[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-striker-independent-beast-tamer":3,"chapter-striker-independent-beast-tamer-striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-817":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1316637,1747,"Chapter 817: Part 1: Killers in the Shadows","striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-817",817,"\u003Cp>Head Office\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of us came to see Head Harold. He was in the office waiting for us. We greeted him before sitting on the chairs opposite him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harold raised his eyebrows and looked at them. He noticed Melinda’s expression first. She seemed alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded his head before looking towards Jeremy Night. He found that the kid looked excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already ready for the mission, no matter how dangerous it looked. He sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then said, \"I’m glad that you guys are ready to do the mission. Here is the mission...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He started talking about the deadly ridge. Melinda raised her eyebrows in surprise. She was not ignorant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had grown up here. She knew about the wilderness. She knew how many dangerous places there were in the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black ridge was one of those dangerous places. She then shifted her gaze towards Jeremy Night. She found out that Jeremy Night was completely clueless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was taken aback. She then looked towards Head Harold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Head, are you serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The deadly ridge is dangerous. What are we going to do there? Even the corrupted beasts won’t live in that place,\" Melinda said in a serious tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know what was with Head Harold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy was stunned. He was hearing the name for the first time. He thought a lot of deaths must have happened in that place. He seemed to be right as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harold smiled and said, \"I’m giving you this mission because I want you to teach this kid. He still doesn’t know about the wilderness yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are some places which need to be avoided. We just had a Beast Tide recently. In the future, the situation could become more dangerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before such a thing can happen, I want Jeremy Night to know the ins and outs of the wilderness. So that he can escape from any situation,\" Harold added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sounded legit and serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy’s eyes flashed with a glint. He had asked for a mission, but he didn’t expect Head Harold to have such a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you guys have to study the place. Melinda, I want you to teach him about the place. There are some deadly plants that grow over there,\" Harold said once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time Melinda didn’t ask many questions. She agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will be careful,\" Jeremy said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>10 minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy and Melinda exited the building and approached the driver outside. They talked to him before entering the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We both sat down in the back of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly afterwards,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car departed from the place. It left the area and joined the air lane. The car moved behind the other cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy Night was in the car. He was watching the scene outside through the window. He was using his eye power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after leaving the main gate, he spotted a few suspicious people who paid attention to the car. He thought they could be spies belonging to other forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy knew that trouble could follow them into the wilderness. He also knew Darkshade killers could come at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a serious expression. If he were alone, he wouldn’t think too much. But Sister Melinda was with him now. He had to protect her as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why Head Harold made such arrangements. Head Harold was aware of the fact that he had killed a Tier-6 Beast Tamer of the Hill family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had threats not only from the Darkshade Killers but from the Hill family as well. He really didn’t know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>10 minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car reached the main gate. The main gate area was not quiet; it was busy. Beast Tamers were coming in and going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It showed that the place was coming back to normal. The driver landed the car near the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We then walked out. My gaze swept across the place. I had the feeling that someone was watching us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used his zoom-in vision and it didn’t take long for him to find the culprits. Tier-4 Beast Tamers in the distance were looking at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were standing outside the Beast Taming Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melinda turned and saw Jeremy Night looking somewhere. She followed his gaze and saw those suspicious people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned. She didn’t make any comments immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Jeremy Night recovered his thoughts and started following her. Both of them started walking towards the guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both showed their IDs before entering the wilderness. Melinda took the lead and started guiding the way forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy didn’t speak. He quietly followed her, but he used his eye power to watch the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone made a move, he would know immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melinda found something amiss as well. But she didn’t ask anything. She thought Jeremy Night would tell her when the time was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spies of the Hill family moved. They reported to the Head of the Beast Taming Family. Robert Hill heard the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already arranged a team. He immediately sent orders to them. He wanted them to enter the wilderness right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A team of Tier-5 Beast Tamers and a single Tier-6 Beast Tamer reached the main gate. Then they entered the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them, there were already people keeping watch. They immediately contacted the team and shared the coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the team started going towards the location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Robert Hill didn’t stop there. He immediately phoned and informed the higher-ups of the Darkshade Organisation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The organisation had already failed three times. If they failed a fourth time, he would be pissed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Robert Hill made it clear that he wanted the young man Jeremy Night dead. The higher-ups of the Darkshade members felt ashamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert Hill was making them angry. They assured him that they were going to complete the mission this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the call ended, the Darkshade higher-ups sent a team of killers to the wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time the killing team was composed of Tier-6 Beast Tamers and a single Tier-7 Beast Tamer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team was enough to kill high-tier beasts. It was a bit of overkill to eliminate a Tier-3 Beast Tamer.\u003C\u002Fp>",1032,"2026-06-05T18:52:59.854Z",1,"novelbin.me","e5027622a1882bcfa0a12186e0b225316f0342e742f31526fc76dfa5cf83ae6d","striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-818","striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-816",881,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstriker-independent-beast-tamer-cover.jpg"]