Beast Tamer: Carrying a small world of the end times with you

"You!"

Doused with cold water, Zhao Yuan could no longer hide, opening her eyes to glare at Qian Er.

Qian Er didn't mind, a slight smile on his face as he grabbed her hand, then placed the knife on one of her fingers.

"Wait, wait, ask whatever you want!"

Zhao Yuan's pupils shrank, and she hurriedly tried to pull her hand back from Qian Er's grip.

This wasn't how the script was supposed to go. Zhao Yuan prided herself on being fairly attractive, and a young man Qian Er's age should be at the stage of budding romance. Manipulating him should be a piece of cake.

But why was he reacting like this?

Did he not like women?!

"Still the same question, speak, what do you know?"

The knife cut through the skin at the finger joint, the cold blade almost touching the bone, making her shiver involuntarily.

"I don't know much about the last incident targeting you. I only know that at least three families were involved, but it has nothing to do with our Zhao family."

Zhao Yuan wept, looking pitiful.

But watching her performance, Qian Er only sneered, then brought the knife down, a bloodied, jade-white finger falling weakly to the ground.

After cutting off one finger, Qian Er didn't stop. He pried open her fist, clenched tight with pain, and cut off another.

There were no pauses or words spoken. After cutting off the second finger, Qian Er once again pried open her fist, preparing to cut off the third.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait! I'll talk, I'll tell you everything! My father was involved. Four of the Eight Great Families participated, but they were all stopped by the military, so they could only use a Garrison-level Beastmaster."

Zhao Yuan was completely terrified, tears and snot streaming down her face as she screamed in horror.

But as soon as she finished speaking, a piercing sound of air being torn apart rang out. The next moment, an arrow made of flowing water arrived before Zhao Yuan, heading straight for her face, clearly intending to take her life.

But Qian Er, who was prepared, didn't care at all. A muscular arm suddenly appeared, blocking Zhao Yuan's path.

Bang!

The water arrow collided with the muscle, producing a muffled sound.

The Bloodburn Saint, who had been waiting here for a long time, raised his head to look in the direction the water arrow came from.

It was a woman, a woman wearing an academy lecturer's uniform, with a name tag pinned to her chest, afraid others wouldn't recognize her as a teacher from the Imperial Academy.

At this moment, she was standing at the academy gate, ready to retreat as soon as there was a problem.

No private fighting is allowed within the academy. This is the law.

A sky-blue swordfish swam behind her, seemingly her summoned beast. Its aura wasn't very strong, weaker than the Bloodburn Saint, but it was still within the Garrison level.

"Tsk, what a coward."

Seeing this, Qian Er clicked his tongue in boredom.

He definitely couldn't catch her from this distance, but was a teacher really this cowardly when dealing with a student like him?

"Looks like your reinforcements have arrived, but it seems a little different. She doesn't seem to be here to save you, but to silence you, right?"

Qian Er said to the two with a smile.

"Now, tell me the names of everyone involved, and the reason why they want to kill me, and I can guarantee you won't die."

He looked at Zhao Yuan, who was clearly stunned and trembling all over, and said with a smile.

Before the two bound people could react to his words, the woman standing at the school gate became anxious. The swordfish kept shooting water arrows from its mouth, attacking Qian Er like missiles.

But before they could reach Qian Er, they were all blocked by the Bloodburn Saint.

The terrifyingly swollen fist shattered each water arrow with every punch, the terrifying speed breaking all the water arrows in mid-air.

For a time, the entire forest was filled with muffled sounds, and massive amounts of water fell from the sky, but the Bloodburn Saint consciously avoided the direction where Qian Er was.

That monster still has the strength to do this?!

The lecturer at the school gate also noticed this, and her face suddenly became extremely ugly. She knew very well what this meant.

It meant that the monster's strength was a dimension higher than her own. If it were a head-on fight, it could easily pierce through all her summoned beasts and come before her, then kill her easily.

"What is the growth rate of this monster?!"

She cursed inwardly with an ugly expression, knowing that things had gotten completely out of hand.

With that monster present, she had no way to silence her niece before she could speak.

As for killing Qian Er, that was even more of a joke. Let alone whether she could beat him, even if she could, she wouldn't dare to do it.

Just when she made her move, her summoned beast told her that at least ten auras far stronger than it had already locked onto her. If the Bloodburn Saint hadn't reacted, she would probably already be dead.

At this time, Zhao Yuan was completely panicked. She never thought that her own aunt would want to kill her.

"...If I give you the list, will you really save my life?"

After a long silence, Zhao Yuan slowly asked, her face uncertain.

"Of course."

After receiving Qian Er's confirmation, she took a deep look at Qian Er, and finally gritted her teeth, choosing to gamble, believing in Qian Er's reputation as a genius.

"The Wen family, Zhao family, Qi family, and Wang family were involved in the attack on you. The main purpose was to control you, interrogate you about your opportunities. Most of the participants on the surface are the older generation from these families who don't have high talent. They are unwilling to spend their lives like this and want to make one last gamble."

"If it doesn't work, that Garrison-level Beastmaster is the last resort. Even if he kills you, he can't let you know who did it."

"And the attitude of the higher-ups of these four families is to pretend they didn't see it, neither supporting nor opposing it."

Zhao Yuan said with a gloomy face. At this time, Wen Yuanzhou, who was tied up opposite her, was dumbfounded, his lips trembling as he looked at Qian Er in disbelief.

At this time, he finally understood that his answer was not important at all. Qian Er's initial target was Zhao Yuan.

All his torture was just for show.

"Very good."

Turning his head to look at the Bloodburn Saint, he nodded slightly. When Zhao Yuan said these words just now, her heartbeat didn't change, so it should be the truth.

Seeing this, Qian Er contentedly slit the throats of the two.

"Heh...heh...You...you don't keep your word. Aren't you afraid that the reputation of Dark-type Beastmasters will be tarnished by your actions?!"

The cold air rushed into her trachea, making Zhao Yuan's voice sound somewhat noisy.

She looked at Qian Er in disbelief, unable to understand what he was thinking. As long as this public opinion was manipulated, his reputation would be ruined!

"What a joke, the reputation of Dark-type Beastmasters is not something I can tarnish."

Qian Er sneered and gave the two another stab before walking towards the academy gate with the Bloodburn Saint, smiling.