The First Legendary Beast Master

The Naga considered Remi’s position.

{How about we travel by other methods until we reach the swamps? If we travel the last day on our own, that should be enough to please the Goddess.}

Remi nodded happily. {Invite the others over, and I will show them a good spot to rest as we travel. How are you with heights?}

The Naga looked confused. {Heights, Your Majesty? I don’t understand.}

{I was going to ask one of the others to let us fly on their back, as my Spirit Snake is not fast enough for the purpose. Riding on their back, we can make it five hundred kilometres before it gets dark.}

{We’re headed to Khathar in Nulnalgat. Or, into the swamps just east of the city. It’s not that far.} The hopeful tone said that he was definitely afraid of flying, but didn’t want to say it out loud.

Karl cleared his throat. “We can have Thor pull the wagon, and spend the next few days going over land instead. It’s simply more efficient to get there on wings.”

Thor perked up his ears when he heard the word wagon. It sounded like they would have things to do again soon.

The rest of the search team came over, all Overlords.

They showed signs of recent battle, with damaged and stained gear, but their wounds were all healed. Naga had some natural regeneration, and while it wasn’t on the level of the Regeneration Skills, it was still good enough that minor cuts and such would heal in a matter of hours.

There was a shaman among them, a young boy. He was giving Remi a most reverent look, like he had just seen a movie star.

Karl was keeping an eye on the young Naga, and Remi tried not to laugh. The Karl was worried about her virtue, but the young Shaman was far too cute and naive. He grew up among Naga, while Remi had a much more interesting group of siblings.

She knew how to deal with strangers who were too forward. Sister Rae taught her.

{Follow me. There is a swamp area in the separate space that should be comfortable for everyone. I have built resting platforms, but do try not to overfish the waters. The numbers are limited, and they are part of a breeding experiment.} She explained, then motioned for the others to follow her through.

The mana level in the Tiny World was increasing with Karl’s power, he noticed.

He had tied it to his power instead of letting it feed entirely off the outside world so that the others could get higher quality mana. But feeling it now reminded him that he could start to expand the space again.

His mana pool was many times what it was when the spell was created, so he shouldn’t have any problems increasing the Tiny World by at least a third.

But he also noticed that it was lacking in the Fundamental Rules that the System had enlightened Karl to when he reached Totem Rank. If nothing else, he should use the Rule of Mana Manipulation to enhance the space. Everyone used it to meditate and increase their internal energy levels, and that Rule would help the process.

However, that would have to wait until they didn’t have guests.

The Chieftain inspected the section of Swamp that Remi led them to, and smiled at the young Queen. Her hospitality was impeccable, and there was a whole set of platforms and thatch roofed shelters in the swamp for them to rest as they travelled.

But even more importantly, the mana was thick, there were fragrant plants all around, and no predators, so they could rest peacefully.

{You have a wonderful home.} He insisted.

Remi shrugged. {It’s more like my garden. I mostly live in my Alchemy Lab, and that’s over there in the stone building. You can’t have the outside elements interfering with the process.}

{I understand. It is important to have the right environment to work. Now, would you prefer to rest first, or shall we take out the carriage and have the Shaman summon an Elemental to pull it?}

Remi laughed. {We have a Behemoth with us who greatly enjoys pulling the wagon. We also have the ability to summon large beasts when he needs a rest, so don’t worry about the carriage.}

Remi led him back outside, where Thor was already set up, with his size reduced to suit the carriage.

{Oh, this is nice.} The Chieftain insisted, then climbed up into the cargo area at the back.

He was rather large to be sitting in the front, though it wouldn’t be a problem for both him and Remi to fit, as the carriage typically seated eight comfortably.

Being in the back, with the cover off, he could rest his upper body on the roof of the carriage and see everything that was going on around them, as well as giving Karl directions and serving as an extra guard.

Remi called her Bodyguards, who took up their usual spots on the running boards of the carriage, and then settled in the front while Karl urged Thor to start heading east.

Like a proper Queen being escorted to a new city.

The route that they took at the start didn’t matter as much, as there were no mountain ranges between them and their destination, so all they had to do was find the easiest path in the right general direction, and then adjust when they were close.

{Will the rest of your companions be staying in the separate space?} The Chieftain asked Karl once they were moving.

“Yeah, it’s easier if they all remain there. We have enough room for them to join Remi up front, but they only usually do when they need to be ready for something, and Remi would normally be in her lab.

The carriage itself is a distraction, as it’s easy for the monsters from the spawns to see, and that was why we were out here. Removing excess threats, you might say.” Karl explained.

{What an odd mission. We rarely concern ourselves with issues beyond the swamps, but you have come so far. Your Guild Title says that you are from Drodh.}

“Well, we have some time. How about we share stories?”