The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 211

Chapter 211 What You Had In Mind

Two of the Inquisitors led Karl to a luxurious sitting room with comfortable looking leather chairs, and an older cleric woman in deep blue robes waiting for them.

"Greetings, Karl. I am Lilith, a High Priestess of the Blue Dragon, the Dragon God of knowledge. Do you mind if we use a bit of magic during our discussion today? It helps reveal details that you might have forgotten." The gentle looking woman greeted him, with her eyes glinting in the soft light of the lamps.

They were dragon's eyes, not human, but Karl took the seat beside her with a casual grace. The answer to that question didn't matter, the outcome had already been decided, and if he was right, the spell was already in effect.

"Of course. I only just started taking notes, so there might be many things I have forgotten." Karl agreed.

Before he could say anything else, the world seemed to fade, and his mind was racing through everything that had happened to him since he had received the Serum Injection.

The only stutter in the smooth progression was when they got to the Trial Instances, both in the woods and the one for the Ascended Rank, where he could feel something take notice of them, and the spell seemed to falter for a moment before continuing.

The spell raced through his memories, right up to the present moment, and then abruptly ended as the two timelines converged, leaving Karl dizzy and disoriented.

"What an intriguing time you have had in the few months since you awakened. The last reports were correct, you do have the World Dragon's own luck, always finding yourself in the right place at the right time." The old woman announced as Karl tried to get his bearings.

Karl chuckled. "I suspect that the World Dragon didn't find himself seated in rooms full of Holy Inquisitors quite so frequently as I have."

The High Priestess laughed at his assessment and shook her head. "Oh, Dear. You have misunderstood. I am not part of the Inquisition, I am the head of the Historians here within the Church. But now that I have recorded your personal history for our archives, there are a few things that I would like to request, as I don't have a clear understanding from your memories.

When you stepped onto the System Stones, it granted you more of your Class Skills. One of them is Identification, but limited to what helps your beasts. One is Mental Fortitude, of which you didn't seem to be lacking to begin with. But the third is known as [Skill Book], and if my guess is right, it is every bit as good as what the Inscriptionists can use."

The two Inquisitors were immediately on guard, not against Karl, but double-checking the room to make certain that nothing else was here or eavesdropping on them. One would almost think that the High Priestess had announced that they were under attack from the way that they responded, but her demeanour never changed, still intently focused on Karl.

"Sure. I don't actually know how it works, I have never tried it. Give me a moment and I will let you know what I need for the process."

Karl spent a moment deciding what skill would be best to try with first. Probably not Rend or Shred, as those were already common enough skill books. The Historian would be looking for new knowledge to add to her collection, or more correctly, the Church's collection, and if he wanted to get on her good side, that meant showing her something good right from the start.

[Refreshing Lightning] seemed like a good start.

When Karl focused on it, a list of items appeared in his mind.

"I will need a Lightning Element gem, powdered and immersed in Commander Rank blood to use as ink, and then fifteen pages of paper, ash from an Awakened Rank or higher beast vaporized by lightning and a pen made of stone, with a golden tip." Karl recited.

"What sort of requirements are those?" The Inquisitor behind Karl asked, confused.

"They're what the skill needs to create the book I wanted to make her. Do we have those things? Or can we get them?" Karl informed him.

If they couldn't get them, his day would become immeasurably easier. Having to write a fifteen-page book did not sound like fun, and his handwriting was atrocious.

However, the man nodded, and sent a text message. They only had to wait a minute before a scribe came tapping at the door with an armload of goods. There was far more than Karl had requested, as if they had expected him to fail multiple times before he got it right, as would be quite normal for a beginner scribe.

It was possible that was true, but Karl got the feeling that the challenge was not in making the book, but in using it. [Refreshing Lightning] wasn't a human skill, but the innate skill of the Lightning Cerro.

"Thank you." Karl greeted them as the child set his burden down on the table, then bowed and ran back out of the room.

The Blue Dragon High Priestess just stared at Karl, waiting for the magic to begin. Literally.