The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1159: Diversified Guild Library

Over the course of the next hour, Karl and Dana followed the shopkeeper around while sending messages to Sapphire about books that she wanted for the Guild Library.

He had no shortage of them, and there were multiple floors of more mundane titles, away from the main showroom floor, which was reserved for the skill books that the vast majority of his patrons were here to find.

”Is it your intention to start a Library of your own? A public one, I mean.” He asked as the list of titles neared five hundred and the store credit for the traded skill books was running low.

Karl shook his head. ”No, we were thinking that we would reserve the Guild Library for the Guild Members and their children.

That way, they have somewhere that they can go to gain knowledge, the dragons have reference material, and we can stock skill books for them to advance their classes. As a blue dragon, you may or may not have already heard about the success of our experiments.”

The shopkeeper nodded eagerly. ”The Librarians at Totem Rank and higher all share a group chat. Lady Sapphire already shared the success of the Paladin progression project, and the confirmation that it can work for other classes.

If that really is all that is needed to unlock advanced classes for all these warriors, the research in that project will revolutionize the world itself.

It is wonderful, brilliant new knowledge.”

The man was nearly vibrating with excitement, a state that they saw Lotus in nearly every day. But, it was unavoidable for dragons and dragon clerics when their divine aspect was mentioned in conversation.

”Indeed it is. We’re going to be doing more experiments later, both with base warriors, to see if there are other suitable classes to advance them into, and to other classes, to improve their versatility and damage output.

It is our theory that the difficulty of many of the dungeons is not so much due to the gear limits, or they would give better loot.NovelFire

Instead, we have a theory that the dungeons are only difficult because of poor group composition. If the Totems entering had a properly diversified set of skills, it is possible that they would have a much easier time passing the obstacles.” Karl explained.

The shopkeeper smiled. ”Oh, you have a point. Like the Corrupted Naga Swamp. The monsters are all under the effect of a zombie curse, and it affects the members of the raiding party as well.

It is nearly impossible to even enter without a Shaman, as their area purification totem poles are the only effective countermeasure against the corruption.

Well, unless you have someone with [Consecrated Ground] or another holy magic purification area effect.”free\NovelFire.c o(m)

Karl chuckled. ”And that’s not common outside the upper ranks of the Dragon Clergy. We do have a member who has it. Well, at least two that I have seen use it. But with its limited radius, I can see how it would be difficult to do a dungeon fight like that.”

The old dragon turned and plucked a book from a shelf nearly two stories above their heads.

”Add this to your Library as well. It’s advanced totem crafting for Shamans. Not a skill book, but if they’re talented, they will be able to make multiple new types of them with the lessons in this book.”

He wasn’t even finished speaking when Remi appeared in her shimmering golden ballgown and stretched out all four arms for it.

”Librarian, this is Remi, one of my bonded partners. And a Naga Shaman Queen. Like the blue dragons, she also has an insatiable thirst for new knowledge. And this book is perfectly suited to her class.” Karl explained.

The dragon smiled and let her have it, then smiled as Remi cheered and raced off to the reading area with her new treasure.

”Looks like we’ve lost Remi for the day. But she did make it outside, and that is an accomplishment for her.” Dana noted.

”She is not a social person? Usually, Naga Queens are quite outgoing.” The dragon asked.

Dana shook her head. ”She loves people. But if you get her focused on shaman spells or alchemy, she will lose entire days at a time. Naga don’t actually need to sleep, you see.”

The shopkeeper nodded. ”Blue Dragons are known to sleep only once a century, resting for a few years at a time. However, most of us prefer to keep to a daily schedule so that we don’t miss years worth of news.”

”Do you have a warded reading room? I suspect that she will want to test totems as she learns them, and that might not be safe with a whole table full of Inscriptionists sitting nearby.” Karl asked.

”Of course. There is a practical learning area at the back with private rooms and comfortable chairs. I do believe that the serpent friendly one is unoccupied.” He replied.

Dana giggled. ”Serpent friendly?”

He nodded. ”With large warming beanbag chairs, which are better suited to serpentine bodies and cooler body temperatures.”

One of the staff members was already leading Remi in that direction as the distracted Naga read the intro Chapter to her new educational tome.

”The shop is a twenty-four-hour establishment, just let us know if your friend is needed for something, and we will go fetch her.” The blue dragon whispered.

”You really do know your clientele well. Thank you, Librarian. Perhaps we will come back later with another new skill book or two for you. Everyone loves new skills.”

”You are both welcome any time. Thank you for your patronage.” He agreed.

Karl led Dana back out of the mage tower, leaving Remi to her own devices for the day.

”Would you like to sight see? Or perhaps get a snack? Rae has dragged Nilla to the coffee shop, with plans for a wine tasting. Cara and Lotus are at a bakery with Ophelia, and Thor has taken Tessa to the beach to sunbathe.” Karl asked.

”They let a Chaos Badger in a bakery? Willingly? With a Green Dragon Cleric?” Dana replied incredulously.

Karl laughed. ”Actually, Cara arriving with an Overlord Ranked Green dragon priestess makes it somewhat more believable, don’t you think?”

As much as she hated to admit it, he was right. Seeing Lotus and Cara together was like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The presence of one explained the presence of the other, no matter where they were.