The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 729  Appropriate Gifts

Karl quickly finished the blades for the Monarchs in Othelloʼs team, and turned to Forgemaster Granite.

”I have an idea if youʼre up for it. Weapons are fairly common, and everyone looks for one, so our new leaders will already have something. But what they might not have is some quality jewellery.

How are your skills as an artist?” He asked.

The Forgemaster smirked and looked at his forge, which was currently glowing bright with Hawkʼs Ghostfire.

”Oh, I think that I can come up with something. I didnʼt get the title of Forgemaster for nothing, and Dwarves are well known for their artistry.”

Granite nodded to himself and went to his forge, where he pulled out a sheet of alloy from a side storage cabinet while Karl got to work on the weapons for the warriors in Othelloʼs team, plus a pair of axes for Ophelia, which would get Life Steal stones in them, though they were only Royal Rank capable materials.

Fizzspark laughed as Remi turned her to watch Graniteʼs work. ”Oh, heʼs serious this time. Heʼs using the rare materials. There are some very suitable materials for mana transfer, but theyʼre so rare and expensive that we donʼt have much to work with and canʼt use it to make weapons.”

”How much room do you need for Runes?” Granite asked as he heated the metal.

”That depends on the material. But my eyesight is good, and my hands are steady. If the material is up to it, I could make a proper enchanted item out of a hoop earring.”

Karlʼs joke made the Dwarf laugh, but inwardly he was sighing in relief. He only had the one small sheet of this material, and if he was going to make two masterpiece quality items from it, he would have to conserve.

But if he could just make a pair of small bracelets, he would have enough for a dozen or more additional items.

So, that was what he did. Wide Dwarven bangles, with a flat rear surface to give Karl more room to work without interruption. It would also give him more than enough spare material to replace mistakes, and an excuse to add a decent sized gem for a spell ability.

Remi handed Karl a deep green stone, nearly the same shade as Ahmadʼs eyes, and Karl frowned as he tried to determine what sort of spell would go well with a Nature Element stone.

He didnʼt really have a lot of nature spells at his disposal. But Life Link was close, in a way. It was blood magic, but Karl could make it with his own blood as a medium to get the stone to work with the spell.

Karl borrowed a magnifying glass from the ruins of the work area, and began to carefully carve everything that he would need for the spell. Then, he pricked his finger and focused on letting a drop of blood fall, then another, so that the gem was coated with the black metallic sheen.

A flood of mana activated the stone, and the blood seemed to be absorbed into the stone, leaving shimmering black runes behind. No matter how much Karl advanced the stone, and he was certain it should be at Monarch Rank now, the runes remained black on the polished oval emerald.

”Forgemaster. I have the spell stone for the first item.”

Granite mounted the stone, and then used a System Skill to finish his carving, creating what looked like the skyline of the Eastern Border Mountains around the outside of the bracelet. Karl couldnʼt be sure, but it certainly looked similar to the view southeast of where he was stationed along the Frost Giant border.

Carving the inside of a bracelet was a real pain, but Karl had meticulously planned the layout, and all that he really wanted to add to this item was an increase in Skill Damage, and the Life Link skill from the stone, modified to specify that it would link to all of the wearerʼs constructs.

Ahmad was a Golem Mage, and the golems were much more durable than he was. But Karl was also careful to specify that the link only went one way. From the Golems to him, never from him to the Golems.

It seemed a bit simple, but as far as jewellery went, he didnʼt think that there was likely to be a better replacement.

The second one that Granite created was a city skyline of the Royal Palace from the University, or so Fizzspark insisted.

That should be a proper heirloom item for the Royal Family.

”Uhm, does anyone remember what class Prince Axel was?” He asked the others.

”Warrior.” Granite replied with a shrug.

”Well, then that is easy. Warriors are easy to please.”

Karl smiled and the Forgemaster chuckled.

Remi handed Karl another green stone, deliberately choosing ones that only one person would want in their team, and not elements that were more versatile.

Karl began to inscribe [Trollish Regeneration] on the stone, and Remi suddenly realized that green stones were actually quite useful.

They needed to give one to the bear, and the Lotus, and maybe even Tessa.

Karl put the same basic inscription for Skill Damage increase, but Trollish Regeneration was easier to link, so Karl used some extra space to add a physical strength buff before boosting the power level.

The material appeared to be somewhat translucent, and when Karl inscribed it, the whole bracelet glowed with red light in the background, highlighting the outline of the Royal Palace like early morning dawn.

”Excellent work. Now those are proper gifts. Even if they never wear them, we donʼt have to be ashamed of our present.” Forgemaster Granite insisted.

Karl nodded in agreement. ”What do you say we all go to the Palace now? The guest area is nearly empty, so we can find spots for everyone before the other visitors start to show up.

There will be all sorts of chaos with a new Kingʼs coronation and with whatever advancement party that theyʼre going to have for Totem Lord Ahmad.”

Othello looked up at the ceiling. ”Well, it should be safe enough to go out there now. Itʼs a shame we canʼt use the train, but everything collapsed, so we canʼt get to it, and we will have to walk across the city.”