Karl enjoyed the soft sound of Fae harps as they finished their dinner, sitting at a table with Dana and the Immortals.
Or you could look at it as the leaders of the Darklight Host. Which brought up a good question.
"Matilda, why don’t you have the Guild Master title? You’re listed as the Cyhosasa Branch Leader, but you’re clearly the most powerful member of the Darklight Host on the planet." Karl asked.
The Chaos dragon smirked. "When there is a proper Guild Master, the Darklight Host gains a Guild Skill based on the leader’s abilities. Every member of the Guild gains that one skill at their own Rank as a benefit of being in a Divine Guild.
Can you imagine what would happen if I was actually named as the Guild Master?
If anything, we should probably name Orthos as the Guild Master, just so that we get something resembling a normal Guild Skill. Even if we made you Guild Master, we would probably get something weird."
[Make her do it. I need to know the answer.] Cara mentally demanded.
Matilda smirked in her direction, and Karl knew that the dragon had heard the Chaos Badger’s thoughts.
Dana chuckled. "I think that it could be funny to name Karl. Is it automatic, or does he get to pick one of his skills? Because with his abilities, he could likely create a good one for the Guild."
The Immortals smirked. "It’s automatic, chosen by the World Dragon. But it’s always one of your more uncommon skills. If anything, it might be one of his defensive abilities, and that would be quite the Guild buff. But if it was something like his ability to advance skills? Or to allow Divine Beasts to pick a bonded partner?
Can you imagine the reaction of the public if all of our Guild Members could do that?"
Nox stroked his beard and nodded sagely. "You would have to pry the Green Dragon Clerics off with a troll."
That was an odd phrasing, and the Immortal noticed Karl’s confused look.
"Kilo for kilo, trolls are one of the strongest monsters in the world. So, many in my world use them as a standard. If you’re stronger than a Troll at your own Rank, you’re gifted. But we only have Mountain Trolls on my world. There aren’t any of the other ones, like the cute forest Trolls or the bridge trolls." He explained.
Gregor nodded. "Trolls are helpful. I hire a bunch of them to guard doors and bridges. They’re excellent at it."
The Fae hosts chuckled. Trolls loved to guard things, to the point that one of the species had been named "Bridge Trolls" because of their intensely protective instincts.
They didn’t just live under the bridge, they collected tolls, did maintenance, and prevented anyone from damaging the structure.
Whether they actually turned the tolls over to anyone was questionable at best. But nobody would ever accuse a bridge troll’s bridge of being unsafe to cross.
If you ignored the danger from the troll.
The music of the harps changed, and a staff member stepped to the microphone.
The next dance went to Rae, who managed to sneak ahead of everyone else who was waiting for the song to end.
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