Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from the Elden Ring

Chen Wenwen didn't answer immediately. Instead, she walked to her seat, took out a workbook from her drawer, waved it at Lu Mingfei, and said with a sullen smile, "I'm the club president. This classroom was applied for by me and the homeroom teacher. Can't I come and get my things?"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head. "I'll eat here."

After saying that, he quickly closed the window, and the sound of the wind and rain immediately subsided.

"I initially thought you were enjoying the rain, but I didn't expect you to be reading comics... I haven't read this issue yet, can I borrow it?" Chen Wenwen flipped through a couple of pages of the book on his desk.

Lu Mingfei was still staring blankly at the spot where the figure had stood when he turned around and replied somewhat perfunctorily, "Okay, I've finished watching."

Chen Wenwen simply sat in his seat and flipped through the comic books. Unlike Lu Mingfei, who read all the serialized works in order, Chen Wenwen only looked at a few pages of works with pleasing art style.

Lu Mingfei quickly realized that this was the perfect time to be alone.

The eerie figure vanished from his mind in an instant; now, all he could hear was his own heartbeat. The earthy scent carried by the wind had faded, seemingly mixed with a delicate fragrance, like the sprouting of spring plants, tender green shoots pushing through the soil, stretching out little by little in an unknown corner.

That was the scent of Chen Wenwen's perfume. Lu Mingfei couldn't tell the brand, but he felt that anything Chen Wenwen wore was the best. He turned away from the window and sat down next to Chen Wenwen, hoping that this moment could last a little longer, but the school bell rang soon after.

The two hurriedly left the classroom and rushed to the study room.

A figure clad in full armor stood in the center of the activity room, watching the two depart.

He sat in Lu Mingfei's seat for a long time without moving. Suddenly, he picked up a book from the drawer of an unknown person next to him, opened it casually, and then carefully put it back in its original place.

The book was supposed to be filled with numbers, letters, and words, but it was actually completely blank.

This world does indeed have minor errors, especially when someone tries to contact the "protagonist" of this world, the nearby "computing power" will be mobilized to correct the errors.

"To indulge or to abandon," He murmured to himself. "That is the question."

Chapter 254 Cradle

The rain intensified, and the original three evening self-study sessions were reduced to one. Parents rushed over after receiving notifications from the class group chat. All sorts of cars blocked the road in front of the school, their lights flashing and horns blaring. Taxis were also mixed in with the traffic. Behind every window, an anxious face gazed at the school gate.

The security guard, wearing a raincoat, stood in the middle of the road, holding onto the temporary traffic light, and lit a hand-rolled cigarette. He'd seen this scene many times before; judging by the length of the traffic, he estimated the traffic jam would last another half hour.

However, the large-scale school pick-up and drop-off lines are actually only a minority. Most of the children are walking with their heads down among various raincoats and umbrellas. Some of them are children whose parents have not yet come home from get off work, while others live nearby.

Lu Mingfei, on the other hand, belonged to the rarest and most tragic category. Lu Mingze had been taken to the hospital with a high fever the night before, so Lu Mingfei naturally played games all night, getting less than two hours of sleep in total. When he woke up, he only felt a bunch of troops still fighting in front of him, and in his dazed state, he didn't have the time to pay attention to the weather.

He didn't bring an umbrella, and no one came to pick him up.

Things are starting to get a little complicated.

Because evening self-study was canceled early, he didn't have time to finish his homework, but taking the books home would be like soaking them in water. He stood in the corridor, and even the groups of three or five students waiting for each other had mostly left, with only a few class leaders still checking if the windows were closed properly.

The crowd gradually thinned out, but a few cars did drive into the campus.

Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth, put his schoolbag back on his seat, pulled his school uniform jacket over his head, and was about to run into the rain. At that moment, two bright beams of light stopped in front of him, and the rain splashed up by the wheels of his car stopped his resolute momentum.

He squinted, pouted, muttered a few words, and tried to walk around to the side.

At that moment, the car door opened.

"Mingfei! Over here!" the woman with the umbrella called out.

Lu Mingfei looked around blankly; the faces in the lamplight were both familiar and strange. Suddenly, he felt everything around him quiet down, and a complex emotion filled his heart—surprise and joy, but mostly a sense of security. Just when you've given up, the most unexpected savior appears; you've imagined it, hoped for it, but never truly believed it.

"Wait for me!" Lu Mingfei said quickly. He ran back to the classroom, grabbed his schoolbag and ran out under the class monitor's surprised gaze.

Watching Lu Mingfei's retreating figure, the class monitor scratched his head. He had never seen the other person so proactive and energetic.

Before Lu Mingfei could even get into the car, his backpack was pulled away by Qiao Weini. After he sat down in the warm seat, he realized that there was another boy sitting in the back row—Chu Zihang.

Qiaowenni, sitting in the passenger seat, closed the car door, and the car immediately fell silent. She leaned over from the front and said, "Mingfei, you should know him, right? He's the son of your dad's colleague. He just happened to be going the same way as us today."

How could Lu Mingfei not recognize him? Chu Zihang was a senior in high school, and his glorious deeds were countless. He was simply the best of the best, the fighter jet among the three good students, and the child that everyone else was looking for.

"When did you get back?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“The company is restructuring, so your mother and I will be working here from now on. We only arrived today. Gu Cheng didn’t answer my calls; Chu Zihang’s father told me you were out of school now.” Lu Lincheng adjusted the rearview mirror, started the car, and reversed along the asphalt road. This Lexus LX570 had only been launched in the domestic market at the beginning of the year, and he had applied to the company for it as a temporary vehicle.

"Huh? You're not leaving?" Lu Mingfei said softly, looking out the window.

"You'll stay at the hotel with us tonight. Your uncle and aunt aren't home. Remember to call them tonight to let them know you're safe." Qiao Weini handed Lu Mingfei a towel so he could wipe the water droplets off his clothes and head.

"Mm." Lu Mingfei nodded.

Qiao Weini handed Chu Zihang another towel.

"Thank you, Auntie," Chu Zihang said calmly.

"No need to thank me, it's nothing. Your father and I have a good relationship. Let's get together more often. You and Mingfei are both young men, so you should look after each other at school." Lu Lincheng turned the car around and drove onto the main road from the school gate.

“Lu Mingfei will be taking the college entrance exam next year. I can tutor him during the summer vacation, and I can recommend some good materials and practice questions,” Chu Zihang said earnestly.

"I can't keep up with the material the teacher assigned..." Lu Mingfei scratched his head sheepishly.

“Your dad has friends; if all else fails, you can try special admissions or being admitted through special talent programs,” Qiao Weini said.

"Mingfei, you have to live up to expectations," Lu Lincheng said.

Chu Zihang wisely shut up. This was an area he wasn't good at; he always chose schools, not the other way around.

The vehicle cut through the rain and drove into the chaotic city lights, where countless tiny fragments of neon reflected in the rain, making the whole world seem like a maze made of warm light.

A shadow stood on the roof of the car, unmoved by the wind and rain.

He stroked the dark blue ring on his finger, looked up at the cloud-covered night sky, and murmured to himself, "Lu Mingfei... Lu Mingfei, so this is your cradle..."

……

In this frigid landscape reminiscent of the Siberian snowfields, one only needs to look up to see the unmistakable silhouette of a city filling the entire field of vision.

“This place transcends time and space; it is where the law and the soul of the king meet,” Melina said.

Lu Mingze, standing to the side, looked around like a curious child, touching everything in sight. "It's incredible that a soul can become a world. This level... no, this energy level, this energy level already belongs to the realm of the gods. I have seen similar miracles in the Age of Gods."

“Lu Mingfei is right here, but I don’t understand whether this is a trial or a prison.” Melina’s expression was solemn. She and Lu Mingze had been teleported here from Kassel College and had been trekking through the snowfield for who knows how long, but they still couldn’t get any closer to the phantom.

“I’ve noticed that since the fight with Herzog, you seem to have started calling your brother by his full name.” Lu Mingze’s attention was elsewhere.

“Perhaps.” Melina’s face remained cold and her expression unchanged. “I am powerless here… but you and he have a very deep connection… what exactly are you?”

Lu Mingze could no longer maintain his calm and relaxed demeanor; he stared into Melina's eyes.

Melina opened the eye that had been closed. Unlike her other golden pupil, it was a deep, cold, bluish-purple, like the sky at dusk, containing a pressure that surpassed even that of the Dragon King.

"Sigh—" Lu Mingze took two steps back and smiled bitterly, "Are all the girls my brother knows such terrifying beings?"

“Whether you are a parasite or a so-called Dragon King, please break this deadlock.” Melina’s hair moved without wind, and her voice, though flat, accurately conveyed a warning and threat. “I am an object here, but you are different. You clearly come from here.”

Chapter 255 Secrets

“Alright.” Lu Mingze spread his hands helplessly. “I was going to wait until my brother saw my true form before revealing the truth, but unfortunately, plans can’t keep up with changes… To explain using the system of the Borderlands, although there is no law carrier on Earth similar to the Elden Ring, during the last ancient dragon dynasty—that is, the Black King era—Nidhogg was already at the level of half a ring due to the accumulation of bloodline and power in the highest-ranking individuals.”

Lu Mingze stretched out his hand, and countless snowflakes gathered together to form a curtain. Melina was right; the power he possessed here far surpassed that outside, and due to various reasons, his original fusion plan with Lu Mingfei was at zero progress. Here, he was almost at his peak.

A scene of a colossal black dragon unifying the kingdoms appeared on the screen. The black dragon built a magnificent palace in the Himalayas and proclaimed himself the emperor of the dragon race. Then he began the ascension ceremony, a feat that concentrated the power of the dragon race into an individual. The sacrificial corpses of ancient dragons filled the sky.

In ancient times, dragons were the ultimate beings who truly controlled the elements. Each dragon could master all five elements, unlike the current lineages that are divided by elements. Thus, even the dead dragons would cause elemental turbulence, floating in the cold winds of the high sky, creating an unimaginable tragedy and devastation.

But Nidhogg ultimately failed. Ascension requires not only absolute power, but also another crucial concept—soul energy level, that is, a life-affirming faith of sufficient scale to cause a qualitative change. The defeated Nidhogg ascended to space from the summit of Mount Everest, only to fall back to Earth.

He was about to be destroyed, and in order to survive, He split Himself into three: the young, the youth, and the old, with the three Black Kings possessing equal power.

Nidhogg's super sacrifice ritual has killed nine-tenths of the ancient dragons. The three Nidhoggs made the same decision—to destroy the dragons, establish a new civilization, and forge a sufficiently prosperous civilization over ten thousand years to ascend to godhood once again.

The three Supreme Beings hunted down all the remaining ancient dragons and forged their authority into five thrones, marking the beginning of a new civilization—the oldest history that later hybrids could access—the era of the Black and White Kings and the Four Sovereigns.

As Lu Mingze watched the three black dragons sitting high in the sky, his eyes uncontrollably revealed hatred and anger.

Suddenly, war erupted in the scene. It turned out that the young Nidhogg had betrayed the other two Supreme Beings. He saw that authority was growing stronger with the development of civilization and believed that the time for ascension to godhood had come. So he conspired with his nine dragon kings and eventually killed the young and old Black Kings. However, they only obtained the authority of the old Black King.

The young Black King built another civilization based on the five elements in his own realm—the Gods—and His authority was thus dispersed and existed.

This directly led to the failure of the assassination attempt. The loss of one-third of the authority meant that the power of the dragon race was no longer complete, and the promise of ascension to godhood became a pipe dream. Thus, a new conspiracy was brewing in the darkness, just like the constant repetition of the past.

As Lu Mingze watched Nidhogg die in the rebellion of the gods and dragon kings, he said with satisfaction, "That is all the secrets that no one knows. As for the remaining young Black King, the former supreme being, he can only reincarnate in endless nightmares... until thousands of years later, the power of the old Black King was reborn with the prosperity of the hybrid civilization."

“I am the abandoned child of the nightmare, and my brother is the rebirth of the old god… Do you understand now?” Lu Mingze continued, “My brother was born first among the hybrids. His spirit was split in two by that old Nazi, which provided space for me to descend from the dream realm. In a sense, we are both the same and brothers. I descended more than ten years later, so let him take advantage of being the older brother.”

At that moment, the whole world began to shake violently. Melina did not have time to analyze the vast amount of information Lu Mingze had described. She immediately looked at the city's phantom in the sky. Faint black mist surged from all directions of the sky and gradually encroached into the city.

Lu Mingze remained calm, as if he had expected this. "That supreme god, he's practically creating a path to godhood for my brother... Now you should understand, right? It's no harm for my brother to stay there, it's us who have to work hard... The most vile schemer and ruler in the entire history of the dragon race has already smelled the fragrance of the path to godhood. I guess He has been slumbering and waiting for this moment."

The outer shell of the city phantom was crumbling. Melina immediately opened her arms, releasing golden light. The incomparably powerful golden prayer light suppressed the snow-covered sky for a moment. She transformed into a giant phantom and gently embraced the cracked city light. The golden tree appeared in the ice and snow, and the healing power forcibly stopped the collapse of the world.

In the far reaches of this world, dark clouds rose from the earth, sweeping past towering mountain shadows, and Nidhogg's will successfully invaded.

Lu Mingze sighed softly, then smiled with relief, "Having an older brother like me means I'm destined for a life of toil."

Centered on him, snow-white silk threads cascaded out like a waterfall, quickly forming a towering white cocoon as tall as a mountain, and the thunderous heartbeat grew even stronger!

"An unending fate will not find peace. Roar! Howl! Let us continue the slaughter of ten thousand years ago, and only when death comes will we find rest!"

The giant cocoon cracked open, from which came the roars of ancient gods, shaking every inch of the land. A jet-black dragon, its body as large as a mountain, tore open the cocoon. It looked up at the colossal black dragon that blotted out the sky, roared and spewed out its dragon breath. The elemental turbulence instantly destroyed everything around it, except for the golden tree, which stood firm.

……

With Chu Zihang's tutoring, Lu Mingfei's grades steadily improved, and he received the "Most Improved Student" award for both the midterm and final exams. Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini bought an apartment next to Chu Zihang's house to make it easier for the two children to communicate and study together.

With his good grades, the support of Chu Zihang's friends, and the halo of his parents, Lu Mingfei quickly became a popular figure on campus, even showing signs of replacing Zhao Menghua as the second-in-command of the literary society. This trend was solidified after Qiao Weini and Chen Wenwen's mother became best friends.

Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen sat in the amusement park's café. Chen Wenwen was looking through the menu, while Lu Mingfei gazed out the window. It was truly unbelievable that in just half a semester, he had obtained everything he could never have imagined before; it was like winning the lottery.

Today was supposed to be a family trip, but as soon as the two families arrived at the amusement park entrance, both sets of parents received work calls and left, leaving only the two of them alone.

Chapter 256 Invasion

Lu Mingfei glanced to the side and suddenly froze. He saw the knight again. Months had passed, and he often thought of that evening when he met the knight, not because the knight was special enough to make him remember him, but because from that day on, his life had undergone earth-shattering changes.

He had wondered if it was just his imagination, but at that very moment, in another corner of the café, across the bustling crowd seeking shelter from the rain, a man in armor was chatting with a waiter.

He was about to get up and go check it out when Chen Wenwen suddenly moved closer and sat down next to him. More and more people came to take shelter from the rain, so there were inevitably more people than tables. A couple came over and asked to share a table, so Chen Wenwen gave up her seat.

Lu Mingfei's attention was interrupted, and when he looked again, the crowd had completely blocked his view.

The waiters are cleaning up trash such as cups, straw wrappers, and toilet paper on the table. With a lot of customers, the cleaning task becomes quite heavy.

She was quickly drawn to a young man, creating a small "vacuum zone" in the crowded café. The young man sat alone, undisturbed by anyone, and seemed to exude an aura that kept strangers at bay.

"Hello, sir, you can order by scanning a QR code." Driven by professional ethics or perhaps a sudden, inexplicable impulse, she stepped forward and offered the friendly reminder.