Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 234

In Larissa and Taro’s group...

The walls trembled with each new impact.

The shadow stalkers on the other side had intensified their attacks, as if sensing that the structure was about to give way.

Lin pressed her hands against the minerals, feeling the vibrations transmit through her palms.

"It won’t hold much longer," she warned, turning toward the group. Her face was drawn with concern, eyes darting between the weakening wall and the students she was responsible for protecting.

Taro, Umi, and Larissa constantly reinforced the structure, channeling what little remained of their energies to maintain the solidity of the wall. Their faces were pale with effort, sweat beading on their foreheads as they fought to keep the barrier intact.

Meanwhile, Mira and Matilda’s rope descended slowly into the dark hole where Ren and Han had disappeared. They had already extended about a hundred meters of line, but the absolute darkness made it impossible to know how much more they would need.

"How much farther could it be?" Min asked, peering over the edge of the hole.

The light from the wall’s crystals barely penetrated a few meters into the darkness before being devoured by the gloom. Beyond that lay only impenetrable shadow.

"Impossible to know until we reach the bottom or feel a tug from the boys," Lin responded, dividing her attention between the threatened wall and the rescue operation. "For all we know, it could be twice what we’ve extended so far..."

"Or more," Larissa added, her voice strained from the effort.

"We can’t continue like this," Taro panted, sweat running down his face. His living tunnel, though evolved, was reaching the limit of its capabilities against so many enemies. "We need to reach Ren soon or we won’t get out of this."

Lin nodded gravely. She wasn’t sure she could keep the students safe... They had placed too much confidence in Ren, who made it seem impossible not to be able to face any mishap in this "easy zone".

Now she faced a terrible decision.

It was the kind of decision no instructor wanted to make: protect the present group or try to rescue those who had fallen. Each option carried its own weight of responsibility and potential regret.

It was then that they saw it.

A flash of light, brief but intensely bright, ascended from the depths of the hole like an inverted lightning bolt. It illuminated the chamber for a split second before fading away, leaving ghostly afterimages dancing in their vision.

"What was that?" Mira blinked, rubbing her eyes.

"Ren," Min had no doubts. "Those are his mushrooms when he forces them."

But events weren’t happening alone or in order.

A new sound drew their attention.

It didn’t come from the internal wall they were having more trouble defending, but from the opposite one, where they had sealed the cave entrance and there were fewer shadow stalkers.

It sounded as if hundreds of creatures were moving frenetically on the other side while the air whistled through small cracks in the barrier.

"Maybe they want to increase pressure there too," Umi observed with alarm. "If they attack this intensely from both sides simultaneously..."

Lin quickly evaluated the new situation.

Perhaps it was time to send the children into the escape hole.

An attack that broke the walls and came from both broken fronts simultaneously would be impossible to contain. They would be overwhelmed in seconds.

But then, as suddenly as it had begun, the noise outside the wall leading to the main exit began to diminish...

Finally, it ceased completely.

"What’s happening?" Matilda whispered, her eyes wide with uncertainty.

Lin cautiously approached that wall, pressing her ear against the stone. The sudden silence was almost as unnerving as the previous commotion.

"Something or someone has changed the situation. It’s not night yet, so..."

Meanwhile, the other wall, containing the shadow stalkers from the deeper section, continued receiving increasingly powerful impacts. An alarming crack indicated that a section was beginning to give way.

"I can’t hold it!" Taro shouted, attempting to repair the crack. His hands pressed desperately against the fracturing stone.

Lin made an instant decision. "We need to open the other wall," she declared, pointing toward the now-silent barrier. "It could be help..."

After a moment of tense deliberation, the group nodded. With extreme caution, Lin directed Larissa to create a small opening in the silent wall, just large enough for them to see what lay beyond.

Then, a familiar face appeared.