The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1221: Immortal Guests

The presence of so many Immortals was shocking at first, but now that Karl could see that they were all Darklight Host Guild Masters, it made much more sense.

Technically, the System didn’t call Matilda the Guild Master of the Darklight Host, only a branch manager. But she was a Supreme-Ranked existence, so that might just be by choice.

The first Immortal to speak gestured at the group. “These are Dave, Gregor and Nox. I am Axiom. It’s a pleasure to meet you all, especially the fellow Darklight Host members.

I do have to ask, though. How did you get a Blue Dragon? Trying to pry them out of the Library long enough to do anything is troublesome. Trying to get them to commit to anything that is not learning or teaching is near impossible.”

Karl chuckled and waved at Sapphire, who had just walked past, headed for his suite.

“My home world has an abundance of base class Warriors at the moment. I developed a skill that helps them advance to new and improved Warrior type classes. I believe that she hopes giving them new skills and advancing their class will make them less ‘warrior’, and more suitable to intellectual endeavours.” Karl joked.

Axiom laughed. “It doesn’t work. They are still warriors, just with more skills.

We tried.

Well, they tried. My world uses a slightly different system known as the Wandering Cultivator System, and it doesn’t have classes.

Every world that the World Dragon influenced with his magic is different, but some are completely unrecognizable in their magic. They still smell like the World Dragon’s Magic, but he simply didn’t imbue it with any sort of System that we can identify.”

Annabelle frowned. “How do you know the World Dragon is a ‘he’? It’s been a running debate between me and Hugo for years.”

Axiom laughed. “I met him and his wife. It’s one of the advantages of being old. Sometimes you get to meet the Gods in person if you are powerful enough. The World Dragon is definitely male.”

Hugo just shrugged. It was hard to argue with that. No deep and philosophical text, no ancient records. Just ‘I met him one time’.

Nox, the Immortal Guild Leader with long black hair and a narrow face, chuckled. “My mother is a Demigod Ranked Priestess following the Goddess of Life and Fertility. The Bunny God. She often has visions of the Gods, and I agree with his assessment. The World Dragon is not just a masculine influence, that one was definitely a man before he was a Divinity.”

Annabelle made a note and then nodded. “Is your father a cleric as well?”

Nox shook his head. “My father failed his tribulation and never made it to Immortality. He passed on to his next lives a little over a million years ago, by Fae Realm reckoning.”

The Mythic Ranked mage looked shocked. “So, there IS someone older than the Supreme Lady? And in the same Guild, no less.”

Nox frowned. “I’m not that old. Or perhaps she counts her years differently? By the Fae Realm’s timeline, she is definitely older than I am. She was a Guild Master when I joined, and I was mortal then.”

Then he turned to look to the side.

“She’s upset that I called her old. I am going to have to make her an apology gift later.” He sighed.

“Distract her with the Chaos Badger, she won’t stay upset for long.” Karl whispered.

The guests laughed quietly at the suggestion. Putting Matilda and Cara together was bound to be entertaining, even when they thought that they were behaving.

“I don’t suppose that you can spare a few minutes for practical questions before the wedding, can you? My world is rather short on Immortals to ask questions.” Karl asked.

“Of course. We have all the time in the world.

You only have about two hours, but we have got plenty of time.” Axiom joked.

“This will naturally be about gaining Immortality, it always is.” Dave agreed.

Karl nodded. “Really, it’s mostly about the Power Matrix. I get the concept of needing to master a Fundamental Rule to advance. And that I need to improve the Matrix to channel the energy needed. But do I have to alter it in more than just the quantity of points and design when I get to Mythic Rank?”

The Mythic Ranked guests waited intently for some sort of answer as the Immortals inspected Karl’s aura and probed his soul for the current state of his progress.

“Your Soul Strength and Mental Forging are both progressing well. I see a seventy-two point Chaos Element focus, but you appear to be mastering the Mana Manipulation Fundamental Rule.

If you don’t improve your Chaos Rule Affinity as well, you’re going to run into problems when you get close to Tribulation.

Probably.

Or maybe not.

Chaos is fickle like that.

Sometimes it causes things to go smoothly for no apparent reason at all. Like when the Supreme Lady Reached the Supreme Rank. She announced that she needed to understand something, then went to an Incubus brothel for the night and came back at the Supreme Rank.” Guild Master Dave noted.

The other Immortals simply stared at him. That couldn’t be true. But … it wasn’t impossible.

Nox nodded as he finished his inspection. “I think that the major limiting factor will be your understanding. If you can master a Fundamental Rule, you shouldn’t have any real issues with the Tribulation. Your Mental Strength and Power Matrix are both up to the bare minimum standard to survive.”

Axiom nodded. “My world is different. But I would say that you should be able to reach the tribulation with appropriate resources using your current cultivation method. Or in your current Class, as it were.

If you don’t advance your Class far enough to be compatible with an Immortal Rank skill, you will get stuck along the way.

I don’t know if you have one that will advance that far, but if you’re bonded to that Divine Fluff Ball, you should be fine. His healing and Earth Manipulation skills can both reach the Immortal Rank.”

That was excellent news, Tian decided. Someone had confirmed that he really could be an Immortal. He just needed some time and the right opportunities.

And one of those Pixies to come back and scratch that itch on his left ear.