The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1525 PTA In Defeat

Elder Socrate turned to Karl now that the women of the PTA were out of the arena.

”You might as well return to work, unless youʼre planning a victory dinner or something. I have a very long meeting with the other Elders about what should and should not be allowed in a duel.

Mental skills are rare, and permitted, but that combination of Immortal Rank illusions and mental skills is just nasty.

They might request that you just slap her or something next time there is trouble for your little one at the school.”

Cara and Amaldor laughed. It was the womanʼs fault that she thought Cara was a real student and not just a young Immortal taking remedial classes to cover things that she had never learned before.

But there was also a good chance that she was going to get in trouble with the parents again.

Karl laughed as he returned to the Alchemy Hall with Rae and Dana, while Cara remained in a reduced size badger form to ride on Amaldorʼs shoulder back to the school.

[The PTA moms are too dumb to connect the two, they wonʼt even realize that itʼs me.] she gloated.

Elder Socrate sighed as he saw the smug look on the badgerʼs scarred face.

”The Clan is about to get a lot more interesting, I feel. With that badger wandering around, there is no way that weʼre about to have calm days.”

Dana smiled. ”Oh, I wouldnʼt worry too much about her. Thatʼs background Chaos. Just wait until everyone starts showing up at the Alchemy Hall for equipment instead of the warehouse, just because Karl is on punishment duty.”

The Elder looked horrified. ”Thatʼs right. Fighting while on punishment duty is an automatic extension. No, I can argue that he didnʼt actually fight, there was no hitting. Yes, that will work.”

He was idly rubbing Remiʼs hooded head as the Naga Matriarch hung around his neck, preparing herbs in her tiny hands.

Remi had most definitely made a new friend, and it was only a matter of time before she dragged him back to her lab so that they could work on a new experiment together using familiar equipment.

Though, that might have to wait until she had learned whatever new techniques were common in the Immortal Worlds. There was a lot that Remi didnʼt know about Immortal Rank Alchemy, and she had found the perfect person to teach her.

As soon as they got back to the Alchemy Hall, where dozens of Immortals were lingering, not in line, but waiting for Karl to return, Dana knew that her warning about the Alchemy Hallʼs customer base was already too late.

There was no time to prepare if the lineup was already present.

”Heʼs back. Everyone, get in order.” Someone called, and Dana sighed.

”You know what? I will be at the apartment with Rae.”

Karl nodded. ”I will come back later to help with the upgrades. It appears that I have garnered a fandom.”

The people in line all laughed. In a way, Karl was right. Most of them wanted to place orders for equipment.

”First up, who is here for something from the Alchemy Warehouse? If you have an order, please come to the front of the line.” Karl called.

Nobody moved.

”Seriously? Alright, start with your proposals. Iʼm sure that the fine ladies of the Alchemy Hall will appreciate me not causing trouble for their regular customers.”

One of the more powerful Immortals, held up his hand to stop the flood of questions before they started. He was Ascendant in power, though not wearing the robes of an Elder, and it seemed to earn him enough respect that nobody questioned him.

”First off, who is the tiny snake? Is she a friend of yours? Or did the Elder find her somewhere?”

”She is my bonded partner. Her specialty is Alchemy, and she seems to be taken with the Elder. Anyone who is willing to talk about Alchemy for days on end is an instant friend to Remi.” Karl explained.

The man nodded. ”I thought that might be the case. Iʼm sure that someone will challenge her eventually, to see where she ranks. But sheʼs so small that it might be a while before anyone realizes that sheʼs not a small child.”

Karl laughed. ”She really is a child. She never made it to adulthood before she evolved into a Matriarch and her body size reset.”

”If thatʼs the case, I will post that sheʼs off limits until grown. Only adults are on the Spirit Immortal Ranking Charts.”

Karl chuckled. ”Technically, Cara isnʼt fully grown yet, either. But she doesnʼt mind if people challenge her. She has a social experiment ongoing, and she

needs data.”

The Immortal looked confused. ”What sort of social experiment could a Chaos Badger possibly be running?”

”Sheʼs trying to taste test every species at every Rank, to form a comparative chart of taste versus power level.”

”How is that going?”

”She got her face scarred while taste testing a Demigod, but other than that, itʼs

been going very well.”

The customers all chuckled at the thought of the badger actually licking a

demigod.

They could definitely see it happening.

”Now, back on topic. It has come to our attention that you are a skilled tradesman. You are likely aware that the New Home Merchant Clan is not primarily a crafting organization. We are also not primarily a combat Clan, though we train all sorts of guards and others who work for the Merchants. So, we tend to be more than a little short on gear when we head out into the

world.

There are multiple trial grounds nearby, and some dungeon instances. However, we often get out competed for them by the groups from Condim or

the Almeixei Sect.

Theyʼre a purely combat focused group, and despite the name, theyʼre not

Systemless sorts, they all use the local System Classes, and only recruit

advanced combat classes with high potential.

You would think that limits them, but theyʼve got over twenty thousand Immortals among their Acolytes.

For that reason, we are hoping that you can at least produce weapons for the Clan.

If weʼre going to challenge them for access, or fight them off once weʼre inside

a shared Secret Space or Trial Ground, we need better equipment to make up for our lack of combat focus.”

Karl nodded. ”I understand the issue. However, I am a new Immortal. I simply donʼt have the capacity, either in skill or finances, to turn out a huge number of weapons for the Clan.

If I could mass produce gear, Iʼm sure that Elder Malcolm would be my new

best friend.”

The visitors laughed at the thought of Malcolmʼs excited expression if someone

told him that they could send out whole ships full of crafted gear at wholesale

prices. The man loved profit more than his own wife.

That was why he was twice divorced.