Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 55

Ren held his breath as the beast passed nearby, its senses completely focused on its domination ritual.

The mushrooms sent him a warning sensation, something wasn’t right. The male stopped, its head turning slightly.

A scent had penetrated the skin barrier.

’The captured female,’ the knowledge flowed urgently.

The knot wasn’t perfect, a tiny opening, barely visible to the naked eye, allowing the dead creature’s essence to escape...

The male turned completely, all its senses now focused on the anomaly.

It began moving toward Ren, each centimeter of its advance increasing the tension with growing menace.

’The broken flare,’ Ren remembered his last possibility, fingers brushing against the device in his pocket. It wasn’t just a signal, the crystal inside was designed to emit a pulse that the professor could detect from a significant distance.

If he could alter the pulse’s specific frequency and release it instantly through the opening... His mind raced through the calculations, each second precious as the male drew closer.

Ren moved his hands and mana flow frantically, trying to modify the crystal’s resonance before it was too late.

The male approached with inexorable purpose.

He wouldn’t make it in time...

The beast was so close that Ren could see energy patterns swirling in its eyes, the hungry glow of a predator that had detected something amiss in its new territory.

When the male was almost upon him, Ren broke the flare.

The crystal shattered, releasing a concentrated energy explosion.

The male recoiled, momentarily blinded, and more importantly, the crystal’s resonance traveled through the tunnels with a piercing sound that carried far beyond the cave’s confines.

Ren didn’t wait to see the beast’s complete reaction. He launched himself toward the exit, every muscle straining with desperate energy.

The mushrooms in his hair pulsed frantically as he ran, warning that the male would recover in seconds. Their glow dimmed to almost nothing, trying to minimize his presence.

Ren ran, still covered by the skins. The male roared and moments later began the pursuit, its fury overwhelming its interest in the females. The sound of its rage echoed through the tunnel system, promising terrible retribution.

The roars made the cave walls vibrate with their intensity. The Shadow Stalker’s fury was palpable, its new territory violated, its ritual interrupted. The sound of its pursuit resonated ever closer, each echo a reminder of approaching doom.

’Too fast,’ Ren thought while zigzagging between rock formations. The knowledge showed him the terrible truth, males could move at incredible speeds when provoked.

Another roar, closer still.

Ren could feel the air pressure changing as the male drained mana around it, creating vacuum zones meant to slow its prey.

Fortunately, his skin covering provided some protection, and slightly confused the male’s precise detection abilities.

The cave exit appeared ahead, daylight beckoning like a beacon of hope.

The male’s claws scratched against rock, each impact closer than the last, the sound a countdown to capture.

’Just a little more,’ the mushrooms pulsed with renewed urgency. The flare’s resonance was still traveling, and somewhere out there...

But time had run out. When he was about to be caught...

A new roar answered the first, making it pause for a crucial instant that saved Ren. Discover hidden tales at empire

This one came from outside the cave, carrying a different fury, the territorial rage of the original male detecting an invader.