The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 845  Books!

The Librarian returned with a Totem Ranked Magic Demon that Karl vaguely recognized from the Garden Party at the Castle.

”Oh, Overlord Karl. You can make skill books? How fortunate. I had thought your skills might be limited to Runic Items.” The Demon greeted him.

Karl checked the name using his system interface before responding.

”District Overseer Rashid, itʼs a pleasure to see you again. Skill Books arenʼt really my specialty, but I do have the ability to make a few per month, on skills that I already know. A curious System Skill intended to help advance my team.

I brought you an interesting skill today, I believe.” Karl replied.

”Indeed. There is not a single copy registered to the Library with that Skill name, so I came to see if it had been misreported.

But it is correct. And the restrictions are not as harsh as I had feared, given the names. Though, itʼs a bit insulting that it considers all horned or feathered demons to be compatible with a skill for beasts.

Incubi as well, though I donʼt see why they should be named individually, as they also have horns.”

[...] Remiʼs amused non answer in Karlʼs mind made him laugh. There were many reasons he could think of that the Incubi might be named individually from other types of ʼbestialʼ creatures, but the Librarianʼs deep violet blush had the District Overseer rolling his eyes.

”I noticed earlier that Demons are widely compatible with skills intended for beasts, as long as their Element matches. For example, an Oni Demon I met here is compatible with multiple beast originated Lightning Element skills.”

Overseer Rashid looked impressed. ”You actually identified one as an Oni Demon? Most of the Greater Demon species disguise themselves when they are going about their daily lives, so that others do not make trouble for them, with requests and pleading.”

Karl smiled. ”It came to light after I had hired a member of their family for a job.”

Rashid snapped his fingers. ”Thatʼs right. You hired Miss Wendy as an apprentice sculptor, and her father made the barriers on your Guild House. I should have remembered that. That family will be quite the force when they are fully mature. Most of their species donʼt hit any bottlenecks until the peak of Totem Rank.”

Karl had known that Wendy was powerful, being a Commander and still not a teenager, but a peak Totem Rank species potential was surprising.

The District Overseer was staring intently at the book, and Remi began to giggle.

{Itʼs four hundred and three pages. How fast is your hand speed?} The Demon smiled, while the Receptionist gave him a confused look.

”You are quite right, Miss Remi. It would take me some time to copy this if I used it. But that skill is so tempting, that I might just do it anyhow.

But what did you come in looking for? Certainly, todayʼs visit wasnʼt just to receive a membership.” Rashid replied.

”We actually require tomes on crafting magical leather armour. One of our Guildʼs Artisans wants to expand their skills, and it is an open niche for us.” Karl explained.

”You have weapons, jewellery, potions, utility items. However, your Guild sells no leather items. Yes, you are correct, there is a reliable place for them among your Guild.

We have many such tomes. Do you want Skill Books, or do you want textbooks?”

”Both, I think. The target is Overlord Rank without a trade skill, so advanced Skill Books might be suitable. But having textbooks on the topic to supplement might be helpful. They already have skills with fashion and clothing, so leather armour wonʼt be too large of a change.” Karl explained.

”Who would that be? I canʼt guess which member you mean.” The Overseer muttered, mostly to himself.

”The Lady Rae, our Blood Destruction Demonic Spider.”

Overseer Rashid nodded, and the Receptionist gasped. ”An Overlord Ranked spider monster? Thatʼs... sorry. Iʼm sure sheʼs a lovely person.”

{Iʼm sure she will laugh when I tell her so.} Remi agreed, and the Receptionist sighed in relief before she realized what Remi had actually said.

”Rae is a sweet person. Sheʼs just got personality quirks. But do we have the appropriate skill books? And what might they cost?” Karl interjected.

”Right, yes. We have all the skill books and textbooks that you might need. You can work out the details with the District Overseer while I retrieve them.” The Receptionist insisted, then vanished into a back room.

”There are four skill books in total for the [Master Leatherworker] trade skill progression. All of which we have in stock. Plus two textbooks on magical armour creation, based on different disciplines.

While I have no doubt that you actually have enough coin to pay for such an extravagant purchase, perhaps we could make a trade for items?” Overseer Rashid suggested, his feathers ruffling in excitement.

”Oh, what did you have in mind? I have a few items complete, and I can make you something custom from a blank if the cost is higher than what theyʼre worth.”

The Totem Rank Demon smiled happily as Karl immediately grasped the issue.

The entry-level skill books were not expensive. But a Master level trade skill book? That couldnʼt even be used by someone under Royal Rank, and they had to have an extreme compatibility with the skill already.

Most likely, the Spider would use the ones she could, and then save the last one or two for later when her skills had improved.

”Can you make a library assistant?” The Demon asked, curiously.

”That sounds more like a skill request. I could probably teach you how to summon one, yes. But putting one on an item? It would be difficult to make an autonomous one without the spell taking up an entire suit of armour.”

Rashid sighed. ”I was afraid of as much. And as great as a [Living Armour] item would be, thatʼs far beyond the cost of the books you need, as well as being thousands of hours of work.”

”What do you need it for?” Karl asked, wondering if he could do something with runes.

”Just general Library stuff. Cleaning, dusting, arranging books.”

Karl thought about it for a moment, then smiled. ”I can do half of that. How about an item that will clean and dust the Library on activation?”

There were dozens of examples of that in the [Dwarven Runecrafting] book. Mostly so that the Dwarves didnʼt have to clean up spilled drinks, mop floors and other such mundane tasks. Karl had studied enough of those runes to make a cleaning item.

”Would that even be a Rare item?” Rashid asked.

”I donʼt know. Give me a moment to make it and we will know.” Karl replied with a shrug.

There was only one way to find out. And he had some statues carved out of Monarch Ranked Mana Jade.