The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 968

Karl stepped through the portal, and found Cara waiting for him on the other side.

An open field of stone, looking like the aftermath of a rock slide, greeted them. A massive golden temple stood in the distance, with two crystalline golems standing near the base.

Karl walked to the statues, not quite jogging, but not wasting any time, in case the instance was limited in duration.

{Greetings, adherent of the Old Gods. Welcome to the Sholaha Desert Trial Instance. You have been introduced to the Overlord Ranked Trial grounds. Please choose your challenge.} The Golem declared.

Words appeared in the air between Karl and the Golems, made of small stones from the ground.

{Option 1 ⇒ Attempt Advancement} Difficulty 10

{Option 2 ⇒ Attempt Class Change} Difficulty 5

{Option 3 ⇒ Attempt Status Optimization} Difficulty 7

{Option 4 ⇒ Random Bonus} ????

Karl grabbed Cara before she could immediately go for the random option.

"At least take three seconds to think about it." He reminded her.

[Thought about it, still want to know what they are hiding. Though... a Class Change. Would that give me one, as I don't have one? That could be fun too. No, I know what will happen if I do that. Randomness is best.]

Once she finished speaking, Cara vanished, and Remi began complaining in Karl's mind.

[This is discrimination. Just because I follow a Shaman God, I don't get to play? Even Brothers Thor and Hawk can't come out.]

Karl shrugged. [I guess it's an exclusive thing. They did put it right above a Temple.]

Rae considered the answer. [It said no to me, but the Spider Goddess is ancient. Does that mean that 'Old Gods' actually refers to a specific group?]

The Golem made a noise like grinding stone. "That is correct, daughter of the Spiders. The Old Gods are not the Beast Gods, not the Elemental Deities, not the Renegade Gods, not the Titan Gods, and not the Council of Divinity."

That at least answered her first question.

[But why does Cara get to play?]

"The God of Chaos is one of the Old Gods. His favour grants her entrance, as the World Dragon's favour grants the Karl's entrance."

[Haha, they call you 'The Karl' too.]

Karl rolled his eyes at her mockery, and focused on the options. Totem Rank advancement did sound like an incredible option, even if the difficulty was high.

But he was more intrigued by what a Status Optimization was.

Could that take him to the theoretical limits of his power? That would be flat out broken, assuming it was as good as [Predation] at increasing his damage.