The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 890  Imbalanced Skillset

Karl began to draw on the mana storage totem that he had been making when he left for the battle, letting his own mana regenerate so that he didn't reduce any of the beasts' supply.

Cara had no such issue, she was much more mana efficient with her innate skill than Karl was, and the butterfly had made her invisible, so the Undead had to guess where the explosions were coming from as she flew around the battlefield.

Among the group, only Rae was in a bad mood. Skeletons had no bodily fluids at all, so she couldn't make them blow up. Smashing them into tiny bits was a small consolation when she had been looking forward to using [Blood Destruction] on a large scale.

Maybe next time they would find nice juicy zombies.

No, that would smell terrible. There was bound to be something better than skeletons among the Undead hordes. At least her [Demonic Oppression] skill muted the magic of the constructs, slowing them and reducing the power of their attack skills.

Most of them were Royal Rank, with scattered Monarchs among them. Only a very few were Overlords, and those were mostly the Death Knights leading groups. But that made her new [Entangling Vines] skill, obtained from the Orcish Druids, much more fun. She could throw down a large net of web, then raise vines to tear apart the trapped skeletons while she stabbed the strong ones.

The Lich Lord was beginning to weaken, and some of the spells had managed to disintegrate portions of its robe.

That was when Karl summoned his Golems.

{Please Choose a Form}

{Ghostfire Thunderbird Chosen}

The dull imitations of Hawk might not have any of his skills, but Karl coated them in [Ghostfire Body] without any issue, and they began to dive bomb the Lich Lord, who was already struggling to avoid annihilation.

The sudden change in tactics was too much for the Undead, and a single arrow made it through its barriers, exploding within the bone cage of its chest. That created a link back to the Haint Claw, and the battle between Karl and the Lich Lord turned into a tug of war for its soul.

Karl focused all his attention on the Haint Claw, working to tear the soul from the undead, while the Lich Lord took blow after blow from Cara and the Golems.

The Golems didn't do much but distract it, but that was all they needed to do. Each slip cost it a bit more of its power, until the bone construct of the Lich Lord's body collapsed and the ghostly image of a Pirate Lord appeared in the air.

{No, I will not allow this.} The Lich Lord roared, and then charged Karl, slamming into his body in an attempt to merge and possess him.

That was the moment that the Lich Lord learned what true terror was. A glowing golden scale floated in the void of Karl's mental space, and the centuries old Undead Lord felt its very essence destabilizing. Then, a ghostly butterfly appeared from one of the linked mental spaces, and gently brushed against him.

As if attacked by a vampire, the Lich Lord felt its essence being drained at a rapid pace. But without a body, it had no way to defend. Of all the magic that it had learned, spirit combat was only a tiny fraction of a percent. But the butterfly happily fed on magical power, and that was all that a Lich Lord was, once robbed of its body.

Within seconds, the totality of its power was siphoned away and flooded Little Butterfly's space, leaving only a tortured fragment of a soul that was being constantly drawn into the Haint Claw.

{Nooo! Please, I cannot die. Not like this.} The Lich Lord pleaded.

Then, it was gone.

{Skill Advanced}

{Skill Master4} ⇒ {Skill Master 5} Requirements met. All functions unlocked. Skills may upgrade to 1 Rank and 2 Grades above their base.

Karl didn't have the time to think too much about that, as the battle was far from over, and the death of the Lich Lord had not stopped the Skeleton Horde, only left them aimlessly rampaging.

Not that the Orcs and Wrath Demons minded. With the extra area damage, the skeleton horde had already been weakened, and the warriors were smashing through them with ease, while Tessa's [Holy Armour] was refreshed every half minute or so, and absorbed the majority of the [Slash] skills that the Skeletons were using.

It was the only skill that the average Skeleton knew.

While it wasn't much, in large numbers, it would allow them to cut through entire villages with ease. But with the bodies of the Skeletons weakened by the fires of Remi and Hawk's area skills, any of the Orcish warriors or Wrath Demons could smash through a skeleton every few seconds.

Plus, Lotus and the Totem Ranked Prince were moving forward with the battle, keeping area healing effects active on the majority of the defenders at all times. Without the guidance of the Death Knights and the Lich Lord, it was devastatingly effective as a tactic.

The Skeletons just attacked whatever was closest.

Karl took a moment to catch his breath and watch the battle. Tessa definitely needed a new spear, with bonuses to [Smite] or another ranged spell on it. The tactic of fighting from Thor's back was far too effective for her to stop now. Especially when Thor was so happy stomping on Skeletons as [Consecrated Ground] crumbled them into dust.

The battle was quickly coming to an end, and the [Hellstorm] spells had been stopped to minimize property damage. Unlike the flaming blizzard effects, neither Hawk nor Remi had learned how to make the flaming vortexes stop damaging everything that they touched. They didn't even have the decency to spare buildings caught in their range.

As the last of the Skeletons fell, Lotus transformed into [Beast Form] and flew up to Nachtia as a tiny green dragon.

{Ohmygod, she is even more adorable than I remember. How can a dragon be so cute?} The black dragon rumbled.

Karl landed next to Prince Steven, and gave the Royal a polite nod. "Your Highness, the battlefield is clear. Do you have any updates on other battles nearby?" He asked.

The Demon tried not to let his shock show. He had just defeated a Totem Ranked Lich Lord, was that not enough of a feat for one day?