The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1172: Return to Bunga

It was under two hundred kilometres to Bunga, not even two hours of flight time, even though they detoured once because Hawk thought that he saw giant mice, which turned out to be an oddly shaped species of sheep.

Hawk returned to his space this time, and Karl landed within sight of the walls so that the guards could see him transform and escort Dana to the gates.

The gate guards bowed politely as they approached, and motioned for them to place their hand on a round plinth.

”Please attempt to activate the plinth, and then place any weapons you are carrying into storage.” The guard declared in the bored tone of wageworkers everywhere.

Dana put her blades into her inventory, then placed her hand on the plinth, and shrugged as nothing happened.

Karl wasn’t wearing anything but slacks and a shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows, so he just placed his hand on the plinth and inserted some mana.

[Welcome back, former City Lord.]

{City Functions initializing.}

{Please Wait}

The guards were about to motion them into the city, then they noticed the glowing words on the surface of the plinth.

”Former... City Lord? Uh, I think we need a supervisor. Definitely a supervisor. Maybe the Captain. The Captain will know what to do when something actually happens.” The guard stammered.

Dana silently stared at Karl, who only shrugged in response.

”How was I supposed to know that worn stone plinth was the city stone? It didn’t look like that the last time I was here. At least, I’m pretty sure it didn’t.

But maybe we will get answers about what has gone wrong with the activations here.

So, it’s a win, right?” He asked.

”A win for sure, until the point where some Mythic Warrior with a grudge comes out with a sword in his hand.” Dana reminded him.

”Part of the last time that happened was because you’re just too sexy.” Karl corrected.

The Bunga City Guards stared at this odd couple. They were clearly powerful, but they might be a bit crazy. The Monster Man was definitely not normal. But that was common with ancient dragons.

Karl wrapped an arm around Dana’s waist and lifted her up to sit on his hip. The mage rolled her eyes at him and whispered in his ear.

”Do you think that it makes you look less threatening to have a cute fox in your arms?”

”It can’t hurt, right?”

The Guards had a very different take on the situation. They weren’t sure if the dragon in cat demon form considered the Divine Fox girl to be his wife or his pet. But the plinth called him a ’Former City Lord’, but the plinth had been inactive for over six thousand years.

So, he had to have been the City Lord at some point before that.

Also, it looked like they were both wearing Demonic Spider Silk of Overlord or higher Quality. The guards could feel the magic radiating from the pair, and they weren’t even casting any spells.

It had to be entirely their outfits.

Karl inspected the guards, who were wearing leather armour, and holding spears with sharpened bone tips. They were telling the truth in Kapchor, these people really did only use products that used to be alive.

There was no metal armour or weaponry to be found.

A large Orc rushed out of the gates, and then stopped when he saw Karl.

”Uh... I will be back.”

Then he turned and ran back into the city.

The guards turned to each other, looking for answers, but nobody had any idea what was going on.

Then, the Guard Captain came back out with a perplexed and terrified teen bunny kin on his hip, the same way that Karl was carrying Dana.

Karl laughed. ”I must say, your choice is adorable. But I wasn’t trying to start a contest, I just wanted to hold my wife while I waited.”

”So, I can put the bunny down?” The Guard Captain asked reluctantly.

”If you want to.”

The Orc thought about it, then decided to keep the bunny.

”Might I ask, how did you activate the stone?” He asked.

”I just placed my hand on it and gave it a bit of mana. Once upon a time, I was the City Lord of Bunga, and the stone remembered even after all this time.

If I’m not mistaken, I’ve even got a Guild House here in the city that is still partially intact. The Darklight Host Guild House.” Karl replied.

”I don’t know that name. But there are some ancient and haunted tombs. You might mean one of them. Why don’t I lead you inside, and we can go see the Bunga Tribe’s Chieftain?” The Guard Captain suggested.

”That works for me. Why don’t we let the ladies walk together?” Karl agreed.

The Guard Captain nodded, and set the bunny down when Karl stepped beside him.

Karl put Dana down, and she shrugged as the increasingly confused bunny took her hand. She was just the cleaner, she had no idea why she was dragged out of the barracks and presented to some strangers like a trophy.

She had realized right away that the big guy and the fox were just flirting, but the Guard Captain wasn’t a bright man.

A great fighter, yes. But not a smart man.

Even for the notoriously brutish Orcs.

But now she was on an adventure with the pretty lady who smelled like magic and some sort of herbal soap.

It was a good smell, and she wondered where she could get some.

Dana brought out a bag of cookies as they followed the men through the city.

”So, what is it like living in Bunga? We came from another continent to investigate something for the Dragon Church.” Dana asked quietly.

”Bunga isn’t bad. They treat bunnies better than most places. Bunga is mostly trolls and Orcs, but there are some beastkin as well. Not many powerful ones, but that’s alright.

Trolls are messy, though. It makes my job hard.” The bunny explained.

Dana chuckled and passed the bunny a cookie. ”This could take a while. We’re almost at the Darklight Host Guild House, and the Karl is going to want to go inside and look around.

That is never fast.”

”As long as they don’t add it to my cleaning rotation. That place gives me the creeps.”