The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 831  So Much Cake

The ladies returned to the house a half hour later, carrying large bags from the same bakery that Karl had gone to for cupcakes.

Tessa walked in to place them in the kitchen, then began to laugh as she saw the massive spread already set out.

”It looks like we all had the same idea. But how did you know?” She asked.

”The advancements sent a Guild Message. So, everyone in the house knew that you would be in the celebration mood when you got home. We have cakes!” Abbie giggled, then gestured to the cold storage room.

Tessa stuck her head in and began to laugh. ”Even a spare, just in case one of them got damaged? You really did hurry today.”

Karl stepped behind the War Cleric and hugged her. ”Actually, we cheated. The crêpe cake that you like, with all the layers and the custard, takes too long to make, so I bought it from the store. Theyʼre actually all different flavours.

I got the crêpe cake for you, double chocolate with chocolate mousse and chocolate chips for Lotus, and a Tiramisu for Ophelia.”

Ophelia stuck her head around him to see, and Karl gave her a congratulatory hug as well.

”How did you know?” She asked.

”Itʼs your usual order when we stop there for a snack. I got a full assortment of the fancy cupcakes as well. The feast wonʼt be ready until lunch, so I thought we might need something extra.

Plus, the lovely ladies of the kitchen suggested that a particular someone might enjoy being allowed to eat her cake before her meal for once.” Karl replied with a wink.

Ophelia smirked. ”You think youʼre talking about Lotus, but cake before lunch sounds like a pretty good idea to me as well. Clearing the dungeon is hard work, though tomorrow should be easier, as we advanced during the last boss fight.

Now that weʼre all Monarchs, it will be much easier to clear it out for loot, even if the gains that weʼre making wonʼt be quite as impressive as before.”

Karl shrugged. ”We can always go hunting. If we as the guards, Iʼm certain that they can recommend a good hunting ground for us that is Monarch Ranked wild beasts.

If weʼre lucky, it might even be something tasty.”

Hawk perked up at the thought. There might be Overlord Ranked mice on this continent. Or perhaps they would be giant mice, more than a mouthful. That would be good.

While Hawk daydreamed of mice in his space, Remi came out to set the table on the second floor for a party. Someone, likely Mick, had already strung streamers around the room, giving it a festive atmosphere, and then lowered the curtains, so it wasnʼt as bright inside.

”Is there a song for advancement parties like there is for birthdays?” Mick asked as the cakes and snacks were brought up to the second floor.

That was an excellent question. If there was, nobody in the room knew it, but they were all intrigued by the possibility that there could be one.

While they all sat down to snack, Karl got a brilliant idea.

He already had intelligent summons, and there was no particular reason not to keep them active all the time. The Epic Guard was already active, so that the whole group would gain the benefit of [Void Body] in case of attack. But he could also keep the bodyguards active around the house to help out with the daily tasks.

Actually, if he tried, couldnʼt he activate [Bodyguards] on an inscribed stone? The spell was immensely complex, but it should theoretically be possible.

Or maybe he could set it as one of the Guild House functions that were currently inactive?

{War Champion Rank Officers lack authority to set Guild Skills}

Well, that settled that.

But not all hope was lost.

Karl focused on the pattern that he would have to inscribe to create Bodyguards as a spell that could be added to an item, and quickly realized that it was simply impossible. Nearly every part of the spell book would need to be written on the stone, four thousand pages worth.

That was… not going to work, unless he inscribed a small mountain.

Well, not every plan was destined to succeed, Karl decided, as he looked over the plate full of thin cake slices.

The kitchen staff had made tiny slices of all three cakes so that you could get all the flavours, plus ice cream, without ruining your dinner. It was a brilliant plan, in theory.

But they had left the cakes on the table, and Karl knew for certain that those cakes would not last more than an hour or two.

Ophelia was the first to speak, as everyone was engrossed in their snacks.

”Now that weʼre getting up to the accepted power level of a common adventuring group in Drodh, why donʼt we take some time outside the city? The dungeon is alright, but weʼve been through it so many times now, and itʼs always the same.

Fighting in a situation that youʼve memorized dulls the senses, and we could use a new challenge.

I know that there is a chance that we run into Totem Ranked beasts and monsters outside the city, but those odds should be fairly low with the army out in force taking care of that Manticore pack.

They will have run off most of the strongest beasts, just so that theyʼre not attacked from the back. But the reduction is supposed to be ninety percent. If there is just one Totem, and it cannot heal itself, the odds arenʼt dismal for us to take it down.”

Loros and Wendy looked at her like she was crazy. Taking out Totem Rank Monsters while she was still a Monarch? Even if they had five Overlords with them, the odds wouldnʼt be great.

But at least there shouldnʼt be any Mythic Rank beasts left on this side of the nation. The damage reduction stacked, and they took 90 percent less damage than a Totem. At that point, an Overlord really only had two choices: run or die.