Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army 351 Cloud Mounts

Yunan immediately started working on hatching the egg he had, and kept challenging the boss again and again until he got a mount for everyone in the house, the awakened Stormbirds were called cloud falcons and were very smart, Catelyn was basically living in the rookery Yunan made for the falcons to stay in, the falcons were good at playing with her and taking her to fly every now and then, since Yunan was not really expecting to farm the boss endlessly, he asked Martin about the Stormbird boss eggs, there was a big warehouse full of racks upon racks of eggs, the guild has been buying these eggs and storing them, waiting for the day where these eggs can be useful, since it was nigh impossible to break them and no value would come of it, they have been stockpiling the eggs because they didn't have a clue how to use them, they only knew it was valuable.

Martin sold all those eggs to Yunan at cost, but regret filled him like never before when he was given a strong cloud falcon to be his mount, the falcon was trained to change its size to suit the indoor life of both Martin and Markus, each falcon was taught aggressive, defensive and healing spells that would help out immediately in case of danger. Thanks to the management help of the genie, all the cloud falcons were born healthy, were well fed and taught useful spells, those were the ones used by the family, the rest that would be sold off were only trained to obey and behave.

As you would expect, since both Martin and Markus got their paws on a cloud falcon, they never used teleportation again, teleporting was grand and magical, but arriving on a 12 meter winged cloud was majestic and Luxurious, your prestige would rise by 100 from having it on your arm or shoulder, it would, however, rise by 1000 points if you rode it like any other mount, and since the two were giving Yunan free advertis.e.m.e.nts, they were given a few more treasured items, at this point in time, those two friends were the only people in the outside world who would share their wines like it was not a problem to get even more of them, the lotus fruits and the a.s.sociated Lava wines never grew scarce on their tables.

Even before the cloud falcons were put on the shelves of the trade post there were pre-orders for them, some even claimed they were ready to pay 100 times the cost of production, the estimated production costs these people came up with was actually enough to cover all the losses and time expenses a few dozen times over, of course Yunan wouldn't declare his costs, and just enjoyed the look of his storage rooms getting refilled after Dragonification almost emptied them.

The cloud falcons also had a hidden ability that Catelyn was very keen on showing off, stealth, they could hide their rider from detection by engulfing them in inside their cloud-like bodies, the counter detection was so good that Yunan started researching it in his spare time to add to the battle toys, especially the fortress, being attacked by a pa.s.sing cloud was even more terrifying that being attacked by a floating battle fortress, simply because clouds were always drifting and even if you can shoot each cloud to make sure there is nothing inside, what would you do on a rainy day wherein clouds filled the sky.

The cloud falcons become very popular in the dungeon, outside the Dungeon, spotting one was an auspicious occasion to be celebrated, and since the numbers were distributed very slowly, they never lost the novelty. At home, Yunan had designated only 100 falcons to be sold, the rest were sent to Awakened island to start a community, Yunan even gave them the manual for raising awakened cloud falcons, Yunan was almost sure that Awakened island had too few of these guys and by injecting a new population, it would be great for the community.

It was also safe for the falcons because they were not ordered to take masters, so unless they willingly bound themselves, they would never have to be in captivity, and since the new hatchlings would be born with the help of the manual, they too would not need to take masters, there is no way anyone would give their children to others, the manual was kept as a high secret and was only taught to two people, the elected chief of the tribe who would only be able to teach it to his chosen successor, and a falcon that would act like a nurse and incubator, this would protect from thieves and those who wish to tame cloud falcons.

At home, Yunan was getting pats on the back for his newest service to the family, cloud falcons were not simple mounts and were extremely precious and Unique, especially with them being trained to be perfect companions.

When Yunan was preparing to step into the 66th floor he was approached by Lucian who took him to a quiet corner of the house and said "it was decided that it's my turn for your mental health therapy, when are you free?". Seeing the look Yunan was giving him Lucian knew that Yunan did not even know about what he was talking about, thus he explained "you see, both Fae and Leader have been acting weirdly even since they got to talk to you about their darkness or secrets, they are not as bothered by whatever it is they were chained with before, since you seem to have a knack for loosening up chains of the heart, it was decided that i should be the next on the list".

"If that is there is to it, why so formal, we can talk anytime, how about we go somewhere quiet first and have a nice chat, i have nothing to do at the moment that i can not delay for day" even though Yunan was really not sure it was because of him; that Leader and Fae being not as restricted by their own secrets like before, he did not think it would be bad if he could act as a moral support for his teachers, they helped him grow into the fine man he is after all.