The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1299  Here For The Eggs

The spectacle had gathered a number of the off-duty workers from the cavern, and everyone wanted the chance to congratulate Wendy on her advancement.

Fortunately for Karl, that also brought over all the people that he needed to talk to on this visit.

”Davis, donʼt run away. I have good news for you.” Karl called when he caught sight of the overworked Fallen Seraphim.

Davis gave him a suspicious stare. ”When you say that there are good things coming for me, it always means more employees, more Guild Members and more work, even though the shop now does five times as much business through the Alliance store as it does through the main shop.

If it wasnʼt for the restricted level of most of our crafters, we would be selling even more, and the Alliance is still talking about expanding further.” Karl felt a sense of embarrassment for the extra work that he had piled on Davis, who was only supposed to be the store manager. Technically, the Alliance purchases were still part of the store, but his duties had gone far beyond what he had signed on for.

”Iʼm not going to make more work for you this time. Instead, Iʼve come to give you a raise. Youʼve been doing far too much work for your pay grade, and youʼve led the Guild Store to fame and profits far greater than expected. The craftsmen all earn on commission, a portion of the sale price of their items. But you have been on salary, based on the cost of living here in Drodh. If you were employed in Zilaz, your pay would be significantly higher, as are the prices for the goods that you manage.

So, we will be adjusting your pay commensurately.” Karl declared.

{Iʼm more shocked that he knew the word commensurately and used it somewhat properly.} Sapphire muttered to herself, which made Dana giggle.

Davis, who had not heard the dragonʼs snide remark, simply smiled and bowed to Karl. ”Thank you for your consideration. Should I prepare the budget numbers for a new pay package?” He asked.

Karl shook his head. ”No, I will declare the raise now, and then you can work out the numbers along with next pay periodʼs sales.”

Davis smiled at the answer. It was basically a ʼnot my problemʼ from Karl, but Davis knew that there was far more revenue than would ever be declared in a pay package.

Even if he earned ten times what any of the smiths did, it still wouldnʼt put a dent in the Guildʼs monthly profits.

Karl had the system upgrade the pay package of Davisʼ work contract, which could be done without signing a new form, as it was a pay raise, and the system had no problem letting the Guild Branch Leader hand those out.

Docked pay, or a lower pay package, the member would have to sign their agreement to, but not pay raises.

”There, all done. If youʼre using the automatic transfer between the Guild House balance and the Guild Members, it should go automatically to you.” Karl informed the overjoyed Demon.

”Indeed, and it will be enough to make my mother proud of me for once.” Davis joked.

Wendy laughed. ”What do you mean ʼfor onceʼ? That old woman doesnʼt do anything but brag about you all day long. I donʼt think that Iʼve ever seen a parent quite as proud of her child as she is of you.”

Karl noticed a red dragon cleric passing by and waved her over.

”You are new, were you here for the orphanage?” He asked.

”I am one of the new arrivals, preparing for the dragons that the Guild apparently has ready to hatch. Bertie is my name, in the human tongue. We started to gather a few days ago, and you must be Karl, the Guild Branch Leader.” She replied.

”Wonderful to meet you, Bertie. The eggs still have a bit of time, but having everyone in place first would be best. I will need to gather everyone who is going to be moving to the separate space so that I can confirm that they understand the nature of the assignment. The eggs canʼt safely be moved for some time, but the separate space they are in is linked to me, so it may change locations, and the entrance might not always be accessible, so you will need to work with the druids and nature clerics to ensure that you are producing everything that you need.” Karl explained.

Bertie nodded. ”I hear that there is enough room there to fly freely, and that you have created a biome for each type of dragon egg. That is wonderful news, and much better than the average orphanage.”

Sapphire smiled indulgently at the young red dragon. ”There is more than enough room to fly. It is a Tiny World spell, not just a hidden space. Karl, how large is it now?”

Karl shrugged. ”I have been expanding it since I reached Mythic Rank, and while I didnʼt bring it to maximum size, Itʼs hundreds of kilometres across now.

Enough that there is not only room to fly, but it has become nearly necessary to fly to get around efficiently. The nature clerics have broken themselves into groups so that they donʼt have to travel so far every day. But we have added teleportation platforms in the space that let you get to major landmarks easily.”

Dana frowned at Karl. When had he done that?

About five seconds after he said that he had. That is when he added them, with one marked platform a few hundred metres from each of the camp locations, and then one near the mock Guild House and the underground city.

The Tiny World was feeling much more complete now that Karl was getting ahead on his understanding of the Mana Manipulation Fundamental Rule. It wasnʼt at the point that it could be considered a fully independent space yet. But it was getting close, and Karl could use it as a test to measure how his progress toward immortality was coming.

Though at this rate, both Cara and Hawk might beat him to full understanding of a Rule.