The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1210: Karl’s Tower

The Totems watched in silence as Karl finished the trial tower. Or perhaps this one should be called a trial cathedral, given the shape. Either way, it was definitely shaping up to be a proper trial, and when Karl began to finalize the spells, he found that he was missing a vital aspect for the effect.

”Mom, I’ll need to step away for just one moment. I need to use a transformation skill to finish the work.” He explained.

While she didn’t understand what he meant, she still let Karl leave her with Dana as he moved to a large open area.

Then, the shocking part began.

The son that she had raised since childhood vanished, replaced by a gigantic golden dragon.

The power around him surged, and Karl finalized the spells over the building using the additional blessings granted by the [Avatar] form, then transformed back and nodded in satisfaction.

The combination of spells had worked perfectly, and there was a proper trial ground here.

Not a dungeon, but a trial. Anyone who entered had eight hours to complete as much of the trial as they could, and if they were severely injured, they would be ejected.

If they were starting out at Overlord Rank or lower, that should be more than enough because the top power setting was in the higher end of the Totem Rank. For those stronger, it would be more of a prolonged sparring session after they reached the power cap.

But that was a good trial as well, because it would still help them gain Skill Points and master their abilities, both mental and physical.

”Wonderful. That is one trial ground completed. If you would like to send someone in, you can make sure that it is working properly. Maybe not one of the people who are coming to the wedding, though.

The trial can last up to eight hours, and that sort of delay would be a bit inconvenient today.” Karl explained.

That made the others laugh. Yes, it would be inconvenient for them all to wait for someone who was inside a trial for eight hours.

”We have plenty of options. Is it an individual or group trial?” The Vice Principal asked.

”Individual. Though, if you’re in a Group using the system function, it should let you all enter at once.”

The Vice Principal nodded, then motioned for one of the teachers watching in the background to come forward.

”Overlord Joram, please give the new trial a test. Keep us updated as much as possible while you’re inside, so we know what to expect.” He instructed.

The Ranger Class teacher came forward, but Karl halted him for a second.

”The trial will not be identical for everyone. I set it to randomize the trials, but they’re set by difficulty. At first, they will be fairly easy. But with every victory, you will receive more difficult opponents.

There are two entrances to the trial ground, but they both lead to the same trial.

Once you’re inside, you will understand.” Karl explained.

”Got it.”

Joram called out his bonded partner, and Karl chuckled when he saw that it was a Windspeed Hawk. One of the stronger partners that a regular Ranger class could get, but still Common Rank.

The Ranger vanished into the trial, and Karl realized that he could still sense him.

The spell was complete and self-sustaining, with the building as one giant magical artifact, but he was still linked to it as its creator, and he could sense what was going on inside.

If he could grant that sort of access to another person, it would really help the teachers, but Karl hadn’t added any such function, and it was too late now.

Well, he could have Opal replay the events inside. But that wasn’t the same, and the great advantage to a private trial was that you could go all out without worrying that others would see your hidden tricks and true power.

When Joram entered, he was in a virtual waiting area, where he could choose to enter the combat grounds or the ranked trial tower.

The first option sounded more like a group event to him, so Joram chose the ranked trial tower, and Cara began to celebrate.

This was her favourite part, and it gave them a chance to make sure that the reward function was working.

If it worked properly, every time you set a new personal record, you would get an item suitable to your accomplishments. None of them were set to be excessively powerful, but with [Randomize] used on the reward function, there was a measure of Divine Intervention involved.

So, if an Awakened contestant managed to fight at the middle of Ascended Rank, or a similarly improbable feat, the reward might be much more than a simple Ascended Rank item suitable to their class or progression.

They had put as many things in there as possible, and then set the trial to randomize and duplicate them as rewards.

So, it could be jewellery, armour, clothing, weapons, resources, or even an advancement potion.

Chaotic Zone was perfect for this sort of application, and when Karl paired it with Randomize, even the Chaos Badger got excited.

Joram finished the first two fights quickly, as they were at the high end of Monarch Rank, and he was already an Overlord. But after only thirty minutes, with eight scales on the dragon that encircled the tower lit up, he was beginning to struggle.

The trial had given him an Overlord Ranked Lightning Cerro as an opponent, and he was struggling to break its defences without getting gored or run over.

”It looks like the trials really do get more difficult. It has been some time since a new scale lit up.” Tank noted.

Nacht smiled. ”He’s fighting for his life in there. I can sense enough fluctuation from the trial to know that what he is facing now is high Overlord Ranked.”

The teachers all turned to the black dragon, who sighed, and began to explain how to sense the fluctuations of a magical item in use. It wasn’t a hard thing for a black dragon, but not everyone had that level of magical affinity.

The mages got it quickly enough, though.

Once the Cerro fell, and Joram had taken a rest to get back his mana and heal, the trial gave him a peak Overlord Ranked Crocolisk.

And that was the end of his run.