The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 537

Chapter 537 Not Huggable

That evening brought a surprise that Karl had never thought to see in this lifetime. Lotus had found a creature that she simply could not cuddle.

Leafa was made of hard and sharp bark, and without Karl's Limited Invulnerability, even touching her caused instant cold damage. The nature cleric learned that the hard way when she shook the Overlord's hand before the other woman could stop her.

The Haint didn't sleep, so the sat up with all the watches, and seemed to take great joy in the fact that she could shake Karl awake.

Normally, she wouldn't be able to touch anyone without a barrier in place, as her very nature drained body heat to a lethal extent. But it was a damage over time effect, so it was never more than ten percent of his health at once.

The Satyrs were already getting ready, and the farmers were waking up, while trying to be quiet to keep the kids who were in the tent behind the house asleep.

"How are we going to arrange this?" Leafa asked quietly.

"Right, we didn't go over that. Last night I was on the side of the house where the kids are, along with the Naga Warriors and a pair of Summoned Lamia Bodyguards, as well as two Golems.

The Satyrs took this side, along with the Cerro and the two old Royal rank soldiers. The two younger Royal Rank Minotaurs took the right side of the house, and the rest of the force filled the final side and sent reinforcements as needed.

We did it that way based on who can see and fight best in the dark. I have thermal vision, so I can see nearly as well at night as in the daylight.

How well do you see at night?" Karl replied.

The tree woman chuckled and patted him on the shoulder, still not over the novelty.

"I can see souls and magic. I don't see light in the first place, so there is no difference between day and night to me."

"Alright. Then you can be wherever you like. As the strongest of us, you will likely be moving around a lot. Well, either that, or your presence will scare them away, and you won't need to do anything at all.

That was how the second half of last night went. We got a little bit Stabby at the start, and then they just stopped coming this way."

One of the Minotaurs standing behind Karl laughed.

"You will understand once he starts fighting. He's got a maul that lets him stack power on it, and he can one hit a Royal Rank Cyclops."

Leafa stared at Karl for a few seconds. "You can one hit kill a target of your own Rank?"

Karl nodded. "The maul was a dungeon reward, and it lets you stack five copies of the same skill on it. I'm already a bit of a beast in combat, but that weapon is just unfair against less intelligent opponents like boars."

"What about against smarter targets?" Leafa asked.

Karl chuckled and took out his maul, then stacked five copies of [Disintegration] on it.