The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1674 A Gift For Azov

Wendy considered Karlʼs advice, then nodded. ”Itʼs a bit of a niche usage case, I suppose. For most people, the Gargoyles would be the obvious choice, since they donʼt need his class skills, and keeping them in the house to work is the desired outcome.”

Karl chuckled. ”The Gargoyles are also more obedient. The clones are clones, and theyʼve got much more personality.”

Wendy shrugged. ”You say that like itʼs a good thing, but Iʼm not sure that he will see it that way. If the clones start to complain about being overworked as much as he does, we might actually just be causing more headaches for him.” Karl sighed. ”Youʼre right. I forgot to think of that when I was planning the coolest way to give him a gift. But itʼs not too late for me to alter this. Iʼll just make them look like clones of him, while being based on the Gargoyle spell so that they donʼt object to being treated as wage slaves.”

The thought of Immortal Rank Wage Slaves made Wendy laugh.

Surely, there were actually some like that in the world where Karl and the others had gone, but they were so overwhelmingly powerful in her world that the mere thought of it was ridiculous.

With the less complex spell substituted in, and the item designed to simply make the clones mimic the caster, and not actually take on the majority of his skills, Karl was finished much faster than he had intended, and now he just needed to find a painting to mount it behind.

”Now, who do we know that has a large painting ready?” Karl asked.

”Weʼve got painters here in the Tiny World.

Iʼm sure that one of the ladies has something thatʼs the right size, and their work is incredibly good. Weʼve been selling some of it in Drodh, so that they feel more like they can paint all day and still be contributing.

Not that anyone would accuse you of being broke and unable to support your members, but you know how the older ladies are.” Wendy replied.

”I heard that!” Someone shouted from somewhere behind them, followed by the sound of struggling and hatchling giggles.

It must be one of the beast rangers, or perhaps she was on duty with the others helping keep track of the grassland clutch of the new dragons. Either way, she was definitely struggling with the little one, who wasnʼt saying anything, but who wasnʼt going wherever she wanted it to go.

Then, it broke loose, and Karl saw a small brown blur rush for the smashing posts near him as the Sand Dragon managed to escape its confinement.

”{Hi, Mister Karl. You should see her paintings. Theyʼre really pretty! I snuck into her room last night to see what she was working on, and she was painting a pretty lady. You should buy that and give it as a gift. Anyone would like that.}”

The Druid looked somewhere between annoyed and embarrassed as she caught up.

”That one is a private commission, we canʼt sell it to Azov. But I do have a few others that are close to the right size if you want to sell one of those instead?” ”Sure. The painting will be on display somewhere in his office, so it isnʼt going to be some national gallery. But I do hope that itʼs something that he will like.” She nodded. ”Itʼs actually a landscape scene of the inside of the Tiny World, looking across the lake at the forest with the mountains in the background. I think that as a gift from the Darklight Host to an Immortal, itʼs perfect.”

Karl smiled. ”Oh, that does sound absolutely perfect. If itʼs of the Tiny World, everyone who sees it will wonder where it is, or if itʼs from someoneʼs imagination.

But he will know the truth, and he will remember us every time that he activates the clones to help him with his work. Iʼve got the backing for the painting all ready now, so we just need to mount it.”

The druid nodded. ”I can take it to the sculptors, and they can make something out of magical metal to hold it to the painting? That will add a third category of Guild Crafters to the process.

The more the merrier, right?”

Karl smiled. ”Alright, take this and your painting to them, and they can mount it into something that is going to last for the ages.

The sculptors should be able to make a sealed enclosure for the painting so that it doesnʼt degrade with age, even without magic. If itʼs done that way, then even if it sits forgotten in a storage cupboard for a few decades before he remembers to try it out, it will still be fine and just as lovely as the day that we sent it to him.”

”I will take care of it for sure.

Lady Sapphire will finally relax and stop snapping at us every time the topic comes up too, which will be great,” she agreed.

”Sapphire is getting stressed out? I might have to bring her here for a visit, let her take a few days off from organizing things. Perhaps give her a book from the Immortal Worldʼs Library as a present for all her hard work.”

She was a blue dragon, after all.

No matter how stressed out they were, letting a blue dragon sit and read a new book, just for the sake of reading a new book, was enough to put them in a

good mood for days.

And that was why they were such great administrators, they didnʼt let the stress build up like the Bronze Dragons who were the avatars of the God Of

Laws did.

Cara appeared beside him, and held out a small book.

”Here, give her this. Itʼs not from the Immortal Worldʼs Library, but itʼs something new that sheʼs never seen before, it should be enough to get her started until we have time to find her the perfect title.

Do you know what Fundamental Rule she is working on?” The badger inquired, her tone entirely too politely professional for her not to be up to something.

”Iʼm pretty sure sheʼs following Lightning. Itʼs her Elemental Affinity, and the Fundamental Rule of Knowledge is well known to be a dead end, apparently. You canʼt learn enough as a Mortal to use it.”

”Perfect. Then I know where to get what she needs. Carry on!”

And then Cara vanished back into town.