Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 158

"The numbness in your mana flow will only last a few minutes," Ren explained as he began pressing different points on the door. "It’s better that you can’t use mana for now... You’re going to accompany us."

His fingers moved with precision, following the pattern he had perceived when he first touched the door. It was like playing an invisible melody, each point needing exact pressure at the exact moment. Experience exclusive tales on freewebnovel

Ren pressed the symbols with growing urgency as the presences approached at an alarming speed. He regretted not having the fast option, the key.

Sweat beaded on his forehead as he worked, but something wasn’t right. They were moving too fast, as if something had fundamentally changed.

And then it hit him.

’The interrupted mana flow of my "hostage",’ he thought as panic began to bloom in his chest. His fingers trembled against the cold metal of the door.

Any decent perception beast would detect the anomaly, the expelled mana stopping abruptly, like a sudden death amid all the natural flow. A red flag that would send any guard into high alert.

They might think she is dead now.

"Oops…"

The six new students flashed through his mind, six presences that now made terrible sense. Their arrival after Julius’s visit, their behavior, the way they always seemed to be observing, their minimal participation in classes...

’Guards?’

The thought made his hands shake slightly making it more difficult to open the door.

’Did I just attack and threaten someone under Julius’s royal protection?’

As if that wasn’t enough, another presence, a strange energy pulsed above for a moment. His imagination playing tricks?

The symbols under his fingers seemed to resist now, as if his own panic interfered with the pattern. The ancient metal felt cold and unresponsive, refusing to yield to his touch.

What had he gotten himself into?

Discovering ancient ruins in secret was one thing, but interfering with the mana flow of someone under kingdom protection...

"They’re getting closer."

Ren adjusted his grip on the girl while trying to maintain concentration on the pattern. The girl remained oddly still, as if oblivious to the gravity of the situation.

She was more occupied exploring Ren’s torso with curiosity, her free hand sliding across his abdomen. As if she couldn’t believe the incredibly hard texture she found there.

The presences were already near the crack when finally the last symbol yielded under his fingers. The ancient door began to move with a sound that seemed to resonate through the entire metallic structure, its echo bouncing off the spherical walls.

"Inside! Quickly!"

The ancient door had barely finished opening when a figure leapt through the crack. One of the new students, her earth wolverine manifesting for the first time since arriving at the academy.

The Bronze rank 2 beast combined with its tamer gave her a menacing air.

Ren shoved Min and Taro toward the interior while his fingers frantically searched for the closing pattern on the internal panel. A second agent was already entering through the crack, her shadow stretching ominously across the metal floor.