The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1328 Supply Crunch

The teacher glared at Karl, who turned his attention to where she was watching.

”Oh, those ladies are off-duty today. The beach is the common gathering point for the resident druids and nature clerics. If youʼve ever tried keeping clothes on a nature cleric, you will know that itʼs a lost cause, so I donʼt try.

The only ones who do try are the male dragons.” He explained.

Ike laughed and nodded. ”The ladies are refreshingly honest, but we are seriously outnumbered in here. I would never get all my work done if I indulged all their whims.

Weʼve already lost Oban!”

Karl chuckled at the blue dragonʼs description of the situation. ”Speaking of duties, can I get a [create food] spell from you? I recently bonded with a False Island Flying Turtle, and heʼs got compatibility with the nature element.”

The blue dragon nodded, and handed Karl a thin book.

[Create Food] was the most common grade of the food creation spells, and only made rice and beans or oatmeal. It was far from perfect, but it was only three pages as a skill book, so every blue dragon carried around a stack of them.

Just in case they found potential cleric recruits.

Karl learned the skill, and Leo cheered from his space. Now, he could make side dishes to go with his seaweed.

”Thank you. He greatly appreciates it. It will also help with my rebuilding efforts. The Golden Divine Academy needs some renovations once Opal and Tian return, so I planned to build some food creation spells directly into the new kitchen,” he explained.

”Oh, thatʼs a great idea. You should ask the Druids at the Drodh Guild House, though. Theyʼve got better versions already carved into nature stones. A most curious thing, that. You donʼt see many Orcish Druids.” Ike suggested.

”Right, I forgot that they could make those.”

The dragon gave a full throated laugh. ”They sell them at the Guild Store. A few dozen a week.”

Karl shrugged. He hardly paid attention to the inventory at the store these days. There was just so much else going on that the store mattered more to the residents of Drodh than it did to him.

Especially today, after the attacks.

Karl mentally checked the Guild Store, and poached two Royal Ranked [Advanced Food Creation] stones, then checked in with the Guild.

[How are things in Drodh? Weʼre almost done with the attacks here, and now itʼs all aftermath.] Karl asked Mick, as the vampire was the least likely to be swamped with work at the moment.

[Weʼre doing alright. Almost all of the crafters are out right now. They are mostly from classes with healing skills, so theyʼre on rescue teams. The Dwarves from Bara have come to offer assistance in rebuilding the city, and weʼve got them housed in the crafting cavern, near the forges where theyʼre comfortable.

Uhm, other than that, weʼre just short on all sorts of potions, but the Alchemists are busy with the mana poisoning potion. Making a hundred thousand doses is a lot.

Weʼve sold out of everything that was on the shelves, and weʼve got a huge list of orders for necessities when we can make them.

That will make the crafters happy, except that all the Myths realized the Darklight Host has an actual store here, so theyʼve been bothering Sapphire for the good stuff. I think that the old lady is going to eat someone soon.

You know how it is when Myths suddenly come into money. They immediately buy a shiny new toy.] She explained.

Yes, that sounded like exactly what they would do, especially as they had been drinking all day as they fought. Drunken impulse buys when you had a pocket full of cash in a lower cost city were nearly irresistible.

[How is the Guild doing for money?] Karl asked.

[Weʼre alright. The Mythic beasts didnʼt have any special attributes, so they werenʼt individually expensive. With the money that weʼve paid out for the meat, we lost over a month of revenue, but weʼre still doing alright.] Mick replied happily.

The Mythic Rank visitors had already started to barbecue the frogs out in front of the Guild House, ones that they hadnʼt sold to the Darklight Host, and she had managed to sneak a shredded frog barbecue sandwich earlier.

The energy levels in the food were crazy, and she could feel her bodyʼs innate power level improving, even after she had taken the potion to avoid mana

poisoning.

It wasnʼt common knowledge that the potion actually increased your affinity for new mana, instead of blocking it to prevent poisoning, so the situation was completely unexpected to Mick, and many others.

[Anything else important happen?] Karl asked.

[They learned about the crafting cave. Itʼs pretty busy in there now, but weʼve got it under control. The Guild Alliance leaders are holding a meeting at the tavern in the cavern, and I think theyʼll be spending the night, but the rest mostly just went in to make custom orders with one of the Master craftsmen. The market is pretty empty as well, even the spices sold out.

Thor sent over some new spices and veggies from either his space or the Tiny World, but stock is going as fast as they can set it out.]

That made sense. Who could tell what flavours of Mythic Frog would be best?

[Sounds like you have it under control. You are welcome to break out the good Dwarven Ale for the dayʼs more important visitors. The stuff that the Inn usually keeps out front is good, but not Guild Leader good, if you know what I

mean.

Iʼm not sure if the constructs will do it on their own.] Karl added.

[Oh, thatʼs no problem. They listen to Nachtia, and sheʼs been keeping order in here since the fighting stopped. The death energy made her dizzy, so she couldnʼt do much but yell at people and absorb it.]

From the sound of it, they were going to have a bunch of Totem Ranked members soon.

So, Karl targeted others with his Guild Message. [Deve, Raj, Hugo, we need Overlords to Drodh City. Tell them to get a shot of the mana poisoning potion

and then help with the cleanup.

The lingering Immortal Realm mana will help push them toward Totem Rank.

The Myths wonʼt really notice it, but if we have Overlords near the bottleneck, they might advance with just a few days of recovery work in the city. I will ask the Darklight Host to put them up overnight, so they donʼt have to take the

portal home.]

Then, he relayed the information to Mick, Tessa and Nachtia, who should all be around the Guild House.

[Got it. We have room for them in the Crafting Cavern. Most of the others are bunking with locals in the Stone Chapel district, so weʼre not too crowded. Nobody seems to be rushing to get back to Zilaz today.] Tessa replied. If Karlʼs guess was right, Ophelia and Lotus should be in the Redwood Sprawl

right now, doing the healing tree routine and making dinner for the homeless. That was their usual disaster response, and the Sprawl would be intense with Immortal Realm mana.

It was no loss for them to remain across town.