The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 759

As Karl hacked his way through the Undead, the crowd in front of him parted, and a group of black armoured undead Knights joined the fray.

Thor’s joy at getting to fight against real knights, even if they were undead knights, was infectious, and Karl found himself smiling behind the visor of his helmet.

They were all strong Monarchs, except the leader of the squad, who was clearly an Overlord.

Karl pointed his sword at the leader, and saluted him with the hope to signal a duel and give them some space to fight.

The gesture worked remarkably well, and the Wights simply ran away, creating a twenty-metre circle for their duel.

The Epic Guard went to assist Thor, who had been blocked by the Wights, with Tessa on his back spearing the creatures, using her new shield to guard Thor’s flank.

The squad of undead Knights fell in around Karl and their leader, waiting for the outcome with unnatural stillness, a pond of calm in the chaos of battle.

The Knight used a broadsword as well, and when Karl lunged forward, shattering the air with the speed of his attack, the Knight managed to parry, knocking his attack up and away. Karl followed up with a knee, and the Knight spun to the right, then launched his own attack at Karl’s neck.

Flames met unholy light as the two blades met again, and the circle shifted so that they remained in the centre.

That appeared to be a tactical decision, as Karl noticed that the aftermath of their basic attacks was stopping half a metre from the encirclement. Those shockwaves were nothing major to either of them, but if they hit the Royal Rank Wights, there would be casualties.

Both blades danced in a flurry of strikes, probing for weakness, and a sound like rapid fire thunder rolled over the battlefield as the two Champions tested each other.

Karl saw the trick to the Undead Knight’s defence. It wasn’t that he could keep up with Karl. He had a skill that let him automatically parry with a certain level of success.

A few strikes made it through, and if Karl followed with a secondary attack, it almost always landed. But the Knight’s counterattacks were not nearly as fast as his parry.

So, when they engaged again, Karl coated his fist in [Nullify] and [Ghostfire Body], and the moment that the Knight’s blade was out of the way, he simply punched it in the face, collapsing its mask and causing the undead to collapse to the ground as a pile of inanimate armour.

Then, the others were on him, but Karl knew how to deal with them now.

With the duel ended, Thor and Tessa moved back to Karl’s side, letting the Epic Guard protect the other flank.

Karl noticed that they had a system worked out, and Tessa was watching Thor’s back, telling him when to swipe, when to smash, and when to use [Gravity Slam] with his tail to keep enemies off them.

That let Thor fight violently with his front feet and horns, while Tessa’s long spear defended his vulnerable areas.