NOVEL WEB Chapter 121: Greedy Cheapskate
Revealing a determined expression on his face as he realizes just how much reward he will acquire once he completes these missions, Diluc then stood up, finding himself even more surprised as another window on the floating gray screen appears to notify him of something, something that made him all the more motivated to aim for the highest place in this trial for the Primaria Class.
[Due to your show of strength and the expression of determination you revealed just now, there is a rise in the agitation of numerous ancient spirits, and some of them even gives praises of your strength, stating their respect for you]
Having read those words, the young man then once again navigates to the mission windows of the Dragon Herding System, now looking at one last mission he forgot to check previously, recalling that he just acquired this temporary mission before he entered the arena.
[Unbending Will (Temporary Mission, Extreme Difficulty, One-day time limit)]
[Description: The ancient remnants of past warriors gather 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 (Currently, you already earned the respect of twelve ancient spirits, the system has detected that there are one hundred and eight ancient spirits currently observing the things happening in the arena)]
After reading through the information of this temporary mission, the emperor-like young man then took a note of it in his mind before he directed his attention towards his friends and now teammates, with the three said friends now also staring at him as they finished preparing themselves for the ascend they are about to do.
"What the hell was that? It feels like there are something watching us…"
Feeling a chill on the back of her head, the elven princess mutters more to herself than to her companions as she turns around to check out whatever it is that might be observing them, only for her to see nothing at all, making her wonder all the more whether her closest friend's claims about the remnant thoughts and spirits of ancient powerhouses being active here were actually true.
Being an elf, already a race of superior senses compared to others, and still having an exceptionally fine ears for even among people of their race, the young elven duchess manages to hear the words of the elven princess, her eyes flashing a bright excited light as if she just proves something right to her closest friend once again, believing that this alone is enough to prove her claims of ancient spirits residing in this arena.
"Hehehe~~~ I wonder what this cousin of mine is thinking about huh? Do you believe my claims are true now~~? Say that it's true and I will help you eliminate this weird feeling~~~"
Feeling triumphant as she looks at the concerned expression of the elven princess, Alfia said with a proud tone in her voice while teasing Alea, dangling out a peculiar shaped talisman on her hand, something that she made for herself as she fully believes that there is truly something of supernatural origin within the confines of this arena.
"I… uh…"
Feeling a bit conflicted and torn from not wanting to feel this sensation of being observed and admitting to Alfia that she is wrong, something that might cause the young elven duchess to feel even more proud in front of her, Alea couldn't immediately decide what to answer this cousin of hers, prompting her to look at the emperor-like young man to employ his help to get out of this situation.
Seeing the look in her eyes, the young man couldn't help but wryly shake his head as he gathers fire and wind elemental mana to his feet once again, concealing the draconic magic by projecting a false magic circle under the soles of his feet, creating an illusion of him being able to fly through the use of the spell in the magic circle.
"I suggest you don't prevent yourself from being observed by those things, all of you, if they are real, those are remnant spirits of deceased experts after all, who knows what sort of inheritance they have if you managed to earn their favor?"
Deciding to help Alea out a little, Diluc then pointed the fact out for them to know, this being already quite the rumor or even legend in the academy helping him in concealing the fact that he only found out about the remnant spirits because of the Dragon Herding System's mission.
With the explanation from the strongest among their group, the two elven royalties merely look at each other and thought that what he said does have a lot of good point to it, making them decide that it is better to just let these peculiar feeling so long as it won't pose any immediate danger to them, even the careful Alfia removing the talisman she has in her, causing her to feel the same peculiar sensation of being observed as the elven princess.
It might be due to the fact that he is quite timid and frail-looking compared to his companions, but Michael himself doesn't really feel the weird gazes observing him, probably because he has yet to catch the attention of these ancient remnant spirits, making him feel quite inferior to the three given that they all seem to catch the attention of these formerly expert mages and martial artists.
"You're not going?"
Looking at the three still just standing on the spire he is also currently on, Diluc asked, snapping them out of their daze and prompting them to look at him, with the young elven duchess smiling wryly as she watches him making flying at their current level seemingly nothing too hard and special at all, despite her knowing full well just what sort of control over mana he needs to have in order to achieve even just a fragment of this.
"You and your absurdity… you go ahead first, we need to run around the spires since we can't fly like you"
Alfia said with a wry, slightly annoyed smile on her face, her tone seemingly laced with reprimand as if a friend blaming the young man for being too talented compared to them, with her cousin, the elven princess Alea along with the frail-looking Michael both laughing at her words, completely agreeing with her.
"Alfia is right Diluc, go ahead first, clear the path for us~~"
The elven princess said with a seemingly commanding, yet all too playful tone in her voice, saying such words while she raises her head up and points her nose towards the skies, making her look a bit more like ladies her age compared to her usual composed and confident demeanor when interacting with other people.
Meanwhile, Michael merely smiles as he gently laughs along the antics of the two elven royalties, not daring to make a quip as he is quite worried of what sort of things his roommate might do to him if he do so, although he is thinking too much about that sort of things.
Refusing to just back down from the teasing of the elven princess, Diluc then directs his smile at her as he signs towards her, pointing at her with his finger before making a sign, circling his thumb and his index finger together, clearly indicating that he needs some sort of payment to do that.
"Humph!! You greedy little cheapskate!!"
Seeing the young man's action, Alea couldn't help but feel annoyed, harrumphing before she turns her head around as if to show her annoyance, only for her to find such actions embarrassing, painting her own face red with the warmth rushing towards it the blush giving her all the more reason to avert her gaze away from him.
Watching the expression of the elven princess change from one of annoyance to one of clear embarrassment, Diluc reveals an amused smile on his face as he looks at the elven princess cousin and closest friend standing just right beside her, smiling at the lady who also appears to be all too entertained seeing Alea acting like that.
"Alright, enough with the jokes for now, let's all go together"
The words come out of the emperor-like young man's mouth, making all three wonder how they can all move together.