The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1234: Prep The Team

The other two team members from Deve’s group were over within minutes, as Karl and Dana had gotten out of bed so late in the day.

But that also gave them an excuse to stay for lunch, and sample some of the Mystic Cooking skills of the Darklight Host’s head chef.

And Lotus, who had created a super fluffy specialty quiche.

Picking both the actual chef and Lotus to have the new Mystic Cooking skill had actually been a brilliant idea because they both had different ideas of what should be prioritized to be improved, and they were willing to exchange recipes.

So, Lotus added new sweets and breakfasts, while the rest of the kitchen staff focused on properly nutritious meals.

Deve cleared his throat, ”There really isn’t much to tell you about the dungeon. It’s demonic apes. We go to the groups, kill them, move on. They all use Earth Magic, so watch out for flying stones and earthquakes. The bosses are the same, but on a larger scale.”

Karl and Dana nodded. ”Alright, that’s manageable. But we have an idea. Remember how Dana and Ophelia accidentally triggered a new difficulty level in the Overlord Ranked dungeon by tanking with Limited Invulnerability and Golems? I suggest that we try the same thing in this dungeon too, if possible.

I know that Deve has the [Limited Invulnerability] skill and solid damage reduction, so we don’t need to change the tactics, just keep the others from getting hit hard enough to break the barrier I will put on them.

That should be enough to ensure zero actual damage is taken.

So, if there is a hard mode, we should find out, and then the Alliance might be able to get a loot improvement.”

Deve frowned. The loot from the Mythic Dungeons was universally terrible. If it dropped mostly Mythic Ranked trash, it would already be worth more than it currently was. If it dropped Mythic items at Rare or Epic Grade on every boss, it would be huge for the Alliance.

”Alright. But if this works, I will ask that you teach that barrier skill to someone so that they can let the other groups survive the harder difficulty.” Deve agreed.

”No problem. [Eternal Lightning] should be usable by Blue and White Dragons. Some of their clerics as well. The base form, [Refreshing Lightning Barrier] was only usable by the Blue Dragons, and they already have that skill book.” Karl agreed.

The hard part would be getting the blue dragons into a dungeon.

Getting them into the Alliance was easy. Deve could just unleash their curiosity on Karl. But getting them to put their lives in danger for money? The blue dragons had close to zero interest in such things.

The white dragons were easier to work with. They would come along just to heal for the sake of healing. And they already had one in the group.

”Can you teach Lars?” Deve asked.

The white robed healer turned to watch them when he heard his name. Instead of laughing at Lotus’ dancing as she cooked, which was actually more entertaining than discussing a dungeon he had been to a hundred times.

”Teach me what?”

”How to create an Epic Grade barrier skill.” Karl explained.

The healer nodded, and made a ’go ahead’ gesture.

{Champion Karl offers knowledge} Epic Skill [Eternal Lightning] will be transferred to the devoted Medic Larsharamon.

The cleric’s eyes glowed with white light, and Karl saw scales shimmer on his skin as he got excited and almost transformed back into his natural draconic form to test the skill.

Deve patted the healer on the shoulder. ”I haven’t seen you so excited in a long time, old friend.”

Lars winked at him and nodded. ”I have a new class option waiting for me now that I have an Epic Grade skill. This will be a good day.”

The Druid shook his head in dismay. ”Go ahead and check it out. Most people enter the class change immediately. We have plenty of time to wait for you if you have a few options to look through.”

Only a White Dragon would put off their advancement just so they wouldn’t delay a dungeon run.

It only took a moment before the dragon’s attention was back with them, and his pleased smile was somewhat smug.

”The new class is Archpriest. Fear not, nothing has changed in my role, but I now have a few more options for protective barriers and healing spells that are more mana efficient.” Lars declared.

”Then let’s get going. Everyone is done eating, right?” Deve asked.

Their warrior, Abel, picked up one more croissant and nodded. ”Good to go, boss.”

The dungeon was very close to their Alliance house, a deliberate measure so that they could respond to issues quickly. It was the first one that the Alliance had gained, before they even had control of a Totem Ranked Dungeon.

The guards on duty waved at Deve as he walked up, and Karl saw that there was a group of ragged looking adventurers standing inside the cordoned area, making plans for the run.

They obviously didn’t know each other. But if what Deve said was to be believed, this was a good dungeon for that sort of pick-up group.

”Let’s enter. They’ll be a few more minutes planning.” Deve announced, then led the way directly inside.

Karl followed him in, so he could prepare the Golems. Tian saw an opportunity and came out to sit on the shoulder of their healer. Fighting enemies with ninety percent damage reduction didn’t mean anything when you weren’t planning to do any damage in the first place.

He could just keep area buffs like [Consecrated Ground] up on the Golems, and use his area healing ability if they were actually taking damage.

Lars stroked the little Fox’s head, wondering how he had become suddenly popular.

He didn’t realize that he was simply standing in the appropriate spot for a healer, so Tian was using him as a location reference for where he should be when they came back here.

Once all his sisters were at the Mythic Rank, they could come here with just the Karl.

Wait, did the Dana Mage count as one of his sisters? That shouldn’t be right. There was another word for her. Whatever, he would figure it out later.