The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1509

Chapter 1509: More Than A Little Trouble

Karl resisted the urge to laugh at the bird.

[They’re determining how much trouble we’re in. I would say it’s probably a lot, though.]

The Elder tapped his gavel on the table to silence the muttering in the stands.

"We have come to a decision. The attack by The Karl on these four was a provoked violation of the no violence rule. While they may have come to start violence, they didn’t strike at him, or any other Clan member.

For striking at noncombatants and property damage, Karl will be sentenced to one hundred hours of community service, plus repairs, which have already been made.

Does he have a patron within the Clan?"

Jin made a gesture as if to say that he couldn’t help.

There was a moment of silence, then a raspy voice spoke up.

"I will stand as Patron to the Karl. His one hundred hours of public service will be served under my supervision and direction." The Alchemy Elder insisted.

Karl tried not to react beyond a polite bow.

If he did more, it could be misinterpreted. But he knew that he had things the Elder needed, so there was a chance that this punishment might not be terrible.

"For unprovoked assault on a member within the Clan, Golick will be sentenced to ten strikes with the flog at the public pole, and to five hundred hours of public service.

Does he have a Patron within the Clan?"

An Ascended Immortal stood. "I will stand as his Patron."

The Elder nodded. "Will you stand as Patron for the other four as well?"

"I will."

"They will serve fifty hours of public service for their role in the unprovoked assault. Those are the end of the charges."

The man who had vouched for the five attackers stared pointedly at Rae, but the judge just shrugged.

"She didn’t do anything warranting punishment. She was attacked first, and did not damage any property with her response."

The Ascended Immortal clearly was not happy with that decision. He could see that she had deliberately tortured and tormented his underling. But if the Elders serving as Judges said that she was in the right, he couldn’t force them.

All that he could do was lead his five faction members out of the judgment hall, and accept the convict bracelets for them on the way out.

The guards brought one for Karl as well, and he noted how the runes glowed with a pending countdown.

The guard passed it to the Elder, who activated it with a pulse of mana and clipped it on Karl’s wrist.

"Let’s go. I fear that there is a lot you need to learn about Clan rules."

Karl nodded. "I think I get where I went wrong. But I have one question, their sentence, fifty hours of community service, and repayment for the healing, can their patron just dismiss that on their behalf? Like, you’ve just said these incidents are normal. So, is the punishment a non issue for established members?"

The Elder chuckled. "Quite the opposite. There are a number of prescribed acceptable punishments for public service, and if you don’t do them within thirty days, I have to do them ion your place, as your patron Elder.

If nobody stood for you, you would have been expelled from the Clan as a troublemaker, by the way.

And only an Elder can stand for an accused criminal."

So, the man who Rae had stabbed had thirty days to finish five hundred hours of community service. That was nearly sixteen hours a day for the next month. Truly a harsh sentence, depending on the tasks. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"The tasks are all things that serve the Clan as a whole, and are all done in public areas, unpaid. There is also a uniform involved, but you are in luck, as I am the Alchemy Hall Elder.

Unless I send you out to sweep streets, your punishment uniform will be the one that the Alchemy Hall uses, and it is marginally less degrading than some of the others."

Karl gave him a suspicious look, and the Elder smirked, then gestured to a man in a black vest and pants, with a bright gold shirt.

"That is the uniform of the Clan Hall staff, with a different shirt colour for each Hall. However, yours will be plain grey, denoting your status as being on punishment detail.

I expect that you are going to be a fast learner, as I am short one cashier, and I will not accept any damage to the reception area."

Karl smiled. Working as a cashier wasn’t bad, and the uniform wasn’t terrible.