The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 172

Chapter 172 Clear The Woods

The group silently climbed down the tree and followed the noise of the monster camp toward the location the Giants had picked as their base.

The ogres were still avoiding the area, as Hawk confirmed, once he started his overhead surveillance.

"Fifty or more Goblins, ten Ogres, twenty Hobgoblins, and Four Giants. None of them are as large as the leader of the last group, but they all look the same according to Hawk, so I'm going to say that they are indeed more Hill Giants." Karl confirmed.

Bob motioned for them all to follow, and both mages took out wands from their coats. One was the wand of Fireball that they had recovered from the Ettin Mage, and the other looked similar, so they were probably both similar in function.

The more mana that they could save at the start of the fight, the better. They were going to have a tough time with that many Hobgoblins and Ogres, and only Thor, Bob and the Golems could effectively deal with the Giants.

Bob paused only a few dozen metres from the tree line around the Giants' encampment as he made his final preparations.

"Call the Golems as soon as we arrive. Then area damage to remove the smaller threats, while I hold off the Giants with Thor. The wood Golems have a vine attack that can hit multiple targets, so use it on the Hobgoblins.

Karl, I am counting on you, Hawk and Rae to deal with the Ogres.

Once those are down, join us at the Giants, and we will finish the fight as quickly as possible, then retreat away from the camp to rest before clearing the rest of the area." He whispered.

That didn't sound too bad to Karl. With Rae and Hawk, they shouldn't have too many problems eliminating the Ogres, who were relatively slow moving. If he dodged well enough, he might not even have to engage them in close combat at all.

Everyone but Thor agreed that was ideal. The more enemies that you could eliminate from a distance, the better. Even Rae felt that way, and she didn't have a true ranged attack. Instead, she preferred to let the enemy tire itself out on her web before she finished it off. _{freeweɓnovel.cøm}

Karl moved to the right, closer to where the Ogres were gathered, and Bob moved left with Thor to approach the Giants from the back.

The monsters would hear their approach soon, as Thor wasn't great at stealth, being a nearly two metre tall scaled dinosaur. But the sound of monsters moving in the forest wasn't a sound that the Giants were unfamiliar with, and instead of taking it as a threat, they just kept tracking him, waiting for the Cerro to get close enough for them to attack.

One Lightning Cerro on its own was an easy meal for this large group, and that was all that they could hear so far.

The Giants roared in victory as they decided that Thor was close enough to attack, and Karl heard them run off into the trees. They hadn't waited for Bob to launch the attack, but the other monsters weren't joining them, as the Giants would take it as a threat to their authority if the others stole a kill.

That was when he attacked.

[Rae, grab the Ogres with your web to slow them down. Hawk, full attack.] He announced mentally as he darted forward to throw Rend attacks into the unprotected bellies and legs of the Ogres.

Their hide was thick, and tougher than most hardened leather, thanks to their status as Awakened monsters.

None of them were fully grown, as Hawk had informed them, and they were all on the low side of Awakened in power, which was letting his attacks cut deep furrows into their hide, enraging the Ogres, and making them charge toward the trees where he was hiding.

That was precisely what they wanted. Ten to one seemed like good odds to the Ogres, and even after a few of them stumbled and hit the ground, they still saw an overwhelming advantage for their side.

But Hawk was attacking from above, and the fallen Ogres had been killed without ever knowing they were under attack from multiple directions.