The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1097: Even The Gargoyles

While Wendy and Hugo made their rounds, Raj ran to the Darklight Host villa to meet with Karl.

Dana greeted him at the door, and silently pointed at the stairs to the basement when she saw the excited look on the Guild Master’s face. Raj sprinted down the stairs, then found himself blocked by a large set of wings as the Gargoyles blocked his entrance to the garden.

”I promise, I’m just here to meet with Karl. He has armour for me.” He informed the puffed up little Gryphon.

It lowered its wings, but didn’t let him enter until Dana came down the stairs behind him and stroked the creature’s feathered head.

”He’s just excited about new toys, he’s not trying to rush past you. Good job guarding the garden.” Dana whispered, while the Gargoyle purred.

Even the Gargoyles here were a bit strange, Raj thought.

Normally, Gargoyles weren’t active all the time, only when a condition of the spell was breached, and they needed to defend their assigned property. But these ones were certainly active, and he was reasonably sure that a pair of them had been playing chess in the garden before he came in.

The board was still set up.

Dana led Raj to the exit of the maze, then turned away when he walked through. The Gargoyle in Lotus’ bedroom had informed the Cleric that there were more people coming, but Lotus didn’t want to come down and deal with them in person.

Not when she finally caught one of the Gargoyles in a spot it wasn’t trying to leave.

”Guild Masters, I will lead you to the workshop. Karl is working on the armour suits now. Please follow me into the basement. Guild Master Raj is already there waiting.”

The other two warriors sighed in regret.

First come, first served worked much better when you were the first person in line. But Karl had turned out good equipment so far, so there was little chance that they wouldn’t be satisfied with whatever he turned out for them.

If it was Totem Ranked and Epic Grade, it would be an upgrade. But he had been turning out Totem Grade equipment for the mages, and most of them hadn’t seen a piece of that quality in person before.

There was a small chance that they would drop from the Mythic Dungeons, but anyone who got one kept that information to themselves.

Even the Guild Masters and the members of the Mythic Teams wouldn’t actually tell anyone outside their own group what quality of gear they had. To others, it would be fashionable Epic Grade armour, and the world would be jealous.

But in combat, they would have the advantage of the larger bonuses and the extra skills that had pushed the equipment to the next grade of quality.

From what they could tell, the major difference was that they didn’t have to give up a core bonus to get the added skill effect on Totem Grade equipment, as would happen on Epic Grade gear at lower levels.

The three suits sitting on the table when they entered the work space were very close in quality, every bit as good as what the Dragonkin crafters turned out in the Sholaha region. But they did notice that one was detailed in the Demonic style, and two in the Dwarven.

”Welcome. I have prepared armours for you. Now, it doesn’t really matter which one you pick. Functionally, they’re all identical. But I made Guild Master Raj wait for your arrival so that you can discuss it among yourselves.” Karl greeted them.

The new arrivals took a closer look at the suits and found that Karl was telling the truth. They all had identical bonuses.

[Indestructible Plate of the Stalwart Defender] Totem Rank, Totem Grade Armour. Adds 1400 points of Damage Reduction, Reduces Damage Taken by 2 percent, 10 percent bonus to Movement Speed, 20 Percent Resistance to Poison and Fire Element attacks. [Additional Effects] Self Repair Level 7, [Earth Shield] Elemental barrier Skill

Raj ran his fingers over the much flashier decorations of the set that Ashbringer had made.

”So, wearing this, we will all be able to use a new skill?” He verified.

Karl nodded. ”Yes, an Earth Barrier. It’s quite useful in combat as you can not only use it like your existing [Guard] skill, but you can also use it as a flexible barrier over your armour.

It should activate at your own Rank, though it may not gain the effects of the Mythic Blessing, so it might take full damage from Totem Ranked targets. I haven’t had a chance to verify that yet, as the Totem and Mythic Blessings are new to me.”

Raj shook his head. ”That won’t be a problem. Even when we use items or skills at a lower output level, our blessing still applies. It’s more of a secondary effect added to our actions than one that has to be part of every skill we use.”

”Are you sure that you need to be even more flashy?” The warrior with tattoos all down his arms asked, as Guild Master Raj didn’t take his hand off the armour set that Ashbringer had made.

”You know me. I like to make an impression. Besides, the stats on the armour are all equal.” Raj replied with a shrug.

He had a point. But he wasn’t the only one who liked to make an impression when he entered a room.

”If you want to wait for fancier suits, I can order them now, and reassign these to other Warriors on the Mythic Teams. I intended to make the three of them identical for the main tanks, then give the other armour sets a damage buffing skill instead.

Tell me, do any of your people use blunt weapons? Sharpness adds significant damage to blade strikes, but I have other options if they’re not edged weapon users.” Karl suggested.

Raj nodded. ”We have a few who use axes, and one who uses an Epic Grade Dwarven war pick. Normally, that is considered a blunt weapon, though you can use the back side.”

Karl nodded in understanding. Few used the back-side other than the Dwarves. The design was a modified mining tool, with a spike for pulling rocks, and a blunt side to hammer rods into soft stone seams to create blasting holes.

”In that case, I can make most with sharpness, and I will make him a special one.” Karl agreed.