The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1269: Profitable Business Venture

Karl smiled at the excited mage. “Oh? That does sound like a properly profitable business venture. Where did you find that will be suitable to build a trial tower?”

The oversized mage pointed at a spot near the edge of town. “It’s right next to the night market, and the old building there is slated to be torn down. I figured that it would be a good chance to set up a shop, as it’s close to the market and the transient adventurer lodging areas.

But instead of putting up a large restaurant, why don’t we put up a Trial Tower?”

[A trial tower with a restaurant at the bottom!] Cara suggested.

[Both is good.] Thor agreed.

They just needed to train more cooks, and that was easy.

Karl nodded. “I think that we can work with that. It will be a huge attraction here in Zilaz, and we can staff it with Alliance members who aren’t part of the Dungeon teams. Perhaps even build some businesses operated by the Alliance into the main floor.

Turn it into a one-stop shop for all things Nara Group.

Well, except for the items that the Regent has restricted. We can keep the equipment shop private.”

Azov chuckled. “I can see it now. Candy, coffee, fast food, clothing and a trial tower, all in one spot. Somewhere to sit and wait while your friends are in the trial, likely overpriced and designed to keep them in as long as possible.”

Karl shrugged. “Hugo really is a brilliant businessman.

But I did need the practice on the spells for the trial tower before I make the mobile Arena. That one is going to be the real workhorse of combat related noncombat items.”

Azov frowned. “You know, creating an expanded space arena might actually be a better option than a trial tower. There aren’t enough places in the city that people can go to just fight out their differences.

You have just the right combination of skills to make it actually work, without needing a massive amount of land, which is horrifically expensive here along the Zilaz shores.”

Raj looked shocked. “I can’t believe that everyone is actually going along with his wild idea. I completely expected someone to come up with a valid reason why it would actually be a terrible idea.”

Azov shrugged. “It’s to our advantage to keep the new skills spreading through the population, and to give the big egos somewhere to vent. There are combat arenas in town, but most are very limited in amenities.

If it’s one made with Runecrafting, it won’t suffer from any of those space and durability limits, and it won’t need a ranking member to be constantly present to keep it operational.

That’s the biggest part.

When you have a pair of Totem Ranked Warriors that want to slug it out, where do they even go? You need a Myth to uphold the barrier on the arena just to make it safe.

If not, they have to leave the city, and with so many warriors, that also means finding someone that can open a Portal.”

“Alright. I think that we can find the staff for everything, and I will work out an arena facility. With Opal’s help, we can make it much larger inside than it appears, so they will have enough room to fight.”

Opal considered the options. She had a decent grasp of the Rule of Space. She didn’t really have space related magic, other than [Illusionary Domain], but she could show Karl how to make it work.

For a moment, Opal wondered if you could actually create the [Tiny World] spell on a Runecrafted item, but quickly gave up. You would need spatial magic to make it work because the surface area needed to write out the spell would be hundreds of thousands of pages, even in the tiniest of fonts.

That was a shame. As great as an illusionary arena was, creating a whole pocket dimension for them to fight in would be so much cooler.

If they could actually manage it, the structure would be considered one of the wonders of the world. Fighters from all over the Dragon Isles would come to see the magnificence that was a nation sized fighting arena.

But for now, just making a stadium sized space for them to fight was good enough.

“I’m thinking a hundred metres by fifty metres. That should be large enough for any sort of fight, and it would give room for as many spectators as we’re likely to get.

If the fights are lower ranking, we can split the space with barriers, and I will put in the Golem spells, so that customers can challenge a random opponent, or at least one that isn’t also a customer.” Karl explained.

“Will that fit in the space we have?” Hugo asked, with a glance up the stairs to where they usually held meetings.

Karl nodded. “No problem. Mythic Rank comes with some advantages, including an increased range for the Illusionary Domain. Do you think that we should have food vendors in the stands? Maybe a gambling stand?”

The King cleared his throat. “Gambling on blood sports is not officially sanctioned in Sholaha. We might not enforce informal bets, but you can’t just install a gambling house for the arena fights.”

Cara sighed dramatically, and Azov laughed.

“We’re not going to change the rule just so you can use foresight to scam people out of their money either, little badger.” He informed her in his most serious tone.

Cara simply stared at him for a few seconds, until the Immortal shook his head.

“I said no, and I meant no. You can wait as long as you want, you won’t see me changing my mind.”

Cara held up a half-eaten cookie as an offering, and Hugo began to laugh.

“Should we bring Deve over? The Immortal Regent could likely use a break from badger related shenanigans.”

[I noticed that he only said we can’t bet on the blood sports. Does that mean we can have the rest of a casino in the arena?] Opal asked.

[Do you think anyone would trust that?] Thor countered.

He had a point. In an Illusionary Domain, nobody would trust a card table or a roulette wheel.

For very good reason.