The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 723

The mage with Othello sealed the ceiling with a barrier, and Karl closed it completely with the [Stone Barrier] spell, locking them all back inside.

Then the mage cast a spell that brought the main barrier back online, though it was nearly out of mana storage.

"We can open the barriers again when it’s time to leave. But for now, we all need to rest and recover before we make ourselves a vulnerable target." He explained.

Karl shrugged. "That’s fine by me. But isn’t this a bit too much? It sounds like a full invasion of the Royal Palace and surrounding area. Nevertheless, they’re so confident that they’re not even trying to hide their identities.

I get that we’re not exactly the most feared nation on the continent, but they’ve got some serious guts."

The group with Othello nodded in agreement, but the Paladin frowned.

"Some of the bounties say that the claimant will get a large plot of land in return. Now, I don’t know about you, but unless it’s the leader of a nation, doesn’t that sound a lot like they’re planning to completely topple the Golden Dragon Nation?"

Karl paused while he considered that. "I think it is possible. If there was some rumour spreading among the other nations that the Archbishop was in poor health, would that not embolden them?

Without our Totem Rank strength, we’re even less organized than other nations, who have Overlords in Towers all over their maps."

Othello chuckled. Karl might have slightly misunderstood the actual politics of the other human nations, but it was true that most of the Towers were headed by Overlords, and they were spread fairly evenly over the nations, with each of them controlling a section of farmland and surrounding villages as their own semi-autonomous region.

"Speaking of which, where are the other two? Did they get away?" Othello asked.

Karl shook his head, and Remi hissed an answer. {We didn’t permit them to leave. There just weren’t any bodies left.}

That reminded her. She was getting sloppy, and she needed to clean up the last one for Sister Rae’s bath.

The Monarchs gave her a strange look as she used a tiny [Cyclone] to wash the floor and made the body vanish, but when she was done, it was like no battle had ever happened.

Karl passed out fruits and roast meats from Remi and Hawk’s spaces, so everyone could recharge as the waited, and Othello began to draw a map.

"The communications are out again. There is a Mana Storm forming over the city, and it’s interfering with all sorts of electronic signals. We can talk to others in the city still, but even contacting the Capital was sketchy.

They had to try three times before we could understand that they needed us to send teams here. The storm is getting stronger as well, so we should try to either regroup or clear an area of the surface before the actual storm part of the mana storm begins."

"Too late. I can hear the drops falling on the barrier above us. It looks like we will be fighting in the rain." Karl sighed.

Othello shrugged. "Better than fighting in a basement."