Last One

Allen quickly checked in on Feno and Alice to find how many bears there were nearby.

"Lord Allen, I have checked the area around here and have discovered there to be six bears nearby. When will the next hunting trip be held?"

"I have just summoned some very powerful wolves and wish to test them on a single bear if possible. In about an hour, we will move out to search and kill the target, but if we can't find a bear alone then we will just wait the full four hours until my bestow skill comes off cooldown."

Feno nodded and spoke excitedly, "I will get my people ready so that even if you don't find the sole bear, we can fight two bears! With our Flood, we can guarantee no deaths will occur! And now that I have become a Marsh Elf I can guarantee I can force those bears to the ground!"

"Oh- by the way you said you reached level 5 today right? What type of class options did you get?"

"I got twenty different options, but I have no idea what to choose, so I decided to deal with it in the morning."

"Maybe I can help you decide more clearly, tell me more about it."

"Elven Swordsman, Elven Water Mage, Elven Dancer, Elven politician, Elven..."

After the two talked for nearly half an hour, Orion arrived telling the pair that they were ready to fight whenever, all that was needed was the leader to lead them. Allen didn't hesitate either and had already agreed that he would meet Feno at the border.

Only fifteen minutes later Allen arrived with all troops that were at least common+ and above. Feno on the other hand had already gotten all his Water Elves to ride the Forest Wolves to keep up with Allen.

"Henry, have we found a suitable target?"

"Lord, we have found no sole bears, but just as you ordered we have found another pair of bears instead."

"Good, lead the way."

Very quickly the towering bears could be clearly seen amongst the trees. The bears this time clearly felt the power of the intruders and instead of getting ready to fight like before they instead backed away slowly. Seeing this Allen was even more excited to test the power of his new troops.

This time Almos was only going to be his mount and not participate in the battle like before, so Allen could finally give orders while atop a huge wolf, like some grand general. "Stone Mages! Build walls to delay the bears! Fire Mages! Follow behind to force the bears our way! Giant Wind Wolves! Attack full power!" Giant Wolves! Follow closely behind and attack! All other Wind and Tornado Wolves use Wind Cutter to attack weak points in their legs! Water Elves! Stay by, you are our escape plan!"

Everything quickly fell into place as if they had been fighting together for years and not days. Each wolf and human was conscious of each other and rarely hit each other and even then it was mostly the Fire Mages that didn't have the greatest control over their fire. Still, these injuries were all too small to cause any real damage and quickly healed after a moment of being uncomfortable. Now that there were healers this damage had now become even less important as even decent cuts were healed in seconds.

As soon as the people on Allen's side got tired they were then suddenly invigorated by the faith of light buff coming from several Great Light Mages. The bears stood no chance even as they desperately struggled for nearly half an hour and were only dying faster as the buffs coming from the mages were only increasing the enemies attacking power.

[Battle Gains -> +50 Exp.]

[Level Up!]

[Lord: Allen]

[Level: 5 (88/100)]

[Blessed by the Laughing God]

[Talent:

--Talent Devour (D rank)

--(Enhanced) Subjugation (D rank)

]

[Subordinate Lords - Addison (Stipulations)

Subordinate Lords - Feno (Stipulations)

Subordinate Lords - Alice (Stipulations)

]

[Class - OPTIONS(BLOCKED)]

[Vitality - 11]

[Strength - 15]

[Agility - 17]

[Intelligence - 15]

[Stat points - 5]

[Skills: Bestow]

After the fight was over Allen looked on very pleased with himself as everyone sat down to rest while many Giant wolves dragged the carcasses back to camp. Feno was also looking very pleased as most of his troops had leveled up after fighting in the battle by sending ice arrows while aiming at the eyes of the bears. Allen's troops also leveled up to level 5 if they hadn't already.

While resting Allen once again suffered the pain of advancement as he added 3 points into Intelligence and the rest into Strength. Feno who had come to talk with him more about class options was laughing out loud as Allen added one point at a time to lessen the pain.

This small rest only lasted two hours as Allen's skill was finally off cooldown and most of the troops were well enough rested that they could fight again. Henry had already found the rest of the bears and discovered they had been grouped up around a larger bear that was clearly the strongest.

Quickly the troops all gathered and quickly found the last of the Plant bears in the area. Allen quickly checked the stats of the largest bear to see why so many bears would gather around it.

[Race: Plant Bear(Enhanced)]

[Type: Enhanced]

[Level 9]

[Vitality - 72]

[Strength - 79]

[Agility - 18]

[Intelligence - 29]

[Skills: Destroy, Life to Strength, (Passive) Thick Skin, Life to Lesser Heal, Lesser Growth]

[Destroy (D rank) -> If the user is stronger than the enemy then increase attack. (+4% Strength per level above)]

[Life to Srength (D rank) -> Allows the user to absorb plant life to increase Strength. (+30% Strength)]

[(Passive) Thick Skin (D rank) -> Gives the user more protection (+20% to Vitality)]

[Life to Lesser Heal (E rank) -> Allows the user to absorb plant life to heal wounds.]

[Lesser Growth (D rank) -> The longer in battle the stronger the user gets.(+5% Strength slowly climbing every 5 min.)(All strength gained is immediately lost after no longer in combat)]

Despite the higher stats and powerful skills, Allen now emboldened by the last fight quickly got off Almos and activated his Bestow skill.

[Bestow: +15 Strength to nearby troops (Time Limit: 14 min.)]

[Cooldown: 12 Hours]

After activating the skill Feno who was nearby as well as his Water Elves all fell down just like everyone else crying in pain as they pleaded for mercy. Allen, who had completely forgotten that they would feel the pain as well, was laughing in revenge. Still, the enhancement time barely took ten seconds, so just as quickly as they fell down everyone quickly got up brimming with power.

Despite wanting to laugh more at Feno, Allen knew he had no time and quickly ordered an attack almost the same as before. The only real difference being his order to try and do as much damage as fast as possible. Feno also excitedly joined the battle from the start, having all the Elves use Ice Arrows.

Allen, having lost his ride could only watch the battle at a distance as everyone else was desperately fighting trying to end the battle as soon as possible. Very quickly one thing became clear, with so many bears in one place it actually lessened their healing skill that required plant life.

Even as his wolves were becoming more injured than usual, Allen quickly saw the bears were quickly losing strength even faster than before. The Light Mages were all doing their best to heal anyone who had an injury. The Great Light Mages on the other hand were saving their energy for their AOE buff skill.

As the fight reached the ten-minute mark the wolves were forced to doge more often as the enhanced Plant Bear had already become a death sentence for all who would dare get hit. Although strength and agility were two different stats, having enough strength both makes attacks go faster and makes the body denser increasing the durability slightly. This alone made the fight drag on even as two of the bears had been incapacitated and only needed a killing blow.

The bear had become extremely bloody as the plants around had long died leaving a barren land without vitality. The eyes had already been ripped out as a Tornado wolf had tried to get inside the bear to cut it up from the inside only to be killed as the bear willingly hurt itself to kill the fast-moving wolf. Feno and the Water Elves had stopped their attacks as they needed to save enough to use Flood if there was a necessary escape.

Three Giant Wolves who were slower were also left severely wounded and unable to fight as the bear refused to die. Luckily the fast-moving wolves had stayed more or less safe since avoiding was almost one of their skills. In almost all cases where a Wolf could possibly not dodge, the Tornado Wolves used Wind Howl to give them an extra boost.

Everyone had gotten more and more tired as even the Great Mages had used the rest of their mana just to buff everyone. Still, the enhanced bear slowly let out its' last breath unwilling to see these intruders get away after killing its' subordinates.