The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 975

Karl frowned in confusion as he saw the scene at the city walls.

[Rae, were you already here?]

Rae walked over to admire the work, then transformed into her humanoid form.

"They've got great taste, but this isn't my work. I left one like this on the east wall, maybe they're copying me?" She replied as she inspected the Ogre corpses pinned to the wall with large metal spikes.

There were two bloody spikes with no corpse attached, marking the spot where the Ogre had escaped from.

"Sloppy, not making sure they were secure. I know this smell, though. It's a Vampire, likely a System User with Earth and Shadow Magic." Rae explained.

"There just isn't any good news today, is there?" The Dwarven Warrior sighed.

Rae shrugged. "Maybe it's on your side?"

The mere thought of that made the Dwarves laugh. The Undead were never on anyone's side but Lord Bomgon's. There were no native Undead clans in the region, they had long since been eliminated, so any Undead that you found here were all invaders.

Lotus sniffed the air. "There is only Ogre blood here, though. I can see the damage from the fight, but there is no Vampire blood."

The Dwarves frowned. "So, whatever vampire did this, managed to do it without suffering any wounds?"

Lotus shrugged, but Rae had an idea.

"They might be the sort that regenerates and pulls their blood back in. I have a skill like that, to empower myself with blood. They might have just cleaned up some of their mess."

The Dwarves turned to each other and shrugged. "Well, let's go look for living Ogres. The faster we find them all, the faster we can get back to the tavern to celebrate."

However, the sounds of fighting were dying down all over the city, and Hawk's updates mostly covered Ogres being engaged by multiple pairs of Dwarven Totems. There were now more capable Overlord and Totem Ranked defenders than Ogres, and the fights that remained were on the far side of the city.

So, Karl's mission turned to rescue.

As they passed by the damaged buildings, everyone listened carefully for anyone who might be trapped or wounded, and Lotus kept her healing totems active at all times, just in case they needed a little help to make their presence known.

She could also feel the condition of everyone that they healed, but so far, none of them were in critical condition. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}

The spell covered a city block on either side of their route, but the actual destruction was more limited in scale. The Ogres had mostly been engaged near where they had appeared, unless they chased a group of Civilians. So, entire blocks were destroyed, and then for dozens of blocks around them, there was little to no damage.

The remaining durability of the Dwarven stone structures was quite impressive. Karl had expected the aftermath of the battles to cause more destruction than one city block at a time.

The Dwarves led them through the city, searching for damaged sections, and making notes of what parts of the city were in the worst shape, in need of immediate repairs. That data would all be added to the battle damage, as the entire city would need renovation after this.