Supreme BeastTamer: I Can Copy and Upgrade Skills 10x! - Chapter 822 822: Fufiling the Promise

While Nox was busy dealing with the demons in the demon empire, in the human empire a few days had already passed since he left.

During this time, there had been no rest for Eve and Jack. Yes, that is right, the two had been very busy spreading the Beast Tamer class.

As for their first location, it was none other than Imperia.

With Andre gone, and with Soren, his elder brother, who had been easily killed and turned into an undead by Eve, now helping with setting up the Beast Taming Temple here in Imperia, things had moved quickly.

At first, Jack and Eve had thought about moving the gigantic statue to another location for fear of Andre returning, if he was even alive. But after much thought, they decided to let it be.

The statue remained where it had always stood.

It was too huge to move, and after thinking about it again and again, both of them came to the same answer. Andre had left that thing there for years and had done nothing with it. Even if he somehow returned, Jack did not believe he would suddenly care now. Because of that, they stopped wasting time on it and used what was already in front of them.

A wide stone square had been built around the statue, and guards now stood around the area to keep order. In front of the towering statue of Terra, a long line of Imperian children had formed, stretching from the front of the plaza down the main path.

A few parents stood farther back, whispering among themselves while the guards kept them from pushing forward. The children who had reached the proper age were brought one after another toward the statue. Nobody wanted to miss their turn.

Eve and Jack stood near the base of the statue, close enough to watch everything clearly.

Eve had both hands behind her back, her face calm as always. Her undead stood farther behind, motionless and silent, making sure no one caused trouble. Jack stood beside her in royal clothing, his posture straight as his eyes stayed on the children stepping forward one after another.

“Start with the first group,” Jack said.

One of the guards immediately bowed. “Yes, Your Majesty.”

The first child in line stepped forward with shaking legs. He stopped in front of the statue and looked back once, only for one of the attendants to gesture for him to continue.

“Pray,” the attendant said. “Just like you were told.”

The boy swallowed, then bowed his head toward the statue.

Only a few seconds passed.

Then light flashed from the ground below him.

The child gasped and stumbled back. Before panic could spread, a transparent screen appeared in front of him. His eyes widened. The attendants around him stared, then one of them quickly shouted.

“He awakened!”

The square turned noisy at once.

“He really got it?”

“That fast?”

“It worked!”

The boy kept staring at the screen in front of him with a blank face before blurting out, “Beast Tamer… I awakened Beast Tamer!”

Jack’s lips moved slightly, not quite a smile, but close. Eve only watched in silence as the attendants guided the boy away and called the next child over.

A girl stepped forward, offered a prayer to the statue, and before ten seconds had passed, the same light rose around her feet. Another screen appeared. Another stunned child stood there in disbelief.

Each one who prayed awakened the same class in only a few seconds. There was no delay. No failure. The line kept moving, and every successful awakening only made the children farther back stand straighter.

The guards had to shout several times to keep the line from breaking.

Jack watched everything with steady eyes. “Good. Keep them moving. Do not let the line stop.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

For years, the Imperians had been known as people without classes. That truth had followed them for so long that most had already accepted it. They trained, fought, and lived without the thing others were born with. It had become part of how the rest of the world saw them.

But that truth was now breaking apart right in front of the statue.

Eve finally turned her head toward Jack. “The Imperians were known for not having classes. That will not be true anymore.”

Jack did not answer at once. He kept watching as another child finished awakening before he finally spoke. “This should have happened a long time ago. Having an alter personality and a class would actually make us stronger.”

“What about the goddess who gave you the power? What if she becomes angry and attacks the Imperians?”

“I trust Nox to have a way to fix it when that time comes,” Jack said. “He told me to spread the class, so I will spread it. If there is a problem later, then I believe he already has a plan for it or he will find one.”

Eve stayed quiet for a second before nodding with a faint smile on her face. “I like the fact that you have this much trust in him.”

Jack let out a short breath. “He came this far already, didn’t he? He changed things people thought could never change. If Nox says to move forward, then I will move forward.”

Another child awakened behind them, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Jack glanced toward the statue again and said, “Besides, if I were not already past the age of awakening, I would have chosen Beast Tamer too.”

That made Eve look at him again. “Really?”

Jack gave a dry smile. “Of course. Why wouldn’t I? It is Nox’s class. And after seeing what it can become, only a fool would look down on it.”

The awakenings continued.

Time passed with one child after another stepping forward, praying, and receiving the same result. Guards were sent out and back several times to keep the groups in order. Not once did the process fail. Not once did a child step away without a class.

By the time the sun had shifted higher, the first line was nearly done.

A guard in Imperian armor hurried toward Jack, then dropped to one knee.

“Your Majesty. All those eligible for awakening in the first wave have awakened the Beast Tamer class. There were no exceptions.”

Jack nodded slowly, satisfaction clear on his face. “Good.”

The guard lowered his head. “Further instructions?”

Jack did not respond. Instead, he slipped a hand into his robe and pulled something out.

Eve looked down at it but said nothing at all.

It was a map Nox had given him, the one showing where he could find the rest of Terra’s statues.