The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1244: Transparent Plans

After a few seconds, Karl relented and smiled at the other Guild Masters.

“Give it another week or two, and I will have a Skill Book for Mystic Cooking ready to give to the Blue Dragons for their Libraries. Then, they can spread the knowledge far and wide.” He suggested.

Letting the Blue Dragons be the ones to explain to the world that the skill had some random hidden restriction that Karl hadn’t come across yet would be much easier than telling hopeful chefs himself.

Let the Librarians spread the bad news when they found out what it was.

The room was quiet, except the clinking of cutlery, as everyone sampled the new dishes. And, when they finished the pasta, their mood was much better than it had been.

When they arrived, every one of the Guild Masters was irate, ready to demand that the Alliance turn over the secret and share the wealth. But now, they were much more willing to accept that it wasn’t a deliberate conspiracy to hoard wealth and keep the rest of the city struggling.

They weren’t exactly wrong.

Karl had every intention of keeping the good stuff for himself. But the big bosses agreed with his strategy to keep most of the benefits in house so that he didn’t completely upset the markets.

Paul drummed his fingers on the table, and then smiled at Deve. “Why don’t you lend us a member for the day tomorrow? Perhaps it’s related to their particular Class? You went with four Rare Classes, right?”

Deve looked at the others. Paul had a point. He was an advanced form of Druid. Karl and Dana were both very rare classes, and Lars was now an Archpriest, which was considered a Rare Class.

Only Abel still had a normal class, and that wouldn’t last long. He was just waiting his turn for Sapphire to get him a Crusader Class upgrade.

She wouldn’t do it before she finished with her experimental groups at the lower ranks.

Karl nodded at Deve. “I will go along with another group if they need. No harm in an extra run or two for the week so we can test ways to activate more rewards. The chances might be low when we’re doing Mythic Dungeons, but it’s worth trying.”

Paul frowned. “Why do you say that?”

“Well, what are the odds that we can break records for multiple dungeons or beat the same one that we just set? Finding a more efficient group for any given dungeon than anyone else has ever tried before is no small feat.

Even if both me and Dana join to bolster the group with Golems, there is no guarantee that will add up to more damage than any other group has managed with a well tailored group.” Karl explained.

The Guild Masters frowned. He had a point. If it was that easy to set records, surely someone would have noticed and started to try speed running every Dungeon they could buy access to.

Or, it might be that every dungeon had a specific trigger to activate its difficulty settings, and they had just gotten lucky while stumbling on two of them.

That was less likely, but some people just had too much luck.

“Well, we need to work out some sort of arrangement, and I don’t think that we’re going to be the only groups that come looking for answers once the gossip spreads.” Paul informed them.

Deve sighed. “I’m going to whip whoever spread the news so fast. They could have at least given us a few more days to test before saying anything.”

One of the visiting mages laughed. “Don’t blame them too harshly. We’ve got listening spells near the exit of all the dungeons, in case someone mentions getting good things. They usually do the formal recording silently, just keeping a note. But people can’t resist celebrating.”

Deve nodded in understanding. They had been caught the moment that the gate guard spoke about them getting Immortal Rank items.

And no Myth would pass up the chance to get in on that.

“So, if we come by tomorrow morning, that should be fine for the reset of the dungeon, right? That is a midnight reset instance, as I recall.” One of the mages asked eagerly.

Deve smirked at him. “It is also only a five-person instance. I don’t know how you want to organize things, but if Karl is willing to go with a group, I don’t see a problem having our Alliance members accompany your teams for the day.”

That was a good point. There were twenty Guilds represented in the visiting group, and only five who had entered from the Nara Group Guild Alliance.

Not exactly a small number, and they were just the Guild Leaders, not a cohesive dungeon team.

If they were going to make multiple groups, they would need to call in more healers, the best damage dealers that they could find, and then work the group around who would be with them.

It sounded like only the ones known as Karl and Dana might be willing to go with them tomorrow, so they would have to provide the rest.

But that could be arranged.

Paul got a suspicious look, then turned to the others who had come with him.

“We should arrange a schedule to attempt the dungeon. Clearly, the damage dealers from the Nara Group Alliance are top-notch. So, if we bring a high damage tank, another mage and a healer, we should be fine, right?

That would be me, Jimmy and Cleo.

If you want to rest at home, we will prevail upon Guild Master Deve for a room tonight and report back when the run is finished.” Paul suggested.

“Convenient that you’re all in the same Alliance, isn’t it?” The mage who had just been speaking commented.

Deve chuckled. “If you’re going to try to scheme, you have to try at least a little bit harder than that. You didn’t even make them think about it this time.”

Paul shrugged. “It was worth a shot. But I’m not wrong, we might actually be able to set a record with that team.”