The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 982

Rae brought out a rope to attach Thor to the front of the caravan, which was already hooked to the goats, with two thirds of the harnesses empty and stacked in the bed of the front wagon.

Everything was empty, so once they were out of the sand, it would be easy enough for them to simply roll their way back to the city. But sending a group like this with no proper guards seemed like a highly questionable choice to him.

"Where is your escort?" Karl asked as Rae got Thor set up with a tow-rope.

The young man gestured vaguely. "Inside a Sand Worm somewhere. They sent us with a five-man squad of Overlords, but the worm caught them by surprise, and they were gone before we knew what was happening."

Eating worms seemed like a bit of a step down from mice to Hawk, but technically worms were bird food. He would reserve judgment until he had tasted sand worm.

Rae whistled to get everyone's attention, and the wagon master brought the beasts to readiness, taut against their harnesses.

Then Thor simply stepped forward, and the entire row of wagons bounced out of the ruts they were in.

It was laughable how easy it was for the behemoth, even at his reduced for transit sizing. His paws barely slid as they sunk in the sand as he pulled, and the wagon team struggled to keep up with his walking pace.

The ground rumbled beneath them, and Rae smirked.

The sand worm was back.

But it didn't go for Thor and the wagons, it went straight for Karl. The sand vanished beneath his feet, falling into a giant maw filled with rings of razor sharp teeth as he activated [Swims Through Air] to keep himself from falling.

Then the Giant Sandworm burst up out of the dune, an Overlord Ranked monstrosity that made even Thor look svelte and slender.

Karl quickly equipped his weapons to attack, but Rae was already on it, tearing at the outside of the creature's thick hide. The wounds leaked yellowish blood that smelled heavily of sulphur, and made the sand bubble where the droplets landed.

[That's definitely not edible. It smells terrible.] Hawk complained.

He had gotten his hopes up, only to have them crushed by this disgusting thing. It would pay for that.

In order to express his frustration with the inedible nature of the Sandworm, Hawk began to bombard it with rapid fire [Fireballs], but they mostly just fizzled against the hide of the beast.