Chapter 593 Misunderstood Beasts

Chapter 593 Misunderstood Beasts

The event lightened the mood of the meeting, though some were highly concerned about the actual safety of having the beasts around. After all, Cara had threatened to eat someone, and even Thor was large enough to accidentally crush someone to death.

Sure, he had Elites loving on him and rubbing his scales, but a casual collision with him would be like walking in front of a car.

Overlord Niall returned after a few minutes of socialization, smelling faintly of human blood, and motioned for Karl to join him.

Karl followed him to the edge of the green space and into one of the signature marble buildings that were all over the Capital, and realized that this one was actually familiar. It was identical to the Inquisition holding building in design, but not in interior decoration. It might serve the same purpose, but the upper level looked more like the lobby of an upscale hotel.

"Monarch, if you don't mind a short chat." Niall began, with a gesture to a door labelled [Conference Room C].

Karl followed him in and felt a spell activate as the door closed. Then Niall barred it with a steel beam, which made Karl laugh. The door was made of solid oak, but he could kick it clear across the lobby, so the bar wasn't for either of them, just to keep nosy people out. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"First off, welcome back. It's good to see you again, and quite the shock to see how you have advanced. But more pressing is not the known fact that you are a savant, but the fact that your entire group are now Royals. You have no idea how much of a stir it caused among the leadership when the Archbishop returned and casually informed everyone that your group were all now Royals. Of course, he's so busy with other duties that he was most likely never informed that they were all Ascended a year ago. But for those of us with more time to be familiar with such things, it has raised plenty of questions. If there is some sort of technique to speed progression to that level, it is of national security level critical importance that we know. Your misadventures have raised more Royal Rank Elites this year than the rest of the nation, and nobody understands why."

Karl took a moment to fully appreciate what the Inquisition's top Assassin was saying. Overlord Niall had a point. There were so few Royals that they would normally all know each other. He was the outlier, as he didn't really know anyone, and he was never around others. But now he had blown past that milestone and advanced to Monarch Rank, while the rest of his group was also progressing insanely quickly.

There was nothing in his skills that would explain that, and other than Dana, the others had been growing at a perfectly normal rate before they met with him. Could it be that he had some hidden skill to help his group grow? He could for his beasts, but that was linked to their space. It didn't really apply to the rest of the group members.

Do you think that there is a way you could help a few of our promising recruits advance as well?

What I was thinking was to send them as apprentices to your group."

"Did they do something to upset you? Sending children to accompany a group like mine is basically a death sentence. Heck, even our protection couldn't hold up when Overlord Leafa and the Emperor got into an argument over her vacation plans." Karl replied.

Niall stared at him.

"Come again? I know all those words, but I'm not sure that I understood what you were saying."

"I'm sure the reports will make it back to you soon. The Overlord decided that she was overworked and decided to go on an unapproved vacation. It led to an exchange of blows with the Emperor of Newbon. Neither was seriously injured, but there was a lot of property damage." Karl explained.

"That did not make it back to our reports, but I believe that I know the incident you mean. It simply wasn't explained the same way, and was passed off as an anomaly related natural disaster.

It is actually less concerning to know that it was just a dispute between powerhouses. At least that way, it's unlikely to happen again."

Karl wasn't sure he would go that far. Eventually Leafa would break free again, but trying to explain the whole situation would just lead to a never-ending set of questions he didn't know the answers to, and probably someone wanting to study his weapons.

He was quite fond of his weapons.