dungeon, Hawk lit an entire street with eerie black fire that made the wings of the Fallen Seraphim glow. The beasts were almost to the final boss now, and it was behaving perfectly normally.

As long as Karl could hold this one in place, they could finish the run and then come back if he hadnʼt completed the fight.

The boss realized the same thing, and began working his attack angles so that they would be closer to the group with every engagement, but Karlʼs speed was enough that the progress was minimal. The best that the Fallen Seraphim could do was to break away and dart below Karlʼs range of attack, gaining a few dozen metres before Karl was on him again and forced the fight to the ground. Now, their skills were even more evenly matched, as the boss had lost the advantage of skill with three-dimensional fighting. [I really need to get Dana to write me up a combat style book at some point. There has to be one that I can use.] He thought, while Cara laughed in his mind. There was no way that Karl could fight like the Dana Mage. For one, his leg wouldnʼt even lift that high, he couldnʼt do most of the kicks. Plus, it was made for someone with [Auto Parry] and Karl didnʼt know that skill either.

[Ooh, we could get a new sister who fights like a human. That could work.] Rae suggested.

They already had the Haint Claw, and the Epic Guard, but her fighting style wasnʼt a skill. Well, maybe they just werenʼt proper sisters? One was a weapon, and the other was summoned, so they might not count.

The Haint Claw did try to help Karl understand fighting styles, but his body wasnʼt built like the Haint was, and the weaponʼs fighting style required limbs that bent in multiple directions.

The boss was slowing as the number of injuries added up, but the rest of the group was already on the other boss of the Dungeon, and it was falling fast under the immense weight of their combined attacks.

The Greater Fallen Seraphim, as Karl dubbed the four winged versions, were lightning quick, and incredibly skilled fighters. Even Carnage couldnʼt get the upper hand on them in battle. Not even two on one. But there were two dozen other Golems involved, as well as three beasts, and that left no escape.

The death of the last remaining target brought a shift in the energy of the Dungeon, as if its resistance to Hawkʼs efforts to drain it had been removed.

All that was left was Karl and one battered Fallen Seraphim, in a hellscape where not a single building was left standing, and the life essence of the blood pools was rapidly draining into the freshly evolved Dark Flame Phoenix.

”You fought well.” Karl commended the boss as Cara approached from the back.

”As did you.” The creature replied.

Then, its power soared, and erupted as the boss sacrificed itself with an Immolation style attack, blanketing the entire dungeon in Unholy Fire.

Eternal Lightning fell under the force of the attack, and Karl felt the Bestial Raiment armour spell beginning to melt before he got the defensive spell back up over the group, and his healing kicked in to mend the blistered and charred flesh under scorched fur.

[2/10. Fun to watch, smells awful. Do not recommend.] Cara commented as the last ashes of the boss floated through the air.

{Solo Challenge Complete.}

{2 Time-Based Penalties Applied}

{Calculating Rewards}

Karl sighed in relief, then focused on Dana, who was currently fighting monsters on the way to the second boss. She was doing well, with the healer keeping her from needing to expend excessive amounts of mana on her Golems.

She was also taking the opportunity to take on a role as a front-line fighter, which she very rarely got to do. It was a good opportunity to work on her stamina, and keep up with her combat skills so that they didnʼt get rusty from disuse.

She might be too strong for the arena, but that didnʼt mean that there was no more need for her to train.

{Reward Granted} [Skill Book of Unholy Beast Transformation] Beast Master Subclass exclusive. Grants an Epic Grade Beast or Beastkin form, of the Unholy Element.

Tian frowned at the book in Karlʼs hands. That was the exact opposite of what they needed.

But, it was an Epic Grade skill, so it would give an Epic Grade body to the transformed user, even if it was just a crappy unholy beast.

[Try it out, letʼs see what the Karl can turn into.] Cara suggested.

Karl used the skill, and activated the [Unholy Beast Transformation]

{Determining Form}

{Beast} Demon Crow

{Demibeast} Tengu

The Tengu species were a form of crow demon, as Karl recalled, with large black wings. So, the two forms were related, with one being the beastkin form of the animal.

Which made him wonder. If he gave this to Dana, would it let her turn into a Demonic Fox? Small and black and fluffy? That sounded rather cuddly.

Tian frowned. That did sound cuddly. But Unholy was still the opposite of what they were going for. She should be a Divine Fox, not a fallen fox.