The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1247: Everyone Can Play

Rae came out instantly, along with her full force, and Dana sent her Golems to handle the Totem Ranked group, while Karl went for the others.

But this time, he didn’t use the Myceloid Kings. Instead, he chose clones of the Dark Elven King, which had incredibly high damage output, and the ability to move more smoothly through a crowded jungle fight.

They looked somewhat mundane, and blended well with the Lamia Bodyguards as well as the Epic Guard.

But this time, they got Totem fights from the start, so even Remi came out to play.

And taunt Hawk.

The air filled with fire and ice, the competing effects of two opposing forms of [Apocalypse] causing a nearly blinding haze of snow and embers. The fighting style confused the new group members, but they all followed Karl’s lead into combat, intending to eliminate the Mythic Ranked Apes as fast as possible.

Hawk and Remi rolled forward with their effects while Rae cleared the leftovers, then Dana charged past Karl, carving her way through the Apes to send her Golems to engage the second group of Mythic Apes.

“That’s the rhythm, everyone. Keep moving forward as they die. Even if we end up with some Totem Ranked apes behind us, the beasts will clean them up.” Karl directed.

“This difficulty is insane. We’re not even five minutes in, and already the difference is noticeable.” James noted as he fired arrows into the Mythic Apes.

“And it only gets worse. If we don’t beat that timer, they will reach the Immortal Rank, and then we will be here all day.” Karl agreed.

Terry laughed at Karl’s tone.

If they failed the timer and ended up surrounded by Immortal Ranked apes, they would be here much longer than all day. They probably wouldn’t come back out again.

“I like your optimism. We will keep pushing forward. If you’re confident in engaging the boss, go ahead, and we will finish the second group with Miss Dana.” He agreed.

“No, it’s better if we clean this up and help him clear the last before the boss. Karl, go get the next group, we will finish this up.” Dana instructed.

Karl nodded, then leapt over the Apes and directed the Epic Guard, the Haint and the two Dark Elven King Epic Golems to join him. The others could work on the other group.

Seeing Karl going for the next group, the Totem Ranked Apes hiding in the forest charged out, and the rest of the group realized why she sent Karl ahead. They weren’t going to be able to leapfrog without pulling dozens of additional monsters, including a half dozen more Mythic Apes.

The numbers weren’t quite as large as the last time, Dana decided. But the enrage timer was much slower.

Five minutes in, they were going to reach the first boss, and they had forty-five minutes to finish.

The Elven Kings filled the air with blade attacks as the Apes charged out, then laughed at the carnage.

{You made the right choice, Cat Demon. There is no King better to kill apes than us. Hairy ones, hairless ones, demonic ones, they’re all good practice to sharpen our blades.} One of the Epic Golems joked.

Karl smirked at them, knowing that they weren’t speaking of actual Ape species. But they weren’t wrong. Until Rae reached the Mythic Rank, there was nothing that Karl had ever faced which could keep up with the Dark Elven Kings in pure damage.

If they hadn’t managed to wrap him up in silk and keep him from fighting properly, it would have been a much more difficult fight in the Bara Dungeon at Overlord Rank.

The Haint and the Epic Golem both nodded in eager agreement. The Elves were good at their work.

Spined fingers from both the evolved Haint Claw and the Shadow Drake Treant patterned Epic Guard tore through Ape flesh, and the deceptively delicate constructs slammed their targets to the ground, giving Karl more room to fight while the Elves dealt with the trash.

[Brutal Pugilist] stacked very well with their combat abilities, giving them the edge over even the Epic Golems when Karl used them.

Cara joined them only seconds later, assisting the Elves, and then the rest of the group was with them.

Remi and Hawk moved their area effects forward, bringing the rest of the Apes between them and the boss to the fight, where they could all be dealt with at once.

That accelerated the process, and the barrage of skills was quickly whittling away what little defence even the enraged Apes could put up.

“As soon as they drop, we’re on to the boss. Save your mana.” Karl instructed.

“Got it. Who has the healing effect?” Mars asked.

“That would be either Remi or Tian. The Naga has healing totems up, and the fox can heal.” Karl replied between attacks.

“Then, we’ve definitely got this.” The Troll chuckled, becoming eager to see how this boss fight would go.

The Ape was about a third of the way through his enrage effect, by Karl’s estimation. They were only about five minutes into the dungeon, so they should have plenty of time, but at the speed that the boss was enraging, there was no way that it wasn’t going to hit Immortal Rank by the twenty-minute mark.

Perhaps that was the trick?

Karl activated [Avatar] and charged into combat as soon as the last of the guardian Apes were dead, ready to test a theory.

The theory that forty-five minutes was actually two sections of just over twenty-two minutes each. If the second boss’ enrage timer reset when the first one died, he would have his answer.

“Goddess, was he still holding back?” Paul asked as he followed Karl into combat.

Dana laughed. “Not really. That form is too big for the other fights, he couldn’t move properly in the jungle as a dragon. But the boss is much larger, and it’s easier to fight him when you’re huge.”

The Blood Knight made a mental note of that for future reference. They would have to try to find mages with oversized Golems for future attempts.