“Ethan Vale, step forward.”The moment those words rang across the awakening hall, hundreds of eyes turned toward the boy standing at the back of the line.Ethan swallowed.His palms were sweating.Today was supposed to be the day his life changed.For eighteen years, he had waited for this moment.In this world, everyone received a Beast Talent when they turned eighteen.Some awakened powerful talents.Some awakened ordinary talents.And some…Awakened nothing worth mentioning.Ethan clenched his fists.He refused to believe he would be one of the unlucky ones.He had spent his entire childhood dreaming about becoming a powerful Beast Master.He wanted to explore the wilderness.He wanted to hunt monsters.He wanted to stand at the peak of humanity with a powerful beast beside him.Most importantly, he wanted to escape the poor district where he had grown up.“Ethan Vale!”The instructor shouted again.Ethan stepped forward.The awakening crystal stood in the center of the platform.

Ash disappeared from Ethan's sight.The captain's eyes widened.Too fast.He immediately raised his spear.CLANG!Ash's claws slammed against the weapon.The force of the impact pushed the captain backward.His boots dragged across the floor.“Impossible!”He gritted his teeth and twisted his spear.A burst of energy exploded from the weapon.Ash was thrown sideways.“Ash!”The wolf landed on its feet.It shook its body and immediately charged again.The captain thrust his spear forward.“Piercing Strike!”WHOOSH!The spear shot toward Ash's chest.At the last second, Ash twisted his body.The spear grazed his side.A thin cut appeared across his fur.Ash growled.Then his claws began glowing with a faint metallic light.“Ironclaw!”SLASH!The captain barely blocked.His spear shook violently.He was forced back several meters.The men behind him stared in disbelief.“Captain is being pushed back by an E-Rank beast?”“How is that possible?”Ethan watched carefully.The system had give

The Ironhide Boar charged.Its massive body tore through the forest, snapping branches and crushing everything in its path.Ethan's heart pounded.He had never fought a beast this strong before.The system's warning remained in front of his eyes.[Warning.][Host's contracted beast is severely outmatched.][Recommended action: Retreat.]Ethan ignored it.“Ash!”The wolf immediately moved.It didn't charge the Ironhide Boar head-on.Instead, Ash darted between the trees.The boar followed.Ethan watched carefully.The beast was powerful.Its defense was almost twice Ash's strength.A direct attack wouldn't work.They needed another weakness.“Beast Insight.”The moment Ethan activated the skill, information appeared.[Ironhide Boar][Rank: E][Level: 12][Strength: 76][Agility: 31][Defense: 82][Weakness: Lower abdomen.][Weakness: Poor turning ability at high speed.]Ethan's eyes lit up.“There!”He finally found it.“Ash, don't attack its body!”The wolf glanced at him.“Target its

Ethan barely slept that night.Every time he closed his eyes, he saw the Bloodmoon Wolf.Those enormous red eyes.The crushing pressure.And the strange way it had reacted to Ash.It hadn't attacked Ash like ordinary prey.It had recognized something.Something Ethan didn't understand.He sat beside the small campfire, staring at the unconscious wolf.Ash's breathing had become steady after Mira's healing potion, but it still hadn't awakened.Ethan opened the system.[Beast Status]Name: AshSpecies: Ironclaw WolfRank: E-RankLevel: 5Health: 46%Strength: 31Agility: 36Defense: 24Vitality: 29Bloodline: UnknownBloodline Awakening: 1%Evolution Energy: 315Ethan stared at the last few lines.“Bloodline Awakening…”He tapped the option.[Bloodline information is currently restricted.][Requirements for further analysis have not been met.]“What requirements?”[Host must increase Beast Insight.]Ethan frowned.“So I need to level up Beast Insight?”[Correct.]“How?”[Repeated use of

The roar outside the facility shook the entire building.Dust fell from the ceiling.The emergency lights flickered rapidly.Ethan stared toward the entrance.Ash stood beside him, its golden eyes fixed on the darkness beyond the laboratory.Mira's face had lost all color.“Everyone, get ready.”Her voice was barely steady.One of the men swallowed.“You said it was a C-Rank…”Mira nodded.“And it's here.”BOOM!The entrance exploded.A massive black figure stepped through the smoke.Red eyes.Black fur.Long claws.The Bloodmoon Wolf had arrived.Its gaze swept across the laboratory.It ignored Mira's group.It ignored the ancient beast.Its eyes stopped on Ash.Ethan immediately stepped forward.“Ash.”The wolf growled.The Bloodmoon Wolf lowered its body.The pressure in the room became unbearable.Mira shouted.“Ethan, move!”The Bloodmoon Wolf disappeared.Ethan barely saw it.“ASH!”The wolf leaped.CLANG!Ash's claws collided with the Bloodmoon Wolf's.The impact sent Ash flyin