With Librarian Barry’s suggestion, they gathered a dozen more tutors to come watch Karl work on the new training room.
"Why are we going to watch a construction team?" One of the later arrivals asked.
"Dunno. Barry says we need to see it." Another replied.
Karl smirked at Dakkarian, who shook his head in dismay.
"The World Dragon thinks this is funny, doesn’t he? I have long theorized that the system is one grand, epic prank on the world, and we all just missed the point." The black dragon Avatar asked.
Karl shrugged. "I don’t know if I would call the system itself a prank, but it definitely loves playing pranks on people. Have you ever met someone who chose the [Randomize] option when given it?"
"Randomize?"
Karl nodded. "Sometimes, when you activate your system class, and you qualify for more than one option, or when you are being given a class upgrade from a trial ground or other system reward, it will give you the option to randomize.
But you must be very sure to read WHAT it is asking to randomize. I have seen it turn a young soldier into the most lustrously furry Worgen woman. They chose to randomize at a set of System Stones in a trial instance, and it randomized everything from their new class to their hair colour, gender and species."
"That is... terrifying." Dakkarian replied, but Karl could see that he was trying not to laugh.
Librarian Barry turned to them with an excited look. "Oh, like the story of Queen David."
"Queen David?" Karl asked.
The blue dragon nodded eagerly, happy to get to tell the story. "David was a mighty Dwarven Warrior, once known as the Dragon Slayer of Shumunz. During his adventures, he tracked an evil dragon into a trial ground near lake Vupjess in Cyhosasa.
Mighty as he was, the trial ground was no challenge to him, and upon his victory, he was given two choices.
One choice was to surpass the mortal bonds and ascend to Immortality, but it demanded a price. Never again could he set foot in the mortal world.
The second option was one that none had seen before. The System asked him if he would like to randomize his reward. Now, the hero was no fool, and he extracted a promise from the System before he chose.
The trial ground promised him that there were no outcomes that would weaken him.
So, he chose to randomize.
And the system played a joke on him so cruel that none could have ever expected it.
The reward that he was granted was ultimate political power. For a moment, he rejoiced. He believed that now, he could finally change the laws of the lands to punish the rogue dragons and other evil creatures who plagued the Dwarves.
But how it was done was the problem.
Karl laughed so loud that it echoed through the hallways. "Wait, you mean AZOV was married to a white dragon girl by the system? Oh, I am not letting him skate by without telling this story the next time I see him."

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