Karl rolled his eyes at Rae’s antics, and shifted his focus back to Remi, who was currently undergoing Tribulation.
With the separation between worlds, the connection felt a muffled, but it was clear that she was much more curious about the nature of Tribulation than she was concerned about her safety.
That was a good sign, both for her as a Shaman, and for her future as an Immortal.
Karl waved the next customer forward, and waited as the man stared at him without saying anything. Concerned, Karl checked his system messages, but he hadn’t gotten anything new, and the man was still standing there.
"Greetings, how might I help you? If you are trying to communicate mentally, I am afraid that I am not receiving your System Messages or telepathy."
Finally, the man spoke. "Sorry, I was trying to find out what was wrong with the System Interface. I have some enhanced features, and they were giving me a strange reading when I saw you."
"Oh? My friend tells me that most just show my title and not my name."
The man laughed, "That’s the smaller issue. Being Karl the Karl is less weird than some of the other glitches I see every day. The ’Epic Grade Mob, approach in a group’ warning was more concerning, but I think that I have figured that one out.
The only one that I couldn’t make sense of was the guidance it was giving me.
Normally, my Interface suggests the best way to interact with others. However, it just keeps cycling through options, as if they’re either all equally good, or it has no idea what will work."
"Oh, now that does sound fun. What one did you go with?"
"None of them. I didn’t bring food, baby dragons, fluff, fire, nuclear weapons or a Wrath Demon."
Karl laughed. "Don’t bother with the hatchling. Every time I get close to obtaining one, one of the Black Dragons comes to remind me that their god is very insistent that I am not allowed to have a baby dragon."
"I will keep that in mind. Do you know why my interface is going crazy?"
"I am a Beast Master. With multiple Immortal Rank beasts bonded to me, it’s likely reading everyone at once. I’m more interested in what nuclear weapons are."
The man laughed. "It’s a Chaos Element bomb that splits reality, as I understand it. Gigantic explosion, hot enough to create a small star."
On the mortal world, Cara perked up. That sounded fun. Hawk would be so jealous of her.
Karl sighed. "And now I know which one of them wanted the bomb. What can I get you from the Alchemy Warehouse?"
The man handed over the list, and Karl quickly rang it in. "Four Clan Credits or equivalent."
"I will pay with credits. Now, I just need to go to the warehouse and see if they have a strength ring in stock yet. I’ve been waiting weeks for a good one to come back, but there are multiple teams out at the trial instance since yesterday."
"How about a bracelet? I’ve got one that can be for sale, once I have the warehouse appraise it. I’m new, so I don’t know the cost yet."
The man shook his head, and raised his sleeve to show off a golden watch that was an Epic Grade attack speed-based accessory.


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