With the first hold finished, Rue moved on to the second, while the first Captain went to inform his crew of the "upgrades to security". They would accept the version that he told them, never suspecting that there was more to it.
After all, a Supreme Ranked protective spell on the hold would keep the customs officers honest, and it would be hilarious the first time that one of them collapsed in spiritual agony for attempting to steal during an inspection.
They were all looking forward to it.
None of them were too concerned about their own crew. You had to be somewhere between suicidal and brain-dead to try to steal from the Captain to begin with.
The first Captain went inside to inspect his new layered hold as soon as everyone left, and realized that Rue had not just made one layer, but two. There was the actual ship’s hold, an illusionary ship’s hold that looked exactly like it, but empty, and a vault themed storage realm.
It was clear what one was supposed to be what, and having the first one appear to be the same as the actual hold gave them options for where to hide things based on how much they didn’t mind them being found.
The first layer was one that you could break into, if you had those sorts of skills.
But the second layer took immense knowledge to even detect, and very few would be able to even find its existence, much less find a way into it.
The second Captain was no less impressed with the work that Rue did for his ship, and even generously tipped her with a nearly black water gem that matched her eyes. It was a touching gesture intended to keep him on the good side of the dragon.
She might seem laid back right now, in the Darklight Host, but he regularly ran the route to the north, and nobody who had been to the Valalan League could possibly be unaware of her reputation.
Rue returned to the Guild House, and found that Karl had not set the new Elves up in the Guild House, but in the Tiny World.
The entrance was open to her, so she went to see how the Blue Elves were doing.
Only to find that they were being swarmed by hatchlings.
The young dragons had never met anyone who had lived on the ocean before, and they had questions. So many questions.
But it was also meal time, and that meant everyone had a bit of time off, so they could chat before they had to do anything productive. It also gave them time to get used to the new setting, while Karl prepared the basics of a new training area.
With the improvement of his runic skills, it was time that he made a new Trial Tower anyhow. They had one set up for combat trials, so now he would make another that was specifically for training, and he would add an open ocean option so that they could practice their skills in simulated extreme conditions.
Every student they had sent was some sort of Shaman Class, based on the colour of their class tags.
They were likely specialized ones specific to the Blue Elves, but if they were water and wind elemental Shamans, they were going to need somewhere that was not on land to practice properly.

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