The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 565

Chapter 565 Nacht

The first to step out of a portal was a massive Black Dragon at the Totem Rank. That wasn't the leader of the Divine Beast Nation, as they had the only Mythic Rank creature on the continent, but this was likely the spokesperson for that Dragon.

{Humans. Beast Master. I thank you for your succinct communication style, it made it quite worthwhile to intercept.} The Dragon began, speaking in Serpent.

Karl noticed that he no longer needed Remi to translate, he could just understand what the Dragon was saying, even while it was speaking another language.

"While it wasn't directly our intention to make your life easier, I will accept your good intentions. I take it that you are aware of the nature of this place?" He replied.

The Dragon nodded his head, then paused while three more Totems stepped through their portals to form a semicircle in front of Karl, facing the orb with him between them and the prize.

That was not the positioning that Karl had hoped for, but he hadn't had time to move.

The Archbishop stood between the Dragon and a Totem Rank Naga in plate armour, while an enormous Mountain Giant stood at the far end of the group.

That would be the General, who was the other Totem Ranked leader of the Newbon Empire, Karl assumed, as well as the leader of the Mountain Giants, whose title Karl didn't know.

The Dragon turned to the others. {Welcome to my new toy, everyone.}

The General hissed in annoyance. {Your toy? This is clearly my Relic. Not only is it in the middle of my territory, my people are here first.}

The Archbishop chuckled at the combative pair. "Your people? I believe you mean my people. There are two Clerics of the Dragon Gods here already, as well as a pair of Elites."

That math didn't math, and Karl began to wonder which one of them was not being counted. Was it Ophelia in Werebear form? Or was it him? The dragon had greeted him separately.

The Mountain Giant chuckled grimly. "You have a lot of brave talk for a man whose army can't even hold its own borders."

Karl could sense that things were about to go downhill very fast. None of these people liked each other, and he already knew the sort of damage that even a casual fight between Totems could do.

Leafa and the Emperor weren't actually trying to kill each other, but their strikes destroyed multiple square kilometres with every blow. Of course, they likely wouldn't resort to that here. It would risk the Relic, and that was what everyone had come for.

The Naga General was the one that decided to go for answers first, instead of bickering with his rivals.

"You, Karl. The Emperor told me about you. Is it true what it says in the message? This place can awaken classes and advanced classes?" He demanded.

The Archbishop looked like he was ready to burst with excitement, as this could be just the sort of thing that the Golden Dragon Nation needed to push the Elite Program to a new level.

Even a short period of study might bring huge gains.

Karl nodded. "It helped me. But not everyone. It shows the clerics a vision from their patron deity."

It would be better if he didn't throw the others under the bus.

If it was unclear what Dana and Ophelia had gained, or if they had even had the chance to make an attempt before the leaders arrived, they might escape the attention of the Totems.

The Totems seemed more concerned with defending against each other than anything that Karl was saying, and for a few seconds, it looked like they might be at a stalemate.