Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

At the absolute worst possible moment, precisely when Ren believed he was on the verge of securing a monumental victory, he would be seamlessly absorbed into a ’hive mind’. That was the explicit, terrifying warning. And it was, without a single shred of exaggeration, the most catastrophically relevant piece of intelligence Ren had received in his entire life.

Ren rapidly turned the variables over in his head, desperately attempting to contain the threat.

”But the engineer explicitly stated that I merely need to avoid feeding him that specific potion, right?” The ancient architect had been incredibly precise with his terminology; the Seed Fusion Potion was the trigger. ”And the colossal artifact, that synthetic ’mecha’ shell, is likely something I cannot ’pilot’ to my advantage anyway, so it makes perfect tactical sense to avoid constructing it until I completely comprehend its architecture.”

Two highly specific conditions; two distinct actions to actively avoid. As long as he strictly adhered to those parameters, theoretically, he remained safe.

Yet, a deeply unsettling question stubbornly refused to leave his thoughts.

Would Moosh actually betray him?

He scrutinized the terrible concept from every angle, and he profoundly hated every single logical conclusion.

Mooshito had been tethered to his soul since the very beginning of this nightmare. The beast had ruthlessly scolded him, miraculously saved his life, constantly complained about having an impulsive human host, yet had willingly risked its own integrity to push the corruption back whenever Ren was dying of agony.

They had shared profound mental fist bumps...

The spore mushroom had even admitted, just a few chaotic days ago, that it was genuinely proud of how much Ren had grown.

Was every single one of those intimate moments nothing more than a calculated, parasitic performance?

Ren absolutely did not want to believe it. He stubbornly refused to accept such a cynical conclusion without concrete proof.

But he also could not afford to simply ignore the desperate warning of a man who, judging by the brief, authentic vulnerability in his voice, possessed absolutely no reason to lie to him.

A man who had asked him, with genuine, timid concern, to please survive and save humanity.