Speed Is King

“They’re all yours, Elliot.” Khellendra said warmly, as though she was giving Elliot a huge present.

And as it was, it was not too far from what was about to happen.

For Elliot, killing those birds and getting XP as well as their beast cores WAS as good as a present. Plus, if his luck holds, he might end up with a huge bunch of powerful birds as tamed beasts.

“White Dragon Warrior Beast Form.” Elliot said softly as he morphed into a large and striking white dragon.

With a flap of his powerful wings, Elliot took to the skies and burst forward with startling acceleration.

“MASTER!! HELPP!!!” The moles wailed as more and more of their brethren got injured by the bird-like beasts. Although the beasts weren’t particularly strong, there were too many of them, and the moles couldn’t block all of their dive attacks.

“Why the heck aren’t you diving underground to avoid the birds?” Elliot demanded. “And how in the world did you manage to piss off an entire tribe of birds? You were all supposed to be searching underground!”

“ICE BEAM!” Elliot fired off a powerful beam of ice energy at the birds and slowly dragged his attack across the entire breadth of the birds’ formation.

Immediately tens of birds fell down to the ground, completely frozen. However, hundreds more remained.

“MASTER! We raided their nest! We got the biggest seeds that we had ever seen! That’s why we can’t dig, our hands are full!” Cried a mole running at the front of the pack.

True enough, Elliot saw them all clutching huge seeds the size of human heads on their front claws!

“Good! Good job!” Elliot praised them heartily. “I will reward you all abundantly for your dedication! Red! Come over and help me deal with a bunch of birds! Once you’re done, pick a few of them to help found your clan!”

Elliot immediately used his Summon Apostle skill and got Red to join him.

“Okay! I am having difficulty finding strong bird beasts to be the backbone of my clan. Sigh, starting a clan is certainly not easy. You wouldn’t understand what I have to go through, pip. The things that I have to do to make sure- Whoa. Nice birds! They look like descendents of the Blue Luan. These are exactly what I need!” Red shouted excitedly when he saw the huge flock of birds.

Their feathers were thick and slightly bluish in colour, and their necks were relatively long compared to normal birds. Their feet were as long as a stork’s, but ended with vicious claws like a Raptor. But the most impressive of all were their beaks which were as long as a sword and looked just as strong.

If by itself, the bird would look regal and beautiful. But in a big flock like the one before them, they looked absolutely horrifying. There were like a flying blue mass of sharp beaks and claws!

No wonder the moles were seriously injured.

“Go ahead, go crazy.” Elliot said dryly to him.

“These are all young and weak. We need to find their nest and look for their Matriarch. Now, I’ll wager THAT one would be worth the effort to catch. She’ll be the perfect breeding machine for my new clan!” Red said.

“Enough talking. Let’s wipe them out first.” Elliot said and fired off another giant ice beam on the flock of birds.

Red quickly disappeared from his position as he launched into the fight with great enthusiasm.

Rapidly, whole birds began to explode into gruesome pieces in front of Elliot.

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

Red’s terrifying transport/fighter ripped through the flock of birds like a sadistic God of Body Explosion. Blue feathers soggy with red blood and red clumps of meat began to fly in all directions. Legs, necks and beaks began to litter the ground.

“HORRAY! ALL HAIL MASTER! ALL HAIL BIG BROTHER RED!” The moles began to cheer.

“Hahahaha! Thank you, thank you my brothers in arms. It is my pleasure to save you!” Red cackled with glee as he continued to ruthlessly rip the birds into pieces. “In the future, don’t forget to show your appreciation by bringing me gifts, alright?”

“Of course! We will bring you lots of gifts! Lots of food! Lots of treasure!” The moles cried out.

“Good! Good!” Red exclaimed happily.

Elliot could only chuckle. With Red doing the heavy lifting, there was literally nothing he could do.

“Moles. Give me the loot.” Elliot said as he landed near the moles. He quickly took out several beast full restore potions and healed the seriously injured ones.

“ALL HAIL MASTER! MIRACLE WORKER! BLESSED HEALER!” The moles cried out passionately.

“Enough.” Elliot rolled his eyes. “Where exactly are their nests?

“Around a kilometer ahead, we didn’t manage to go far before we sensed the presence of so many large seeds.” A large mole who was their designated leader said.

“Did you get all the seeds?” Elliot asked as he took and stored the seeds into his dimensional storage.

“No. We only managed to raid the outer nest. There are still many nests within the wooded hills ahead!” The mole replied. “Master, are you planning to raid all of their nests?”

“Of course! You all did a great job. Go and look for more moles, or more seeds. Do not raid the seeds if they’re guarded by other beasts. I won’t have enough manpower to save all of you!” Elliot told the moles sternly.

“Understood Master! We will take our leave! We will get all of our brothers and sisters in this region to join you, O blessed healer! Wonderful miracle worker!” The moles shouted a few more phrases of adulation before they quickly disappeared.

Along with a huge stash of Life Energy Seeds!