The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 337

Chapter 337 Whistle While You Work

Again, as they had yesterday, the Hill Giants created barriers of Earth Magic as they retreated, and left the human defenders to be tended to by the clerics.

The actual losses on the human side were very low, though the number of wounded was straining the abilities of the healers assigned to some of the sections of the line. On Karl's end, it was light, but just beside them, there had been a few Hill Giants who managed to break the pike line and get into the mages before they were taken out. They were doing their best to take down the shields over the line, as without that, the boulder artillery would devastate the students, but the line had managed to prevent enough of them from getting through to accomplish their goal.

It would surely be the topic of their next few lessons, as that was the worst possible outcome for the defenders, but the students near Karl were in high spirits, still buoyed by the lingering effect of [Inspiration].

"Good work Seamus. That's what we need out of our bard. Now, we just need to work on your song selections, so you don't have to pick one at random at the last second. Like the bedroom, the battlefield benefits from a bit of mood music, and if I left it up to the beasts, Remi would be singing baby snake." Karl joked.

Seamus choked on his laughter, and played the first few notes, which made everyone else laugh as well, as they realized what Karl was referring to.

"World Dragon, NO! Not that song!" One of the older clerics shouted.

"Oh, I take it you are up at seven in the morning more than you would like?" Karl called back.

The man turned around, and Karl noticed the red robes, which made him laugh

"Oh, you're from the Orphanages? That makes sense. I bet that any of the orphanage supervisors view the creator of that show as their personal nemesis by now." He added.

The Red Dragon Priest nodded. "Exactly. That song is evil, and it gets stuck in your head."

Tessa and Lotus had already run off to help heal, and Doug was with a group of older clerics near a stack of bodies under blood stained white sheets. Karl was certain that they had at least one healing specialist who could resurrect the fallen instead of reincarnating them, so it took him a few seconds to realize what they were doing. They had two clerics who could resurrect, and the other High Priests were granting them mana and energy so that they could get to as many casualties as possible before they were exhausted.

If it worked out perfectly, everyone would be back on their feet by that time, and if not, they would do the reincarnation ritual and notify the church to watch out for more returned Elites. With the number of recent incidents of them returning with skills, it was obvious that they needed to be cautious, as some of them would reincarnate in a daze and think that they were still under attack.

If it worked out perfectly, everyone would be back on their feet by that time, and if not, they would do the reincarnation ritual and notify the church to watch out for more returned Elites. With the number of recent incidents of them returning with skills, it was obvious that they needed to be cautious, as some of them would reincarnate in a daze and think that they were still under attack.

Karl watched the hills in the distance, getting updates from Hawk, who had gone up into the clouds to avoid attracting the attention of flying stones, and waited for news, or the stand down order that the Hill Giants had retreated far enough that those not on duty could return to their days.

[Shit, shit, shit. Angry birds inbound.] Hawk screeched, then dive bombed Karl and vanished into his spot.

Karl was confused for a second, then he saw a group of giant winged forms incoming from the clouds.

"Everyone, heads up! We have incoming. Bring the barriers up!" He shouted.

The mages who could hear him did just that, and the radio operators spread the order down the line.

For a moment, they had no idea what Karl had alerted them about, and they were beginning to relax, prepared to call it a false alarm, when the rocks and fireballs began to rain down on them from above.

Karl focused on the incoming giant birds and let loose an arrow, using [Chain Lightning] to lend speed and distance to the attack.

The Rocs naturally dodged the long-distance projectile, but what they didn't realize was that simply not being hit wasn't enough, and the Lightning arced to them anyhow as the arrow passed by.

It didn't seem to do much to the enormous feathered monsters.

Karl had heard that Dragons were the greatest threat among all monsters, but from what he could see, they might not be the largest.

Any of those flying monsters could easily grab and carry away a bus, and while they were only Commander Rank, Hawk was utterly terrified of them.

It was most likely an intimidation skill, but that didn't change Hawk's opinion of going back outside before those things were gone.

Even Thor instinctively pressed closer to the crowd, recognizing them as a dangerous predator. Even if their magic couldn't easily damage a Lightning Cerro, if they dropped him from a thousand metres in the air, it would not be pleasant, to say the least.