The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 892: Weapon Upgrades

Karl spent the rest of the afternoon making assorted items for the shop, in case someone with too much money came in while they were away, and then turned his attention to the equipment of the rest of the group.

Dana used a narrow, straight blade, Ophelia liked axes, though the form didnʼt matter as much as she usually fought transformed if it was serious. Lotus could use an upgraded healing staff, and Remi could use one for extra spell power, or lowered casting costs, as she liked to go all out with stacked area effects, which rapidly drained her mana pool.

It was extremely impressive, but in a longer battle, she really did struggle with her mana levels, and simply played it off as reducing the area output as the number of enemies dwindled.

That worked most of the time, but there was no telling what they were going to face in the near future. Especially not when they met with a Totem Ranked Lich Lord today.

If that was the standard of all the attacking groups, they would have to hope that there were more combat oriented city leaders along the border.

It would make sense for most of them to be strong combatants, as they were bordering not only a hostile nation, but one full of undead, where the spread of their cursed energy could render land barren for years after they had occupied it.

In conditions like that, even occasional losses would be catastrophic, and recovery would be a generational process, not a simple matter of defeating the enemy next time, unless that next time came soon enough that the land hadnʼt lost its life force to the undead horde.

Even just passing over on their way somewhere would begin to wither the plants, so Karl assumed that even a few months would be enough to cause irreparable damage if the undead lingered in the area.

Karl started with the easiest, a new healing staff for Lotus. He had already made her multiple healing items, so he knew the basic rune clusters pretty well.

But this time he added a spell to a Nature Stone, to increase her healing output.

[Healing Totem] was a Shaman Spell, but the requirements to activate a spell on an item were much less restrictive, and Lotus had an unfathomable affinity for the nature element.

If anyone other than the Shamans could use a healing totem, it would be the Green Dragon Clerics.

Then he added runes for immense amounts of mana storage, reduced casting costs, increased healing effects, and stamina regeneration.

The Monarch Ranked wood held an Overlord Ranked inscription at Epic Grade very well, and the runes were a happy leaf green colour all along the dark brown wood.

Karl called Lotus over and handed her the new item.

”Here, try out the spell and let me know if it works properly. Itʼs originally a spell that appeared for Remi, but I think that you can use it.” He explained.

Lotus picked up the staff, which began to hum with power in her hands, then activated the nature stone.

Four wooden totems, all shaped like Remi, appeared evenly spaced around her, and pulsed with healing energy.

”Oh, that works very well. Itʼs nearly as much healing magic as the healing tree, but I can put them further away so that Iʼm not always the target.” Lotus realized.

Doubled area healing that could be cast on an infirmary staging area to even if Lotus needed to change locations or transform to perform other tasks? That would change the flow of any battle.

They also had a much longer duration than the Burning Venom Totems that Remi usually used. They didnʼt vanish after half a minute, they just continued to sit there and pulse with magic until she finished her inspection of the item and retracted them.

”Thank you. Are you making new poking sticks for everyone?” She asked.

”Only you, Remi and Tessa. Dana will get a sword, and Ophelia will get an axe. Iʼm not sure what weapon Nachtia would prefer, as she was fighting in dragon form.”

Lotus smiled at Karl. ”Alright, I have my mission. I will go find out what her favourite shaped weapon is and tell you before you finish with the others.”

Karl moved on to an axe for Ophelia, as there was a two-handed war axe in the Guild Storage. Ashbringer was making a new blade for Dana, in the same style as the one she was using, but it wasnʼt ready yet. So, her turn would have to wait.

Karl used a Fire Stone to imbue with [Flaming Body] and then added skill power, strength and life steal on hit to the runes of the weapon. The combination made for a wonderfully deadly weapon, and it would let the berserker self-heal as she fought, reducing the need for a cleric to be nearby if she went on a rampage.

Karl left that one out on the table, and began on a staff for Remi.

Mana storage, mana cost reduction, spell power, elemental damage, and a nice Overlord Ranked Lightning Gem with even more mana and mana collection embedded at the top of the staff. Just what Remi needed.

That brought Karl to Danaʼs blade, still hot from the forge. To compliment her fighting style, Karl gave the gem in the hilt [Swims Through Air], which was a passive, so she didnʼt have to use mana to walk on air anymore, and then enhanced the blade entirely for skill power and reduced mana cost, to the Epic Grade.

That would add to her combat longevity, while increasing the damage done by her Golems.

The new Greater Golem was a beast in combat, easily tearing apart skeletons at its own Rank when it was fully buffed by Karlʼs skills.

So, giving it even more damage would solidify its role as Danaʼs Guard Dog, while her Epic Guard was free to work as her wingman, as they shared the same primary attack spells.

Nachtia wasnʼt around to answer, so Karl went for a simple choice. She was a cleric, so she got a staff with Skill Power, mana storage and mana regeneration on it. That should let her do whatever she needed, while a spell gem of [Haste] would let her do it faster.

That would also increase her flight speed, making her breath attack cover a larger area.

With all the new Epic Grade Overlord weapons, the group would be in an excellent spot for the next battle. But Rae had plans as well. It wouldnʼt be fast, art took time, but she could make full new suits of clothing to replace the old ones.

She was an Overlord now, but only their work wear had been upgraded. That needed to be remedied.