The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1212: Fae Springs

Karl nodded in understanding, then remembered that he actually had a skill suited to travelling to places like this.

{Planeswalker} World Dragon Patron Exclusive Skill. 100 Points. Allows portals to open between adjacent Realms the user is familiar with.

It hadn’t mattered before because he hadn’t been anywhere but the Chaos Realm, and he was able to leave there easily enough, thanks to his affinity for the Fundamental Rule of Chaos.

But being here was more like being on a whole other world. Not nearly as easy to simply come and go from.

The men’s side of the hot springs were already rowdy when Karl arrived because someone had made a joke about the Dwarves accidentally drowning in the bath if they sat down, and that turned into an argument about proportionate anatomy.

Karl’s dad walked in behind him and chuckled at the sight.

”You know, for all that has changed, it’s good to see that you didn’t forget your own people. Even though they’re so much more powerful than any of the miners, it’s still the same rowdy lot as you grew up with.” He whispered.

From the edge of the springs, Slate Petros laughed.

”Come and sit, Senior Karl. Let me tell you about the Dwarven Mines.”

Karl’s dad removed his robe, then got a shocked look on his face when it actually vanished.

[Oh, that is new.] The little Fae’s voice rang in Karl’s mind.

Indeed, it was. His father had just gained a system interface when he tried to remove an equippable item in the Fae Realm.

And he was a Warrior.

Of course, he was.

”Interesting. The System can still activate here, as long as it’s a system linked item. I didn’t even know that was possible.” Matilda cheered from right behind Karl, making most of the others jump.

The Dragon was in the form of a mature and extremely busty Elven woman today, wearing a towel around her body, as was the custom for ladies outside the actual bath.

The men were much less modest, and Karl’s dad was shocked at the intrusion.

”Madam, I believe that this is the men’s bath.” He stammered.

”It’s fine, I just came over to see how you had activated a System Interface when we’re not on the right planet. Sit, relax, this will only take me a few minutes.” She declared, then tossed her towel to one of the small flying Fae and pulled him down into the springs.

Jake looked scandalized as he turned to his son, but Karl just shrugged. ”Neither dragons nor Elves are usually body shy. But you will enjoy learning about the Dwarven Mines. They’re absolutely incredible, and they have some excellent worker practices that might work well at home.”

Jake sighed, then did his best to ignore the naked woman who was intently staring at him.

Thor waved as he came into the springs, and a surprising number of the guests greeted him in return. Thor was still the King of making new friends, and they had arrived a full day earlier than Karl had, giving him plenty of time to get to know everyone before the bride and groom got to the venue.

”Karl, welcome back. You are going to love this place. There are so many fun new people, and they even have a training ground.” Thor announced.

”Oh? Somewhere with smashing poles?”

Thor chuckled and nodded. ”Indeed. I was sparring with a group of young Fae warriors earlier in my natural form. They are quite skilled.”

Lord Drodh chuckled. ”Mostly, they’re good at not getting stepped on. The Fae are notoriously agile, beyond what should be physically possible. Just trying to catch them to hit them is hard enough.

Thor has an advantage in that his attacks all hit a large area, so the Fae have to dodge more than just his foot.

But even then, they put him through his paces. I’ve never seen a Behemoth move like that before.”

Thor thumped his chest proudly. ”I practiced all my life to smash targets. But the Fae are the trickiest ones I’ve found yet.”

His praise made all their hosts glimmer with sparkling lights, similar to the effect that Opal gave off in the sunlight. It gave the baths an extra layer of relaxing effects, and Karl heard Lotus complaining on the other side of the dividing wall that the boys were getting all the good stuff.

In her mind, that was completely unacceptable, and Karl suspected that the Green Dragon Priestess would be pushing for mixed bathing tomorrow, just so that she didn’t miss out on sparkly Fae.

Her complaints did earn the other side of the bath a short light show, as the Fae’s amusement at her antics spread through the bathing area.

The men’s side of the bath chuckled as Lotus’ complaints turned to cheering, and Karl’s father turned to ask him about the commotion.

”Is that the child of one of your friends? Or is it just a particularly excitable sort of lady?”

”The latter. She is a green dragon cleric, and her love of all things fluffy, sparkly, and even remotely huggable has been cranked up to an extreme degree. She’s an incredible healer, though.

There are very few things that she can’t cure in a few seconds, and she can even heal a whole section of a battlefield or an entire neighbourhood at the same time.” Karl explained.

Jake chuckled. ”We met one of them in town last year. Quite the character. The first thing that she asked us was if we had seen a Dire Bear nearby. She had never seen one in person and wanted to see if they were actually as aggressive as she had been told.”

Niall sighed and shook his head. ”I remember that one. We had to send a team to rescue her when she actually found the Dire Bear, and it chased her all the way to a farming village trying to recover its cub.”

The dragons present all snickered at the man’s exasperated tone. That sort of behaviour was one hundred percent on par for a Green Dragon Cleric. Especially if she had heard that there was a way for certain classes to bond magical beasts.