The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1003

The sound of crashing through the brush and long grass alerted everyone that they weren't going to have to go looking for the spawn, it had already found them.

And the moment that Karl saw what they were facing, he knew that Hawk was right.

This was food.

Giant crabs, with a nearly circular flat-topped shell, and two metres tall, to be precise.

Their colouration was all wrong for where they had ended up in the grasslands, and the bright oranges and greens were immediately recognizable, but the creatures were incredibly fast, and every bit as large as Rae.

Because the spawn had just started, they hadn't had time to gather, so what the group was facing was only three Overlord Ranked crabs. But the crabs didn't seem to care about the disparity, and they were charging straight at Thor.

The thought confused him. Did they think that he was the biggest threat because of his size? Or did they think that they could defeat and eat him?

Both were incorrect assumptions, and didn't bode well for the intelligence of their targets. But they did at least hesitate for a moment when Ophelia transformed.

She was covered in fur, not hard scales, and nearly as large as Thor was. However, the crabs still continued to charge for the Behemoth, snapping their claws as their legs clattered with their eagerness to reach him.

Only when they were twenty metres away did they begin their attack, sending powerful jets of water towards Thor, while Rae prepared to pounce.

The crabs worked well together, and the streams all hit the same spot on Thor's armour. But that made little difference with [Eternal Lightning] active, and the team charged into battle.

Dana's golems quickly isolated one of the targets, pulling it away so she could face it alone, while Ophelia worked with Nachtia, who was in dragon form, but on the ground.

The two were similar in overall size, though Nachtia was twice as long, and not nearly as tall as the Dire Bear. Both were much larger than the crabs, and it was almost comical watching them pin down and pull apart the monsters.

Karl could almost hear them salivating.

The final one continued its assault on Thor until Rae arrived and cleanly punctured a forward spot on its shell, killing it cleanly with little damage. Her long, armoured forelimbs were perfect for the job, as they could get deep enough for a clean kill without ruining any of the potentially edible portions of the crab.

{Sorry about your luck, Hawk. We're keeping this one.} Nachtia called, unsure where Hawk was at that moment.

The gigantic Thunderbird had a better Crab Hunting method.

He had gone to find another group, and simply grabbed one by the shell and flew into the air, intending to slice it apart. The crabs couldn't reach the top of themselves, and it seemed brilliant, until he got a jet of magical water in the face.

Lifting them was not the best way.

[Rend] to the rescue.

Hawk cut into what he hoped was the head section with [Rend], coated in Ghostfire, and the crab died after only a few hits.

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After making sure it was dead, Hawk tossed it in his space for later and began to bombard the others from a distance where he could dodge the return fire.

[Are we still working? We don't have to keep working, do we?] Tian asked hopefully.