The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 286

Chapter 286 Could There Be Others?

?Hawk wasn't joking about the number of Frost Giants in the area. Karl could see three other groups from where they were standing, and if the Giants had better eyesight, they would be able to clearly spot his group across the open fields, even with their white cloaks.

It was a shame that he couldn't fire an arrow that far, but from Hawk's point of view, it looked like the Frost Giant front line had spread out into a search pattern, and they were combing the area looking for their lost relic.

"That thing must be significant to them, even though it's not their primary Goddess." Lotus decided, as they headed for another group of Hunters.

"Perhaps it's because she's a Shaman God, and they needed the Shamanistic magic to activate the stone that was letting them clone the warriors?" Karl suggested.

Lotus frowned. "That could be, but it might be something else as well. The Goddess is called the Allmother, and she is a god of Shamanistic magic, so it might be that only a holy relic of that one specific Goddess would enable them to use the spell they need. If that's the case, there are likely more of these statues all over the front lines, hidden in places too dangerous for most of our teams to scout. _{ƒгeewёbnovel.com}

The Frost Giants know that we don't have any Royal Rank fighters here, so they haven't deployed any of theirs, they're just wearing us out before making their big move."

Remi perked up at that suggestion. [Is she saying we have to collect them all? Like Totems for my swamp? A whole collection of magical statues to build an array with?]

"Remi wants to know if we should try to collect them all and see what happens. She seems to think that they're supposed to work together." Karl relayed.

Tessa and Lotus shared an enlightened look, both remembering something from their training.

"I think that the summoning effect really might be a set of statues. Totem Magic is a thing, but it's far beyond most of us.

If there are a whole set of Divine Totems working together, representing a pantheon, or a concept, then the totems might be creating all of the strange phenomenons that we are seeing, with the expanding borders and the appearance of new Frost Giants, as the Totem Magic tries to align the world to favour them." Tessa explained.

"And if we steal enough of them, the effect would stop, and the borders would begin to return to normal, ending their invasion. That is brilliant. We just need to find the others." Dana exclaimed.

[And I would get my own expanding Swamp.] Remi added helpfully.

How that would work was a mystery to Karl, as the swamp was a mental space, and the maximum size seemed to be tied to her Rank, but perhaps the statues would help her grow up faster.

"I think that we need to go to the base, and see if there are other places like the one that we attacked. If we tell them what we suspect, they might make a mess of attacking it, and then the totems will be moved again.

But if we can get a few more before the Frost Giants realize that they're being targeted, I think that it might be enough that we can send the army after the others." Karl decided.

"So, you're saying, get the intel, attack another hidden spot and see if there is a totem statue there, and only then should we tell the army about the threat?" Tessa asked seriously.

"Yes, I think that is the best strategic decision for us to be able to not only test the theory, but to end the war if we are right."

Ophelia looked deep in thought as she made little piles of snow with her foot. "I think Karl is right. The Totems won't do anyone any good if they're spread out. The damage would be done, and the border would just stop advancing. But if we can get enough of them together, the effect should begin to fade as the Totems align to favour us.

That's how my totems are. The more that I have active, the stronger the effect is. I don't have the strongest Totems yet, only Bear Strength, but once I have four of them out, my strength has doubled from its base level."

Remi nodded along in understanding. Totems were Shaman magic, and although she didn't know any of them yet, she was getting a much better idea of how they worked after watching them appear all around the Werebear when she was in combat.

Karl led them back toward the front lines to talk to the General, and Remi studied her statue, while trying to remember everything that she could about the totems that Ophelia made. She was close to a revelation, she just needed a bit more time to understand what she was missing.

The scouts were waiting for them as they got close to the camp, despite the fact that Karl hadn't sent any radio messages yet.

"Commander, the General would like to see you in his Command tent." The scout greeted them.