Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better!-Chapter 114: Plan Didn’t Work Huh?
Unable to mutter any word, or even any semblance of sound at all, the young man merely opens his mouth while avoiding Diluc's gaze as much as possible, not because of anything else but the terror that the monster engraved on him as he watches such terrifying spell just materializing itself almost out of nothing, similar to how entry level spell is, and yet the power this spell packs is anything but normal, making not only him, but also everyone else watching the fight wonder whether they really are cultivating the same mana and magic at all.
"Looks like you do enjoy playing all of these…"
Observing the face of his opponent and noticing the guilty, terrified expression on it as he speaks of his first question, Diluc pointed out as he turns his body around so that he is directly facing the young man, his gaze still dismissive as he confidently closes the distance between them without any worry of retaliation from this opponent of his.
"You don't seem to be all too happy now though"
Finally arriving right in front of the guy, the emperor-like young man said with a dismissive tone on his voice, not even a single bit of reprimand or grievance, or just any emotion at all as he said those words to his opponent, almost as if he's just stating nothing but a fact.
Meanwhile, the person he is talking with just lost control of every single fiber of muscle on his body, his kneeling figure no longer able to move no matter how hard he forces himself to do it, almost as if his body is telling him that no matter what sort of things he wants to do now that this target of his is in extremely close proximity to him, there is just nothing among those things he can achieve, something that his mind is well aware of as well given how he is someone who witnesses how easily Diluc dealt with fellow freshmen who attacked him.
"I-I-I-I… s-s-s-sur-r-rend-d-der…"
Despite all the terror he felt from the emperor-like young man though, he still remembers his identity as a genius who is well known back in his home as well, someone who is bound to show his brilliance into the world or at the very least, in the academy had it not been for the fact that he Diluc, the outlier that he is, and not only meet, but even clash weapons with him.
Hearing the words being forced out of the frozen young man's mouth, Diluc paused as he stares at the figures who moved the other frozen participants previously, wondering whether they will also do it for this young man as well.
And not even a few moments passed when the rescuing academy staffs arrived at the place Diluc and the other young man currently is, two people, one male and female, both looking at the instigator of this mess, as well as the person who finishes the mess that just started.
"Out of curiosity, was that… an original spell?" looking at the emperor-like young man who appears to be quite more mature compared to others his age, one of the rescuers, the female one, asked with a hint of intrigue on her tone, wondering just what sort of monster would it take to create a spell like that.
'If that is an original, then he would need to be at least as talented as the principal, or even more talented than her'
Both her and her companion who currently has the young freshman in his back thought to themselves as they wait for Diluc's answer to those question, something that does have an answer that he already prepared a few weeks ago in order not to spill too much information that might divulge his greatest secret, the Dragon Herding System.
"That was a modified Flame Barrier, seniors, nothing too much into it except the increase in mana consumption because it goes too big, as you previously saw"
Diluc starts explaining as he once again, uses both wind and fire elemental magic in order to send himself into the air, practically flying without even reaching a high level yet, complete with his own system of control that made not only the academy staff who had seen it in close range, but also the principal who never expected the young man to bull something like that.
"I see, still that's terrifying…"
Hearing his answer, the partner said, his breathing not even a single bit unstable despite how heavy the student is, the greatest surprise in that being the fact that this academy staff is carrying a person on him without using mana at all, showing a clearly developed physical prowess.
"You have a great chance of taking the first place, good luck kid"
The male academy staff said towards the emperor-like young man with a small smile gracing his face before him and his partner starts to move away from the arena once again, bringing the now disqualified opponent of Diluc along with them, a person that is no longer of concern to him.
These words however, no matter how powerful Diluc thought it to be, is something that is only heard by both him and the two academy staffs, and even the young man slouched on the male academy staff's shoulders is not even aware that this conversation takes place.
Hearing these words, Diluc merely smiles as he offers a modest bow as the two got out of the arena, leaving him alone once again, his position now somewhere within the middle of the arena, standing in a spire not too high yet not so low, making him inconspicuous had it not been for the fact that anywhere he goes, there seems to be massive battles that go there almost as if every other person outside of his friends were trying to eliminate him from the get go.
'No need to worry about all of that for now, what I should do is…'
Dismissing these thoughts occupying his mind, Diluc then starts to focus as he spreads his senses in order to know what is currently happening to the three that got separated from him, making him pleasantly surprised as he just witnesses them looking just as fine as he last observes them, with the opponent that is previously planning to head towards them now hesitating quite a bit as they are in the know of the relation between these elven royalties and the monster that just wreaked a havoc in the middle area of the arena.
Seeing that his friends are safe, he then directed his gaze towards the group of young men and women previously planning to attack them, his intent seemingly rising through the skies making the target of his gaze flinch in what they all thought is an unfounded terror towards the emperor-like young man, a fear that they will come to realize the origin of the moment that they decided to intimidate him, with nothing other than the people older than them in the family.
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"Diluc, I'm warning you, I am the…"
"Heh, you won't dare touch me! I am the sole heir of the …"
"Useless bastard, You think I'm scared of you? My family can easily trample you down!"
Looking at the emperor-like young man still staring at them, yet with an eye that changed from indifferent to ones holding a tinge of annoyance mixed with anger, or rather, wrath to it, a red shade of glow—only apparent should one look closely at the eyes—visible underneath them, ever so subtle yet revealing to them that the young man is more than capable of a thing that they had yet to encounter within their entire life, the fact that he can, and is capable of, taking lives of others, and someone capable of that might be more than prepared to beat them up even with the threat they just gave him.
Not even bothering with those screaming and threatening people anymore, he uses more fire elemental mana in order to thrust his body even faster in the air, his speed still soaring up after breaking the previous speed he is going in, resulting in him unsurprisingly reaching the spire in which the two elven royalties along with his roommate is situated.
"Plan didn't work huh?"
Looking at him with a baffled expression still on her face, the young elven duchess said as she kept her weapon back, after which she starts scratching the back of her head, all while awkwardly laughing as if something is in her mind.
Noticing this, Diluc wants to point it out and ask her about it, but before he can even start, the elven princess also starts talking to him, the sigh of relief on her face as she saw the young man now standing in front of her something that she fails to hide not only to her greatest friend but also to the emperor-like young man, who is somehow still quite helpless with figuring out how he should deal with her whenever she acts like that.
