Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Chapter 32 - Taming Momentum

"How long do we have?" asked Min.

"A month, maybe two before it becomes significantly harder to find good crystals." Ren stored another crystal in his bag, feeling the weight of time pressing down on them. "That's why we need to take advantage of every moment now."

"Well, I can take my time," Min shrugged, his water snake coiling lazily around his shoulders. "I prefer to study more before trying to evolve my snake."

"But Taro needs the crystals soon," Ren reminded him, thinking of their upcoming demonstration. "And it's not just cultivation crystals, we need enough to buy processing and sealing materials. You'll need them too, and it'll be good to have crystals saved up."

"At least it will be cheaper for me with your method," Taro smiled, his digger beetle creating faint patterns on his skin. "Hope you are right too... After all, you have a bet to win."

Ren nodded, though his thoughts went much further. A hundred bronze crystals... equivalent to a thousand of these small ones if exchanged at school.

And that was just the beginning.

The Bronze-rank beast parts he'd need for his own evolution would be even more expensive.

Not to mention the poisonous fungi of the same rank... The numbers were staggering when he really thought about them.

"Ren?" Min waved a hand in front of his face, his snake mimicking the motion. "We lost you for a moment."

"Just thinking," Ren refocused on the vein. "We should organize better. Work in shifts, take advantage of every free hour."

"Don't you think you're being a bit..."

"It's not just about the bet," Ren interrupted, his voice carrying the weight of knowledge he couldn't fully share. "Sealing materials are expensive, and once these veins are depleted, getting enough crystals to buy them will be much harder."

Taro looked worried, his beetle's markings darkening with his mood. "How many will we need?"

"For the final sealing..." Ren made mental calculations, remembering the precise requirements. "Probably equivalent to 10,000 iron rank mine crystals, just for the basic materials."

Min whistled, his snake curling tighter around his neck. "And that's just for Taro's beetle. What about your evolution? Are you thinking of cultivating that expensive fungus they say isn't worth it?"

Ren pretended to concentrate on mining to avoid the question. That variation they created with strength runes was terrible, but...

How could he explain that he needed ten times what Taro needed but for something else?

Better to keep that worry to himself for now.

"Let's focus on one thing at a time," he said finally, watching the mana patterns swirl in the rock. "For now, we need to take advantage while the veins are still rich."

"We should explore deeper tomorrow," he suggested, pointing to another promising pattern that shimmered just at the edge of visibility. "Where fewer students dare to go."

"Liu warned us about going too far down," Min looked nervous, his snake's scales rippling uneasily. "He said tunnels can become unstable and there are... things moving in the darkness."

"Just a little deeper," Ren insisted, the mushrooms in his hair pulsing with reassurance. "Besides, we'll be together."

His companions nodded and returned to work. The rhythmic sound of picks against rock filled the tunnel while each considered the challenge ahead of them.

To evolve a beast, you needed three things: crystals, processing materials, and sealing materials. And getting them all before the veins were depleted... _{ƒrēewebnovel.com}

'One step at a time,' thought Ren while extracting another crystal, watching the mana flow through the stone. 'First help Taro, then...'