The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1319 To The Safe Rooms

Karl let the portal close behind them, and then led his army of recruits through to the academy grounds by the trial tower.

”Headmaster. Get the students to a safe room. We are about to see an influx from the Immortal Realm. Most likely Giant Frogs at the Mythic Rank.

Thousands of them.” Karl announced the moment he arrived.

For a second, everyone froze, then there was shouting as orders were given, and the emergency alarms began to blare.

That would send the students running to the secure areas, but there was no warning level that sent the strongest instructors inside. It was the job of the Overlords on the staff to defend everyone, but today, there would not be much that they could do.

”How certain are we about the timing?” The Headmaster asked.

”One hundred percent. Give or take thirty seconds.”

”Fuck.”

In the Chaos Realm, Cara laughed. There was no way that he could have any idea how bad things were about to get just from Karlʼs explanation. But she couldnʼt go anywhere, Lady Matilda was nearly finished her advancement, and she had hundreds more attempts to invade the planet to swat.

These people were incredibly determined, and all the attacks were coming from the same artificial planet within the Immortal Plane. So, it should be entirely the adherents of one group who did not yet understand that their leader was dead.

The first portal opened five seconds before Caraʼs estimated time of arrival, and a familiar head appeared.

”My friend Oobleck, itʼs good to see you again.” Karl welcomed the Octopus.

{You again. Itʼs always you.) The Octopus complained, but he didnʼt stop the invasion.

Dozens of Mythic Rank octopus monsters floated through the portal behind, him, and then a few hundred giant crabs wearing armour plates over their shells.

”Oh, no more frogs? Well, thatʼs a shame. The frogs are tasty. Now, should we do this here on the ground, or should I fly up to meet you in the air?” Karl asked.

Oobleck glared at him, but flew up a few thousand additional metres to move their fight away from the invasion.

[I want a pet crab.] Rae demanded.

[What do you even want a crab for?] Karl asked as he shifted into the Avatar of the World Dragon.

[Crabs are weird. Theyʼre spiders with harder shells and pincers.] Rae explained.

[Well, if you can keep one alive and tame it, you can try to keep it. I doubt that it will work, though.] Karl informed her.

Rae shrugged. If it worked, it worked. If not, she would eat it.

It had better work, though. She wanted to put her baby rogue on a combat crab mount and give her a spear.

Oobleck inspected Karl as he flew up to meet for the challenge. There was seriously something wrong with this creature. It was the Avatar of the World Dragon, but it wasnʼt a dragon at all.

As far as he could tell, Karl was a Demon, who had gained the favour of the Dragon Pantheon.

But he was also Mythic Ranked, with the ability to use Immortal Essence in his attacks. That shouldnʼt be possible. If you could channel the essence of Immortality, the lowest of Divine Energies, you should automatically advance to the Immortal Rank and undergo tribulation.

Somehow, he had granted himself an Immortal Realm Epic Grade body, and Immortal Rank attacks of the Chaos Element, but Tribulation did not come for him.

It might be time to plead with a power higher than his own master to intervene. Mere Demons should not be allowed to flaunt the Fundamental Rules like that. {This time we finish things.} Oobleck declared as he surged with power. The Beast Gods had answered his prayers to punish the cheating Demon. A massive phantom creature formed behind the octopus, but Karl continued to stack spells, in preparation for the complete obliteration of the octopus. The phantom solidified into a massive cat, radiating divine energy. That was Karlʼs signal, there was no more time to delay, or he was toast.

A hundred prepared and held [Chaos Blasts] flew to Oobleck, and a bolt of holy energy lashed out from the catʼs projection, striking Karl and causing a massive thunderstorm to form overhead, pelting the entire area with Divine Lightning.

For a moment, the projection looked confused.

Karl was scorched, and half his body was covered in black mist over missing scales, but even with tattered wings, he was floating in the air, alive.

But on the other side of the battlefield, only a small central core of Oobleck remained, missing all its limbs and most of its body.

To say that the Immortal had survived was generous, but it could regenerate even this massive level of damage. However, what it could not do was contain or direct the attention of the Divine Being that it had called upon. The Demigod Rank feline stepped out of its own projection and into the mortal realm.

This world smelled awful, weak in mana and infested with dragons. But it had found a most curious target. Sure, it had only been a casual swipe to make the octopus stop bothering it, but this ʼnot a dragonʼ had survived.

Mortals simply didnʼt survive when a Demigod slapped them with holy wrath.

That was not how it worked.

Their inability to survive even a casual swat was a theory that he had tested millions of times, while looking for a suitable prodigy among the newborns of his domain. But only once did he find a true Immortal among them who could

survive his attention.

Behind the cat, a small black and white figure appeared, delivering the killing blow to the crippled Immortal Octopus, and ending Oobleckʼs millennia long

reign over his territory.

[The Supreme Lady is finished her advancement. She will stop the attacks from

here on out.] Cara explained.

The cat turned, having heard her thoughts.

{A Chaos Badger?} It asked, unsure what to make of this situation.

Since when were Badgers and dragons allies? They werenʼt even from the same pantheon, and most worlds would not have both of them running amok at the same time.

Whatever.

It didnʼt really matter, and he was more curious to see what happened if he hit

that creature that wasnʼt actually a dragon again.

[Holy Smite] lashed out, striking Karl straight in the chest, and sent him

tumbling to the ground in the Academy grounds.

The shock of the impact, and the aftermath of the attack, levelled nearly every remaining building in the Academy, leaving only the Trial Tower standing intact. Screams of terror and agony echoed through the area, and then from the Demigod as vicious teeth bit into its ear.

[You like that? Iʼll bite your ears off.] Cara sneered.

[Damnable Badger.] The cat grumbled as it swatted at the tenacious creature

with its paw.

Holy claws raked across Caraʼs side, but she had been swatted into the air, and flew towards the horizon before she could get her one uninjured wing to slow

her momentum.

Rae turned her attention up, and the cat stared back.

This world was strange. Why were followers of the Beast Gods angry at him for

swatting a dragon? A mortal dragon at that.

And now his ear hurt.

He was going home. Screw this place and its crazy mortals.