Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 655 - 594 Mission Details

Chapter 655: Chapter 594 Mission Details

Qiao Sang’s hand movement, while forming the seal, suddenly halted.

Damage to the grounds from pet beast battles or training at the Beast Taming Center was a common occurrence, and the center generally wouldn’t make a fuss over minor damages, as Beast Tamers specializing in Ground Type or Rock-type would come to repair the site every day.

But when the damage was this severe, the Beast Taming Center would still send someone to handle it.

Looking at the site that bore no resemblance to its original form, Qiao Sang felt somewhat guilty.

Just as she was about to step forward and own up, Qu Zhuo approached and said in a calm and steady tone,

"We caused the damage during our battle just now. I will cover the losses. Give me two minutes—I need to have a word with these two kids."

"Of course, sir," replied the staff member, who then stepped back with a polite attitude.

A Beast Tamer capable of causing such extensive damage was clearly not one of those low-ranking tamers. If it wasn’t part of his job, he wouldn’t want to talk about compensation with such a formidable Tamer.

Qiao Sang looked at Qu Zhuo, suddenly seeing him as a towering figure of reliability.

Qu Zhuo said, "The assessment has completely ended, and the results will be announced in a week. You can find out on the Zhongkong University official website."

"Now, go back and get yourselves ready. We’ll meet at the entrance of the Beast Taming Center in an hour, and I’ll take you back to the third district."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yi expressed his surprise,

"Teacher, you’re sending us back, too?"

With a glance at him, Qu Zhuo replied maturely and solidly,

"You came with me, of course, I’ll take responsibility for seeing you safely back."

Such a dependable adult... After inwardly heaving a sigh, Qiao Sang glanced guiltily at the damaged grounds and sincerely said to Qu Zhuo,

"Teacher, I can actually cover the cost of the damage to the grounds."

"How can I let you do that," Qu Zhuo laughed. "I chose the site, and you participated in the assessment for our school."

"But..." Qiao Sang was about to say more when Qu Zhuo cut her off,

"Don’t worry about the compensation. Zhongkong University covers these kinds of expenses."

With him putting it that way, Qiao Sang didn’t push the issue further.

After confirming the meeting time once more, she and Tang Yi left the open-air training ground.

Seeing this, a staff member approached, took out his cellphone, opened the calculator, and typed the previously calculated compensation amount into it.

Just as he was about to show the Beast Tamer in front of him,

Qu Zhuo’s hands moved to form a seal, and he hastily summoned the Sandstorm Armor Beast back, urging,

"Quick, quick, quick! Let’s get to fixing it! We have to depart in an hour!"

"Sandstorm!"

The staff member, witnessing a high-level Beast Tamer and an unfamiliar pet beast rushing towards the site, fell silent.

...

Three hours later, Qiao Sang boarded the plane with Yaobao, who had been healed by Healing Light.

The plane hadn’t taken off yet.

Leaning back in her seat, Qiao Sang reflected on her performance over the past few days and estimated the score she might receive.

If nothing unexpected happened, she should be able to get the full 50 points for the pet beast energy test, especially since Yaobao’s energy value was close to the limit of a high-level pet beast.

For the task assessment worth 200 points, she felt she should score no less than 170.

The three-star task itself wasn’t something she could take on at her level, yet not only did she complete it, but the task issuer also gave her a five-star rating afterward.

Scoring above 170 was just her conservative estimate; if the grading teachers weren’t overly strict, scoring above 190 wasn’t out of the question either.

She could very likely get the full 150 points from the pet beast double battle test.

In the double battle test, she not only held on until the end of the assessment period but also defeated one of the examiner’s pet beasts.

As for the 150 points for the 2V2 pet beast battle test...

To be honest, that was the part where she was least confident about getting a high score... Qiao Sang pondered for a moment.

If the battle assessment were decided solely by victory or defeat, it would be an easier matter, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

In the two battles, her performance in the first was quite good, but in the second, if it hadn’t been for the assessment time running out, she would have definitely been defeated by the Steel-Edged Monkey... After a moment of musing, Qiao Sang decided to err on the side of caution and go with a lower expectation first.

Let’s say 120 points then...

By this calculation, her conservative estimate would be around 490 points.

The full score for the special recruitment test is 550...

Could it be that she scored too low... Thinking this, Qiao Sang’s mood became somewhat heavier.

At this moment, Tang Yi, who was sitting next to her, looking at the news on his phone, let out a sigh:

"I didn’t expect such a thing to happen in District 25."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang immediately forgot about her scores, her gossip-loving heart ignited, and she asked:

"What happened?"

Xiao Xunbao appeared, pricking up its ears as well, sharing Qiao Sang’s look of gossipy anticipation.

"There was an F-grade Beast Tamer who had been posing as a C-rank Beast Tamer for over twenty years, and he’s only been found out now," Tang Yi said.

Qiao Sang exclaimed, "How did he manage that? Aren’t things like Star Arrays supposed to be immediately obvious?"

"I’m not sure about the details," Tang Yi speculated. "He probably never summoned his pet beast in public. It’s said that he once made a deal with a General-level Pet Beast, so for a time, he was seen everywhere with that General-level Pet Beast, and no one doubted him when he claimed he was a C-rank Beast Tamer."

"Nobody probably ever suspected that someone with a General-level Pet Beast would pretend to be a C-grade Beast Tamer."

"So how did he get discovered in the end?" Qiao Sang curiously asked.

Looking at the content on his phone, Tang Yi replied:

"It seems he was reported by someone. The person who reported him was a woman, a married woman at that, whom he had persistently pursued. This woman had been issuing a task to expel some Mulan monsters for quite a while, but the man kept preventing others from taking on the task, using his pursuit as a pretext."

"A Beast Tamer from outside took on this task a few days ago, and it turned out that the woman’s home had become a Scale Armored Moth nest."

"However, the Beast Tamer who took the task seemed quite powerful, and he just took care of the Scale Armored Moths on the spot, warning the woman about the man’s oddities before leaving."

"So the woman secretly had someone investigate, and that’s when she uncovered his deception as a C-rank Beast Tamer."

This couldn’t be the mission she took on... Qiao Sang listened in a daze.

Hearing this, Tang Yi suddenly turned with a conspirator’s grin and asked:

"Do you know how that woman ended up with a house full of Scale Armored Moths?"

Qiao Sang shook her head: "No idea."

"It was that man who deliberately found a nest for the Scale Armored Moths," Tang Yi said in a gossiping tone. "The General-level Pet Beast that made the deal with the man was a Scale Hunter Giant Moth, the leader of these Scale Armored Moths. The deal was to find a suitable place for this swarm of Scale Armored Moths to safely evolve."

It all made sense now; no wonder that man named Nadapeng was so weak, no wonder he always timely prevented other Beast Tamers from driving away the Mulan monsters. Maybe he had been using the pursuit as an excuse to deliberately get close to the task issuer... Qiao Sang momentarily felt disoriented.

She hadn’t expected so much intrigue to be behind that task...