The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 359

Chapter 359 Rotate The Lines

They were about to rotate a second group off the line when the signal was given that the monsters had been defeated, and a temporary stand down order was in place.

That meant that while they were relieved of the official need to fight, everyone should remain nearby and prepared to fight, even if they weren't on shift.

So, Karl moved his group back, as they were in the third group, which would go on shift in half an hour, and lay down against Thor for a quick nap.

There were still a few monsters coming their way, and Remi still had her [Thunderstorm] up at further reduced capacity, but what made it past the storm was nothing that a small group of warriors and mages couldn't handle.

The rest of the line was slowly managing to chase off the flying creatures, but Karl could sense the envious eyes cast in their direction. The storm and Hawk were enough to chase off all of the flying monsters at their end of the line, so the right flank was just resting while everyone else finished the fight.

Karl's team took over their shift right on schedule, but there wasn't anything to do with Hawk already clearing out the monsters from above once they left the storm.

The smart ones had already died or run away, so now it was mostly just the slower moving rodents and scavengers who didn't have the brain power to realize that it was the water causing them damage.

[So many dumb mice. They just keep running back into the rain.] Hawk complained, unwilling to chase them into the storm.

[You have a fire barrier, you won't really get wet.] Thor reminded him.

[Not the point.]

Despite his complaints, Karl could tell that the Hawk was actually having fun, circling around the edge of the storm and chasing the rodents back in to their deaths. Once the storm ended, they would all be freshly washed and ready for him to collect, so it was better that they stopped in the rain than running out through the mud.

After another hour, even that had stopped. There was nothing coming out of the storm anymore, and only a few stragglers were still being found by the rest of the defensive line.

That was when Karl fully expected the Hill Giants to attack, and thanked his luck that he was on shift for it.

Remi dropped the storm so that Hawk could clean up the beasts that he wanted, and the Academy started to send teams forward to gather beasts to be butchered for the kitchens.

"Do they have a trailer for the meat?" Karl asked Morgana as he watched the recovery teams work.

"They will in an hour. It's on its way here now. Well, more than one. They're assigning teams everywhere that got hit with beasts today to gather meat to help reduce the load on the supply convoys.

The less that they have to send to us, the better. We have also taken low casualties lately, so the clerics have been going all out with the rice and beans, which cuts down on the requirement for shelf stable rations even further. I know it's a bit dull for most of the Elites, but it's free and plentiful, so the supply staff loves it." Karl chuckled at Morgana's description. "It's actually better than a lot of the things that they serve in the cafeteria. I've grown quite fond of the rice and beans base for dinners with the Nature Priest grown fruits and vegetables plus monster meat.

We eat better in the field than we do in camp."

Morgana sighed. "Well, hopefully this conflict will be sorted sooner than expected. The Frost Giants are already in bad shape, and with one border only needing minimal forces, the army has managed to transfer more to the other lines."

Karl shrugged. "It doesn't look like the Hill Giants are going to give up so soon. But you never know what they are actually thinking. It could all be over tomorrow, but it could run until one side completely collapses. I don't pretend to understand what the Giants were thinking with this invasion."