The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Night Fight

Karl checked the placement of the scent bags in the lobby, making sure they were going to fill the room to deter goblins, then put another one out in the back near the lunchroom, in case they had to retreat. Making it harder for the Goblins to pick up their scent would make it easier to ambush them, and the more that they could kill before the tribe realized anything was wrong, the better.

[They are coming right for you. Maybe they can smell you?] Hawk asked a few minutes later as he watched the Goblins headed directly for the middle of town, next to the government building where Karl and Dana were hiding.

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"Dana, climb up on that desk and open the window above you. You can fire magic missiles from there, right? That should give you a better angle on the Goblins that are coming for the town square. I am going to step outside and close the door behind me, so I can attack them properly." Karl whispered.

Dana didn't approve of that plan, but if they were going to fight the Goblins, it was better if someone drew their attention away from her. If Karl was inside the building, he couldn't do it. But if he was outside and her scent was blocked from the Goblins while she attacked, it could work well enough for them to clear out most of them with little risk.

The real danger would be that they would get tired from the exertion of multiple spell castings. They would be restraining their powers, so the exponential mana cost as you approached your limits wasn't as much of a hindrance, but there were still limitations on how much they could do.

Even Hawk couldn't hunt all night long without a break, that wasn't in his nature at all.

What Dana needed to focus on was making the magic arrows more like actual arrows. Normally, they were glowing spears of magic. But she didn't want them to glow tonight and give away her position.

The first Goblins came as a pair, skulking through the streets searching for something that they would never find, as Karl's [Rend] tore them both apart at the same time. Their bodies fell into a bush along the side of the road, next to the building that they thought would hide their presence, and Karl returned to waiting.

The smell of Goblin blood would certainly bring others to him, which was precisely what Karl wanted at the moment. They were all spread out across the town, so they wouldn't arrive in a group, but if they arrived a few at a time, they would be no match for him and Dana.

Given his physique, even if he were just to fight them, Karl was fairly certain that he could take one or two Goblins at a time without using skills, but there was a serious risk that he would be wounded, and neither of them knew any healing skills.