STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

Zone 14, City C:

About an hour later, one of the City Governors, Ron Night, received a message from his connections in City A. Not a single one, but a couple of them sent him messages one after another.

At first, he thought something bad had happened. But right after reading the messages, he was dumbfounded. The news was so shocking. However, he quickly calmed his heart as he knew his son’s strength beforehand.

”My son didn’t like to stand out. He used to be low-key,” he thought. But the messages he was now receiving showed that his son was revealing his strength.

He had heard of the developments happening there, including the redevelopment program of the Striker Department. His son was chosen as the representative of the Striker Department.

He thought his son’s actions were related to that. But anyway, it’s good news for him. He is going to tell his wife.

On the other hand, the news media here got wind of it as well. They started making headlines about this. Central University 14 is an important place in Zone 14.

So news coming out of that place is given more importance.

Meanwhile,

When Petra Ross and Levy Glass’s parents heard about this, both of their families asked them not to cause any problems. Now the identities of the three of them are different.

Though Jeremy Night has been chosen as the Department Representative, he is still an A-Grade Talent. So their families wanted their descendants to focus on themselves more.

These two City Governor families are aware that the Human Alliance pays attention to rising beast tamers. They won’t be surprised if Jeremy Night is under their radar. So they don’t want their son and daughter to get into any mess.

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The following day,

Central University 14:

Jeremy Night wakes up late. He knows that his performance must have made some noise, so he doesn’t want to go outside until he receives a call from Instructor Jacob.

After that, he starts his morning routine.

About two hours later,

He wears his uniform. After getting ready, he sits on the sofa. He activates the round digital device. A virtual screen appears the next second.

He starts to access his account to see whether the Department Ranking has been updated or not. When he logs into his account, he sees that there are no messages from the management.

So he shifts his attention to breathing methods. Beast Tamers cannot evolve without their Lifeline beast. The Breathing Method is important for Beast Tamers for several reasons.

First, it can strengthen the Beast Tamer’s body.

Second, it can help boost their talent as well, if they have attribute-based breathing methods.

If the Beast Tamers use the breathing methods to strengthen their bodies, then their Lifeline beast can save energy during evolution. The Lifeline beast doesn’t have to use more energy for feedback.

This will help the Lifeline beast accumulate more. The accumulation would assist in the next evolution.

But Beast Tamers cannot evolve on their own. That’s where the Lifeline beast comes in, especially considering the dire situation the entire Human Alliance is facing against the Corrupted Beasts.

They need a lot of Beast Tamers to fight against the Corrupted Beasts at the frontline. For that, the breathing methods were developed over the years to shorten the evolution time of the Lifeline beast.

If they save more energy during evolution, their next evolution time will be shortened.

The Powerful Families and Beast Taming Organizations have their own breathing methods. Even his own Night Family has a breathing method. However, his family’s breathing method is incomplete.

It might assist his father in reaching Tier 6, but that’s it. To reach above that high rank, a complete breathing method is required. Jeremy is considering finding a useful one right now.

As far as he knows, the Breathing Methods are divided into three grades: the 1st Grade, which is the lowest (Human Grade); the 2nd Grade (Earth Grade); and the 3rd one (Sky Grade).

The Human Grade Breathing Methods have the largest collection. You can find and buy them at a normal store. But the Earth Grade methods are different.

You need wealth, connections, and the right timing to buy them because the Human Grade Breathing Methods can help Beast Tamers reach up to Tier 3 ranks.

If they don’t have further methods, they can only wait for their Lifeline beast to provide full feedback.

So these methods are mostly used by Beast Tamers with average talent and below. For them, the Human Grade Breathing Method itself is difficult to practice.

For those with above-average talent, they can use the Earth Grade Breathing Method. It can help them reach Tier 6. For example, A and B grade talents can use the Earth Grade Breathing Method.

However, if they try to use the Sky Grade Method, they will face the same difficulty as the low talent graders.

The Sky Grade Breathing Methods are practiced by S-Grade Talents and some exceptional A-Grade Talents.

This was basic knowledge Jeremy learned during high school days. After pushing down these thoughts, he decides to browse breathing methods in the Library Database.

He looks for one that could complement his talent. Next, he logs into the University Library Database using his account and begins browsing the breathing methods.

Instructor Jacob had promised to find suitable breathing methods for him, but he doesn’t know how long it would take.

[Ice Arts Breathing Method - Human Grade]

[Suitable for Beast Tamers with C Grade Ice type talent and below.]

This breathing method caught his attention. It reminds him of May Lindsey. For her S-Grade Ice-type talent, her family must have prepared a Sky Grade Method.

A quick gleam flashes in Jeremy’s eyes. He thinks that his Supreme Combat Body talent is not lower than S-Grade. He believes that as long as he finds a suitable breathing method, he could match S-Graders.

The next second, he continues browsing. One after another, the Breathing Methods appear on the screen. But none of them drew his attention.

Because most of them are attribute-based Breathing Methods, which are not compatible with his talent.