Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires-Chapter 82: Legends in the Making

"Talk?" Draconis raised an eyebrow, acting as if he didn’t know what she was talking about.

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"See the tests first," Elysia commanded. Few had the bravery to talk to the emperor with such disrespect, and even fewer would be able to survive the consequences.

Elysia was such a person.

Draconis shifted his gaze to the papers on the ground and grunted. Was this woman telling him to get out of his throne and pick them up?

If it were any other person, he would have killed them on the spot… sadly, Elysia wasn’t a person he could get rid of so easily.

He flicked his fingers, and a moment later, a beautiful woman with golden hair and pupils identical to his own was standing by his side.

"Yes, father?" she asked with an emotionless voice.

"Pick up the papers, would you?" he spoke without shifting his gaze from Elysia’s black eyes.

The woman bowed slightly as she crouched and picked the papers up, one by one, and handed them to her father.

’Is that a way to treat your own daughter like a slave?’ Elysia thought as she grew more and more disgusted by the actions of the man in front of her.

"If that is all, I will take my leave," she said, and in the next moment, she was nowhere to be found.

Draconis scanned the tests one by one. He didn’t pay them much attention, spending no more than a few seconds on each.

When he was done, he returned his gaze to Elysia, raising an eyebrow as he asked her, "So?"

Elysia sighed and shook her head regretfully. "It seems that your trusted lackey was too incompetent to teach the students of my academy. Even after a second attempt, more than 30 percent of the students still failed the test," she tried to make her voice sound regretful, though Draconis knew Elysia was simply mocking him.

"As such, as per our agreement, the professor will be stripped of all titles, making him unqualified to teach. He will be replaced by a person of my own choosing."

Draconis let out a sigh as he threw the tests aside.

’That idiot. Didn’t I tell him to fail them gradually and not so much at once? It seems that I truly am surrounded by incompetent fools,’ he thought as he wondered how he should deal with the chairwoman.

"Elysia, you have such a beautiful face. I just don’t get why you keep putting it in places it shouldn’t be," Draconis said.

"Is that supposed to be a compliment or an insult?" she asked, her voice beginning to carry a hint of anger.

"No, it is the truth. With your beauty, you could have any man you wished. You could just go somewhere far and forget about all this. And yet, you keep disturbing my plans. What’s the point, I ask?

Surely, you must have noticed the way most people look at you—with fear in their eyes. Tell me, despite being this beautiful… maybe even more so than my wives… has anyone ever invited you to a date?

No, you don’t have to answer. I know the answer. Your actions stir fear in the hearts of many. As a result, you are feared, not respected. Is that really a way to live one’s life?"

Elysia seemed to grin a little as she warned, "As always, you seem to be ignorant of everything happening around you, Draconis. I have been invited to a date, and recently at that. But I am not here to talk about my personal life."

Her eyes seemed to darken as she spoke her next words. "As per our agreement, your lackey will be fired. I just came here to inform you of the fact."

She finished speaking, turned her back to the emperor, and began to exit the room. However, she stopped for a moment and added,

"I certainly hope for your own good that you are treating Althea with respect. Otherwise, something unfortunate could befall you." Stay connected via novelbuddy

She was referring to one of Draconis’s wives, Althea—the one suffering from the muscle rot curse. This was another reason why the emperor couldn’t get rid of Althea so easily, she had been friends with Elysia.

Elysia closed the doors loudly behind her as she exited.

Meanwhile, Draconis was left stunned, looking at the closed doors. It wasn’t because he had lost his inside man in the academy.

It was because when Elysia said somebody had invited her on a date, she was telling the truth.

But there was one problem. Very few people were strong enough to look Elysia in the eyes—Draconis himself being one of them—and yet someone had invited her to a date?

For an individual to be this brave, how strong was he? Or maybe he was just insane enough to try something that stupid?

Draconis gritted his teeth in frustration.

"It seems Elysia has more strong allies than expected."

*****

Elysia was walking back to the academy, clearly in a good mood, now that she would be able to get rid of the professor. The influence of the emperor would weaken even more. The only question now was who was going to teach the class from now on?

It would take some time for Elysia to find somebody that she could trust with that role.

This usually wouldn’t be a problem, but the students were already behind on their lectures, and further delay could cause dire circumstances.

"Only one thing comes to mind…" she muttered under her breath.

Considering that now the professor was gone and the tournament was slowly progressing, she had found some free time…

"I guess it is possible to fit it in my schedule," she mused, having made her decision.

She wouldn’t jeopardize the students any longer, plus it was clear that there were a few bright minds in there like Zaroth and Zack, not to mention their two other friends that had managed to pass the test the first time, Lily and Roran.

With the right approach, it was sure that they would be able to blossom into formidable individuals… maybe even geniuses.

"I wonder what they are doing right now…" she muttered as she glanced at the beautiful night sky.

"Well, considering that there’s a tournament going on, they are probably training or recovering from their training."

*****

Meanwhile, in a certain bar, four legends were currently being created.

"CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!"

Zaroth was locked in a battle with a random man he had found, competing to see who would outdrink the other.

In the fifth round, the man couldn’t take it any more and collapsed on the table, hitting his head as he did.

Zaroth jumped on the table and ripped off his t-shirt, revealing his muscular body beneath as he screamed,

"Is there really no one worthy?!"

"I shall be your next opponent!"

Hearing a voice, Zaroth shifted his head and smiled as he saw Roran, who had also won his drinking contest and was walking slowly toward him.

Curiously enough, he had also ripped off his clothes above the waist.

"This shall be the battle for the ages!" Zaroth proclaimed as he jumped from the table and approached Roran, with the intention of getting revenge for the last contest.

Meanwhile, Zack was currently locked in a literal battle against three drunk men at the bar. But looking at the smile on his face as he beat them to a pulp, it was clear that he was enjoying himself, so they didn’t bother him.

And Lily was beating in an arm-wrestling match, one man after the next. Seeing the incredible amount of strength the woman possessed, despite her slender body, there was now a crowd around her observing who would be her next victim.

From that night on, the legend of the four spread around the bars in the capital.