Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better!-Chapter 99: Temporary Mission

[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]

[Unbending Will (Temporary Mission, Extreme Difficulty, One-day time limit)]

[Description: The ancient remnants of past warriors gathers upon this archaic, old place, waiting for someone who can represent their will, waiting for a champion that can bring back their legacy from their eternal rest. As the Ruler of the Draconic Realm, you are more than worthy enough of being the champion to inherit the legacy of all these powerful deceased warriors. Show them the might and talent of the Ruler of the Draconic Realm and prove the choice of selecting you right]

[Reward: Depending on the number of the ancient spirits that you stimulated and managed to get the respect of, a certain amount of reward shall be given to you, with the minimum reward being the legacy of the ancient spirit/s that you managed to earn the respect of.]

[Note: For every nine ancient spirit that you earned the respect of, the system will provide an additional reward, ranging from Realm Gold to chances to acquire a new draconic egg]

Reading the information of this new mission the Dragon Herding System has issued to him, Diluc couldn't help but form a smiling expression on his face as while the rewards for it are somewhat vague in comparison to the definitive rewards he can acquire should he accomplish the two other missions before this one, the fact that the additional reward alone gives him a chance to acquire new dragon egg made him quite excited, causing him to start inquiring more about the details of the mission.

'How many ancient spirits are in this place anyways?' he starts asking as he wonders just how many of that additional rewards he can possibly get, the answer from the Dragon Herding System surprising him quite a bit as he thought that questions like this, being related to the mission, will not be answered by the system.

[There are one-hundred and eight ancient spirits observing not only you, but also all the other people near the place, but their attentions are mostly on you for now]

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'I thought the system will never answer questions regarding the mission being issued?' reading the information pasted upon the floating gray screen just right in front of him, Diluc asks in curiosity, the floating gray screen disappearing and being replaced by another one, the answer to his new query appearing on it.

[The Dragon Herding System will only deny you of the answers that can possibly solve the missions issued to you, this question doesn't affect the mission, or even if it does affect it, it is only in the slightest, negligible amount]

'If you say so...' the emperor-like young man said with a hint of dismissiveness in his tone, thinking that there's no real reason for the Dragon Herding System to lie to him on something like this, causing him to not think of this matter any further.

"They say there are a lot of talented people who died in this place, geniuses defeated on life and death duel, great adventurers, martial artists and mages famous all throughout the lands not to mention those monstrous experts who just wants to have their final moments in life spent on teaching youngsters who often populates this place..." seemingly well versed on the history of this place despite it not being a part of their Elven Kingdom, Alea said with confidence in her words, clearly knowing what she is talking about, her words making her childhood friend nod at her as well.

"Not only that, rumors has it that the ghosts, remnant thoughts of these powerhouses remains even after their death, which gives the place the eerie vibes, even though anyone can learn anything faster here as well..." the cheeky young elven duchess added to the fact a rumor that is often heared from others within the academy, of course, the only rumor part of her words is the thing about the remnants of the powerhouses from the past, as this place really do give eerie vibes despite the assistance it provides the students and even academy staffs in terms of learning anything regarding cultivation.

"Alfia, you really believe in that ghost tales?" while looking at this childhood friend of hers, Alea said while shaking her adorable head, helplessly smiling as she couldn't believe that her friend will be shameless enough to tell the young man walking with them the tell tales she would often hear from other's mouth.

"You think they're not real, Alea? How would you explain the eerie vibes we are often getting whenever we passes through this place then?" the young elven duchess retorted while pointing at the Alpharion Arena just a few meters in front of them, the fact that this structure looks really old does give her argument quite the strong point.

"Come on, that can clearly be explained by..." as she decided that she shouldn't really lose at this argument, thinking that her childhood friend is already way too old to believe in ghosts of the dead, Alea starts stating feasible explanations that she can think of, oftentimes making the young elven duchess to nearly fall and believe her words.

This thing then caused the two of them to friendly argue as the emperor-like young man already starts leading them inside the place, the two of them completely unaware of the fact that the frail-looking young man that they are previously waiting for is already with them, walking just right behind Diluc with a hint of timidness apparent on his face.

Threading the dark path that leads to the center area, the arena of this coliseum-like structure, Diluc eventually sees the light at the end of the tunnel getting bigger and bigger, eventually passing through the end of this tunnel and arriving at the arena, where they are met with all sorts of gazes, hostility, admiration, curiosity, and even some of them are bearing their disdain towards them.

'There really are all sorts of trees within a forest' as they approaches the other participants, freshmen who are also vying for the chance to enter the Primaria Class, the two elven royalties already snaps out of their conversations about ghosts, thinking that this argument is silly and their current age is already something that is beyond discussions like this one.

Their attentions then noticing the looks being given by fellow freshmen to them, thus causing the two of them, along with the emperor-like young man standing a bit ahead in front of them to think of these words all at the same time, the only one in their group not sharing the same thought being Michael who appears to be still stucked in his own thoughts.

"Hey, wake up, you wouldn't want to be eliminated so early in the trial right?" patting him on the back to snap him out of his thought, DIluc said to his roommate with a friendly tone that made the frail-looking young man jump back in surprise as he feels like someone is touching him, only becoming aware of the owner of the hand as he looks at Diluc's face.

Still panicking a bit, Michael nodded at Diluc's words as he rushes to move his body away, trying his best to avoid physical contact with him from then on.

Despite this though, he still acts really familiar with Diluc, just how he always treats him when the two of them are in their own room, like friends of a somewhat, polar opposite characteristics.

"Okay... what do I need to do to pass this trial..." despite the often timidness of this young man though, he often shows and stands up when it is necessary for him to do so, just like this moment, showing how resolute he is through his eyes to help with this plan in whatever way he can just so that he can pull more of his own weights off rather than relying on his own team to carry him to the elimination rounds.

Hearing the words from the frail-looking young man, along with the resolute expression apparent on his face, as well as the courage in his eyes, Diluc smiles as he thinks that the expression on this young man's face is now of someone more worthy of being called a man rather than his previous demeanor, the complete change in attitude also surprising the two elven royalties quite a bit.

Hence why the two took it upon themselves to start explaining the plan that they had crafted quite masterfully just by themselves, something that they nevertheless thought will not be possible had it not been for Diluc assisting them every now and then, their minds thinking that the young man appears to be merely helping them with their plan whenever there is an integral part that they need to deal with.

"Alright students, pay attention here now, we are about to start the rapid elimination part of the trial in a few minutes..." interrupting their explanation of the plan happening within Diluc's group, a male academy staff said with a smile on his face, appearing right in the middle of the arena before disappearing completely once he finishes his piece.