Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 84

"Except," her eyes narrowed as her crane fully manifested, "Wei is out of town today."

"Where are you really, little trickster?"

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Lin headed toward the main entrance.

Had Ren really gone to town with no formal permission?

Lin observed the figure in the assistant’s uniform near the main entrance. The mushrooms in his hair glowed under the dawn light, though something seemed... different.

’Got you little cheat,’ she thought while silently approaching. ’You can’t leave without real permission, and Wei isn’t here to sign it so you are trapped in the end...’

The figure moved strangely, as if practicing what to say.

"Good morning, sir guard, I’m here to make a delivery," he muttered to himself. "No, too formal. Uh, hi! I need to go out to... no, too casual."

Lin smiled. It was almost adorable watching him so nervous… Not quite like…

"Trouble with the script?" she asked softly, right behind him.

The scream that followed was definitely not Ren’s.

The figure turned, revealing Taro’s terrified face. Obviously fake mushrooms were precariously attached to his hair. _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

"Teacher Lin!" Taro squeaked, his voice three octaves higher than normal. "What a terrible… I mean, delightful surprise!"

"Taro," Lin crossed her arms menacingly. "What... interesting hair accessories you’ve chosen."

"This?" Taro nervously touched the fake mushrooms. "It’s... a new fashion Ren taught me yesterday and…?"

"Where is he?"

"Who?" Taro stepped back. "Professor Wei? As you know, he’s out of town and couldn’t finish the..."

"Taro."

"Yes?"

"Your legs are shaking."

Taro looked down.

"Traitors," he muttered to his legs.

"Now," Lin smiled sweetly, "you’re going to tell me exactly what’s happening, or I’ll..."

"I can’t!" Taro nearly cried. "I promised Ren I’d distract you while he was...!" He covered his mouth with both hands.

"While he what?"

"Nothing," Taro began sweating profusely. "He was just going to... buy flowers. Lots of flowers for you. Because he appreciates you so much for torturing… Training him 3 times every day."

"Taro."

"Yes?"

"You’re sweating so much the mushrooms are falling off."

Indeed, one of the fake mushrooms slid pathetically down his forehead.

"They’re... sweaty mushrooms?"

Lin sighed. "How did he convince you?"

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The night before...

"Come on, Taro," Ren pleaded while holding the fake mushrooms. "I just need a few hours."

"No," Taro crossed his arms. "Lin will kill me."

"I’ll give you my dessert for a week."

"Risk my life? Not even for a month of desserts."

"I’ll help you evolve your beetle even beyond bronze, all the way to silver."

Taro hesitated. "Really?"

Past 200 meters, the greater worms began to appear. Four times larger than their lesser counterparts.

Two fusions had transformed them into true tunnel machines, their segmented bodies glowing with concentrated mana. Each now had a complete core, capable of processing the dense ambient mana.

But they were no longer the only inhabitants.

Digger beetles and very rare hunter bugs lived here too.

The mushrooms pulsed in warning when he reached 250 meters. Here the ecosystem changed dramatically.

The first deep worms appeared, beasts the size of a cart that made the lesser worms look tiny. Eight times larger.

But the most impressive began just after.

At around 275 meters, the first bronze beasts made their appearance.

The Living Tunnels, massive beetles that had evolved to turn their own bodies into mobile tunnel extensions, created gallery networks that seemed to breathe. Their shells secreted a living mineral that reinforced the walls, transforming simple tunnels into organic structures.

They weren’t mere tunnelers, they were bio-engineers, reinforcing walls with special secretions.

"Natural architects," Ren murmured as he passed near one expanding a chamber.

The deep and greater worms acted as workers for these superior beasts, maintaining the tunnels in exchange for the beetles increasing protection.

It was a symbiotic society, the worms executing and the beetles improving. Enjoy new adventures from freewebnovel

At 300 meters, where his objective waited, the mana was already 16 times denser than that of the iron ring, the mushrooms in his hair pulsing with effort to process it.

Here…

The symbiotic society had made a complex web of living tunnels that beathed with a soft yellow tint… Like the entrails of a huge beast.

They had to make it...

Because something else inhabited these depths.

Here, a bronze beasts line reigned supreme:

The mushrooms pulsed in warning when Ren detected the first trace: claw marks on the walls, so fine they seemed carved with diamond. Knowledge flowed revealing fragments about a new species: the Deep Assassins.