Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 805

Chapter 805: Chapter 805 - Taming the Fifth Year - Light Being - 2

It crossed Ren’s mind to use darkness immediately. The elemental weakness of light creatures was well known. A black beam of shadows would penetrate the fairy’s defenses much more effectively than pure light.

But Ren hesitated.

Did this really merit revealing that card?

Showing that the hydra could use darkness could be a major trump card. Would demonstrate control over opposing elements that very few tamers, much less single beasts, could manifest.

Ren decided to test other elements first before committing to that reveal.

"Fire," he ordered through their bond.

The hydra’s first head opened its mouth again.

But this time, instead of brilliant white light concentrating in its throat...

Orange-red flames began gathering with a different quality of heat.

The fairy had defended well against light.

Time to see how it handled a different element.

Larissa saw the shift and her eyes widened slightly.

’Of course the beam it’s also not limited to light,’ she thought with resignation. ’Why would it be?’

The firebreath launched across the field.

Not as fast as the light beam but still difficult to track.

It wasn’t literal flames but rather light infused with extreme heat characteristics.

Ren thought the fairy would jump, but...

The fairy received the attack directly.

And dispersed it almost as effectively as before.

The additional heat was definitely a problem. The fairy glowed more intensely than it had from pure light. Larissa felt growing discomfort through their bond as the temperature accumulated.

But she was confident, since the fairy wasn’t particularly flammable by nature. Its mineral body resisted combustion well through its inherent properties.

The attack caused somewhat more damage than pure light had. But not sufficient to fundamentally change the outcome of this exchange.

Ren thought about using the next elements in his arsenal.

The fairy’s attributes were earth and light. Ren knew this...

Which meant certain elements would be particularly effective against it. And others not so much.

Earth against earth would partially cancel out through elemental neutrality. Light against light was already demonstrating itself insufficient for a decisive victory.

The most useful "normal" element would be wood. Earth was weak to wood in the elemental cycle that governed combat advantages.

But wood functioned best from the ground. Roots and vines growing, trapping, restricting movement through physical constraint.

And the fairy could fly.

Not because it possessed a wind element affinity. But because its wings of light generated propulsion directly through some other mechanism. Could elevate itself without needing control over wind element or air currents.

Which made applying wood element to it effectively quite difficult.

A beam from the hydra with wood element infused...

Ren considered the idea carefully. It wasn’t impossible. Technically he could imbue wood into the beam just as he’d done with fire properties.

But it was way more difficult to execute properly.

The mechanics of imbuing wood into a projectile that traveled at light speed were strange and contradictory. Wood was an element of slow growth, gradual development. Light was pure speed, instantaneous impact.

DARKNESS REVELATION

"Darkness," he ordered simply through their bond.

The hydra’s first head responded to the command.

But this time the light in its throat changed dramatically. Golden brilliance being consumed by blackness that seemed to absorb light instead of emitting it.

Darkness concentrating. Manifesting as a tangible presence that made the air around it feel noticeably colder.

And it fired.

A black beam crossing the field. Not with the speed of pure light, darkness was also slightly slower. But fast enough that dodging normally, like it did with wood, would be impossible.

The fairy began moving laterally. Attempting to evade through speed.

It wouldn’t be sufficient... The beam would catch it and darkness attacks were the fundamental weakness of light creatures. It would penetrate the defenses that had resisted pure light and would cause devastating damage.

But then the fairy disappeared.

Not invisibility. Not movement too fast to track visually.

Literal disappearance from existence in one location.

In one place one moment. In a completely different place the next instant.

The black beam passed harmlessly through empty space. Continuing its trajectory until impacting the field wall in the distance. Dispersing without effect.

The fairy reappeared five meters away. Unharmed.

Spatial jump. Short-range teleportation.

The same ability that Larissa used so skillfully herself.

’Of course,’ Ren thought with renewed appreciation. ’I thought it was strange not seeing it before, but... Larissa wouldn’t use such a costly ability without reason. She must have avoided using it during the heat beam because of the high mana cost.’