The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1303  Maybe This Spot

And argue is what they did. The red dragons went straight to the replica Guild House to see if it was suitable as their base of operations, the residence for the instructors and guardians.

The blue dragons circled near the top of the airspace so they could see all of the options as they argued about the choices, and the Silver Dragon went straight for the training ground to inspect the spells that Karl had put in to make training targets and smashing poles.

To him, that was much more interesting than small things like where he would sleep, or where they would be teaching dragons that hadnʼt even hatched yet. The magic was right here, and it was active. The rest could be sorted out when it was actually important, like tomorrow when he got tired.

Karl circled with Dana for a few more minutes, then decided to land at the Guild House replica, where it appeared that the majority of the red dragons had agreed to move.

There was plenty of room, technically.

The only issue that might occur was that the rooms were designed as soldierʼs dorms, and then converted to worker spaces. So, there were only a few nice rooms up top, and then dozens of small ones on the second floor with communal showers and facilities.

”Ladies, good day. I know that this might not be the perfect housing, as it is already partially in use.” Karl began.

”Oh, thatʼs fine. From what we can tell, itʼs only the second floor that has units in use, and there are extras for the Patron and Matron. The rest of us are all single, and itʼs normal for Orphanage Matrons to live simple lives.

Well, relatively simple. There is a lot of magic in this place already.” Bertie explained.

Oban, one of the two Bronze Dragons, chuckled. ”That is true, everything is covered in Runes. But these rooms are far nicer than the dorms at any Dragon Temple. I believe that the Golden Dragon Nation keeps to the penitent cells model for church rooms, do they not?”

Karl frowned. ”With the single bed and dresser in a stone room with a slit window?” The dragon nodded. ”Thatʼs the one. We all lived in them for most of our young lives. I think that the only ones who didnʼt were Raist and one of the blue dragons, who grew up in Libraries instead of Orphanages.

Neither of them are Clerics, just dragons representing their aspects.”

”Oh, that makes a lot of sense. For some reason, I thought that with all the wealth of the Dragon Isles, that the standards in the Churches would lean toward luxury.” Karl realized.

Oban shook his head. ”No, that would upset the gods. Any other dragon can gather their own hoard and live in luxury, but weʼre Clerics, we promised to devote our lives to our Gods and Goddesses.”

Dana smiled at the Bronze Dragon. ”That makes perfect sense. Too much luxury just leads to distractions from your work. Iʼm sure that once the hatchlings come, you will have more than enough work to keep you busy without going looking for distractions.”

Oban winked at her. ”Weʼre also here to keep notes on the shenanigans that the friends of the Chaos Dragon get up to. Most of the world might not be aware, but the Bronze Dragons know all about the rich history of the Darklight Host.”

Dana laughed. ”And not just because you have at least one brother in the Guild.”

”I will admit that Orthos has been a great source of information. Especially since his branch of the Guild came back online not long ago. Oh, I wasnʼt supposed to tell Karl about that.”

Dana smirked at the embarrassed dragon and patted him on the shoulder.

”Relax, Iʼm at least seventy percent sure that Karl wonʼt show up at his temple looking to steal one of his Guild members as a partner.”

Oban looked at Karl, then back at Dana. ”Seventy percent might be optimistic, but I will accept that analysis. After all, they might be from the Divine Beast Nation, but they are still Guild Members.”

Karl sighed dramatically. ”Oh ye of little faith. There is no need for me to go steal his Guild members when there is an entire nation full of possibly divine beasts there. If we needed another sibling for the group, Iʼm sure that I could find a suitable candidate without poaching from my old friend.”

”Youʼve known Orthos for some time, then? I wasnʼt aware you had met.” Oban asked.

”Oh, get him to tell you the story sometime. I actually met him during the last resurgence, in the city of Bunga. Heʼs taken over the position of City Lord again now that the System came back online there, so he should be easy to find.” Karl suggested.

Oban nodded. ”Once the restrictions on the continent lift a little more, we will send more people. There are still issues with wild dragons and off world attackers. It will need to be sorted out eventually, but with the limits from the slowly fading curse, the Church has decided to wait before they send a large force in and risk causing a revolution.”

Then the Bronze Dragon paused.

”I suspect that I wasnʼt supposed to tell Karl that either.”

”You have an entire list of taboo topics that you didnʼt have time to memorize, donʼt you?” Dana asked.

The dragon nodded. ”It only arrived yesterday, I hadnʼt gotten an opportunity to read it before you suddenly arrived. I suspect that itʼs mostly on the theme of ʼdonʼt encourage ideas that will make the chaos dragon start trouble out of boredomʼ. Or, something similar.”

Dana smiled. ”That is a good general idea, but hardly needs a letter to remind everyone. However, itʼs not just Karl you need to be careful of. He can hear all the beastsʼ thoughts, and they have just as many troublesome ideas as he does.”

The only one that didnʼt was Opal. No, Dana corrected herself. The butterfly would be an exhibitionist porn producer if nobody stopped her. She had become obsessed with Spicy Romance novels and other peoplesʼ relationships.