The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1055: Attracting Attention

Dana couldn’t help but curse Tian’s innocent eagerness to help as they walked down the streets, and heads turned to watch her pass.

She wasn’t even wearing anything fancy, just her usual silk robes and the decorative armour that Rae had made for her. She had been hoping that it would attract less attention than dressing up, as Karl was in a suit.

But it didn’t seem to help.

When they got to the Auction house, the two lizardfolk guards looked extra excited, and then enraged when Karl handed them his token and announced he was here with his plus one.

“Your guards can wait in the back standing area with the other servants.” One of them growled, then ushered them through.

{That’s not suspicious at all.} Dana whispered as they entered.

{Yeah, something is off. I suspect we’ve got about ten minutes before someone does something stupid.} Karl agreed.

He extended his senses out, and found that there were two Mythic Ranked guests inside the Auction house already, and dozens of Totems. If things went bad, he would toss Dana in the Tiny World at the first sign of trouble.

They took their seats, and the Totem Ranked beastkin next to Karl nodded politely.

“Were you auctioning an evening with your courtesan today?” He asked quietly.

Karl shook his head. “I put a master crafted Overlord Ranked weapon up for auction.”

The beastkin smiled and nodded. “That could be even more interesting. Though I’m sure some will be disappointed that you flexed on them.”

Dana looked at him curiously. “Flexed on them?”

The man nodded. “Fox Kin are known to be the world’s greatest lovers other than Succubi, with their illusion and charm magic. For that reason, they live like pampered princesses and there are virtually no female foxes among the commoners. They’re all Nobility, or taken in as ranking Servants to the Royal Family, which might as well be Nobility.

So, it’s rare to see one in public at all.

So, showing up at an auction with one on your arm might as well be calling all the other attendees peasants.”

Dana frowned. “But you don’t seem upset.”

The beastkin smirked. “I am the younger son of the Regional Governor. Far enough up the ladder that even without a title, I still have a fox and a succubus among my courtesans.”

Dana thought about his words, while Karl thought about his past interactions. He had met many males foxes, but few females. But the thing with keeping fox girls as courtesans was definitely a local thing.

The Demons weren’t as enamoured with them, and knew them more for their trickery.

A transformed silver dragon seated in front of them turned around with an expression that reminded him of the blue dragons when they were exposed to new information.

“Fox magic is powerful, but here in Nulnalgat it is stronger than usual because our local fox kin are descended from the Divine Fox lineages. Unlike the Common fox beastkin, their power is a hundredfold stronger.

If I had to guess, I would say that the young lady is from the Stonefur Divine Fox lineage. She has the feeling of their magic. Tell me, can you use their healing magic?”

Dana smiled back at the dragon, who served the dragon god of magic, and shook her head.

“Unfortunately no. I didn’t get healing magic, only a small dose of Fox Charm and a battle mage type class.”

That somehow made the dragon even more excited, and he gave the man on Dana’s side a pleading look.

“Fine, I will switch with you. But only because I don’t want to be caught in the middle.” The Troll muttered, completely uninterested in talks of foxes or magical spells.

At least her charm didn’t overly affect everyone, Dana decided. It was mostly just the beastkin that it affected too much, and some of the Lizardfolk, like the guards at the door.

The silver dragon lowered his voice, now that they were sitting side by side. “If you’re trying to find the answers I think you are, it’s beasts and humans. Lizardfolk are technically beastkin, though they get their own species name. The other species will find you charming, but not nearly as strongly.”

Dana nodded in relief, but the dragon was curious.

“How did you make it this far without learning the extent of your powers?” He asked.

“It’s a recent development. I used an experimental potion to advance to Overlord Rank, and it had Divine Fox fur in it.”

The silver dragon was enthralled now. New magic was as exciting to them as new knowledge was to the Blue Dragons.

“So, you were not a fox before?” He asked.

Dana shook her head. “Human.”

The dragon looked startled. “Now, that is shocking. But that might be because I’m originally from Kopji, and the humans there are almost all slaves or menial workers. Letting them grow in power is… unusual.”

Dana frowned. They would have to add that place to the list of places to avoid. Though if she remembered right, Kopji was mostly dragons and dragonkin, with a few lesser reptile species.

The majority of the group would probably be fine there.

“We’re from Drodh. The Demons are much less particular.” She offered.

The dragon nodded in understanding. “Yes, Demons and humans have an odd relationship. They pretend to despise each other, but in practice they live together without any real issues, as the Demons only respect strength and don’t try to stop others from growing their power.”

The auctioneer took the stage and took out a small crystal orb.

She cast a spell, and the orb glowed softly, amplifying noise from its immediate vicinity.

“Welcome, dear guests, to the Khathar Auction. Today we will be starting off with a bang.

We have procured a rare item for you all to bid on. An Epic Grade Overlord Ranked blade made of pure Elven Steel.”

The auction house filled with quiet chatter. That was impressive, but not shocking.

Then she continued. “And the blade has been enchanted by a Rune Master, granting a wide variety of enhancements, far beyond the standard of any regular blade.”