Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from the Elden Ring

"Where did Caesar and Chu Zihang go?" Lu Mingfei was unaware that just a little blood on his skin had changed Zhao Menghua's feelings towards him from dislike to fear. He couldn't sense the presence of Caesar and Chu Zihang, so he frowned and asked.

Gao Mi recounted the general events that had transpired.

"I see." Lu Mingfei nodded.

He took a branch from the belt of his trench coat, knelt down, and inserted the branch into the concrete floor with his bare hands. An incredible thing happened: the cracks in the concrete floor formed a regular pattern, and then the remaining "rainwater" from the surrounding puddles converged into it, forming an alchemical matrix.

A visible aura appeared around the platform; it turned out to be an alchemical domain.

Zhao Menghua and Chen Wenwen thought it was just another kind of superpower magic trick, but Gao Mi and Wan Boqian, who had taken alchemy courses, were completely dumbfounded.

What's going on...? It seems like an S-rank has conjured up a self-circulating alchemical domain right in front of them?

Gao Mi and Wan Boqian only saw a rough outline. If the vice principal were here, he would have seen that Lu Mingfei had actually constructed a four-element cycle system, which is a semi-finished, unformed Nibelungen.

"Stay here and don't move," Lu Mingfei said calmly, then jumped off the tracks and chased after Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Deadpool in the direction they had disappeared.

"Is that an alchemical matrix?" Gao Mi looked at the tree branches and cracks forming a groove in the center of the platform, where dark rainwater flowed slowly, occasionally releasing tiny bubbles.

“I don’t know. There’s a large alchemical matrix under Kassel College, which is maintained by Instructor Flamel…” Wan Boqian glanced at Zhao and Chen and lowered her voice, “It is said that this generation’s Instructor Flamel was sent by the principal. He may have taught Lu Mingfei something… or even Lu Mingfei may be the next generation’s Instructor Flamel.”

Chapter 131 Three-Person Stage (4k)

Smoke from the burning rod filled the tunnel ceiling, and the flames scattered in the smoke, making it appear as if Chu Zihang was holding a constantly flashing red fireball, even though in Caesar's eyes, Chu Zihang was already associated with fireballs.

In the depths of a dragon's lair, having a teammate who can conjure fireballs isn't a bad thing.

If something modified by the equipment department can't explode, it must have some exaggerated performance in some way, such as being able to transform into a two-dimensional anime character, or having some minor functions that don't fit its original purpose.

This incendiary rod, which can burn for more than ten minutes and has an astonishing light intensity, looks like it was developed by Executive Director Schneider while holding a gun to the heads of those lunatics.

But even such a powerful burning rod can go out eventually.

At the same time, Chu Zihang and Caesar noticed the movement of the smoke. An open area appeared in front of the tunnel, and the smoke was rapidly flowing towards the tunnel entrance.

The two quickened their pace and soon arrived at the end of the tunnel.

They looked up and saw only golden starlight drifting in the boundless darkness; they could not see the top or the wall.

Stepping into this vast space is like an ant crawling into St. Peter's Basilica in the dead of night. The golden starlight looks like fireflies, and by their faint light, you can see dozens of parallel railway tracks underground.

Here, the railway becomes a spiderweb-like structure. Originally designed to store military subways, loaded with heavy tanks, it is now just a collection of rusty tracks.

They reached the end of the subway line, which was also the end of the maze.

Chu Zihang threw down the gradually dying burning stick and, together with Caesar, groped their way forward over the sleepers until they finally reached a man-made rock wall covered with the marks of machinery. Adjoining the rock wall was a spindle-shaped concrete platform, extending into the railway tracks like a pier into the sea, probably for train stops and maintenance.

The stone wall over the platform looks like the end of this journey. Such a thick stone wall is probably inside a mountain, and carving a passage out of this rock wall would be an astonishing feat of engineering.

Flames ignited on Chu Zihang's Murasame sword, which had been enshrined in the shrine for ten years, and now became a bright torch.

Chu Zihang learned his swordsmanship from the Children's Palace. As a swordsman who graduated from the Children's Palace, he did not have the Japanese samurai's awareness of respecting and protecting weapons. All his skills existed only to defeat the enemy.

He would sit alone for long periods of time, repeatedly wiping and oiling the knife, but that didn't mean he had a special affection for the knife itself—initially it was because the knife was an antique left by his father, and later it was because he developed the habit of maintaining the knife, which became part of his practice and meditation.

If necessary, he would not hesitate to use the knife even if drawing it meant shattering it, let alone using it as a torch.

"Something's not right about this cave." Caesar carefully examined the huge crack in the rock wall by the light of the fire created by Chu Zihang.

It was a fissure extending from the top of the rock wall, with dense cracks appearing around the huge fissure... as if a colossal creature had forced this crack open in the rock wall.

Chu Zihang, holding the village rain, entered the crevice first.

Having come this far, they couldn't stop. Even if the Dragon King was inside, they had to take a look first.

They moved forward along the crevice. The cave, which was spacious at first, quickly shrank until it was so narrow that two people could not walk side by side and only one person could pass at a time.

"It's the end." Chu Zihang stretched out the Murasame tree in front of him, confirming that it really was a dead end.

The two had no choice but to return the way they came.

"Why would the Dragon King drill a hole in his own house for no reason?" Caesar frowned.

Chu Zihang also realized that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out yet.

They jumped out of that looping subway track; if this didn't lead to the exit, it should have led to the Dragon King's hiding place. But they found nothing; the suspicious crack in the rock wall was still empty.

When they returned to the open space, they gripped the knife handle tightly.

The faint golden light, like fireflies, vanished, replaced by darkness that resembled a viscous swamp.

"Hey, little white rabbit and little golden retriever, look here!" Someone clapped in the darkness.

On those neatly arranged tracks, a soft light shone, and a human girl stood in the center of the light. She wore a golden crown, her red dress trailing on the ground, and her face held a languid expression, yet she exuded an aura of majesty simply by standing there.

"Are you the King of the Earth and the Mountains? May I ask your title?" Caesar held a sword in one hand, while the other hung naturally at his side.

He wore an elegant smile, as if he were inviting a stranger to dance at a ball.

“Xia Mi”.

The girl didn't speak, so Chu Zihang whispered. He had frowned ever since he saw the girl; he easily recognized the lively girl from the preparatory class.

To his dismay, he remembered a female classmate from middle school. He had known her for a long time; she was the captain of the cheerleading team and the head of the dance troupe at Shilan Middle School... The two were practically childhood sweethearts, and as two people without friends, they might have been each other's closest confidantes.

It turned out that he had been observed throughout his life, the dragons that watched him hiding very close by, never approaching nor leaving. Every night he would recall many things, but none of them were related to her.

"Your real name?" Chu Zihang asked softly.

"Jormungandr."

Caesar's head was filled with black lines. After witnessing Chu Zihang's explosive blood and words of power, he felt that his only advantage over Chu Zihang was his charm and speaking ability.

Now, in front of the Dragon King, his prized charm seemed to have failed him, and he finally experienced what it felt like to be a "third wheel" in his lifetime. It turns out that being ignored in conversations and emitting a discordant light between lovers is not a pleasant experience at all.

"The giants in Norse mythology, the second son of Loki, the god of mischief, and the giantess Angleboda, the brother of Fenrir and Hela, and also the strongest among the giants, hence the name 'World Serpent'," Chu Zihang said in a low voice.

"I am not the strongest; my sister Hela is," Jormungandr said calmly.

"Are you and Hela twins?" Caesar asked.

He had read the documents that the Board of Trustees accused Lu Mingfei of, which briefly mentioned the intelligence Lu Mingfei had given at the Board meeting. Among them, Caesar vividly remembered that the King of Bronze and the King of Fire were brothers.

Therefore, it is reasonable that the King of Earth and the King of Mountains are sisters.

“Hela hasn’t been born yet,” Jormungandr squinted. “But it will be soon. Today is the day she is born, right here.”

Chu Zihang and Caesar exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. They had studied dragon genealogy and knew that human mythology alluded to dragon history, but allusion was not factual.

Jormungandr's statement that Hela was born here does not mean that Loki, the god of mischief, and the giantess Anglebodda would be here making a baby.

In the dragon race's concept, reproduction should be related to blood and flesh, which means that some kind of bloody ritual may take place here, and the result of this ritual is the birth of Hela, who is stronger than Jormungandr.

“You guessed right, there are twins on the thrones of the four monarchs,” Jormungandr said coldly. “The King of the Earth and the Mountain is now whole, and neither those who know the truth nor those who don’t can get here in time.”

“I guess Lu Mingfei is among the people you’re talking about,” Chu Zihang said.

"To be able to make the Dragon King wary is truly enviable," Caesar smiled.

Now they've realized that the previous series of events was clearly a diversionary tactic. What kind of creature could the Dragon King consider a ferocious tiger?

In Jormungandr's family, she must be at least on the same level as Hela, who is stronger than Jormungandr, right?

As expected of a super hybrid, even people like Caesar and Chu Zihang who pride themselves on their bloodline can only look up to them.

"Do you still think of him as your junior?" Jormungandr chuckled, as if he had heard something amusing. "Humans, you have no idea what you're walking with..."

Caesar and Chu Zihang were shocked again. They just wanted to gather more information before the war started. It was rare to find a dragon supreme being willing to communicate in Chinese. If they could get out, this scene would appear in the latest textbook on dragon genealogy!

But they did hear some terrifying news... Principal Angers's dragon-slaying prodigy seems to actually be able to slay the Dragon King, and most importantly, he may not be human.

“You will all receive the blood of God today, and I have no reason to lie to you.” Jormungandr found their expressions interesting, a mixture of shock, fear, contemplation, and a hint of displeasure at being betrayed.

"Bestowed with divine blood?" Chu Zihang's expression hardened. "To become like those Dead Servants?"

“Don’t look at me like that. The last person to say that to you was Odin.” Jormungandr shrugged. “On that viaduct in the storm, remember… You probably relive important memories every day to solidify someone’s traces.”

"What exactly is Odin?" Chu Zihang asked.

“Don’t ask me that. There are very few people in this world who have ever seen Odin in person, and you are one of them. I don’t know why you were chosen by him. I’m observing you because I want to learn about Odin.” Jormungandr chuckled. “I’m willing to go to any lengths for this, and I even used some charm, or rather, seduction, on you, but you were as unmoved as a stone. It’s really frustrating.”

This time, only Caesar was shocked. After the "super hybrid" captain became non-human, his "super A-level" nemesis actually became the Dragon King's little lover.

The young nobleman, who is always the absolute protagonist and focus of attention in any occasion, now feels that he is just a supporting character on this stage, most likely still a role like human A, B, C, or D.

Chu Zihang's thoughts were more profound. When he emerged from that stormy night, he was a hunter searching for traces of "Odin".

Mysterious and rare, it means that Odin rarely appears, or even has never appeared. There is only a concept of him, but the Dragon King firmly believes in his existence—even if it takes a human to understand him.

Based on Jormungandr's previous narratives, Odin is likely a figure like Hela who requires some kind of birth ritual to appear.

"I understand." Chu Zihang nodded.

A silence fell between the three of them; there was nothing more to talk about. Their identities were now clear: Jormungandr, the King of Earth and Mountains, and the rising star of the new generation of hybrids from Kassel College.

They've even started talking about some vague and ambiguous bonds. Does that mean the three of them will still be able to sit together and play cards?

If this were a stage play, the main event would begin after the characters were introduced. A family drama would be about the outbreak of conflicts among relatives, a workplace drama would be about the failure of an important project, a romance drama would be about the meeting of the male and female leads, and an action scene... This is the action scene now, and the fight is about to begin.

Caesar retrieved Dictator and drew his Desert Eagle, while Chu Zihang returned the other Desert Eagle to him. The original plan was for Lu Mingfei, the super hybrid, to hold off the Dragon King, while the other two would act as mobile artillery platforms for the Philosopher's Stone. Now that Lu Mingfei was not there, his position fell to Chu Zihang, whose Word Magic was more outstanding.

Jormungandr naturally noticed their subtle movements. She stood still and hummed a song that seemed to come from ancient times. The air in the entire space resonated with her voice, creating a powerful wave of energy.

Such power is like the exclusive background music that plays when fighting a boss.

A Word of Power was activated, and the domain rapidly expanded. Intense ionization and magnetization effects appeared within the domain; the rails melted, and molten metal droplets floated, swirling around Jormungandr.

The bright droplets kept colliding and burning, impurities turned to ash and fell, and the remaining droplets became brighter and brighter.

The Dragon King tempered his weapon with the power of words. Finally, these droplets collided and condensed, transforming in Jormungandr's hands into a bizarrely shaped, enormous weapon, like a scythe that harvests life.

Chu Zihang's "Monarch Flame" reignited, and its domain continued to expand.

Blood Explosion was activated a second time, but his domain was still suppressed by Jormungandr. He gripped his sword with both hands and charged at Jormungandr.

At the same time, Kamaitachi activated behind Junyan.

The modified Desert Eagle spewed flames simultaneously, and the mercury core blunt gold armor-piercing rounds made by the equipment department pierced through Chu Zihang's head and armpits, forming a deadly barrage that tore through the air in front of him, clearing a path for him. The warheads almost sealed off all of Jormungandr's vital points.

The giant scythe whistled as it pierced through the domain of the Flame Lord. The dark red domain shattered, and flames engulfed Jormungandr's figure. A series of metallic clanging sounds rang out amidst the towering flames.

A storm more powerful than the raging flames tore through the curtain of fire, revealing an elegant girl through the cracks. She wielded a giant scythe, leaving afterimages in the air, slowly forcing Chu Zihang to retreat step by step. Her red dress, which covered the ground, swayed behind her like a snake's tail embroidered with blood.

Chu Zihang barely lasted a few seconds before Jormungandr unleashed ten slashes in an instant, of which he could only parry two.

The massive laceration exceeded the healing power of the burst blood. As Caesar was flung away by the air current, he saw Chu Zihang being kicked away by Jormungandr.