The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1256

Chapter 1256: Risk Vs Reward

{Congratulations on your successful completion} The system informed the group with glowing golden letters in the air above the bosses’ bodies.

The dragons smiled as new items appeared in their inventories, and Karl chuckled as he saw what it had given him.

[Greater Consecrated Ground] Epic Grade Holy Defensive ability. Reduces damage taken by 50%. Increases all damage done by Holy attacks by 50%. Deals constant holy damage to targets in range.

He already had the base version of the spell, and Tessa had a version of it that had been upgraded by Skill Master. But even the original had been Epic Grade, so Karl wondered if the range might be significantly larger on this version, or if it was just a mediocre upgrade.

But it wasn’t the only reward that he had gotten. There were a number of Rare Grade Immortal Rank armour pieces, and some mythic rank crafting materials.

"Did you get an Epic Immortal item?" The War Cleric asked.

Karl shook his head. "I got an Epic Grade Holy Skill instead. Greater Consecrated Ground."

The dragon sighed in disappointment. "Don’t tell me that you’ve already used it."

"Do you have Inscriptionist as your trade skill?" Karl replied.

The War Cleric nodded and Karl patted him on the shoulder as he used the Skill Book and activated [Follow Me, Little One].

The dragon’s eyes went wide, and he staggered back a step, pointing at Karl.

"What did you do? I know the skill! You taught me a skill that you know?" He stammered.

"You see, I am a Beast Master Champion, and the gods are relatively loose with their definition of what is a beast. Dragons count, Guild Members all count, even most of the beastkin are valid targets. In fact, the limiting factor appears to be that you need to be compatible with the skill." Karl agreed.

The War Cleric activated the skill, and a circle of holy light extended out from him into the trees surrounding the boss fight area.

That was significantly larger than the original, for sure.

The damage reduction and extra holy damage were better as well, but that extra range would be incredible in a large-scale battle.

"I got some Rare Grade Immortal armour as well, but that’s not the big ticket item." Karl added.

Then the System popped up another notification.

{Damage Calculated. Bonus Rewards Granted.}

These didn’t appear in their inventory. Instead, they were granted a loot chest. It appeared at their feet, a simple silver chest at Karl’s and a bronze one at everyone else’s.

"Well, it looks like we didn’t really impress the dungeon. None of us earned a gold prize." One of the Shamans laughed.

Karl shrugged. "Free prizes are never a bad thing."

He carefully picked up the silver box, and lifted the lid to see what was inside.

The content was a simple crystal flask, a potion of some sort.

So, the real data collection would be when Karl drank it. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

It flowed through his mind, and through the beast spaces in it, and then echoed back to him as the beasts improved.

{Fundamental Rule Comprehension} Fire ⇒ 20%

{Fundamental Rule Comprehension} Divinity ⇒ 11%

{Fundamental Rule Comprehension} Order ⇒ 1%

That last one made Cara laugh. The potion was completely incompatible with her, anathema to the whole concept of Chaos. But that rejection had helped her understand Chaos a bit better, even as it helped Karl understand a bit about order.

It also helped Karl realize that he really should have checked his compatibility rates before taking the potion, so he would have exact numbers.

That was alright, he would make some up for the dragons to keep them happy.

"The effects definitely feel like knowledge from our God. They have the unique aura of the blue dragon to them." One of the Shamans noted.

The others nodded in agreement and added notes.

Karl had been too busy trying to sort out the new understanding that was still scrambling his brain, looking for a proper place to be stored.

The echo from the beasts had been an unexpected bonus, and much of the knowledge overlapped with what the potion had initially granted to Karl. So, it was fading more slowly than usual, but none of them knew that.

They just assumed this was how the potion usually worked.