One by one, the others ca over to congratulate Tian on his advancent, and Karl had to try not to laugh as he noticed that Thor slled like peach body wash and Tessa. They had definitely chased him out of bed, and he had spent thirty seconds in the shower trying to make himself presentable.
Tian strutted around on the beach, showing off his new form to the other beasts, while Dana stood behind Karl, trying not to laugh.
He might be impressively powerful, but he was still tiny and fluffy.
"I was going to co get you to start on the arena, but it looks like Tian has so celebrating to do." She noted.
Karl shook his head. "No, he ca here to advance specifically because he wanted to make a better version of the arena. I don't think that he will want to hold the celebration until after he has finished showing off."
[That's right. They can celebrate getting big when they celebrate how wonderful my arena is.] Tian announced proudly.
For him, getting more powerful was just a sign of growing up. He was still a young fox, and by the ti that he was fully grown, he would naturally be more powerful than nearly any other beast in the world.
Rae thought that was a bit of an overstatent for sothing that was distinctly snack sized, but the Stonefur Divine Fox was an impressive species.
Now that he was Mythic, not only would his stone be higher quality, but Tian could do a better job on the small details, as well as doing them faster.
He had a whole notebook full of design sketches from the Dwarves in Drodh, as well as the design plans that they had made yesterday for the basic design of the building.
All that he had to do now was to go collect Geralt, their master sculptor. The dwarf could give him advice on how things should look, and help with shaping the magic.
He wasn't nearly as powerful as Tian was, but his skill with stone was unmatched, and the Fox wanted to learn more about how he did it.
"Alright, I will send soone to get the Master Sculptor. I'm sure that he will enjoy getting to be part of a project this grand." Karl agreed as he heard Tian's thoughts.
[He can bring more sculptors if he'd like. We can all link for the spell, and they can each work on a portion of the building.]
Karl laughed. There was no way that the Master Sculptor would go for that. If he put his hands on a piece, he wouldn't allow it to be associated with the work of his apprentices. It was all or nothing, unless he was going to attribute it all to them.
It should have been obvious that he would not allow that to happen when they were making an architectural marvel with Dwarven stone carvings over thousands of square tres of surface. But fa wasn't a concept that Tian really understood. He understood amounts of work, adoration and rewards, even quality of treats. But not fa.
Karl sent a Guild ssage to Geralt, and the Sculptor imdiately agreed to head over to the Alliance house for the opportunity.
They had been making accessories and statues nonstop since he arrived, but that was all dull and monotonous. Building an entire stadium sized arena, while cooperating with a Mythic Ranked earth elent specialist? What could be better?
But he didn't co alone. Geralt arrived only a few minutes later with Sapphire, who had an entire array of notepads and a recording spell imbued magical item prepared.
She wasn't going to miss this.
"Oh, Tian got big. Very impressive. Looking good, Fox." The blue dragon announced.
Tian puffed up his chest, trying to look impressive, but just ended up looking even fluffier.
"Tian will be doing the majority of the work to create the actual building. I will assist with mana flow, and the Master Sculptor can shape the fine details that others would miss. Then, once the building is up, I will add the runes. Master Geralt, here are the blueprints, including the details of what sorts of shops and facilities they wanted for the arena." Karl replied.
The Dwarf spent a few minutes looking over the structural designs, then frowned. "Why are there no interior details to any of the shops? Are they to be leased out to future tenants?" He asked.
"No, the details will be filled in by miss Opal. The entire interior of the structure will be layered in hundreds of illusions, defensive spells and additional effects to serve as both an open challenge arena and a luxury shopping experience. With illusions, we can artificially expand the interior volu, and update the interiors on a whim. So, they are all left bare. It is the exterior that matters the most. That is what everyone in the city will see." Karl explained.
Geralt smiled. "I get it now. It will be a Domain spell, like the ones you use in the Guild Houses. Alright, that is easy to work with. Giving it a basic structure makes it easier to build the illusions around it, so I will do my best, as well as setting the proportions properly, so that Dwarves don't feel out of place in a stone building."
"I knew that you would understand what was important. The interior is going to be a masterpiece, so we need the actual building to be one as well. The design is ambitious, I will give it that, but I am certain that you can pull it off."
The Dwarf chuckled at the praise. The design was more than ambitious. It was pushing the limits of what could be called structurally sound. But that was likely why he had been called in, instead of just leaving it to the little Divine Fox to construct with Karl's sowhat questionable guidance.
At least Geralt had experience with architecture.
It might not be his specialty, but he had designed and built more than one stone building before, using the surfaces as an enduring testant to his sculptural skills.
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