The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 264

Chapter 264 Thor's Loot Bags

By the time that they had finished clearing the last battlefield, the bags on the side of Thor were overflowing with loot, and he looked more like a pack mule than a combat pet. They had simply killed so many Frost Giants today that they couldn't resist grabbing anything remotely magical looking, with the plan to identify and sort it later. _{freeweɓnovēl.coɱ}

The Frost Giant scouts should have been sent into battle with decent gear, and that gear would be very close to what the group needed to fight them. It wouldn't be the fire Element attack gear they wanted, but if even a few of the armour pieces could be bonded, and assuming there were some Giant Strength type enchantments, they could make massive gains.

Hawk sent them an update on his scouting mission.

[To the south, four kilometres, there is a large cave. That will be perfect for the night.]

That would also put them in front of where the patrol lines had been slaughtered, so it would be unlikely that the next day's reinforcements would start there in the search for the humans killing off their scouts.

As they were making their way to the cave, Karl began to hear disturbing news on the radio. The Frost Giants were redeploying, and sending a huge number of troops into this valley. It looked like their efforts had gone overboard, and now the enemy thought that there was a major military force here.

Of course, as they were sending a large force to the valley, the Golden Dragon Nation was also sending an entire artillery regiment to the other end of the valley, to ensure that the Frost Giants didn't advance past the lines.

That put their hiding spot in the middle of no man's land in what was likely to become an artillery bombardment the next day.

"It looks like we might need to be cold for a few more hours. Keep heading south until Hawk finds you a new hiding spot along the southern end of the valley. The army is redeploying artillery here, and I don't want to get caught in the middle of a bombardment." Karl explained once he had a full grasp of the situation.

"You make it sound like you won't be leading." Lotus noted.

"For the next hour or so, I won't be. I will follow Hawk's guidance back to you, and you've got Rae and Thor for extra protection. I've got Remi with me to hide my movement. I'm going to put out a distraction to slow the Frost Giants' advance." Karl explained.

"Alright, see you soon. None of us can run fast enough to keep up with you anyhow." Tessa joked.

That was true, and he had [Silent Movement], so he didn't need to worry about making a commotion.

[What's the plan? Are we going to ambush them from out of a blizzard and just boom pow smack down a bunch of Giants?] Remi asked as Karl ran toward the point where the Giants should be entering the valley.

[Not exactly. You see how we've got all sorts of extra Ascended and Awakened Rank Frost Giant bodies? We're going to pile them all up at that end of the valley and set a bonfire for the Giants to keep warm by.]

[Oh, we're doing something nice to apologize. That's kind of you.] Remi replied proudly, thinking that they were doing a nice thing for the enemy.

[Frost Giants are terrified of fire, and the heat causes them pain. Sorry, Remi.]

For a moment, she was disappointed that they weren't doing a nice thing, then she decided that it wasn't worth being sad for monsters that would lose a fight to a bird.

[Well, they get back most of their dead, so they can't be too mad, right? Even if it's not their usual ritual?]

[That is true, they're getting most of the bodies back.]

That was enough assurance to make the naive young snake play along with the plan, and keep her Blizzard active on its lowest setting, creating a snowstorm that would only really damage Common Rank monsters. It did dump a lot of snow, and the winds were high over a large area, so it would hide their movement once they were gone, as Karl was leading them right to the mouth of the pass.

[This is the spot, you start piling up the bodies into a huge hill, and I will cut down some trees to get the fire started.] Karl instructed.