The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 541

Chapter 541 Monarch Guards

While the farmers didn't immediately notice that something was off, the same was not true of Leafa. The instant that the skill advanced to Monarch Rank, before the Naga Warriors had even finished growing, she had realized what had happened.

What she couldn't understand was how.

None of the biological group members were close to the boundary for Monarch Rank, much less past it. But the skill was very obviously advanced by a Rank, just as the Void Badger's [Disintegration] was.

The obvious answer was that Karl had done something, but she hadn't sensed him doing anything. If he had a skill that could bump up a skill's power by a rank for the duration of a battle, the Haint Overlord wanted to know it.

If she could make her [Soul Steal] advance to the Totem Rank even for a short duration, she would become one of the peak powers on the continent.

Karl nodded a greeting as she came over to speak to him, then shook his head in rejection of her pending question. _{freewēbnoveℓ.com}

"I can't make your skill advance like that. I know that's what you're after. Even if I was stronger, it wouldn't work." He explained.

"You're certain? What are the limitations?"

Karl smirked. "Only two things. A comprehensive and thorough understanding of how the skill should operate at the next Rank. Then, the restrictive part. It has to be a beast that is bonded to me and capable of retreating to a separate space I control."

Leafa sighed. "So, it's a trick just for your team members? Well, even if it's one skill at a time, it's still a huge advantage when you have summoned beasts on top of your bonded ones."

Karl turned to face her, but stopped when he saw a very strange heat signature.

Remi had transformed back into her small snake form, and Cara was flying around with her, so they could both attack from the sky. Cara looked like she had gotten bigger again, but Karl wasn't sure with the distance. The next time they came back around, he would have to stand beside her and measure.

Leafa stared into the distance. "Morning is going to be chaos, are you ready for a whole army unit to show up here? They're going to expect you to be able to help them, but they will have a lot of questions if they see your beasts."

Karl nodded. "When they arrive, I will call everyone back to their spaces, other than the two Naga Warrior Bodyguards that travel with us. If I push myself, I can do enough damage that most people won't have questions. That's how I did it in the past when I first met Orthos. It works well enough, but it burns stamina fast, and this is going to be a long night."

The Haint Overlord laughed and seemed to turn to mist for a split second before reappearing in the distance to bisect a group of boars with smooth swings of her blade.

Pale blue energy poured from their wounds to her body as she walked back to Karl, and she shrugged.

"These boars aren't all that tough. I might not be a soldier, but I am an Overlord."

She had a point. Even if she only had a basic attack skill, as an Overlord, it shouldn't be hard to one hit kill any of the Commander Rank beasts, and any of the Royal Rank invaders without defensive measures.

[There is a whole swarm of bacon food coming our way.] Hawk warned.

[Use Hellstorm all around the farm. We can create enough cyclones with the three of us that they won't want to approach.] Karl insisted.

Remi giggled as Hawk sighed. That was going to take a lot of energy, and he was the one doing the flying in his team, where Remi was just transformed into a petite Spirit Snake form and wrapped around Cara like a necklace.

So, Hawk landed on Rae and began spreading flaming vortexes around the farm, so they would cover a third of the circle.

Karl took up his section, and Remi did the rest, as Leafa stared at the thirty pillars of fire surrounding their position.

"That's the spell that they were referring to. The terrifying fire vortex. It doesn't look that bad to me. It's just a Royal Rank flaming tornado with some extra damage." She noted.

"Just wait. They get spicy when someone stands too close."