The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 265

Chapter 265 Commander Dalton

Karl and the team were quickly escorted to the Battalion Commander's tent, where they found a Commander Rank soldier with his secretary bent over his desk when the scout burst in unannounced. Karl stopped the team and let the scout be the only one to go inside while the tent flap swung closed, and Tessa did her best not to laugh out loud.

"Dammit, knock." The man shouted, as the secretary, who was in civilian clothing, hurriedly rearranged her skirt.

"It's a cloth door, sir. We have a report that you need to hear. A Commander led mercenary scout team took out roughly seventy Frost Giants in the zone just today. It has given us reason to believe that the deployment orders understated the severity of the threat." The scout announced in a dry tone as Karl and the team waited outside.

Hawk and Rae had kept a bunch of the heads for just this reason, and they quickly piled them up outside the Command Tent, creating a five-metre tall mound of Giant skulls still dripping with blood.

The scout and his Commander stepped outside and saw the massive pile of heads, then turned in shock to Karl.

"Where the hell did those come from?" The Commander demanded.

"I have a skill to keep body parts from defeated monsters in a separate space for the day. I use it to provide proof of kills, as we are on commission, not salary." Karl informed him.

"Someone count those and do a Rank check on them." The Commander shouted.

Nobody was hurrying to do that duty, but they would get to it, Karl was certain.

The Battalion Commander gestured inside. "Please, come in. I need a report on the situation, and anything you know about that fire burning at the other end of the valley."

Karl took a seat across from the other Commander, while the rest of the team sat in the chairs along the wall.

"The fire is easy. I used Frost Giant bodies to light a bonfire and slow the enemy advance so that they wouldn't follow us toward you. I got the message that you were moving in an artillery battalion, and I really didn't want to get caught in a bombardment while we slept tonight." Karl explained.

The Commander smiled. "That was the right choice. We had no idea where you were in the zone, and the bombardment will start with the morning light. Not that your group wouldn't be able to outrun it in most cases, as long as you were listening to the radio, but still."

Karl heard some commotion and stomping outside, and realized that the soldiers were trying to unload Thor, who had distinctly not given them permission to touch his bags.

"Tessa, Lotus, can you take Thor outside the camp and deal with his burden? Pick what might be useful and bring it back. The rest can be turned in for credit." Karl instructed.

They disappeared out of the tent flap, while the Battalion Commander waited for Karl to explain.

"We didn't just take heads. I've got a Lightning Cerro outside with bags full of unidentified magic items. Someone tried to get into his bags, and he was getting upset to the point of considering stunning them with [Earthquake]." Karl explained.

"A Lightning Cerro learned Earthquake?" The Commander asked, completely confused.

"Not only that, he learned Circle of Protection, and he's almost to Commander Rank now. Give him a little longer, and I think that we can teach him a healing circle as well. It will be glorious, a self-healing, self shielding, self buffing tank." Karl agreed.

The Commander shook his head in dismay. "Even I never managed to learn Earthquake, much less a Circle of Protection. Instead, I mastered the basics up to Commander Rank. Slash, Guard, Shield Bash and Commanding Shout."

"Yep. There were only a few truly good things in there, since we were already stocked up. We have a ring and boots for Bear, Lotus and I have taken a bracelet each, and there is a brooch for Dana. The other boots are for you, if you can use them." Tessa explained. _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}