[Devia – One Month Before the Game's Release]
The night wind carried a chilling breeze through the dense forest. The towering trees swayed, their leaves whispering secrets only the wilderness could understand.
Leon stood at the edge of a cliff, overlooking the vast, untamed world below.
A world that would soon become a battleground.
One month.
That was all the time he had before millions of players flooded into Devia.
Before the world he had lived in for twenty years as a player merged with reality.
And this time, he wasn't just another player.
He was an NPC.
The strongest Beast Tamer class was within his grasp, but he wasn't ready yet.
Not even close.
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Laying the Foundation
Leon pulled up his status screen, watching the data shift in front of his eyes.
He had made progress, but it wasn't enough.
Beast Taming was an exponential power class.
In the beginning? Weak.
But as time passed? Unstoppable.
The key was building his foundation before the game even launched.
Before the world changed.
And that meant two things:
Finding more beasts
Gaining hidden legacies before players arrived
If he could do that, he wouldn't just be strong.
He would be untouchable.
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The Hunt Begins
Leon's gaze shifted to the dense jungle below.
He wasn't in a safe area anymore.
This was the Beastman Territories, a land untouched by human civilization. It was said that no ordinary Beast Tamer could tame creatures here—because Beastmen weren't just animals.
They had souls.
And that meant they couldn't be tamed.
Leon smirked.
But he wasn't an ordinary Tamer.
He took a step forward, descending into the jungle.
Somewhere in this vast land, a beast of legend was waiting.
A creature no player had ever found in his past life.
And this time, it would be his.
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A Watchful Eye
Unbeknownst to Leon, a pair of golden eyes watched from the shadows.
A beast—no, something more.
It sensed something different about this human.
Something dangerous.
And in the heart of the jungle, a primal instinct stirred.
The hunt had begun.
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