Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 882

Chapter 882: Chapter 882 - Taming the Fifth Year - Attrition - Food 2

Min took advantage of the opportunity without hesitation...

His Amphib manifested outside the designated área for the arena, a massive creature that was larger than most Gold 1 beasts. With a movement that was almost delicate considering its size, the Amphib opened its enormous jaws and consumed the beast that his companion had invoked specifically for that purpose.

The absorption process was visible even from a distance.

It wasn’t pleasant to watch for every one..

The entire feeding process took maybe 10-15 seconds from the moment the water beast was summoned until it completely disappeared into the Amphib’s throat.

It was a maneuver that didn’t violate any specific exam rules.

No restriction against invoking your beast outside the arena if you’d already been eliminated from active combat.

Match was over... What you did afterward was your business.

And no prohibition against permitting allied beast to consume yours if both agreed. It was your beast, your bond, your pain and your choice about what happened to it.

The rules focused on combat within the arena boundaries. On appropriate conduct during matches.

But feeding defeated beasts to allies outside the combat zone?

That wasn’t addressed... Probably because nobody had thought of it before. Probably because no one had done it before at this level and age.

But anyway... technically legal.

The water beast boy turned out to be much more tenacious than Ren thought for a moment.

If not in combat... In willingness to sacrifice for the team’s victory.

He’d entered knowing he’d lose. Had defended even if only a bit to make sure did not to die and to extract information that could provide resources for his team.

His beast wasn’t a fighter in this match. Was a scout and consumable.

It was a losing situation for Ren’s team arrangement. He had only used his Mantis against only 2 opponents and already would have to face it against Min.

Against Min who seemed to have consumed more than one beast to maximize his advantage before facing Ren’s Mantis.

The feeding happened even outside Ren realised in the mana, but didn’t seem excessive. Maybe 2 or 3 silver beasts... 15-25% buffs total.

And then Min entered the arena with his Amphiban already fully invoked and active, with the creature moving alongside him rather than being manifested after entry.

It was unusual because most tamers preferred invoking beasts inside the arena to maintain them at absolutely one hundred percent energy and for the convenience of not having to navigate tight spaces with monster-sized creatures that almost every student of this generation possessed.

Walking from the waiting area to the arena entrance was maybe 30-40 meters. Not designed for creatures the size of Min’s Amphibian...

’Of course they’d have.’ Ren rolled his eyes.

Min laughed when he saw Ren’s expression, a sound that carried genuine amusement at the success of the tactic he’d clearly planned specifically for this moment.

It was the laugh of a friend who had managed to surprise another friend with an ’intelligent’ maneuver, the celebration of the successful execution of a plan that had seemed complex. Not malicious. Just... delighted. The pure joy of seeing a strategy work exactly as intended.

Ren sighed but couldn’t avoid laughing as well, with his appreciation of the approach surpassing the frustration of having fallen into a trap he should have anticipated.

Because it was exactly the type of thing Min would do. Technically legal but ethically questionable.

The audience reacted with a mixture of laughter and excited conversations about the tactic’s creativity, with their appreciation of the level of planning that had gone into executing such a specific maneuver without revealing it prematurely.

Some spectators applauded the approach’s audacity while others debated whether it should be permitted in future exams.

But for now it was completely legal. And Min had an Amphibian that had been enhanced by recent absorption waiting in the arena, ready to face Ren’s Mantis in a confrontation that promised to be considerably more interesting than it would have been without the additional preparation.

The enhancement was visible to anyone who knew what to look for. The mana radiating from it had a denser feel, like the air around it was heavier than it should be.

Ren observed the Amphibian with renewed analysis, noting improvements to its capabilities.

It was marginally larger, maybe 2-5% increase in total mass. Not dramatic but noticeable when you looked carefully. But more important was the density of mana it radiated, a concentration that communicated that its internal power had increased more significantly than its exterior size revealed.

Ren allowed a small smile to touch his lips as he prepared mentally for the exchange that would come. This was exactly why he’d anticipated the final battle with so much eagerness. Not only because of the raw power that would be deployed but because of the tactical ingenuity that his friends demonstrated when they were given the opportunity to plan.