Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 619

Chapter 619: Chapter 619 - Taming Envy

Li, Tao, and Anuar observed from their less privileged position, their initial envy transforming into something more complex... a vicarious pride and dawning realization of just how far their friend had climbed.

"Brother," Li murmured, watching another defeated noble being helped away by his embarrassed family, "we’re never going to have these kinds of problems."

"Speak for yourself," Tao responded, though his voice carried more hope than conviction. "As soon as I get into Gold Rank thanks to Ren’s cultivation methods, surely... Ah, look, here comes another noble..."

This one was different. Younger, probably fourteen like Ren, but clearly more "brave" than most... or perhaps just more foolish. His face was set with boldness that bordered on recklessness.

"My parents said I shouldn’t come," he declared as he approached, his voice cracking slightly with adolescent intensity. "But you defeated my older brother yesterday. Nobody defeats a member of the Ashford family without consequences."

He activated his fusion, revealing he had contracted a hawk-type beast that gave him increased wind control. He was only Silver 1, but clearly trusted in his abilities, his posture radiating confidence of someone who’d rarely lost a fight.

Ren sighed, bored of all this but ready to give another quick lesson.

It was then that Tao stood up.

"Hey, Ren," he shouted from behind, his voice carrying across the garden. "Can we try? This one seems even below our level. If he can’t defeat us, he has no right to waste your time..."

Ren considered for a moment, then smiled. "Why not?"

The three friends looked at each other grinning and came running, their own beasts materializing in flashes of light. Li’s and Tao’s Plants, now at Silver rank, were dramatically different from the weak versions nobles were accustomed to facing. Their vines were thick as a man’s arm and fast as striking snakes, their tendrils strong enough to restrain opponents of similar rank without difficulty.

The conventional battle against plants that nobles remembered, against vines they could easily break, was over. Plants were now problematic beasts, versatile and more useful than many other far more popular beasts. The foolproof public cultivation method had changed everything about how they functioned in combat.

And Anuar’s Frog, dark and massive with skin that glistened like wet obsidian, could control water and became incredibly heavy when it activated its special ability. The creature was massive.

Noble Ashford looked at them with disdain, his lip curling. "Workers? Seriously?"

But his expression changed rapidly when the battle began. The Plants at this level had developed legs, moving with speed and coordination their Iron or Bronze equivalents had never shown. They scuttled across the ground, their movements unnaturally fluid for plant-based creatures.

Anuar’s Frog also amplified the Plants’ power and growth with its water control, creating a synergistic combo the noble clearly hadn’t anticipated. Moisture in the air condensed around the vines, making them swell and strengthen, their speed going up even more and their grip becoming ironclad.

Noble Ashford had no time to react or even fly...

In less than a minute, he was wrapped in unbreakable vines, with the enormous Frog placing a webbed foot on his chest and applying enough weight to make breathing difficult.

"Do you surrender?" Li asked with an enormous smile, showing his poorly contained glee.

The noble, unable to believe he’d been defeated by "workers", could only nod weakly, his face red from exertion and humiliation.

Li, Tao, and Anuar looked at each other, then burst into victorious laughter.

"We did it!" Tao shouted, pumping his fist in the air. "We defeated a noble!"

Their envy of Ren hadn’t completely disappeared, but now it was mixed with their own pride. Maybe they didn’t have processions of noble suitors or massive mansions, but they had real power. Power they’d earned through hard work and methods Ren had shared freely with anyone willing to put in the effort.

By the time night fell on the sixth day, the garden resembled a comic battlefield. Challengers in various stages of defeat decorated the landscape like living warnings not to underestimate Ren Patinder or his allies and workers.

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The seventh day arrived too quickly.

Ren had to return to the academy, and afterward would come the extra nobility exams before the ceremony where he, Luna, and Liora would officially receive their noble titles. Larissa would be there too, but as a Royal, she received everything automatically without need for ceremony or special examination.

This last day of vacation dawned with a line that extended to the street.

Suitors. More suitors than Ren had believed possible could exist in a single district. Young women in expensive dresses, some accompanied by chaperones, others by their entire families. The line stretched like a merchant queue on market day, except instead of goods, they were all there to evaluate him.

"This is absurd," he muttered while observing the procession from his window.

The butler appeared at his side, materializing with the silent efficiency he’d perfected over decades. "It’s the price of being one of the best matches of your generation, young master. Emerging noble with powerful connections, revolutionary cultivation methods, and verified combat feats. From a matrimonial perspective, you’re extremely valuable."

Ren sighed. He knew he’d have to deal with this eventually. He’d just hoped for... more time to relax with his parents and friends.

Li, Tao, and Anuar arrived early to say goodbye, but stopped dead seeing the line of nobles waiting.

"Brother," Li said weakly, his eyes wide as they swept across the assembled crowd, "this is... this is..."

"Ridiculous," Tao completed.

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