The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 716

Karl buzzed the security at the main door and informed them that he was headed back to the Palace for the evening.

The guards opened the door to let him out, then motioned for him to wait while they called for a security detail to escort him back out of the complex. Nobody moved alone around the complex, not even the guards, and Karl was the only real threat to the structure of the building.

Not that anyone thought he would be attacking anything. The guards didn’t get any news about what was going on inside the labs, but when a portal had been opened from the outside, they had been scrambled, and had gotten some information that there had already been progress and that an item was being passed to an Overlord.

There were no security checks on the way out, only an escort until Karl was back in the main hallways and past the first security guard at the elevator that took them down from the standard levels of the University’s underground labs.

From there, it was a short walk and a train ride back to the Palace after a half hour wait, but by then, it was getting close to the formal dinner time at the Palace.

Unlike most homes, the Palace served meals on a rigid schedule, unless you were eating in your suite, and as new arrivals, it was considered courteous to socialize to some extent.

The ladies might have done that for him while he was at work, but after weeks of daily training, he wouldn’t blame them for simply resting in the suite, watching movies and snacking for a few days.

So when Karl got off the train and found the guards at high alert, weapons drawn and in defensive formation, it took him a moment to understand what was going on.

[Rae? Did something big happen while I was gone?] He asked, suddenly concerned by her silence.

[Not to us. The guards are all running about like someone stepped on an ant hill, though.]

Karl could sense that she was incorporeal and enjoying the comfort of a web set in the main room’s upper corner.

The Guard Captain on duty nodded to Karl as he entered the Palace from the underground train station.

"Sir, there has been an incident. We have placed guards on your team, but we ask that none of you move about without a guard detail." The Captain announced.

"That bad? Can you give me details? I am quite capable of dealing with most threats." Karl asked.

"There were two attempts today to infiltrate the Palace with modified portal skills. We don’t know who the target is, but the rest of the guests have been relocated out of the Palace, and the second attempt occurred after that time."

Karl nodded in understanding. "So, it’s either us, or the Royal Family. I was hoping that it was something as simple as spies. I have an assassin on staff that would delight in ferreting them out."