The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1072: Fortress Village

Hugo led the group into the massive hulk of a fortress, which turned out to actually be an outer shell containing many warehouses for bulk supplies, as it wasn’t a proper Guild Branch for any of the residents.

The interior was set up like a neighbourhood, with streets, apartment blocks, and even a few villas with courtyards.

“There are actually eight major residences with courtyards here, but you will be our sixth Alliance Member, so after you move in, two will be empty.

Members who live in the city full-time, as well as the Apprentices, live in the villas or the blocks. It’s a bit strange having our own miniature city inside the fortress, but we inherited the building from a Guild that went bankrupt after making a number of bad wagers on the tournaments.

So, the design wasn’t our choice, but it works well enough for our purposes, and it is secure.

You can restrict a portal location to only be used by your Guild members. There is one in the house I’m leading you to, and it was fully reset after we took over, so nobody else has access.

Ah, here we are.”

Hugo stopped in front of a modern looking Villa with a flower garden, and Karl nodded in approval.

“It’s not large outside, but there are five sleeping rooms on the second floor, common areas on the main, and a basement crafting lab, along with the apprentice dorms, which are usually placed on the second or third basement level, if you choose to hire some.”

Dana frowned. “Are they expecting everyone to hire Dwarves? Who puts bedrooms on the second basement level?”

The Myths chuckled at her question.

“It’s a security measure. Battles between Totems and Myths tend to have collateral damage, so if the fortress is raided, the lower level members can retreat to the safe rooms in the sub-basement and wait it out.

That didn’t used to be the case, but Guild Raids would lead to hundreds of deaths, and that was just bad for everyone involved.” Deve explained.

Lotus repeatedly poked Karl in the back until he turned around so he could see her pleading, pouty eyes expression.

“Tian does it better.” Karl reminded her, but Lotus silently kept it up.

“Yes, we will try to find some cute Apprentices to hang out with you, but you can’t keep them from their work.”

Lotus gave a fist pump, and the Guild Leaders shook their heads in dismay.

“I am beginning to understand the group composition a bit better now.” Raj, the darkest skinned of the Warriors among the Guild Leaders, chuckled.

Ophelia nodded in agreement. “Lotus is secretly the centre of our group. You see, Tessa is her childhood friend, I was the only female Berserker in my class, and Dana was the strongest female Mage when we formed our group to travel.”

“And how does Karl fit in that metric?” Raj asked.

“Karl has all the beasts, and you know how Green Dragon Clerics are. But also, he’s so incredibly overpowered that it would just be ridiculous to not want to go with him.” Ophelia replied with a shrug, as if it should be obvious.

Karl pulled a sleepy Tian from his space and handed him to Lotus, who immediately cradled and began to pet the little fox.

The Guild Leader stared at the pair.

“Is that a baby Stonefur Divine Fox?” Deve asked after a few seconds of silence.

“Indeed. The newest addition to our little family. And the newest reason that Lotus has to remain nearby. Though, she usually stays at the back in larger battles, as she has a Tree of Life transformation, and her area healing skills are outstanding.” Karl explained.

“We will help you all get into Dungeon teams if you’re planning to remain here for a while.” Hugo insisted.

Karl checked with the others, and they all appeared to be on board with the plan.

But Ophelia had other ideas as well. Remi had proven that her potions didn’t always risk death, so there was a chance that they could all be pushed to the Overlord Rank. They had advanced their classes already, so if they could join Overlord Ranked dungeon teams, they could gain both experience and resources.

Though, if they were all at Overlord, they could just go together. There were five of them, and the Golems could serve the role of tanks.

Or Ophelia could, as her new class was actually specialized in the role.

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Their presence was starting to draw curious onlookers, as it wasn’t often that all five of the Alliance Leaders gathered anywhere unless it was for work. But today, they were in front of a vacant house, and everyone had gotten the notice about the Darklight Host joining the Alliance.

What none of them had realized was that this was the same Darklight Host that Supreme Lady Matilda led. If they had known, they would have been much more cautious about approaching.

“I believe that we will head in and check the place out, then I see that we will have many requests for custom goods. Or possibly goods in general. I haven’t checked how our store inventory is doing.” Karl joked.

Hugo laughed. “Well, there are a thousand members in total, plus the newer apprentices who we didn’t have a Guild Slot for. So, I would say that your Guild Store is likely out of stock.”

Karl checked the store inventory while Hugo led everyone inside.

They had some items available, mostly the simple things that they mass-produced for merchants. The utility rings for daily tasks and water creation. Then a few of the Commander Rank warrior rings with bonus skill damage on them, and the damage reduction bracelets.

Everything else had sold out. Even Ashbringer had his section of the shop tagged with a [Forge Day, refilling stock] label.

The Alliance members bought everything he had.

What Karl and the Guild had forgotten was that transport wasn’t cheap if you couldn’t open your own portals, and the Dragon Isles were seriously lacking in craftsmen in general. So, with such high demand in the Lake Naraleddum region, prices here were normally three to five times higher than anywhere else.

But the Darklight Host had just put everything up at retail to see who complained and demanded a discount.

Only, nobody did.