The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1279

Chapter 1279: Let Them Try

Karl went down to the street, accompanied by a pair of Dark Elven Clerics, who were hoping that there might be a fight when he opened the fence to start letting people in.

Their restaurant wasn’t going to be ready today, as they were waiting on ingredients that the clerics couldn’t make.

So, they were bored.

They could let themselves go idle, and save the arena some mana. But there was still so much more to see and do that their actual jobs were a minor concern at the moment.

It was the same for the café, which only had a very limited menu until the butcher could come by.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I can tell that you’re eager to find out what is going on inside, so we will give you a sneak peek.

Only the arena area is ready right now, but we will be doing samples of the vendor snacks, and by the time that you leave, the ice cream shop should have their first batch of product ready." Karl called, raising his voice to be heard over the speculation.

"Ice cream shop?" One of the obsession demons asked, confused.

"This location is now home to the Nara Group’s newest multi use facility. On the lower floors we have shops and vendor stalls, but above it all is the crown jewel, a magically enhanced combat arena, open to public challenges against magical opponents up to Totem Rank." Karl declared.

Shocked gasps filled the street, and a number of Mythic Rank warriors pushed forward.

"Is that true? The arena will be open to public challenges?" One demanded.

"It is. Not for free, naturally. But we can accommodate up to four challenges at a time if we limit the arena size. Difficulty can be increased up to Epic Grade and Totem Ranked.

However, it is not just for the most powerful. Any Rank that can pay the fee will be allowed to challenge on the open days." Karl explained.

That meant mostly Overlords and Totems, they assumed.

But the costs of operating the facility were incredibly low, thanks to the magic involved. Karl could actually make it affordable for Royal and Monarch Ranked fighters. Unfortunately, the audience wouldn’t care to come and watch them, so keeping it Overlord Ranked and up except on special occasions would be better for business.

"Please follow me inside, and take a seat in the stands. There is a fight ongoing now that was given free use of the full space, but after that, I am willing to split the space if we have many challengers."

The Myth raised his hand. "You said Epic Grade. Do you mean that we can send people to fight a Dungeon Boss?"

Karl nodded happily, and the Dark Elves giggled. These strangers were funny. Of course, the Gods would approve of watching random strangers get beat up by Dungeon bosses let loose in the arena. Why wouldn’t the arena allow it?

In his mind, Tian laughed. [We’ve already taken care of it. One of the Earth Magic spells that we had you copy was to make stone and glass takeout containers for the restaurants. I couldn’t think of anything better.] 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

[They’ll become collectibles. They even have the shop logo on them.] Cara assured him smugly.

That was quite likely true. People loved to steal branded cups and plates from famous locations, so if they just gave them reusable cups to start with, it would cut out the middle man.

The newly arrived guests were finally arriving at the stands, as most of them had stopped to put their name in line for the arena.

They had been given strict warnings that if they left the building, even just stepped out onto the street, their name would be removed from the list, but it was otherwise first come, first served for the day.

The fight between the Demonic Snake and the red dragon had finally ended, and the arena had been split into four sections, with three new referees appearing to mediate.

"Number one, number two and number three. Please report to staging to confirm your opponent. The team with ticket number four, please report to staging to confirm your opponent." The Dark Elven King announced.

That should be fun. Someone must have picked a Dungeon boss.

The other spectators seemed to think so as well, and the buzz was growing as the group of three stepped onto the sand. One warrior, one mage and one shaman, all on the strong side of Totem Rank.

So, they thought that they could show off? Hopefully, they had chosen a suitable opponent.