F-Rank Tamer, S-Rank Monster

In the Lower City slums, Evan Cole brings his mother’s dying gift—a beast egg—to the Awakening. It shatters, hatching Alia, a premature ant queen mocked as worthless. Their blood pact reveals her S-rank Hive Queen power: devour beasts and evolve an ant army. After three days of hunting, Evan storms the academy trial, kills an S-rank mutant, and ranks first. He uncovers House Vale’s dark magic, the Undercity, Cerberus, and the Abyss lord Valhan. During a million-beast tide, Evan and Alia achieve Symbiosis, slay Valhan, save the Lower City, earn Upper City status, and years later he marries Maya.

In the Lower City slums, Evan Cole brings his mother’s dying gift—a beast egg—to the Awakening. It shatters, hatching Alia, a premature ant queen mocked as worthless. Their blood pact reveals her S-rank Hive Queen power: devour beasts and evolve an ant army. After three days of hunting, Evan storms the academy trial, kills an S-rank mutant, and ranks first. He uncovers House Vale’s dark magic, the Undercity, Cerberus, and the Abyss lord Valhan. During a million-beast tide, Evan and Alia achieve Symbiosis, slay Valhan, save the Lower City, earn Upper City status, and years later he marries Maya.