The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 363

Chapter 363 Momentum

The charge into the Hill Giant lines had gathered enough momentum now that they were easily clearing the defenders, but the more that they eliminated, the more uneasy the attackers felt.

They had to be missing something. The Hill Giants weren't this stupid, they should have retreated when they realized that their tactic wasn't working.

But it was only when a stone barrier in front of them collapsed that Karl and the others on the attacking team realized that the Hill Giants had brought a secret weapon.

Traitors.

Ten human men, all at the low side of Royal Rank, and looking unstable, with insane eyes glaring back at the Elites above the distinctive tabards that Karl recognized as the uniforms of church guards, minus the white robes, which had been replaced by black ones.

They must have been given a resource to boost their power, perhaps temporarily.

Their leader pointed a blade at Karl. "The Titan Gods demand his head. Bring it to me."

Karl spun his blade to a defensive position, ready for the incoming attack, but from behind him, the Spellblades were even faster.

The ten of them soared over his head, aiming for the traitors, and the fight was on.

The Spellblades were unflinching in their attack, but they were outmatched, and as Karl sent the first [Chain Lightning] into the attackers, the Titan God followers quickly split apart, so each of them could hold off two of the Commander Rank Spellblades, leaving five to deal with Karl while the rest of the Elite group fought the Hill Giants.

But Karl wasn't alone either, and Rae sent her Spider Golems to his sides while the traitors carefully advanced, making preparations to deal with the added threat.

"Too weak." Karl laughed as the closest of the warriors' blade shattered as it failed its attempt to absorb [Chain Lightning.]

He dropped the shattered blade and pulled another from reserve, while two more moved to engage Karl and two moved to block the Spider Golems.

Four quick strikes from the traitors shattered [Refreshing Lightning] but not [Flaming Body] and the attackers' smiles turned to glee while they parried Karl's furious counterattack. _{freёwebnovel.com}

The man in the back took a moment to gloat before rejoining the fight. "Any last words?" He sneered, wiping his soaked hair from his face as the [Thunderstorm] continued to rage overhead.

[Blood for the Spider God.] A streak of distorted air flashed by Karl as Rae moved to attack. Blood flew as her foreleg pierced the chest of her target, and the gloating man's eyes turned wide in shock as the blood spray made the outline of Rae visible again.

Skill Upgraded: [Perfect Adaptation] grants the user the ability to mimic their surroundings so perfectly that they become invisible to those with lesser senses. Royal Rank progression of [Camouflage]. Rae had evolved another skill to Royal Rank, but it couldn't deal with the blood spray on her, so she darted back into the swarm of Hill Giants while the man gasped and tried to staunch the blood flow, unaware that he had been hit with [Lacerate] or that the wound extended out his back.

The two traitors fighting Karl renewed their attacks, hacking away at his defences faster than Karl could parry their blows and leaving him no chance to make an attack of his own.

For a most of a minute, it seemed that there was nothing that Karl could do to gain the upper hand without having the Spider Golems cover for him, but they weren't finished with their own targets yet.

The melee was turning into a drawn out and losing battle as his barriers were repeatedly diminished, then refreshed, even with the effects of [Circle of Protection] active. Individually, the traitors weren't much stronger than Karl was, but they had years of experience fighting together, and when Karl moved to defend against one, the other always seemed to get a hit in.

Karl was forced back on the defensive, and [Refreshing Lightning] was taken down by a glancing blow to his face just after he got it reactivated for the fifth time.