The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164 Odd Alliances

The fight wound down as the last of the Lizardmen was killed by the concerted efforts of the warriors, and the second team collapsed onto the ground in relief.

"You have no idea how thankful we are you showed up when you did. The attack seemed to go on forever, they just kept coming." The team leader thanked Bob with a tired smile.

"No problem. It's right at the edge of our territory for the search, and we heard the fight. There are more, unless you killed some ogres before we arrived. Our scout spotted at least ten ogres this morning around our zone, and there are only three here." He replied.

This battle still left them with plenty of questions, like if Hawk's description of big green things were all Lizardmen, or a mix of them and Hobgoblins. The fact that the lizardmen had pressured the Goblins into working for them wasn't too surprising, but allying with the ogres was.

The two were both powerful in their own right, and they were notorious for not sharing well.

Seeing them in the same spot was unusual, but if they had all arrived last night, then they hadn't had time to stake their territories yet, and there would be some level of power struggle between the species as they worked to establish themselves.

Doug brought over a water skin for the others, and motioned for them to stay seated.

"Catch your breath, maybe get a bite to eat before you move out again. We've got to keep going and search our zone, but we will wait here until you've recovered a bit." The cleric assured them.

"We will call in the incident. If things got that bad for us, then the other groups need to be warned as well. With two groups working together it was easy enough, but solo, they could be in trouble, and I heard that we're not the only ones who have a student with us." The other team leader informed them.

Doug nodded and gestured toward Karl. "We have one with us as well. The Beast Master, whose Cerro thinks that lizardmen are lawn darts."

Karl chuckled and Thor looked embarrassed. The warriors weren't too worried about it, and they patted him on the side in assurance that they weren't upset.

But when Rae returned to stand behind Karl, the others were visibly concerned.

"This is Rae. She's the ambush attacker of the team. Effective, isn't it?" Karl asked.

"Beyond effective. One scratch and that lizardman warrior nearly bled out. Is that [Lacerate]?" The mage from the new group wondered.

"Indeed it is. I hadn't thought that it would be so effective, but I have underestimated her skills many times in the past." Karl agreed.

Bob nodded. "We all do. The bloodbath spiders are a force to be reckoned with, and Rae is talented well beyond the average. She even made us a safe fort last night so that nothing could sneak up on us." _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

The student cleric looked like he might cry at that bit of news. "Safe places to sleep? That's unfair. We were attacked five times last night."

If you counted every monster that was caught in the nets, Karl's team had likely seen more attacks last night, but none of them got close enough to bother them until the last one in the morning.

"The appearance was a few hours before dawn this time, so if you clear the area around your camp well, then you should have it fairly easy for the first part of the night." Bob suggested, running a hand through his short black hair in concern as he thought of ways to make a secure camp.

"Thanks. I think that we will move tonight. There is a nice cave in our area, and that only has one entrance, which should be easy enough to block off. From experience, the monsters usually don't appear right on top of anything else that's living."

The second group leader ate a protein bar in a few mouthfuls and got his team back on their feet.