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Ash Bloom, a 21st-century female office worker and avid gamer, wakes up one morning to find herself back in high school. But this isn't the high school she remembers! Instead of math and history, she's stuck learning about Spirit Beast Evolution and how to become a Beast Master. Oh, and she's somehow missed the memo that humans and magical creatures called Spirit Beast coexist in this world.

As she tries to wrap her head around spirit energy, soul bonds, and a textbook that reads like a fantasy novel, Ash realizes she’s now in a world where becoming a Beast Master is the ultimate goal. Struggling with no memories from the original owner of her body, she’s left to figure it out on her own!

Now she just has to pass her tests, bond with a Spirit Beast, and somehow blend in without looking like she’s just fallen out of a different dimension. No pressure, right?

Note: 

1. Slow-paced story 
2. No romance plot

Beast Master: Live Life to the Fullest!

Ash stomped on a protruding rock, twisting her body and hurling the Insectum Golden Spray at the swarm of Vespitoxin, which had kist raised their stingers at her.

Just before the ball exploded, she ignited the windproof lighter in her other hand.

As her body landed, level with the protruding rock, she threw the lighter with all her might towards the Vespitoxin, their vision immediately blocked by the powder.

The moment the powder came into contact with the flame, it exploded violently.

Some of the weaker Vespitoxin were instantly consumed by the immense heatwave, vanishing without a trace.

Only the stronger ones still remained, their membranous wings ablaze as they fell to the ground, writhing in agony.

Even with the protruding rock shielding her from most of the blast's shockwave, Ash, who had been thrown to the ground, felt a sharp pain rise in her throat and she couldn't suppress a fit of coughing.

She had truly paid a steep price this time.

Listening to the weakening struggles of the Vespitoxin around her and the crackling sound of flames consuming their bodies, a faint smile tugged at the corner of Ash's lips.

Thankfully, Vespitoxin, as Metallum-type Spirit Beast, had poor resistance to Ignis-type attacks. Otherwise, she truly wouldn't have known how to deal with them.

For now, she should have bought herself a brief moment of safety.

Ash exhaled heavily, forcing herself to endure the searing pain all over her body as she pushed herself up from the ground.

Earlier, she had caught sight of a waterfall cascading down from a height in the distance.

However, Ash wasn't certain if it was the place the elder had mentioned as the end of the creek.

But where there was a waterfall, there would surely be rock walls and moss, so Ash decided to investigate.

She had made it this far—giving up now would be too disheartening.

"Cough, cough…" Ash stifled her coughing as she limped forward, one hand clutching her injured shoulder from the earlier fall.

Behind her, the smoke from the dust explosion gradually dissipated under the gentle breeze.

Everything seemed to be slowly returning to normal, except for the Vespitoxin writhing on the ground, their membranous wings badly damaged.

Although they hadn't perished in the explosion, their bodies were gravely injured.

Without treatment, they wouldn't survive much longer, even if they clung to life for now.

Their trembling mandibles emitted peculiar, vibrating hums, like the mournful cries of their final moments.

Ash paid no attention to the dying Vespitoxin.

She continued pressing forward, deeper along the creek.

The terrain here was steep, and the slopes were narrow, making her progress quite challenging.

Fortunately, she had a multipurpose entrenching tool that doubled as a pickaxe.

It allowed her to navigate the rugged mountain path with some effort until she finally arrived beneath the waterfall.

The Explosive Escape