Chapter 16

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Many students privately referred to Andrew as the ‘Lizard Boy’.

Under the pressure of the external Beasts and the pressure of graduation, many students had formed the habit of bullying people since they were young.

For them, bullying people could give them some pleasure.

Bill was one of them.

So when Andrew walked into the classroom, Bill took the lead and started mocking him.

“Our Lizard Boy is here. How are you getting along with your lizard?”

The other students in the class burst into laughter when they heard this.

They were very happy to see such behavior.

Andrew looked at him coldly and calmly said, “You’d better watch your mouth.”

He had seen too many problematic youths like Bill.

In the past, Andrew did not have the strength. Thus, he deliberately chose not to care about what Bill said.

But now that Andrew had the strength, he didn’t mind teaching this kid a lesson. He could let Bill know that some people were not to be trifled with.

Hearing what Andrew said, Bill was completely stunned.

The mocking smile on his face instantly turned cold.

“Andrew, are you threatening me?”

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere in the classroom also turned cold.

Just as Bill was about to make a sound, a series of footsteps could be heard approaching the door.

Lilian walked to the classroom door in her high heels.

Bill, who was about to have a fit, settled down. He glared at Andrew and slowly sat down.

It was obvious that he hated Andrew in his heart.

Andrew didn’t say much and quietly waited for class to start.

Andrew already thought of making Bill suffer a little.

However, this was still a classroom. If he openly attacked, he would probably be punished by the school.

After all, he still had to spend the next month in school. It would be better to keep a low profile.

Of course, Andrew could also take this opportunity to withdraw from school and become a dropout. However, doing so would negatively impact his reputation.

So after thinking for a moment, Andrew still decided to find a way to teach Bill a lesson without negatively affecting himself.

Instructor Lilian walked into the classroom.

She looked around at the students present and her gaze fell on Andrew.

With her strong hearing, she had already heard the arguments that took place earlier before she came into the classroom.

What surprised her was that Andrew blatantly refused to let Bill keep his pride.

She remembered that Andrew had always been a quiet student.

If Andrew hadn’t contracted a lizard yesterday, Lilian might not have remembered that he was a student in this class.

‘Maybe it’s because of the pressure that Andrew has been in a bad mood recently,’ Lillian thought.

She wondered why Andrew was doing this.

As an instructor, she cared a lot about her students’ talents. However, her students’ safety was more important to her.

Fighting between students had always been something she wouldn’t allow.

However, she had a way of dealing with this kind of thing. She didn’t point it out directly. Instead, she started her lesson.

Andrew didn’t think too much about the conflict with Bill. He began to focus on the content of the class.

This world had already merged the existence of Beasts and normal life.

In Andrew’s memory, all the profound scientific, physical, and mathematical knowledge was replaced with all kinds of knowledge about Beasts.

Even the textbooks had become about Beasts.

“Raising And Nurturing Tamed Beasts”

“Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Ferocious Beasts”

“How To Establish A Friendly And Mutually Supportive Relationship With Beasts”

…

Andrew fell silent as he read the contents of the textbook.

It had to be said that this world had really changed a lot because of the appearance of Beast Tamers.

Very soon, Lilian’s class ended.

“Now, I have something to announce,” she put down the textbook in her hand and spoke to the students in the class.

“The mock combat will begin in three days. All of you should prepare yourselves and try your best to adjust your Beasts to their best condition. Of course, students who have already decided to specialize in the life-type department may disregard this.”

“Also, students who have planned to specialize in the life-type department, raise your hands. I’ll make a note of this.”

Students who had contracted with their Beasts could decide what they wanted to specialize in. They could choose to specialize in the life-type department or the combat department based on their talent and the strength of their Tamed Beasts.

This was also a law enacted by the federation.

After all, society also needed talents in construction.

If all the students chose to become adventurers after leaving school, there would be no one to do any production and manufacturing. This would result in a rapid decline in society’s productivity.

Changing specialization to a life-type department meant doing some basic construction work. One’s basic livelihood would also be guaranteed.

Of course, there was also much less room to improve one’s strength.

To put it bluntly, a person who changes their specialization to a life-type department might very well become a one-star Beast Tamer for the rest of their life.

However, even so, many students chose to join the life-type department.

It was for one reason: Safety!

That’s right, safety!

Compared to going out of the city to fight with all their might, having a stable life in the city was the most important thing to them.

Andrew did a simple calculation.

Almost half of the people in the class chose to join the life-type department.

This was quite normal.

The moment most people awakened the Beast Space, their future path was basically fixed.

For instance, Andrew from before. The Andrew from before was not very talented. He would have definitely chosen to join the life-type department if there weren’t any interferences.

“Andrew, you’re not choosing to switch to the life-type department?” Lilian suddenly spoke after recording for a while.

The fact that Andrew didn’t raise his hand surprised Lilian.

The students in the class were also roused by Lilian’s words and looked at Andrew in surprise.

From their impression of Andrew, he should be the least talented in the class.

“How did he have the courage to switch to a combat department after he contracted a lizard?”

“That’s right, even I switched to the life-type department after I contracted a wind hound. Why would he dare to choose the combat department?”

“This kid probably wants to show off. He definitely hasn’t seen the terror of the wilderness!”

…

The students began to whisper among themselves.

They were very puzzled that Andrew didn’t change his specialization to the life-type department.

Hearing this, Andrew raised his head and looked at Lilian.

“Instructor Lilian, the school doesn’t have the right to make a student change his specialization to a life-type department.”

Previously, Andrew might have changed his specialization to a life-type department.

But now with the system and the iron-armored black lizard with Nidhogg’s bloodline…

He definitely wouldn’t walk the same path as before.

“This…”

Andrew’s words also made Lilian speechless.

Indeed. The school did not have the right to force students to transfer to the life-type department.

In fact, the school even advocated for students to transfer to the combat department.

So, for a moment, Lilian had nothing to say.

“Instructor, if this lad wants to throw his life away, let him try. The Great Beast Tamer had once said, ‘Whether it works or not, we’ll only know after we try!'” Bill suddenly spoke.

Bill was immediately very happy when he knew that Andrew was changing his specialization to combat.

This was because he now had a reason to teach Andrew a good lesson in the mock combat three days later.