The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1087: Renovations

“I will ask two of my companions, Tian and Lotus, to stay here and watch the new arrivals for a moment after I get them started. Deve, I am headed to the second basement to do some renovations, and I think that you will want to see this part.” Karl announced.

Lotus cheered, while Tian laughed, having seen through Karl’s thoughts.

He could make all sorts of basic items, and while he wasn’t a master at fancy decorations, they also weren’t common grade nonmagical tools.

So, he could make the base items for the new arrivals.

Karl took out a notepad and wrote down a string of runes for enhanced sharpness and physical damage.

“Everyone, inspect these runes closely. You should be able to read them now with the skill that I have given you, and I want you to write them down on a blade of your choice. It doesn’t matter if it is a dagger, a kitchen knife, or a sword.

It really doesn’t matter. These are just practice, so don’t be too hard on yourself if they don’t work out quite right the first time.

If the ones you can make yourself don’t work, Tian will help you get them right.”

The beastkin and dragonkin apprentices looked doubtful that the little ball of fluff being affectionately mauled by the Green Dragon Cleric could actually help them. But when Tian flicked his tail, a dozen flat – sided daggers appeared on the table.

“Alright, start with his creations. I am going to prepare the workshop.”

Karl motioned for Deve to follow him downstairs, into the second basement level, where the labs were.

“Oh, this one is more of a secure facility. Ours was set up as an open floor plan textile factory with dozens of tables where they had sewing machines set up.” Deve noted.

“That’s not a terrible idea. We could give them individual work tables. But I have something more interesting in mind.”

Karl hummed to himself as he focused on the vision of the garden and began to inscribe an Arcane Element gem. It wasn’t as good as an Illusion Gem for the purpose, but they were short on those, so he left them all to Opal, who could make the best use of them.

The Arcane Gem was sort of a catch-all for any sort of spells, and while it didn’t give any sort of boost to what was written on it, it also wouldn’t interfere with the spells.

He had picked a larger stone, as the illusionary domain was a complex ability, but it didn’t have to be powerful to just give the appearance of an outdoor receiving area.

Then, he took out a Totem Ranked Earth Stone and inscribed it with the [Gargoyle] spell.

Deve watched in silence as Karl covered the two stones in runes, wondering what sort of defensive array the Monster Man was setting up for the workshops.

Then, Karl activated the two spells together and placed the stones inside an Earth Magic created plinth by the door to the stairs. Unless someone actually destroyed the plinth, or the illusion, they would never find the core of the spell.

But the area appeared to be massive, compared to what Deve knew it to be.

“How does this work? Do we just run into the real rooms and then feel around for the doors?” He asked, admiring the garden, where a group of twelve small Gryphon shaped Gargoyles were playing.

“If you exit the garden from one of the three openings, you will find yourself in one of the hallways, in the actual room. Then you can move freely through the actual basement. You just need to pass through the garden to get to the real room.

But I’m not quite done yet. There is one more addition to make this room perfect.” Karl explained.

Then, he went to the back of the garden, where a small open area was surrounded by curved benches.

Karl created a replica of the System Stones using [Earth Manipulation], but covered in the runes for [Portal]. The spell was directly linked to the Illusionary Domain in the Library of the Guild House, so as long as it remained active, you could just walk from one to the other.

Emma, one of the Alchemists working in the labs nearby, came out and waved at Karl.

“Welcome back, Master Karl. Is Miss Remi coming back to train us for a while?” She asked.

Remi came out to visit her students, now that someone had reminded her.

{I will visit for a while. The portal is going to remain open to the new villa that we acquired. So, we can move back and forth as we need. I have so much to teach you, and the Karl has new students again today, so he can do a skills class with the Rune people.} Remi explained.

“Oh, more crafters? That’s a good thing. They’re working us to the bone here. No matter how fast we finish things for the market, they just get bought out instantly. We had to delist most of the stock for the common items from the Guild Store so that we actually had stock for the in-person customers.” The Alchemist explained.

Karl smiled at her. “Sorry for the trouble. They were a bit short on craftsmen here, but we will get caught up soon enough. There are only a thousand Alliance members, plus some associates, so they’ll all get the essentials soon.”

Deve, who had been standing silently to the side, stepped up and looked through the portal.

“That should be an illusionary world as well, right? Where did you link the portal to, and how long do you plan to keep it open?”

Karl nodded. “It’s an Illusionary Domain at our Guild House in Drodh, and I was going to just make the Portal self-sustaining, so that anyone who stepped on the platform could open it at will. Give me a moment and I will make a matching set on the other side, so that the portal from here will have a security system.”

Deve looked confused, so Karl explained.

“If either side is blocked or the activation sequence is locked, it will stop the portal from activating if they’re linked. So, either side can just put the magical equivalent of a lock on the door if there is trouble.

Then, we don’t need to worry about intruders invading from the other house, while Guild Members can just move back and forth.”

Deve smiled in understanding. “Brilliant. And if intruders want to get in, they have to get past these Gargoyles, who I suspect aren’t as friendly to strangers.”

The little Gryphons seemed to take after Thor, and they were begging for head pats from the Druid.

“I think it’s your nature affinity. The Gargoyles are normally much less interested in strangers. It will be difficult to keep the Green Dragon Cleric out of here, though. So, they won’t get bored.”

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