The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 593

Chapter 593 Misunderstood Beasts

The event lightened the mood of the meeting, though some were highly concerned about the actual safety of having the beasts around. After all, Cara had threatened to eat someone, and even Thor was large enough to accidentally crush someone to death.

Sure, he had Elites loving on him and rubbing his scales, but a casual collision with him would be like walking in front of a car.

Overlord Niall returned after a few minutes of socialization, smelling faintly of human blood, and motioned for Karl to join him.

Karl followed him to the edge of the green space and into one of the signature marble buildings that were all over the Capital, and realized that this one was actually familiar. It was identical to the Inquisition holding building in design, but not in interior decoration. It might serve the same purpose, but the upper level looked more like the lobby of an upscale hotel.

"Monarch, if you don't mind a short chat." Niall began, with a gesture to a door labelled [Conference Room C].

Karl followed him in and felt a spell activate as the door closed. Then Niall barred it with a steel beam, which made Karl laugh. The door was made of solid oak, but he could kick it clear across the lobby, so the bar wasn't for either of them, just to keep nosy people out.

"First off, welcome back. It's good to see you again, and quite the shock to see how you have advanced. But more pressing is not the known fact that you are a savant, but the fact that your entire group are now Royals. You have no idea how much of a stir it caused among the leadership when the Archbishop returned and casually informed everyone that your group were all now Royals. Of course, he's so busy with other duties that he was most likely never informed that they were all Ascended a year ago. But for those of us with more time to be familiar with such things, it has raised plenty of questions. If there is some sort of technique to speed progression to that level, it is of national security level critical importance that we know. Your misadventures have raised more Royal Rank Elites this year than the rest of the nation, and nobody understands why."

Karl took a moment to fully appreciate what the Inquisition's top Assassin was saying. Overlord Niall had a point. There were so few Royals that they would normally all know each other. He was the outlier, as he didn't really know anyone, and he was never around others. But now he had blown past that milestone and advanced to Monarch Rank, while the rest of his group was also progressing insanely quickly.

There was nothing in his skills that would explain that, and other than Dana, the others had been growing at a perfectly normal rate before they met with him. Could it be that he had some hidden skill to help his group grow? He could for his beasts, but that was linked to their space. It didn't really apply to the rest of the group members.

"I think that it is more closely related to luck and the favour of the gods than any level of skill that I possess. The number of exceptional opportunities that we have been encountering is higher than most other Elites could claim in years of training. We have been in two separate opening events for Commander Rank dungeons and what might be a Demigod level trial in the last season alone."

Niall shook his head. "The trials alone don't explain it, unless the last one actually forced the advancement. But as I understand the reports, you were already exhibiting well beyond Royal Rank firepower before your Rank had officially advanced, according to the system."

Karl thought about it for a few minutes in silence, then decided to share a small tidbit about his powers with the Inquisitor.

"I have a skill called [Skill Master] and I believe that it takes effect on my entire group, and not just the beasts I am bonded with. It lets them learn new skills more easily and improve the ones that they have. I suspect that the improvement in their skills might actually be driving their progress.

Most people advance as their skills improve, right? Well, with Skill Master, the skills can be advanced to a Rank over the user. It's never happened to another group member that I know of, but it does work for the beasts. I have had skills at Monarch Rank for a while now, and that is a large part of my excess combat ability." Niall took a chair off the stack by the wall and sat down at the large boardroom table.