The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 349

Chapter 349 General Knowledge

The two Generals gave each other a silent look, and then sat down at the table with Karl and Morgana, making it clear that they were going to be here for a while.

"What about tactics? It has become painfully obvious to some of us that the way that the Elites fight the Giants, and the way that the Church's Armies fight the Giants, is not the same. Too many of us had gotten comfortable in our thinking long before the mass injections, and now that there is a new way of fighting, we're not adapting fast enough." General Jackson announced as the cook brought them coffee.

Morgana turned to Karl, as he had the most high-level combat experience in the room at the moment.

Karl nodded. "Basically, you want three things. You want someone with the defensive skills and damage reduction abilities to keep the target occupied. Then you want someone who can slow them or weaken them, and finally, you want burst damage, a skill that can deal a massive amount of damage at once to swing the battle even if it doesn't outright kill the target.

If you try to grind them down, you're going to take casualties. So, you need the first two to be strong enough that the third one can set up for the kill. _{freēwēbnovel.com}

In the last battle, we split into pairs, and I started out grabbing the target's attention, while the other Commander went for the Giant's more vulnerable back, hampering the Giant's movement.

Then we drew it back away from its reinforcements, and traded roles, so I could take out one of its knees while he had the Giant's attention.

Finally, I called in the Spider Shaped Golems to attack its back and face, so I could land the killing blow. The burst damage to end the fight quickly."

General Stonewall sighed. "It sounds so easy when you put it that way, but how do we even plan that? We have the skill sets of the various Elites, but being able to tell how they'll work together is too unpredictable.

For example, look at this one."

He put a folder on the table, and Karl looked it over. 26-year-old Commander Rank warrior, with the usual cleave, shield slam, guard and slash skills. He also knew Holy Blade, which gave Karl the idea that he might be part of the Church Guard.

"Looks like a bog-standard warrior, except for that last skill. I take it that he's a Commander of the Church Guard?" Karl asked.

General Stonewall shook his head. "He's the assistant Attorney General, and he's managed to find loopholes to avoid combat deployment since he left the Academy eight years ago. He's never swung a blade in anger in his life, and he's currently being detained as a deserter."

Karl frowned. "Well, I have to say, I didn't see that answer coming, and you've got a damned fine point. If all you have to go on is their rank and skills, it's nearly impossible to effectively plan a combat deployment.

For example, Morgana and I are both Commanders, but when we go into combat, we would want very different people with us, and a list of skills isn't going to tell us who that is. There's too much that goes into building a solid team to build it from a list of dossiers in an office somewhere in the Capital."

Both Generals nodded. "Team building works best on this sort of scale, where we have hundreds of Elites in one spot, and they can pick their teams on their own. But that's never going to fly for most assignments."

Karl frowned. "But why couldn't it? I mean, there are some like that lawyer, the ones who are just slackers or cowards, but letting the Elites submit team compositions that they've worked with in the past that they know work shouldn't be that much harder to work with. Then, if you do have to requisition their services, you can do it in a way that they agree should be feasible."

General Jackson sighed and tapped the assistant Attorney General's file. "He suggested that as well, but the team that he recommended always had him with four Royal Rank Elites to take on Ascended Rank challenges, with the excuse that he was too valuable to the nation to be lost in combat."