The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1228: Sort The Portals

Their first stop was the Alliance House in Zilaz so that they didn’t have to immediately deal with the panic it would cause the people of Drodh when they reappeared at Mythic Rank.

Here, the Rank was incredibly common. But there, it was just the Lord who held the Rank.

They were not going to escape the celebrations, though. Common enough that most Guilds had a few didn’t mean that it wasn’t a huge accomplishment, or an elite powerhouse.

The house had already been decorated, and all of the Mythic members of the Alliance had gathered to congratulate them, along with some of the Totems who knew Karl or his team.

“So, how long until we can expect a Mythic Ranked beast Raiding Team?” Nilla asked as he raised a glass of blood wine in greeting.

“Not long now. I know that some of the team members are going to struggle to make the advancement, but we will find a way to work with that.

Worst-case scenario, I might have to find a new friend for the team so that our Totem Rank capped members can retire from the Raiding Team.” Karl replied.

“Is that even an option? I know that they can stay outside when you are away. But can they actually retire?” Nilla asked, confused.

Karl shrugged. “There aren’t any restrictions on what they do on their own time. They’ll still be linked to their space, so they will be getting stronger when they’re near me. But there is no need for them to be on every trip to the Dungeon.

In fact, they can actually go along with different teams.

Often in the past, Thor would go along with Tessa and the others so that he could work as their Tank.”

The Vampire smiled. “Well, that’s certainly an option. If any of them have Golem Summoning abilities, other than Lady Rae, they would almost be a Raiding Team on their own.”

Karl shrugged. “Well, Remi has her bodyguards, but other than that, none of them have been compatible with the skill. We were hoping that Cara might be, but no such luck. The Chaos Badger did learn to make illusionary copies of herself, though.”

The vampire stared at him in horror. More of them? One Chaos Badger was already more than one city needed.

Hawk was staring suspiciously at Cara as she napped in her space. He remembered this setup, and the absolutely unfair level of fuckery that was her advancement to Totem Rank. He wouldn’t put it past her to do it again, just because Karl was going on an adventure without her.

Not that she actually needed the advancement. She didn’t care about the damage she did most of the time, only that it was entertaining.

The staff brought out drinks, and Karl let everyone out of the Tiny World to come and relax in the house.

The druids had been working hard to maintain the ecosystem, and they deserved to be part of the party.

As the ladies filtered out of the portal to join the celebration, Karl noticed one out-of-place soul within his Tiny World.

“Nacht? What are you doing here?”

The black dragon grumbled as he stepped out of the portal. “Did we not specifically ask you to leave the baby dragons alone?”

Karl patted Button’s head. “But baby dragons like me.”

The black dragon pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes to focus his thoughts.

“I will help you find someone to look after the eggs.” He relented.

“Already on it. I asked Tessa to send a message to the Red Dragon Clerics, so we can get some caretakers in the Tiny World. The ladies are doing a wonderful job incubating them, but they’re not trained to raise baby dragons.” Karl explained.

“And where will you even put them?”

“Right where they are? It’s a perfect living condition for them, so there’s really no need to move them until they’re grown up enough to start going out on their own.” Karl offered.

“I thought that you might say that.” Nacht complained.

Raj laughed at the interaction. “I don’t think that I’ve ever actually seen a black dragon frustrated before. I wonder what the Karl is going to do with a baby dragon that is giving even him headaches.”

Nachtia giggled and leaned over to whisper the answer.

{He found a hundred and some dragon eggs when he was out on a mission, and plans to have his friends raise them.}

The Warrior looked bemused. “Baby dragons raised by Lotus and a Chaos Badger? Oh, I’m in for this.”

Nacht glared at him. “Don’t give them ideas. I will ensure that there is a responsible and trained caretaker sent to look after the hatchlings.”

Button ran over to give the black dragon a hug. “You’re going to bring us more friends? I knew that you were secretly not so scary.”

Lyric bopped the dragon on her head. “He means he wants to send over a teacher who will keep you from playing all day and make you actually do your school lessons.”

Button gave Nacht a suspicious look.

“He wouldn’t dare.”

Nacht gave her an unimpressed look, and the Forest Dragon frowned.

“He’s looking at me like he would. But surely dragons aren’t that evil. I collect the chicken eggs on time every day, what more do they want of me?” Button whined.

“Can you read?” Nacht asked.

“A little bit. But I have a plan for that. The Karl can teach skills, so he can teach me to read with a head pat, and then I don’t need school.” Button replied proudly.

The room burst into laughter at the little dragon’s logic.

Baby Dragons were Baby Dragons, even when they were Forest Dragons, it seemed.

Then Button turned to Lotus for reinforcements, and everyone knew that she was fighting for a lost cause. If her best hope for escaping responsibility was the Green Dragon Cleric, then Nacht would already have someone available who knew how to keep her in line.

The Church had centuries of practice with Lotus and her kin, after all.

Lotus offered Button a sippy cup of juice and a cupcake, and the little dragon vanished into the kitchen to eat, leaving the Mythic Rank visitors chuckling.

Maybe they didn’t need a new person at all. Lotus had Button figured out.