But Not For Free

Orthos smiled at the Elites. "I can see that even with the order, you are still skeptical. You can check the order, and see that it is a valid magical contract, created by your Archbishop. But we are willing to pay for your assistance to the Divine Beasts."

Karl smiled. Now they might be on to something. The beasts had many good things that would be impossible to get for themselves.

"To show our sincerity, we prepared five tokens of our leader's favour. The magic will fade with use, but you should keep them, as they are also used to secure safe passage through our lands."

He opened a chest, and revealed five exquisitely carved black dragon scales from an Overlord Rank dragon, the faithful of the god of death.

[Oh, those are cool. They tilt the scales of life and death in your favour. Enemies take more damage, friends take less when the token is near.] Cara informed Karl in an excited voice.

[How do you know that?]