Karl smiled at the Dwarf. "I know that it sounds bad, but I promise that she has been taught all about property rights, and the difference between purchasing and looting."
"Did she care?" Thomas asked.
Karl shook his head. "Not particularly. But she’s willing to listen, at least long enough to find out what sort of shiny objects she can purchase with the ones that she already has. You see, we made out rather well with the Bomgon Fleet, and she is not short on loot."
The Dwarves and the Dragonkin laughed at that. "A badger that has enough loot? That’s like saying you know a Dryad who doesn’t like flowers, or a vegetarian snake."
[I feel understood and appreciated.] Cara agreed, putting her paws over her heart as if touched by their words.
"How about this. For now, I will keep her in a separate space, and purchase the things that she wants on her behalf? Inside the dungeon, everyone will abide by the rules, though I’m told that this one assigns loot automatically at the end. So that shouldn’t be an issue." Karl suggested.
Thomas nodded in agreement, then asked. "What skill advanced when she reached Overlord Rank?"
"Void Blast. Don’t worry, our damage output should be more than sufficient." Karl replied.
The Paladin stared at him for a few seconds. "You’re saying that your Void Badger doesn’t have Void Shield, but Void Blast?"
Karl frowned. "She never had [Void Shield]. She had [Disintegration] when she was little, and then when she reached Overlord, the combination of her skills and mine advanced it to the Epic Grade skill [Void Blast] at Totem Rank.
But now that you have mentioned it, she really wants [Void Shield]. One of my other beasts has [Eternal Lightning], a holy and lightning Element barrier ability, and a void elemental version of that sounds excellent to Cara."
The Paladin sighed. "You have no idea how long I worked to get the Holy Barrier skill. It’s even above consecrated ground in my skill tree. In some ways, beasts have it easy, starting out with powerful innate skills.
But no more dilly-dallying. Let’s get a move on and get into the Dungeon. On a good day, it takes four hours to get through, so I’m expecting no more than six hours."
Cara and Rae laughed in their spaces. Six hours to finish a dungeon? Oh, this man was in for a surprise. His little Dwarven legs were going to be working hard today.
Thomas grabbed Karl and led him to the dungeon to get their free entry, where the guard handed Karl a token.
"Keep this on your person, to save time in the future. It is your dungeon pass. Just flash it and you can lead your group inside." The guard explained, then smiled at the Dwarves.
"Overlord Thomas, it seems you had some good luck today with a member calling out sick. See you after lunch."
They entered the dungeon, which was an ancient Dark Elven forest, filled with the same sort of mushroom trees that had been in the dungeon where Thor first got the rare grasses he liked so much.
They were only inside a few seconds when the little butterfly sent out a pair of illusionary Dana clones, who uprooted small mushrooms, then vanished with them back into the Beast Space.
"Alright, bring out your beasts, and let’s meet them. Then summon any other constructs and protectors you have. That means all of you. I know the mages should have Golems as well." Thomas insisted.
Karl brought out Hawk, Rae and Cara. Then summoned the Bodyguards, as Rae remembered that she had to be visible for people to remember that she existed. The Epic Guard came out last, and then Karl decided to try summoning Golems as well.
Rae could do it, so he could do it. He just hadn’t.
{Please select basic bestial form}
Karl blinked as a display with hundreds of common animals appeared in his vision. He hadn’t been expecting that. But what golem form would be best?
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