The First Legendary Beast Master

The second of the paired bosses died much faster than the first one, and Dana realized that there was a reason they were supposed to focus on them, and it wasn't survivability.

They shared a buff, and when both were alive, they both took less damage. So, you had to kill one first, and then you could more easily kill the other.

The warriors slumped to the ground as the second boss died, and the cleric turned his eyes to the sky.

"You know, we're likely to get the same issue with the last boss as well. But at least this one didn't give us any new surprise messages." He muttered.

"That's because we took damage. We will have to work on that until we can do a perfect run." Lotus agreed.

The Cleric gave her a confused look. "I thought you enjoyed your job?"

Lotus nodded. "I do. But I like it even better when I know that it is just for moral support and nobody would actually die if I messed it up."

"That is somehow exactly the sort of answer that I should have expected. Fortunately, the rest of the dungeon is just a straight damage test, and it looks like our team has more than enough, even with these tougher bosses."

After a short rest, they all got moving again. But their motivation was a direct contrast to Karl's current situation, as he worked his way through stack after stack of clothing that Rae had made.

There would be enough that he could put a dozen pieces a day on the market and not run out for the rest of the month. But Karl suspected that Rae would have objections to that plan.

She wanted her clothing distributed.

In fact, she wanted it so much that she had wandered out into the city to start selling some of it herself to people who looked like they needed a makeover.

Karl sighed as the Gargoyles reported that there was a large group of women at the house, about to knock on the door. He had put the items up for sale, but when he listed them on the Alliance sale boards, there had been no option to do direct sales like there was in the store.

He was avoiding putting Totem Ranked equipment in the Guild Store so that he didn't get in trouble with Lord Drodh if it made its way into his city.

If he put them up in the general store, someone would definitely start reselling them, or a certain fashion obsessed spider would start giving them to the employees, and that would cause even more questions and envy. They were already wearing clothes worth a small fortune as their uniforms.

If they were high fashion as well, the Demons would never let them sleep. It would be an eternal loop of design requests.

The Gargoyles led the pack of excited young ladies into the house, where they quickly surrounded Karl's worktable.

"I have separated them into three different groups, based on the major buffs. The secondary abilities vary, but if you stick to one pile, you will get a similar major buff.

Please don't mess up the sorting as you look for your perfect item.

I was going to hang them on racks, but you got here a bit faster than expected." Karl explained.

The ladies laughed. They had been waiting to see if he would put anything in the store today, as they had the day off. So, the moment that he did, they had been ready to start organizing a shopping trip.

Tian quickly made a set of racks with hangers for the clothing, and the shoppers began hanging everything up after they had lifted it to admire it.

That saved Karl a lot of effort, and then the next group could just turn them to look at them, or hold them up to compare them to themselves. That was less effective with bonded clothing, as it didn't always come in your size, even though it would adjust to fit once you put it on.

"Are we sure that this is for outdoor wear?" One of the ladies asked, holding up a bright red cheongsam with gold dragon designs on it.

The cloth was very light, and while it wasn't transparent, Karl could see how easily it flapped in the breeze.

"It looks like an outdoor type dress for hot weather. I will ask Lady Rae."

[It won't flap like that when you have your legs in it. Plus, there are straps to hold the upper thigh slit shut if you're shy.] She explained, knowing which dress he meant as soon as Karl asked.

"She says it's fine once you put it on, and you can limit the movement of the upper section of the skirt. There are straps, see? They'll keep your modesty."

The mage shuddered a little and put it back, where it was immediately snatched back by a young warrior.

"This is perfect. If I wear it with my jade bangles, I will be the star of the club tonight."

She took out a bag of precious crafting metals, and a stack of Fae Hound pelts.

They were the most popular crafting material drop, so everyone would have plenty to trade. Normally, crafters would use what they needed and then trade the others around the continent, so there wasn't really a hard limit.

Just an intermediate stage that reduced the value.

But Rae had no intentions of selling raw pelts. Instead, she would make a full line of fur and leather clothing to sell completed.

There were plenty of cold and mountainous regions of the Dragon Isles, and the Dwarves adored fur fashion. Having people sell her all this Fae Hound Fur opened up a whole new market full of people that she could decorate.

"Is there a chance for a budget line? I could use a few more dresses for formal occasions, but buying them all as Totem Ranked armour is... extreme." One of the warriors asked.

"Rae says that she will have plenty of it coming once she has distributed enough armour. Around here, people wear their armour everywhere, so it's almost their casual fashion. Her goal is to spread her brand and see people in her clothes, so the armour came first." Karl explained again.

The warrior sighed. "I was afraid of that. Alright, I will have to bite the bullet and buy a few more today so that I have something for the winter formal."

"Winter formal?" Karl asked.

"Oh, the year's biggest festival. It's a party to celebrate the shortest day of the year when Earth Magic is at its strongest. Everyone dresses in their best and gathers for parties all over the city.

But don't worry, we don't actually get cold here, so the ladies can wear their best."