Min laughed as the conversation got completely sidetracked. They were not even thinking about the rings anymore, though the Elder had put payment on the counter for one.
She pushed the ring into his hand, and the Elder’s mind turned back to the task at hand.
"Right. The rings. Obviously, you can make more. How many can you make? We have thousands of warriors who need rings."
Karl sighed. He knew that was coming, there were too many warriors everywhere.
Even in the Immortal Worlds, it was all warriors all the time.
What Karl didn’t know was that it was so much worse here. Everyone focused on combat skills because travel was so dangerous. So, there were basically no options chosen by most of the population but melee combat classes and mages.
Even Clerics were a rare option, unless they were dragons of the Pantheon races.
"I know that we’re Immortals, but it will take significant time to make thousands more rings of that type. It’s not a copy and paste process, and I don’t have the Immortal Rank raw materials to make many more of them.
Carving isn’t my specialty, so I often procure the base rings individually, and then enhance them." Karl explained.
"Well, I’m sure that we can find some. We are a Merchant Clan.
The New Home Clan has portals, boats, and ground-based trade caravans constantly moving across the continent. If we can’t find it, nobody can."
"Oh, if you have boats, does that mean that you have Sea Elves? I haven’t seen any since I arrived, but I haven’t had an opportunity to explore." Karl asked.
Again with the protective gestures.
"No, the Blue Elves are better known to be pirates than legitimate merchants. I would advise staying away from them. Their affinity to their god is strong, and they tend to advance fast, so there are many Ascendant Immortals in their ranks." The Elder warned.
"Got it. No flirting with the Elf girls in exchange for loot."
[Got it, definitely finding Elf girls to loot.] Cara confirmed in his mind.
[How is Remi doing?]
[She’s dancing and singing, but she’s all finished her advancement.]
Well, it made sense that she would want to celebrate before she came home.
But Karl had misunderstood.
Remi’s advancement had come with an Evolution. She had gone from Naga Queen to Naga Matriarch, an innately Immortal Ranked monster species. But the advancement had reset her growth in line with her power level relative to her new species, and she was a tiny spirit snake again, until she transformed.
Even in Naga form, she was less than a metre long, just a hatchling of a Matriarch, and for the first time, she was considering actually using a humanoid transformation.
Just so she could reach her cauldron to do alchemy.
Fortunately, she could fly, so she could at least see into it, even if it was awkward to move ingredients without using wind magic.
[Ask the Immortals about making pills instead of potions. They’re smaller, easier to handle. No need for a larger body just to hold your work.] Thor suggested.


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