The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1009: Champion

Karl examined the final option with his fingers crossed for good luck.

{Beast Master Champion} Avatar type Class. Blessed by their Patron Deity, the Champion grants a wide variety of skills to their bonded partners, as well as gaining increased strength, an improved mana pool, and growth rate bonuses.

{Class Skill 1} [Bestial Champion] Passive Skill. Doubles the applied effect of all buffs cast by the Champion on himself or his bonded partners.

{Class Skill 2} [Avatar] Transformation Skill. The Beast Master Champion transforms into the incarnation of the wrath of their Patron Deity, and gains a corresponding bonus, based on the nature of the Patron.

{Class Skill 3} [Ascendant Divinity] Passive Skill. The Beast Master Championʼs Soul Power increases at an improved rate, based on the progression of their Power Matrix. Fundamental Rule comprehension increases with Soul Power.

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Karl read the final class skill again. When he reached Totem Rank, the System told him that he was compatible with three Fundamental Rules. Chaos, Fire and Mana Manipulation. The problem was that there were no instructions on what exactly that was supposed to be used for.

So, he focused on the newly improved Ghostfire skill, and then on the Fundamental Rule of fire. The flames immediately burned a bit hotter, and gained something extra. Karl got the feeling that the extra power from the Rule of Fire would be nearly impossible to resist, as if the world was being bent to his will.

Assuming that he was using the power correctly, that comprehension should be the difference between powerful and overwhelming force.

There didnʼt appear to be any downsides to the Beast Master Champion class. It had more Class Skills, better Class skills, and it should be a reliable one for his own progression, with the third class skill constantly improving his power level as he worked on his Power Matrix.

{Class Chosen} [Beast Master Champion]

{Patron Deity Detected} [World Dragon]

{Skill Bonus Confirmed} [Avatar] While transformed, the Avatar of the World Dragon may walk freely anywhere within the World Dragonʼs influence. Increases resistance to Negative Statuses that impact movement and thought. [Portal] spell range limits increased.

Karl frowned. That was not the sort of bonus that he thought he would get from the Avatar skill.

Shouldnʼt it have been some sort of buff?

Well, it was a buff, in a way. It increased his resistance to control spells. But with the bonuses being based on freedom of movement suggested that Karl had greatly misunderstood the nature of the World Dragon.

Was the Golden Dragon God in charge of the System actually a free spirit? Someone who didnʼt like to be tied down and loved to travel?

That was a hard thing for Karl to comprehend.

But after a few seconds of thought, Karl realized that he was most likely thinking about it the wrong way. The movement wasnʼt the point. Nothing stopped the World Dragon from doing as it pleased. The bonuses probably werenʼt about wanderlust, but the unstoppable nature of the World Dragonʼs will.

He would have to test that in the future, but it was the reason that made the most sense to him right now.

The Class Selection menu faded, and Karl realized that he was not alone in the Anomaly. There was a single Orc in here with him, curiously stabbing him with a pitchfork.

”What are you doing?” Karl asked.

”Defeating monsters?” The Orc asked, clearly confused.

”Iʼm not a dungeon monster. I came in here to trigger a Class advancement.”

The Orc tilted his head and stabbed him with the pitchfork again.

”Are you sure?”

Karl laughed. ”When was the last time that a Dungeon Boss spoke to you? I didnʼt see you come in because of the System menu screen. Did you come with a group?”

The Orc nodded. ”My clan was travelling this way when we found crabs. They are probably good to eat, so we are working with a bunch of dragon clerics and a behemoth to catch them all.”

Karl nodded. ”They are very good to eat. I am travelling with the Impenetrable Bulwark Behemoth and the others. There should be a Black Dragon and a Ghostfire Thunderbird around as well, but they might have flown off together to hunt separately.”

The Orc sighed in relief. If he knew that much about the group, he couldnʼt be from the Dungeon. Good thing too. He had proven immune to the skills used on him when the Orcs first entered.

Of course, they were all Monarchs and Overlords, but still, their skills didnʼt even make a scratch on him.

Karl turned and walked out of the anomaly, with the lone Orc following him. He could hear the thoughts of the beasts as they hunted and herded the crabs to the others so that everyone had something to fight.

The Orcs were having a grand time, as there were rarely any chances for them to taste seafood when they lived so far from the ocean.

They were still technically in a desert, though not as completely sandy as the region to the south.

Just finding any water was difficult.

Karl examined a group of crabs in the distance, not yet being herded towards either of the groups. This was the perfect opportunity to try out his new class skills.

Well, the only active one of them.

Karl took a few long running steps towards the crabs, then activated [Avatar].

And watched the world shrink beneath him.

New information about how to walk on four legs and operate wings entered his mind as the spell completed, and Karl realized that he had missed the most obvious possible answer.

Of course, the Avatar of a Dragon God was a Dragon.

A rather large one.

Curious about his power. Karl swatted a crab with one front paw, and watched as his claws dug deep furrows in the shell without activating any skills at all.

The creature went flying, then bounced for a few more rolls across the dry grass.

That was way more fun than expected.

[No playing with your food.] Cara laughed as she realized what Karl had done.

[I can see why you do it. They fly so well.] Karl joked.