The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 262

Chapter 262 Hunting Frost Giants

Hawk led them away for a few minutes, then directed them to turn left to hit another of the weaker patrols. The stronger groups had gone toward the shout, while the weaker one had carried on their mission.

Hit-and-run was the name of the game that day, and Karl was intending to do as much damage, and make as many groups go missing as possible.

The second Awakened Group went down even more smoothly than the first had, as Karl got used to his bow, and the others got used to working together without Prince Corbin or Alice around.

Being without the Spellblades and their rapid movements and magic changed the way the group had gotten used to fighting, as did having Karl in the distance instead of right up close.

Interestingly, while Ophelia couldn't store the blade the way that Karl did, it had no resistance to her using it in combat, and it happily transferred Karl the energy from the monsters that died near it.

That was far better than he had expected, and with Karl's newfound ability to stun or slow the Frost Giants, the use of a single large weapon wasn't a hindrance to the survivability of the Berserker.

Remi had refused to come out and see things with her own eyes. She was a monster, but a cold-blooded one, and she would have to burn mana to keep from freezing. She could extend her powers out just enough to cast [Blizzard] when needed, and that was enough for her as she hid in the tropical heat of her swamp.

Thinking about that made Karl realize that the others were getting cold, so he instructed Hawk to find them somewhere to hide and reheat.

[Go north. There is a small cave in the mountains there. It looks dry and unoccupied.] Hawk instructed.

"Follow me. There is a cave ahead, and we will rest for a while and warm up before we head out again. This cold is unnatural, and I don't want anyone getting frostbite." Karl instructed.

Hawk settled into a tree outside as they hid in the cave behind one of Dana's barriers. It didn't have the illusion factor that Prince Corbin's did, but there had been vines partially obscuring the cave entrance, and the barrier would keep any nearby monsters from smelling them inside.

Karl turned up the heat from the sword to warm the small cave, and took out his map to note the battles that they had been in. The instructions were to make reports no more than once a day, and only right before you moved on from a location, in case the Frost Giants had found a way to track communications.

They weren't known to have any such technology, or really any technology at all, but if they had gotten their hands on one of the military radio phones, they might be able to decrypt all the nearby messages or even track the source of the signal.

That could be disastrous for the teams who were operating in the field, so the standard procedure was to send the message then move on, leaving the area where they might be able to track the team to.

Of course, this didn't matter to the main lines, as they weren't hiding from anyone, but for Karl's team, anonymity was their friend. Even just being able to collect the bodies of the fallen Frost Giants and have Remi coat the area with new snow would make it incredibly difficult for the enemy to track their movements.

They would know that their teams were missing when they didn't sound the horns at the next random interval, but they wouldn't easily stumble across them either.

[Hawk, what else do we have in the area?] Karl asked once the group was beginning to get warm again.

[Nothing close. You've only got an hour and a half until it is dark, and the closest group is over six kilometres from you now.]

[Alright, you can come into your space to rest, or stay in the tree, whichever you prefer. We will stay here the night, and then go hunting again in the morning.] Karl agreed.

"Short day everyone. There is nothing close enough to hunt before dark, so Hawk recommends that we stay here. We will head out in the morning and get back to work." Karl explained.

They had two communication devices on this trip. The emergency phone, and the standard open channel radio. The first was safely stored in his pack, but the second was tucked into Karl's armour, with the earbud in one of his ears.