Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better!-Chapter 120: I Have a Lot to Do
Time passed without anyone daring to get even close to the spire that Diluc and the rest of his group is on, the competitors they had in this part of the trials intendedly avoiding them in fear of them, particularly him, the strongest in their group, retaliating, which all of them believe will either amount to mutual destruction at best, and being completely eliminated from the competition at the worst for anyone who would even dare think of challenging them.
This phenomenon of them being avoided at all cost makes a pretty hilarious show from the audience's perspective, the fact that instead of the ones standing on the highest spires being the ones who were avoided by the less talented students at all cost, there is another place a bit down below them that the freshmen are avoiding even more than where they currently stands, something that can be confirmed to be a first time by most of the olden instructors as well as the ones who knows the history of the academy really well.
While the other remaining freshmen still trying to compete for chance to enter the Primaria Class are struggling more than just a little bit in order to climb up to higher spires, one group appears to be particularly laid back with all of their members still seemingly preparing if not resting, sitting in a lotus position as if they are still trying to continue absorbing the mana in the air.
Despite all the ones in this group are people who has the appearance as well as the air of someone who is certainly not normal at all, if anyone were to be asked who among this four people is the strongest, whether they are familiar with this group of people or not, they will definitely point towards the young man who appears to be sitting with a little bit of distance away from the three other people in this spire.
'This should be good enough for them to absorb some mana without my body not stealing too much in the air'
The young man in question, bearing a ruler-like demeanor to himself as if he's someone who had experienced years of being an emperor, mutters to himself while staring at his fist for a while, smiling before he clenched it abruptly, a rumbling sound spreading through the air surprising not only his companions and friends, his roommate and the two elven royalties, but also competing freshmen who flies a little bit closer to them.
'Ever since I start contracting with more dragons, my body seems to grow even stronger than before…'
Diluc mutters to himself as he wonders just how much more powerful he will become the moment that he hatches even more draconic beings in the future, a smile escaping from his calm face as he starts looking forward to the future, his curiosity clearly showing as he starts to think about what sorts of things he can achieve with the combination of multiple elements that he will acquire sooner or later with the growing of the Draconic Realm.
[As the Ruler of the Draconic Realm, your strength will grow along with the development of the of the realm, so it is highly recommended that you work harder to develop everything]
Seeing the floating gray screen appearing in front of him, the smile on the emperor-like young man's face becomes even more apparent than before since he heard the confirmation of this little speculation of his from the one who he thought knows the potential of the Draconic Realm the most, the Dragon Herding System which gives him the ability to enter and control such realm.
[…]
What places him in an even better mood is the next thing that he saw from the floating gray screen, something that he had only seen a few times ever since he acquires the Dragon Herding System, and becoming more and more frequent as of lately, a line that clearly shows the hesitation of whatever it is that the Dragon Herding System is, and each and every single occasion that happens after this line appears always points out to the system being more than just the screen appearing visible solely to him and anyone he allows to see.
'Is there something you want to say?'
Already treating whoever it is behind the floating gray screen as someone who he can trust at the very least, Diluc asked with a tone of a friend, not expecting any answer despite how it always goes whenever the previous line shows up, which made him all the more elated when he saw a new floating gray screen showing something that he never really explicitly received from the system, concern.
[There's no need to tire yourself out too much though… as the Ruler of the Draconic Realm, it is also your duty to rest properly.]
Seeing the words on the screen, the smile on his face eventually turns into a snicker that gathers not only the attention of his friends who is now just waiting for him before they start aiming for higher spires, but also the other freshmen trying to climb higher as well, the latter opting not to pay too much attention to it as they just don't know what might happen to them should they somehow hit a nerve by staring too long at him.
'You sound more and more alive'
Knowing that he gathered quite the attention to himself doing that, Diluc composes himself all while replying mentally to the words of the Dragon Herding System, and unsurprisingly to him, after the words of concern, the floating gray screen just refuses to reply to his words once again, prompting him to think that whoever it is that is on the opposite side of this screen, they might be feeling quite embarrassed right now, and somehow, something tells him that this scenario in his mind is exactly what is happening on whoever the one talking to him is.
[The Dragon Herding System is an artificially made intelligence with the sole purpose being to guide the next Ruler of the Draconic Realm, while it is sentient, it is in no way, alive.]
After waiting for a while, he decided to give up on waiting for a better reply than the one now in front of him, something that goes along the line of the replies that the Dragon Herding System gives him every single time that he points it out sounding more and more alive, distracting himself from the curiosity about the identity of the one behind the system by checking his own information for now.
[Diluc Leonhart]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 16]
[Realm Gold: 85,000]
[Cultivations]
[Magic: Solid Orange Core (Combat power at Light Yellow Core)]
[Body Tempering: Intermediate Muscle Conditioning (Combat power at Late Blood Vessel Widening)]
[Elemental Affinity: Wind, Wood, Metal, Fire]
[Skills: Draconic Scale, Absolute Regeneration, Life Breathing, Wood Incarnation, Heavy Metal Reinforcement, Rain of Swords, Eternal Flames, Eruption, Dragon Roar, Dragon Claw, Specific Mana Manipulation (Wind)]
[Overall Combat Power: 5-stars]
[Draconic Realm]
[Missions]
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Seeing something on the mission window, he decided to navigate to it, his eyes revealing an excited glow as he notices that one of the missions he has is now getting closer to completion.
[Master of Five Elements]
[As the ruler of the Draconic Realm, the bare minimum is for you to become adept with the manipulation of the five main elements of mana. Master the five elements completely and create a spell or a technique from the insights you have gained.]
[Rewards: Completion of the mission awards you with 25,000 Realm Gold, as well as the right to open the Structures part of the shop]
[Progress: affinity acquired for three out of the five main elemental mana (wood, fire, metal)]
'I just lack the Earth and Water dragon and then the self-created technique…'
Remembering how all of the eggs and habitats for the five main elemental dragon's are priced the same, he couldn't help but start looking forward to it more and more as he knows that he is just a single step away from completing his mission, making him want nothing more than to enter the Draconic Realm to go and hatch the corresponding dragon for the elemental affinity he needs, the only thing preventing him from doing so aside from the fact that he wants to be there for the entirety of these dragon's childhood is the fact that he is in a competition right now.
Deciding to move on from this mission of his, he also checked the mission the system gave him after he finished 'that' mission, an event and mission that he always considers as a double blessing given how he got closer with the dragonesses as well as acquire a second mission slot.
[Undefeatable, Indomitable]
[Being the Ruler of the Draconic Realm, it is fine for you to hide your real abilities since it is a necessity for any expert in order to survive in this world, however, it is also imperative that you must show your might so that no people shall direct any thought of contempt towards you, as this is will ruin your reputation. Overwhelmingly win the second part of the entrance exam and take the first place of this year's Primaria Class placement exams.]
[Rewards: Completion of this mission awards you with 20,000 Realm gold, as well as the opportunity to acquire a dragon egg you never acquired before for free, however, the type and elemental affinity of the egg is completely left to chance]
'I have a lot to do' seeing the things he needs to do for this mission, the young man couldn't help but smile a bit in relief as this mission finally aligns with his current intentions of showing talent enough to make other freshmen steer away from making troubles with him.
