The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 648

Chapter 648 Too Slow

The Giants approached carefully, waiting for Karl to make a move. They knew that they couldn't afford to be reckless against his speed, but this strange human also appeared to heal unnaturally quickly, despite being separated from his healers.

Karl was using [Rend] with [Nullify] to get past the defensive abilities of the Giants and force them to parry the skills, which kept them at a distance.

The fight speed had slowed to a crawl, and the whole battle was falling into a lull as the humans' stamina ran low.

Thor's efforts would have them recovered in no more than five minutes, but that was a long time in combat. The Giants backed off a little, and a horde of Ogres advanced. They were only Royal Rank, the leaders of their species. But fighting them would burn more energy, and the Giants didn't care about expending them as cannon fodder.

They had put stronger barriers over the weaker species, but when [Nullify] hit them, the barriers put up no real resistance.

But, another wave stepped over the bodies of the fallen, then another, and another.

[We're done at the back, you can retreat to our position, and we will prepare to attack again.] Thor informed Karl, who was alone with his bodyguards, fighting the seemingly endless tide of Ogres.

One full force backwards leap disengaged Karl from the attackers, and showed him that the Ogres were nearly depleted, and the remainder were being forced forward by the Giants, as they weren't willingly fighting anymore.

The move put the battle in a tense standoff, with the two sides thirty metres apart and staring at each other, waiting for some sort of trigger to continue.

More groups of Giants were joining the survivors, but they wouldn't make much difference in the short term. What they needed was someone who could challenge Karl one on one, and keep him from sweeping through their ranks.

"What's the news?" Karl asked as he reached the others, while Tessa cast a small healing spell and a refreshing ability on him.

"We weren't fast enough to respond. The Capital is under attack by the Giants' allies. Right now, it's Ogres and Goblins. We've got the Giant armies slowed down enough that they haven't engaged yet.

But there should be more forces in the area, which may or may not have been engaged by the other strike teams and the border guard.

There is nothing on the radio at all. We think that they might have a spell that is blocking the signals. Even trying to communicate between groups we can see doesn't work." Niall explained.

"So, we finish up here and then hunt? Or do we return to the Capital to defend the city walls?" Karl asked.

The four Overlords looked at each other. Without orders, it was their call. Ahmad looked to the sky, as if for inspiration. "Well, we're all on the stronger side of Overlord, so we're needed in both spots. I don't know which would be better, but now that I've recovered enough, I will mount a full assault against the remainder of the army. My skills, like yours, are not great against single targets, but highly effective against large groups, though the energy drain is incredibly high. I'm a Rank over the strongest of the remaining forces, so I should be able to wipe them out if I can last long enough, we just need to keep them from running away until I finish.

With your Thor here, I will recover quickly enough to be ready for the next battle, I hope. Then we can follow the scouting reports of Hawk to see if we're still needed here." _{freewёbnoνel.com}

Karl nodded in agreement. "I will have Hawk and Remi assist you so that there are too many spells for the Giant Shamans to effectively dispel them all. It will save you some mana, and hopefully allow us to clear this group."

Overlord Othello smirked. "You know, after this, they are going to make us suffer through another of those godawful award ceremonies."