The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1266: Embrace The Title

The Shaman gave a toothy Werebear smile as Carnage vanished, and the Berserker picked himself up off the floor.

“Totally didn’t expect that to end with a loss by headbutt knockout.”

The berserker sighed as he dusted himself off. “I didn’t see that one coming either. That wasn’t the sort of fight that I had expected, but I learned a few things about how to handle an axe.

Fighting someone with your own style and body type, but better than you, is a brilliant learning experience. Still, fighting a dungeon boss one on one is just crazy talk.

I still can’t believe that both of you managed to do it and win.”

Karl patted him on the shoulder. “Don’t take it too personally, we’re a different breed.”

“Speaking of which, what did you get for winning?” The Dwarf leading the team asked.

Karl sorted through his inventory. “Let’s see, a couple of Mythic Rank Rare items, a bunch of fire element gems and materials, and one reward chest.”

The team waited impatiently as Karl took the oversized chest out of his inventory.

With a dramatic flourish, he flipped the lid open, and a System Message appeared in his vision.

{Title Gained} Mythic Duellist

Inside the chest was a pair of Epic Grade, Immortal Rank gloves.

{Carnage’s Challenge Glove} Epic Grade, Immortal Rank. Increases strength and agility by 150 Percent of base. Increases Skill Damage by 100 Percent of base as Fire Damage.

The other team members stared at the gloves in shock. Only three bonuses on an Immortal Rank, Epic Grade item? That shouldn’t be right.

Though… One hundred percent of base damage as fire was as good as an average skill, and the strength bonus was absolutely ungodly.

Karl slid the soft leather gloves on, and then flexed his fingers, wondering how to test the change.

He was already immensely strong, but he didn’t know how much the increase would be in practical terms.

Dana giggled as she opened the box and found that she had received an identical set of soft black gloves. Apparently it wasn’t a random reward, but a quest reward for accomplishing the feat. Even if you didn’t want to show the title, you could show off your skill just by wearing the gloves.

While she wasn’t as strong as Karl, and didn’t usually need huge amounts of strength or agility in combat, the bonus to skill damage was still worth it.

She could see the fiery aura on her Golems’ swords.

“What do we tell the others? This isn’t exactly a hard mode. It gives a reward, but we won’t know if it’s repeatable until we come back. For all we know, beating Carnage in a duel once might be the only extra bonus you can get from the Dungeon.” Dana reminded them.

“But isn’t that already impressive? It’s a guaranteed Immortal Rank item if you can beat him. And not a weak item. Most of the challengers will be Warriors because they’re the ones who practice as duellists the most.” The Shaman countered.

“Oh, there is a title as well.” Dana added, then activated it.

“Mythic Duellist? Damn, now that’s a flex. Just seeing that on your name should cut down the chances of being harassed in the street by eighty percent.”

“But the twenty percent who will try are the ones who fancy themselves as good fighters.” Dana sighed.

Karl winked at her. “It’s a good opportunity, isn’t it? Most of the people will leave you alone, and you will know that if you have to beat someone, they truly deserved it.”

“Well, if nothing else, we can report a success to the other Guilds. It might be a bit before most of them have the gear to challenge the boss for the prize, but I’m sure that there will be plenty of contestants with big egos once the word spreads.” The Shaman suggested.

Dana smirked. “In that case, Karl, put on your title. Nobody will be shocked if you gained something good from this dungeon, and it won’t draw extra attention to me before everyone knows what the title means.”

They might technically be at the same power level, but shoving Karl out in front to deal with the aftermath of all the chaos that he caused was so much better than doing the public relations herself.

Karl nodded and turned on the {Mythic Duellist} title, while Dana turned hers off.

“Let’s head out. I’m sure that the others will be eagerly waiting for us to come home.

Or eating cookies with the green dragon cleric.

Could go either way.”

The laughing attracted the reporters as they stepped out of the dungeon, and Karl sighed.

“Really? Are you just following us around at this point?” He asked.

The Obsession Demon nodded happily. “Yep! The King and the Immortal Regent are still at your house. So, if you’re headed out with a bunch of strangers, it has to be for something good, right?

Is it another dungeon with difficulty settings?

Please say that it’s another dungeon with bonus loot. That will be the story of the week.”

Karl laughed and took his gloves off so that they could see the stats by inspecting it.

“It’s not a harder dungeon, it’s a quest to challenge the final boss to a solo duel. If you can beat Carnage one on one, you will get an Immortal Rank item and a new title.” Karl informed her.

“HA! I knew that it would be good. I am totally getting that promotion.” The reporter cheered, while the other few who had been in the area just smiled indulgently.

The fact that the gloves were a Rank above the Dungeon, and the fact that they had the boss’ name on them, was a pretty solid sign that he wasn’t lying to them. So, there was one more important question left.

“How do you activate the quest?” One of the others asked.

“Just challenge Carnage to a duel, either when you enter, or when you reach the final boss. Then, only send one person into the boss fight area. If you do, it should activate the event.”