The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 785  Full Shift

As the sun reached the horizon, Karl went out and closed the gate, marking the business closed for the evening. If there was some emergency, someone might shout and rattle the gate, but they werenʼt really the sort of shop that people went rushing to in the late hours of the evening.

Now that they were getting settled in to their new home, Karl had a few ideas to prepare for their next trip to the Dungeon. For one, Pack Affinity had given him a much wider array of skills to work with.

But that also meant that he had a much wider array of skills to teach.

”Dana, come here a second, I want to try to teach you a new skill.” He called, bringing her down from the second floor, where she had been studying with Remi.

”Oh, what would you like to teach?” She asked, before leaning back against him to let Karl wrap his arms around her.

Now that he was huge and furry, he was quite comfortable to rest on.

{Pack Master Karl Offers Knowledge} Skill [Bestial Form] will be transferred to his beloved Dana Mage.

Dana smiled as she accepted the knowledge, then activated the skill and found that she was not getting any taller.

Unlike Karl, whose transformation had made him huge, she appeared to be the same size, but furry.

White fur, with black stripes, she realized as she pushed up the sleeve of her robes.

”You match!” Lotus cheered as she ran over to hug Dana and bury her face in the fur of the Mageʼs neck.

Karl poked Lotus on the head and activated [Follow Me, Little One] again, teaching the skill to Lotus, then included Tessa in the spell knowledge as well.

Tessa smiled as the spell transferred, and then transformed, gaining a draconic muzzle as her head reshaped, and scales covered her visible body.

Thor whistled in appreciation from his space as Tessa checked the transformation, her long red scaled tail swishing gently.

Then Lotus proudly activated her skill and promptly vanished.

No, not vanished, she was under a pile of cloth that was her robes.

The cloth began to wriggle, then vanished as Lotus remembered she could unequip it, and a metre long green dragon emerged, then giggled and took flight, zooming around the room as Cara gave chase.

Davis looked horrified.

”What did you do? Why are there dragons in the shop?” He stuttered.

”Itʼs a spell called [Bestial Form].” Karl laughed, as Lotus and Cara flew up the stairs to the third floor, before he heard them flop down on the pillows.

”So, theyʼre not Dragons?” The Demon asked, confused.

”Well, theyʼre Dragon Clerics. But no, theyʼre not full-blooded dragons, no matter what they look like.”

The Appraiser sighed in relief. ”After the mage transformed to look just like you, I thought it was something that nullified your disguises.”

He finished checking inventory against his sales sheet, then put the notebook in the safe for the evening.

”If that is everything, I will be headed home.” Davis announced.

”Have a good evening. We will see you tomorrow.”

Davis placed his hand on the lock of the gate to activate the security spell on his way out, and the two sculptors came in from the workshop.

”Weʼre closing at sunset?” Loros asked.

”Thatʼs long enough for the day. We made a lot of sales, and everyone needs sleep.” Karl agreed.

”Wonderful. And who are these guests?”

That made Dana and Tessa laugh.

”That is Tessa and this is Dana, they learned a new transformation skill. Donʼt they look lovely?”

Loros nodded in agreement, while Wendy simply looked stunned.

”That doesnʼt even seem to be an illusion. I know that youʼre more powerful than I am, but I should be able to see through illusions.” She announced.

Tessa walked over and hugged her, which brought a startled squeak from the young Demon as she was nearly crushed by Tessaʼs enhanced strength.

”Sorry, I didnʼt realize I was stronger in this form, I thought I had just changed appearance. Somewhere around here is a very small green dragon. That is Lotus. Sheʼs upstairs playing with Cara right now.” Tessa explained.

Loros giggled. ”First a Rakshasa shows up, then he reveals his friend the Bloodbath Spider, and now heʼs turning people into dragons. Itʼs like speed running the ʼthings lesser demons are terrified ofʼ checklist.”

Tessa laughed and changed back, noting that she retained a few more scales than she remembered.

”Well, weʼre not trying to terrify our neighbours, just fit in a bit better. After all, four of us arenʼt Demons, and the fifth one is questionable.” She joked.

That could be taken a number of different ways, but both Loros and Wendy appeared to agree with the sentiment.

Loros realized the doublespeak immediately and winked at Karl.

”Donʼt worry, despite your aura, we all know that youʼre actually a good guy.”

That made Karl chuckle. ”I keep telling people itʼs a mistake, but nobody believes me. But it wasnʼt really an issue until I was around Demons who could all see it all the time.”

Loros waved her hand dismissively. ”I wouldnʼt say all the time. It takes effort for most of us to focus on the aura, and who wants to know all that about strangers? Besides, most Demons have a naturally black aura anyhow, so itʼs almost useless in a city full of Demons. Which is ironic, as itʼs one of our most common racial traits.”

Wendy stretched with her arms up over her head, wiggled her stiff fingers, then yawned. ”Is there dinner soon?” She asked.

Karl looked toward the kitchen door, where the head Chef was nodding in agreement.

”It looks like itʼs ready. We likely could have fed Davis before he ran away, but I think the baby dragon scared him.” Karl joked.

Wendy giggled. ”His species is instinctively afraid of Green Dragons. According to legends, once upon a time, they had a more malevolent nature, and all forms of healing and holy spells would cause them massive damage. It doesnʼt anymore, but the fear of the innately healing species remains.”