The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 307

Chapter 307 Through The Snow

Once they were resupplied and everything was packed carefully into its assigned spot in their packs, the group headed back for the edge of camp where they had left the wagons. The soldiers seemed startled to see them heading back out only a few hours after they had arrived, but the ones who had been around longer understood that the group was likely just running away from something annoying.

The plan was to hook Dana's two Stone Golems up to the lead wagon to pull the group along, while they left the others behind. That would make the trip back much easier on everyone, and faster, as the Giant's comfortable jog was a running pace for the mages and clerics.

Plus, with only one wagon, and a path to follow, they would be able to avoid the worst of the delays that had slowed them during the trip out, and the Golems might even be able to get enough traction on the muddy hills to make it up without assistance this time, when Thor's larger feet had struggled.

It only took a few minutes to get them hooked up, and they were on their way back into the ash, with the intentions of stopping overnight at the Dwarven Village to get a good night's rest and finish refining the plan to attack the cavern.

Obviously, the army thought that you could just march in there and wipe them out with enough firepower, but that was the last resort. Pretty much any other plan than charging into the cave was likely to be a better one.

They waited until the town was out of sight over the hills before anyone said anything, but they weren't in a big hurry to start making plans when they hadn't even seen the area around the target.

Finally, Doug broke the silence. "Your group has been randomly selected from those in the region." He mocked the pudgy General. "As if we weren't the only ones in the area at all."

The others chuckled, and the Nature Priest took out another smoke for Karl to light. It was the most that anyone had seen him smoke at work, and it was a sure sign that he was feeling the stress, but didn't want to outright say anything about it.

Lotus smirked as she joined the rant. "Well, we will have all the bragging rights when we get back home. Imagine how jealous all those white robed battle clerics and guards are going to be when they find out that it was a pair of the Green Dragon's Clerics who got the first Royal Rank team kill of the war.

In fact, I'm not even certain that the main lines have managed to get one yet, so it might be the first at all."

Doug laughed. "Wouldn't that be something? If we find out that we've got the first one of the war, I say we go get another, just for funsies."

Karl knew that it probably wouldn't be that easy, but if they could get not only the first one, but the first two of the war on this front, then they would certainly live up to any level of hype when they got home.

But more imminently, Karl noticed that everyone in the group was becoming much more powerful than they had been when they started the battles. Officially, practice did help the growth rate, but it was supposed to have more to do with the individual how rapidly they advanced unless they were using some sort of magical aid. That didn't seem to be the case with their group. If Karl had to hazard a guess, another month of this, and there wouldn't only be three Commanders in the group. The Golems were already noticeably more impressive than they had been at the start of the war, but Karl didn't have a standard to judge them against, so he couldn't really tell how far through Ascended Rank they were.

That didn't seem to be the case with their group. If Karl had to hazard a guess, another month of this, and there wouldn't only be three Commanders in the group. The Golems were already noticeably more impressive than they had been at the start of the war, but Karl didn't have a standard to judge them against, so he couldn't really tell how far through Ascended Rank they were.