The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1075: Rae’s Branding

The first of the mages showed up a few minutes later, and Rae smirked at Karl as she passed over a bright red layered dress with golden embroidery all over, in an ancient style which would make the mage look like an Imperial Concubine from the Golden Dragon Nation’s historical dramas.

It also had a large Totem Rank Fire Element Gem woven into it over the heart, so Karl prepared to duplicate the former robe, then add the [Hellfire Vortex] spell to the robes.

That should be a spell that not many, if any, mages knew.

“Welcome, welcome. Please, inspect the first set of robes while I work on another.” Karl informed her, then nudged Tian to make him a large stone work table. They needed somewhere to show off Rae’s designs before Karl upgraded them.

But this mage was getting what she was given.

Rae insisted.

Unfortunately for their plans to work in peace, making a whole new set of robes was far too distracting, and the new arrival simply watched him work in silence for twenty minutes as more mages slowly filtered in and began to inspect the robes on display with hushed voices.

“There, finished. Lady Rae insists these ones are only for sale to you in particular.” Karl explained as he turned the robes right side out to show off the embroidery.

{Item Created} Totem Rank, Totem Grade, [Flaming Robes of the Inexhaustible Well] Adds 250 points to Spell Power, 10% bonus to Casting Speed, 5% bonus to total Spell Damage. [Additional Effects] Self Repair Level 2, Mana Storage Level 7, [Hellstorm Vortex].

The other mages were practically drooling as they gazed upon the stats of the robes. Especially after Deve explained just how much mana they could hold.

But Karl was more interested in that Totem Grade label. That was a new one, and he hadn’t known there was a Quality Ranking between Epic and Artifact.

Or perhaps there wasn’t until you got to Totem Rank?

“How much?” The dark-haired mage asked simply.

She was a Mythic Rank Battle Mage, she was not short on funds.

“Lady Rae requests magical stones or other raw resources of equivalent value.” Karl informed her.

The Mage nodded, and began taking out bars of metal, an assortment of rocks that exuded immense magic, and a few magical gems.

Rae nodded in satisfaction. There was a Totem Ranked Shadow Stone in there. That was good.

Karl shook her hand, then held up the robes for her to equip them and replace the simple shirt and pants she was wearing.

[Oh, you need to get her a hair thingy. Let me out and I’ll do her makeup.] Remi insisted.

Opal giggled and passed Karl a simple Commander Rank Illusion Stone she had enchanted with a disguise. She could make simple disguises with a thought, and Illusion stones naturally held them.

If they weren’t so rare, she would do this more often. It was a great trick for her interactive performance plans.

Karl handed the mage the tiny stone, and she simply frowned in confusion, wondering why the merchant was giving her change.

“Activate the stone, it goes with the robes.” Karl explained.

She shrugged, and Deve whistled, while Raj made a low grunt of rather carnal sounding appreciation.

Her face turned pale with bright red lips and immaculate makeup, while her hair was pulled into an elaborate up do, with a golden tiara and jade hair pins.

The mage took out a mirror and smiled.

“Your Lady Rae has exquisite taste. I like it.”

Cara dug through her pile of loot and found a large oval Illusion Stone. Then, in a stroke of brilliance, cut it into wafer thin slices with [Disintegration].

[Sister Opal, take these, you can use them to make Illusion tokens.] She explained.

That would work wonderfully. Not for strong illusions, as it wasn’t a complete stone. But for doing hair and makeup, it was just right.

One of the other female mages giggled. “Oh, is this a fashion contest? We all get to play dress up in new battle gear?”

Karl shrugged. “It is now. Don’t worry, Gentlemen. I’ve got both popular types of traditional mage robes. The flowing ones and the ones preferred by the Spellblades and martial artists for mobility.”

The only other Mythic Ranked mage was the woman who had just spoken, and Rae insisted that she needed either an Idol style frilly short dress or Dana style combat robes.

So, Karl held up both to let her choose before he got to work.

“Really?” She asked.

“I can do traditional robes as well, but this is what the Lady offers for alternates.”

She sighed. “So, Nyx gets to be an Imperial Concubine, and I’m a magical girl? Because I’m definitely not dressing as her bodyguard.”

Karl held up simple black mage robes with shimmering threads that looked like stars in a night sky.

“You can be the Imperial Magician, if you’d like.”

After careful consideration, she pointed at the pop Idol dress.

[Ha, I knew it. She just didn’t want to admit it in public.] Rae cheered.

Karl considered what to do with this one. It didn’t have a gem in it, but the last item had come out with a whole new Quality Ranking that Karl hadn’t seen before.

But it did have Totem Rank bone slices in the corset to hold the shape, and those could be upgraded separately.

Karl was about to start when the memory of his old Maul flashed in his mind.

That was a brilliant addition to an armour piece.

He took the bones out and began carving the runes for the [Multiple Casting] effect on them. It probably wouldn’t be as good as the Maul had been, but it should let the mage cast more than one spell at a time.

If it worked, he would make another like it for Dana.

{Item Created} Totem Rank, Totem Grade, [Idol Dress of the Inexhaustible Magician] Adds 250 points to Spell Power, 10% bonus to Casting Speed, 5% bonus to total Spell Damage. [Additional Effects] Self Repair Level 2, Mana Storage Level 7, [Spell Storage].

[Spell Storage] allows up to five spells to be precast and held in reserve to be instantly released from the item at will.

Not quite the same as the maul, but in a way, both better and more versatile. The Maul could only stack identical copies of an attack spell as you used them. The dress could hold five random spells.

Karl handed the completed work over, and the mage changed. Then Rae passed Karl matching thigh highs and shoes for the outfit.

“Here. Add these. They’re Totem Ranked silk, and they should bond.”

She laughed as she changed, then did a twirl and made a pose with a golden sceptre in her hand.

At the door, a disgruntled noise stopped the laughter.

A Mythic Ranked Warrior stood at the door.

“I should have known it. The insanity of the Darklight Host is contagious. What the hell are you wearing?”

The mage rolled her eyes. “Oh, relax. We’re just having a bit of fun. They made me new combat gear, and look at this.”

She pulsed with power, and five layers of [Arcane Energy Barrier] formed over her instantly.

Deve hummed to himself. “Maybe I need that dress.”

Raj snorted. “But with a longer skirt. Nobody wants to see your balls in combat.”

Karl smiled at the Warrior to defuse the tension.

“Why don’t we try to find gear for you next? I think that I know just the right one.”