NOVEL NEXT Chapter 667 Dave's Not Here
Chapter 667 Dave's Not Here
Overlord Joram looked down at the flaming bird sitting on his lap with fondness. "I am going to retire for the evening. Dave wants to fly free and explore his new abilities."
Karl nodded. "Do you want Hawk to look after him? There are many scary things in the world for an Awakened Rank magical beast."
Joram shook his head. "I think he will be fine. He has been flying around as a common bird all his life."
Karl got up and opened the balcony door. "He can join you back home when he's done. I'm sure he's not going to get lost."
Before Joram could say anything, Dave was rocketing out the door, leaving a streak of fire behind him as he tested his newly enhanced wings. His species was already among the fastest of birds, and now he was even faster.
His happy calls could be heard circling the building, as Karl left the door open, knowing that there were dozens of other magical beasts in the area, including the Blink Cats, who wouldn't likely care that he was claimed now that he was a viable food product.
Catching him would be hard. Defeating his defensive flames would be harder, but Blink Cats were crafty, and they had a particular love for hunting low-flying birds.
As a common Falcon, he wasn't worth more than a bit of harassment, but that was different now.
Karl turned to the Librarian. "Do you mind if I just shorten your name? Draconic names are terribly hard for me to pronounce, and I always get the z sound in names like Kelithuza wrong."
The blue dragon gave him a curious look. "And what did you want to call me, other than my title as Librarian?"
"How about Lady Keli?"
Half of the Overlords choked on their drinks, while Othello giggled and Lotus nodded in agreement.
The Librarian gave Karl a suspicious look, so he decided to elaborate.
"Lady is properly formal for your Rank, Keli is easy to pronounce, and it's got the sort of energetic and enthusiastic ring to it that I associate with a desire to learn."
[Because you are around Lotus and Cara too much, and you associate learning with curiosity.] Thor noted.
[They do learn many things, though.] Rae agreed.
Overlord Othello slung a companionable arm over the blue dragon's shoulder, and ruffled her hair. "Besides, you're a young dragon still. No need to sound all stuffy and professional all the time."
The Librarian actually smiled at that. "Little girl, you were born in the hotel room above my thousandth birthday party."
Karl smiled. "See, a positively svelte young Debutante."
The Librarian snorted in amusement. "We need to get you away from Nacht and Orthos, they're messing with your sense of draconic age progression.
However, if you can complete my learning challenge, I will agree to your nickname."
Karl nodded. "I will warn you, unless it is written in Runic, I'm not actually all that strong with fancy words."
Karl could sense the Librarian's urge to facepalm, and the amusement of the other Overlords, as most of them had also finished formal education after middle school, where the Librarian had spent centuries as a University professor.
The dragon took out a thick, ancient tome and placed it on the coffee table.
"If you can unlock and learn that relic skill, then make a copy, I will allow you to give me a nickname." She insisted with a smirk.
The book was so old that the name of the skill had been worn off the cover, and Karl could sense only the barest flicker of System energy still active in it, sporadic and failing.
If he couldn't use it, or if someone else didn't in the next few months, it would fail entirely.
Remi stared at the book with undisguised greed. [I have no idea what that is, and I must know.] She insisted.
[Maybe that's why you're blue?] Thor pondered.
The colour of the scales should say something about the person. He had gone from simple green, to plain green and gold, to shimmering, showing how magnificent he was. So, Remi's blue and black scales should have something to do with her love of knowledge, logically.
Neither Karl nor Remi was sold on that logic. Only dragons were colour coded by their Gods. But Remi did love knowledge.
Karl placed his hand on the book's cover and felt a tingle in his hand as it pulled a bit of energy from him. Karl activated [Analysis] and the name of the tome flickered in front of his eyes, then stabilized as more power flowed from his hand to the tome.
[Book of Epic Guard]
Karl stared at the notification for a moment. Was this an epic version of the warrior's Guard skill? Was it a form of Golem or bodyguard? It seemed too large to be a warrior skill, but it was Epic, according to the title.
Once the name of the book settled in Karl's vision, he waited a few more seconds before trying to tamper with the ancient tome. He didn't want to break or destabilize it at this point, when it was finally telling him something.
Fortunately, he didn't need to.
[Learn Skill: Epic Guard?] {Skill Learned: Epic Guard}
{Epic Guard} Golem Class Conjuration. Creates one Epic Grade personal guard.
That gave Karl a most brilliant idea. He reached out and tapped both Dana and Ahmad on the foreheads, then activated [Follow Me Little One] to transfer the skill.
Overlord Ahmad chuckled, and Dana blushed, making Karl wonder what sort of messages this skill was giving people when he used it. So far, it had come up with a rather unique description for everyone, and not everyone believed that Karl wasn't picking them himself.
The Librarian waited impatiently for Karl to say something.
"Why don't we head to the basement training ground, and we can activate the skill? I would like to see how it turns out for everyone." Karl suggested.
"Everyone?" The Librarian demanded.
"It's an Epic Golem type skill. I don't know what it's going to create." Karl explained.
"And you taught others already?" She asked, confused.
"Ah, yes. I used my daily teaching skill attempts to pass it on to Dana and Ahmad. They should both have an additional Golem of the Epic variety now."