Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from the Elden Ring

Victoria of the Snowdon family, the future Countess, is now prostrate in the sewers. Accompanying her is Isabelle, also from a prestigious family.

Both were preparatory students at Kassel College, and among the few members of this action group who had not received training from the college or any affiliated organization of the Secret Party. Before their departure, their family elders told them in a secret room that the history of the college had ended, and they must seize this opportunity to claim their place in the new era.

Humanity's desperate situation is God's opportunity!

They were the outermost Seventh Action Group, whose original mission was to monitor the maritime transport lines of the Snake Clan. Later, after the new command system "Gulveig" came online, their action group was dispersed to carry out missions, and the two of them became tasked with destroying the Kaguya-hime machine room located in Genji Heavy Industries.

The journey went smoothly. Intelligence indicated that the Snake Clan was severely understaffed recently, and Princess Kaguya was forced to participate in the battle between EVA and Gulveig in the cyber world. With the help of alchemical tools, the two encountered almost no significant warnings.

The elevator in the Snake-Headed Eight Family compound had no identity verification restrictions, and Victoria and Isabel boarded it smoothly, heading towards Princess Kaguya's server room. Princess Kaguya's server room was locked 24 hours a day; no one inside could get out, and no one outside could get in. Only the head of the Snake-Headed Eight Family compound had the password and key. But Victoria happened to have the key and a white card that granted the head of the family authority.

They were both A-rank hybrids, carrying alchemical injections that could temporarily enhance their bloodlines. Even with the White King's descendant, Emperor Genji, on his way to the outskirts of Tokyo, and things going to the worst possible outcome, they could still complete their mission by force within the Genji Building. Furthermore, the Japanese were currently completely unaware and would never have imagined that someone would still possess their highest-level White Card after Herzog's death.

The elevator doors opened, and the floor where Kaguya's main computer was stored, like the "ξ floor," was protected by a sturdy security door. Isabel gripped her pistol on guard, while Victoria swiped her white card through the security system's card slot. A password verification page popped up on the screen, and Victoria immediately entered the password she had memorized beforehand.

The security door slowly opened, and Victoria put away the white card and took out the high explosives she had prepared beforehand.

The server room was quiet, not at all as busy as I had imagined. The empty workstations and messy files made it seem as if the staff had suddenly vanished. Some of the tables even had half-finished coffees on them.

“A trap,” Victoria whispered.

Neither of them flinched. They had received custom-made equipment crates airdropped to ensure they could continue their mission even in extreme circumstances. Isabel drew her alchemical short sword and quietly activated the alchemical matrix on it. Isabel's Word of Power had no offensive capabilities; she was a support character, while Victoria was the primary attacker.

In the server room, only the indicator lights on the server racks were flashing, but with a crisp snap of the fingers, the lights came on.

Victoria then realized that the ambush attacker was sitting at the control panel in the corner.

The young man wore a long black overcoat and a silver ring with a gentian pattern on his hand. The overcoat was open, revealing an extremely grand ukiyo-e print on the lining. The skeleton of a giant lay on the ground, and a clear spring flowed through the skeleton's left eye, from which a naked goddess emerged. She wore her long golden hair as a garment and held the sun in her hands.

At this point, his identity was self-evident: the head of the Minamoto family of the Snake Clan, the current patriarch, the current emperor, the current Amaterasu, and the super hybrid created by Herzog in his secret research institute... Minamoto no Chisei!

The intelligence report said he had left Tokyo and wouldn't be able to leave anytime soon, but sitting here, he exuded the aura of a thousand troops.

Genjiro slowly stood up, drew his twin swords, their curved blades as melancholic as the cold moon, inscribed with "The evil spirit lurks in the Spider Mountain at night." He did not ignite his golden eyes, but Victoria and Isabel simultaneously averted their gazes at that moment, only to hear his calm voice, "Someone told me that I should be polite to you first, so... please make the first move."

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Shinjuku area.

Two figures moved with ghostly speed across the buildings, using the narrow edge of a neighboring building's window as they crossed an alley, and in a few swift movements, they landed on the ground from the twenty-meter-high rooftop. A helicopter swept across the street in the night sky, gradually disappearing into the distance.

Lancelot removed his mask, revealing multiple wounds on his face caused by sharp weapons. Alexia, from the Norwegian Stavenger family, was in slightly better condition, but was also weakened by the excessive use of Words of Power.

“We must find the nearest contact point quickly. All our intelligence is wrong. The Snake Clan has not been restrained by the Kanto Branch and the Demon Clan at all. They have opened their pockets and are waiting for us…” Lancelot’s voice was hoarse.

His and Alexia's action group was one of only three action groups that still had a complete organizational structure, so they were tasked with the assault mission in this operation. Tonight, they attacked the armed forces of ninjas, hybrids, and ordinary people stationed near the headquarters of the Snake Clan, but they ended up falling into an ambush.

"Senior brother... something's wrong." Alexia suddenly said with a serious expression, "Someone followed us down from the helicopter."

Her Word of Power is the Kamaitachi, serial number 59. It was with the help of this Word of Power that she and the action team commander, Lancelot, were able to escape the encirclement.

Seemingly having heard Alexia's words, the pursuer stopped hiding and eavesdropping, leaping directly from the rooftop and crashing to the ground. Dressed in the Executive Department's standard trench coat, with his back to the streetlights and shop lights, the pursuer slowly straightened up, then drew his long sword and ran his hand over the blade.

Flames erupted, burning fiercely along the blade. The firelight was dazzling, yet still less intense than a tenth of the golden pupils; the crimson-gold light in the pupils was almost beyond human comprehension.

"Is it Genjiro?" Alexia whispered. "I've heard that the Emperor has the strength of a next-generation being."

“No.” Lancelot looked around. The bustling streets of Shinjuku were deserted, with only streetlights and shops lit up. All the houses were dark, as quiet as a dead city. It was a carefully set trap. He gave a bitter smile. “President… you have always been more rational and calm than they say.”

Chu Zihang nodded and assumed an attack stance.

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Tokyo Port, Pier 4.

Shudeya is in charge of the most important action group, and her deputy is Susie, who possesses the Word Power Sword Control. So far, most action groups and subgroups have lost contact, but the two of them have completed their mission with ease, because the most important part of this mission is simply to transport the goods designated by the Board of Directors.

Chapter 227 The Immortal

The containers loaded with goods were at the dock, but the helicopter that was supposed to pick them up had not yet appeared. Shudeya felt a little uneasy. "Susie, how often do you contact Alexia and the others?"

“Every three minutes, and we still haven’t received any reply.” Susie shook her head. “According to Ye Sheng’s plan, if all the action teams fail, we will deploy the ‘Immortals’.”

"Immortals" are beings created through a sophisticated technology combining genetics, medicine, chemistry, and alchemy. These "volunteers"—dragon slayers gradually corrupted by dragon blood and on the verge of losing their will—are transformed into Deadpool-like beings. In a sense, these monsters are already dead, but their hearts continue to beat powerfully, making them even stronger than in life. This technology dates back to the Dark Ages, a time of widespread dragon resurgence. The Secret Society, driven to desperation, revived this dark technology from ancient texts, finally launching a counterattack.

Because the Immortal technology has been imbued with a certain "impure" attribute since its inception, the Academy has always avoided discussing it and sealed away the last batch of Immortals for many years.

This time, almost all the well-preserved immortals were brought out from the containers at the dock. Even if they faced the so-called "Emperor" and Angers, who possessed the strongest time zero, they were confident of victory.

“That’s truly the worst-case scenario. I hope Lu Mingfei isn’t that delusional…” Shudeya looked out the window at the dark containers under the night sky. She and Susie were leading a fully-equipped action team, and they now had complete control of the port, but the silence under the cover of night was truly unsettling.

Suddenly, a gunshot shattered the silence.

"Report the situation!" Shudeya grabbed the walkie-talkie. There was a moment of silence on the communication channel before a lazy voice sounded, "I have to admit, your subordinates are indeed more outstanding than I expected."

Upon hearing the voice on the walkie-talkie, Susie had already pulled out several alchemical daggers.

Her Word of Power is Sword Control, which allows her to control magnetic fields within a large domain centered on herself. This allows her to manipulate magnetized metal objects to move and accelerate along magnetic lines of force, creating an effect similar to "mind control of metal objects." However, the size of the domain and the quality and number of metal objects that can be manipulated determine the strength of the user. The strongest user can trigger actions similar to those of legendary sword immortals, creating an effect of "ten thousand swords being fired simultaneously." The weakest user on record can only move a spoon on a table.

Given Susie's abilities, staying inside the building was actually a disadvantage, but she remained silent and waited for Akito's orders.

The two were currently in the control room of the port's cold storage warehouse, which was basically one of the highest points in the area. However, they were completely unaware of the mysterious assassin who had eliminated all the sentries, both visible and hidden, in a very short time, and whose presence was only revealed by a gunshot at the very end.

Logically, the attackers should have been a well-trained regular army, but upon hearing the voice, Shudeaki knew that the man was fully capable of doing all this. Caesar Gattuso, one of the last three shining stars of the Academy era, wielded the Word of Power of the Kamaitachi; fully armed, he was a modern army in himself.

A knock came at the door.

As an assassin, Caesar surprisingly abandoned his advantage and brazenly played a "king vs. king" game with Judea.

All that remained of Shudeaki's possession was a large-caliber pistol, which didn't even contain the Philosopher's Stone. In this room, the only one who posed a threat to Caesar was Susie.

However, if Shudeya is determined, the container temperature control equipment in her hands can also be a deterrent weapon.

Shudeya raised her gun and pointed it at the door, while Susie took a few steps back, almost touching the wall. The flying blades controlled by the sword had an acceleration process, so they were stronger in open spaces. A total of 11 alchemical throwing knives had already floated up beside her. If these throwing knives were inserted into the ground and fixed in a certain layout, they could also activate an alchemical matrix.

The Board of Directors issued such equipment to almost all the commanders or assault troops of the action groups, and it was customized according to each person's characteristics and incantations. During the war, the old families of the Secret Party finally took out some of their most treasured items.

As Shudeyaki mentally calculated Caesar's attack route, he realized that he couldn't enter through the main gate, as the moment the gate opened would be the biggest opening. Secondly, he should try to sabotage the lighting system, as Kamaitachi was almost as unpredictable in the dark as Mingzhao and Time Zero, and even when facing a storm of sword attacks, it would have a great chance of winning.

However, Caesar chose to open the unlocked iron gate without hesitation and walked in with his hands raised.

Instead of firing, Akira Shude laughed, released the gun, and let it fall to the ground. Then, surprisingly, she raised her hands, just like Caesar. Behind her stood Susie, her face filled with astonishment. If Akira Shude had wanted to fire or activate the temperature control device in the container, Susie would have knocked her unconscious instantly.

"Ye Sheng is right. Maybe you guys are the only ones who can handle the current situation," said Shu Deyaji, seemingly unconcerned.

Caesar shrugged. He was never the main person in charge of the operation from the beginning. All he did was cover for Susie. Even the sentry who fired the shot at the end was part of the planned plot.

"You've been reporting intelligence to Chu Zihang, haven't you?" Shudeyaji raised her hand and turned around to face Susie, so that Susie could take the remote control from her.

"I was using your communication equipment. Did you install a listening device on me?" Susie was still somewhat puzzled.

After Susie took the remote, Akira Shutoki relaxed completely, as if she had just handed over a mission. She stopped raising her hand, leaned closer, and whispered, "You look like you've just started dating."

Faced with the teasing expression of the drunkard, Susie was momentarily speechless. It turned out that her undercover mission had failed because of her gossipy nature.

"So you were all prepared to surrender?" Susie asked.

"Yes and no, Ye Sheng said he couldn't see the true colors of either side, so he could only improvise." As a "prisoner," Jiu Deyaji spoke frankly, "For example, right now, I have done my best, and I believe that each action group has done its best. According to the plan, I should release the 'Immortal,' but it is normal for accidents to happen on the battlefield, so I was subdued by you and Caesar working together from the inside and outside, just a second before the switch was triggered."

“You guessed right, the entire action team that lost contact with you has been wiped out,” Caesar interjected.

“But let me warn you, the big shots behind us are no pushovers either.” Shudeya suddenly stopped smiling. “I think they’ve figured out what Ye Sheng and I are thinking. You’d better get control of the containers now.”

Chapter 228

Thick fog filled the giant cold storage room, and the chill crept up one's spine, as if stepping from a summer night into a frigid frost-covered plain. The old man dressed as a ramen chef sneezed violently. "I say, when it comes to the bizarre and cruel, it has to be you Black King bloodlines. The creatures in this cold storage are far more dangerous than the Corpse Guardians, aren't they?"

"Get to the point, don't start making sweeping generalizations." The old man in a black suit frowned.

In the darkness, the strangely shaped frogmen climbed along the surface of the huge shipping container. They were all dressed in black rubber suits, with rubber masks on their faces and protrusions resembling breathing apparatus at their mouths. Two elderly men, one who looked like he had just finished setting up a stall and the other who looked like he was attending a funeral, stood almost completely unguarded in front of the container, yet none of the frogmen dared to make a move.

The frogman closest to the target was the first to remove his tactical goggles, his golden pupils piercing through the fog.

Words of Power: Senluo.

This is a rare incantation that only those of the White King's bloodline can use. It controls the opponent's mind with the eyes, writing what one thinks into the opponent's mind. The caster can induce or even force the target to see any scene, such as a raging hell or a deceased relative.

At a glance, the whole world is revealed.

Shinra was targeting Angers. Aside from the frogmen who released Shinra, the rest of the frogmen launched an attack on Uesugi Kotsugi. Fire, arcs of electricity, and explosions briefly dispelled the fog, and in the darkness, gleaming blades and a dense barrage of bullets completely obscured Uesugi Kotsugi's figure.

At the same time, the three people in the cold storage control room also noticed the commotion. First, all the lights were turned off at the same time, and then several smoke bombs were thrown in. The composition of the smoke was similar to the nerve agent from the Laurent family research institute, but the effect was weaker. Caesar, Jiudeya, and Susie broke out of the room and accidentally inhaled some of it.

"This thing interferes with the release of incantations!" Susie immediately noticed the anomaly.

Caesar, who had been using the Kamaitachi, also realized that the release of the Word of Power was being interfered with. He drew his sidearm and said, "Distribute the firepower. If we are facing a large-scale siege, I will draw the fire, Susie will provide suppressive fire, and Shudeya will protect the remote control."

He handed the two Desert Eagles to Susie and Shudeya respectively, while he only carried a hunting knife and Shudeya's pistol.

"Should we move closer to the containers?" asked Shudeya.

“No.” Caesar recalled the assassination attempt he suffered in the old streets of Shinjuku that day, and how Angers and Uesugi Kotsugi’s bloodline abilities had left a deep impression on him. “It would only be more dangerous there.”

In the cold storage corridor, only the emergency exit signs were lit. A thin mist flowed along the floor, creating an eerie and unsettling atmosphere. In the shadows shrouded in mist, indistinct figures were neither too close nor too far from the group. Caesar walked at the front, assessing the opportune moment to attack.

Even without using his spiritual powers, his hearing was far beyond that of ordinary people. At this distance, he couldn't hear a clear heartbeat, but he could always hear some voices. However, the assassins in the shadows didn't communicate with each other, but tacitly maintained an ambiguous distance. The other party was guiding them! The other party had not only received extremely rigorous training, but was also very familiar with the style of the Kassel College Executive Department.

Most importantly, judging from Aki Shotoku's performance, she was clearly unaware that such a combat group existed in this operation.

In Caesar's style, he would have chosen to launch an attack to disrupt the enemy's plans, escape his passive situation, and then look for an opportunity. However, after roughly understanding the intelligence Nono brought back from Germany, he realized that the other side was likely concerned about his safety.

Information about his identity frequently mentions something called "Pandora's Box." The "Holy Palace Medical Society" used "Pandora's Box" to create "power" and "containers." This part of the code is uncommented, but it can be inferred that it was an astonishingly large-scale biological experiment, with hybrid families as the observation samples. The most crucial piece of information mentions that Caesar was an important experimental result, specifically described as "the individual with the highest affinity for the target, whose bloodline is too low, and who has been granted knowledge related to the 'Nibelungen Project' by the Gattuso family."

Perhaps the escorting of the immortals was a ruse, their real purpose being to retrieve the "precious experimental results." Once he was surrounded, the situation would spiral out of control; the assassins would prioritize his safety over the two girls behind him. He knew better than anyone the terrifying nature of the Gattuso family, and he was also familiar with the shadows within the family—decapitation strikes were their specialty.

We must find a way to make the other party lower their guard.

In just a few seconds, the corridor was almost at its end. Caesar adjusted his breathing rhythm, his bones cracking, and his eyes seemed to flow with crimson gold. He activated Blood Explosion at level three.

As the dragon's blood boiled, the neurotoxins in the blood were rapidly metabolized. Without chanting, the Word of Power - Vampire Scythe was unleashed at full power.

Countless wind blades cut through the mist, forcing the frogmen, who clung to the walls and ceiling with special claw blades, to reveal themselves.

Susie immediately raised her gun and fired, but it had little effect, only forcing back the two frogmen closest to Caesar.

Several more smoke grenades were thrown over, and the ventilation system in the corridor suddenly activated. A continuous stream of poisonous gas enveloped Caesar's figure from all directions. Even an S-class hybrid with three-stage blood explosion could not resist the corrosive effects of this concentration of poisonous gas.

Caesar's incantation was forcibly dispelled, and the frogmen around him rushed forward in unison, trying to hold down his hands and feet.

But the next second, the battlefield was covered by the blazing flames of the King's Flame. Caesar wielded his hunting knife like a ghost, instantly reaping the few frogmen in front of him. Then, the alchemical domain on Dick's body started operating on its own, and a spherical, pitch-black domain expanded out. The domain cracked like an eggshell, and a flood of fire surged out from the cracks. The frogmen who misjudged Caesar's state were all engulfed by the flames.

The entire corridor was destroyed in the explosion, leaving it charred and blackened. Only three people remained standing.

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