The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 739 A Charmed Life

chapter 739 a charmed life

karl ran up the stairs with the innkeeper right behind him. getting caught breaking into a travelling demon's hotel room was the sort of thing that got you disappeared, and there was a chance that this was one of his patrons.

karl stopped at the top of the stairs and resisted the urge to laugh at the sight that greeted him. one very drunk sailor was using both hands to carefully insert the key for room number nine into the door for room number six. then he cussed, kicking the door, and repeated the process when it didn't work.

that was what had triggered karl's spell. he must have put his shoulder into it at some point, before he realized that it just wasn't working.

the innkeeper rushed past karl.

"sir, is there an issue with the door? here, let me check. oh, see, that's the problem. you're holding it upside down. it's for room nine and this is room six. follow me just over here, and there we go."

the innkeeper escorted the drunk to bed, and the man was snoring before the innkeeper had even closed the door.

"so sorry about that, sir. it happens now and then."

karl waved his hand, dismissing the man's concern. "it's fine. i thought it might be something serious, as we've had a few incidents in the past. you know how it can be, travelling with a whole group of lovely ladies."

the innkeeper nodded in agreement. "yeah, that werebear has some gloss to her fur. i'd imagine that you'll have issues now and then with amorous suitors."

strangely, he was right. it always seemed to be someone going after ophelia that gave them relationship related issues.

rae was awake now, and planning to keep vigil from within her space unless something interesting happened to be nearby. there were powerful things in this city, and she didn't want to steal their food before she knew what they liked best. it was common sense for a bloodbath spider to let the strongest take the things they wanted first.

unlike karl, who could vaguely sense the power of the residents, she could clearly tell that there was at least one something stronger than a totem in this city. there were totems as well, and those were dangerous, but whatever that last thing was, it was bad news.

she suspected that it was a demon, but her genetic memory didn't have a lot of information about them, and it didn't feel like any of the others they had met today.

the city of drodh appeared to be a well regulated place, though. once the sun went down, and the last of the drinking crowds went home around midnight, the city streets were silent, with magical lamps on each corner, giving pedestrians a sense of safety.

many of the demons were nocturnal by nature, rae noticed. though they were primarily active during the day, and the city slept at night, there were many glowing eyes that marked so many nocturnal predators. the other species in the city weren't all so lucky. rae saw that many of the dragonkin struggled in the dark, as well as various lizardfolk and ogre species. it looked somewhat similar to what she had seen in newbon, but the power level was much higher.

she wasn't sure how to feel about that. she had just been getting comfortable in the golden dragon nation, and now she was somewhere that the prey would be able to fight back again, and they even had dozens or hundreds of overlords just wandering around a city with boring jobs.

on one hand, there were so many flavours of overlord blood. on the other, she liked stabbing prey, not being stabbed by prey.

she had even seen one who was carrying a stack of flyers for his carriage making business.

what sort of overlord sold primitive wagons?

by morning, she understood. there was no fuel here, they didn't make it. so, there were no buses or cars. because there were no buses, they had to use carriages and wagons for everything. but the majority of demons had functional wings, and there was nearly as much air traffic as ground traffic. that meant you had to watch for someone about to land on your head, but mostly, people would land in the road with the wagons and then step to the sidewalk.

she should get karl to find a flying spell for her. it looked fun.

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