The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 280

Chapter 280 Loot Drop

The camp's patrols let them through without questions when they saw the scout team leading Karl's white cloaked menagerie toward the base. The first thought of everyone that they passed was that this was an extreme Church Guard unit, thanks to their bright white outer layer, which they had pilfered from the Frost Giants to blend in with the snow.

But once they saw who was underneath, they were simply confused. Those didn't look like church guards, and the rest of their armour wasn't covered in white. Nor did they have any sort of church insignia on them, except for the two Clerics, one in green and one in red, under their white cloaks.

Karl shouldered the bags of loot and let Thor take a break in his space, in case they encountered a fight on their way to their sleeping spot tonight. The bags were nearly dragging on the ground as they hung from Karl's shoulders, a sign that they might have gone a bit overboard with their loot hoarding. The fact he had to turn sideways to get between some of the tents was another solid hint, but nobody was too worried about it, as long as the contents of those bags were for them.

To the soldiers, it looked like they had gotten an unexpected supply run. They had no way of knowing that it was just a bunch of hoarders assembled into an Elite team.

The General, a Royal Rank warrior with a large shield strapped to his back and an axe at his hip, strolled out of his tent to meet them, then did a double take as he saw the bags on Karl's shoulders.

Karl greeted the steel-eyed warrior. "General, my apologies for the strange appearance. We had the Lightning Cerro carrying the loot, but he wouldn't easily fit through the camp."

"Not a problem at all. The scouts informed us that you had collected some gear from the Giants that we should be aware of, but we didn't expect that it would be so much." He replied with a smile that said he had just made a new friend in Karl.

Anyone who brought that much loot back for his soldiers without being asked, and while fighting their way through the enemy lines, had to be at least a half decent person, in his mind.

"Yes, check these out." Karl replied, before removing all the identical swords from the bag.

Not identical in appearance, that actually varied wildly between weapons, but the enchantments on them were all exactly the same.

It only took a second for the General to realize that as well.

"Interesting. We have known for a while that the Giants aren't big on variety, but I think you might have just found proof that they're using a very limited and precise magical tool to do all their enchanting. It may only be capable of a few different abilities, and that is why we see all the frost giants with rings and bracelets of Giant Strength, and then the rest of their gear is usually only magical because it is made of magical beast hides." The General pondered.

"Not only that, but it's also proof that they can make a lot of it. We have thirty identical weapons taken from the survivors of one assault, all Commander Rank swords. That will be useful for your troops, but it suggests that you might soon be facing them from the other side as well.

Not all of these were taken from Commander Rank enemies, some of them were on the higher side of Ascended." Karl explained.

"That's not good at all. The reason Ascended Elites can so easily go two on one against a Frost Giant of the same rank is because it can't quickly get through their barriers. But weapons like this wouldn't have the same problem.

How did you deal with it? I see that your mage is still Ascended." The General replied.

"The Commander Rank Lightning Cerro has the ability to spread his barrier to everyone in the group. Between that and the Circle of Protection, we don't have too many issues."

The General nodded. "You have a solid group. I'm not certain what we are going to do about large numbers of those swords showing up in the next charge, but we will be able to make good use of the ones you brought us.

As you have likely already noticed, despite your status as a student, Commander rank gear is hard to find. There might be a piece or two at every depot, but that's about it. When we're fighting against dozens of Commander Rank Frost Giants at a time, every weapon counts.