Beast Tamer: Carrying a small world of the end times with you

Scrape… Scrape… Scrape…

So noisy. What's that metallic scraping sound? Am I dreaming?

Scrape… Scrape… Scrape…

Stop it! It's annoying. Can't a person get some sleep?

Scrape… Scrape… Scrape…

“I'm telling you, you're really annoying, you…”

Frowning and shaking his head, Wen Yuanzhou, unable to banish the irritating sound from his mind, abruptly woke up. He frowned and cursed, but the words faded as soon as they left his mouth, gradually disappearing.

It was then that he realized something was wrong. He was tied to a large tree, bound hand and foot, and his fiancée was tied to the other side of him, both secured to the same tree.

The ropes had been compressing his body for so long that he could barely feel his limbs, which was why he initially thought it was a dream.

What exactly is going on…

Wen Yuanzhou was a mix of shock and anger. He couldn't believe that he, a scion of the Wen family, had been kidnapped.

At this moment, the irritating sound behind him gradually became clearer. He understood; it was the sound of sharpening a knife!

“Oh, looks like you're awake.”

The next moment, a young, even somewhat childish voice sounded from behind him.

Is that person even an adult?

That was the only thought in Wen Yuanzhou's mind at that moment.

He couldn't understand how he had been kidnapped so silently and stealthily.

He was talented enough to get into the Imperial Academy and then intern there after graduation. At only twenty-something, he had already cultivated his pet beast to the elite high level.

Yet, someone like him hadn't even noticed who had kidnapped him, and the voice sounded so… young?

Suddenly, as if realizing something, his pupils constricted violently, and his face turned pale.

“Looks like you've already guessed who I am.”

As if confirming his thoughts, the young voice spoke again and began to approach him.

“Calm down, Qian Er. No matter what, I am still your teacher. The crime of harming a teacher is very serious. You have a bright future ahead of you, don't ruin your reputation for something trivial, right?”

He spoke quickly, trying to dissuade Qian Er, but it was useless. As he babbled on with threats and inducements, Qian Er had already walked up to him and grabbed his ear.

The next moment, the gleaming steel knife sliced down, cutting off one of his ears.

“Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!!!”

The pain and fear of physical mutilation, something he had never experienced before, made him cry out in agony, tears and snot streaming down his face.

At that moment, he was utterly terrified of Qian Er. As a member of a prominent family, even if not from the main line, he had received all the necessary education since childhood.

According to the education he received, getting his own hands dirty was a very undignified thing to do, and as a privileged young master, he didn't need to handle things personally. All he had to do was give an order, and countless people eager to curry favor with him would rush to do it.

Even those at his level who secretly wished the other dead would maintain basic decorum and not resolve matters openly.

Because of the influence of this upbringing, he could be considered a master of intrigue and conspiracy.

He had originally intended to appease Qian Er with words first, then try to notify others in his family to come and capture Qian Er.

After all, he was just an eighteen-year-old kid. Wouldn't it be easy to manipulate him?

He recognized the location; it was in a forest not far outside the Imperial Academy.

Taking Qian Er away under the very nose of the Imperial Academy would be a pipe dream, but teaching him a lesson wouldn't be bad.

But he didn't expect Qian Er to be so unreasonable, not even bothering to talk before directly cutting off one of his ears.

Watching his ear being thrown onto the tree trunk in front of him with a splat, then slowly sliding down, the fear in his heart reached its peak.

This isn't right; it's not how the script is supposed to go!

Isn't he only eighteen? How could he react like this?!

Wen Yuanzhou was in utter disarray.

Before he could figure out what was happening, Qian Er forcefully pried open his palm. In an instant, Wen Yuanzhou's pupils shrank, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

Sure enough, the next moment, a sharp pain came from his hand. His left index finger was cut off and thrown onto the tree trunk in front of him, just like before.

However, the sensation of the finger was different from the ear; it bounced off the trunk and fell cleanly to the ground.

Then came the second finger, and the third.

With each finger connected to the heart, the pain of having his fingers severed made him open his mouth to scream, but he couldn't utter a sound.

“…Ask, ask! Ask whatever you want to know!”

Finally, he was afraid, unable to withstand Qian Er's madness, and shouted loudly. He no longer had any intention of keeping secrets.

Qian Er's madness had completely terrified him.

“Who are the masterminds behind the attack on me a few days ago?”

Hearing this, Qian Er smiled slightly, knowing that his goal had been achieved.

If he had asked directly, this guy might have stubbornly refused to say anything.

By breaking through his psychological defenses first, it would be much easier to interrogate him.

“It's Wen Daozhen, my sixth uncle! It wasn't me, I wasn't involved at all!”

Hearing Qian Er finally ask a question, Wen Yuanzhou breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly. At that moment, he had no intention of keeping any secrets.

Qian Er's madness had completely frightened him.

“What's his strength? Where does he usually hang out? Who else is involved?”

Qian Er scraped the palm of Wen Yuanzhou's hand with the newly sharpened knife. The cold, sharp sensation made Wen Yuanzhou break out in a cold sweat.

“I'll tell you, I'll tell you! My sixth uncle's talent isn't good; he only has intermediate talent. Even now, his pet beast's strength is only at the elite level. I don't know where he usually hangs out. As for who else is involved, I really don't know!”

Wen Yuanzhou was afraid that if he was even a second too slow, Qian Er's knife would fall, so he didn't hesitate to say everything he knew clearly.

“What about you? Anything to add?”

Behind him, hearing this, Qian Er gently stroked his chin, feeling that this should be the truth.

So after Wen Yuanzhou finished speaking, Qian Er immediately turned his gaze to the woman who had been frantically trying to hide herself, fearing that Qian Er would discover her, and asked with a smile.

But after waiting for a long time, the woman still didn't make any movement. Seeing this, Qian Er was amused, picked up a bucket of water, and poured it over her head.