Origin Player.

Chapter 864 Principal
"Ten mythical weapons."

A cold voice rang out.

If given the opportunity, Jiang He wouldn't mind upgrading the Dragon Spear to the Undying level.

Florence froze on the spot upon hearing this, opening her mouth repeatedly but unable to utter a word.

He wasn't sure if Rhine Alexei was asking for an exorbitant price, but even so, it was outrageous. Mythical-grade materials were extremely rare, and crafting them into weapons required enormous resources. Normal mythical giants, like the Heavenly Fire King, would often desperately seek one but never obtain it. Unless faced with a full-scale war, the Northern Frontier Lords' Council would never have mortgaged the "Heavenly Fire Armor."

Florence said with a headache, "Your Excellency, your demands are unlikely to be met, but our resolve to deal with the Sand Dune Star God is indeed very firm."

After a brief pause, as if he had received a reply.

Florence said, "Two things: a weapon and a piece of armor. The Empire can appoint you as the Governor of Dune, giving you full authority over related operations. All we need is for the God of Dune to die."

The Imperial Knights, directly under the royal family, are elite beings from the mythical era, namely Kimanis.

There are four mythical-level knight commanders. To become a knight, the minimum requirement is to be a heroic being.

The Imperial Knights have little to do with the Emperor. Although they are known for their elite troops, they are actually Kimanis's private army. Their actions against Sand Dune are not primarily driven by economic interests, but rather by political considerations, and are essentially a power struggle between two members of the royal family.

Jiang He didn't answer, but instead took out a devil's contract.

Instead of signing a contract with the Imperial Knights, they are targeting the negotiators in front of them, demanding full sharing of intelligence within the known scope, or else they will lose their authority and key forces such as heroic armies.

Florence's expression changed slightly, and he said, "I can't sign this contract. The Knights will not enter into contracts with any outsiders."

This is a lie.

Jiang He put his arm around Jiang Yu'er's slender waist and turned to leave.

The girl's expression was complicated, as if an electric current was sweeping through her body. She didn't want to get too close to this source of darkness, but her body inexplicably became compliant, as if it were only natural for it to belong to the other party.

"Wait a moment."

Florence forced a smile and said, "Your Excellency Rhine, I cannot sign the contract, but I can give you a piece of advice. Dune Spice is the only source of the Empire's main energy source for the mechs, and it is also the absolute core of a certain princess's interest alliance. Not to mention the various elite mech legions, there are many important figures in the Mech Association and the military involved in the distribution of the spice. Those who destroy Dune Star will be purged."

"I agreed."

"What."

"Agree to participate in the action."

Florence didn't understand, but was greatly shocked.

He bowed slightly and said, "Tomorrow morning, a warship will take you to the Dune Star Cluster. Your knighthood and equipment will be provided at that time, and you will be fully responsible for the destruction of Dune Star."

Jiang He waved his hand, and the Origin notification sound came to his ears.

[Hint: Main quest ⑤ has been released]
[Quest Name: Star God Hunter]
[Mission Requirement: Defeat the Sand Dune Star God]
[Quest Reward: Mythical Skill Enhancement Scroll *1]
[Task Penalty: None]
[Task Time Limit: 180 calendar days]
[Note: Hunting a Star God is not entirely impossible for the hunter. The key lies in refining the symbolism and compatibility of one's natal astrological sign. At the same time, the real danger does not lie in the Star God itself; the Spice Alliance may be a more formidable enemy.]
A mythical-level skill enhancement scroll.

Jiang He has already decided on the target to upgrade the Time Ring to the Mythical level, which will bring about a qualitative change in his strength.

Soft music began to play on the dance floor.

Elegant figures danced gracefully.

"Excuse me for bothering you."

The blonde girl walked over and said with a smile, "Sister, could I borrow him for a quarter of an hour?"

Jiang Yu'er knew that this was the stand-in for the Peacock Princess, named Golden Years, but she didn't know how to face her. In truth, she was just a stand-in herself.

"What is it?" Jiang He asked.

Golden Years said with deep emotion and sorrow, "The royal family is about to execute me. My sister has become the heir and no longer needs a substitute. Although I cannot escape death, I want to be shown mercy before the banquet ends."

Jiang He pondered for a moment and replied, "Okay."

Jiang Yu'er pursed her red lips, her eyes showing some dissatisfaction.

This guy is such a casual type. Does he think he'd agree to date any woman who comes to him?
“Any man can be my wife,” Jiang Yu’er muttered.

The three of them arrived at a flower-covered screen in a corner of the banquet hall.

This place is reserved for large business owners or other giants to discuss matters among themselves. There are hundreds of independent and secluded spaces, but there are also quite a few people who come here to secretly make their own plans. At this moment, the ball is more like a warm-up.

Seeing Rhine Alexei lead the two Skyfire Princesses inside, some guests widened their eyes. Skyfire King, who was in the main seat, also had a change in expression. The substitutes were not worth caring about, but the royal family's reputation was a big problem.

"That's unreasonable!"

Inside the flower-lined curtain wall.

As soon as Jiang Yuer turned around, the two had already started.

The release before death unleashed a wild side to her golden years. She had no intention of escaping, because the execution order for mission failure was about to be issued on the battlefield. The guild had worked hard to obtain the mission extension card, which only extended the time slightly.

Jiang Yu'er blushed, feeling a slight bitterness in her heart. Putting everything else aside, Rhine Alexei was now her husband, while she could only stand by and watch helplessly.

"Why can't you be a little more reserved and have some self-respect?"

Just as the blonde girl said, the battle lasted only fifteen minutes, and the price of the fierce attack was that Golden Age suffered a complete defeat at the end.

Jiang He stood up and saw Jiang Yu'er's eyes.

The future reincarnations of the gods, similar to magical artifacts, have already learned to recognize their own masters.

"Let me give you a sense of participation too."

Before Jiang Yu'er could react, her pretty face flushed crimson. She stood there, stunned, unable to believe that the thing had actually slapped her, and even had the scent of Golden Years.

"Master, this is too much!"

Jiang Yu'er's eyes immediately turned red.

Jiang He was secretly surprised. Shindai Mirai used to be very enthusiastic about this kind of trampling behavior, but she didn't expect that she would deviate a little after reincarnation. However, an apology was impossible.

"There is still a lot you need to learn."

Jiang Yuer was deeply moved.

Amidst the seductive voice, she suddenly realized that this was the only chance of defeating the source of darkness. It was a path to victory that the God of Mulberry had never discovered. The only problem was that the source of darkness's combat power was obvious to all, and she had to find like-minded companions.

……

The morning after the banquet ended.

Jiang He led Jiang Yuer to the starport, where the battleship Knight had been waiting for a long time. In addition, an old figure appeared, who was the pillar of the Alexei family, the Duke.

"I'm dying."

The old duke smiled and said, "I am very pleased that you have grown to the point where you can shoulder the responsibility of the family. In fact, I was the one who introduced this Dune Cluster mission. For better or for worse, you need an external force."

With Rhein Alexei as his assistant.

The Heavenly Fire King can kill most mythical beings of the same level.

It can be described as a strategic weapon.

However, cooperation requires equal strength between the two parties; otherwise, it could easily turn into imprisonment and exploitation. In order to ensure that the King of Heavenly Fire does not harbor any malicious intentions, the introduction of the Imperial Knights is essential.

"Ended lifespan?" Jiang He raised an eyebrow and asked.

The old duke tapped his forehead and said nonchalantly, "I have no regrets. The war in the wasteland is over, and my soul is almost decaying. From now on, you will lead the Alexei family onward."

Jiang He did not reveal the function of the time ring in indirectly extending lifespan. After all, in the galactic world where gods abound, this is quite dangerous. Even a seventh-order ruler or even a tenth-order supreme giant will theoretically face an end one day.

He simply took out a Saint-level Immortal Fruit of Immortality.

"I've forgotten when I received it."

Jiang He said calmly, "But it should be of some use to you."

A family sub-myth naturally deserves to have its life maintained.

The Celestial Mars Group seized the assets of the Niat family, but failed to purge the last remaining family members. The most crucial factor was the disappearance of the demigod Niat.

The old duke was first taken aback, then smiled.

"Then I would be disrespectful."

A Saint-level life-extending treasure has reduced effectiveness against sub-mythological beings, but it can still extend one's lifespan by a hundred years.

Jiang He and Jiang Yu'er boarded the Knight warship.

Florence, in charge of the piloting team, announced, "This interstellar voyage will last a total of 72 hours. Our destination is Dune Star. Acting Captain Florence..."

On each voyage, the captain had to keep a logbook.

The waitress led the two to their private room.

Seeing that there was only one room, Jiang Yu'er felt a little shy.

Jiang He was inspecting the knight's equipment.

A lightweight legendary mech, twice the height of two people, lay before them.

The most important qualification for a mecha resonance user is resonance level.

A resonance level of 10% is sufficient to carry a bronze-level mech.

A resonance level of 30% is sufficient to carry a Silver-class mech.

With a resonance level of 90%, it can carry legendary-class mechs.

As for 100% Resonators, they are qualified to pilot the strongest mythical mechs, but apart from special Emperor models, the difference in strength between the mech and the pilot cannot be too great.

Resonance, in essence, is resonating with the Galactic Emperor, thus requiring piety and loyalty. Once these two are lost, the resonance level is greatly reduced, and one will inevitably perish while piloting the mecha.

Jiang He donned the legendary mecha in order. Its terrifying charm caused the resonance level to reach its maximum without requiring loyalty. It wasn't that he resonated with the mecha, but rather that the mecha actively sought to be close to him.

"interesting."

The power of destiny allowed Jiang He to quickly familiarize himself with piloting techniques. On Sand Dune Star, mechs roamed freely, and if he didn't adapt to local customs, the operation might have stalled right from the start. He had three full days to learn about mechs.

"Upon arriving in outer space from Dune Star."

"Let's just use spatial descent."

……

Dune Cluster.

It has one main star and three planets.

Here, yellow sand stretches to the horizon, and desert stretches as far as the eye can see. The war between humans and the winged race over resources has been ongoing since time immemorial.

Around the resource points on the main star, the native humans established various oasis bases, as well as the largest oasis city, and developed the Galactic Empire's rich mecha culture through the research and use of special spices.

The Mata and Linda Desert. An exploration team from an oasis city is advancing towards the rock face.

A month ago, under the command of Ulman, the chief swordsman of the Oasis Kingdom, the kingdom's army defeated the coalition of the Feathered Tribe and recaptured one of the twelve great deserts of the main star, bringing the total number to six.

Everyone knows that the only sub-myth of the world, the Feathered King, is already on the verge of death, and even leaving the Peak of Ten Thousand Feathers is a luxury. Ulman, on the other hand, is at his peak, has the support of an empire outside the starry sky, and is the number one legend in the starry sky, with the reputation of the Sword of the Empire.

Perhaps in a few decades, the winged people will become extinct.

Under the clouds, the academy's exploration team advanced in battle formation.

The principal and vice-principal personally took charge, both of whom are legendary mech pilots, leading twelve hero-level instructors, making them a main force on the battlefield.

The fourteen people activated flight cruise mode and flew forward.

"The core area of ​​the Great Desert is right in front of us. It has been confirmed that the Sandworm King is sleeping there. Let's not let the sacrifices of the war go to waste. Everyone, let's work harder and take the Sandworm King away before the Feathered People arrive."

"understand!"

"Warning: High-energy unit detected ahead, identified as a legendary-class mech! Model: F-15EX, individual target, no trace of a space mothership."

The principal's heart skipped a beat.

The F-15EX is the top-of-the-line fourth-generation mech, performing well across all eras from Bronze to Legendary. Of course, our two Black-35s are also Legendary fourth-generation mechs, even slightly stronger in close-quarters combat, but the enemy aircraft are ahead in beyond-visual-range and electronic warfare.

This means that the enemy aircraft was already exposed to the enemy's array radar before the enemy aircraft was detected by our side.

"Cancel the queue!" the principal immediately ordered.

The fourteen mechs immediately dispersed in the air, but unfortunately, three stealthy alchemical missiles arrived close by. In the violent explosion, three hero mechs were shattered, and the pilot instructors perished on the spot.

"The rest of you leave the battlefield."

The principal was not surprised by this result.

The F-15EX is known as the "sky arsenal" and can carry twelve medium-range air-to-air missiles for precision strikes. It also has a dedicated stealth Alchemist missile that cannot be tracked by radar.

The problem was that the enemy aircraft chose to open fire before our side showed any hostility, revealing the brutal nature of its pilots.

At that moment, the two principals tacitly chose to increase their efforts.

The afterburner of the combat mech began to burn the spice essence powder wildly, thereby generating enormous thrust from the turbofan engine, reaching 2.25 Herren in an instant.

One Herren is equal to the standard speed of living beings of the same era.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
Two streaks of light shot toward the rock face, one from the left and one from the right.

The Hei-35 is hailed as a "master of aerial combat," featuring thrust vectoring nozzles and superior maneuverability. Relying on dogfighting, the two principals were fully confident in shooting down the enemy aircraft.

But the F-15EX failed to create any distance.

Instead, they chose to charge straight at them.

"Arrogant!" the vice principal exclaimed in shock and anger.

"What kind of trick is this?!" The principal was extremely serious.

The principal fired first, launching two Black Dog-type short-range air-to-air alchemy missiles at a speed of 7.6 Herren. The active radar guidance on the Black-35 mech was activated, and the corresponding equipment's intelligent lock-on was enough to allow the pilot to ignore it the moment he pressed the launch button, and the missiles would still hit.

In an instant.

The F-15EX mech activated the "Survival Warning System".

High-intensity electronic jamming, combined with a large number of silence missiles, caused the Black Dog missile to miss its target, but for an experienced principal, this was to be expected.

The enemy's stealth alchemy missiles are coming.

Based on his eyesight and experience, the principal predicted the enemy's launch time, immediately climbed vertically, and performed a backflip in the air, completing an extremely difficult maneuver.

By this time, the enemy planes had already passed their original positions.

The principal launched the Black Dog missile again, exhausting the silence missiles used to launch the F-15EX. Just as the enemy was about to fly away from the battlefield, he revealed a victorious expression. The shared lock-on data of the Black-35 had been transmitted to the vice principal.

"Fire!"

From the flank, the vice principal pressed the launch button.

The air-to-air Innovator missile has an extremely strong ability to counter electronic jamming. The survival warning system was activated twice in a row, which was no longer enough to exempt it from being locked on.

Whoosh!
The missile was launched at terrifying speed toward the enemy aircraft.

Inside the mech cabin, Jiang Yu'er, leaning against Jiang He's chest, was feeling airsick. The situation was critical, but with the power of the Dark Source, she was unlikely to perish. She knew very well that the other party was just familiarizing himself with the piloting.

In an instant.

Thorns extended from Jiang He's body.

Living alchemy, merging the mecha with him.

Dark golden flames erupted from the tail, and the F-15EX's speed climbed to 39.9 Hertz before disappearing from the spot. The missile, which should have been the winning target, lost its target and crashed to the ground.

boom!
A streak of light sliced ​​through the sky, smashing the vice-principal's Black-35 into pieces amidst the thorns. The principal's eyes widened in fury. This speed was absolutely beyond the reach of any legendary mech. A mech resonance user could pilot a mech simply by resonating with the emperor; he had neither the ability nor the need for authority.

The next moment, the F-15EX began to flash in space.

Whether it's long-range, medium-range, or short-range.

Or it could be an air-to-air missile or an air-to-ground missile.

With all firepower unleashed, and under the control of the spatial authority, the principal and the nine heroic mentors outside the battlefield were attacked simultaneously and perished in the flames.

The brief skirmish ended.

As the mecha accelerated, Jiang Yu'er's face turned ashen, and she felt like she was about to vomit bile. She couldn't help but complain, "Master, why don't you just kill them directly?"

Jiang He glanced at the girl.

While the legendary mechs offered no combat enhancement, designing a mech that didn't require Dune spices could break the Dune Cluster's spice monopoly, thereby gaining a spice alliance and political support from the opposing side.

Destroying Dune, killing the Star God and the Sword of the Empire, and ultimately avoiding retribution requires some real-world data.

"From now on, call me Principal."

Jiang Yu'er: "???"

Jiang He chose to ignore it.

This made the Dune aliens overlook the difference between him and the principal.

At the same time, Dawn Intelligence infiltrated the planetary network.

News of the near-total annihilation of the mech exploration team is being compiled.

Some blurry images have appeared in the corners of the internet.

The online trolls who claim to be responsible for the performance issues of traditional mechs have already been recruited.

The origins of the enemy remain a mystery. As the sole survivor of the skirmish, Principal Zheng, after much painful reflection, is determined to reform the mecha industry, which is a normal course of action. His experience, qualifications, and knowledge also make it possible for the birth of new types of mecha.

Jiang He arrived at the rock wall and found the Sandworm King hiding inside. Ordinary sandworms are as big as warships, but the "King" is only the size of a palm. He put away his prey and headed straight for the Oasis City.

"Teacher... Principal, where is that city?"

"How should I know? I'll just go with the flow."

……

From space, the oasis city resembles a green jewel set on a brown canvas.

The entire city adopts a double-dome structure.

The outer dome is covered with an almost invisible electrostatic field that can repel the most corrosive sand and dust, while the inner dome is a flexible, colorless mesh coating that can capture every bit of evaporated moisture in the city, condense and recycle it, and thus form an internal hydrological cycle.

Streamlined alloy towers, suspended corridors between buildings, and many building facades covered with vertical greenery, planted with genetically modified drought-resistant plants.

At the very top of the city, there are very few buildings.

There is almost only one main street, in which Oasis College is located.

When Jiang He returned to the academy in the Black-35, which was restored from the fragments, it immediately caused quite a stir.

"The principal, the vice-principal and the others..."

"They all sacrificed themselves."

Some comments about this incident have become rampant.

In the entire Dune Kingdom, there are only about thirty legendary figures, with only the King and Chief Swordsman Ulman at the pinnacle. The fall of the Vice Principal is astonishing, and the recent excitement surrounding the enrollment of S-class mecha resonators has suddenly cooled down.

The president's office in the eastern building of the college.

The office itself is very spacious and has a classic style. The color scheme is mainly deep dark red and oak, with most of the walls covered by solid wood bookshelves, and the windows face the Sand Dune Avenue.

Jiang He savored the golden liquor from the principal's collection, occasionally toying with the ornate folding knife on the table. Unfortunately, Jiang Yu'er spent ages trying to cut a cigar but couldn't quite manage it.

Deng!Deng!Deng!
Three hesitant knocks sounded on the door.

"Come in," Jiang He said.

A young boy squeezed through the crack in the door and came in. He was of average height and appearance, neither handsome nor ugly, but somewhat good-looking.

"headmaster……"

The young boy scratched his head and said, "I'd like to ask about my mentor, Steinman."

Jiang He said earnestly, "He sacrificed himself."

“I’ve been having a bit of a headache lately. You’re Richard, the newly enrolled S-class Resonator, right?”

The young boy stood frozen in place, clearly wanting to answer, but at that moment, a profound sadness seemed to wash over him, blurring his vision and rendering him speechless.

Jiang He felt that something was off, so she rubbed her temples and said, "Go back first, and come find me when you've calmed down."

"Wishing you, Principal, continued good health and vitality."

The young boy was babbling incoherently and left, leaning against the wall.

Jiang He sensed the scent of destiny in the other person.

Bronze, silver, gold, heroes, legends.

These correspond to: D, C, B, A, and S respectively.

The guy named Richard has a resonance level of 90%, the same as the academy's principal and vice principal. He is destined to become a legendary fighter in the future, but it is said that he is not suitable for fighting at all, and is not even a match for some ordinary passersby.

(End of this chapter)