The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 706

Karl and Cara both put a bit more energy into the storage for the barriers, as they had done more damage than expected, and the array was likely to suffer for it until the draw was replenished.

"There we go, that should make up for the usage of the room. Now, I suppose that we should send this blade off to be tested for any production issues. Was there anything else we needed to do before repeating the process with different combinations to test for viable alternate effects?" Karl asked.

"Do you have more variations prepared?" Forgemaster Granite asked.

"I have a few. The viability of them hasn’t been tested. But theoretically, they should work."

Duke Ambrose frowned as he realized that he had been entirely cut out of the process. He was the head of research and development, but they had sent someone here with a skill that he didn’t know. Someone who had already prepared designs for the testing phase, which was what Research and Development was supposed to be doing.

But how could they do their jobs when they couldn’t provide any actual input into his design process?

Karl’s entire presence here was an insult to his authority within the facility, and a challenge to his position. For years, Ambrose had been here, toiling thanklessly to create new weapons for the Nation. Now, some upstart young Runecrafter just showed up and crushed the performance records of everything that they had produced in the last two years.

What Ambrose couldn’t know was that in order to make powerful Runes, the creator had to be at an equal level. So, they wouldn’t be able to mass produce them for distribution at Monarch Rank.

However, what they could do was distribute weapons that could eventually withstand Monarch Rank usage, and then distribute them and let them grow with their users. With the assistance of a Runemaster, the runes would adapt to the power pushed through them if you deliberately overloaded the stage they were at.

So, if the weapon didn’t explode, it could be improved when the user advanced.

That was a long way off, as they didn’t have a single other Runemaster yet, as far as Karl could tell. He vaguely recalled that there were supposed to be Acolytes sent by the Blue Dragons. But he hadn’t seen them yet.

The best thing to do was ask. "So, when will the Acolytes arrive? The sooner we can get working, the better."

Granite shrugged. "They’re in security somewhere. They arrived before you, but with ten of them sent at the last minute, none of their passes were ready."

That was one problem down. But there was something off with the chain of command here. Who was supposed to be arranging for their arrival anyhow?

Karl addressed the group. "Well, until they come down, we can continue on this project path. Should we start with the most or least likely to succeed?"

Forgemaster Granite smirked. "I say that we start with the least likely. Doing things that you know will work is how we ended up so far behind the power curve to begin with." _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

That was clearly a direct jab at Ambrose, the head of Research and Development.

But Karl ignored the bickering and motioned for someone to bring him another weapon.

This one was much different than the last one. Not only was the material different, the quality of the workmanship was far inferior.