Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 42

Ren climbed hurriedly through the newly formed tunnel, his legs trembling from effort and mana poisoning.

The mushrooms in his hair barely emitted a faint glow, but he could still distinguish the disaster scene before him.

’What a mess,’ he thought while examining the scattered remains of the lesser worm. Fragments of grayish flesh and greenish fluids covered the tunnel walls. The characteristic smell of mana in Iron-rank beast flesh permeated the air.

It was a shame that despite the relatively high mana concentration, the worms were so inefficient and only Iron rank at that depth.

Other Bronze-rank beasts could live there without problem... Of course, Ren doubted if he could eliminate those so easily.

But not everything was bad.

His eyes lit up upon detecting some of the bronze crystals he had used as bait, miraculously intact among the remains. He hurried to collect them, each movement calculated despite his growing dizziness.

’At least I recovered some,’ he thought while storing them. ’Though I would have preferred it if it were a Bronze beast, I need many parts for cultivation...’

His fingers stopped on something more solid among the organic remains.

Teeth.

Lesser worm teeth, though from an Iron beast, had their uses.

Ren carefully collected them, his mind already calculating their possible applications.

’They’re not Bronze beast fangs, but they’re almost as strong due to digging specialization, they’ll serve for...’

A particular glow caught his attention.

Among the mass of remains, something pulsed weakly with a silvery light. Ren held his breath while carefully pushing aside the shredded tissues.

’The core.’

It wasn’t really a complete core.

Unlike the complete core of the Bronze mantis for example, the lesser worm’s was more primitive, barely transforming so it couldn’t process well, it was more like a storage, closer to a simple mana crystal.

But the silver color didn’t lie, it contained approximately a hundred units of concentrated mana.

’A low-quality Silver crystal,’ he evaluated while carefully picking it up. ’Imperfect, unstable... but with proper processing could be useful...’

The sound of approaching boots interrupted his thoughts. The guards, attracted by the explosion, wouldn’t take long to arrive.

Ren quickly stored the core along with the other recovered materials. It was time to put the last part of his plan into practice.

’Show time,’ he thought while composing his expression of surprise and confusion. His mushrooms, weakened by poisoning, provided the perfect image of an exhausted student who had just lived an unexpected experience.

The guards’ sound drew closer. Ren mentally reviewed his story one last time, the discovery of an unusually rich vein that attracted the crazed worm, the unexpected explosion... Everything fit perfectly. _{freēwebnovel.com}

His legs trembled; he didn’t have to fake the exhaustion. Mana poisoning was reaching concerning levels.

But it had been worth it.

Between legitimately collected crystals, those recovered from the remains, and the unexpected Silver core, the expedition had been more than successful.

’Though,’ he reflected while hearing the guards’ voices getting closer, ’explaining the presence of a Silver core will be... interesting.’

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