Emperor's Reckoning

"Chloe, are you listening? I'm asking you a question," said a middle-aged man.

The cold beauty already seated inside the principles office with the other four distinctive characters. But her mind was occupied with something, no, someone at the moment. That someone could exchange blow with her without breaking a sweat, though she indeed managed to make him bleed.

What baffled her was that he could content with her while being a Soul Realm cultivator. A feat that could make a lot of people in Mabia skeptical. Who would believe such a thing happened.

"Chloe!" the middle-aged man slapped his desk.

The loud contact woke Chloe from her contemplation. She then looked at the principal and asked, "What is it?"

The middle-aged man sighed, "I'm asking you if you are content with participating the Crown, the opponent would be none other than your old home."

The wild young man laughed, "Hahaha, don't worry principal, she won't hesitate to beat them out, I mean, it's their own fault that they are weak and for that reason that this cold beauty joins our academy instead."

Chloe furrowed her eyebrows, "Can you shut your mouth?"

Her cold voice was filled with killing intent before she swiftly moved her hand and stopped before his neck.

The man was immediately drenched with cold sweat. He gulped his saliva before he panted toward the strike that was waiting in front of him. One more centimeter and that beautiful fingers would penetrate his throat. It was obvious that this woman didn't care for his highly regarded family background.

(Tch, this bitch!) thought the young man.

"Alright calm down, you are all a team," said the principal.

Chloe retracted her hand as she answered the pending question, "It's a competition if they are my opponents then so be it."

The principal nodded, "Good, now you five must rest and prepare yourself well, the Crown will be held in five days from now."

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"Five days?!" shouted the students at their irresponsible principal.

They couldn't believe that their principal announced the biggest competition yet, five days before the d day. What could they prepare in just five days? Not even cultivation would level up during that short duration. Not to mention that they had to travel to Luderia first then crossed the gate.

Argeon scratched his right cheek out of guilty as he said, "W-well, I mean you got war and such, so it was impossible to tell all of you this during that time."

This was one of the reasons why he chose a classroom rather than announced it in the field. Otherwise, there would be a massive disagreement and his profession as a principal would be doubted even further than the abyss.

Lyon rubbed his chin before a devilish idea suddenly struck his mind. He smiled at the principal before he raised a question, "Principal, is there a betting venue during the competition."

His question brought the silence in the room as he exuded a devilish aura around him. The students immediately gulped at the atmosphere premating from him.

Luna stuttered, "D-don't tell me."

The principal nodded at his future nephew-in-law, "There is indeed a betting venue."

"Lyon are you gonna bet?" asked Xiaxia who was quite quiet during the ordeal.

"Hehehe, a bet is not the right word, I'm going to legally heist them," said Lyon with a devilish smile before he stood up, "Alright, who wants to get rich?!"

The students were caught surprised by his sudden offer. Nonetheless, they all raised their hands, including Xiaxia and Luna who was a princess. Who doesn't want to get rich?

"Good! All you have to do is simple, just bet on me. Remember, we are all from the lower world, the betting ratio would be in our favor! I'm talking about maybe 1:50 or more! We could make them poor and make us richer at the same time!"

The students had a sudden realization about his offer. He was right, the ratio would be in their favor, and with how strong Lyon was, they doubted they knew that Lyon was capable of taking out the leader of Legion in Deo's branch. He was surely the golden goose at the moment.

"Hmm, it looks like, I have to bring all the beads in my saving for this," mused Xiaxia. She too did not doubt the guy's strength. He had proven the impossibility was naught time and time again.

Argeon shook his head, "Sorry, but that is not ethical of us to do so."

He was still the principal of his academy. He had to force ethical code for his student, lest the others would think that they were raised by barbarians.

Sure enough, his statement brought about the dismay to his students. The gloomy atmosphere immediately filled up the entire room.

"But I'm in," said the principal with a nod.

"Eh?" the students were surprised by their principal's answer.

"That's right! I will join the betting session as well, we will rob them whole!"

The whole classroom screamed with excitement. With the principal joining the devilish ploy, their victory was somehow certain. They couldn't wait to see the others' faces when they won a huge sum of richness.

"Alright, we are going to depart immediately!" rallied the principal.

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Under the clean clear water of Undine Lake was a small home of a certain beauty. Inside it, was a place of warmth as the fire inside the fireplace brought peace of mind. This little house was special as no mana could penetrate the place from the outside. Rarely did the house had visitors.

A magma-red hair was fluttering around as the kitchen was in a disarrayed state. Her beauty was no doubt kingdom-toppling, but her carelessness was also on another level.

The sound of a pot dropping to the wooden floor, a broken glass, a broken faucet. Everything that couldn't go wrong, went wrong. However, she always kept a smile on her face. Despite the hardship of learning, she was cheered by the fact that she was not alone anymore.

A true dragon was peacefully sleeping on the carpet despite the loud noise she made. This peaceful moment went on until.

"Elize, mother's home!"