The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 761

Overhead, the main battle was coming to a crescendo of violence, and the buildings of the Redwood sprawl and the Fool’s Walk district by the river, which were closest to the combatants, were beginning to crumble under the backlash of the massive attacks that were lighting up the sky halfway to the horizon.

As the sprawl collapsed, the residents ran for the few open areas in the district, which was so heavily overbuilt that the market and a few collapsed buildings were the only places that were large enough not to have rubble land on them.

Fortunately, that put many people in the range of Lotus’ healing effects, which she was working to extend over the whole market, at the expense of peak healing power.

There were only a few higher ranking guards here anyhow, and most of them were still fighting the Undead, which left a lot of wounded Ascended Rank workers, who didn’t need Royal Rank healing to deal with their injuries.

Commander Rank, cast over twice as much area, would work just fine.

With one final surge of power, many buildings in the Sprawl collapsed, and the Undead Lord vanished, along with the remnants of his fleet.

Rae was greatly disappointed, as she had just gotten into a rhythm, hunting them through buildings and alleys.

But battles ended when they ended, and now it was time to check in and see how Thor had done at his end of the battlefield.

That new area damage skill of his made him one of their better combatants. At least against the Undead, who were extra vulnerable to Holy Magic.

{Is everyone alright?} Karl asked as a system message, as he couldn’t see most of the team.

The messages all came back in the affirmative, but both Remi and Dana detailed heavy damage to the Redwood Sprawl region, so Lotus would be staying in tree form for a while, treating noncombatants who were injured when their homes collapsed.

The Lord, looking battered and weary, returned to the Castle without a word, while from the ocean, the City Governor returned after his battle, also looking battle-scarred, but with a victorious smile.

He landed near the barbecue pit, where Thor was returning with Karl and Tessa, and where the leaders of the dock district had gathered.

"Thank you all for the excellent work defending the city from invasion. As you may have already noticed, this time we did take some significant damage, but the emergency fund is substantial after years of successful defences of the city, and we will be announcing projects to rebuild and repair the damaged buildings within the week.

The worst of the damage is in the Redwood Sprawl, which was closest to the battle overhead, and as such, many buildings there will need to be completely renovated.

During that time, there will be a housing shortage, and we ask that everyone has patience with their temporarily unhomed neighbours and employees.

If you can provide them with a place to stay until their home is repaired, we ask that you do.

I will have additional information for you later, but I would like to assure you that the authorized agents of the city have made preparations for the Militia reimbursement."