He is currently in the Dragon Clan and has married Erii.

The two men talked on the deck for a long time, and before they knew it, it was seven o'clock in the evening.

“It’s time…” Schneider calmed his breathing, which had become somewhat rapid from smoking.

"Let's go, Fingel! We need to get down to business! Today, I will avenge my beloved students against the Dragon King!"

“I think about the same thing as you!” Fingel grinned, revealing a cruel and tyrannical smile.

Fingel pushed Schneider's wheelchair slowly forward, and when they reached the passageway connecting the deck and cabins of the Moniach, Fingel suddenly spoke.

Fingel spoke softly, in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Professor Schneider, if one day... I and Kassel College become adversaries, what will you choose?"

Schneider didn't turn around; he simply explained a simple truth in a peculiar voice.

"Kassel College's stance is not necessarily my stance! Fingel, as long as you remain a qualified dragon slayer, I will never stand against you!"

“Is that so…” Fingel smiled silently, a hint of disappointment showing deep in his eyes, but he concealed it well.

……

As Fingel pushed Schneider to the captain's cabin door of the Moniach, they ran into Lu Mingfei.

Judging from the panicked expression on his face, he must be late!

Apart from the three latecomers, all the members of the dragon-slaying team were already seated in the captain's cabin, quietly awaiting the final showdown with the Dragon King.

"Am I late?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head awkwardly.

“You’re late, but not too late! Hurry up and sit down!” Mans gestured for Lu Mingfei to sit in his seat.

After Lu Mingfei took his seat, the entire dragon-slaying team was present! This marked the official start of the dragon-slaying operation against the King of the Ocean and Water!

On the table in front of everyone was a virtual screen, with a clear red dot flashing on the pale blue screen.

Mans pointed to the red dot on the virtual screen and said in a deep voice, "After investigation by the unmanned probe, this red dot should be the sleeping King of the Ocean and Water! He is currently sleeping in a cave about three thousand meters underwater."

"How do you know that the King of the Ocean and Waters is asleep?" Schneider asked.

“The specific reasons are very complicated and cannot be explained in a short time! There is scientific evidence for this! What you need to do now is to trust me.” Mans said with a serious expression.

“Professor Mans’s execution ability is still very convincing!” Schneider said. “Looking at it this way… the explosion in the underground research institute should have caused fatal damage to Him. If the explosion had been any stronger, it might have sent Him directly to the cocoon!”

“Seriously injured and dying...that’s my favorite!” Schneider narrowed his eyes into dangerous slits. “While He’s still seriously injured and asleep, let’s hurry up and set off! There’s an old Chinese saying...I think it’s something like ‘beat a drowning dog’!”

After receiving Schneider's orders, the group left the captain's cabin and went to the deck of the Moniach.

"The submarine is ready; it's a specially modified version by the Equipment Department! It's equipped with that alchemical version of the Storm torpedo!"

At this point, Mans's lips twitched slightly: "Those bastards managed to cram such a huge torpedo into the submarine, God knows how they did it!"

“You’re all veterans of the academy now, and you should know the taboos regarding the use of equipment produced by the Equipment Department! I won’t repeat them here! But I still have to say, be careful!” Mans gently patted Caesar on the shoulder.

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212. Confess

"Don't worry, Professor Mans, we'll be careful," Caesar replied.

The four men skillfully climbed into the submarine, and with a soft creak, the submarine's roof slowly closed.

The submarine, specially modified by the Equipment Department, is slowly descending below the surface at a constant speed.

……

"This mission is so similar to the one in Takamagahara!" Lu Mingfei sighed softly, recalling his trip to Japan.

"It does look quite similar!" Caesar, who was in charge of piloting the submarine, looked out at the dark depths of the sea and chuckled softly, "except this time there's an extra good-for-nothing and no expressionless guy!"

Normally, if Fingel heard Caesar mention him, he would definitely chime in and chat with everyone.

But today, this usually talkative chatterbox was unusually silent. Fingel just stared at the dark sea outside the porthole with a strange expression.

Tang Yu keenly detected a deep sadness in Fingel's eyes.

"Useless senior brother, why do you look so mature today! Could it be... that's the latest flirting technique? There aren't any girls here for you to flirt with!" Lu Mingfei leaned close to Fingel, teasing him with a sly grin.

Fingel remained silent. Unlike the others, who exuded a lighthearted yet tense air, Fingel was filled only with overwhelming sorrow.

When Fingel remained silent, even Lu Mingfei, who was usually the most oblivious person, could sense the intense emotion emanating from him.

"What's wrong with you, useless senior brother?" Lu Mingfei asked softly.

Instead of answering his question, Fingel said something completely different: "I bet... you're all wondering why a loser like me would be chosen for such a dangerous mission as slaying the Dragon King, right?"

The other three people in the submarine didn't speak, but the expressions on their faces spoke volumes.

“It’s not surprising to have such thoughts! After all, in such a dangerous mission, having a useless teammate who drags you down can drastically increase the difficulty of the mission!” Fingel revealed a self-deprecating smile.

"But what I'm about to tell you is... I'm not a loser! I'm not doing this to show off, but simply to earn your trust!"

Fingel gritted his teeth, golden light flashing in his pupils, and the power belonging to the dragon race was gradually being released deep within his body.

A faint pressure emanated from Fingel, whose palms were outstretched in front of him, where two sparks flickered.

Unlike the golden or dark red of ordinary flames, the flame in Fingel's hand was pitch black! That blackness... seemed so profound that it could even draw in one's soul!

The temperature of this flame was also incredibly high. The moment the flame appeared in Fingel's palm, the three of them could clearly feel the temperature inside the submarine instantly become scorching. Stimulated by the high temperature, the submarine's cooling system was quickly activated.

The submarine's exhaust fans and coolant are top-of-the-line, but at this temperature, they are barely adequate.

The temperature emitted by Fingel's black flames was a whole level higher than Chu Zihang's "Junyan" and was no less than Uesugi Yue's "Black Sun"!

Lu Mingfei stared dumbfounded at his suddenly awesome senior brother, so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth.

"Calm down, my good-for-nothing junior brother!" Fingel tried hard to show his usual cheeky and easy smile, but at this moment, he just couldn't.

"Fingal, you've hidden your strength in the academy for so long, even willingly being demoted from A-rank to F-rank. What was the purpose of all that you did?"

Caesar skillfully steered the submarine into the depths of the icy sea. Taking a moment, he narrowed his eyes and scrutinized the changed Fingel with a gaze as sharp as a knife.

After retracting the black flames from his palm, Fingel slowly sat back down in his seat.

He looked at his teammates, whose expressions varied, and murmured softly, "In your lives, is there anything worth risking your life for?"

Caesar remained silent and did not respond to this question.

But he knew very well that there were two things he was willing to risk everything to accomplish! One was to avenge his mother, and the other... was to protect that silly red-haired priestess.

Tang Yu also knew that he had such a thing! That was Tang Yu's Achilles' heel, the little monster Erii.

Even at the cost of his own life, Tang Yu would not allow the little monster to suffer the slightest harm!

Of the three, only Lu Mingfei was lost in thought, unable to think of anything that he would risk his life to protect...

Chen Wenwen? No, although Lu Mingfei has feelings for her, it's far from the level where he would risk his life to protect her.

Nono? She already has Caesar protecting her, why should Lu Mingfei worry about her?

For some reason, the image of the little devil suddenly flashed through Lu Mingfei's mind, and a piercing pain spread from his heart to his whole body.

Blurry images flashed before Lu Mingfei's eyes. He saw a white church, and inside the church... a little devil nailed to a cross by a long spear.

"Brother, you're here..." The little devil raised his blood-stained face and tried to smile at Lu Mingfei.

The illusory scene before his eyes quickly disappeared, and Lu Mingfei's pupils were slightly dazed. That scene just now... must have been an illusion, but the unforgettable sadness was something Lu Mingfei could never forget.

……

"Did you hide your strength in the academy just to accomplish something worth risking your life for?" Caesar asked.

“That’s right!” Fingel took a deep breath. “Now I’m just one step away from accomplishing that myself, so let me tell you about my story!”

"Have you heard about another mission that took place in these waters seven years ago?"

"Never heard of it." X2, Tang Yu and Lu Mingfei shook their heads at the same time.

"Are you talking about the mission that Professor Schneider led?" Caesar seemed to have realized something.

“Yes, that’s it!” Fingel sighed. “In that mission, I lost my lover, I lost my friends, I lost everything I cherished in this world!”

"In the end, only Professor Schneider and I, who were seriously injured, returned to the academy alive! From that moment on, my world consisted only of revenge... revenge against that noble King of the Ocean and Water!" Fingel's voice was filled with an undisguised chilling killing intent.

"Could it be... that the tragedy of that year was related to the King of the Sea and Water?" Caesar grasped the key point and asked the most crucial question.

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213 Dragon Blood Seafood

"That's right, it was the King of the Ocean and Water who did it... Gentlemen, I have a request. When the Storm Torpedoes are launched later, could I be in charge of pressing the launch button? That way... it would be a way for me to give my friends an explanation."

“Then you shall take charge!” Caesar said.

After being modified by the Equipment Department, the Storm torpedo's launching system is now basically user-friendly. Simply set the target location on the computer and press the launch button to launch the powerful Storm torpedo.

Even Lu Mingfei was very proficient at this simple operation, let alone the hacking expert Fingel!

Although Caesar was originally planned to be in charge of launching the torpedoes, it doesn't seem like a big deal to change it to Fingel.

……

The submarine continued to descend, and soon it carried the four-person team to a depth of three thousand meters below the sea surface.

The cave where the King of the Ocean and Water resides is right before us. The cave entrance is very spacious, but according to the sonar detector, the environment inside the cave is somewhat cramped for such a behemoth as the submarine.

However, none of this mattered in front of Caesar, the "old captain"!

"Everyone get ready, I'm going in! Since the King of the Ocean and Water dwells here, there's likely to be a lot of dragon-blooded creatures here. Tang Yu, you're in charge of the small minions!"

"Alright, watch my amazing move!" Tang Yu sat down next to the submarine's porthole and then released the Word Spirit Water Sprite.

In an instant, Tang Yu seemed to transform into the master of water elements, and the water elements around the submarine changed shape at will under Tang Yu's control.

The submarine slowly entered the cave.

It has to be said, Caesar's driving skills were truly amazing!

The massive submarine nimbly navigated the cavern, and each time it was about to hit the rock wall, Caesar managed to narrowly avoid it with his superb skills.

Unbeknownst to them, the submarine had already penetrated quite a distance into the cave.

"Look over there!" Lu Mingfei suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and there, a fierce-looking sea turtle was slowly swimming.

Judging from the basalt-like shell of the sea turtle and its claws that gleamed with a cold light, it must be a creature infected by the dragon's blood of the king of the ocean and water.