The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 660  The Whole Gang Is Here

Their presence seemed to be drawing Overlords to them, and before the line was ready to move out, Niall had been joined by Tabitha, Overlord Joram the Ranger, and Overlord Drath, who came to them from the Eastern Front, covered in blood and looking rough.

”Inquisitor, did you find anything?” Drath asked as he arrived.

”Nothing. There is no sign of the Relic. No residual energy, no trigger from my tracking skill. Itʼs like it simply vanished.

The Archbishop is absolutely certain there was something in the box, but now itʼs gone without a trace. Iʼm sure we all have theories, but as far as hard evidence, I havenʼt found anything yet.” Niall explained.

Tabitha stared silently at Niall for a few seconds, then pointed at him.

”Your class changed.” She accused.

Instantly, Niall realized what that must look like to the others, who didnʼt know what had happened since he arrived. ”Thatʼs an unrelated issue. Monarch Karl learned a new skill that helped me trigger a class change.” He offered.

Karl nodded in agreement, and the Overlords waited for a more detailed explanation.

”I got a skill intended to teach my beasts new skills that I already knew. However, it came with a loophole. Itʼs not limited to just my bonded beasts. If I can find a skill that is compatible with others, I can use it to teach them as well.

The only real restriction is that I know a limited number of skills, and many of the ones I know are intended for beasts, and not humans.”

Overlord Joram looked confused, while Drath and Tabitha seemed to understand better, as they had spent a while around Karl.

”For example, I wanted to teach Niall [Trollish Regeneration] because what would be funnier than a Rogue that self-heals? But itʼs incompatible.” He explained.

”Ah, that makes sense. You gain all your skills from your beasts or books, right? You donʼt get the same sort of skill tree that other classes do.”

Karl shrugged. ”Well, I do get a skill tree. But itʼs all utility skills, buffs and such. I could have picked a different path and learned a load of attack skills, but at the time, this seemed the better path.”

”We need to get you into the Library and start teaching you new skills. Well, what ones you can. We have still only managed to turn a few dozen skills into actual skill books.

The requirements on knowledge of both the skill and Inscription is too limiting for the first book creation.” Tabitha sighed.

”Do you know Inscription?” Karl asked.

Overlord Joram snorted in amusement, and she glared at him.

”No, I didnʼt pick Inscription as a trade.”

Karl patted her kindly on the shoulder, and activated [Follow Me Little One]

{Skill Teaching Request} [Sharpness]

[Sharpness] Slashing, Stabbing and Disintegration type abilities increase in damage by 10 percent per Rank of the user. Tabithaʼs cheeks went bright red as she stared in shock at Karl, and Niall began to laugh.

”Oh, it must have given you the same message that it gave me.”

The Warrior cleared her throat and put on a stern expression.

”I donʼt know what you mean.” She replied calmly.

”He just taught you a skill, didnʼt he? Which one did he pick? It has to be something that is compatible with your skills as a warrior. I donʼt know what Karl has that would qualify that you donʼt already know, though.” Niall explained.

”Sharpness. He taught me a skill that increases the damage of slashing and stabbing attacks. Perfect for a Greatsword user.” Tabitha informed him with a sigh.

Then she turned on Karl. ”What is with that message anyhow? Since when am I an adorable kitten?”

Karl nearly choked on his tongue, and Niall had tears in his eyes.

”It called me a Loyal Hatchling. I think itʼs System generated, and the skill is intended to be used on new pets.” The Rogue laughed.

Karl looked at the skintight latex bodysuit she wore with armour plates over the vital areas and firmly decided that while Adorable wasnʼt quite the word he would have picked, he was going to take a page from Sybilʼs playbook and not say a single thing.

Unfortunately for Tabitha, Overlord Drath was not so restrained.

”Well, I think that youʼre adorable. Look how cute you blush when you get mad.” He teased, winking at the embarrassed warrior.

The soldiers were ready to head back to the city, and Danni was waiting with the Command Group for Karl or someone to give them an order to move.

Karl turned her way, changing the topic from exceptionally curvaceous ʼadorable kittensʼ, and nodded to the Mage.

”Send out the orders. The North Side is secure, all troops can return to the city.” Karl instructed.

”Thank you, Monarch. We will be off.” Danni replied, but Karl stopped her before she could go.

”Iʼm in the Monarch apartments, if you want to come by with the siblings. My whole group is staying there, and Iʼm sure theyʼd love to catch up.”

Danni smiled. ”Donni already sent me an invitation from Dana to come visit you all. I will let you know when we have time. Weʼve both got regular guard shifts this week.”

The rest of the team was making their way over, along with the Acolytes and Donnie Mackenzie. They were all in high spirits, though the young ones looked more than a little traumatized after their first time seeing battle.

Karl was fairly certain that they hadnʼt actually taken part, as Awakened Rank had little chance of doing anything more useful than the common soldiers on the line, and they were even less trained than the Privates in the Church Army.

At best, they might get a bit of experience, but more likely they would just be in the way and get others injured as they tried.

Once they arrived, the young cadets all came over to greet Karl, who took the time to listen to their stories and the things that they had noticed about how the senior Elites fought during the battle.

He wasnʼt training them, that could wait for later. But it was clear that the little ones were fond of him, and after the next training session, that sentiment was almost guaranteed to increase.