Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 454

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Chapter 454: Chapter 454 - Tamers War - No Escape (1/2)

Julius was on guard, he had turned before giving his hand to Ren and now had his back to him to protect him along with the others. But the piece of his mutilated arm made his defensive position seem even more desperate.

Kassian laughed, a sound that carried years of accumulated resentment.

"You guys put up a great fight," he admitted with false admiration, "but you have nothing left. What are you going to do? Bleed on me?"

The mockery was casual and cruel, the kind of taunting that came from someone who finally held all the power in a situation that had once been beyond their control.

Julius discretely moved his hand behind his back, signaling Ren to retreat.

But there was something he didn’t understand about Kassian’s attitude, something that deeply disturbed him.

To buy time for the kids, he asked something that had been bothering him.

"Why do you talk about the fight against Selphira as if your father’s death wasn’t the outcome?" Julius kept his voice controlled. "Why aren’t you at least a little sad for the man who was about to start a war to save you?"

Kassian laughed long and hard, a sound that escalated until it became something bordering on hysteria.

Then he paused, taking his time to speak while a wide smile was still spread across his face.

"Because I was about to start a war to save myself," he declared with perverse pride. "My father doesn’t exist."

Julius tried to understand, confusion visible in his expression.

Kassian made it easier by continuing his monologue, clearly enjoying the opportunity to explain his life’s ’masterpiece’.

"I stopped having a father long ago. When the empty shell of the man I admired decided to abandon his greater ideals..." His voice became colder, more distant. "He abandoned himself, abandoned what he represented to me. That thing was no longer my father from that day."

The revelation was delivered with casual satisfaction, as if discussing a successful business transaction rather than the destruction of a fundamental relationship.

Kassian unconsciously touched something on his chest, where barely visible purple lines pulsed under his clothing.

"What I have now is much closer to my ideal. It’s not really complete yet as it has only my memories of him, but the crystal will provide..."

Julius began understanding the ominous message, pieces falling into place like nightmare fragments.

Had Kharzan been under his son’s control for so long? How long?

Clarity came like a blow. Many things made sense now: a few years ago when Yino began aggressive pricing, when Kharzan began controlling export markets and acting more insubordinate... "Lately he behaves ’like a teenager’," Arturo had said on that occasion.

The personality changes, irrational decisions, growing aggression... it had all been...

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Sirius had tried to move and take Ren away discreetly, but he didn’t let him.

Ren wanted to leave the 10% energy to Julius before going, a final gift that could help him have at least a tiny extra chance of surviving what was coming.