The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 361

Chapter 361 Break The Stalemate

After half an hour of the stalemate, with the mages and Hill Giants exchanging ranged attacks, it was becoming clear that this battle was not going to end any time soon, and all that the Hill Giants needed was one section with mages who were less capable at ranged attacks to make a breach.

"Professor, should we go cause a bit of chaos on the flank? It will get them moving before our mages get exhausted." Karl suggested.

"I seem to recall that you have done that here once before. How did that work out for you?" The Professor asked.

"Well enough. The target ran away before we made it to him, but we managed to clear out the majority of the Commander Rank threats on this flank, and it effectively ended the battle for the day." Karl replied with a shrug.

"I will run it by the battle leaders and see what they think. If your team really can break the stalemate, or even get them motivated to move, it should be worth it." The warrior class professor agreed.

It only took a few seconds before the answer came back to them. [Ten person volunteer strike forces are approved to charge the lines in ten minutes. Last rites should be prepared before departure.]

Karl looked at the teacher in shock. "It sounds like they're not as optimistic about this mission as I am."

Karl paused a second before raising his voice. "But with that in mind, I will need nine volunteers to go with me. Teams don't matter, but Command says the odds are you're not coming back."

It only took a second before Karl's whole team was standing beside him, followed by Morgana, Colonel Wilkes and Tank.

But then the influx stopped.

Everyone heard the radio message. This was likely to be the end of the line for the volunteers who went to break the balance and stop the Hill Giants from exhausting their mages before launching an assault.

Karl was about to say something when two more men came jogging into the camp.

"Good, we made it on time. We didn't think that Karl would wait the whole ten minutes before leaving with a team." Doug Mackenzie's smile was contagious, though Bob's look was grim as he ran beside his brother.

"Well, that makes ten. Time to go, ladies and gentlemen. Let's show the Hill Giants how it's done." Karl announced.

The slower moving team members loaded themselves on Thor, Rae and the Spider Golems, while the others moved to the front of the line.

The section commander called after them. "But it hasn't been ten minutes!"

Doug gave him a thumbs up. "Clearly. Tell the others to wait an extra two, just to throw off the Hill Giants. Nobody expects a twelve-minute timer." The teacher didn't know what to say as the group charged at the Hill Giants, he just motioned for the mages to keep a barrier over them for as long as they could, to save the group a bit of energy on the way in.

"Are we really going to lose a high Cleric and so many Commanders just like that?" One of the students asked.

Though the others weren't as well known, Tank was a beloved figure at the school, despite his insistence that he was only a part-time teacher. Mick gave his classmates a sad smile. "Don't underestimate them. They're all batshit crazy, but every person in that group is a monster in combat. Just watch what happens when they get close, it's going to be an enlightening experience for us all."

The other students looked at him like he was crazy. The last thing they wanted was to watch what happened when that group reached the Hill Giants' defensive fortification.