Beast Tamer Era: Capturing SSS-ranks with the Strongest Taming System Chapter 6: The Leon Kingdom and the true face of Ray’s seal!

At dusk, the Beast Tar Trial being held in the White Sparrow Town ca to an end. It produced sixty new beast tars this year, not counting Ray. Because of his cursed seal, he was ineligible for official recognition as a beast tar, which ant failing to beco a knight of the kingdom.

The Leon kingdom had a strict and brutally rigid hierarchy. At the very bottom were the slaves. They had no rights. If they were pretty and pleasant to look at, they would be used for pleasure. Otherwise, they would be treated as harshly as a beast of burden, being used for harsh labour. Not having any rights ant that they could be punished or killed without the risk of facing any repercussion. And it didn’t cost much to afford one.

Above the slaves were commoners. Anyone who wasn’t a beast tar was considered a commoner, regardless of their bloodties or backing. This ant that even the king’s oldest son, who was the forr crown prince of the Leon Kingdom, was no more than a commoner!

Of course, comparing him to an ordinary commoner would be foolish as the king was very fond of him. Not only did he resemble his dead lover, he also didn’t have to be on guard against him like his other sons as he wasn’t a threat to his throne. Anyone who dares trouble him would be offending the king, and in this kingdom, who could survive after offending the only overlord of humanity?

Back to the topic, the lives of commoners, especially the poor and powerless, weren’t much better than those of slaves. A single beast tar could destroy their livelihood out of spite or on a whim and suffer no consequences.

Above the commoners stood the nobility and royals, divided into the following ranks.

Knight

Grand Knight

Town Master

Viscount also known as city lord, a person put in charge to manage a part of the territory of a count

Count also known as Warlord during warti

Marquee also known as Grand Warlord during warti

Prince & Princess

King

Each rank was further divided into low, mid, high, and peak tier.

A noble’s rank was determined by their strength as a beast tar. For example, an Iron-rank tar with an initial-stage Iron-rank beast was only a low-tier Knight.

Worth noting, every major breakthrough brought an opportunity to climb up the hierarchy. For a change in status, one simply needed to visit an authorized guild to have their rank re-evaluated.

A Grand Knight was at least Bronze rank, while a Town Master was guaranteed to be Silver rank or higher.

Garrick, a Black Gold-rank powerhouse, was considered a peak-tier Grand Warlord thanks to his fully matured Fire Drake. He ruled multiple cities and was regarded as one of humanity’s greatest weapons against demonic beasts. In countless battles for the kingdom, he had lost comrades and bled for survival, becoming cold and stoic. Over ti, resentnt for ordinary mortals crept into his heart. In his eyes, beast tars carried the race’s survival on their backs, while commoners leeched off their protection. No wonder he had killed Chansi over a single slight.

***

News of the trial spread through the town like wildfire. The sun hadn’t yet dipped below the horizon before the gossip started.

"Did you hear? This year’s trial produced twice as many beast tars as last year! Last year it was 30. This year, it’s sixty."

"This is good enough to warrant a reward from the kings. He might double our yearly resources!"

"Possible, yes... but very pointless for average folks like us. You know as well as I do. The higher-ups will swallow it all. We won’t even see the scraps."

The more beast tars that erged from a place, the higher that location’s value in the eyes of the kingdom. Since the town gave birth to sixty beast tar, it would receive a considerable amount of resources to not only cultivate them, but also improve the condition of the town.

Unfortunately, corruption ran deep in the town. No one could say where those resources would end up, but it certainly wouldn’t be toward the town’s benefit. Ten years had passed since the current Town Master took power, and in that ti, nothing had improved for the common folk!

***

Clink~

Inside a tavern, mugs clinked. People drank ale while chatting.

"The Gilmoren family gained the most from the trial this year, but also suffered a great loss. Their clan beauty offended Lord Garrick and was swatted to death like a fly."

"Karma finally catching up to that darn family. It’s unfortunate that their psychopathic male heir awakened an extraordinary seal. Soon they’ll have two Bronze-rank beast tars. They’ll beco the third strongest family in town."

"You take things too simply. The Ashford won’t let anyone take their place without a fight. The Gilmoren might face a disaster this year if they don’t treat carefully."

"I heard sothing really exciting happened in the trial this year."

"What is it? Out with it!"

"You won’t believe it... A young man with perfect innate magic power awakened a seal. But failed to beco a beast tar."

Are they talking about ?

Ray, who was having his first al of the day, was seated only a few seats away from the group of people chatting loudly while chugging ale like water.

When they started talking about him, he didn’t look over as he eavesdropped on them while eating his delicious steak, dead set on finishing it before it could get cold, his ears perked up in attention.

The tavern master knew how to cook a steak. It was perfectly dium and warm on the tongue, not hot enough to burn it, but hot enough to warm and fill his stomach. Back on Earth, you’d ask for dium and they’d serve you rare, then act like nothing was wrong. So people had faced this problem even in fancy restaurants that charge a criminal amount for a re steak. Here it only cost a few copper, which was one tenth the amount the original owner was left with when Ray transmigrated over.

"Huh? How could that be? He t all the requirents, so why didn’t he beco a beast tar?"

"Jahkass, are you pulling our legs?"

"Lady Rose, does it look like I’m joking? The reason he failed is the quality of his seal. Sa as the kingdom’s forr crown prince."

"He has... the cursed seal? No wonder he failed.’

"Possessing magic power and awakening successfully, yet still failing to beco a battle master. What rotten luck."

The people gossiping in the corner were whispering about him with pity, but Ray almost wanted to laugh. Cursed seal? It was anything but that!

"Status," he murmured under his breath.

A translucent character panel shimred into existence before his eyes. No one reacted to its sudden appearance. Only he could see it.

Ray

Level: 0

EXP required to level up: 10

Rank: Awakened Beast Tar

Beast Taming Seal:Eclipse Devouring Seal — A unique seal that can devour other seals and perfectly replicate their abilities.