The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1237: Stacking Enrage

Karl quickly finished the Apes, then gathered the next enraged group with [Flaming Vortex] before hitting them with [Dispel].

For a half second, the enrage effect vanished, and Karl thought that this might not be bad.

Then, it was back, and stronger than before it was dispelled.

[Ooh, that made them mad. Super Spicy Apes.] Cara giggled.

They weren’t even affected by the Spicy Tornado anymore, Hawk realized. It was still damaging them, but they were immune to the pulling effect, and not at all disoriented.

They must be Super Spicy.

Karl bombarded them with [Void Blast] as he approached, then increased the mana that he was putting into [Apocalypse], hoping to wear them down enough that their regeneration would be fully occupied with the area damage.

If the background damage was that high, it would be much easier to take them out.

{Fundamental Rule Comprehension Increased} Fire ⇒ 5 Percent

Karl put a bit more mana into the barriers around his Golems, keeping [Eternal Lightning] active, so that the debuff that the Apes were causing didn’t linger.

It was only around for half a second when the barrier was active, but [Eternal Lightning] continually cleansed.

For added bonus, he cast [Consecrated Ground] and found that it had a huge bonus against the Demonic Apes, nearly as much as against Undead. Now, he could really get to work.

He just had to change tactics.

Instead of Void Blast, he switched to Holy Blast, and found that coating his claws in holy energy made his attacks cause increased bleeding from [Lacerate] and [Hemotoxic Strikes].

Karl tore the throat out of one of the Demonic Apes, and the Greater Golems teamed up to stomp on its head as it fell.

With the added Holy damage, this was going much faster than the last one, and he might actually have them down before the rest of the group had finished their work.

A sudden impact on the hind legs of his draconic form reminded Karl that he had to pay attention to more Apes than just the ones that he was fighting. But before he could react, a Dire Bear Golem had launched itself over his back and knocked the errant Demonic Ape to the ground, locked in a death grip.

With the Ape immobile, locked in combat with the Dire Bear, the Spectral Knights moved in to stab it to death from every angle at once.

Brutal, but effective.

The apes fell, and Rae immediately pulled the corpses into her space to drain them of blood.

It wasn’t any better than the first ones had been, but it was still Mythic blood, and every bit would count, as she didn’t have any Immortal blood available.

[You totally jinxed it.] Hawk informed her.

[Are we that lucky?] Cara asked.

[Maybe? This is a pretty fun fight. All *boom* *pow* *smash*.] Tian agreed from his perch on Lars’ shoulder.

[Can you all stop trying to influence the dungeon into making the last boss Immortal?] Dana pleaded.

[Sorry, but NO.] Rae informed her in a smug tone.

Deve caught up to Karl just as the last of the Demonic Apes fell, and glared at Cara, who was flying overhead.

{Have I mentioned yet that I really hate you?} He asked the badger, who nodded happily in agreement, then tossed him a large meat bun.

The Druid caught it in his mouth and swallowed in one bite, without stopping his running commentary on how Badgers were invented to make his life difficult.

But the extra monsters had stopped coming, and the only thing left in front of them was one massive Demonic Ape, glowing with bright red energy, and slathering with rage.

[We will have to do this faster next time.] Cara noted as she watched the insane ape stomp around the clearing.

The enrage timer looked like it was much too fast for a casual fight.

{Golems forward. Engage the boss and let’s see what it’s got.} Deve sighed.

The moment that the Golems entered the area, spikes of earth erupted from the ground, forcing them all to dodge, and bright golden armour surrounded the final boss, before it doubled in size from its already impressive four metre stature.

“Goddess, that thing is massive. What in the world are we supposed to do with that? Sic a dragon on it? Karl, you’re up.” Lars joked.

Dana laughed and sent her Golems to join the fight while flying overhead.

But being off the ground didn’t save her from the area spell.

The spikes launched themselves into the air as the next wave passed under her, but from her vantage, she could see how the spell worked.

“It’s a ring of earth spikes that comes out from him. There are gaps in it, but the spell rotates, so you will have to adjust to where they are.” She shouted down to the team members on the ground.

That was all well and good, Deve decided. But how were they supposed to damage that thing?

The Golems were already in combat with it, and its health was only slightly ticking down, then mostly healing. But with every bit of damage it took, the enrage effect increased.

Tian nimbly hopped to the side as Lars was forced to roll to avoid being impaled from beneath by the wave of spikes, and momentarily wished that he had time to inspect those spikes.

There had to be secrets to new Earth Magic in that spell.

“He’s getting ready for something big!” Dana warned as the red light on the boss surged.

Then, the light turned completely black, before vanishing into the boss.

Its armour went from gold to black, its eyes glowed with red malevolence, and Deve cursed as he saw the decoration around its name change.

[Immortal Rank Demonic Ape blood.] Rae sighed happily.

[Cara, I’m going to trim your claws and lock you in a plain white room.] Dana grumbled.

[This is not my fault. I just wanted to make it more interesting.] Cara complained.

How could their beloved Dana Mage threaten her with something that vile? What would she do in a boring white room if she couldn’t even claw it apart?