The First Legendary Beast Master

Half an hour later, the group stood victorious over the body of the final dungeon boss, checking their loot.

Lotus frowned at the assortment of random Overlord Ranked Uncommon and Rare items in her inventory. It wasn’t her fault that there was nothing for her to do, she was the healer, and nobody was taking damage. But still, she didn’t get a single cool thing out of the whole dungeon.

Dana did. She got a tiara. A good tiara, Epic Grade. But Ophelia had struck out as well, so Lotus was somewhat assured that the Dungeon wasn’t only picking on her.

Thor and Tessa got matching rings with [Life Link], which allowed the one with less health to share the health pool of the more durable partner. It was an ability that Karl could add to items as well, but Thor looked adorable putting the ring on Tessa’s finger, so Lotus thought it was better this way.

The rest of the group, including the Dwarves, had tactfully decided not to say anything about what appeared to be a proposal from a behemoth to a War Cleric. Karl wasn’t sure how Tessa had taken it, but he didn’t doubt that if she took it as a marriage proposal, Thor would be fully on board with that.

“Did anyone get anything that they would like to trade? Sometimes it does give items that aren’t suited to your class.” Thomas asked.

Everyone shook their heads. The loot today wasn’t great, so nobody in the group would actually need it.

But Rae transformed into her humanoid form and handed Thomas a pile of black cloth.

“To make you less shiny. A gift from me.” She explained.

Thomas shook out the item and found that it was a pure black tabard, with short sleeves and a spider web pattern in dark grey. It was also a Rare Grade Overlord Ranked item, and had bonuses for self mending and stealth.

“Did you make this?” Thomas asked, startled.

Even before he had equipped it, the item was clearly made for a Dwarf.

Rae nodded happily. “I made it while we were on lunch break. Try it on.”

Thomas tossed the cloth over his head, and it equipped instantly, covering his shining plate in black cloth to mid-thigh. He twisted and turned to check his appearance, and realized that his armour no longer clanked and creaked.

Nor did his footsteps thump when he walked.

Rae smiled happily. “Much better. All the Paladin, none of the extra noise.”

Charlie and the other Dwarves began to laugh.

“Stealth Dwarf!”

That made Thomas snort in amusement, and confused Rae.

“Dwarves are never sneaky, you see. We have a surprisingly low number of rogues and thieves among the mountain folk because we’re so bad at sneaking around.” Thomas explained.

Rae smirked at the Paladin. “Now you are the sneaky Dwarf, in the name of righteousness and good ale!”

The dwarves cheered, while Tessa rolled her eyes.

The beasts returned to their spaces, and Karl led the group out of the dungeon.

The Guard gave them a startled look as they left. “That was a quick one. Did it not work out with the Monarchs?”

Thomas patted him on the shoulder. “On the contrary, we are already done the day’s run. We even had the Beast Master call out an army of illusions to mine out the surface ore. Today was a good day.”

They had let Karl keep the ore, but the guard didn’t need to know that.

Karl had sent all the ore back to Ashbringer, whose storage piles in the Guild Bank were nearly full again. The shop’s Guild bank vault apparently wasn’t intended to be bulk storage for an ore mine. It had more than enough for a full Guild to craft for a month at a time, but not enough to be loading multiple ships with ore for export.

They would have to get a warehouse if they were going to collect that much.

“Are you in a hurry to leave and go look for monsters? The dinner pot should be on at Nona’s.” Thomas suggested.

Karl shrugged and looked at the others for their response. “I think that should be fine. One day of delay isn’t going to make a huge difference.”

The Dwarves led them deep into the mountain, where they found a solid stone Inn, obviously one of the original structures of the city, as it was carved straight from the mountain, and not built inside an artificial cavern.

It was clearly made for Dwarves, but once Karl transformed back to his natural state, and Ophelia returned to human, they all fit well enough.

Thomas rubbed the back of his neck and blushed slightly. “Sorry, I might have forgotten that you’re all so much taller than we are. But the food here is spectacular, it’s totally worth it, even if you’re a bit cramped at the table.

But I have to say, it’s surprising to see everyone looking human. Much different than your usual appearance.”

Ophelia nodded and flexed her fingers. “It feels weird to be a human. My fingers are all wrong. But I fit in the chair, and that’s the important part.”

Thomas chuckled. “I take it that you don’t use your human form often? That’s uncommon for a Werebear.”

Ophelia shrugged. “I’m also a Bear Totem Berserker. The bear is the source of my power, so I rarely bother to leave that form. Plus, it blends in better when I’m among the Demons at home in Drodh.”

Thomas was about to say something in response, when the conversation of a group walking in got everyone’s attention.

“Looks like Lord Bomgon is probing for soft spots again. First he went after Drodh, now he’s going after Unzatharb and the ships in the channel. If I didn’t know better, I would think that he lost something, the way that his fleet is spreading out.” The Dwarf was loudly informing his partners.

“Aye, they’ve been all over the coast of Gabil as well. Not attacking inland, but sailing the coast and attacking ships. If I didn’t know that they were thousands of years old, I would think they were a new civilization, mapping the shoreline for the first time.” His partner agreed.

Karl frowned. What could the undead be up to?

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