Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better!-Chapter 98: The Alpharion Arena
After some more mundane talks among the three of them, Diluc along with the two elven royalties finally finishes having their meal, them standing up from their seat causing the attention of other students previously minding their own business to direct their attention to the three of them, a mixture of emotions being directed to them, most of them jealousy directed to either the two ladies or the emperor-like young man.
While the majority of the students are looking at the three of them with some sort of negative emotion welling up from them, there are also some outliers who couldn't help but look at them with admiration in their gazes, fire burning on those people's eyes as if the people they are looking at, particularly the emperor-like young man, is a symbol of hope to them.
Those idolizing gazes are particularly intense on the commoner freshmen groups gathering around, thinking that Diluc might be the one that those who are not blessed with luck like them can think of as a representative, after all, they thought that he is just a commoner just like them, thinking that he is also lacking a contracted beast and all.
If they only know the reason why he couldn't bring his "contracted beast" out in the open, most, if not all of these students will just collapse in the ground due to sheer terror from the fact that who could possibly be the strongest among the freshmen in terms of individual combat power has divine-like beings as his "contracted beasts".
Of course, as much of a surprising piece of information this is, no one, not even the two elven beauties currently walking alongside Diluc, not even the strongest, most powerful expert within the academy, Aria, is aware of this news, nor will they be aware of this fact for a definite amount of time.
"Come to think of it, just how long will the rapid elimination round will go for?" as the three of them starts walking towards the direction of the arena that the Primaria Class selection trials will be held in, Diluc inquired, wondering how many people he needs to deal with.
'Forget about other students first, I need to deal with that all female group...' remembering the life signature, as well as the appearance of the group that receives some sort of commission from the upperclassman scheming against him, planning to make it so that they will remember it for the rest of their lives, so as for them not to bother him again.
'Pity I can't really dispatch someone in the academy...' he added to himself as he recalls just how powerful the staffs of the academy are, and rather than betting on the chance of him not being caught by anyone should he deal with the group scheming against him, he thinks it would be better to just teach them a harsh lesson for trying to mess with him.
"There are over two hundred freshmen students vying for a place in the Primaria Class, and there are only thirty or so spots for us..." hearing the question, the young elven duchess replies as she moves one of her hands towards her chin, acting as if she's pondering upon the question.
This pondering however, is proven to be just an act of her as the elven princess continues her words, explaining the deeper specification of the trials, how long will it be, and what is the requirement for them to reach the second part of the trials, the one on one duel matches.
"Some elven upperclassmen told us that the rapid elimination round will go on until there are only sixty four students left, in which the one on one duel matches will start..." the elven princess added with a smile on her face, secretly praising in her mind the benefits of being a princess, with their fellow elves giving her informations that is considerably important to them for practically free.
"We also heard that the matching system of the one on one round will be based on the ranking of the students from the rapid elimination round, and the basis of the ranking will be the number of fellow freshmen that a student eliminates in the first round"
After seeing that the elven princess no longer has any plans on continuing her explanations, the young elven duchess, Alfia, added as she continues to walk towards their destination, even moving faster than both Alea and Diluc as if she couldn't wait to reach the arena the trials will be held in anymore.
"This is it, we're here, the Alpharion Arena..." pointing at the massive ancient-looking structure towering just a few more meters in front of them Alea starts introducing before she follows suit on what her childhood friend along with her new friend is doing, the three couldn't help but think that the academy really has some crazy power, not only in terms of martial might but also in terms of thier connections, after all, maintaining this kind of ancient place requires a huge amount of financial, as well as physical support.
"I heard that this place is even older than the academy itself..." adding to the words of the elven princess, Alfia starts telling facts that other would rarely know about, the only reason for her knowing about this is the fact that her mother is quite familiar with this place, telling her stories about this arena from time to time.
While it might not be that believable to others that this structure stands even older than the academy it is contained in, Diluc doesn't really find it all too surprising since his father, and even his mother as well are also former students of this academy, and the two of them are aslo aware of the ancient history regarding this place.
Remembering his parents due to this, the emperor-like young man couldn't help but have his mood shift into some melancholy with a mix of anger and frustration, his hand starting to clench into a fist with his emotion increasing every second, fortunately being snapped out of this dangerous state as he hears the voice of the elven princess speaking to him once again.
"You're planning on adding that Michael to the plan right? Can you contact him now? It will be more advantageous to us to go there at the same time and gather around each other..." looking at the massive, circular, archaic, coliseum-like arena that spans several dozens of meters in terms of its radius, Alea reminded while her head looks up nearly as high as the sky, the sheer grandeur of this seemingly ancient building something that she just couldn;t help but admire.
It has to be reminded that they, as elves, do have a greater sense for aesthetic than any other race, and along with that sense is their standards of beauty being higher, so for someone like her, who is even a royalty among the already sophisticated elves, to praise a building even if it is just in her mind, already speaks so much of the structure's beauty.
"I reminded him before I go out to eat, he should be arriving anytime now" replying to the remarks of the elven princess, Diluc said with the trace of his unconcealable confidence lacing his voice, a thing that made him quite fatally attractive not only to the draconic beauties residing within the Draconic Realm but also to even just practically any woman as well.
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Of course, while it is a fairly powerful charm, it doesn't really affect someone who has strong mental power, especially since this is just an unconscious nature to him rather than a technique used for charming people, but it doesn't stop from making his words sound more trustworthy than normal.
Hence wait for the frail-looking Michael the three of them did outside the massive coliseum, and while the three of them are waiting, the emperor-like young man himself starts seeing message appearing from the floating gray screen, a prompt that he had never seen before being displayed.
Despite the message being unfamiliar to him though, he couldn't help but smile as he starts to read it, thinking of this new message as nothing but a blessing that suddenly falls down on his lap from the heavens, a reward possibly even greater than what he can do when he finished the mission related to his entry to the Primaria Class.
[Detected a thing that resonates with the user of the Dragon Herding System]
[An archaic and ancient pressure is subtly being emitted by the place near you, please tread the place with caution]
[Detected the fighting spirit of ancient warriors and geniuses rising within the midst of this building...]
[The fighting spirit of the ancients are being directed to you... you are being welcomed to go within the place they currently reside]
[The fighting spirit of the ancients stimulates your own fighting spirit as well, due to this, a temporary mission slot will be granted in order to issue an important mission to you]
[New mission created: Unbending Will]
