The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 194

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The battle was over, with the Goblin tribe and the invading Orcs all dead, but not without a grave cost. Even the healing magic of the four clerics present couldn't save five of the members of the other group, which had been attacked by the Orcs. _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

They had been killed in a single strike, with no time to heal them or save their lives.

"Headcount." The Captain of Karl's group asked wearily.

"One down, seriously injured and recuperating." Their cleric replied.

"Five dead, including the Major, two injured." The other cleric replied.

The Captain sighed and shook his head. That Orc attack had been too much. From the moment that they had killed two Ascended Golems in a matter of seconds, he knew that there would be casualties, but losing a Major, the other Ascended warrior here, had been unexpected.

The second group couldn't continue alone without him. It was simply too dangerous out here to allow them to go on without an Ascended Rank leader, especially with their diminished numbers.

While the soldiers mourned the loss of their own, and the clerics did last rites, while finishing the healing of the wounded, Karl searched the bodies. The two-handed blade had bonded with him, and when he thought of dismissing it, it vanished, but remained available as a presence in his mind, similar to the beasts, but just present, and not in a space.

There were magical blades on all the Orc warriors, which made him wonder where they had come from. Even for an elite group, that was too well armed. They had faced Commander Rank Ogres before, and they hadn't been anywhere near this level of equipped.

But the blades were almost all they had. There were no coins on the bodies, and their decorations were all made of bones and teeth. Even their armour was hardened monster leather, though it was tattered now, and unsalvageable.

Alice came over to inspect the bodies, while the clerics came to inspect the weapons Karl had gathered, after stopping to pat and congratulate Thor, who was celebrating the fact that he had been a Cerro Knight for the battle.

"These blades are all magical. Most of them are just common grade enhanced blades, but this one is a blade of Skill. It will reduce skill cost use." Tessa explained.

Karl smiled. It was the second time that he had observed that effect, and the other blade was in the hands of Bob Mackenzie.

"Did you need it, Elite?" The Captain asked Karl when he noticed the smile.

Karl shook his head. "I bonded with the two-handed blade I took off the Champion."

Tessa made a grabby gesture, and Karl took it out to hand to her. She turned it over in her hands, reading the inscriptions, and becoming increasingly confused.

"I have no idea what that is supposed to do. It says the effect is called the Champion's Reaping, but there isn't a description, and the other runes don't make much sense. They're in Orcish, not the common magical language, but I am at least a little familiar with them." She explained.

"That's alright, I know what it does. It's a form of life drain." Karl explained.

Tessa nodded, then handed the blade back. "Life Drain is good. Is it the healing or the strengthening sort?"