STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

Training Facility:

”Jeremy Night, are you serious?”

”You are purposely making this condition. How can a Tier-1 Beast Tamer kill a Tier-4 beast?”

”If you don’t want to fight, then say it bluntly. There is no point in putting forth this condition,” May Lindsey said in a cold tone.

”She is right. Last time, you had a similar condition. We believed you. But I don’t think you can kill a Tier-4 Corrupted Beast.”

”So just honestly accept the defeat instead of making a fool out of yourself,” Victor Scott said from the side.

Gasp!

A small commotion occurred. Everyone agreed with May Lindsey and Victor Scott’s words. They started to voice their agreement.

”Jeremy Night is a coward!”

Someone shouted among the students. The next second, others started to echo the same words.

”Jeremy Night is a coward!”

”Jeremy Night is a coward!”

The faces of Instructor Jacob, Betsy, and Daniel turned ugly. He was dumbfounded. He didn’t know whether Jeremy Night could kill a Tier-4 beast.

He said, ”Jeremy is right. If you guys can’t even kill a Tier-4 Corrupted Beast, then stop bothering him.”

Hearing that, the faces of the other Two Department Instructors changed drastically. They couldn’t believe Jeremy Night’s words. Now Jacob was supporting the argument.

The Elemental Department Instructor said, ”Jacob, this won’t work. It’s impossible for a Tier-1 Beast Tamer to kill a Tier-4 Beast. Jeremy Night is simply avoiding the challenge to save face.”

”May Lindsey, we can return to our class. There is no point in forcing someone to duel,” she added.

Hearing that, May Lindsey nodded her head. For the first time, she felt resentment toward Jeremy Night. All she wanted was a rematch.

The Control Department Instructor said, ”It’s really too much. I didn’t expect the STRIKER Department to be this low. There is no point in interacting with them.”

”Victor Scott, let’s go,” he said to him.

Victor Scott’s eyes flickered. He hadn’t expected the result to be like this. He then shook his head before turning around to leave.

The department students who were watching from the sidelines were disappointed. Everyone wanted challenge duels to happen.

But Jeremy Night’s condition had destroyed the chances.

Then everyone left the joint training facility within a few minutes. Instructor Jacob, Betsy, and Daniel were the only ones remaining.

Jeremy sighed inwardly. He felt it was quite a heated exchange. Others didn’t know, but he could kill a Tier-4 Corrupted Beast and the Beast Tamers.

Just not long ago, he killed a Tier-5 Beast Tamer from the Red Squad Team. But then he could only keep these things in his heart. Then he started walking toward them.

Jacob’s eyes flickered before saying, ”I never thought you would come up with such a condition.”

”I had to do this. Otherwise, they would continue to bother me,” Jeremy replied.

”Looking at their faces, I don’t think they would remain silent,” Betsy voiced her concern.

Daniel thought of something before saying, ”Brother Jeremy, don’t you think they would try to damage the name of the STRIKER Department?”

Jeremy shook his head before saying, ”Right now, I’m worried about myself. We can think about the STRIKER Department later.”

Betsy and Daniel were stunned. Then they remembered the ongoing case.

Jacob interrupted by saying, ”Jeremy is right. Right now, safety is more important. We can discuss other things later.”

”Okay,” Daniel nodded his head in understanding.

Betsy remained silent.

”I’m going back to my room,” Jeremy said before leaving. He didn’t want to talk more about this.

He had a lot of things on his mind. He was worried about the Red Squad Team’s retaliation. If they learned about his thoughts, they would tremble in fear.

The top Mercenary Teams are a dream place for the passed-out students. Yet he had wiped out one of their teams during the first year itself.

After casting aside the thoughts, he continued walking.

Jacob saw Jeremy’s disappearing back. His mood was complex. He knew about Jeremy’s pressure. At the same time, he felt helpless as an Instructor.

”You guys don’t forget his case is still ongoing. We still don’t know about the people who wanted to harm him. So these duel challenges are a distraction right now.”

”So don’t encourage him to fight,” Jacob said in a stern tone.

”Don’t worry, Instructor. We know about it,” Betsy said in a solemn tone. How could she forget about the life-and-death experiences in the wilderness last time?

She was sad because she was not strong. She could only watch others standing together against Jeremy Night.

Daniel didn’t say it openly. But he was feeling weak as well. At the same time, he thought about the disadvantages of having fewer members.

They had to rely on the Instructor to save them.

Jacob saw through their thoughts. He had decided to speak with Ariel. Maybe she could help these two train. So far, he had not interfered in individual training.

But he thought without Jeremy Night around, these two would suffer.

A few minutes later,

They parted ways as well. At the same time, the news about Jeremy Night’s condition spread like wildfire. The first-year department students had all heard about it.

Even the news reached the second, third, and fourth years. Everyone thought Jeremy Night was avoiding the challenge by stating this foolish condition.

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First-Year Department Head Cabin:

Elder Derek was in his office room when he learned about it. He didn’t immediately disagree with Jeremy’s words because he knew that Jeremy Night had escaped from the hands of veteran Beast Tamers.

So he thought Jeremy Night could indeed confront Tier-4 Corrupted Beasts directly. But he didn’t want to make guesses about the result.

No one had seen Jeremy Night’s lifeline beast. He had always thought that the lifeline beast was his trump card. If Jeremy Night could cross kills, he thought Jeremy Night’s lifeline beast must be fearsome as well.

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Dean’s Office:

Carolyn received the information as well. She was stunned before she thought Jeremy Night wanted to avoid the confrontation as well.

She had seen reports stating that Jeremy Night could escape from the hands of Tier-4 Corrupted Beasts. But escaping from the beast was different from killing it.

So she thought Jeremy Night wanted to avoid them. That’s why he had made such a condition.