The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1970 Now Everyone Knows

The leaders of the Valalan League turned to Karl for answers.

"Lady Rue has joined the Darklight Host, and through a fortunate turn of events, we were able to help her learn the Divine Blacksmithing skill. She's got a natural talent for design and artistry, and the items she makes have the most wonderful ornamentation."

Rue smiled, and took out a half finished sword that was still missing its gems, with only one side of the ornamentation done, and none of the runes.

"That is actually quite lovely. Did you have someone in mind when you made it?" Sam, their new Doppelgänger Archmage, asked.

"I thought that there might be a few artistically inclined Immortals here who might appreciate a weapon with a bit more style. I know that most of the Supreme Guild Leaders are men, but only about two thirds. That still leaves a great number who might appreciate fashion."

The Doppelgänger laughed at the thought, and Karl briefly wondered whether Sam was male or female.

Given their features, it could go either way.

But Sam thought that it was hilarious to make people guess which one their form was, as there wasn't really much to do outside of combat on many of the battlefields.

Then, when people got fairly certain what the answer was, the form would be changed.

That was also why the name "Sam" was picked. It was a name that could go either way, and kept the game going without having to pretend to be someone different.

Currently, only the face was different from Oak's physical form, as the Doppelgänger was waiting to see how long it would take the Green Dragon to realize that they were not just the same size but physically identical in all but facial features.

Even their head size and shape were the same.

The representatives of the Valalan League looked more than a little dismayed at the notion that Rue was going to be turning out Supreme Ranked weapons to build her wealth and influence in a new Guild that was already too much of a threat for them to deal with.

But what could they do about it?

Accept their loss gracefully, and try not to get themselves blacklisted from the only decent crafting Guild on the continent, that was what.

"When might the first of these weapons be available? Are you still waiting on materials to finish?" One of the men asked carefully.

"We've got enough for the first batch. But we do take them in payment for the goods, so we shouldn't run out too quickly. Karl, when do you think that we should set up the first sale? Two months, so that news has time to spread before we start gathering visitors?

I suppose that the Clans around us would likely appreciate the advance warning as well.

Both to shop, and so that they know there might be an influx of wandering Elders in the region in the coming months. That sort of thing can be a touchy subject for some of the Clans."

That was something that everyone in the room understood. The representatives of the Valalan League had used a relic to come directly here, so that they didn't have to cross over so many territories and cause an uproar with their travels.

The last incident was already an embarrassment, even if they had gained some new territory with it, as they had absorbed the Divine Fist Devils' branch.

However, their entire plan for this meeting, where they would try to subtly pressure the Darklight Host into making a deal that would favour the League, had long since been abandoned.

They did not hold the upper hand here.

"If you would like to stay in the area, I'm sure that we can arrange somewhere for you to stay in town. It has to be troublesome coming all this way simply to file a complaint and meet with our new Elders.

Perhaps after dinner?

It is about that time, and I can sense that the chefs have whipped up something wonderful for us."

It was actually to welcome the new members, but there would definitely be enough for more people.

They weren't going to be able to get to dinner quite so easily, the Lesser Watcher at the door informed Karl, when the mental request to inform the bunnies to prepare for dinner was sent.

There were more guests outside, about to enter the shop.

"Oh, it seems that you are not the only ones who wish to meet our new members. Excuse me while I go say hello to the neighbours.

At least, I assume that it's them."

Again, Karl stepped outside to see who had come to the Guild, and found that there were multiple Supreme Ranked Clan Leaders waiting for him.

"Branch Leader Karl, I am Jeff, Mayor of Condim, and I have come with a number of our local Clan Leaders. We've also got a few from Cacheirinha, and two of the Crusaders from Forvemiras."

"You're just in time. We received representatives from the Valalan League today, to welcome our newly transferred Elders, and we're about to sit down to dinner.

It's the perfect moment to sit down and be social.

Trust me, you won't regret it, the Darklight Host has chefs with the Divine Cooking skill on duty for the event."

Those were magic words to anyone, and the Clan Leaders happily followed Karl inside, where Rue had led everyone up to the second floor, where they had the large dining room, as well as the newly upgraded guest rooms that would stack separate spaces if multiple guests were staying.

Not that they were intending to let most of these people stay inside the Guild House, but some of them were allies of the New Home Merchant Clan, so it would be rude to kick them all out.

As Karl entered with the last of their guests, Oak raised a small keg over her head.

"In honour of our own arrival, I have brought the liquor!"

Karl cheered, Leon cheered, but Andrea looked somewhat frightened, as did the Valalan League leadership.

Letting the green dragon supply liquor or drugs was a very dubious proposition.