The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 401

Chapter 401 Cleanup Crew

As the other teams spread out and checked the corpses, they began to pile the Ogres into great mounds, preparing for either burial or cremation, so that the rotting Ogre flesh didn't attract swarms of scavengers.

They might not be brave enough to come too close to the Elites, but they would pick away at the edges of the battlefield, and gorging themselves on Commander Rank Ogres might be enough to increase a few of the lowest Common Grade monsters strength to the point that they might be a real threat to the villages and mines.

It didn't really take much for the average village to be threatened. An Awakened Rank boar would be a nuisance to outlying farms, but a Swarm of Awakened Rank rodents would be a nightmare to try to purge from the village.

The problem was that it was beginning to get dark already, which would make it difficult for the teams to work on the cleanup, and far too easy to miss valuables as they worked. Part of their job was to collect the magical items off the bodies and ensure that valuables from the anomaly were not left on the ground to be collected by other monsters, which the presence of multiple magical items would attract.

Karl watched the annoyed and dejected faces of the newly arrived teams, who were making a strategy to deal with the mess. _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

"Why don't I send my beasts to take care of it? They can sense magical items more easily than any of us, and they're strong enough to pile the bodies." Karl suggested.

[Oh, he's thinking ahead. We can take the really good bits and give them the rest.] Hawk replied greedily.

[Don't you have enough? Let the little ones get something. It's not like you actually need anything here. Rae already got the best stuff off them.] Karl sighed.

[Why don't we have Hawk and Rae loot, while Thor and Ophelia stack the bodies? Then, when we're done, Hawk can set them all on fire.] Remi suggested helpfully.

[Thor and Ophelia?] Karl asked.

[They're the two biggest.] Remi replied, dipping her head in the Remi equivalent of a shrug.

[I notice that you didn't include yourself in that deployment.]

Remi pouted at him. [I don't have hands, how am I supposed to loot anything?]

[You have water control. You can strip them of armour, rings and weapons as well as anyone else.]

Thor chuckled. [Oh, you got called out. Time to join the cleanup team, little sister. You three go ahead, and I will get the bear to help me pack the trash.]

The Cerro wandered over and gently headbutted Ophelia, who was talking to Bob, then looked at the Ogres, and motioned for her to follow.

"Did I just get drafted to help clean up?" She asked incredulously.

"Your bear form is second biggest on the team. Plus, now that you're fully bear, I can enlarge you without you having to rage." Karl laughed.

Ophelia frowned. "Why do I get the feeling that I just became an honorary member of the beast squad?"

"I mean, you are a four-metre bear in disguise. Thor thinks you're a big cuddly new friend."