The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 805  Visitor Friendly

For the next three days, the shop remained closed, and all of the crafters worked on building a new stock for the store.

A few times a day, locals would come to sit on the benches along the wall, letting the magic of the Altar in the backyard heal them of whatever illness they had contracted. As the shop was closed, it would be rude for them to simply walk around the back of the house to find the source of the magic, but it was commonly known that if you were unwell and went to sit in the yard, you would be healed.

On the second afternoon, Lotus went to the market square in the Redwood Sprawl, and spent the afternoon as a Healing Tree, while Tessa cooked a free meal for the needy, and a group of City Guards watched over them.

The guards had learned that anywhere in the Darklight Host property was just as good for the healing effect. So, if they stepped inside the gate and out of sight during the lunch break of their shift, it would eliminate all the sore and stiff muscles that they had accumulated.

Soon, the Guard Commanders would stop them from doing it while on duty. But for now, they could at least get a refreshing break while they were stationed at the gate.

Lotus had even grown a picnic bench out of wood for them to sit at, right in the corner by the gate, where their boss wouldnʼt be able to see them, but they would only be two steps from their station.

Warriors at Monarch and Overlord Rank could easily hop the wall, and the wards wouldnʼt keep them from leaving, even in the event of an emergency.

Each day, Dana, Tessa and Ophelia went to the dungeon with Rae and Thor, bringing back loot for the smithy.

On the fourth morning, the ache in Danaʼs body had subsided enough that she was willing to try the altar again. She could feel the restrained pressure of having hit the bottleneck now, a different sensation than the feeling of being at the peak, which she had mistaken for it before.

The Overlord Rank mana from the altar flooded her body, pushing the Royal Rank energy out, the same as last time. But this time, when she began trying to integrate it with her body, she felt something change. A subtle shift that made it easier to integrate the energy, and the relief that came with not needing to reduce the density and quality nearly as much as she had to the first time.

Her rank broke through to Monarch, and her mana capacity soared, refilled and refreshed by the healing magic emitted by the totem, even as she depleted its stored mana.

Tessa pulled her into a hug, and Thor gave her an envious look. He still couldnʼt feel the bottleneck to the Overlord Rank, but he was hoping to get ahead again and be the first of his siblings to advance.

Well, the second. But Little Butterfly didnʼt count. The Butterfly started at Overlord.

That change had immensely improved the quality of life in the spaces, with the higher quality of mana, which was even recharging Thorʼs pond. Previously, the Holy Stones were of too low quality to do more than just make the water comfortable. But now, they were actively glowing with Holy Power again, and the golden stones were beginning to turn to a pure white. Thor liked the colour change, it contrasted well with his scales.

Sister Remi was getting incredibly close to advancing, with her Alchemy work improving her mana quality faster than even escorting the herd through the Dungeon improved Thorʼs own power.

It was possible that she might be the next one to advance, but Sister Rae hid her power as easily as she hid her body, so it might not be so easy.

The only one he was sure about was Cara, who spent most of her days playing in the illusionary city. She was still growing larger, but her power wasnʼt growing as fast as the others.

Karl wasnʼt too concerned. Soon enough, they would either hit the bottleneck or be forced to advance. Simply being on the Dragon Isles was increasing the mana density of his spaces at a rapid rate, and now that both Karl and the Butterfly were Overlords, the quality change was immense.

A new space was beginning to form, but Karl was deliberately keeping it fairly small, as he could force the majority of the energy into the other spaces for now. Once they advanced, he would have to even them, but a tiny Overlord Space was still considered to be the superior state by the System. So, it was no mental strain to leave it the way that it was. He just hoped that everyone would progress smoothly.

With their bloodlines changed so much, or being so unknown, it was impossible to tell.

That day, the group was back much earlier than usual, and in a great mood. ”The Danaʼs Golems are very strong now, and her Guardian got a new attack skill.” Rae explained.

”Oh, that is wonderful. More Monarchs definitely makes the fight easier.”

Rae piled the trash loot in the corner of the forge, where Ashbringer was working with Karlʼs Guardian. The Guardian was smelting all the Common Grade magical items into blocks of metal alloy, while the Demon was using his magic to make an ever-growing pile of identical blades from them. He made three styles. Shortsword, broadsword and cutlass. Then, when he took a break, he brought them all up to the second floor, where someone would upgrade them.

Usually, it was Karl, but the alloy was only good to the Royal Rank, so upgrading them to the Commander Rank to sell in bulk to the trade caravans was a viable option as well.

So far, they had nearly two hundred such weapons made by Wendy, along with a huge pile of rings, bracelets, and wooden earrings.

Loros worked mostly with the Mana Jade for Karl to upgrade, but her stock was running low, and the material wasnʼt always available in town, as it was imported.

Karlʼs writing speed had immensely increased since he started doing Runecrafting.

 Unfortunately, not in common.

But he could scribe a runic power passage on both sides of a sword in under fifteen seconds now.

As the weapons were stopping two full Ranks below him, he didnʼt even need to put effort in to complete them. But the shining silver mixed alloy with the glowing purple runes would quickly become a trademark of their shop.

Especially with Ashbringer putting the Darklight Host mismatched wings symbol, one demonic and one feathered, on the root of each blade.

”I think that weʼve got enough of the bulk merchandise. I am going to switch to higher grade alloys.” The Demon suddenly announced.

”Alright. I am fine with that. Do you need me to send someone to get you more ore?” Karl asked.

Ashbringer shook his head. ”The various alloys of the Uncommon and Rare items that were discarded are good enough for my work. But you should make a full set of accessories for everyone, including the staff. It would impress the customers.”

Karl looked at the Monarch Ranked Mana Jade and nodded. ”I can do that. It will only take a few minutes to tailor an existing themed set to everyoneʼs skills. Is there anything in particular you would like?” Ashbringer considered it for a few seconds. ”Skill Power and Strength should be good enough for most of them, but if you can add agility to the larger pieces, that would help my speed.”

Karl made an approving gesture, then looked at the items that had been created. There was a thick golden chain that the Smith had made last night, and that would work out very well with a Fire Gem in it, inscribed with a skill.

He wasnʼt a mage, but surely Karl could grant him an ability that he would be able to use.

He had quite an affinity with the forge, so Karl decided that giving him a [Ghostfire Body] spell. That would be perfect.