Chapter 1073: Alliance Villa
The interior of the house was beautiful, but largely unfurnished, with only a few pieces left behind by the last occupants.
“I may have forgotten that there was nothing in here but pieces the last guild didn’t want.” Hugo admitted as they walked into the main hall, with double curved stairways at the far end, which led to the second floor.
“I see three floors, but I don’t recall you mentioning the third floor.” Ophelia noted as she looked up at the vaulted ceiling.
The mage looked confused as he counted balconies.
“You’re right. I don’t know what is up there. I thought that these were all the same. The first floor in my Guild’s manor is much higher than this one. The cleaning staff complain incessantly about the ceiling height.” He agreed.
Not for much longer, Karl suspected.
They had bought out all the functional rings that they could get their hands on, and while some were certainly for resale here, the staff should have some for themselves.
Ophelia crouched, then jumped to the third floor balcony. The berserker landed smoothly on the ledge, then stepped over the stone banister and looked back down with a shrug.
“It’s just one big open room up here. I don’t know what they were intending to use it for, but I suspect that it might be for hosting parties or something. There is what looks like a wooden portable bar station sitting under a drop cloth.”
That wasn’t as cool as what everyone else had been hoping for, but it might come in useful in the future, as the main stairwell ran all the way up to the third floor, and they could block off the private areas of the house which were in between.
But that would also allow them to move smoothly between the two areas of a party, or disappear into their rooms, should they wish to leave the party, or need a touch up.
Karl looked around the space with satisfaction. “This will do wonderfully. Let me know what the Darklight Host needs to contribute to the Alliance fund for the upkeep, and I will transfer it to you.
I know a few furniture makers in Drodh, but there are likely some local ones as well.”
Deve smiled and nodded eagerly. “There is one just down the street. I can go talk to her for you if you’d like. I think that she’s sweet on me.”
“Sure. Bring your lovely lady friend here, and we will see about decorating the place. And in the meantime, we can talk to the Alliance members who have gathered outside the door, waiting for the bosses to leave so that they can plead for custom items to be made.” Karl agreed.
Raj burst into laughter, clapping his hand on his leg as he roared in mirth.
“Oh, they’ll have plenty of those. You know how it is when you start getting powerful. Suddenly, money stops mattering because what you need and what you want are simply not available for any price.
So, many of them have been gathering treasures for decades, hoping that one day they’ll manage to find those last few pieces that they need to make their setup absolutely perfect.
But what all are you going to offer them? No offence, but I have no idea what your actual crafting skill can do.” He explained.
Karl shrugged. “I can put skills that I know on crafted items, create items with specific skills or random ones, or even directly teach beasts and beastkin skills.”
Deve was almost out the door when Karl said that last part.
“Wait, back up. You can directly teach skills that aren’t part of a skill tree?”
Karl nodded. “You have to be compatible, and I have to know the skill, and there has to be some sort of beast blood involved.”
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