The other four Acolytes came in, then stopped when they saw that Rae was soaked in blood, which was rapidly being absorbed into her skin.
"Did we come at a bad time? The lady at the door said that the doctors were on their way down." Joan, the dark-haired Red Dragon Cleric in the making, asked.
"No, you have impeccable timing. They were just on their way out when Lady Rae decided to show off her advancement to Monarch Rank and startled them." Karl explained.
Skittles was laughing so hard that he had tears in his eyes, but no noise was escaping from him, and his posture was both unnaturally straight and formal until he could get his amusement under control.
"Congratulations, Queen Rae. I am certain that we will see each other again soon." The hippie doctor announced, doing his best to avoid giving the new arrivals a poor impression of his professionalism.
The doctors left, and Karl's group split up to talk to their charges, while Karl sat down at the table with his writing implements. Most of them would need a skill book, and he hadn't even started on the ones he already knew he could make.
[Chain Lightning] for Owen the mage wouldn't be too hard. It was usable by most types of elemental magic users. Not Dana, at least not anymore, but it should be good for Owen.
[Circle of Protection] was more questionable. It was theoretically usable, but the description said [Suitably Blessed Clerics]. What exactly that entailed was anyone's guess. Compared to that, the warriors would be easier. They had wanted [Slash], which they should already have. But Karl had [Rend] and [Shred] which were both better sword attacks.
A couple of books of [Shred] didn't take him long while the others got acquainted with the students.
Sybil already had a head start, and she had Rae guiding her, while Cara gave helpful hints from the pile of blankets she had amassed in her space.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some books ready for you. For our warriors, I have copies of [Shred] to increase your damage output. For Owen, I have [Chain Lightning]. Then, for Miss Joan, I have a copy of [Circle of Protection]. I have a spare one as well, if Lotus or Tessa needs it."
The two older clerics both shook their heads. "We can already use it, but it doesn't stack, so we just let Thor, as his is stronger."
Karl nodded. That made sense. Karl could extend [Eternal Lightning] or [Refreshing Lightning] over the whole group, but he rarely did it, as Thor had it handled.
"It seems that we're all relying on you." Karl informed the transformed Cerro, who now had a shield hung from the back of his armour.
That was odd. Karl didn't recall getting a shield as an item drop anywhere.
Then he realized that Remi had a whole new stack of books and a fancy wooden shelf on the altar in her swamp.
[Someone ordered delivery while I was asleep, didn't you?]
[We put it on your account, no problem.] Remi agreed easily.
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