Then came his pet beast information.
It even included the reason Jacob withdrew from the exploration team: due to personal physical injury, the sixth contract slot couldn't be activated, so he automatically gave up the captain position and gradually left the team.
Later, under the invitation of a high salary from the club, he became a sparring trainer.
Of course, the salary part wasn't mentioned.
But just by looking at the opponent's sparring price, it's clear that Jacob's salary and commission must be high, fifty thousand yuan per hour.
To be able to move someone like this, probably only money remains.
Asher nodded.
He was quite satisfied with this Jacob. A good opponent.
Then looked at another person.
A female Beast Tamer, Donna Whit, 33 years old, Tier 4 Beast Tamer, a graduate of Flood Dragon University, later joined the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy, with rich academic-style battle experience. Currently continuing advanced studies.
Unlike Jacob, Donna became a club sparring trainer to battle with more and various types of Beast Tamers, and through this process, attempt to break through her sixth contract slot.
Her pet beast information was also listed.
The sparring price was likewise fifty thousand yuan per hour.
Asher clicked his tongue slightly.
'A Tier 4 Beast Tamer can easily earn fifty thousand yuan an hour from sparring... Okay, not easily.'
After all, to become a Tier 4 Beast Tamer, the money invested in the early stages is probably in the millions or tens of millions… Fifty thousand yuan per hour for sparring is what they deserve.
"Book both of them," Asher said after thinking.
Alicia: "Mr. Asher, are you sure?"
Alicia repeatedly confirmed with Asher, "Once you've made a reservation, even if you don't start battling immediately, the club will still begin timing."
Booking two sparring trainers at once was not something Alicia hadn't seen before.
It's just that, most of the time, those being booked are low-level sparring trainers.
During times of high demand, it's common that sparring trainers can't be booked, so some Beast Tamers would rather spend more to book early.
But someone of Tier 4 Beast Tamer level… that's much rarer.
No one's money grows on trees.
Though Alicia was very tempted by the commission she'd earn, she still had to give the reminder.
"No problem, book them all," Asher waved his hand and returned the tablet to Alicia.
One person fifty thousand an hour, two together make a hundred thousand.
A bit much. But still within Asher's acceptable range.
Why did he earn so much money? Wasn't it just to spend at times like this.
"These two happen to have different strengths. I want to battle them both, and it'll also help me comprehensively assess my strength and my Training results," Asher said with a smile.
Beast Tamers who emerged from wild forbidden zones and Beast Tamers trained in academic systems surely have different focuses and battle methods.
If it were someone else, they would definitely struggle to choose one out of the two.
But Asher?
Why choose? He could clearly have both.
And this isn't even being greedy. Easy win.
Alicia smiled. Alicia really wanted to suppress the smile on her face… but she just couldn't.
Money! Money! Money! She could earn quite a bit of commission from this.
Alicia's smile was almost too bright, "Okay, Mr. Asher, I've booked both sparring trainers for you."
"Please wait a moment in your exclusive lounge. Once a field becomes available, we'll notify you."
Asher made an OK gesture.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart.
'Worthy of being a paid service. Even an exclusive lounge.'
'This treatment is completely different from an ordinary training field.'
"That's because you spent your money in the right place," Felter instantly guessed what Asher was thinking.
He rolled his eyes and said very bluntly.
What's the point of opening a battle club? Isn't it to make money?
Felter walked beside Asher, following Alicia ahead toward the lounge.
While walking, he didn't forget to explain things to Asher.
"Although many Beast Tamers come here for one-on-one battles, most are Tier 1 and 2 Beast Tamers."
"As for prices, of course, they're nowhere near what you're spending today."
Asher nodded. Understandable.
It's not that Tier 3 and Tier 4 Beast Tamers look down on battle clubs.
It's just that, based on the composition of the Beast Tamer system, the majority are still low-level Beast Tamers.
Star City is already quite exceptional.
There are still plenty of Tier 3 and Tier 4 Beast Tamers.
If you go further out, even Tier 5 and 6 Beast Tamers can be found.
But when it comes to Beast Tamers of that level… they actually don't return to places like battle clubs.
Wild battles. City defense wars. Clashes with beast tides.
Those are often the best ways for them to grow stronger.
Walking in front, Alicia heard the conversation between the two behind. She said nothing, and didn't refute anything.
Why refute? They were all just speaking the plain truth.
Say whatever. As long as she earned her money.
Alicia watched Asher and Felter enter the lounge, then made a small fist to encourage herself.
Though she was curious about Asher's upcoming battles, but,! She still firmly remembered her mission and duty. Work! Make money! No time to waste!
Maybe soon another big-spender like Professor Asher would show up?
Alicia couldn't help but happily daydream for a bit.
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[Inside the Exclusive Lounge]
Snacks, drinks, fruits, everything was available.
In front was a big screen the size of half a wall.
"Whenever the holidays come, the club gets packed. Everyone wants to use the break to do a little light grinding," Felter spoke as he pressed a button.
The large screen in front of them instantly lit up with a "whoosh."
"There's still a bit of time before a field opens."
"Wanna watch other people's battles first?", Felter asked Asher.
Asher looked at the numbers on the big screen for each battle field, curiosity gleamed in his eyes, "You can do that?"
"What if someone doesn't want others to watch their battle?", Asher wasn't just saying, it was a genuine possibility.
"Once you enter the battle field, you can choose whether or not to allow others to watch. You can even lock the field, requiring a password to view."
As expected of someone who had a membership card at the battle club, Felter explained everything clearly.
"Hmm…", Asher rubbed his chin, looking interested and curious, "Not bad."
"Worthy of being a paid service," Asher sighed again.
You could feel the difference from all aspects.
"Then let's just randomly pick one to watch," Asher casually entered a battle field with open viewing access.
[Battle Field No. 27]
To Asher's surprise—
"This girl… looks kind of familiar?", Asher pointed to the girl on the screen, clearly someone who paid to battle, and said with a thoughtful expression.
Felter: "..."
Felter's eyes were lifeless.
He glanced at the girl battling on the screen, then looked at Asher beside him, his expression extremely complex.
Asher: "?"
'Why look at me like that? I have nothing to do with the girl on the screen.'
"I knew it…", Felter's voice carried a vague resentment and gnashing of teeth.
Asher's eyes remained confused.
"You've long forgotten about us."
"When you saw me for the first time, you definitely didn't remember my name either!", Felter complained loudly, like he was accusing a heartless lover.
"Back then I even had to say my name first for you to remember me."
"At least back then we were known as the Four Kings among the battle department freshmen."
"If it weren't for you suddenly popping up as a dark horse, the final champion would definitely have been one of us," Felter kept ranting.
His random words awakened some shameful memories that Asher didn't want to recall.
'Four Kings… Dark Horse… Four Kings and a Horse?', A spark flashed across Asher's mind.
"She's that… that twin?", Asher pointed to the girl on the battlefield, stammering for a while.
Good news: he matched the girl with a memory.
He remembered where he had seen her before.
Bad news: he forgot her name.
Couldn't even tell if she was the older or younger sister.
Felter sighed.
"Water element, it's clearly Aria Leonheart, the older sister," Felter said helplessly, "Luna Leonheart's pet beast has fire attribute, she's the younger one."
Asher laughed, "We only met once. My memory's not bad, but…"
'It's not that great either.'
There were still many people and things Asher needed to remember and focus on. People he only met once and might never interact with again, Asher really couldn't keep them in his mind for too long.
"…Fine," Felter clicked his tongue.
Once again, he deeply realized, although they were about the same age, in terms of identity, experience, and strength, the gap between him and Asher was already very big.
Was Felter the type to be easily discouraged?
No, Felter only grew stronger through setbacks.
He quickly brushed off that brief moment of (mostly acted) anger and enthusiastically started telling Asher about the Shen sisters.
"Gotta say, the two sisters are pretty impressive."
"When they fought for the position of first-year top student at Flood Dragon University, they went all out. They almost cracked each other's skulls open."
Felter was a self-centered person. But for their rival university, and the twin sisters who were once ranked as 'Four Kings' along with him, he still paid some attention.
Even if he didn't, many people at school did.
So he knew how fierce the fight between Aria and Luna was.
"Have to say, twin sisters like this… as partners, their synergy when teaming up is incredible."
"When facing each other as opponents, they know each other too well."
Even just a glance, a small movement, they could accurately analyze what the other wanted to do next.
This wasn't just a clash of strength, it was a showdown between star actresses. A battle of acting.
Asher: "..."
Asher showed a confused-but-accepting expression.
Kinda ridiculous.
'But also… sort of makes sense?'
"So in the end, which of them…", Asher hesitated mid-sentence.
Felter instantly got what Asher meant.
"You're wondering which one became top student, right?"
Asher nodded.
"Aria barely won," Felter said with emotion, "Water-type pet beast has some restraint over fire-type pet beast."
"But it was just a tiny bit, she barely scraped by."
From Felter's emotional tone, Asher could imagine how intense that battle must have been.
'Just a bit…'
Asher looked at the stern-faced Aria on the screen. Even through the screen, her gloomy aura could be felt.
He couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.
Though Aria won, it must not have been an easy win, maybe even nearly a loss.
Whether it was the pride of being the older sister, or the arrogance of being top student, it made it hard for her to accept such a result.
So she probably gritted her teeth to become even stronger, to prove her win was well-deserved, right?
The younger sister Luna was likely undergoing brutal training too?
Asher rubbed his chin.
'Hmm… healthy competition… Not bad.'
It made him kind of want a healthy rival too.
Felter: "?"
Felter didn't know what Asher was thinking.
Otherwise, he would've stared straight at Asher and seriously…
Be a competitor with Asher?
Hehe! Saying it like there's not a huge amount of pressure in this.
Look at the speed of Asher's progress.
One year. It's only been one year. Clearly last year, he could still barely spar with Asher. It felt like if he worked a bit harder, chased a bit more, he could catch up to Asher's pace.
And in reality?
In just a short year, Asher had completely left him behind.
Where is the justice of Heaven?
Where are human morals?
Luckily, Felter didn't know.
Asher looked at Luna and the sparring partner on the other side as their battle entered a white-hot stage, and his brain unconsciously started analyzing.
'The pet beast Luna is using is a Water Water Ice, right?'
'Its strength us actually pretty good.'
'Just like Felter's Golden Armor Winged Dragon, it should also be at the Tier 5.'
'But there's still a distance before Luna becomes a true first-rank Beast Tamer.'
Not just in contract slots and number of contracted pet beasts, but even more in battle experience.
Not that Asher wanted to say it.
But watching Luna's match now, he always had a feeling like watching an exhibition match.
Before Asher could think more about it, the large screen suddenly flickered.
A line of huge text appeared.
[Beast Tamer Asher, please proceed to Battle Arena No. 18]
It kept looping.
Asher stood up.
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