The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1670 Impressive Tiny World

Elder Forsham extended his senses to see who all was in this space, and then paused as he found much more than he had expected.

It wasnʼt all refugees like the Shaman, who was still branded with an aura from another Immortal World. She was definitely held captive for most of her life in that world, before whatever brought her to Karl had happened.

There were also people who had grown up in the same mortal world that Karl and his team had come from, and he had a sneaking suspicion that this place might still be linked to that world in some way.

If Karl was still accessing the mortal realm, the power level of that place was going to skyrocket, just based on the castoffs of his crafting.

What he couldnʼt know was that the Darklight Host didnʼt rely on his castoffs. They had Mythic craftsmen already, and Karl wasnʼt selling Immortal Rank gear to the Guild, as per his agreement with Azov.

Technically, it wasnʼt prohibited to sell to the Guild Members themselves, but realistically none of them actually needed it, as just having Epic Grade Mythic Rank gear was more than enough to take care of everything that they were facing in that world.

If there was another invasion, or they were threatened to an extent that they couldnʼt deal with, then Karl would ship them better stuff.

”You know, other than the fact that theyʼre still mortals, you basically have your own Clan here.

Or if you were one of the Consumption Clans, you would be set to produce a Supreme Ranked leader within a generation.” Elder Forsham noted.

”A Consumption Clan?” Karl asked.

”Ah, I suppose that you donʼt know the term. It refers to a form of skill that consumes the power of those weaker than you to fuel your progression. The general rule of thumb is that it takes the full power and souls of a thousand Void Rank Immortals to bring one of their leaders from Ascendance to Supremacy.

Now, thatʼs not realistic, as they would only be a bit weaker than him. But five times that many Spirit Immortals would be about right.

Thatʼs one of the more common uses of these separate spaces.

Push everyone up to a certain level, then have them work hard to progress while you siphon off their gains. As you can likely guess, itʼs considered one of the evil techniques, but many Systems include a skill of a similar nature.” The Elder explained.

Behind Karl, Cara burst into laughter, while Thor turned away and whistled innocently.

”You know of the method, then?” Elder Douglas asked rhetorically.

Obviously, they did.

”Karl actually has a sword that steals soul and life essence to fuel his power. Itʼs not just a System Skill, itʼs a physical item where we come from. But heʼs too pure and innocent to have thought about farming people for their power.

He doesnʼt even use the blade in combat most of the time unless itʼs a duel, or he doesnʼt like the person,” she explained.

”Seriously? Karl uses a soul stealing weapon? I wouldnʼt have guessed, given his personality. Does it not corrupt with use? Or is it a matter of time?”

Karl shook his head. ”No, the sword purifies the energy before transferring it. So it doesnʼt matter what the life essence or soul energy came from, only that I challenged and defeated something higher ranked than I was.

It does collect from everything that dies around me, but itʼs not the same level of gain.

Something like using an under ranked instead of an over rank potion.”

Elder Socrate jogged back over. ”I heard the word potion.”

Douglas shook his head in dismay. ”Of course thatʼs the only part that you heard. We were talking about soul stealing weapons and the effect of lower ranked energy versus over rank energy.”

The Alchemist nodded. ”Thatʼs a good comparison.”

Karl cleared his throat. ”Now, back on topic. How are we going to introduce all these new Immortals to the Clan? Because now that we know how to push them past the bottleneck, theyʼre all going to want to do it, and the Beast Rangers just got new pets that they will need resources for.”

”Beast Rangers?” Elder Forsham asked.

”Oh, theyʼre an advanced Ranger Class that can bond Magical beasts. A bunch of them gained a skill to get a second bonded beast, and added Swamp Dragons to their existing Dire Wolves.

When we helped them get their Class, they all got the same beasts because thatʼs what was available.

Now, theyʼre all about to reach Immortality with their wolves. But the swamp dragons are hatchlings, so theyʼll need some time.”

The Elder sighed. ”I regret asking.”

”That will become a common sentiment if you keep asking questions. You can look at it as a wonderful opportunity for the Clan, though. Theyʼre all excellent combatants with versatile skills, and not warriors.

Plus, when the dragons grow up, theyʼre excellent tanks as well as mounts.”

The Elderʼs expression said that he was thinking deeply, so nobody interrupted him. Then, he stared at some of the Lizardfolk who had come to congratulate their sister.

”Wait, are these all Darklight Host Guild members?” He asked.

”Uhm, yes? We inducted them so that we could send them to dungeons on behalf of the Guild. Itʼs the only way that they could build up the skill points that they needed after starting at Mythic Rank.” Karl explained.

”And you donʼt see how that might possibly be an issue?”

”No?”

Elder Socrate patted his counterpart on the shoulder.

”Let me handle this, I have experience.

You see, if we bring in a bunch of randoms, thatʼs one thing. But heʼs not the

only one who is going to notice that theyʼre all your Guild members. And what do you think is going to happen when the Clan sees you bring dozens of Immortals from your Guild into the Clan?

Half of them will think youʼre staging a coup, and the other half are going to think that you have a secret skill to improve progression speed.”

Cara raised one finger, as if she wanted to speak, and Elder Socrate laughed.

”Let me guess? He does have one, doesnʼt he?”

”Not just one. But we have a really good Guild Skill. Who would want to leave?”