Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 315

Luna raised her gaze toward Ren, who was offering his hand to help her up. She thought again about the hug, turned red, and thought he would mock her or her reaction... but she was surprised to find no arrogance in his expression, just simple respect.

"You were great," said Ren sincerely. "It hurt a lot to receive your shadow claw; you surprised me with that last move."

Luna hesitated a moment before accepting his hand. "How... how do you do it?" she asked quietly, so only he could hear her. "How do you so sincerely believe everything you say?"

"Believe what I say?" repeated Ren. "I'm not sure if I understand the question, but maybe the right answer is… because my parents were always honest with me…?"

Luna thought for a moment and then nodded slowly. For some reason, defeat didn't feel as bitter as she had anticipated.

"Next time," murmured Luna as she released Ren's hand, "fight normally and don't touch my belly." But there was something in her tone, a slight hesitation, that contradicted the severity of her words.

Ren blinked, bewildered. "I don't understand why you prefer me to hit you, it hurts, you know t...?"

"Just don't do it!" Luna cut him off, a traitorous blush coloring her cheeks. Then, lowering her voice, she added: "You're immune to social hints... impressive and interesting, Patinder."

"What did you say I am?" asked Ren, confused.

Before Ren could insist, Luna quickly moved away toward the exit, leaving him confused in the middle of the arena while applause resonated throughout the stadium. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}

Ren stood staring at the empty space for a moment, his mushrooms pulsing with a rhythm that seemed thoughtful, before continuing his way to where his friends were waiting to celebrate.

As they both headed toward the exit, Luna couldn't help looking toward the box where her father... was no longer there.

Sirius Starweaver observed from the shadows with an evaluative expression. His eyes briefly rested on the figure of the boy with luminescent mushrooms before sighing and heading toward where the other noble leaders were discussing slightly more urgent matters.

"Don't think it's over," he murmured to himself, an idea slowly forming in his mind.

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The battle between Klein and Ren had felt like a more intense final; the first group final against Luna had been a bit more controlled, but...

What few commented on was that while the first group had captured all the attention more than expected, the second group had also been completely dominated by the Gray Wing boys.

Min and Liu, implementing revolutionary tactics as double tamers, had swept through their opponents in ways so effective they were almost anticlimactic.

Min had defeated all his contenders by becoming invisible and then launching a powerful water strike that knocked them out of the arena in a matter of seconds.

Liu, for his part, had perfected his technique to charge a devastating sound attack from the edge of the arena before his opponents could get close to him.

"Why doesn't anyone talk about them?" repeated a fourth-year student observing the results tables.

"Because their battles are ridiculously brief," answered another with a sigh. "They have too much advantage. There's no tension, no drama... just one hit and it's over."

The Group 2 final had matched Liu against Min, generating great expectations among spectators. Two underdogs with such advantageous abilities promised a spectacle worth watching.

However, the reality was very different.

When Min activated his invisibility and launched himself against Liu, the latter simply used his sonar to locate him with millimetric accuracy. A single, devastating sound attack was enough to neutralize Min, ending the battle in less than 4 seconds.

The audience applauded politely, but general disappointment was evident. The potential confrontation between two innovative techniques had been reduced to a moment of anticlimax again.

The sound attack was too powerful.

"Victory for Liu Shiwang, winner of the second group!" announced Yang, while the audience exchanged bewildered glances.

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