Manga Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Fated Encounter is the first manga chapter of the Beast Tamer manga.

Summary
Rein Shroud introduces himself as a "Beast Tamer," who have the power to create contracts with animals using magic and give himself access to their abilities. This occupation does not have any skills for combat, but despite that, Rein worked hard to support his party which consisted of the Hero Arios Orlando, Warrior Aggath, Mage Leanne, and Priest Mina. In Rein's mind, he believed had gained the trust of his friends in the group. One day, however, Arios and the entire party tell him that they're kicking him out.

At first, Rein is confused and assumes this is a prank, but he soon realizes the lot of them are serious. He asks why he is being kicked out and Leanne cruelly tells him it is because they all think of him as useless. To them, the fact that he can't fight and his scouting and luggage carrying skills being all he has is enough of a cause for them to dismiss him. Rein is horrified by the revelation that his "friends" never cared for or thought highly of him, and after Arios demands he leaves behind the gear he has since it belongs to "them," Rein ultimately accepts and leaves, accepting that they were never friends from the beginning.

Rein tries to figure out what to do next as he doesn't have enough money to live on. When he overhears some people planning to go hunting, he decides to become an adventurer, seeing it as more freeing a lifestyle for him. He goes to sign up as one and he is given a test to demonstrate his strength. In this case, he has to hunt ten goblins, which is fairly easy for him as they are all Rank F. After killing ten goblins, Rein collects the magic stones left behind when their bodies disintegrate to prove he accomplished his task. All of a sudden, he hears a cry for help, and he runs in the direction of the cry where he finds a girl being attacked by a Rank D monster called a Killer Tiger. Rein moves to fight the tiger and tries to stab it with his knife. Though the knife breaks because it was cheap, he was able to get the tiger's attention. He yells to the girl to escape while she can as the tiger closes in on him.

Just as Rein starts thinking he is going to die, the girl runs up to the tiger and delivers a powerful kick to its body, killing it instantly. Rein is left amazed by the girl's strength and he asks who she is, but she says she's reached her limit and collapses. Rein rushes over to her asking if she's hurt, but to his surprise, she simply says that she's hungry.

Characters Introduced

 * Rein Shroud
 * Arios Orlando
 * Aggath
 * Leanne
 * Mina
 * Kanade