Beast Hack: Customizing Beasts and Capturing Beauties - Chapter 358

Chapter 358: 3AM Stream
A new stream went live on Beastagram under the handle @FionaFlares

It immediately began drawing attention.

Fiona, one of the most popular internet artists in the beast world.

A registered S-Rank tamer.

Appeared on-screen, headset on, wind whipping through her silver-and-pink hair.

The camera panned out behind her.

Showing the massive, desolate wasteland that had been designated as the battlefield.

“Alright, everyone!”

Fiona grinned at the camera, voice vibrant and full of energy.

“Welcome to the unofficially official livestream of what might be the biggest beast battle of the year!”

Behind her, the area stretched wide.

Cracked earth, shattered stone and the remains of a few long-abandoned structures.

The sun was high, the sky clear.

There were no spectators here, no seats or barriers.

Just sand, silence, and distant roars of beasts moving far beyond the frame.

“This place is no joke,” she said, turning the camera to show the terrain.

“A high-tier, S-Rank designated wild zone. Even I don’t hang around here for fun.”

“There are S-Rier Elite-Tier beasts lurking just out of sight.”

She paused, then grinned wider.

“Which is why this is the perfect place for a match between Luxoria Castle and Beast Castle.”

“No interference. No spectators. Just pure destruction.”

As she adjusted her camera angle again, comments started flooding her screen.

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@StormTamerKai

“They’re really doing it here?! That place eats low A-Ranks for breakfast!”

@MythicalDraws

“Fiona, be careful! Don’t get eaten before the stream ends.”

@BattleJunkieZ

“If this is SS-Rank only, I’m cancelling all my meetings.”

—

Fiona chuckled. “Don’t worry, I’m at a safe distance… for now. But trust me, I wouldn’t miss this for anything.”

She lowered her voice slightly, serious now.

“This isn’t just a beast battle. This is statement warfare. Luxoria Castle made it personal. Beast Castle answered. And now?”

She turned back to the camera, eyes gleaming.

“Now we find out who’s the real king of the beast world.”

Fiona spun the camera around, locking it onto a stabilizer drone that followed her from above.

She adjusted her mic and grinned.

“Time to hear from the crowd—well, the crazy few who actually showed up at 3 AM like me.”

She walked across the cracked ground, heading toward a cluster of figures gathered near a collapsed watchtower.

As she approached, she whispered to the stream.

“Yes, this is a deserted S-Rank beast zone, yes, most of the sane world is asleep, and yes, I live for this.”

She stopped in front of a young man with spiked red hair and a beast gauntlet on his left arm.

“Yo, name and rank?”

He blinked. “Uh… Dorno. S-Rank.”

Fiona raised an eyebrow. “Why are you here at this hour, Dorno?”

He scratched the back of his head.

“I mean, it’s Luxoria versus Beast Castle.”

“I figured either I see something insane… or I get vaporized by mistake. Worth it either way.”

Fiona laughed. “That’s the energy I like.”

She turned to a quiet girl sitting on a chunk of broken wall, petting a mist-type wolf beast curled at her feet.

“Hey you, name?”

“Elliane,” the girl said softly.

“S-Rank tamer. Night operations division.”

“You look like you live in darkness,” Fiona said.

“Thoughts on this battle?”

Elliane’s eyes didn’t leave her wolf.

“If Luxoria wins, we’ll see them rise. If they lose, they vanish. Either way, something ends tonight.”

Fiona grinned at the camera. “Dramatic. I approve.”

She continued moving, catching a group of three more tamers preparing light barriers and beast detection wards.

A tall, older man nodded as she approached.

“Let me guess,” Fiona said. “S-Rank, backup response?”

“Lorne,” he replied.

“Here in case the SS-Ranks lose control. Someone has to clean up the crater.”

Fiona tilted her head. “Confidence level?”

“Zero,” he said flatly.

“But I brought a teleport badge just in case.”

Fiona turned back to the stream, walking as the sun began to peek over the distant cliffs.

“Alright, you’ve heard from the mad, the ready, and the hopeless.”

“The stage is set. The tamers are gathering.”

She smirked, hair glinting in the dawnlight.

“Let the world wake up to chaos.”

As if on cue, a massive gust of wind surged through the area.

Sand whipped into the air, followed by an echoing cry that split the sky.

A huge avian beast soared overhead.

Its wings cast a massive shadow across the ruins.

Feathers of metallic gold and violet shimmered as it descended.

Gasps broke out across the gathered tamers.

“Whoa—what the hell is that thing?” one muttered.

Fiona’s eyes lit up. Her camera drone zoomed in.

“Ohhh it’s starting already!” she shouted.

“We’ve got a major entry overhead!”

She panned the camera toward the sky, tracking the beast’s graceful descent.

“Let’s see—who’s coming in first? Is it Luxoria or Beast Castle—?”

The massive bird flapped once, then slowly hovered as a platform unfolded on its back.

From the swirling cloud of energy, Varen Aldren stepped down.

He was cloaked in dark battle robes, his expression cold and focused.

Fiona gasped with a grin.

“OHHH—Beast Castle makes the first move!”

The tamers around her began murmuring, adjusting scanners, whispering theories.

But Fiona didn’t stop.

“Wait—he’s not alone,” she said quickly.

“We’ve got two others descending with him.”

The rider of the avian beast stepped beside Varen, cloaked in aerial armor.

But the third presence—

Fiona zoomed in with her camera.

Her jaw dropped.

“No way. No way—that’s—”

She spun back to the camera, eyes wide with barely restrained excitement.

“Everyone watching—confirm this right now—that’s Victor Aurelius.”

Gasps echoed behind her.

A few tamers stepped closer to their own comms, whispering fast.

Fiona looked stunned for a beat, then straightened with a sharp smile.

“That confirms it. Beast Castle didn’t just prepare. They brought in the powerhouse, the Aurelius family.”

“Varen Aldren has backup from one of the biggest beast research houses in the world.”

“And the one representing it was Victor Aurelius.”

She pointed to the screen, her voice rising.

“Luxoria Castle, you better show up loud, because they came ready for war!”