A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 16 The Hunter Always Gets Ambushed by Smelly Feet

The preparatory class boys' dormitory is more luxurious than most high schools. It has double rooms with balconies, small living rooms and private bathrooms, and is fully equipped with air conditioning, refrigerators and washing machines.

Despite their deep pockets, Kassel is very wealthy.

In other words, there is no kitchen in the dormitory; otherwise, it would be a standard small two-bedroom apartment, which could even be sold on the real estate market.

Chu Zihang pushed open the dormitory door and saw his temporary roommate, the team leader, and two other specialists from next door gathered there, discussing how to investigate the mysterious attacker.

"You're back?" The captain thought for a moment, but still didn't scold him for taking so long.

After all, it involved their head of operations, Professor Schneider.

"Come and sit down." Facing the captain's beckoning, Chu Zihang tried his best to keep a straight face and not give anything away.

But inwardly, he was secretly terrified by the hunter's potion abilities.

Indeed, Chu Zihang had just followed Meng Yutang to the alchemy classroom and witnessed firsthand how Meng Yutang casually concocted a bottle of blood-red liquid using the available dragon blood materials.

After taking it, Chu Zihang felt a burning pain as if he had accidentally swallowed flames. The flames were burning his internal organs wildly. After enduring the pain, he was immediately met with the negative emotions of the dragon's tyranny.

Only after suppressing the tyrannical mental impact of the dragons was the entire process of taking the medicine considered complete.

Chu Zihang also keenly noticed that the Hunter's Potion had an immediate and noticeable effect on his abilities.

First, physical fitness has improved again; strength, speed, reaction time, and self-control have all seen slight improvements.

In Chu Zihang's eyes, this was nothing short of a miracle!

You should know that after he awakened his bloodline and grew rapidly for a period of time, he seemed to have hit a bottleneck and could no longer make any progress.

Even after a year of study and training at Kassel College, I can only maintain my current physical condition and cannot make any breakthroughs.

He has clearly reached the pinnacle of his bloodline and will no longer grow.

Now, after just one bottle of magic potion, my physical abilities have been improved in every way. If this isn't a miracle, what is?
Chu Zihang couldn't wait to drink a few more bottles, boost his physique, and crush everyone with his numerical superiority.

Unfortunately, Meng Yutang warned him that he needed to digest the Sequence 9 Hunter Potion before he could continue taking the Sequence 8 Provocateur Potion.

You can't just drink this stuff indiscriminately, or you might have an accident.

Secondly, Chu Zihang suddenly gained a lot of knowledge about wild flora and fauna, such as the living habits and organ distribution of wild animals, and how to track, hunt, and evade them.

There is also a wide variety of knowledge about wild hemostatic and detoxifying plants, and how to make traps.

The sudden influx of knowledge made Chu Zihang realize the difference between the twenty-two paths left behind in the past and the style of the Dragon Clan system.

The former is a complete, mysterious yet rigorous and orderly system, while the latter is simply a body plus a hundred kinds of incantations.

If one had to describe it, the former is like Chinese cuisine, which is all-encompassing and countless, yet has its own system.
The latter is like a hamburger. Whether it's a fried chicken burger, a roasted chicken leg burger, a shrimp burger, or a beef burger, it's just different ingredients sandwiched in a bun.

In comparison, Chu Zihang felt even more fortunate. People who have experienced scientific learning tend to prefer complete systems rather than the simple hamburger-making of dragons.

What truly surprised Chu Zihang in the end was the sensory enhancement brought about by the Hunter's Path.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Chu Zihang could smell the different scents of the different staff members: the lingering smell of braised pork from dinner, the smell of boiled eggs, and a hint of metallic and dusty smells.

Although the captain didn't take off his shoes, Chu Zihang could still keenly detect the captain's slightly sour foot odor.

Despite the multitude of flavors wafting in at once, Chu Zihang was able to distinguish and identify each one individually.

My ears can detect the sound of a gentle breeze blowing outside through walls, and my eyes can see faint footprints on the indoor floor, so faint they're almost invisible to the naked eye. Fortunately, this enhancement doesn't affect my daily life; these senses weaken when my attention isn't focused.

"What's wrong?" The captain asked again when he saw that Chu Zihang was still standing there in a daze.

"It's nothing." Chu Zihang snapped out of his daze, his face tense, and slowly sat down a short distance from the captain. "I just don't know how far the seniors went."

"I'm sorry, seniors," Chu Zihang said, his expression still blank, but a pang of guilt rose in his heart. Because of reciting your names and being noticed by Mr. Fool, he couldn't tell the truth.

The only option is to lie.

He couldn't confess that he smelled the captain's stinky feet and didn't want to talk.

"It's nothing." The captain didn't mind such trivial details and roughly repeated, "We were just discussing the mysterious attackers."

"Among the known Words of Power, there is none that allows a hybrid to demolish an entire house with a single blow."

"Even a Word of Power like the Bronze Throne, which can greatly enhance the muscle strength of hybrids, is unlikely to work."

Chu Zihang nodded silently; he had seen relevant records of this knowledge in the library.

While the Bronze Throne of Words can grant the user immense strength, the greater the muscle power, the easier it is to break one's own bones, thus there is a limit.

Clearly, if the mysterious attacker's incantation was the Bronze Throne, it should have broken most of its bones before demolishing the house, making its success unlikely.

Chu Zihang gradually adapted to the hunter's senses, slowly weakening his sensory abilities, and no longer smelling or seeing many details.

Finally, we escaped the captain's stench: "So, what do we do now?"

The captain also found it difficult: "I have already sent a request for help to Norma. After calculating all the possibilities, the most likely answer from Norma is that the attackers were prepared in advance."

"Norma's analysis suggests that the attackers may have infiltrated the alchemist's villa multiple times beforehand, taking many precautions in advance to ultimately destroy the house so quickly."

Chu Zihang nodded thoughtfully: "Then they are the teachers and students on campus."

The preparatory class is under multiple surveillance cameras and patrolled by a professional security team. It's possible for an outsider to sneak in once by chance, but it's unrealistic to expect someone to sneak in so many times without being detected.

A hint of approval flashed in the captain's eyes. No wonder Professor Schneider thought so highly of this junior; he was truly a good fit for their executive department.

"Everyone, please read the information sent by Principal Meng tonight. The formal investigation will begin tomorrow."

After the other two commissioners left, Chu Zihang went into the bathroom to take a shower, silently recalling Meng Yutang's words before they parted that evening.

"Chu Zihang, you may not know this, but you have the mark of Odin and Nibelungen hidden within you."

"This mark is both a sign that Odin may return to find you at any time, and a key to Odin's Nibelungen."

"That's why I came directly to you. Before you reach a certain level in the Hunter Path, I hope you can stay rational and not act impulsively."

Chu Zihang let the cold water pour over his forehead from the showerhead, the mist almost obscuring his golden eyes beneath his bangs: "I know."

"If you take risks before you have the strength, you will only harm yourself and others."

"so……"

"Dad, please wait for me."

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