Absolute Beast Dominion

Rather than trying to form some level of acquaintance, the humans, elves, and dragons were openly throwing insults at each other.

"Fuck off, you fucking lizard; just see how I tame your lame ass in the realm. A beast remains a beast, no matter if it is intelligent."

"Human, you speak like you own the world. Just remember that a lower being's words have no effect on a superior being like me. So stop barking; it's unpleasant to my precious ears," the dragon in question scoffed.

Some of the rants were so heated that they were on the verge of turning into fights.

Though it seemed that only the weaker ones were hot-blooded. Every other strong person was busy analysing the other strong individuals in the different groups.

It seems that the highest-ranking student after me is actually that one dragon... Leo figured it out after checking their strength.

But Leo was actually cheating by checking their strength using system prompts. Because everybody's strength was concealed by their professors and vice-principals, people could only tell whether a student was strong by looking at the student and academy rankings on the respective races' student boards.

But since a dragon was a beast, Leo's system simply bypassed the concealment and showed him the information. Though Leo figured that the person using the concealment magic must not be that much higher in rank compared to Leo for the system to bypass it.

The dragon in question had shiny golden horns and golden scales that gleamed under the sunlight.

Sun-Flame Dragon [Azrakar Sunborn] (Peak 4-star) - Noble Bloodline [Intelligence - Adolescent]

Even though Lily's stats pushed her into the Pseudo 5-star realm, the reason Leo said this dragon was stronger was because of the trait boost, which couldn't be sensed.

Even a lesser draconic being like a Wyvern had a 50% boost; then a dragon must have at least 100% or even 200% if the gap was really that bad.

Not to mention, there was a high chance this particular dragon was stronger than Leo.

Sensing Leo's gaze, the dragon looked towards him and narrowed his eyes as if assessing Leo. Both of them locked eyes momentarily, but then the dragon lost interest and looked away towards the others.

Leo raised a brow in interest.

This guy actually doesn't see me as a threat... Leo thought.

With how proud a race dragons were, it was normal for Azrakar to disregard Leo's presence, and even Lily—who would actually project a strength of Pseudo 5-star, which was higher than Leo's. If Azrakar could sense strength right now, he would have already marked Leo and Lily as the most dangerous people he needed to be careful of.

Especially if they were beast masters and possibly had beasts stronger than themselves.

But since Aurelius Beast Academy was 3rd in the Human Empire, he wasn't interested. He was more interested in the 1st student from Velerath Grand Academy, which was said to be under the direct control of the Human Emperor.

Leo also realised that Vulcarion was in the same academy as this Sun-Flame Dragon.

Wait... Sunborn? Leo suddenly realised that the Dragon Empire was called the Sunborn Empire, meaning this Azrakar Sunborn was a prince.

He quickly checked the academy from the dragon's board.

Sunborn Royal Academy.

So that's my main target from the dragon's side...

Thinking that, Leo looked for the strongest Elf student.

It was a female elf from Aeloria Royal Academy, according to the student board of the elves.

He quickly spotted her. And it seemed even she was interested in the top student from Velerath Grand Academy.

Though Leo spotted some weird, robust human slaves in their team. Their body structure more closely matched that of orcs than that of normal humans. In Leo's old world language, bodybuilders with excessive steroids.

'Lord! They are the barbarians from my previous world!' Aeila spoke in Leo's mind.

'Your world?'

At that, Sylrael spoke up.

'Lord. I actually spotted some of my tribe people among them. Though they are kids, I can tell they are children of people I know. And it seems... some of those kids have recognised me...'

'Eh? They can recognise you? They should be under 30, and you must have been separated from the tribe for far longer...' Leo tried reasoning, already understanding that Sylrael's tribe had taken shelter under the Elven Empire.

'Lord, our tribe keeps a family tree record of every born individual, along with almost accurate paintings. So new generations can recognise them even if someone has left home for long travel or permanently. I think they know me from there,' Sylrael explained.

Leo thought about it for a while.

Family tree...

'But the way they seem to be happy seeing your slave status... are you sure they are family?'

Leo asked, rubbing the back of his neck, thinking he had asked something sensitive.

But Sylrael didn't seem that bothered.

'These kids must have been fed fabricated information about me. I know their parents; they were one of the major reasons for me to be sent away.'

'Kids, huh... Are you interested in meeting their parents?' Leo asked, noting that Sylrael was addressing elves around 30 years old as if they were kids. He himself was barely 22 in this world. In other words, he was a kid too in her eyes. Though he was sure Sylrael would never address him as such.

'They must have already seen me on the big screens. If they are really worried about me, they would automatically approach since it has been a long time. If not, I shouldn't be thinking about them. They already threw me away.'

Leo nodded. He liked that way of thinking.

'But I think... no, nothing.' Sylrael started to speak but stopped.

Both Leo and Lily looked at her because of the sudden wave of melancholy they felt in her heart through the [Spiritual Sense] skill.

At that time, Aeila created a separate channel and privately spoke to Leo and Lily.

'My Lord, she must be thinking about her betrothed. She still seems to miss him at times.'

Both Leo and Lily were shocked by the revelation.

'But she never showed interest in looking for him? And what about the man? Where was he when she was thrown out of the tribe?' Lily asked.

'My Lady, Prince Valandor was out on a trip to become stronger when everything happened, so Sister still thinks he might be looking for her...'