The First Legendary Beast Master

Cara, uninterested in the horde of undead, had made her way down the docks to the rear rank of ships which had not rammed into the shore.

The Wights had much greater concerns than some sort of furry creature wandering between their feet as they charged at the docks, and none of them even tried to stop her advance as the curious Void Badger hunted for something interesting to do.

After entering through one of the open cannon flaps on the side, Cara found herself in the bowels of the ship, where huge piles of shiny things had been stored for her to find.

This was much better than fighting against the undead.

Not everything here was good stuff. Someone had put large rocks in here for no reason that she could tell. But there were coins and gems and even fancy pillows.

One after another, items were piled into her space, and then Cara hopped out the port and went to see what the other boats had.

This second hold wasn't empty, there was a pair of guards standing at the ladder to the upper levels.

Cara hit them with [Nullify] to take down their barriers, then stared in confusion as the undead collapsed.

That was strange.

But it was also not too important, unless the undead got back up again.

There was a fancy coffin in here, covered in human bones, but made of solid silver with red velvet and pillows inside. Cara flipped the lid open and climbed in to test the experience. The pillows were comfortable, so Cara pulled it into her space and went about inspecting the rest of the free treasures.

She found a bunch of cursed magic weapons, soaked in void and death energy.

Those went straight into her space.

Once all the interesting things were gone from the ship's hold, Cara went over to inspect the bodies of the undead.

Strangely, they were just piles of bones with equipment. Dispel must have hit them hard enough that it dispelled the spell that was keeping them active.

But that meant they weren't undead - undead, right? They should be summoned undead.

Sister Remi would know for sure.

Cara moved on to the ships at the front, but there was nothing in them. So, she moved along to another dock.

On shore, the battle near the warehouse was beginning to turn against the undead horde, and they were quickly being pushed back to the water.

Karl couldn't tell if the other portions of the shore defence were doing as well, but in his portion, it was all but over.

Dana's swarm of magical blades were shredding the Undead who got too close to her section, while Rae and the big demon who may have [Limited Invulnerability] had pushed the northern edge of their section all the way from the river back to the first dock.

The deciding factor of the battle would mostly be the other fronts and the battle over their heads, which the Undead Lord was pushing closer to the surface by the second.

Karl vaguely noticed that something was changing in Cara's space, but he was busy firing arrows into the Wights, keeping them pushed back from the lines as the Militia worked to contain the attack.

He took a short break, and Loros ran over with an armload of water bottles.

"Here, grab a drink. I gave all the jewellery to your friend the spider just a minute ago. You know, in case something happens." The pale skinned little Demoness announced.

"Thanks. No matter what, you can't be accused of not following through on your word." Karl agreed.

It wasn't being killed she was too worried about, but the city was taking increasingly large amounts of damage, and the stone carvings were rather fragile before Karl enhanced them.

Then, a blinding golden light changed everything.

Thor and Tessa began to glow, and the Undead began to disintegrate to ash, blowing away on the wind as their ships faded from sight at the three central Drodh docks.

Cara grumbled in annoyance as she nearly fell into the water when her final target vanished, but she made it to the dock without getting wet and carefully made her way across a drop line between the two docks to go see what Thor was doing that was so bright.

{Skill: Circle of Protection has advanced 1 Tier} Monarch Rank skill [Consecrated Ground] has been learned.

{Consecrated Ground} Epic Grade Holy Defensive ability. Reduces damage taken by 30%. Increases all damage done by Holy attacks by 30%. Deals constant holy damage to targets in range.

The light faded after a few seconds, and no undead within fifty metres of Thor remained on the battlefield.

Karl winked at Loros as the few remaining Demons on the south end of their section of the battlefield began to flee in fear.

Thor charged south at a full run, not even waiting to see if the undead he trampled were actually dead as he ran.

[Consecrated Ground] was still active around him, and they would burn soon enough.

The southern dock area had seven docks at it, and therefore many more attackers, but also more defenders, including almost all of the Castle Guard and city defenders who weren't deployed on the ships.

Karl hopped down from his perch atop the warehouse to follow Thor, then leapt onto the back of one of Rae's Golems as they rushed past.

Standing on the Spider Golem, Karl could fire skill freely into the Undead at the south docks. Karl had expected Rae to join them, but he could feel her headed north with Dana on her back, aiming to clear the other set of docks in the Redwood Sprawl.

That left Lotus a bit confused. There were no more injured nearby, now that the Undead were dealt with in their immediate vicinity, but she was needed in two opposing directions at the same time.

After a few seconds, she gestured north. "Remi, let's go join Sister Rae. The Sprawl is short on healers all the time."

Remi picked up the healer and headed for the park. The streets here were narrow and winding, a maze that would make it nearly impossible to find them otherwise, and the battle was no longer on the shore.

The undead had pushed at least a block or two into the city, but everyone who lived in the sprawl would know where the park was.
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Her bodyguards accompanied them, clearing the way as Remi raced over the ground faster than Lotus could run, thanks to her larger body.

"Healing Tree is back in the market." Remi shouted as she deposited Lotus on the grass where Karl had set them up last time.

Lotus transformed, and immediately, a flood of wounded came their way from the alleys and rooftops, appearing from everywhere, or sliding down fire escapes.

Rae should have left the Dana Mage with them, Remi thought. She was going to have way too much fun chasing undead through buildings and alleys to be carrying a Mage instead of going incorporeal.

But Dana had thought the same thing, and she was already flying overhead, just above the rooftops, so she didn't become too much of a target. That left Rae free to hunt now that her cargo had been delivered.

Next to the barbecue pit, Ophelia transformed back into her usual sized Werebear form.

"It looks like I get to watch the food while they're gone." She laughed.

Someone had to make sure that nothing tried to circle their position from the other landing points.