However, on the class transfer altar, Principal Vance’s brow was deeply furrowed.
A Legendary class was exceptionally rare, so he initially thought Leon would be overjoyed.
Yet, when he saw the specifics of Leon’s class, his eyes filled with profound regret.
“Leon.
Awakened Class: Legendary High Grade, Beast Tamer.” The moment the principal announced the Beast Tamer class, the crowd’s eyes widened in unison.
“Haha, a Beast Tamer!
That’s great, absolutely wonderful!” “That was close.
I almost thought that kid was going to have it all.” “Good thing I tripped.
I was about to run up to the altar and suck up to him.” “Heh, let’s see how he survives his trial instance in twenty-four hours.” “If he fails the trial, his life is ruined.” Below the stage, the expressions of jealousy and despair among the students instantly flipped into wild joy.
“Wait, what’s wrong with a Beast Tamer?
It’s still a Legendary class.
Isn’t it better than ordinary trash classes?” a student asked, looking completely liquefied with confusion.
“You’re clearly the type who slacks off in class and fails every test,” a heavy-set student nearby muttered, casting a disdainful glance.
He then began to explain with a boastful air.
“A Beast Tamer, as the name implies, relies on forming contracts with beasts to fight.” “Across all the myriad races of the Endless Continent, this profession is ranked at the absolute top.
It’s widely considered the number one class below the Mythical tier.” “In the late game, a fully developed Beast Tamer can even clash with weaker Mythical classes.” “Do you even know what a Mythical class represents?” “That is an existence capable of wiping out an entire race single-handedly once they reach the late game.” “Each one is a supreme asset used to secure a race’s destiny, comparable to the nuclear weapons of the old era.” “Our human race numbers in the billions, yet we only have two publicly acknowledged Mythical-tier professionals on active duty.” “They’re that strong?
Then why is everyone mocking him?” the student asked.
“Strong?
That’s a matter for the late game,” the heavy-set student replied, looking at Leon on the altar with pure schadenfreude.
“You need to realize that twenty-four hours after awakening a combat class, you are forcibly teleported into a personal trial instance.” “In the early stages, without powerful tamed beasts and massive resource backing, a Beast Tamer’s combat power is inferior to even some Blue Elite classes.” “After all, raising a beast is like leveling up an entirely separate character from scratch.” “The personal trial instance has five difficulties: Normal, Elite, Rare, Nightmare, and Hell.” “These correspond directly to the tier of your awakened class.
If you awaken a Common class, you enter a Normal instance.” “But because Leon awakened a Legendary class, it means he, a Beast Tamer with virtually zero early-game combat power, will be forced to enter a Nightmare-difficulty instance.” “Nightmare-difficulty…” The student gasped, his face turning pale.
Even with his terrible grades, he knew the horrific consequences of failing an initiation trial.
Your class would be stripped away, turning you into a broken person who could never transfer classes again.
“Then isn’t awakening as a Beast Tamer basically a career death sentence?” “Not necessarily.
If someone comes from a powerful family with immense influence, their backing can provide top-tier beast-taming equipment and high-grade tools to forcefully carry them through a Nightmare instance.” “However, once an instance reaches Nightmare difficulty, its danger levels spike astronomically.
For a Beast Tamer, the success rate is catastrophically low.” “But if this late-game class is truly comparable to a Mythical rank, shouldn’t the higher-ups of humanity take a gamble and invest in him?” the student pressed, feeling excited.
“They tried that before.
Since Earth merged into the Endless Continent three hundred years ago, others in the human race have awakened the Beast Tamer class.” “To help them bridge the early-game gap, humanity spared no expense, pouring massive resources into them.
Yet, the success rate remained abysmal.
Only one out of five attempts ever succeeded.” “Even if the odds are low, one success makes it all worth it once a Beast Tamer matures, right?” “Heh.
He betrayed humanity,” the heavy-set student said, his voice dropping as a hint of deep-seated hatred surfaced.
“What?” The student froze.
“For a legendary beast and rare resources, he left a single sentence behind before defecting to the alien races without a shred of hesitation.” “He said: The human race is too small to contain my ambitions.” “Humanity exhausted its reserves to help him survive his trials and grow, but when the human race needed him most, he defected.” The heavy-set student looked at Leon and shook his head.
“That betrayal cost humanity dearly.
If the lower-ranking vanguards hadn’t formed a wall of flesh and blood to shield the populace, humanity would have lost at least half its territory.” “The geniuses nurtured with absolute resources betrayed their kind, while the low-tier classes everyone looked down upon were the ones who protected the human race.” “Since that day, humanity’s educational resource distribution system was completely overhauled.
Everything now tilts toward wartime merits and actual contributions.” “Geniuses get a baseline of resources, but there will never be another all-or-nothing investment.” Up on the altar, Leon completely ignored the surrounding mockery.
His entire focus was fixed on a glowing status panel floating before his eyes.
Just moments ago, during his awakening, a cold mechanical voice had suddenly resounded in his mind.
[System Notification: Host has successfully awakened the Beast Tamer profession.
The Template Loading System is now activated.
Selecting the host’s first saved meme from his previous life as the base template.] [System Notification: Detected that the host’s first meme from his past life belongs to the One Piece universe.
Loading the One Piece template world now.] A system?
It actually exists!
Leon stared at the system panel in front of him, stunned.
Having read countless web novels in his past life, he was naturally familiar with this concept.
When he first transmigrated, he held onto some hope, but after waiting for over a decade with no signs of it, he had long since given up.
He never expected it to manifest at this exact moment.
Still, choosing a meme as a base template felt a bit reckless.
If his first saved meme back on Earth had been a cute cat, would the system be loading a feline template right now?
[System Notification: Loading…] [System Notification: The inherent weakness to seawater has been successfully patched and removed.] [System Notification: One Piece Template successfully loaded.] [System Notification: Template Extraction unlocked.
The initial activation grants one free template draw.
Moving forward, the host can draw a One Piece Devil Fruit or a Character Template once at levels 11, 21, 31, and so on.] [Note: Character templates can be applied to tamed beasts, upgrading their quality and granting them the corresponding Devil Fruit and all character abilities.] [Active Skill unlocked: Origin Return.
Activating this skill grants the host all attributes and skills of a designated tamed beast for thirty minutes.
Cooldown: Six hours.] [Passive Skill unlocked: Unity.
When a tamed beast is returned to the Beast Space while injured, the host permanently gains all of that beast’s attributes and abilities, multiplied tenfold.
This effect is infinitely stackable.] Seeing this, Leon’s eyes widened to the size of saucers.
Only one thought flashed through his mind.
I don’t eat beef.
If a single tamed beast returned with injuries, his stats would multiply tenfold.
If a second beast returned injured, it would multiply tenfold again.
Leon didn’t even dare to imagine the sheer scaling.
He wouldn’t even need skills; just relying on raw, basic stat values, he could probably shatter a mountain range with a single punch.
[Ding!
Would the host like to extract the initial template?] The system’s prompt snapped Leon back to reality.
“Extract,” he commanded internally.