Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Cheating?
“Diluc, bear in mind that this is only going to get worse from this point, we’re quite sorry for doing this, but you’re the only man that I can trust…” Alea said apologetically as the three of them entered the Orion Arena, the gathering of the students here was composed entirely of freshmen who seemed to go out of their way and postpone their plans just to watch this spectacle about to happen.

“Nah, don’t mind it, the payment is great so there’s no problem…” he replies without even a hint of doubt or hesitation in his voice causing the two to feel quite relieved, thanking him even more in his mind as this is a considerable favor to them for him to ward off any nuisance that might just waste their time and possibly even harm them should they not respond properly with their confessions of ‘love’.

Quite frankly, they, especially Alea who was already saved by him once, feel really guilty for pushing Diluc into this kind of situation, however, just like she said previously, he is the only male friend she has who can help with this, and to be fair, this is also a good reason for her to improve her relationship with him.

With that ulterior motive in mind, she decided to find some better rewards and treasures for him next time, seeing that he seemed to be way too greedy for good things that even she didn’t know the uses of, as if there was some sort of benefits that he acquires for getting this kind of things, not knowing that this speculation of hers is already as close as it can get to the truth.

Should Diluc find out about the things that she is planning, especially the increase in rewards, he will definitely smile like silly in celebration of him having a greater source of stable income that he can use in order to develop the Draconic Realm further and further.

Meanwhile, the very young man that is the content of this elven princess’ thought is thinking of exactly the Draconic Realm currently, already laying out plans that he can use in order to enter the realm without any problem, one among them the missions pasted within the main square of the academy, something that allows them to leave the academy grounds even beyond the weekends so long as they can complete these missions within the deadline.

‘Other than that, there’s really no other way… besides, I read in the handbook that the only freshmen who are allowed to take missions are those of the Primaria Class, all the more reason to get some good score in the second part of the entrance exam at the very least…’ the young man thought to himself as he finally comes out and the light of the sun shines upon his face once again, the radiating heat not even affecting him in the slightest, not even getting his attention.

Something that does succeed in getting his attention though is the group of young men currently standing right in the middle of the Orion Arena, seemingly waiting for him with an impatient expression on their faces.

Standing along with these young men, a group of six people with the one called Reginald standing at the very front of them, are huge beasts that appear with majestic form, the ones right beside the one leading them being a Twin-Headed Great Lion famed for its ferocity and unparalleled might even among the contracted beast of the same level, said beast rumored to be able to reach even the seventh realm, demonstrating terrifying might with the combination of both earth and fire elemental mana in its arsenal.

The other beasts don’t seem to be too far off when compared to the Twin-Headed Mountain Lion, of course, that is only in terms of sheer size alone, as for their might, it has yet to be determined whether they or the lion-like beast is the better.

From behind the lion, the five other beasts are of different forms and shapes, one among them a massive scorpion about the size of a carriage, beside it are two primates that seem to share the same look with each other, the only identifier of the two being the scars on their faces, one bearing a scar on its right eye while one bearing a scar on its left, and finally, there are two flying beasts that seems to boast quite the high mobility, one among them a very familiar type of beast to Diluc, the Soaring Steel Eagle.

Seeing this hulking mass of metallic arrogance standing just right behind the Twin-headed Great Lion, the emperor-like young man couldn’t help but smile weirdly as he recalled the things he had suffered at the hand of a similar creature, but seeing that this one appeared to be quite smaller and weaker than the one he fought against, he wondered whether it is even worth feeling troubled against such opponent.

Not shying on the provocative look in Reginald’s eyes, Diluc walks leisurely to the middle of the Orion Arena as well, standing face to face with this group’s leader, who needs to look up considerably to meet his eyes.

‘When I win this duel, I will definitely make you kneel and pay for making me look up to you time and time again!’ he bears maliciously on his mind as he smiles with such confidence towards the emperor-like young man, thinking that the victory is already theirs, especially since he manages to find something that he can exploit to teach this young man a lesson.

“I thought it was a duel that you want, Mr. My father is, what the hell are these contracted beasts doing in the arena?” Diluc asked with suspicion already forming within his face as started using his affinity with all sorts of mana in order to scan the surroundings, using the same concept as the life scan that he learned from Yggdrasil, the scan only lasting for a while before he found another familiar figure from the crowd watching this event.

“You never specified the conditions of the duel, so I go ahead and wrote it myself, and I passed it to a qualified personnel…” the other young man said with a smug expression on his face as if he had already outdone the young man in front of them, said young man merely smiling as he looks at this group of freshmen student before he starts exploding into a burst of amused laughter that confuses not only the audiences but also his supposed opponents.

“One versus five, and those five even with contracted beasts huh… given that the staffs can only sanction a duel under fair conditions, I doubt that the one you submitted this application is someone loyal to the academy…” Diluc declared with a loud voice that made other freshmen think that he is merely losing himself due to the sheer pressure of the duel he need to go in, however, the young man himself didn’t seem to be bothered at all as he pointed towards someone out of the arena, towards an amiable looking lady that is dressed as a staff of the academy.

“The moment I saw how you acted when you found out my name, I knew there’s something nasty about you, woman, now I know the reason for that”