The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1279  Let Them Try

Karl went down to the street, accompanied by a pair of Dark Elven Clerics, who were hoping that there might be a fight when he opened the fence to start letting people in.

Their restaurant wasnʼt going to be ready today, as they were waiting on ingredients that the clerics couldnʼt make. So, they were bored.

They could let themselves go idle, and save the arena some mana. But there was still so much more to see and do that their actual jobs were a minor concern at the moment.

It was the same for the café, which only had a very limited menu until the butcher could come by.

”Ladies and Gentlemen, I can tell that youʼre eager to find out what is going on inside, so we will give you a sneak peek. Only the arena area is ready right now, but we will be doing samples of the vendor snacks, and by the time that you leave, the ice cream shop should have their first batch of product ready.” Karl called, raising his voice to be heard over the speculation.

”Ice cream shop?” One of the obsession demons asked, confused.

”This location is now home to the Nara Groupʼs newest multi use facility. On the lower floors we have shops and vendor stalls, but above it all is the crown jewel, a magically enhanced combat arena, open to public challenges against magical opponents up to Totem Rank.” Karl declared.

Shocked gasps filled the street, and a number of Mythic Rank warriors pushed forward.

”Is that true? The arena will be open to public challenges?” One demanded.

”It is. Not for free, naturally. But we can accommodate up to four challenges at a time if we limit the arena size. Difficulty can be increased up to Epic Grade and Totem Ranked. However, it is not just for the most powerful. Any Rank that can pay the fee will be allowed to challenge on the open days.” Karl explained.

That meant mostly Overlords and Totems, they assumed. But the costs of operating the facility were incredibly low, thanks to the magic involved. Karl could actually make it affordable for Royal and Monarch Ranked fighters. Unfortunately, the audience wouldnʼt care to come and watch them, so keeping it Overlord Ranked and up except on special occasions would be better for business.

”Please follow me inside, and take a seat in the stands. There is a fight ongoing now that was given free use of the full space, but after that, I am willing to split the space if we have many challengers.”

The Myth raised his hand. ”You said Epic Grade. Do you mean that we can send people to fight a Dungeon Boss?”

Karl nodded happily, and the Dark Elves giggled. These strangers were funny. Of course, the Gods would approve of watching random strangers get beat up by Dungeon bosses let loose in the arena. Why wouldnʼt the arena allow it?

They didnʼt understand what went into actually making that possible, they just assumed that if they existed, and the King was the referee, then it was only natural.

Karl stepped back from the gate, and hundreds of visitors followed him in, much to the dismay of the two Clerics, who had just finished stocking the popcorn.

They didnʼt have to cook it, there was summoned staff for that. But they did have to make another sack of popcorn.

The popcorn serving bags were actually part of the illusionary domain spell, and would automatically refresh every day. While that might be an issue, as you couldnʼt take them out of the venue, it did save them time getting everything ready, and eliminated most of the packaging waste.

Until they replaced them with actual bags. If they ever did.

Karl wasnʼt particularly concerned with the details, they could hire more people if it became an issue that there was no take out packaging in the arena.

Though, now that he thought of it, they should get some for the shops.

In his mind, Tian laughed. [Weʼve already taken care of it. One of the Earth Magic spells that we had you copy was to make stone and glass takeout containers for the restaurants. I couldnʼt think of anything better.]

Karl wasnʼt sure how people would react to getting their sundae in an actual glass container, but Tian assured him that it was fine. Most of the ice cream was in some sort of cone or a waffle bowl, which was not only made in the restaurant, but edible.

It was the café and the fine dining location that would go through more of them. The ice cream shop was just going to go through a lot of their thin stone cups for milkshakes.

[Theyʼll become collectibles. They even have the shop logo on them.] Cara assured him smugly.

That was quite likely true. People loved to steal branded cups and plates from famous locations, so if they just gave them reusable cups to start with, it would cut out the middle man.

The newly arrived guests were finally arriving at the stands, as most of them had stopped to put their name in line for the arena. They had been given strict warnings that if they left the building, even just stepped out onto the street, their name would be removed from the list, but it was otherwise first come, first served for the day.

The fight between the Demonic Snake and the red dragon had finally ended, and the arena had been split into four sections, with three new referees appearing to mediate.

”Number one, number two and number three. Please report to staging to confirm your opponent. The team with ticket number four, please report to staging to confirm your opponent.” The Dark Elven King announced.

That should be fun. Someone must have picked a Dungeon boss.

The other spectators seemed to think so as well, and the buzz was growing as the group of three stepped onto the sand. One warrior, one mage and one shaman, all on the strong side of Totem Rank.

So, they thought that they could show off? Hopefully, they had chosen a suitable opponent.