The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 824  Overlord Remi Is Cheating

Once Remi had finished admiring her scales, she transformed back into Spirit Snake form, to see if they had changed to match.

Much to her shock, her Spirit Snake form had undergone an even more massive change than her Naga body had. Gone was the small snake, with its dull blue scales. In its place was a massive sea serpent, easily fifty metres long, with scales that seemed to shimmer like ocean waves in the sunlight.

Effortlessly, she glided through her space, leaving the ground behind her to swim through the air.

[Remi is cheating! No flying without wings!] Rae complained.

It seemed so simple to Remi now, though. Swimming was swimming, and with even a bit of moisture in the air, it was no problem to swim through it. If it was raining, she might even be fast.

Hawk was unsure how to react. On one hand, it was good to have another flying sister. On the other, she was an openly, completely, absolutely, magnificently, irredeemably evil water creature. What sort of Sister could get a skill like [Thousand Year Flood] if she was not evil? He was proud of her.

In this world where strength was the primary measure of how much respect you could earn from others, the ones who would do anything to get ahead were the ones who got the strongest. If his sister was willing to embrace evil magic and let it reshape her body for an instant upgrade to such a powerful Overlord Ranked being, she was on the right path.

Hawkʼs body was already on the brink of advancing to Overlord Rank, he could feel the change in his mana quality beginning, but it would take days or perhaps weeks for him to finish the process.

That would give Remi a solid head start on the rest of them, unless one of the others advanced before Hawk could finish his own advancement process.

The Totems stared at Karl with curious expressions. ”Something about you changed. I donʼt know what it is, but it feels like there is more depth to your power than there was before. Did your partner advance?”

The actual advancement shouldnʼt have given away anything, as the spaces were very well hidden, but Karl did gain some benefits from the beasts, so his own power level and strength would change when the beasts grew more powerful, and it seemed that Remiʼs advancement had been significant.

So Karl smiled at them. ”The Heart of the Ocean caused an evolution. She gained an Epic Grade constitution, and a powerful new water skill.”

The District Guardian smiled. ”Perhaps we have our next comrade on the way? She certainly must have the potential to become a Totem now, with a fresh start at Overlord Rank. Who knows, given the power of the Heart of the Ocean, she might even make Mythic Rank eventually.”

Remi felt that she should have the potential for even more than that. The transformation had made her an Overlord Ranked Juvenile. Like the butterfly who had just transformed at Overlord, or Cara who was a juvenile at Royal Rank and would make Overlord without any real effort, two Ranks shouldnʼt be beyond her species now.

Though her Species still said the same thing, just with an Epic Grade constitution. Whatever that meant.

Remi decided to come back out and show off, which made all the Totems pause to stare in wonder.

”That was fast. Such an incredible level of compatibility. Plus a return to youth? Thatʼs an excellent sign. Tell me, Miss Remi, do you still have the Naga Queenʼs Spirit Snake transformation? That is the true sign of a Queenʼs potential.” The chatty Totem asked.

{My snake form indicates my potential?} Remi asked.

The Demon nodded. ”Iʼm not the foremost expert on the small details, but the more impressive the Spirit Snake, the more powerful the Naga Queen will become. Itʼs said that the Queen of Skathan has a thousand-metre-long Spirit Snake. But sheʼs an Immortal old monster from the times before the Dragon Isles were civilized, and nobody knows her origins, so she might be part dragon.”

Remi transformed and lazily glided around the dock area, attracting rapt attention from the cityʼs Dragonkin, and other lovers of scales.

She stopped overhead, and the Totem smiled, his teeth shining white against blood-red skin. ”The Spirit Snake form is young as well, but certainly not a simple snake. You have a bright future ahead of you, Miss Remi. If you run into any trouble, you can find me at the castle. My name is Domesk, and I am the District Overseer for the Stone Chapel District, where your Guild House is.”

Remi changed back to Naga Queen form, and fell to the ground with a thump, as she misjudged where she would appear.

{Thank you. The city of Drodh has been very good to us so far.}

Overseer Domesk had no idea just how true that was. Rae had gathered literal tonnes of Totem Ranked meat for them, Hawk had multiple Overlord Rank whale bodies, Remi had evolved with a treasure that Hawk feared might have been an egg trying to trick him into activating a new sister, and they had an actual home of their own, with people working for them, and respect from nearly everyone.

The City of Drodh had been far better to them than an exile location had any right to be.

One of the other Overseers turned to Karl. ”The beasts are bonded to you, correct? Does that mean that the Hawk and Spider will be advancing soon as well? Oh, and is that Cerro one of yours, or part of the Dragon Church?”

Karl smiled. ”Theyʼre with me. I believe that the Bloodbath Spider will be advancing very soon, but the Holy Thunder Cerro is struggling a bit. He might be bloodline limited, but I have a treasure that I was saving until he reached a bottleneck he had issues with.”

The Totem nodded. That was the right way to do it. Let the young grow under their own power, and then give them help only after they had done their best. If you didnʼt make them work for it, you ended up with spoiled brats, and there were far too many of them in the city already.