The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 793  Making A House A Home

Karl watched the illusionary domain in the Butterflyʼs space as it slept, and the others whispered encouragement to it, so it would grow up big and strong and not have a short life as Lotusʼ studies said it would.

Well, most of them. Rae was whispering fun ideas to it because they influenced the dream world.

Currently, the Rae clones in the Butterflyʼs world had a crystal attached to their back, from which giant butterfly wings sprouted, allowing the spiders to fly.

The Glasswing Illusion Butterfly could create solid illusions, but Karl wasnʼt certain that something as large as Rae could fly in the nimble manner that she did in the dream world.

He was one hundred percent sure that it would give children nightmares, though.

Intermittently, the room would flicker with illusions as the butterfly dreamed of strange and fantastical things, based on the limited amount of the world that it had seen.

Then, an hour into its nap, just as Lotus was certain that she would finally catch the bright pink Cara which had been created in the small library, the small room transformed into a sprawling cityscape, with their mound of pillows in what looked like the tower of a castle.

There were windows all around them, and Karl could feel the breeze on his face.

The mana level in the room was nearly stifling for the others, and Karl could sense their unease, though Lotus was still happily chasing illusions around the altered room.

So, he thought he would explore a little, and see what the Illusion Domain could do.

There was only one door to the room they were in, but when Karl swung it open, he found the hallway to the Guild House outside.

Davis was speaking with a customer, the apprentices could be heard working in the shop, and the guards were chatting idly at their station outside. Nothing about the situation said that anyone was aware of the changes that had been taking place in this room, and none of them even seemed to sense the immense amount of Overlord Rank power that was in use.

{Location Significantly Upgraded. Use Class Skill: Home} Y/N

[Home] One Time Use Skill. The Packmaster may designate a target location as their permanent home, granting various bonuses as the location is improved. The [Home] Location may be periodically changed, but never deactivated.

Karl stared at the message for a few seconds before making a decision. They were here now, and while they planned to travel, this place did belong to them. It was home, at least for the foreseeable future.

[Home] Location selected.

{Upgrade Made} Expanded Illusionary Space

{Upgrade Made} Registered Guild Shop with Guild Bank Access

{Upgrade Made} Basic Security System

{Bonuses Applied}

1 ⇒ [Improved Recall] Recall Spell will activate with a shorter delay when returning to the Home location.

2 ⇒ [Recreation] The addition of an Illusionary Space for recreation improves mana recovery within the Home location by 20%

Karl felt the changes take effect, most noticeably the mana recovery, which made all the beasts sigh in pleasure at the influx into their spaces.

The spaces improved slowly, as the beasts used the majority of the mana that was provided to refine their own power. But with an extra twenty percent, the space itself was receiving a significant boost.

Karl stepped downstairs, and realized that he couldnʼt sense the Illusionary Realm at all. Except for the fact that he could feel the Butterflyʼs unique magic signature. He watched quietly as the two in the store finished with their customers, then Mick took a broom and began to clean the floor, though it was already nearly spotless.

Caretaker Jo would be proud.

Speaking of which, where was she? Karl extended his senses and found the cleanliness obsessed demon hanging from a rope, polishing the outside of the windows clean. The ones at the east end of the house, facing the Castle, did not open, so she had taken it upon herself to polish them by hand instead of asking Remi or someone with better water magic to clean them for her.

[Hey, there is room to fly.] Cara cheered in Karlʼs mind.

That didnʼt sound right. Karl jogged back upstairs, and found that the Void Badger had flown out the window of the illusionary room, and out into the fake city. Lotus was right behind her, and she had climbed out the window of the tower to slide down a vine ladder she had created. There was a whole magical city to explore, and Lotus wanted to know what every magical plant was.

The fact that it was all an illusion and none of it was real didnʼt matter to Lotus. It was all new things.

But Cara had discovered a limitation to the spell. They couldnʼt be more than seventy metres apart, or you would hit an invisible barrier, past which you couldnʼt proceed.

That was the maximum radius of the spell, and while it appeared that you could explore the whole city, only a small portion of it could be active at one time.

That was a disappointment to Hawk, as his body was already considered huge. Seventy metres around himself would be fine if he was flying alone, but with others in the space, it wasnʼt enough room to really even take flight.

However, with everyone else distracted by the illusion, it was a perfect excuse to sneak out for a little flight. Hawk knew that the farmers hated rodents nearly as much as Hawk liked eating them, and he had yet to sample the delicacies of this continent.

Maybe once he flew out of the city a few dozen kilometres, he would be able to find something tasty?

Karl sensed him leaving, but the guards wouldnʼt hassle Hawk. He had been sitting on the roof right next to their station for the last few days, he wasnʼt a stranger. They should also know that he wasnʼt an invasive threat either, as he hadnʼt bothered anyone in that time.

Stepping back into the room reminded Karl that he had things to do to finish the project, and he immediately turned to go back downstairs.

”Davis, do you know where we can find books, just regular books, to fill the library space upstairs? Weʼve been upgrading it, and itʼs feeling a bit empty.” Davis nodded, then turned to Mick. ”Go fetch a runner from the gate and give them three gold for a mass book purchase from Grimoireʼs Bookstore. Tell them that we donʼt mind if theyʼre used, and we donʼt mind some duplicates, weʼre stocking a full library in a new Guild House.”

He handed the assistant the coins from the store vault, and the Vampire ran outside with a fancy silk and lace umbrella, created by Rae to match her work uniform, and to protect her from the afternoon sun.

The uniform dress that Rae had made her, black on one side and white on the other with long sleeves and frilly skirts, was cute, but the sleeves were loose, so her arms might have been exposed, and it didnʼt protect her face.