The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1028

Karl smiled at the Chieftain. "Those must be some good blankets."

"The very finest ones that you can find. Sand Howler fur is resistant to both cold and heat, durable and self-cleaning. If you shake it, everything falls off. It doesn't even hold scents."

Maybe they should keep a few of them, Karl thought.

A few fur blankets would be an acceptable stylistic counterpart to the silk comforters that Rae made. Plus, they could make cloaks out of them, the way that they had with the cut down Frost Giant capes during their early battles.

Rae thought that was a brilliant idea, and began cleaning the Totem so that she could stretch and tan it in her space.

"Did you need the bodies for anything? They don't smell like they would taste good." Karl asked.

The Orc shrugged. "They don't. But we feed them to the livestock, and the bones are good for making tools and such. Waste not, want not."

Karl nodded and gestured to the remains of the one on the ground. "In that case, you can have the rest of that one. We don't have an artisan who specializes in bone art."

The Runecrafters could make items from bone, but they had plenty already, and they were too far from the Guild Store to send items directly there from here.

The Chief nodded in acceptance, then shook his head in dismay as he realized that Hawk had started bombarding the area with Meteors. It had turned the group of Sand Howlers into a war zone, with artillery explosions raining down among them and driving them into the two forces at the edges of their ranks.

Instead of planning a proper attack, the monsters were simply charging at the enemy, trying to escape the deadly rain.

But Hawk hadn't forgotten the assignment. While he was dropping spells on them, he had reduced the temperature of the fire enough that it wouldn't singe the fur. They were supposed to be collecting pelts, so he couldn't destroy them all.

Karl did notice that his meteors weren't the same as Remi's. Hers were actual stones. Hawk's were simply balls of magical energy, like a solid ball of [Rend].

[Hey, look over there. That is a great weapon.] Tian cheered, directing Karl's attention to his left.

One of the Orcs had made a blowgun, and was using it to fire a poison skill at the Sand Howlers. Tian wasn't interested in poison, but that tube would be great for firing stones at enemies.

[I will make you one later, with Runes on it to improve the function. If you fire stones through one like that, it will be just as good as using your skill directly.] Karl informed the little fox.

Karl watched as a Sand Howler leapt over Thor's back, headed for Tessa, who was transformed into her fully scaled Dragonkin form for battle. But the outcome was not what he expected.

Tessa casually swung her shield, shattering the creature's skull and sending the body flying dozens of metres away, without interrupting the skill that she was using with her other hand.

When she had advanced to become a Dragon Crusader, she had gained a skill called Compliance, and it appeared that the physique improvement was no joke.