The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1282  Open The Gates

Promptly at eleven thirty, Karl waved his hand, and the high fence vanished, revealing the complex in all its glory.

The crowd surged forward, rushing toward the shops and the many entrances of the main level of the building. The ice cream shop was on this side of the building, and the shop immediately filled with customers lined up all the way out the door.

Having a bunny girl hopping around in the window with a sign advertising their daily special probably didnʼt hurt.

The majority of the crowd was headed in to check the vendors and then find seats in the arena. All the foods that were served in the stands were also available at one of the food vendors on the lower levels as well, so Karl wasnʼt worried about the staff getting too overwhelmed. But it would be a good test to see if their estimated needs were correct.

If people started to complain about not being able to get what they needed, he would know immediately after one of the constructs heard the complaint.

But so far, the consensus was one of curiosity, and excitement about the arena challenges.

The line for the arena signup was starting to get rowdy, but with the Dark Elven Kings there, it wouldnʼt be for long. The locals might think that they were big and bad, but the Kings were Mythic Rank Epic Golems, and even without drawing a weapon, they were more than capable of handling any of the Totem Ranked challengers who might want to fight over a spot in line.

Karl was relaxing by the ice cream shop, waiting to see if anything needed his attention, when he saw multiple flashes of black and white fur dart past him.

A bit of focus said that they were Golems, but he hadnʼt made any in that pattern.

Karl mentally tracked them, and then realized that the arena had deemed some of the security golems to be in ineffective forms, so it had transformed them into Void Badgers, who could effectively trap misbehaving guests, and fly lost children over the crowd.

He should have expected things like this when he introduced [Randomize] into the artifact.

That spell was a menace to society.

Cara laughed at that thought. Karl might call it a menace now, but it was incredibly useful. Useful enough that he used it on a regular basis when they needed something new and innovative.

Watching Void Badgers run along the ceilings, searching for trouble spots, caught the attention of many children. It was something so far out of the ordinary that they couldnʼt help but look, and the badgers were happy to wave back at them, and even accept bites of the kidsʼ snacks.

Overall, things were going smoothly, though some of the vendors had greatly underestimated the demand for their products.

For example, the Elf who Karl had talked to earlier had only brought a thousand cookies. Now, that might sound like a lot of cookies, but thirty minutes into the day, she had already called a friend to bring her more because she was running low.

During his mental scan, Karl noticed that the first contestants were headed to the sand to start the arena matches.

[Someone, make an announcement. Most of the people on the main floor donʼt realize that the fights are about to start.]

{First Fights begin in five minutes} The announcement wasnʼt loud, but it was everywhere within the building. Karl saw many of the visitors scramble for the bleachers, as there were no assigned seats. That might have been an oversight on Karlʼs part. But they hadnʼt numbered the seats, either. So, you sat where you sat. If there were no more sitting spots, there was a large standing area around the top of the arena. The view was terrible, and you were the furthest from the action, but in theory, it was a viewing spot.

With the space expansion of the arena, even if the main floor was packed, it wouldnʼt be enough to fill the stands, so after things got moving, it should be alright. He hoped.

[We have our first guests at the hotel. Eight of ten suites are booked for the night.] The front desk clerk informed Karl.

[We actually had guests willing to pay that much without ever seeing the fights?]

[Royals from Kopji, Shash, Nabibun and Miss Tiffani, the Chaos Dragonʼs pet.]

The Totem Ranked vampire would not be happy about that description, but the Succubus probably wasnʼt wrong. Supreme Lady Matilda definitely treated her as a cross between a personal assistant and a favourite pet.

[You know: if these guys keep picking cool things, we donʼt even have to go into the arenas to get more options for Golems. We can just watch the System summon them.] Remi noted.

She was watching the cauldron in the Drodh Guild House, as the alchemists had all gathered to work on new projects today.

If they were going to a dungeon, she would come along. But until she reached Mythic Rank, that was lower priority than her experiments. They had a real chance of making a breakthrough in the next day or two, using the improved ingredients from the Tiny World.

Karl realized that she was right. He had never seen a Zararag Demonic Serpent before yesterday, but it was now in the list of his options for Golem type summons, as a serpent type magical beast.

[We could give them a discount to pick ʼrandom magical beastʼ as their opponent. Like a happy hour special for Wrath Demons.] Remi suggested.

Not a bad idea, but they were so busy right now that it would only cause more fights if the pricing wasnʼt equal.

The first group of challengers made their way to the arena, and Karl went to stand by the ring in the staff area. That was where he saw Tiffani, along with four other vampires, preparing to meet their opponent.

That had to be Matildaʼs doing. If anyone could guess where exactly you had to be to get into the first group of registrations, it was her.

Though, as Karl recalled, they should have all been filled last night. And he hadnʼt noticed her at that time.

That might be worth investigating. If Matilda could influence the arena, there might be others who could, and that was a security risk.