Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 310

Klein raised his head and let out a roar that shook the entire arena.

It wasn't the normal bellow of his lion; it was something more primitive, more visceral. His features began to change even more, becoming more feline. His eyes acquired an unnatural verticality, and the characteristic gold of his beast darkened to an amber hue that bordered on purple.

Most surprising was that the wound on his chest began to visibly close, replaced by lion fur. The blood stopped flowing, and the edges of the cuts began to fill in, golden hair sprouting where there had been torn flesh moments before.

Klein slowly stood up, his gaze fixed on the ground, an unsettling energy emanating from his figure. The air around him seemed to waver, as if distorted by intense heat.

Ren observed him with growing concern. His mushrooms pulsed frantically as he detected the subtle but unmistakable abyssal energy manifesting again. The mana pattern in Klein's body was transforming, adopting configurations that contradicted the natural laws of the world's energy flow.

From his seat in the upper stands, Kassian Goldcrest leaned forward, his expression showing amazement and alarm. He couldn't feel the abyssal energy, but the power increase he was witnessing far exceeded the 10% that a simple initial adaptation potion should provide. It was approaching 50%, a level he hadn't remotely anticipated.

Understanding struck Ren like lightning. Thanks to his enhanced perception and the knowledge accumulated in his World Mushroom about mana patterns, he could glimpse what would happen if that anomalous flow continued to expand.

Without thinking twice, he began running toward Klein.

"Stop!" he shouted, quickly approaching. "Don't be an idiot! If you continue like this, you're going to alter your beast into something it doesn't want to become!"

Klein responded with another roar, more powerful than the previous one. His lips moved, forming words that Ren couldn't hear clearly due to the plugs he had placed in his ears before combat.

Ren quickly removed them, trying to better understand what Klein was trying to say.

The action seemed to further enrage Klein upon seeing the earplugs. His mana visibly darkened, black spots appearing in the gold of his aura.

"Nobody listens to me!" complained Klein, his voice full of rage and a deep sadness that surprised Ren. "They only hear what they expect to hear. Goldcrest this, Goldcrest that..."

He raised his gaze, his eyes now completely feline, but with a painful humanity still visible in them.

"They lied to me, nobody cares about my renown, neither Luna nor your damn luck and ridiculous power. I'm alone... My real needs... nobody, not my friends, not my brother, not my father really listens to them... It's all about pretending for a sliver of recognition!"

The mana around Klein darkened even more, acquiring an almost purple tone at certain points. The transformation of internal mana was progressing at an alarming rate.

"The problem," responded Ren, maintaining his close distance without retreating, "is that I've only heard you say nonsense until now!"

The words seemed to hit Klein like a physical whiplash. He roared again, this time consciously channeling the dark power to amplify the attack. The sound wave hit Ren directly, whose now unprotected ears began to bleed from the intensity.

The world became silent for Ren, the roar leaving a persistent buzz that drowned out all other sounds and caused partial paralysis in his body. But despite the pain and effect, he remained firm in his place, his eyes fixed on Klein's face.

"But what you just said, though I hadn't got it first... What you said just now wasn't nonsense!" shouted Ren, not sure how loudly he was speaking due to the damage to his ears. "I did hear you, though not with my ears! But I read your lips and your expression."

Klein seemed momentarily disconcerted, the flow of dark mana faltering briefly.