Chapter 1065: Out Of Stock

Not only did they sell a massive number of potions, they were also cleared out of accessories.

Weapons were much more common drops, but specific accessories were almost impossible to get from a Dungeon, where the stats on the very few that dropped were random, and rarely perfectly matched to any class and specialty.

So, even if they were Commander and Royal Rank, the ones that were sold by the Darklight Host were still an upgrade for basically all the Alliance members Overlord Rank and under.

For the stronger members, even one Stat in their category was enough to make it better than anything at the Royal Rank. However, the Guild Leaders had hopes that Karl would soon put a few items at higher Ranks up for sale.

Ashbringer’s Overlord Ranked weapons had sold very well, though they weren’t all gone yet. But when Karl put up a dozen Overlord Ranked rings for warriors, they were gone faster than anyone could feasibly have read the full description.

“I think that I have some work to do once we get to the Temple.” Karl laughed.

{How many Overlords and Totems are there in the Alliance?} Remi asked, planning her potion production.

“There are a combined sixty-four Totems and nearly two hundred Overlords between the five guilds. We’re all membership capped at one hundred and ninety-nine regular members each. So, nearly a thousand members in total.”

One of the other Guild Leaders snapped his fingers and pointed at Remi.

“Brilliant! I just realized that your Branch house only has like twenty people. With a Totem Ranked leader, you should be able to have a hundred. So, we could transfer all the hopeful crafters in the Alliance to the Darklight Host as members.” He explained.

Karl frowned. “We are somewhat particular, not just about skills but personality. The Guild treats each other as family.”

The Guild Master shrugged. “That’s fine. We’ve got five thousand people on the waiting list to enter one of the Alliance Guilds. I’m sure that you can find enough junior craftsmen or aspiring apprentices to do a full round of interviews.”

Karl nodded in understanding. “I will talk to the group leaders about bringing in more people. We’ve still got work to do with some of our other crafters, to get them up to our exacting standards. But after that, we can take in a new batch of children to train.”

“Is it that hard to learn trade skills, that you have to start as children?” Deve asked.

Karl shook his head. “No, I could teach you a trade skill now if you don’t have one. But how much actual crafting would you get done?”

The druid nodded in understanding. “Good point. My whole life would turn to chaos if I was suddenly being asked to make Mythic Rank crafted items at every hour of the day. I have far too many responsibilities for that, and frankly, I wouldn’t want to.

But on a related note, you’re going to get plenty of requests for accessories.”

Karl nodded. “I have a load of Overlord Ranked raw materials on hand, I just haven’t been focusing on making extra items, just custom orders.

We have an agreement not to sell higher Ranked items from the Guild Store in Drodh without a custom order.

In the past, I put a bunch of them on the shelves, and it caused some issues with exporters.”

Karl looked through the list of Alliance members from Totem Rank and higher. Over half of them were warriors, and the majority of the others were Mage and Shaman type spell casters. They didn’t have many Clerics at all, and most of the Shamans and Druids were tagged as healers in the Member Notes.

Karl noted that someone had tagged him as “Runemaster” and “Crafting Team Organizer” already, which seemed a bit ironic given how he had ended up in the Alliance.

They hadn’t even known the extent of the Darklight Host’s crafting skills until after the negotiations started.

“You said that you were going to take this lovely young lady to the Naga Temple, right? Why don’t I open a portal for you, and we can continue this chat there? The Naga will be going crazy over a new Queen for at least a day or two.” Hugo suggested.

Remi was confused. {Are there that few Naga Queens?}

Hugo chuckled. “There are under twenty of them. In total. On all four islands combined.”

Deve nodded in agreement. “There is roughly a five percent chance that a Naga Princess will become a true Naga Queen. Most tribes are led by Princesses. Some are even led by Shamans because they have no Royal Lineage left.”

{That sounds like they’re going to be annoying.} Remi muttered.

But she still wanted to see the temple.

“Please open the portal. I have a whole group of Naga waiting to show her the Temple, and we’ve made them wait a whole day already.” Karl suggested.

Follow new episodes on the “N0vel1st.c0m”.

Hugo opened the portal to a small rocky hill overlooking a massive temple complex, the size of a village.

“Welcome, Queen Remi, to the Naga Temples. Now, where are the Naga who wanted to escort you? Did they say what entrance they would be at?”

Remi laughed. {We have them in a separate space.}

Karl opened the Tiny World, and the whole group exited, with the excited Naga leading the way.

“You weren’t joking, your group really is the envy of most Guilds.” Deve joked.

“Isn’t that a Behemoth?” One of the other leaders, a Warrior named Raj, asked.

Thor nodded. “I sink in the swamp if I don’t transform. It’s a really useful skill.”

The Guild Leaders didn’t miss that he lifted Tessa by the waist to lift her over swampy puddles, but they refrained from joking about the Behemoth’s obvious crush on the Priestess.

She clearly didn’t object.

The Naga search party leader eagerly shook Karl’s hand with both of his own.

{Thank you so much for bringing us right to the Temple. I will arrange somewhere for you to rest while we give Queen Remi the tour. Some areas are off limits to all but the Naga, and those are the ones where it is most important that the Queen visits.} He insisted.

“Alright, I have no problem with that. Remi, have fun. We will see you tonight.”

Remi nodded, then transformed back and realized that she was still draped over Karl. But she had transformed too early, it was muddy out here, and who knew what was in that mud?

Oh well, Eternal Lightning would keep it off her scales.