Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 1297

Chapter 1297: Chapter 1297 - Taming the Old World - Light Dragons

Ren took a moment to lay out the broader strategic picture for those around who were not fully up to speed on how the ancient vaults worked.

"Securing all seven rings that belong to our side of the rift is the top priority," Ren explained, resting his knuckles on the southern edge of the map.

"Yesterday, Sirius and Liu managed to steal the Shadow Ring from Selthia’s territory. Because she is missing that one piece, even if she manages to claim a Light Ring today, she still won’t have a complete set of keys to open her third vault chamber. We, on the other hand, are only missing one. If we secure our own Light Ring down south, all seven keys will be sitting inside our walls. At that point, the only hurdle left is for me to figure out a way to retrieve the three rings currently fused to Dragarion."

He paused for a beat to let that sink in before sliding his finger up toward the northern border of Yino’s territory.

"That makes the northern Light Dragon our secondary target," Ren continued. "Even so, our goal hasn’t changed from what we discussed earlier. We are not settling for a split decision today. Right after my team wraps up in the south, we are flying straight north to take both the ring and the core from that second guardian too. We need that core off the board so Selthia cannot feed it into the prison beneath the castle."

Min frowned, crossing his arms as he looked between the two distant peaks on the parchment. "Are we actually going to have enough firepower to win or even resist the northern front without you there from the start?"

"The bulk of our vanguard is marching north under Selphira’s command," Ren replied. "That northern peak is where the real trench war is going to happen today. A Light Guardian does not hit quite as hard as the others, yet it is way more stubborn; its hide is built to absorb punishment and its biology mends wounds almost as fast as you can open them. Taking one down the traditional way is a grueling battle of attrition that requires sustained pressure and a lot of hands rotating on the front line. I am taking a small, fast strike team down south to move quickly and hit hard, while the main force uses sheer numbers to be able to either grind the northern guardian down or hold the line until I get there."

With the reasoning clear, the final deployment orders were locked in.

The main battalion, carrying the vast majority of the kingdom’s heavy hitters and support squads, would fly north to lock down the mutant horde and begin the long process of wearing down Yino’s Light Guardian.

Meanwhile, Ren would lead a compact, high-speed unit straight south to scare off Selthia’s vanguard, claim Yano’s final guardian, both ring and core, and complete their side of the collection.

Two offensive spearheads pushing toward the edges of the map.

One capital city holding a tight defensive perimeter in the center.

And somewhere out there in the dirt, burrowed out of sight, a stolen Shadow Core that Selthia was holding back as her trump card, waiting to see which lane Ren chose before dropping it on the other.