The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 995

The first blast of Lightning shattered the stone barrier over Karl's head, but he didn't even notice. He was so caught up in his transformation and power adjustment that the tingle of the strike was lost in the background noise.

In fact, he didn't even notice the next two strikes in rapid succession as he got to his feet and stretched his revamped muscles to ease some of the cramps from the transformation.

The Sword of Champions felt oddly hollow, nearly drained of the excess life energy that it had been storing as long as he had wielded it. But the Haint Claw felt oddly revitalized, as if his advancement had made the adaptive weapon a bit more complete.

Karl opened his eyes and looked out toward the Mythic Rank creatures in the distance. Many of them were Dwarves from the local region, but there were Dragons, Demons, and a few Monster species as well, including a Naga Queen who looked a lot like Remi after her most recent advancement, except that her white scales had patterns that were silver, not brown.

Karl nodded to Lord Drodh and Tiffani, who he recognized. Then to the former Lord of Barukth.

Now that he was up and finished with his advancement, the Myths came forward to greet him. Then paused when they got close and realized that there was something off about this new Totem.

"He's an Elite Spawn. How does that happen to someone linked to the System? Isn't that reserved for Dungeon Bosses and such?" One of the Trollish Mythic Warriors asked.

Everyone looked for answers, but nobody had them.

Karl shrugged. "I got an upgraded physique from a trial not long ago. It optimized my body, and the tags on my nameplate were the result. I don't think that it changes much, it's just a marker that I have an excessively large mana pool and great durability."

"Like a Dungeon Boss." Tiffani added helpfully.

Now that Karl was a Totem, it wouldn't even be a competition. He would have crushed her in a fight. In fact, he could likely take a five on one fight of trained Totems if they weren't organized.

Without using his beasts.

Those who knew Karl were the only ones truly concerned about his status. The name adornment itself was enough to warn others not to mess with him unprepared. So, while he was definitely powerful, it wasn't a big deal to them.

Tiffani gave Karl a suspicious look. "That same thing didn't happen to the insane Badger, did it?"

Karl chuckled. "Cara only wishes. No, she got something even better. She evolved from a Winged Void Badger to a Chaos Badger."

The vampire looked horrified, while the Dwarves let out a sigh of relief. Chaos Badgers must have a better personality than the Void Badgers were known for, right? Chaotic was better than greedy.

"What were you planning to do now that you have advanced?" Lord Drodh asked, thinking of city politics.

"I'm here with a group of Dragon Clerics, helping to clear some of the excess monsters from the spawns, on behalf of the Black Dragon." Karl explained.

The Dragons in the crowd nodded happily. That was a noble endeavour.