The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 297

Chapter 297 Inland Route

Bob looked at the map and pointed well inland of any of the major routes.

"What if we don't ambush any of them, but instead, we zigzag across the pattern, as if we were a wandering monster pack being chased from place to place. It would confuse them with its disorganized nature, and it would let us search their territory to see if there are any signs of where they might be making the new clones.

I suspect that it is actually in the city, where we won't be able to easily get to the next summoning spell, but if it is still out in the wild, then there is a chance that we can break their reinforcements a little more, and not just by killing them in vast quantities.

If one spell can make a group every half hour, we would have to kill them every fifteen minutes during daylight hours just to keep up. That isn't feasible in the long term, so it would be better if we could find a way to either distract or delay them, assuming that there isn't a good way to stop the cloning."

Karl nodded. "That works for me. The main lines will thank us for every Frost Giant that we kill, and if we happen to find something that can stop them from continuing to make more attackers, it will be even better.

I know that we reported it, but who knows if High Command took it seriously enough that they are going to actually do something about it and not just throw more bodies on the line to face an unending tide of Frost Giants.

Eventually, even we will get tired and worn down by the fight, so anything that has a chance to change the balance is worth trying."

They led the group out again, hunting groups of Frost Giants, who were no more on guard than the first day back had been. That made no sense, as they hadn't cleaned up the bodies. They had to have passed at least a few dead groups of Giants on the way, but they hadn't taken any additional precautions, and they were barely paying attention to their surroundings.

But their inattentiveness began to make sense when the group reached the second path. They Giants there were almost running through the tundra toward their spots on the main lines. So, it wasn't that the first group was inattentive, they were all rushing, and the Frost Giants were just doing the best they could while following orders to make it to the front as soon as possible.

"Well, we should kill a few groups this way. We will still be fighting when the next group shows up at this rate, so we are going to eventually have to rush a fight so we can break free and make it to the next path." Bob realized as they prepared to fight again.

Doug shrugged, unconcerned. "We will do what we can. If it turns into a huge fight here, then it is what it is."

Ty and Harry gave him a look that said he should be concerned, as it would lead to an all-day fight until they were exhausted and made a mistake. But the Nature Priest had a level of confidence that they could only aspire to.

Today, Thor was pulled back to the second line, defending the casters, but by the time that the fourth group made it to their battle, that proved to be a valuable bit of foresight.

The Frost Giants pushed past the warriors, taking light wounds to shoulder them aside. If it hadn't been for Thor, they might have made it into the much less durable magic users, and that would have been a disaster.

With Thor's Lightning Barrier on them, they weren't just squishy and easily killed, but they didn't have Giant Strength, so they could end up being grabbed and hurled through the air, while they were unable to fight back.

But with Thor blocking, the Giants ended up boxed in, and were quickly dispatched by the arrows fired by Karl and Ty.

"This is a mess. Rae, finish those quickly, and we will withdraw to the first line, but further toward the city. That way, we can make a fighting retreat at the end of the day. We're not going to make it any further with so many Giants on the path today." Karl announced.

Hawk broke away from the fight to scout them a route to the next fight, assuming that they could get away from this one, but came back with bad news.

Bob nodded. "Finish these as quickly as we can. If we can charge into the next group, we can take them by surprise. Advancing into them, so they don't see the other bodies, should give us a little bit of an advantage, and we can use all we can get. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}