Chapter 1: No Beast, No Glory

Wolves, falcons, phoenix, dragons—some glowing with lightning, others wrapped in shadows and a lot more. The stronger the Feral beast, the higher you and your feral beast rank. The higher you rank, the more respect you get. But the same can't be said for Ren Tatsuya who  was now sixteen and was without a feral beast.

Cheers erupted around the arena as the next student stepped into the summoning circle. Golden light pulsed beneath her feet, and with a roar that shook the stands, a gigantic white tiger spirit materialized behind her—its eyes burning like twin suns.

Ren didn't cheer. He was too busy cleaning up broken shards of the last student's beast armor on the arena floor. A janitor uniform over his school uniform, broom in hand, a constant reminder of his worth.

"Pathetic," someone sneered as they walked passed. "Still no beast, Zero?"

That nickname. Zero. The name they gave him. The title for the beast less. The cursed like himself.

Ren just shrugged and  continued sweeping harder.That night, while he was busy cleaning the school corridors he heard something called to him. A whisper, distant yet deafening.

“Who’s there?” Ren asked, looking around frantically but saw no one in sight.

“Come to me…. Follow my voice” the voice whispered all must like a siren calling out to a sailor.

As if he was compelled he dropped his cleaning supplies to the floor following the voice down the dark corridor of Daiken Beast Academy. He walked past the sealed library. Past the forbidden statue of the Beast God. Into a chamber so ancient, even the dust feared to settle.

And there, half-buried under rubble and time, pulsed an ancient scroll—wrapped in black markings, etched with moving symbols.And just like before as if drawn to the scroll he reached his hand out.The moment he touched it, his world cracked.

Pain tore through his limbs like fire made of thunder. A roar—his roar—echoed through the chamber, shaking the earth. Symbols carved themselves into his skin, glowing deep crimson. His heart beat not once, but three times at once. In the mirror on the wall, something stood behind him. Wings of bone. Scales of black steel. Horns twisted like a ram’s A beast of legends. A myth wiped from textbooks from history itslef The Chimera...Ren collapsed, gasping. And then and alarms went off.

ALERT: UNREGISTERED FERAL BEAST DETECTED.

CATEGORY: EXTINCT.

THREAT LEVEL: BLACK.Sirens wailed across campus. Emergency lockdown.

Somewhere in the tower, the Beast Council gathered. Ancient spirits stirred from their slumber.

"Someone has awakened it," a voice muttered. "The Forbidden One."

A lion-man growled. "Impossible. The Chimera was purged centuries ago."

Another hissed. "Then history just grew claws."

Meanwhile elsewhere

Ren stumbled outside, clutching his chest. Every heartbeat echoed like a drum of war. Eyes glowing gold. Tattoos burning bright beneath his sleeves. In one hand, he held the scroll. In the other…His fate.

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