2026-03-16 16:16:23Harry's head snapped toward where she pointed. There, huddled against the wall, was the small girl John had summoned—the one without wings. The red handprint from John's slap still blazed across her pale cheek. Her thin shoulders shook as she sobbed silently, her tattered white dress barely covering her frail frame.
"Perfect solution, Grandmother!" John crowed. "The worthless beast for the worthless master! It's poetic! A piece of garbage for a piece of garbage!"
"Fitting indeed," Marcus added with a cruel laugh. "Trash belongs with trash. At least this way, the defective creature won't have to be disposed of immediately. Though honestly, she'd probably be more useful as fertilizer."
The ceremony master opened his mouth to protest, then closed it. His expression was troubled, but he remained silent.
[Warning! The summoned beast has already formed a contract with another. Please find a new beast as soon as possible. If no contract is made within 24 hours, the system will self-destruct!]
Hearing the warning from the system, Harry’s heart jolted.
He had intended to refuse Elder Margaret’s humiliating “compensation,”
But now, aside from that little girl, where could he possibly find another beast in such a short time?
Even if he went to a trading house to buy an uncontracted beast, ten thousand dinars wouldn’t be nearly enough.
He turned to look at the little girl, her eyes met his, wide and desperate and utterly hopeless. She was still an unclaimed summoned beast. According to the rules, any beast that remained uncontracted after the ceremony would be "humanely disposed of"—a polite term for execution.
She was going to die if he didn't take her.
Something twisted in Harry's chest. He knew what it felt like to be discarded, beaten, called worthless. He'd lived that reality for eighteen years.
Ignoring the sneers and whispers, he walked across the hall toward the corner. Each step felt like walking through fire as the crowd hurled insults at his back.
"Look at him! Going for the trash beast!"
"A match made in the gutter!"
"I wonder which one is more useless!"
Harry knelt beside the girl. Up close, he could see she was even younger than she'd appeared—perhaps fourteen or fifteen. Her bare feet were cut and dirty, her dress torn. The handprint on her face had already begun to bruise.
"Hey," Harry said softly. "Can you stand?"
She flinched at his voice, then looked up at him with red-rimmed eyes. Slowly, she nodded. Harry extended his hand. After a moment's hesitation, she took it, and he helped her to her feet. She swayed unsteadily, her legs weak.
"I'm Harry," he said, keeping his voice calm despite the rage still burning in his gut. "I know this isn't what either of us wanted, but... I'm willing to contract with you. If you're willing."
Her eyes widened, filling with tears again—but these seemed different. "You... you would contract with me?" Her voice was barely a whisper, hoarse from crying. "Even though I'm defective?"
"You're not defective," Harry said firmly. The words came out with more conviction than he'd expected. "They don't know what they're talking about."
"But I'm below Common grade," she whispered, her voice breaking. "I have no wings. I can't fight. I'm... I'm useless..."
"Then we'll figure it out together," Harry said. He squeezed her hand gently. "I'm not going to leave you here to die. Are you willing to try?"
For a long moment, she simply stared at him. Then, slowly, she nodded. "Yes. I... I'm willing."
"Then let's do this."
Harry placed his other hand over hers. The girl closed her eyes, and a faint light began to glow between their clasped hands—weak and flickering, but growing steadier. The contract was forming.
[Contract complete! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining your exclusive beast: Rose!]
Harry took the little girl Rose’s hand and opened the system panel. He needed to know—what level was this frail-looking girl, really?
Even if she was only Common rank, he believed that with the system’s infinite evolution ability, she could eventually reach Legendary.
The system interface appeared, filled with Rose’s information.
But after reading just two lines, Harry almost forgot how to breathe.
[BEAST STATUS PANEL]
Name: Rose
Current Rank: Unranked (Sealed)
True Rank: IMMORTAL
Immortal rank!
The highest level of summoned beasts known to mankind!
And as of now, the only Immortal-ranked beast in the entire world belonged to the strongest man alive—
the legendary Lord of the World.
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Rose gripped the Upper Realm Warhammer with both hands, muscles flexing as divine energy began channeling through the artifact-grade weapon. The hammer started glowing—brilliant gold on the left side, shadow-black on the right, the two contradictory energies spiraling around each other in perfect harmony.She activated her evolved skill: Judgment of the Twin Gods.Rose threw the hammer straight up with explosive force that cracked the ground beneath her feet.The weapon screamed through the air like a meteor in reverse, divine light and void energy trailing behind in a double helix that hurt to look at directly. It passed through seemingly empty space—And suddenly there was an impact that made the entire arena shake.The light refraction shattered like broken glass, revealing Frostbite hovering exactly sixty meters above the arena floor. The Ice Phoenix had been preparing a massive aerial bombardment attack, gathering energy for a finishing blow.The Upper Realm Warhammer struck her
CHAPTER 69
But Rose's Spirit attribute wasn't 300. After her Silver Rank evolution plus equipment bonuses and Divine Bloodline enhancement, it sat at 380—and was climbing higher every second as the holy fire intensified around her body.Rose took a single step forward, her boots pressing against ground that melted beneath her weight. The Ice Domain didn't just melt around her—it evaporated completely, creating a zone of clear dry ground five meters in diameter that moved with her like a protective bubble.She took another step, then another, walking calmly and unhurriedly toward Frostbite as Elena's carefully constructed field advantage collapsed into useless puddles.Elena's mind raced through calculations and contingencies, every tactical lesson from three years of perfect victories demanding explanation for what was happening. Resource investment, training quality, level advantage, equipment grade—everything said she should be winning. Everything.But the reality directly in front of her cont
CHAPTER 68
The referee's hand dropped, and Elena Frost moved with the practiced precision of someone who'd won every fight through overwhelming preparation and tactical superiority."Frostbite—Ice Domain, full deployment!" Her voice rang clear across the arena, confident and commanding.The Ice Phoenix released a piercing cry that sent shivers through every spectator, spreading her magnificent wings wide in a display of Level 28 Legendary power.Instantly, the temperature in the arena plummeted so dramatically that people's breath became visible fog, and frost began forming on metal railings.Geometric patterns of ice spread across the ground like living crystal, racing outward from Frostbite's position to cover the entire combat zone within three seconds.The audience gasped collectively as the arena's environmental controls struggled desperately to compensate for the sudden temperature drop.This was Frostbite's signature technique, refined through three years of intensive training and resourc
CHAPTER 67
In the arena's VIP section, various dignitaries and interested parties took their assigned seats as the countdown to match start approached.City Lord Marcus White sat in the front row of the VIP boxes, his stern face showing worry barely concealed beneath official neutrality. His hands gripped the armrests tightly enough to leave impressions.Three boxes to his right, the Klein family occupied premium seating. Patriarch Daniel Klein sat flanked by Elder Margaret and Victor Klein, with John positioned prominently at the front. All wore expressions of smug anticipation, barely concealing their eagerness to watch Harry's public humiliation.In a middle-tier box, partially hidden behind observation crystals, sat Gareth Voss—the scarred mercenary who'd fled from Rose in the Crimson Cavern. He'd come incognito after hearing rumors about this match, driven by morbid curiosity and genuine uncertainty about the outcome.Several Monarch-ranked observers from the Federal Beast Control Bureau oc
CHAPTER 66
Over the next seven days, preparation intensified to levels that would have broken most first-year students.Day 1-2: Harry locked himself in Holy Mountain's small library, analyzing every available recording of Elena Frost's previous matches with obsessive detail. He watched each fight multiple times, cataloging patterns and measuring response times.The Ice Phoenix Frostbite specialized in area control warfare, creating frozen zones across the battlefield that slowed enemy movement while she attacked from range with precision ice shards, devastating blizzards, and occasional close-range freezing breath when opponents got too close.Day 3-4: Rose trained specifically against ice-element opponents, pushing her newly evolved Silver Rank body to its limits. Harry arranged for Yona's Mythical Hydra Luna—which possessed ice abilities among its tri-elemental arsenal—to spar with Rose repeatedly.The training was brutal. Luna's ice attacks were powerful enough to freeze stone, and Rose took
CHAPTER 65
That evening, as the sun set behind Holy Mountain's crumbling buildings painting the sky in shades of orange and purple, Harry's communication device vibrated with an incoming message. He glanced at the sender name and felt his jaw clench involuntarily.John Klein.The message was venomous, dripping with the kind of malice that only family rejection could breed:"Enjoying your last week of relevance, cousin? I'll be watching from the front row when Elena destroys you and your trash beast. The Klein family will be there in force, applauding as your pathetic academy dreams die on national television. You should have stayed in your place—groveling in the dirt where bastards belong. Now you'll be humiliated in front of the entire nation, and everyone will know we were right to throw you away like the garbage you are. Don't say I didn't warn you. Sleep well knowing millions will watch you fail. - J"Harry stared at the message for exactly three seconds, then deleted it without responding.
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