I Can Tame Everything!-Chapter 3: Shun’s a Coward?

After killing the deer and taking its antler as proof, he left the area and the weight of those hard emotions behind.

Then walked back to their meeting point.

He saw Korr waiting for him, and to his surprise, Yue was already there, holding... He narrowed his eyes—a bird's feather.

"Whoa, already finished?" Rex marveled.

She nodded with a smile.

As the sentence finished, Kai emerged, proudly showing a bear's finger, and stood along with Rex.

Then, after a few minutes, the last to arrive was Shun, holding a rabbit's ear.

"Good, all four of you are here now," Korr said, then turned to Rex and continued.

"Rex, you used your surroundings well and fought bravely, showing great potential.

But... remember not to put yourself in dangerous positions—like when you rolled sideways and threw the dagger, aiming for its heart.

That could have gone either way,"

Korr said, his tone laced with genuine concern as he warned Rex to be more careful.

Rex nodded in understanding. Even he felt he would have died if the deer had been able to move back then.

Next, Korr looked at his cubs and gave them feedback one by one.

He acknowledged Kai's brute strength, and Yue's swiftness and agility, and praised Shun for overcoming his fear.

Korr Smiled "You all did a great job on your first hunt. Now it's time to celebrate with a feast!"—pumping his fist in victory.

He was genuinely happy for the younglings; he himself had raised them.

Everyone shouted with excitement. Soon, they started walking back toward the inner region, heading home.

Korr paused. "You guys wait here. I'll hunt some beasts for our feast," and left them alone in search of food.

As Korr disappeared into the trees, Rex took in his surroundings, his gaze halting at the unhappy, almost...

Angry-looking Kai, in contrast to the happy faces.

Rex frowned and stepped closer. "What happened, Kai? You look unhappy," he asked with a serious expression.

Kai was usually a happy person unless something or someone hurt his pride.

As he inquired, Rex heard the bushes rustle behind Kai.

The next moment...

A beast lunged at Kai from the bushes, aiming straight for him.

..!

Rex, who was standing opposite, facing Kai, held Kai's hand and pulled him toward himself hurriedly.

The beast landed right where Kai had been moments ago.

Using the same momentum, Rex sprang forward and delivered a powerful kick square to the beast's face.

Everyone snapped to attention, eyes locking on the attacker.

It was a hound with dark brownish fur, with a single small horn on its head, its ribs sticking out from its back, and eyes glowing cyan blue.

ROAR!

Kai let out a raging roar.

Rex was standing in front of the hound, having just kicked it in the face.

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He quickly checked its status using [Eye of Tamer].

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[Name: Swampfang]

[Entity: Beast]

[Species: Mud hound]

[Bloodline: ~]

[Rank: Spirit Rank 1-Star]

[Potential: F ]

[Would you like to tame {Swampfang}? - Y/N

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"W-why is a ranked beast here?" he questioned with a shaky voice.

As the words left his mouth, everyone tensed, becoming highly alert—ready to lose a limb or two.

Because...

That was the difference in strength when a mortal and a Spirit-ranked beast fought.

One could control the mysterious mana.

The other?

Had never even felt it.

Yet, here they were, fighting a beast unlike anything Rex's party had faced before.

A ranked beast at Spirit Rank 1-Star.

He almost missed an important prompt, only to go back and check it again—a prompt asking him to tame Swampfang.

Can I tame it just like that? Whatever... Yes. System, tame the beast.

[Progress 1%]

The hound opened its mouth, and one could see a small water bubble forming inside. Increasing in size as moments passed, the water bubble had fully grown into the size of a fist.

The beast shot the water bubble toward the one who hurt it.

—toward Rex.

Rex had just landed on the ground after delivering a solid hit to the beast.

As he checked the beast's status and agreed to tame it, a water bubble came hurling with great speed.

Distracted and careless, he failed to dodge it in time.

The water bubble slammed straight into his stomach.

Due to the sheer force, he was pushed back, lunging onto Kai.

[Progress 5%]

Rex gritted his teeth and quickly balanced himself. "Yue, Shun, let's surround it from all four sides!" he ordered.

They had to work as a team, otherwise...

Yue and Shun both nodded and moved slowly from behind.

Rex looked into the beast's eyes, not letting it focus elsewhere.

Feeling the pressure His muscles tightened.

Goosebumps rose when...

The hound also locked its gaze on Rex, not caring for the others as if they didn't matter—too weak for it to care.

Its cyan-blue eyes seemed too big and beastly for Rex. He quickly averted his gaze, his heart pounding rapidly.

The hound's instincts could tell, for some reason, that Rex was dangerous, so it focused on him.

"Now!" Rex shouted.

He, Kai, and Yue charged from three directions—except for

Shun, who had disappeared.

Everyone was too focused on the hound to notice Shun's disappearance.

The Hound's focus remained on Rex.

The hound swiped its claw, releasing two sharp water blades—one hurtling toward Rex, the other toward Kai.

Rex and Kai dodged the water claw.

But the powerful projectiles continued past them, slicing clean through a thick tree—then another, and another.

Whoosh! Whoosh!—the blades sliced through the air.

BAM! BAM!—trees toppled one after another.

The attack slowed them down.

Yue, however, was undeterred. She lunged forward, almost reaching the hound, ready to tear it into its flesh.

But the beast was quick—it wasn't a ranked beast in name alone.

Sensing her approach, it fired another water bubble at point-blank range.

Yue barely missed the beast as it shot its attack, giving her little time to react.

If time could be slowed down, One would see...

Yue's attack barely misses the Hound's skin by mere centimeters.

And then...

The Hound's attack struck her square in the chest, sending her crashing into a tree.

She slumped to the ground—falling unconscious.

Shun... was nowhere to be seen.