Iron-eating beasts, never slaves!

They can grow stronger on their own!

After saying this, it got up and tried to run, planning to escape right in front of the staff at the breeding base.

Iron-eating beasts, fearless!

Beastmasters? Who needs them.

But before it could even start running, it was grabbed by the neck by James Harper and lifted up.

William Carter, who possessed telepathy: "..."

Not bad, very spirited.

On the other side, James Harper sighed and pinned this problematic iron-eating beast to the ground.

Although she was just a girl, her strength was unexpectedly great.

Definitely a beastmaster—after forming a contract with a pet beast, the beast’s strength feeds back to the beastmaster, enhancing their mental power and physical fitness.

Although it’s not enough to fight extraordinary creatures barehanded, it’s more than enough to instantly defeat Earth’s top fighters and athletes.

"Listen up, if you dare run away, there will be no food for you. And after becoming a beastmaster’s pet, not only will your growth rate be several times faster than now, but the hardening ability you couldn’t awaken before will also awaken quickly."

"Plus, you’ll have a more comfortable resting environment and a richer variety of food, much happier than staying here."

James Harper spoke quite seriously to this iron-eating beast cub. Maybe it was a telepathy talent, or maybe she’d played the role of an iron-eating beast for too long, but the iron-eating beast could understand her.

After she finished, the iron-eating beast cub was stunned.

It looked blankly at William Carter.

After a moment of silence, William Carter said, "Room and board included."

Only as long as there’s still money, William Carter added silently in his heart.

The iron-eating beast cub howled again, looking even more confused and conflicted. A better environment and food than the breeding base?

Drool uncontrollably dripped from its mouth.

In the end, the benefits offered by the beastmaster outweighed its willpower, and the iron-eating beast cub reluctantly nodded.

It couldn’t hold out any longer...

Iron-eating beasts are never slaves, never afraid—unless there’s room and board included.

Chapter 8: The Contract

"This iron-eating beast seems to have been smart since it was little."

William Carter saw that this iron-eating beast cub quickly recognized reality after its rebellious mood, and was very satisfied.

Isn’t it just a better environment to grow up in? Isn’t it just all kinds of delicious food?

Once he becomes a powerful beastmaster, he’ll be able to get whatever he wants.

But before that, he’ll have to rely on the iron-eating beast to work hard and help him become a great beastmaster.

"Can we sign the contract now?"

William Carter looked at the breeder James Harper, who was holding down the iron-eating beast cub.

Only after signing a contract with the iron-eating beast and establishing a mental connection would they truly become each other’s beastmaster and pet.

After that, all the special aspects of the beastmaster system could be revealed.

"We can." James Harper moved her hand away and nodded.

"You do the contract, I’ll watch over things."

After saying this, James Harper also breathed a sigh of relief.

This Eleven finally had a beastmaster willing to take it.

Although many beastmasters who came to pick pets before disliked this iron-eating beast, thinking it had poor talent, James Harper didn’t think so.

This iron-eating beast cub’s congenital frailty wasn’t a big problem at all. After being taken into the beastmaster’s space and cared for for a while, it would slowly recover. This kind of situation had happened before.

On the contrary, under such circumstances—being rejected by one beastmaster after another—it gradually developed a tenacious, recognition-seeking personality, which James Harper found very special and a sign of outstanding talent.

If a lazy iron-eating beast stops being lazy and becomes a bit more self-disciplined, with proper training, it might not be any worse than those pet beasts of higher species rank.

She herself grew up at the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base, living with these iron-eating beasts since childhood, and her first pet was also an iron-eating beast, so she knew every iron-eating beast’s situation inside out.

Originally, she thought that if no one was willing to take this iron-eating beast in the end, she would just keep it at the breeding base and take care of it herself.

But now that William Carter had chosen this iron-eating beast, maybe it was a good result for both William Carter and the No. 11 iron-eating beast. Beastmasters and pet beasts have always grown together and helped each other.

She even considered that, since William Carter was a victim of the disaster in Pingcheng ten years ago, she decided to give him an extra month’s worth of pet food as a bonus.

During the beast tide ten years ago, she was still a child, and both her parents were powerful beastmasters, so she didn’t have much impression of the disaster. But for ordinary people, it was a different story.

Many families were destroyed, many children became orphans. In fact, the local policies were designed to support disaster victims like William Carter.

If he didn’t have this status, even with his special telepathy talent and an intern breeder’s certificate, it wouldn’t have been easy for William Carter to get a loan to buy an iron-eating beast cub.

Most of the time, society still cares for the vulnerable. As one of the cared-for, William Carter didn’t look down on this frail iron-eating beast, but instead gave it recognition, which made James Harper silently approve of William Carter. That’s why she was willing to give an extra month’s pet food.

These foods didn’t mean much to her, but they would definitely ease a lot of pressure for William Carter and his new companion.