The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 474

Chapter 474 Clear the Checkpoint

Karl directed Thor to move off into the grass, away from the road where the monsters had set up rocks and a fallen tree to block the way.

There were no ditches to the dirt road, and it was in open grassland. There was nothing stopping them from going around, but it didn't bode well for the monsters' intelligence.

Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately for them, the hobgoblins and their Ogre overseers were not stupid enough to miss the fact that Karl was driving a wagon past them only a hundred metres away in an open field.

They lacked any sort of organization as they charged across the field, shouting and waving their weapons.

In the distance, Hawk noted that the guards from town came out when the monsters had started shouting, then went back in when they realized that the monsters were headed away from town.

So, either they didn't have the manpower to deal with a small group of bandits, or they simply didn't care, and assumed that travellers would handle it.

"Real meat!" The Ogre shouted, brandishing his crude stone blade at Thor.

The craftsmanship was childish at best, but the edge was jagged and looked sharp enough, while the stone gave off an aura of magic from its monstrous wielder.

"Well, it looks like they're not just toll collectors. I suppose that we should do something about them." Karl joked as he instructed Thor to stop the wagon.

[I'll send the bodyguards.] Remi agreed, as the two Naga Warriors headed forward to meet the incoming attackers.

[Didn't you make three of them the first time?] Rae asked as she watched the warriors rapidly moving through the grass.

[The last one is mine. My bodyguard.] Remi pouted.

Karl chuckled at her attitude. If she wanted to keep one in reserve so it was close to her, that was her call. Now that she wasn't just a small snake, she would be coming out to fight when there was real danger.

They hadn't even sent Dana's golems, which were guarding the wagon, much less Rae's. So nobody was too worried about the situation or the lack of one bodyguard.

The Ogres were only Commanders, while Remi's bodyguards were Royal Rank, and the Hobgoblins were just Awakened Rank monsters.

They started the fight from ten metres away with a [Tsunami] attack, which created a wall of water that raced forward toward the attackers, and sent the Hobgoblins tumbling along the ground as their bones were crushed by the tumbling water.

The Ogres fared a little better, by meeting the wall of water with a counterattack that negated most of the power. But they were still hopelessly outmatched, and immediately turned to run off into the wilderness.

"Let them run, they're not going to bother us anymore." Karl loudly announced, as if the Naga needed verbal commands.

The guards at the town wall were watching and listening. Karl didn't want to come across as a ruthless mercenary to them.

[Hawk, once they're out of sight of the town, kill them.]

Thor turned back to the road, on the other side of the barricade, and began to happily trot towards the town's fish market.

At the gate to their rather pathetic attempt at a town wall, which didn't even reach all the way across town, the guards stopped the wagon to do their checks.

"What's your business here?" The guard demanded, his scarred face twisted in what might have been disgust, or possibly just nerve damage.

"We have come to buy some dried fish for a buyer in Halsearing." Karl replied in a bored tone.