The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1106: Remi Relents

The Winter Formal sounded like just the sort of thing that Dana might like, and if Karl’s mental calculation was right, it came the day before her actual birthday.

This year would be a big one for Dana, as she had just turned eighteen.

Openly telling others that would be a bit awkward, though now that they were here on the shores of Lake Naraleddum, where the strongest of adventurers gathered, it wasn’t so unthinkable to be an Overlord before you were a proper adult.

”I will make sure that the ladies are ready for the Winter Formal. I’m sure that Lady Rae will make them something special so that they don’t look too impoverished.” Karl joked.

The mostly Totem Ranked group laughed at his description.

There was no way that the ladies of the Darklight Host could be said to look impoverished. Even a single accessory on their body was worth more than the entire wardrobe of half the people they passed.

They could wear the simplest of Clerical hassocks, and still be flaunting their wealth with a single bracelet or ring on their finger.

”Will you be making accessories any time soon? Or are you focusing on armour and clothing?” One of the warriors asked.

”No, I will have accessories available in a few days. I’ve finished with the first big load of outfits, enough that it should hold everyone off for a few days.

Now, I can plan for the Winter Formal, help the rest of my beasts advance to Totem Rank, and work on accessories.”

The warrior gave him a sheepish look.

Even as a crafter, he had a lot going on, and the monthly Totem Ranked Dungeon was coming soon as well. He would certainly be wanted for that, and he would need to have all his beasts ready beforehand.

Though, as they recalled, he didn’t actually need them in combat.

[Once we finish with this mass purchase, I have devised an intensive training program that should help everyone advance before the Dungeon run.] Karl informed the group.

Tian flexed, which made Thor and Hawk laugh.

He didn’t need the advancement, but some training would do the tiny fox good.

Hawk smirked and squawked, waking Cara up from a nap. She was on her back, feet in the air on a pile of loot, using the stolen Lich Lord’s sarcophagus as a mattress.

[Hmm?]

[Time to work. You need exercise and training. Karl says we should all be Totem for the next time we work.] The bird gloated.

Cara considered that for a moment. Playing with Karl sounded fun. But she was having a good dream.

[Sister, help me out here.]

Remi tossed Cara a small golden potion between their spaces, which the badger swallowed, bottle and all.

[I don’t think that’s how you do it.] Thor noted.

You definitely needed to at least open it, or chew it, or something.

But logic and Cara only had a passing familiarity with each other, and seconds later the potion was taking effect, and her power levels were rapidly climbing.

The effect of the potion was still growing when Cara reached the Totem Rank, but then the strangest thing happened. All that power simply vanished, and her eyes turned jet black, with sparkling golden flecks of light in them, like a night sky.

Outwardly, her appearance hadn’t changed, and it certainly wasn’t as dramatic as what Remi repeatedly went through when she advanced. But those eyes were a sure sign that something had changed.

Cara held up a mirror from her pile of loot and examined herself, then nodded happily and rolled over to continue her dream.

Goal accomplished, Totem Rank achieved.

Hawk squawked in annoyance. The sisters were definitely ganging up on them at this point. All the sisters were Totems already, but had they offered any help to the brothers?

Remi giggled at Hawk’s annoyance, then activated [Polar Apocalypse], the new spell that the Goddess had taught her. It was exactly like the regular flaming version, but everything was ice.

Hawk rolled his eyes, and Remi’s giggled turned to full out laughing.

[Fine, I did make potions for my brothers as well. But there is one small problem. I don’t think that I’ll be able to do them again. I got the Totem Ranked version of the ingredients, and it doesn’t work.] She explained as she passed matching golden potions to Thor and Hawk.

[What do you mean, it doesn’t work? It’s the same ingredients.] Karl asked.

[Oh, poor phrasing. The potion works. But it’s not any stronger when you use better ingredients. So, with both of them close to the bottleneck, they should be fine getting to Totem Rank. However, it will be useless to them after that.

I don’t think that it will do much at all for a strong Totem.

So, we can help our allies grow, but not all the way to the top until I learn a new potion recipe.] Remi elaborated.

Karl knew that they wouldn’t be too mad about that. Mythic Rank anything was rare enough. Being able to make more with an Overlord or Totem Ranked potion was asking far too much.

Most likely, they would need ingredients from the Immortal Realms if they were going to make a potion to force an advancement to Mythic Rank. And in the Immortal Realm, such a potion would be completely worthless, as everyone there was expected to be above that rank to begin with.

Karl didn’t know all the details, but Remi and Opal had both been reading books on the topic in their spare time, so he had heard plenty of random details from their thoughts.

[That’s fine. If we can get everyone to Totem eventually, they will be happy. Now, which brother wants to go first? Thor or Hawk?] Karl asked.

[Thor.] Hawk insisted.

Not that he didn’t trust his sister, but he wanted to see if an Impenetrable Bulwark Behemoth could actually make it to Totem Rank, when their species wasn’t supposed to be able to.