The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1199: 72 Point Matrix

Karl placed blankets in a pile for Button, while Lyric tried not to laugh.

“You know, they told me that you are a Beast Master by System Class. But you really do have an affinity for young beasts.” The Elf joked.

“Or, they have an affinity for me. But I’ve lost my nap spot.” Karl joked, with a gesture to Dana’s lap, where Button had curled up in dragon form, with her head propped on a pillow to keep it from dangling off the side.

Lyric giggled, and gently stroked Button’s head, making the sleeping dragon purr.

“What are you meditating about?” She asked quietly.

“We’re working on developing the mental power matrix. It helps your energy and mental strength growth. Are you familiar with the idea?” Karl asked.

Lyric shook her head.

“Alright, if you want to join us, we can start with the basics. Focus on a simple image, something meaningful to you. A leaf, a berry, not something complex like a face. Focus on forming that image in your mind, and then pulling power into that image.

It will help focus your energy flows, so you can move mana more effectively.” Karl explained.

Lyric nodded, and began to focus. Karl didn’t know what she was using as a focal point, but he could feel her energy shift and a trickle of outside energy begin to enter her body.

That was success, at least in the early steps. So, he left her to it, and began to focus on his own advancement.

The next step in his progression was to adjust his power matrix to the 72 point formation that would be the next proper visualization of Matilda’s form.

It was possible that he could pick another visualization and go for a 36 or 48 pointed matrix, but nothing that he had come across so far would make a better base than the Chaos Dragon.

But Karl was confident. His mental strength had been optimized and improved not only by skills, but also by System Trials. If anyone could make the adjustment at Totem Rank, it should be him.

Plus, Azov had suggested that the stage he was at was just the bare minimum for a Myth to make it to Immortality, so surely just one step beyond shouldn’t be impossible.

Mapping out the new points took time, but proved to be surprisingly simple. The image just settled into his mind as if it had always been there, and Karl went straight to work rearranging the existing points to fit the new matrix, then energizing the new points so that they could balance.

He vaguely noticed when a warm weight moved to his lap, but it was scaly, not furry. So, it had to be Button and not Dana.

When you meditated and surrounded yourself with mana, especially in the Tiny World, with its mana crystal reserves and innate attunement to Karl’s aura, the process radiated body temperature magical energy.

Dragons weren’t cold-blooded. But like cats, they tended to congregate in warm and sunny spots to rest.

Using some of the stored energy of the Tiny World, and emptying his own internal mana reserves, Karl finalized the new Power Matrix, and then began to circulate power through it.

{Ding!}

The chiming sound sounded in Karl’s mind like someone had rung a church bell beside his ear, making his whole sense of self vibrate.

He was vaguely aware that his body was not moving, but his soul and metaphysical self were shaking from the vibration, and he didn’t know why.

As the vibration settled, Karl tentatively pulled at the power matrix again, using it to refine power to a higher standard than what he had before.

The power flooded through him like a raging torrent, and then circulated again as the matrix continued to purify and improve it.

His personal mana had been depleted, but now that the standard was higher, he had to change all the mana stored in the beast spaces, and that was going to take hours, at the very least.

Fortunately, nobody was in a hurry to move.

Only when the shifting sun put his lap out of the direct light did Button begin to stir, and the others started to get hungry.

“That was productive. Lyric, how did it go for you?” Karl asked as he opened his eyes to find Button staring at his face from centimetres away, the same way that Cara liked to.

“Amazing. I think I understand how the focal point works now, and my power is so much more vibrant, if that’s the right word.

If I practice it long enough, I’m sure that I can advance.”

Karl nodded. “I will find a study guide so that you can start to form the matrix after you have mastered the first point. I just don’t know what version Elves and Druids would want to use.

I use one attuned to Chaos. Dana uses one attuned to the God of Magic.

But I think that for you, it should be something more like a nature god.”

Lyric nodded. “That makes sense. I used a Lotus flower as my focus, it just felt right. So, one of the nature Gods, perhaps even the Green Dragon’s path would be appropriate? I don’t know how it works, but that sounds like it should be okay.”

Button just looked back and forth between them, with no clue what they were talking about.

If it was important, someone would explain later.

“Are we going down for dinner? There should be food soon. The sun is in the food spot,” the little dragon asked.

“Now that you’ve had your nap, why don’t we fly over? I will transform, so Dana and Lyric can ride on my back, and we will fly around until dinner is ready.”

That would also give him a chance to look in on how all the dragon eggs were doing, and make sure that none of the crops had been missed or ignored.

Some of the most valuable plants only had a few specimens in the whole Tiny World, but they were vital to Remi’s work.