Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

“How would you create the eggs for all these rare beasts?” Zhao intervened, noticing the boys’ unconvinced expressions.

“I need parts that won’t rot from the monsters we’ll use,” Ren explained. “Scales, bones, claws, hair, teeth from the beasts. The core must be kept surrounded by these materials and I’ll draw specific complex runes with rune liquid.”

“Complex runes?” Lin leaned in with interest.

“Very complex,” Ren nodded. “Each beast requires a unique set of patterns. Besides the 100,000 mana to fill the core, I need to inject processed mana daily during the process as if cultivating.”

“For how long?” Zhao asked.

“Depends on the beast, for example… For Min’s Invisible Amphibian,” Ren looked meaningfully at his still reluctant friend, “it would be about two weeks working on the egg if we use bronze 2 parts in the nest.”

“Two weeks?” Min blinked in surprise. “Six days less than the panther lizard…?”

“You’re lucky, right? Beasts have different ‘incubation’ periods,” Ren smiled.

“Wait no! He’s trying to convince me without me noticing,” Min realized, “an amphibian… it just doesn’t sound very…”

“Impressive,” Liu completed. “Like the hyena…”

“You know what’s not impressive?” Ren looked at them seriously. “Wasting potential because you chose the wrong cultivation path, right?… The same goes for choosing a beast that looks ‘cool’ instead of one that truly complements the abilities you already have.”

The three fell silent, considering his words.

“Besides,” Ren continued, “who says these beasts aren’t ‘cool’? You don’t even have an idea how they look at gold rank…”

“What about the amphibian?” Min asked, his curiosity overcoming his resistance.

“It will be a huge reptile at gold rank. It can greatly improve your water magic and will also give you vitality,” Ren smiled. “And that’s just the beginning.”

The three friends exchanged looks. Their expressions still showed doubt, but there was a spark of interest in their eyes.

“The materials to create the eggs, especially the mana to fill them isn’t small, they’re expensive,” Ren added. “And the process besides taking time is delicate, so… I need to know what you want before starting.”

“But are those really the best options?” Liu asked.

Ren’s mushrooms pulsed with confidence. “The best synergies. The question is: do you trust me?”

After thinking about it a bit, they all accepted Ren’s suggestions.

Zhao asked Ren to dictate all the materials to make a list…

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“Well,” Lin turned to Ren with a smile that made his mushrooms pulse nervously. “Time for your exercises.”

“But we have to buy and…” Ren began to protest.

“Don’t think you’re going to escape your routine today. You can start while we take those two last potions to safekeeping and go get the cultivation things you named… We’ll even bring yours and the boys’… Right, Zhao?”

Zhao nodded.

Ren dropped his shoulders dramatically, but Lin wasn’t finished.

“Besides,” her smile grew wider, “from now on I’ll train all four of you. For today you can even teach the basics to the other 3 yourself.”

Ren’s mushrooms pulsed with new interest as he looked at his friends. Min, Taro, and Liu instinctively backed away when they saw how his expression changed.

“You know?” Ren smiled, a flash of Lin’s sadism reflecting in his eyes. “Maybe it’s not a bad idea to train my allies a bit…”

“Oh no,” Liu murmured.

“This is going to hurt tomorrow,” Min added.

“A lot,” Taro confirmed.

When Lin and Zhao left heading for the exchange, leaving Ren instructing his friends on the “correct basic posture,” their cries of pain were already resonating through the hallway.

“He’s a good boy,” Zhao commented as they walked. “With extraordinary potential.”

Lin stopped abruptly in the hallway and looked at him sideways. “You’re a government dog.”

It wasn’t a question.

“I am,” Zhao admitted without shame. “But that doesn’t change that I’m on his side and care about him.”

“Ren isn’t protected enough for everyone in the castle and high nobles to know his secrets,” Lin warned, pointing at his neck up close. “Not yet.”

Zhao smiled softly. “Don’t worry. I fight for our homeland precisely to keep our children safe. I wouldn’t put Ren in danger.”

Lin relaxed a bit.

“Speaking of something more important,” Zhao changed the subject, “there’s a way to ‘pay him back’ for the potion that he won’t be able to reject. Will you join me?”

“What do you have in mind?”

“Well,” Zhao smiled mysteriously, “he’ll surely use the school’s counter to get materials for some years, right?”

Lin’s eyes opened with understanding. “The credits.”

“The same ones,” Zhao nodded. “And coincidentally, I have a million crystals that we can defer over several months to not scare him.”

“So he’ll have to accept it,” Lin nodded her head. “I can leave him a part each month too without going bankrupt in one go… Good idea, you’re clever.”

“Thanks,” Zhao began walking.

Behind them, the boys’ screams mixed with Ren’s laughter.

“Back straight!” they could hear him shout. “Or we’ll have to repeat the whole series!”

“Definitely your student,” Zhao laughed.

“For better or worse,” Lin smiled as they walked away, leaving the boys to their fate for a while.

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Liora returned to Luna and Larissa after leaving her grandmother at the entrance.

She found Larissa sitting comfortably, as if she had been waiting for her.

“How did it go?” Larissa smiled.

Neither responded immediately. Luna seemed lost in her thoughts, her fingers unconsciously brushing the envelope hidden in her clothes. Liora maintained her expression carefully neutral, though her eyes revealed certain unease.

“It’s okay,” Larissa gestured for them to sit. “Take your time. Maria!”

One of the guards approached.

“Could you bring us that special drink I prepared?” Larissa asked sweetly. “The one I left on the corner table?”

Maria nodded and returned moments later with three cups of an aromatic liquid.

The girls sat around Larissa, each taking a cup. The aroma was sweet and comforting.

“On my part…” Larissa began while her cousins drank, “everything went quite well. They’ll probably increase surveillance, but there’s not too much to worry about.”

Luna and Liora nodded distractedly, the warmth of the drink helping to relax them.

“There’s just one thing…” Larissa leaned forward, lowering her voice conspiratorially.

Her cousins looked at her with curiosity, though they didn’t quite understand her mysterious attitude. Still, they instinctively leaned in too.

“You’ll have to be very careful,” Larissa whispered, “not to tell anyone that all three of us are double tamers now.”