Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 768

Chapter 768: Chapter 768 - Taming the Fifth Year - Everything Goes in Love and War - 5 - Strategic Victories

Teams usually put their strongest beasts either at the beginning for early advantage or saved for the end as final trump cards. Rarely in middle positions where they could be wasted without decisive impact on the whole match outcome.

"And you?" asked one of the team members with a question everyone was wondering. "Will you never fight?"

"I don’t think you can handle ALL the battles so yes, I will," Ren said simply without arrogance, just stating a fact when thinking of his close friends. "But you can see me as an insurance. We’re saving my beasts to secure the final outcome if things go wrong."

Some members looked uncomfortable with that decision, pride stinging at implication they might need rescuing.

"Why don’t you like showing off a bit?" Ron asked with genuine curiosity rather than criticism. "In your place I wouldn’t let anyone steal my spotlight..."

"Because displaying off, whatever you may have, denotes insecurity," Ren explained with wisdom that seemed beyond his years. "It’s better not to become addicted to attention and validation from others. Or so my mother says... But don’t worry about my reasoning. If everyone participates it’s better because you practice and learn through real combat. And if things go badly for you, you can always leave me the biggest problems at the end."

It was conservative mentality but a generally correct approach. Trusting his companions to handle the majority of work while he served as a safety net that prevented catastrophic failure.

But it was also practical philosophy because if Ren entered too early and swept the first turns easily... what would his teammates learn from watching? What experience would they gain from being carried rather than contributing?

This was an exam slightly different from common Yano culture, yes. But it was also opportunity for growth in a method rarely appreciated in a kingdom that favored fused combat over beast command.

Battles of beasts against beasts where strategy mattered as much as raw power.

FIRST BATTLE

Ron stepped up to the arena against Team Three’s first opponent with nervous energy that came from being chosen to start rather than hide in middle positions.

Exactly as Ren had predicted with an accuracy that was becoming unsettling for him, his enemy was a wind beast from their surplus of three. Low Silver rank similar to Ron’s salamander, making this matchup about elemental and skill advantage rather than power differential.

The combat started cautiously with both beasts circling each other while their tamers assessed capabilities and looked for openings to exploit.

Then the wind beast struck first, launching cutting air blades that would have shredded many other beasts.

But Ron’s salamander absorbed the oxygen-rich wind attacks and converted them into fuel for its flames. What should have been a problem became an advantage.

Flames intensified with each wind blade that tried to strike, growing hotter and more concentrated as the opposing tamer unknowingly fed Ron’s beast exactly what it needed.

Ron had trained elemental control extensively under Ren’s small guidance during some random weekend cultivation sessions. His salamander could concentrate fire in precise points rather than simply throwing flames indiscriminately in all directions like most fire beasts at his rank.

It was an absolute advantage in a matchup that could have favored the speed and flexibility of the wind element.

After only two minutes of intense combat that felt longer to participants, the wind beast collapsed from exhaustion and overheating. Ron’s salamander still had almost all its reserves intact, barely winded from the brief exchange.

Score: 1-0

Score: 2-0

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