The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 733 Depths of Truth

chapter 733 depths of truth

once the coronation was over, ahmad took karl's hand and used an air spell to deposit them both, along with overlords othello and niall, in front of the throne.

a few other overlords were in attendance, and they were filling the path to the throne behind them, while everyone else waited for their turn.

{take out your gift for the king. you did make one, right? not just something for me?} ahmad asked with a system message.

{yes, i made him a custom bracelet with trollish regeneration on it and some warrior buffs.}

ahmad was the first to the throne, where he refrained from taking a knee, but bowed deeply before the king.

"your majesty, on behalf of the elites, i present monarch karl with a custom crafted gift to begin your reign."

oh, that was devious. it saved the rest of the elites from needing to turn over a particularly valuable gift of their own. they could rely on the one given on behalf of the elites as a group. karl moved forward at the totem's direction and bowed in the military manner, left knee down so that he could easily get at his blade if necessary. not that he was openly wearing a weapon. there was no need with an inventory.

karl held out the bracelet on a small black pillow that got nearly as much attention as the actual gift. rae had made it of her silk, and it was a precious treasure on its own.

but once he saw the bracelet on the pillow, the new king's eyes went wide, and he quickly picked it up to place it on his wrist.

that wasn't protocol, he should have recognized the gift, and then had a maid place it to the side. but king axel surged with power as he put it on and [trollish regeneration] took effect, along with the other buffs that karl had put on the item.

"this is a most wonderful gift. the crown thanks the elites for their generosity."

then he motioned for a maid to take the pillow, and karl hid his smile.

they were giving him two gifts today, it seemed.

"i was informed by overlord niall that there was a rather large bounty on my head. i personally dealt with a total of four overlords from two different forces who had come for me."

ahmad nodded. "and that is the root of the problem. your powers are viewed as too great of a threat to be allowed to roam free. i don't know how, but it has become common knowledge among the totems that you have the ability to elevate a skill above your rank.

when you hit overlord, that means you will have a chance to elevate a skill to the totem rank. and they are not willing to allow that to happen. if you could threaten the totems, that would be as good as a third totem in the golden dragon nation, and nothing short of a declaration of war in the minds of the other nations.

you see, there is a reason that each nation only has a few overlords and a single totem, two at most.

when blessed ones, the ones that can threaten the balance of power, are found on this continent, they are either killed or exiled.

that is what the totems are demanding now. that you are sent off the continent, or that i turn you over to them for execution.

obviously, that second option isn't going to happen, but keeping you active on the battlefield will not be an option either.

now, i get what the archbishop was hoping for, that you would advance quickly enough to replace him. but now that i have advanced, with a strong likelihood that a new archbishop will advance when the old one passes, the timeline doesn't work.

but the two nations most likely to take you in also already have two totems a piece. newbon and the divine beast nation both suggested that you be transferred to them, as an alternate solution."

karl needed a few minutes to take that in.

the archbishop wasn't really a people person, and he was somewhat aloof. but the church had always sent karl to wherever the greatest opportunity was, and now the reasoning began to make sense.

the church knew there was a chance that every other nation would team up to try to kill him, but if he gained power fast enough, he could be protected until he was the golden dragon nation's next totem.

but that had relied on the archbishop being the only totem in the nation. now that there was a thirty-year-old mage at the totem rank, with a century of likely good health in front of him, things were different.

nobody was willing to risk the golden dragon nation gaining an expansionist mindset with the power to back it up.