The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1260: Rae Concurs

Rae smirked at the Immortal Regent. “I concur with your King. Letting us challenge more dungeons to see if we can give them all improved difficulty settings is a wonderful idea.

The more of them, the better.

They can’t all be apes, and I’ve got plenty of ape blood stored already.”

Azov tapped the podium as he considered her proposal.

“Would the other Guild Alliances be willing to volunteer their dungeons as a test to see if the Darklight Host can help unlock improved difficulty? It may be the next natural advancement of the System Awakening, and with their deep connection to the planet’s past, they might be the key to accelerating the possibility.” He asked.

That actually sounded good to the others.

The Nara Group Alliance had enough good things already. Letting them be the only ones with the ability to do hard mode in two different dungeons was simply unfair.

If Karl and his team could improve other dungeons, they could all share in the wealth.

Paul frowned as he listened to the conversation. “I have one question before we agree to this plan to increase the difficulty in more dungeons. Why is the Darklight Host agreeing to this? Their dungeon is already upgraded. What is in it for them?”

Azov snorted in amusement. “I’m ninety percent sure they’d do it just to troll me. But what everyone else has failed to consider is that while the Nara Group has a Dungeon at both the Mythic and the Totem Rank, the Darklight Host themselves do not.”

Karl shrugged, and Rae smirked.

“Plus, my damage increases as I learn how to efficiently kill more types of creatures.” She added.

Paul nodded. “I thought that it might be something like that. Every dungeon that does see an upgrade is at risk of being taken by a stronger duellist during the next challenge.

So, we can guarantee most of a year of wealth before we really need to fight for it. But after that, it could go to anyone.”

Azov’s voice was unconcerned as he replied. “That’s the same every year during the challenges. The only difference is that you will be fighting for higher stakes if your Guild’s Dungeon does improve. And, you will have a head start on the challengers, who don’t have the same sort of access to the best gear.”

That calmed the dragonkin a little.

“Alright, I will agree to this. We can work out a schedule to make the attempts, but does anyone know what will actually trigger a harder difficulty?” Paul asked.

Azov shrugged. “No idea. If nobody else has done it, then the answer is almost certainly a record of some sort, or a feat of strength.

Really, it could be nearly anything, but given the nature of the dungeons, doing something that seems impossible would be the most likely answer.

So, you can all think of what the hardest accomplishment in your dungeon would be, and then tailor a team to attempt it, with one or more of the Darklight Host members in the team.

They are certain to be the key because Supreme Lady Matilda is so strongly attuned to Chaos.”

As one, everyone turned to look at Cara, who was delicately eating chicken wings from a bowl at the end of the table.

Then eating the bones separately.

The badger smirked. They weren’t wrong, she was also a force of Chaos, and likely to be able to trigger changes in the Dungeons by influencing the Fundamental Rule of Chaos.

Now that Karl was also walking around with what the system called a Chaos Dragon Constitution, he should have some chance as well. But an attuned constitution was nothing on being an actual Chaos Badger.

Karl tapped the table to bring everyone back on topic. “How do we want to organize this? I’ve got many projects to keep up with, especially as we’re a crafting Guild who just got two new Myths.

But the abundance of Golems is one of the stronger advantages in most dungeons, other than the bonuses that I have to damage and durability.”

Paul ran his fingers through his hair. “Why don’t we arrange them from short to long? That way, we don’t feel too bad about asking the pair of you to go to a dungeon nearly every day, and you’ll have the most possible time to do your crafting work.”

Dana smiled as she sent a mental message to Karl and the beasts. [That will also give us as many different sorts of bosses as possible. If we try each one once, then move on if we can’t find a trick, we will pick up a new Epic Golem build with every attempt.

After a dozen of them, we should be able to tailor our summons to the dungeon.]

Rae nodded in agreement, and Cara gave her an enthusiastic thumbs up.

[That’s so many more things to taste test. These mango hot wings are fantastic. Can someone ask Lotus to make more of them?]

They had been prepared as part of the snacks for the guests, but everyone was so enthralled with the way that Cara ate them that nobody had tried to take any from her.

Thor gave her a thumbs up as he went into the kitchen, and Karl responded on behalf of the group.

“That works for us. Most dungeon runs don’t take very long, so if we try one a day, we will have enough time to keep the shop running and still make the attempts.

Just save the super long ones for special occasions. I heard that some of them take all day,” he agreed.

Paul laughed. “None of us have a large raid dungeon. There is only one ten person raid among the Guilds here, and it is only three bosses. No more than two hours. Likely less with all the new gear that we got.

That dungeon with the apes seems to favour weapon drops.”

“Alright, then whoever has the shortest Dungeon can remain here overnight. Your Highness, Immortal Regent, would you care to stay for the evening? I will have the staff use Mythic Cooking to prepare a full meal.” Karl offered.

The King looked up from sampling the snacks. “I don’t object. The food here is amazing. I should have some staff members apprentice under your chefs.”

Then he pulled a slightly crumbled cookie from his robes and took a bite, while Azov tried not to laugh.

The Darklight Host had found the King’s weak point.