The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 879: Exploring Bara

Another round of drinks was ordered to celebrate their victory in the dungeon today, including the extra fast clearance time. That was always worth celebrating, as it meant that all went smoothly, and nobody had suffered too badly.

For Karl, it had a different meaning as well.

Looking into his inventory now that the run was over, he had a huge amount of Ore in Caraʼs space, a half dozen mediocre quality Overlord Ranked weapon and armour drops, and one Epic Quality Statue type item.

At first, Karl wasnʼt sure what it was, but when he looked more closely, it was something for Shamans and Priestesses, that boosted their magic.

Most classes couldnʼt use it at all, but Remi could, and she would be sure to appreciate it when he brought it back for her.

And if she didnʼt want it, Rae did. Not that she could use it, but it was a cute spider statue.

Nachtia turned to Karl as the Dragonkin among the group finished their drinking.

”Want to explore the shopping district? I hear itʼs a bit overpriced compared to the areas deeper in the mountains, but itʼs still worth a look.” She suggested.

Karl got to his feet with a smile. ”Of course. I was also warned, but as itʼs my first time in the city, I need to bring back souvenirs, and that means shopping in the tourist district.”

The Black Dragon chuckled. ”You make it sound like going deeper into the mountain doesnʼt freak you out, even a little bit.”

Karl shrugged. ”I grew up in the mines. You get over claustrophobia fast at the bottom of the main vein.”

The moment that they were out of the tavern, the other dragonkin split off, leaving Karl with Nachtia.

”I hope you didnʼt get the wrong idea, Iʼm spoken for.” Karl explained cautiously.

Nachtia nodded. ”Uncle Nacht told me. But honestly, I think that I freak the rest of them out a little bit. The aura of a black dragon is death, and it makes most people uncomfortable to sit too close to me.

Youʼre a bit of an odd one, though. I suspect that it has to do with the spider and the void badger. Between the two, youʼre already used to strong auras, and darkness related elements.

But the other Dragonkin mostly live among other beastkin, and the black dragons donʼt socialize much with even their own kin.

The ones on the other continent might be different, but here the Black Dragon temples only get visitors for funerals, and impending funerals.”

Karl chuckled, and Rae came out to stand next to them in humanoid form.

”I think I like your God. More people should pray properly when theyʼre about to have their funeral.” Rae agreed.

The dragon blinked slowly, then shook her head.

”The god of Death isnʼt a god of forgiveness.” She offered.

Rae shook her head. ”Thatʼs not what I meant. Think of all the people with a price on their head. Should they not be praying to the God of Death for at least a quick end? I read in one of the history books how the dragons would pull the scales off a traitor one at a time.”

Nachtia looked offended, and Karl thumped Rae on the head. ”No talking about fun ways to kill people in public.”

Rae sighed, and Nachtia gave her an unimpressed look.

”They stopped using that as a punishment thousands of years ago. But now that youʼre out and in a form that doesnʼt scare everyone away, should we go shopping?”

Rae smiled back at her. ”We simply must go shopping. My sister is waiting for us to get back with an item that we found in the dungeon, and then we need to deliver the ore for the smithy.

But this place feels fun. I can sense powerful creatures all over, even in the ocean near the mountain. Will you be hunting later, not in the Dungeon?”

”You want to go hunt the magical beasts in the mountains?” Nachtia asked hopefully.

”You too? We definitely need to get together and go hunting. Are there good things?” Rae asked.

Nachtia sighed happily as her mind wandered away.

”We will have to go a fair ways. They have these Monarch and Overlord Ranked Mountain Goats here, but theyʼre livestock, and weʼre not allowed to eat them, no matter how good they smell.

Dragons have an incredible sense of smell, you know.

But further into the mountains, there is a massive inland desert. They have these sand rats.

Donʼt let the name turn you off, theyʼre delicious.” She agreed.

[Weʼre going.] Hawk demanded.

[After. We have things to do first.] Karl reminded him.

Hawk wasnʼt happy about it, but now that he knew that there were still mice at his level, he was willing to be patient until they could go get them. But if he was hunting with a dragon, he even had a flying buddy.

Cara only flew far enough to get snacks or attack pests. She was a lousy flight partner. But a dragon seemed like just the right sort to go for long flights.

Suddenly, Rae grabbed the dragon and pulled her into a group of stalls that were selling beads.

Karl didnʼt know what she might want with that, as they were clearly just glass beads with the word ʼBaraʼ written on the larger ones at the front.

Well, they were good tourist items, as they had the city name on them, but they were the cheapest of the cheap.

The girls came back with matching black beaded bracelets a few minutes later, and then Rae was dragging Nachtia off to another stall that was selling cookies in tins with the view of the mountain as seen from the ocean painted on them.

Then to a shop selling bookmarks.

Then to a shop which was selling little wooden storage boxes that were actually storage devices with a spatial magic storage spell on them.

Those were expensive, but Rae was not deterred. Storage boxes were new ways to organize her treasures, and hide the shining rocks without burying them.