The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177 Phoenix Lotus

Bob carefully dug through the bags that the Giant was carrying, until he came out with a large red flower. It was as big as a sunflower, larger than his head, and it radiated a sense of warmth and magic.

Doug looked at the flower with interest. "That is a Phoenix Lotus, a fire Elemental resource. But it doesn't grow anywhere on this continent, so they must have arrived with it. Drinking a steeped infusion of it is supposed to be outstanding for Fire Mages and Berserkers with Fire Elemental attacks.

While our two aren't Fire Mages, they do have some talents with fire."

Doug paused as Hawk landed next to the flower and began to stare at it with a bit of drool leaking from his beak.

"And it looks like Hawk might like some of it as well.

How about I prepare it, and then we will try it over dinner? Even if the tea isn't enough for Hawk, he can always eat the remaining flower after I finish brewing. The process extracts most of the mana from it, but there will still be nutrients left in the petals, which are not edible by humans and therefore not included in the tea." He explained.

[You heard the man, you can have it after dinner.] Karl informed the bird, which was contemplating snatching the flower and flying away with it.

Bob passed the flower to Doug, who tucked it away in his backpack, and finished checking the Giant's gear.

They had all taken to trying on any magical equipment, just in case it adapted itself to the wearer, but most of what the monsters had worn was already damaged beyond repair by the time that they died, and the team didn't include an armourer, so they just buried it with the bodies.

"There is one more piece under the body. We've got a magical sword this time, but that's going to be a two-handed blade for someone." The warrior explained, then passed the weapon to the mages for examination.

Donni struggled to lift the blade, and ended up leaning it against a tree to read the inscriptions. Normally, a human would never use a weapon like this, as it was too unwieldy and weighed five times what a normal two-handed blade would. But if it was powerfully magic, they could get a reward for bringing it back.

"According to this, it is a blade of Ease. Using it makes your skills easier to activate." She explained, after reading the runes twice and verifying them against her notebook.

Doug chuckled as he heard the description. "That's perfectly suited for your needs, in a format that you could never possibly use."

The cleric was right. She specialized in barriers, and if they took even a few percent less mana to maintain, it would directly improve her combat effectiveness by a noticeable amount, and increase the survivability of the whole group.

The problem was that it weighed close to twenty-five kilos to her less than fifty. Even just carrying it all day would be a burden.

Bob picked the blade up and gave it a twirl. "It's not bad with my strength. It's not really my style, since I'm on the front lines blocking, but it might be alright with some practice."

He twirled the blade and struck the ground, activating a skill that sent a shockwave travelling away from him, leaving a deep furrow in the dirt.

"I would say that the reduction is close to thirty percent." He offered.

The mages looked in longing at the blade. Thirty percent was huge.

"You might have to drop in at the Academy and ask the Berserkers for some combat lessons." Karl laughed as Bob gave the blade an approving look.

"I already trained on the two-handed blade quite a lot, actually. It's just not suitable in this group, as we don't have anyone else to take point except Thor."

The Lightning Cerro snorted and stomped on the ground, then tossed his head to the side as if throwing enemies. He was quite certain that his armour was up to the task of dealing with enemies as the tank.