The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 426

Chapter 426 Emergency At The Mines

"Do you need healing?" Overlord Johann asked Karl as he settled down on the grass by the trail zone to relax for a bit, in case there was another challenge.

Karl shook his head. "No, I'm good. He didn't manage to break the second barrier, and Eternal Lighting refreshes stamina. So, I should be fine after a quick snack. I am just relaxing to see who shows up next."

The Knight laughed and joined Karl on the grass. "I don't think that there will be too many more nations that will be willing to challenge you. Those were some pretty decisive victories, especially unarmed against a Tortollan Monk after proving yourself in a magical battle.

If anyone does challenge for free entry, they will at least take a day or two to try to plan before they come for you." "Well, that's a start. I guess we're going to be hanging around here for a while then. How long are the trials open before they just have to pay to enter?" Karl asked.

"One week. We're already nearly halfway through the trial period. Normally, it is only a day or two of trials after the other nations find out about the dungeon. Not that they open all that often. More commonly, it's only one round of trials before the portal destabilizes and the event is over.

Having one open full-time is going to drive the clerics insane. They are the ones who arrange the formal visits to keep the nations who don't get along from having a conflicting schedule and starting fights at holy sites. This one will be busier than most, as Commander Rank resources are so rare on this continent.

The only ones that might still show up are the beasts, and that could be somewhat difficult for you, as we don't know how they will respond to your class bonding with actual beasts. They aren't the biggest fans of Rangers, and they only bond with regular animals.

You've got Royal Rank Magical Beasts on your side." Johann explained.

Karl nodded. "Yeah, I can see how that might become an issue if they object to the situation. But I think that once they talk to each other, they will understand."

After an hour, Lotus and Doug brought out food for everyone awaiting the next challenge. But no challengers were coming. By now it was fairly certain that every human nation would have been informed of the situation by their spies, so if they were planning a challenge, they were delaying for some reason. More likely, they simply didn't care. Most nations had their own training resources, and paying to come here and use another nation's dungeon was unnecessary.

Some would come to train here later, likely from the smaller factions among the Newbon Empire. Not all of them had access to the resources in that nation's territory if they didn't belong to a large faction. But very few of the small factions would have five peak Ascended or Commander Rank trainees to make up a team. It was the same in the east, the Mage Towers were too small to assemble a team without working together.

That was a chore on its own, and might not be worth the effort when a traditionally trained mage could advance peacefully in their tower.

It was just getting dark when Karl sensed a new presence in the distance, staring directly at him.

He turned, trying to discretely determine what was watching him, but he didn't see anything. He didn't stop scanning, though, and after a few seconds, he spotted a massive body in the trees, barely visible from a kilometre away.

[Oh, the human can see me?] A deep voice asked in Karl's mind.

[Not easily. But the trees don't fully hide your silhouette.]

[Interesting. We will meet again soon.]

But if that was the visit from the Divine Beast Empire, and they were just curious, it meant he could relax a little. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}