The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 782  Odd Customers

Karl thought about what he would add to the weapon. ”Alright, I have an idea. I can give the weapon a collection of enchantments suitable for a fire element berserker. If you could leave your contact information, I will send a runner when the weapon is ready.” Karl agreed.

The man nodded. ”I will know when it is complete.”

Then he set a bag on the counter and vanished, using a teleportation ability that left behind flickering red flames.

Davis turned to Karl. ”It seems that we are being tested by all the powers of the region. Drodh City is known for its Demonic Fleet, and their combination of Unholy and Water Magic. But that sort of flame should be Phoenix Flames. Not only that, but I have no idea what is in the bag. Itʼs enchanted to a level that I canʼt see through with my appraisal skills. An anti-theft container.”

Karl picked up the bag and looked inside. It was full of fire element gems, bits of stone, and a small branch that radiated intense heat.

[YOINK!] Cara cheered as the branch vanished from the bag.

She juggled it between her hands for a moment, as it really was hot, and then carefully planted it in the centre of an open area in her space.

The plant immediately took root, becoming more vibrant, and a second leaf began to form on the small sprig.

Cara lay on her side, letting the radiated heat warm her belly fur.

[Oh yeah, thatʼs the good stuff.]

Outside, Hawk simply stared at his shameless sister in amazement. Should he not have first dibs on fire element treasures? Was he not a giant flaming bird, while she was a Void Element Badger?

Whatever. Once it grew out a bit, he would shame her into cutting a sprig for him to plant.

But the gems in the bag were immeasurably valuable on their own. They were all Totem and Overlord Rank fire element treasures, worth thousands of times more than the work that the strange flame lover had requested.

Karl considered what he would put on this work. He had planned something simple for the man to upgrade on his own. But if he was paying this much, how could Karl give him a couple of strength enchantments and call it a day?

Plus, the weapon was huge. There was a lot of room for Runes to be added, and it would certainly be able to handle the power.

”Call me if someone needs me. I will be on the second floor writing a plan.” Karl informed Davis, then grunted a little as he picked up the sword. The blade weighed close to two tonnes, far more than it looked like it should, even at that size.

But if the user was intended to be able to swing this blade, Karl had a great idea.

If he combined Runes for damage increase with inertia increase, and inertia transfer, in the form of [Shatter], it would be equivalent to hitting someone with a bus. A sharp-edged bus.

Whatever was swinging this had to be huge already, to be using a five-metre-long blade. So Brutality was out. It would make them too large to fight conveniently. However, [Terrorize] would be great.

[Terrorize] improves damage done by the target by 10 percent per Rank of the User.

Add the runes for increased speed and agility to that, and he had a long string of runes that all merged smoothly into a single compound rune. That was the most efficient form of enchantment. But he could get a bit more in this rune if he tried, without breaking the coherency.

A short poem about overwhelming power ensuring victory and a legendary legacy stretched out the Runic string even further.

The overall effect was beautiful, and matched the space in the centre of the blade perfectly.

Karl would duplicate that on both sides, then on the hilt, under the grip guard, he would add runes to link a Spell Gem to the blade inscription, and to strengthen the weapon itself as the blade transferred mana.

It should help whatever skill that man had to improve Runes, as the inscription wouldnʼt be fighting against him, it would already have that type of growth in its nature.

Then, Karl carefully removed the Totem Rank Fire Gem from the hilt and carved it with [Ghostfire Body]. If that wasnʼt sufficient for a Fire user, Karl didnʼt know what would be.

It wasnʼt like he had a stronger fire element skill available to him.

That made three separate strings of Runes. It would be a bit of a mess as far as actual use went, so Karl modified the strings that would go on the weapon itself until they flowed smoothly. Mostly that meant moving the string of poetry in between the two, placing it at the base of the blade.

But now it looked much better, and the activation of Ghostfire Body would flow through the intention to strengthen the blade itself and the poem about legendary deeds, then finish with the actual damage increasing effects that would accomplish the task.

Karl coated one of the claws of his [Bestial Form] with Disintegrate and shivered at the flow of power as his snowy white fur brushed against the blade.

He went over the runes one last time, making a few alterations to the depth of the carving, based on what [Runecrafting] was telling him to do with this particular formation.

Then Karl began to focus on mana recovery, as he felt his energy draining faster than he could regenerate it.

Every single rune was drawing more power from him than it should, and the draw was increasing as he worked his way down the blade.

An increase in draw as you made a more powerful Runic Inscription was normal, but he had already reached the mana flow of a full output Monarch Ranked skill, and he hadnʼt even started to upgrade the Runes yet.

By the time he reached the end of the inscription, Karl was panting with exertion, and struggling not to let his claw shake, which would destroy all his hard work.

The blade was vibrating with power, and the Runes were glowing Gold, even before being given any additional power or being activated by Karl.

[Everyone, can you transfer me power? Iʼm going to need it for this. Iʼm not sure what is up with this blade, but itʼs requiring entirely too much input for even the grand inscription I made.] Karl requested.

With a bit of concentration, all the power stored in the beast spaces began to flow to Karlʼs body, then to the blade as he pushed it from Commander through Royal to the peak of Monarch.

Then the runes began to glow with an ethereal blue flame, like Hawkʼs feathers, and the Flame Gem lit up in the same colour, flickering internally.

The draw of power finally ended, and Karl let out a sigh of relief.

This was a bit different than he had expected, and he wondered if it was something to do with the Ghostfire Body ability. He hadnʼt tried to use that one before, and it was not a simple skill.

All he needed now was to have a shower and a nap after dinner. Tomorrow, he would hope that the owner showed up to get his blade, which was radiating power like a shining beacon on the tables in the second floor workshop.