The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1047  To Nararam

The bears carried them through the night as Hawk rested, and by the time that the sun came up, they were at the lone road that ran north up the eastern side of Gabil.

”Nararam should be just south down this road. Do you want to go through the city, then to the river, or continue east and pick up the river in the wilderness?” Karl asked once the Naga woke up.

{Youʼre still awake?} The Naga asked, surprised to see Karl.

”Sort of. I prefer to meditate, so I donʼt have to leave my spot. The Golems give me enough input to keep us out of trouble. Thatʼs why I used my own Golem.” Karl explained.

The Naga nodded. {Thatʼs a good idea. Not many have the skills to do that, but your class is a unique one.}

Karl shrugged. ”Iʼm technically in my third class now. I started as a Beast Master, and then advanced. Each has been better than the one before, so no complaints.”

{Oh, what sort of class comes two advancements after a Rare Class?}

Remi laughed from inside the carriage. This should be entertaining.

”Itʼs still a Beast Master base, but Beast Master Champion. It helps advance both me and my beasts, but primarily the changes were that it designated me as the Avatar of the World Dragon, and granted a new transformation and some related abilities.” Karl explained.

The Naga stared at him in silence, unsure how to answer that.

Avatar of the World Dragon as a class skill? What sort of broken skill was that? And what sort of related skill would even come with a power like that?

{So... you can transform into a dragonkin?} He tried.

Karl shook his head. ”A Totem Ranked World Dragon.”

The Naga slowly blinked, first one set of eyelids, then the other.

Karl shook his head. ”A Totem Ranked World Dragon.”

The Naga slowly blinked, first one set of eyelids, then the other.

{Well, thatʼs unexpected. So, your skills are all focused around being a dragon?}

”No, my skills are all focused around improving both myself and the beast team. New skills, higher combat power, even the option to add more group members. The dragon transformation is more of a flex on enemies than a core skill of the class.” Karl explained.

Remi and the Naga Team Leader both laughed. Transforming into a Totem Ranked Dragon was an immense flex on any enemy that you might be facing. Especially to a Naga, or any other scaled species. As far as scaly creatures went, dragons were the pinnacle of performance.

The morning passed smoothly as they headed for the river, but when they finally arrived, the Naga realized that there might be a problem with this plan. You couldnʼt put something as large as a carriage in your System Inventory unless you had a special skill for it. Plus, they didnʼt appear to have a boat.

The first problem was solved when Karl helped Remi down from the carriage by letting her transform into a reduced form of her Spirit Snake form and drape herself over his shoulders. Then Thor took his carriage back into his space, and Tian created a large metal flat-bottomed sailboat.

Karl jumped over to land in the boat, then let Remi use her basic [Elemental Control] to create a gust of wind to push it to shore.

”Climb in, and we will head down the river. The current is flowing with us, and Remi can make a steady wind, or use water manipulation to push us along faster.”

Both Naga looked happier now that they were on the river, and the older Naga chuckled as they started to move.

{Normally, we have someone stick their tail in the water to push the raft, but this is fancy. I like it. But will it be alright when we get to overhanging branches?} He asked.

”We can switch techniques when it comes to that. I can also choose aquatic beasts as my Golems, so we could have them pull the boat if we needed to.”

Remi paused. She hadnʼt thought about that. There were some excellent fish monsters. Not particularly powerful, but if they were summoned as Golems, they would be Totem Ranked by default. If Karl summoned something like a Silver Catfish, a Commander Rank river monster, it could swim at nearly fifty kilometres an hour. Hawk had found a few of them while scouting in Drodh.

[You should call the water Golems. It will be fun, like a water wagon.] Thor suggested.

The concept of a wind powered floating wagon was just too weird, in his opinion.

Remi hid her dismay at his lack of enlightenment. Even on land, you could push a carriage with wind if you wanted to. But such a concept was anathema to Thorʼs Cerro developed mindset.

Strong legs were far better than letting something as soft as air try to do the work.

The Silver Catfish had no good way to hook up a harness, but Rae solved that by creating a bit to go in their mouth, like the ones you used to guide horses.

The fish could pull the boat that way, and it wouldnʼt interfere with their fins.

She passed the custom crafted rope to Karl, who hooked it to the boat and passed it to the Golems. Then, they were really off to the races, skimming along the water at breakneck speed as Remi laughed in joy.

With no natural wind, the surface of the river was glass smooth, perfect for high-speed boating.

”Now, we just need to keep this speed up for half a day, and we will be close to the temple.” Karl announced.

The Naga laughed. There was little chance that would actually happen. Even with four Totems in their group, they were sure to be either accosted by offended monsters, or questioned by the tribes whose territories they were passing through.

A major river was an important part of many territories, and they wouldnʼt allow just anyone to go down it without at least checking them out. His group of investigators had been stopped dozens of times before they had made it to the Gabil border, and some of the stops took entire days to settle passage rights through the territories of tribes they had no agreements with.

If the sky wasnʼt so terrifying, he would have suggested that they fly over and avoid this part.