The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1001

Karl headed for the other group, just in case someone came for them as well.

It sounded like Lord Bomgon has asked the mercenaries to target Karl in particular, and not just his entire group. They had mentioned getting him away from his beasts and the Dragon Clerics, which did make it sound like they were not the target of the mission.

He found them waiting near the final group that they had selected for the day, a group of Monarch Ranked Gnolls led by a single Totem Ranked Chimera.

It was an odd combination, for sure. But they were likely to have originally been part of a larger monster spawn with multiple monster types in it, as many dungeons had.

But when Karl approached, the Chimera simply turned and fled.

That was not the behaviour of a monster straight from the spawns. The creature must have used an ability to make the Gnolls accept it as part of the group, and now that it had noticed that there was actual danger coming its way, it took the most prudent course of action and retreated.

Rae gave Karl an arachnid look that conveyed infinite frustration, and he shrugged.

"It's not my fault that he ran away." Karl insisted.

[You scared the monsters away.] Rae retorted.

[Technically, Chimera are beasts.] Thor added helpfully.

If a spider could roll her eyes, Rae definitely did it.

"I will wait this one out, so everyone can get more practice in. A good fight pushed me to Totem, I'm sure that it can push everyone to Overlord with enough grinding." Karl informed the others.

Tessa smirked. "It wouldn't even be a fair fight if you got involved. A certain someone tells me that you soloed a Raid Group."

The Red Dragon Cleric tapped the side of her head, indicating that it was a mental notification, and Karl briefly wondered if she meant her Red Dragon patron, or Thor.

Dana sighed. "We will have to discuss this later. Ladies, let's show the boss mob how the rest of us do things."

Thor led the charge into combat with everyone on his back, allowing Dana to float up into the air just before they reached the Gnolls, while Ophelia transformed in midair as she leapt into the battle.

Remi was still in snake form, and fighting from Rae's back. Adding her Bodyguards to Rae's Golems and her unit of Spectre Knights, ghostly undead in black armour.

Karl shook his head in dismay. Dana said that it was unfair for him to fight, but he had forgotten that he could add a small army of Undead to the fight. Rae and Remi were a military unit all by themselves. They had tanks, agile damage dealers, even a spell caster and healer combo.

Remi's healing totems might not be as good as Lotus' version, but they were more than enough for their group.

The air distorted beside Karl, but he didn't feel any threat as the Portal opened.

With delicate steps, a small white dragon with shimmering scales that reflected impossible colours as the sun reflected off its body emerged from the spell, and looked up at Karl with great curiosity.

{Interesting. I guess I lost the bet. I was totally certain that you just beat them so bad their minds broke.} The dragon whelpling announced.

Karl smiled at the strange young dragon.

"Oh? What did you wager?" Karl asked.

The little dragon growled. {One of my favourite Immortal Pearls. But what were the odds that someone actually sent mercenaries after a wandering world boss?}

Karl chuckled. "World Boss is a bit of a grand title, don't you think?"

The dragon shrugged, and puffed a small rainbow of fire. {It's like Dungeon Boss, but outside. What else would you call it?}