The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 496

Chapter 496 Minotaurs and Trolls

The Minotaur tribes reminded Karl a lot of the Orcs, in a way. He was using [Brutality] to increase his size and keeping his face covered with a bandana, which was mostly to keep the dust down. Between that and the hood of the coat that Rae had made him, it was good enough that he didn't need to wear a mask while travelling, and he wouldn't risk being identified.

He wasn't all that worried about being called a human, he had realized that was unlikely to be an issue with the group that they had. But being personally identified was still an issue, if there was someone looking into the dungeon opening.

The increased size actually seemed to set the monsters more at ease than his normal, human size had. It was as if by being visibly inhuman in some way, he was more like them.

Now, if he took the mask off, and they mistook him for a Giant or an Ogre, there might be issues, as the Giant Clans did not get along well with the rest of the monsters. Unfortunately, they didn't have a disguise spell that could help him with that. _{fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓}

[If I had more materials, we could dye you a new colour too. I don't think that an ash black like Thor would work. I am pretty sure that both humans and giants come in that colour. But if we could make you blue or green, that would work. The Trolls and Orcs are both good people, and it wouldn't be bad to look like them.] Remi suggested.

[Well, if you happen to come across the rest of the ingredients, I will consider it. For now, I will just keep the bandana up.]

Remi had made him a half dozen mask prototypes so far, but she wasn't happy with any of them, so they had all been scrapped, and now she was trying to get inspiration for another, while she looked for the ingredients to make a different coloured version of the Shadowbranch paste.

Evening still hadn't taken them to Oakhamping, but it did take them to another small farming village full of Trolls and Minotaur.

[Do you think that you can milk a Minotaur? How far down are they bull? Do you think that you can polish their horns like Troll tusks and make them shiny? I have so many questions.] Cara was rambling in Karl's mind as they settled in for the evening.

[I don't know any of those questions, and I don't want to know most of them. But I'm pretty sure that you could polish the horns to be shiny. See that one on the left of the gate? There is a bit of damage on the horn where it hit something, and it's slightly shiny. So if you polish them, they should buff up.]

That was enough to sate her curiosity as the clerics got ready for the evening's public relations work. They had made an entire bulk bag full of rice and beans, and now it was up to Karl to find out if anyone wanted to join them.

He parked Thor between the few other merchant wagons and the village's low stone wall. The guards watched him, but didn't really care, as his group wasn't doing anything threatening. It was only when he approached that they were on alert.

"Gates are closed for the night." The guard informed him brusquely.

"That's alright. I have a Dragon Cleric with me who is making an evening stew, and it is their custom to invite anyone who is hungry to join them. So if there are other guards or someone else in town who could use a meal, let me know. I will leave you to it and go talk to the other merchants now." Karl replied with a shrug.

He made a loop, quietly informing them that the Dragon Priestess would have dinner if they wanted some. The merchants had all eaten already, as Karl stopped later in the day than most, but they came over to socialize anyhow. It was good to hear the stories of the road from fellow merchants, and these were actual merchants, far from home, not farmers called in to supply the city.

"The road has been rough these last few days. All the big bosses are off to do something important, and the stupid ones are trying to test their luck while the Overlords are away." One of the Minotaur merchants began as his assistant poured a potent smelling cream liquor into a mug.

A few of the others nodded. "The entire town council in Oakhamping is gone. They used the portal array in the city to go somewhere, but they didn't tell anyone where. They just grabbed a bunch of city guards and left right in the middle of market day." "Are you all headed south?" Karl asked.