The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1355 The Art of Flattery

Once dinner was finished, the kids all ran off to another room to socialize, while Karl remained with the more powerful Elder Dragons.

They all had questions for him, and Karl knew that he had no answers for most of them.

“So, Emissary, tell us more about your home.” Crown Prince Lukas suggested as the dragons gathered around Karl.

“I’m afraid that it isn’t all that interesting. I don’t spend much time in the

outside world. I either spend time in a separate space researching or I vacation near the shores of Lake Naraleddum to enjoy the dungeons.” Karl replied with a casual shrug.

The Crown Prince frowned. “You vacation in a war zone?”

“It’s not as bad as all that. You just need to prove that you have the power to back up your words and they will back off.

I’m not one to brag, but I do have a rather impressive duelling record.” Karl agreed.

“Really? Do you have any merits?” One of the nobles asked.

Karl equipped his Guild Tabard, and the dragon gave an approving rumble. “Three over rank Guild Challenge victories, including one when you were at Totem Rank?

I understand now why you don’t fear the Great Lakes War.”

The Crown Prince pinched the cloth in his fingers and nodded. “It’s not fake, that’s a System Generated Guild Tabard.”

“My Class is particularly well suited to combat, though I share the blue dragon’s affinity for discovering new magic.

There is nothing quite like finding a fun new spell to test out.

But really, after I gained an Epic Constitution and Limited Invulnerability, fighting at my own rank became much less fun. Research and crafting is the far superior way to acquire knowledge of the Fundamental Rules.” Karl agreed.

Now he had everyone’s full attention. Improving their understanding of the Fundamental Rules was the primary goal of every Mythic Ranked dragon. It was their only shot at true immortality.

The oldest among them, those who were already showing grey in their hair, had been alive for millennia, born before the resurgence, and they were becoming desperate for that last missing link that would allow them to ascend.

The Crown Prince smiled at Karl. “You know, my grandfather said the same thing. Except, he took up painting to help him understand. He said that the fundamental rules related to combat would never be fully comprehended here, as there were no battles challenging enough to reveal the missing portions.”

“Oh? He sounds wise. Is he still around? I wouldn’t mind a long chat if he has some leisure time.” Karl requested.

The Prince shook his head. “No, he was successful, and left for the Immortal Realms to continue building his power. While it is possible to become an Immortal here, that is the limit, as there is no suitable mana to continue growing.

Instead of crippling his progress, he decided to move on and spend eternity learning what comes after.”

“Understandable. It’s difficult to blame a man for prioritizing his search for knowledge when he has such capable heirs to take over from him.”

Behind the Crown Prince, a young woman giggled. “He’s smooth. Tell me, is the art of flattery a Tengu specialty?”

Karl bowed elaborately. “Princess, I assure you that my flattery is a natural art, not a species gift. But I am not actually a Tengu. If anything, you could blame it on the World Dragon.”

“Ah, a natural-born heartbreaker.” The Princess joked.

Karl held up his hand with the Soul Bonding ring on it. “There will be no heartbreaking on this journey, you have my word. It would be entirely too difficult to explain to my wife, and she’s not a forgiving sort when it comes to infidelity.”

The Crown Prince laughed. “The Supreme Lady thought of everything when she sent you here, did she not? Married, impressive in physique, a rare dragon species, and you brought a beast girl to keep an eye on your young charge while you are busy.”

Karl smiled. “She even picked the beast companion from among my friends who was the least likely to go on a murderous rampage.”

The Crown Prince drummed his fingers on the table. “You have an affinity for beasts, then?”

Karl nodded. “My class started from the Beast Ranger type template. I am bonded with a number of Divine Beasts, but only Cara came with me on this trip. If it had been any of the others, I might be driven to day drink.”

“That bad?” The Princess asked.

“The other options would be a Divine Fox puppy, a lovesick Behemoth, or a Blood Destruction Demonic Spider.”

The dragons paused. “You managed to bond with a Blood Destruction Spider?”

“She’s really quite sweet. Her taste in art isn’t for everyone, but there is no more reliable friend to have your back in a fight.” Karl agreed.

The dragons disagreed. The children of the Spider Goddess were universally terrifying in personality. The very concepts of morality, mercy and civility tended to be vague at best when they were involved.

“Librarian Barry! You missed dinner again. Did you know that the new Emissary was a skilled researcher? You two might get along well.” Crown Prince Lukas

called.

The blue dragon gave him a long-suffering look. “Yes, I am intimately familiar with his particular version of research theory. Are they still serving

refreshments?”

Prince Lukas gave the dragon a confused look. What had happened with the Librarian? He was normally extremely excitable when anything related to research was mentioned. Hopefully, the two hadn’t argued when they met

earlier.

If Karl was as devoted to research as he claimed, they would need the Librarian to distract him.

The servers brought him a drink, and the Librarian took the entire tray from them, emptying drinks with one hand and placing them back on the tray.

“You might want to bring the whole bottle. Librarian Barry has worn himself out studying a new skill. Perhaps some cake as well. A bit of sugar never did anyone wrong.” Karl suggested.

That explained the issue, in the opinion of everyone else. The Librarian must just be surly and haggard from being presented a new skill to research and not

enough time to finish.

Cyhosasa surely had many rare skills that nobody else had access to, so it wouldn’t surprise them if Karl had introduced one to the Librarian here in Nar

Palace.