Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 837

Chapter 837: Chapter 837 - Taming the Fifth Year - Biggest Eater - 2

For all those reasons, the Bashe was an extremely rare thing to see in Yano or even in elite circles where exotic beasts were occasionally exhibited.

It didn’t reach the level of absolute rarity of a hydra like Ren’s, which hadn’t reached Gold rank as anyone’s beast in either city in literally hundreds of years, setting aside its extravagant jade mana as well. That was an almost impossible standard to match.

The Bashe wasn’t so unknown. It had been the beast of some high command officers in Yino in relatively recent history, according to Selphira’s recollection.

As recently as 80 or 100 years ago, there had been distinguished tamers in Yino who possessed Bashes cultivated to impressive ranks and used them effectively. She’d met one such tamer during a diplomatic visit, watched the serpent demonstrate techniques.

But the exchange between Yino and Yano being what it had been for decades, practically nonexistent during prolonged periods, meant that for the present audience it was basically the same as an absolute rarity.

So when Liora manifested the Bashe and its miasma made the air feel heavier for a moment, the expectation was considerable.

The atmosphere shifted noticeably. Even those in the furthest sections of the stands felt it, a subtle pressure. Spiritual weight pressing down on material reality.

Murmurs ran through the stands as everyone leaned forward to see the legendary creature that rumors had built to almost mythical proportions.

"Is that it?" someone whispered.

"Isn’t it supposed to be huge," another voice responded, tinged with uncertainty.

"The stories said it could swallow its same rank Bull Elephants whole..."

The energy of manifestation swirled, obscuring clear vision. The crowd held its breath.

And yet... when the serpent materialized completely and its form became visible without transition energy clouding vision...

It felt less spectacular than expected in a way that was almost disappointing.

Because the "famed" giant serpent wasn’t as large as rumors had suggested.

It had to be admitted that it wasn’t small in absolute terms. Any serpent some dozen meters long and as thick as 5 human torsos together qualified as impressive by ordinary standards. It was bigger than any silver rank snake, certainly bigger than anything non-Gold-Rank-tamers would have.

But many people in this audience had seen the Red Royal Cobra of the now-punished and deposed former leader of the Zhao family, a beast that had been exhibited many times during public ceremonies before its owner fell from grace.

And that cobra had been massive in ways the Bashe simply didn’t match, fell short of.

Legendary? It was just... big. Not legendary. Big.

Gold-rank 1 serpents in possession of different noble house leaders weren’t uncommon to see during important events where power was displayed as demonstration of status. Several of those serpents were even superior in size to the Bashe now positioning itself opposite the wolverine.

Or even worse in comparison with Selphira’s own massive White Serpent, though that was a slightly unfair evaluation since it was a beast of higher rank than Liora’s Gold 1 Bashe.

But it was a comparison that came naturally to mind because although seeing it wasn’t common, Selphira had manifested it during the war a few years ago. And her serpent had been easily 2× more "giant" than this supposed Bull Elephant devourer.

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