The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1059: Negotiated Losses

The Cleric sighed in relief, and gestured to the exit of the Arena.

”Perhaps we could do this in private?”

From the stands, there was a round of booing.

”Hey, no taking this to a back room to pressure him, we’re enjoying the show!” Someone shouted.

”Fuck you Bill.”

A number of the other spectators laughed at the interaction. Of course, they wouldn’t negotiate terms in public.

Bill just wanted more of a show.

But the battle between the World Dragon Avatar and the Battle Master with a whole Rank between them had been an epic that would be told for ages.

Karl hadn’t noticed, but even with [Void Body] working, he still had countless slowly fading scars, both small and large, visible to everyone on his face and arms. It was only the insane amount of damage reduction that he had with the extra twenty percent from his new class, plus the Limited Invulnerability from Void Body that ignored the first portion of damage that actually made it through, which had given him the ability to stand against Jerome’s attacks.

None of the others were confident that they could take such a beating and still keep fighting.

The Cleric led Karl to a sitting room that looked like a staff break room, and then flopped down on a sofa.

”Give me a moment to come up with something. I know you’re not obligated to, but I think that I can make it worth your time without causing a riot among the Guild members.”

Karl shrugged. It took five Mythic Ranked members to clear the Dungeon in question, so it wasn’t like he could do anything with it on his own, even though there was free access as well as the tax on those who the Guild allowed to enter.

A few seconds later, the door opened and two more people entered. One wearing the logo of the Kingdom of Nulnalgat, and a Mythic Ranked Mage whose pointed ears made Karl think she might be an Elf or some similar sort of Fae species.

”What have you come up with? No offence, but we’ve talked to the Guild Master, and nobody among the Juniors is particularly eager to sign a servitude contract with the Chaos Dragon. Have you seen what she does to the Vampire?”

Karl cleared his throat, and the woman jumped.

”Sorry, I forgot you were going to be here. I’m sure she’s a very nice person, but making a Totem Ranked Vampire Council member wear... never mind. I can’t bring myself to say that in public.”

Karl laughed. He would ask Cara about it later.

Supreme Lady Matilda was actually quite fond of Tiffani, but it wouldn’t surprise Karl if she treated the Vampire like a living doll.

[It’s not that bad. Matilda has been making her wear the same dress that Rae has Mick wear to work, only with a shorter skirt.] Cara explained.

So, a black and white frilly Lolita dress? That didn’t sound so bad. But who knew what else Matilda had done to it. Though for someone of Tiffani’s stature and age, it would be much more embarrassing than it was for a young shop clerk.

The Cleric leaned forward and took out a sheet of paper to write out a list of something, while Karl and the mage waited.

The Elf girl turned to Karl and tilted her head. ”You’re an interesting one, but I don’t see why the Guild Master went so far trying to recruit you.”

Karl shrugged. ”It might be because I’m a Runemaster, or it could just be that his little head was doing all the thinking. The second person he demanded was my wife, while the other was our Guild’s Grandmaster Demonic Blacksmith.”

The Elf rolled her eyes. ”I wish I could say for certain that you were wrong.

But a Runemaster at the Totem Rank is an insanely valuable Guild asset. Wait, pretend that I didn’t say that.”

The Cleric winced, then sighed.

Praising the man who was about to determine if their offer was equal to what had been demanded of his guild was not helping their case when he was part of the deal.

But come to think of it, how did you value a War Champion with multiple victories?

That thought gave him a renewed headache.

The tax from the dungeon was the primary source of income for their Guild, which had no crafting division. It was primarily assembled around a team of Mythic Ranked adventurers and their lackeys.

Once they removed that source of income, the Guild would fall apart, and at this point, there were over two hundred people relying on that income, as well as the income from the other Dungeons that they visited as a Guild.

The Guild also owned a few businesses, but they weren’t profitable yet, and building them would take some time.

There had to be something that he could offer the War Champion.

Drodh was at a significantly lower power level than the dungeon region around Lake Naraleddum. What if he offered him knowledge? That should offset some of their loss, but it wouldn’t be nearly enough to cover the debt unless he could come up with something incredibly rare.

Thor’s words were amused as he contacted Karl.

[The Dragon gods think that it’s funny that you’re making him sweat. All three Clerics say so.]

Karl tried not to laugh, as that would just confuse the two Mythic Guild Members in front of him.

Finally, the Cleric sighed, and began striking out ideas on his page.

The Elf went over and started crossing out other ideas until they were staring at a sheet with every idea crossed out.

”It looks like you’re having some issues.” Karl noted.

”Almost there. Just a few more minutes, if you’re not in a hurry. We can request that someone brings food while you wait.” The Elven Mage offered.

Karl waved off her concern and reached into Remi’s space to grab an entire cake that her and Lotus had made at the Inn.

”I have cake, take all the time that you need.”

The Elf simply stared at him in confusion for a few seconds as Karl cut and plated slices for everyone after creating plates and cutlery with Earth magic.

”We’re missing something. I can sense it in his aura. His mana is too calm, even for someone meditating. He’s enjoying watching us struggle.” She whispered to the Cleric, who just rolled his eyes at her.

Of course, he was. He had all the advantages here, and there was a good chance that even two on one, they couldn’t take him. So, not only did he have the System on his side as the winner of the Challenge, he was the more powerful party all by himself.