Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 227

The glow illuminated a scene that made everyone hold their breath. A huge chamber extended before them and moving throughout the chamber, dozens, no, hundreds of shadow stalkers awakened by the vibrations of the excavation.

"Shit," Roran whispered, his dog fully manifested beside him with the fur along its spine bristling. "It’s the main hive of the area."

"Pull back," Shizu ordered Hikari, her voice low but urgent. "I’ll seal this right now and we’ll change direction…"

She couldn’t finish her sentence. One of the shadow stalkers, apparently drawn by the firefly’s light, had approached to investigate. Its sensory appendages stretched directly toward the small opening like probing fingers of mist. Before anyone could react, it began widening the hole, tearing at the edges.

"Look out!" Luna shouted.

Chaos erupted instantly. More shadow stalkers quickly joined the excavation efforts and began converging on the opening.

Shizu tried desperately to close the hole, her hands splayed against the earth, channeling her power, but it was already too late. Tons of tentacles scraped at the entrance with their tiny claws at the tips, widening the aperture with each passing second.

The sound of scraping filled the tunnel, a nightmarish scratching that sent chills down everyone’s spines.

"I can’t push them back!" Shizu let them know, her wolverine struggling to contain the invasion. "Prepare to fight!"

The first shadow stalker forced its way into the tunnel, its tentacles thrashing violently as it searched for prey.

Mako and her night ambusher were the first to attack. The beast’s razor-sharp claws sliced cleanly through the shadow stalker, separating its upper mass from its tentacles in one fluid motion. Pale blue fluid splattered across the tunnel walls, glowing faintly in the dim light.

Roran’s dog launched itself at another creature with valiant ferocity, its fangs sinking deep into the shadow stalker’s upper mass. The creature emitted a high-pitched shriek that echoed through the tunnel as it twisted, desperately trying to reach its attacker with its remaining tentacles. The dog growled through its mouthful of writhing flesh, refusing to release its grip even as the shadow stalker’s body convulsed beneath it.

"Trent, now!" Luna shouted while her wolf dispatched a third shadow stalker attempting to enter.

Trent didn’t need to be told twice. His fire ant unleashed a concentrated burst of flames at the gap, effectively incinerating another creature and forcing those behind to temporarily retreat.

But their victory was short-lived. More shadow stalkers began crowding the entrance, drawn by the battle sounds and the death of their brethren.

"We can’t hold them all back!" Maria exclaimed, her armadillo creating an improvised barricade.

Maria’s armadillo was finally pushed back and chaos erupted.

But…

In the midst of the chaos, Roran’s dog suddenly lunged into the hole, pushing the shadow stalkers and disappearing into the swarm.

"Close it now!" Roran shouted. His connection to his beast allowed him to understand how miserable it was fighting in that mass of predators.

Inside the chamber, the shadow stalkers swarmed around the dog. The brave beast fought ferociously, tearing through tentacles and ripping apart translucent bodies, but there were simply too many. More tentacles wrapped around its limbs, its torso, its neck, dragging it inexorably deeper into the hive. With one last heart-wrenching howl, it vanished among the mass of shadow stalkers.

Roran staggered back, losing his beast temporarily made mana management way harder.

With a roar of effort, Shizu channeled all her wolverine’s energy. The earth around them began to tremble violently as enormous blocks of stone and mineral emerged from the walls, converging to seal the opening. Her face contorted with strain, veins standing out on her forehead as she forced the earth to obey her will.

The resulting wall was impressive,at least three meters thick… but even through it, they could feel the furious impacts of shadow stalkers trying to break through.

"It won’t hold forever," Shizu warned, sweat dripping from her brow and breath coming in ragged gasps. "We need to move. Now."

The group retreated in somber silence. The temporary loss of Roran’s dog weighed heavily on them all, a stark reminder of the danger they faced.