The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 270

Chapter 270 Left Behind

There were still so many weapons left over that it would be a shame to discard them for the enemy, but none of the ones that remained appealed to any of the group members.

"Why don't we have Rae make a fort back in the trees, and we can load the excess into that, so we can come back for it later? We can't keep carrying everything we find, there is just too much. But we can hide the good stuff and destroy the rest, or bury it here, so whoever comes looking will be convinced that's all that there was." Lotus suggested.

"That's a brilliant idea. Alright, we will have Rae find a good hiding spot for the excess loot, and we will bury the rest, then burn the bodies. We don't need to fill the entire valley with scavengers looking for a Commander Rank meal." Karl decided.

With the Flaming Body Barrier over his folding shovel, it only took a few minutes to dig a hole in the frozen ground deep enough to bury all the excess weapons that were either heavily damaged or just not great quality. Rae took the rest back into the trees an unknown distance and created a cocoon to hide the loot in.

While she was finishing her work, the team listened to the radio messages. The Artillery Battalion under Commander Dalton had made it safely out of the secondary valley, but were briefly engaged with a Frost Giant scouting unit as they rejoined the main line at the fallback point.

Casualties were light, and the unit was still mobile, while the Frost Giants had stopped at the mouth of the valley and had begun erecting new fortifications.

That left the valley scouts taking the hard way out of the hills that they had set up on, but that was to be expected with such a rapid retreat.

Unfortunately, while they could rejoin the main lines once they got to the west side of the mountains, there were three units trapped well behind the enemy lines. Two were forward observation units, led by Commander Rank Elites, and one was Karl's team.

[Team 95988, continue scouting operations where possible. Enemy intelligence from your location is invaluable.] The regional Command Centre informed them.

Karl confirmed the order and then laughed. "Well, it's not like we've got many options here. Hawk says that nothing is chasing after us from the larger valley, but they've fortified again between us and the main lines, so we either go the long way around or we follow the river along the border and see what we can find."

"Do we go behind the main lines, or further away from the battle?" Tessa asked.

That was a good question.

"Well, further into the mountains, and we very well could find ourselves cut off and trapped. But behind the main lines will be the supply lines. That many Giants are going to need a lot of food, so we might be able to do some good if we can strike fast and return to a hiding spot." Karl offered.

Everyone was quiet, thinking about which way they would prefer to go when the radio crackled to life.

[Team 62345 is under heavy attack by white cloaked Frost Giant Special Forces. Attempting to retreat east toward the border from grid B3 sector 8.]

Karl checked the map, and that was only a few kilometres to their west, between them and the main lines.

"Everyone pack up and get ready to move. We will go give them a hand." He instructed.

Rae quickly rejoined the party, letting Lotus take up her riding position aboard the spider's back, while Tessa and Dana climbed aboard Thor.

They ran toward the battle, not worrying about the noise that they were causing, though Karl was running silently thanks to his skill. The noise of the Elites and the Frost Giants in battle was loud enough that they didn't need Hawk to tell them exactly where they were going, so the scout was instead circling the area, making sure they were the only reinforcements that were going to show up to the party.

[It looks like it's just two scout groups fighting it out.] Hawk informed them as Karl got close to the battle.