The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1077: Let The Man Work

Hugo laughed at the expressions of the mages in the Alliance. That would have been his thought as well, had he not seen it in action. A Totem defeating a Myth was simply something that didn’t happen.

It shouldn’t happen.

It would disrupt the entire power balance of the Dragon Isles if Totems could routinely defeat Myths, or if Overlords could defeat Totems. The damage reduction was too powerful of a buff.

But it was undeniable that the System recognized it, as a few of the Mages had pulled up his list of titles, and found that there were indeed three Guild Champion titles, with Over Rank Victory notes.

And the latest wasn’t even two days ago.

Hugo’s expression turned contemplative as he finished laughing.

”You know, it would be a good exercise for them to get to spar with you. It’s not often that we’re challenged by other Alliances, but it’s incredibly rare that anyone trains in advance to fight against other System users.” He suggested.

”Like self-defence training? That’s not a terrible idea. Guild Challenges might be infrequent, but they’ll be even more infrequent when the others know that your Guild is prepared.

A challenge is their peak against your peak, or representatives at a designated Rank.

But what if the challenge is refused?

That happened to us in Drodh, but the attacking Guild wasn’t prepared when we launched an artillery strike on their Guild House.” Karl explained, and the mages all paled.

That was absolutely horrific.

Forget the Rank differences, the Guild Houses normally housed entire families, servants and other noncombatants. The mere thought that someone would bombard one when the Challenge was refused was enough to terrify many of them.

Others recognized that it was the attacking Guild who had been bombarded, and while it was still horrific, they had brought it upon themselves.

Then there was the third group.

”What do you mean, bombarded? Isn’t the Darklight Host a tiny guild? I only see four members at Totem Rank or higher when I search the Guild listings.” One of the mages asked.

”One of my bonded partners is a Ghostfire Thunderbird.” Karl began, while the mage nodded eagerly.

”Ghostfire is brutal, and he should have the ability to create a rain of fire, right?” The mage asked.

”As well as a meteor storm and flaming vortexes.” Karl agreed.

The mage whistled. ”That’s just brutal. Most of us struggle against flying targets, as they can just retreat to a safer distance, and the spell travel time lets them dodge unless we focus on tracking them.”

Karl smiled. ”There are a few spells with no travel time, but yes. Generally, it’s hard to hit a target thousands of metres away unless it can’t move. Hawk tends to take it personally if someone actually manages to hit him.”

The mage chuckled. ”You named a Ghostfire Thunderbird ’Hawk’? I like your style, Monster Man.”

Dana almost choked, trying not to laugh.

”Tell him.” She insisted.

”He evolved from a Windspeed Hawk.” Karl elaborated.

Now, most of the mages were laughing, while Deve shrugged in acceptance.

”How very appropriate. Bird is bird.”

[And Karl is Karl, and Dana Mage is Dana Mage.] Hawk agreed in his space.

To prove his point, Deve summoned a small group of Hawks, at the Common Rank. It was a popular skill with Druids for scouting, but Druids could also learn the skill [Speak With Animals], so Deve was likely the one that understood what went on in Karl’s head the best.

The birds flew around for a few seconds before Deve dismissed them, and then he sighed.

”Alright, we should let the man work if we intend to get our outfits done in any sort of reasonable timeframe. Pick your outfit and meet back here at nine for the evening showing of the duel.

I don’t know what they’re planning, but that was a Glasswing Butterfly, and if she says she can put on a show, she can do it.” Deve insisted.

Karl nodded in agreement. ”We will set up the upper floors, but there’s only room for a hundred or so to sit comfortably.”

Deve and Hugo turned together to look up at the top floor. There should be room for twice that, unless Karl was making comfortable chairs for everyone and leaving space for servants to deliver refreshments.

But if he said a hundred, that was what they would bring.

”Tell the others, we have space for all the Totems and Myths for the show. We will throw a larger welcome party later, and you all can tell your friends the story tomorrow.

It’s been a big day for the Darklight Host, and we should let them rest.” Hugo informed his Alliance members.

Karl set out outfits of each style, and the mages came forward with colour requests, then said their goodbyes to the ladies, leaving them alone with Karl as the Myths shook hands and headed back to their work.

”Now, time for me to get to work. Rae, you can make outfits for the Rogues next if you want. Ashbringer will take care of the warriors as he gets time. Metal armour takes more effort to craft, and you know how the warriors are. They’ll mostly want that heavy defence.”

Rae came out in humanoid form and shrugged. ”Don’t worry about that. I have a system worked out for the warriors. Tian can make metal plates at Totem Rank with his Earth Control skills, so we can make them brigandine armour sets if they don’t want leather or cloth.”

Not as flashy as the shiny full plate of the Knights, but certainly a valid option for heavy armour.

The issue was that Tian had no crafting skills, so it would be entirely up to Karl and Rae to finish the armour pieces that he made the metal plates for, in order for the item to be considered completed by the System.

If they had a Blacksmithing skill book, they could likely train him, or they could have him train under Ashbringer. But there simply hadn’t been time for any of that yet.

Not to mention that Tian was small enough to fit in Ashbringer’s palm. It was still too early to be starting him as a traditional apprentice, even if he had a humanoid form.

Like Cara, he had shown no interest in changing shapes.