The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 843  Commander Loros

{Loros Has Reached Commander Rank}

Those were the words that let everyone else know that Remiʼs plan to drag the crafters through the dungeon had merit in aiding their growth rate.

The chefs prepared another festive dinner, but when the girls came back, both of the under - ranked members looked more than a little traumatized.

”Loros, congratulations.” Karl greeted the Sculpting Obsessed Demon with a hug.

Loros smiled faintly. ”A Commander now, but at what cost? I can still smell the burning Ogre. And the screams. How do you get the screams out of your mind?”

Karl patted her head, while Remi hugged Wendy, who looked to be in a similar state of shock.

”Right, I forgot that this would be your first exposure to battle. Trust me, it gets better. Soon, you will forget all about the horrible parts, and you will only remember what you gained from your trip through the Dungeon.

Youʼre now a Commander Rank Loros, when you never thought you would manage to advance again. You can make Commander Rank items for sale and stock the shop with them. You will get extra respect from the people in town as a Commander Ranked crafter.

Plus, so many more people will want to see and purchase your sculptures.” Karl soothed the traumatized Demoness.

The last part really seemed to hit the spot.

Being an Obsession Demon, she was focused on her work above all else.

After a few minutes, they began to calm down. Wendy had realized by the time that they got back that everyone else here had been in the dungeon more than once, and had likely seen worse. So, it didnʼt seem as horrible any more. After all, if Lotus could still be Lotus after spending so much time in there, it couldnʼt be all horrible, right?

But Lorosʼ transition was more dramatic. Once she began to calm down, and it sank in that she was really a Commander, and had surpassed her bloodline limitations, even if it was only by a little bit, she was fired up to create new sculptures.

The pair of sculptors returned to the workshop, where Karl could hear Ashbringer hard at work. Cara and Rae had dropped off huge amounts of Overlord Rank ores for him to work with, along with an assortment of rough gems. They had kept the best ones for making Spell Gems to add into the weapons later, but he had requested that he get a selection of larger gems to be used as a mock-up for the weapons he was making.

They wouldnʼt be permanently mounted, but used to shape the weapon for the gems that would be added during the Runecrafting process.

He looked up and smiled as Karl entered. ”I think that we will have some surprises for the auction next month. With the quality of the ore that we have to work with this time, I think we can make a couple of strong Epic Grade Overlord weapons, or perhaps an actual Artifact. I have some ore here that should hold up to that level of enchantment, and I know you can do it, with the sort of weapon you turned out for the Divine Dragons. A weapon at that level donated to the city would secure us a spot of honour at every event for the next decade.

The growth of an Artifact isnʼt unlimited, unless it can absorb outside energy, but itʼs not unreasonable to think that a Totem or Mythic Demon would be able to slowly pull an Overlord Ranked Artifact Grade weapon up to their level.” Ashbringer explained.

Karl smiled. ”Are you thinking that we need a stronger presence in the city? Perhaps a few more strong ties to the leadership?”

Ashbringer shrugged. ”Well, I have come to enjoy this forge. It wouldnʼt be bad to spend a century or two here.”

That whole timeline seemed off to Karl. But Demons lived a lot longer than humans were expected to. Though, Karl knew that the powerful could live longer, as many of the Totems on the other continent were already well over a century old.

What the scaling was hadnʼt really been studied, but if he could keep up his growth rate, reaching a hundred and fifty or two hundred wasnʼt unreasonable.

So, a hometown to claim would be a great benefit, no matter how much he travelled the Dragon Isles after this.

He could travel freely now with [Portal], so once he had seen the world once, he could always go back.

Karl realized that he had gotten sidetracked and thought of an answer for Ashbringer. ”Do you think that we should keep going for powerful weapons? We could make armour for them instead. Increasing their survivability instead of their combat output. That seems like it would gain us just as much goodwill, but much less animosity.

Weapons only do any good if youʼre attacking. But if we make them armour pieces, they can survive ambushes, and enemies of the city wonʼt blame us for their loss. That would all be down to their inability to defend against the leadersʼ attacks, right?”

Ashbringer smiled. ”Oh, thatʼs good. You do know multiple damage reduction and barrier skills that can be added to armour. Even putting [Limited Invulnerability] onto an ornate torso plate would be a game changer for the Totems.”

Karl nodded, and Ashbringer began to draw a plan on the chalkboard behind him. ”If itʼs intended to be bonded and equipped, I can size it for the girls. Then I only need a quarter of the materials or less. The way that my skill works, it has to fit someone, but the girls can try it on without bonding it, and that will let us finalize the item.

In fact, I will make armour for them as well, so they donʼt feel left out. A chain mail vest with delicate links can go under most clothing and is very flexible. A scaled vest is less flexible, even on a silk base. But it would also be an option. The chain would require fewer materials, though.”

Karl considered their options, then sighed. ”If we had a leather worker, it would be easier to make armours. We can use Raeʼs silk for base layers and padding, but hardened leather would use up a lot of the materials Hawk has stored as inedible, and make for good armour as well.”

”Why not just teach Rae? Itʼs not that much different from cloth fashion, and we can get you the books on how to harden the leather with magical materials. Theyʼre available at the Library.” Ashbringer offered.

[See, I told you that you can get more than Priestesses at the Library.] Remi reminded Karl, while silently observing the sculptors, to make sure they were recovering mentally from their first trip to a dungeon.