Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from the Elden Ring

The waiter in white skillfully cut open the bottle cap, cleaned the lees, and carefully pulled out the cork with a wine knife. The side of the cork was printed with the wine's vintage and origin.

Lehua Village in 2000.

Once the hangover was over, the waiter silently withdrew.

Fingel diligently picked up the decanter and poured everyone's glasses with the rich wine. Finally, he licked his lips and poured himself a glass as well.

Only Constantine still drinks carbonated beverages. That's the comfort of being with Caesar; he'll offer you fine wines and take care of your personal habits.

"Can we talk about it now?" Lu Mingfei asked.

He, Caesar, and Chu Zihang only sipped the red wine and didn't touch the food. Only Fingel and Constantine, unrelated to the conversation, focused on enjoying their meal.

“Principal Angers is an outstanding educator,” Caesar spoke first. “He hopes you will teach me and Chu Zihang something during your day of freedom, right?”

Lu Mingfei nodded.

“That battle really impressed me, so I hope you can join the student council as my teacher.” Caesar emphasized the word “teacher.”

“I also hope to go further,” Chu Zihang added. “The Lionheart Society would also welcome you.”

Fingel wanted to complain whether this was an apprenticeship or a coup, but seeing the serious expressions on the two gentlemen's faces, he kept quiet.

Lu Mingfei didn't dwell on the choice between the two. "I will be teaching a practical course this semester, and you can sign up."

Caesar and Chu Zihang were secretly alarmed and exchanged a glance.

This is clearly Principal Angers' doing; it's not just a matter of trusting Lu Mingfei. Having a student teach a class! Considering the bet Lu Mingfei mentioned on the Night Watchers' discussion forum, it's confirmed that this class is one that counts towards the credit system, not the student exchange sessions that have happened before.

Appointing a freshman as a professor?

And Lu Mingfei really does have this ability.

Rather than being the principal's illegitimate son, he was more like a dragon-slaying weapon secretly cultivated by the principal, using a decadent false identity to conceal his true identity, lurking in a small Chinese city, waiting to be used.

And this year's freshmen are the time when the dragon-slaying weapon will be born.

Lu Mingfei had no idea that the two people opposite him were already conjuring up a bizarre story about the principal possessing the secrets of the dragon race and then creating a dragon-slaying machine to deal with it.

“I can’t be sure when I’ll schedule classes, but the content I teach should meet your needs,” Lu Mingfei said. “As for clubs, I don’t plan to join any.”

“Alright, I respect your choice, but one thing is certain: the student council will always keep its doors open to you,” Caesar said calmly.

“The Lionheart Society is the same.” Chu Zihang nodded.

The group had reached a consensus, and by then Fingel was almost full. He leisurely swirled the wine, burped, and suddenly realized that everyone was watching him. For the first time ever, he felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head.

"I'm just here to eat, I won't reveal anything," he said weakly, his head bowed.

……

After dinner, Caesar and Chu Zihang left, and Lu Mingfei sat cross-legged on the bed in meditation.

Constantine turned on his computer again, seemingly playing games or watching pirated movies that Fingel had downloaded for him.

After a while, Lu Mingfei was suddenly woken up by Constantine. He went to the computer and looked at what Constantine wanted him to see.

It was sent by that old Tang.

"Hey bro, I'm free lately, wanna come hang out? What's up?"

Lu Mingfei remembered that before this, he had invited him in the same way, saying that he would take him around the United States as a Greyhound.

"I'm busy, thank you." Lu Mingfei typed a reply in the chat box, but stopped before sending it. He realized something.

"Do you want to meet this person?" he asked Constantine, turning to him.

After spending so much time together, Lu Mingfei could tell that Constantine was actually not good at expressing himself—which, by worldly standards, was cowardice.

This time, he specifically asked Lu Mingfei to reply, perhaps because he wanted to agree.

Constantine nodded.

Lu Mingfei deleted the words he had already typed and retyped them.

"Okay, just tell me the specific time."

Chapter 50 From that day on, Wang refused to listen or speak.

Equipment Department, three underground floors.

This was a sealed space encased in granite, with only a few high-powered lights arranged around the ceiling. Lu Mingfei, Angers, and Constantine sat on a sofa that had been prepared beforehand. The walls were soundproofed, and the room was eerily quiet; if one were alone in it, one would likely be enveloped by the sound of one's own breathing and heartbeat.

However, at this moment, a faint rustling sound drifted from afar until it became clearly visible, as if a heavy rain was gradually turning from a light drizzle to a downpour.

On the table in front of Angers was a metronome, its pointer swinging rhythmically, making a constant "click-click" sound.

Guided by him, Constantine stared intently at the monotonous pendulum, his gaze gradually losing focus, and his body sank into the soft sofa, the specially designed support structure preventing him from slipping or lying down completely.

This is the method Angers promised Lu Mingfei to use to get Constantine to tell the truth—hypnosis. Sometimes people's brains deceive themselves, causing them to forget or distort parts of their memories; hypnosis can make them reveal the truth.

"Who are you?" Angers asked.

“Constantine…”

Angers immediately nodded to Lu Mingfei, indicating that the hypnosis had been successful.

"Who is your brother?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“Norton…”

Where is he?

"Slumber...Awakening, my brother is gone, nowhere...I can't find him."

Lu Mingfei was not surprised by this answer; he had sensed that Constantine was not lying when he asked him earlier.

"Are you one of the masters of bronze and fire?" Angers asked.

Constantine's expression changed, first with doubt, then with confusion. "Father... is here... and we are all... terrified."

When he said the second half of his sentence, Constantine seemed to have really seen something terrible. His eyes showed the panic and fear of a young animal, and his body trembled slightly.

Who is your father?

Lu Mingfei noticed a change in Angers' aura. He sat upright on the sofa opposite Constantine, and although he was only wearing a suit, he looked as imposing as a warrior in armor.

“I…I don’t know.” Constantine’s expression returned to confusion. “I don’t know.”

He repeated it, seemingly genuinely stumped by the question.

"Do you know what 'Great Rune' is?" Lu Mingfei glanced at Angers, whose face was solemn, and then asked Constantine the next question.

"do not know."

"Are you a dragon or a human?" Angers asked this question. He regained his composure, his tone flat, but his folding knife was already in his hand.

"I am...I am...what?" Constantine actually asked this question while under hypnosis, indicating that he also harbored deep doubts about this issue deep down.

Angers' folding knife danced between his fingers as he pondered, the knife moving so fast it left afterimages, the fierce glint in his eyes growing ever stronger. Finally, he looked at Lu Mingfei, who had been calmly watching him, and sheathed the knife in his sleeve.

“He is not Constantine. Constantine is dead.” He met Lu Mingfei’s questioning gaze and sighed softly. “The Heart of the Dragon King is the supreme heart of heaven and earth.”

“I thought we had already reached an agreement.” Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow.

“At that time I simply said that he had lost his strength,” Angers said without changing his expression. “But for them, the heart is more important than strength.”

"Your knowledge of dragons is more detailed than the files in the library."

Angers did not deny it, saying calmly, "I am just a hunter. Understanding the prey is a necessary course for hunters."

"Mr. Hunter, I regret to inform you that we still haven't obtained any valuable information this time." Lu Mingfei pressed down on the metronome used for hypnosis, and the swinging pointer stopped, settling to one side. The "click-click" sound, which seemed to mark the quiet world with equidistant markers, came to an abrupt end.

“No, I’ve confirmed at least one thing.” Angers smiled. “We may already possess the ability to truly kill the Dragon King.”

Lu Mingfei knew what he meant, and Angers didn't say anything more, leaving the room with the recording.

Great Rune.

Lu Mingfei revealed the unfamiliar words to Angers twice, but Angers seemed uninterested or felt it unnecessary to investigate.

Actually, Lu Mingfei didn't have much to say when he asked the question.

The concept of the Great Rune comes from another world; it is an object that carries the laws. Right now, Lu Mingfei can't even sense the power from the Outer Gods, let alone communicate with the Golden Law.

The Outer Gods, carrying power or laws in meteors, invaded the Borderlands, just as the original Supreme Will did. In other words, Outer Gods such as Crimson Corruption, Starlight, the Black Moon of the Eternal City legend, the Ritual of Death and Spirit Fire, and the Invisible Mother of Truth are all gods in the starry sky. On the land of the Borderlands, only their followers and believers wield their power.

If Earth and the border region are under the same starry sky, yet even the power of these gods who yearn for expansion does not exist, it can only mean that the two worlds are unimaginably far apart, and are not even within each other's observable range.

Lu Mingfei lowered his head and pressed his hand to his chest, trying to communicate with the Golden Law in the darkness. The only response he received was the abyss-like darkness, which was exactly the feeling brought by the boundless void.

Legend has it that Yazler, one of the Origin Magicians, glimpsed the origin of the "Radiant Stone"—located in the distant starry sky. He saw darkness, and the abyss of darkness captivated him and filled him with fear.

I wonder if that darkness is similar to what Lu Mingfei is feeling now.

Lu Mingfei had recently developed a sense of unease: if the authority of the Golden Law remained with him after his return to Earth, would the borderlands erupt into war again due to the separation of the king and the law? It seemed that the only remaining active deity in that world was "Dark Moon Witch" Lani...

"Lu Mingfei?"

After Constantine regained consciousness, he couldn't help but call out to Lu Mingfei, who was deep in thought.

Lu Mingfei then snapped out of his reverie, realizing he had been daydreaming. As a warrior, he habitually restrained his thoughts to focus on the journey or battle at hand. But ever since he acquired the Dragon King version of the "Great Rune" from Constantine, he had found himself unintentionally reminiscing and having more random thoughts.

"I'm fine, we can leave now. Do you feel any discomfort?" He regained his usual composure.

......

“From that day on, Wang refused to listen or speak.”

King's Chapel.

The slumbering warrior awoke, his eyes revealing wisdom and tranquility.

With a wave of her hand, a deep blue mist enveloped her entire body, and her tattered armor vanished, replaced by a pale blue, moonlit dress. A large magician's hat almost completely obscured her face and shoulders.

She walked slowly to the lifeless witch by the door, knelt down, and stroked the remaining words of advice.

"Even though the guidance has long been broken, please become the King of Elden."

The soldier remained silent for a long time before sighing softly, "This is the starting point of his journey."

Chapter 51

On an ordinary day at Kassel College, an explosion occurred on campus. Late at night, bright flames shot into the sky, briefly illuminating the surface buildings of the equipment department.