Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

The little devil looked regretful, then said, "Strictly speaking, the Word of Power I'm giving you, brother, is meant to enhance one of your abilities."

"Inherent ability?" Lu Mingfei asked, puzzled.

“Your ability to manipulate cold comes from the ancient Winter Coffin, and the power of the Ancient Winter Coffin actually comes from the ‘Fimbulwinter’ sealed within it. In Norse mythology, Baal, who symbolizes light and warmth, was killed, and Fimbulwinter descended, drawing back the curtain of Ragnarok,” the little devil said. “You now have a part of Fimbulwinter within you.”

Lu Mingfei's lips twitched.

No wonder he always felt that Odin looked at him strangely in Asgard and Nidavellir; it turned out that he had a part of Ragnarok within him.

“Although Fimbulwinter is not a Word of Power, it can be strengthened again through the power of Word of Power. So strictly speaking, the Word of Power I gave you can be called ‘Fimbulwinter Evolution’,” the little devil said. “Fimbulwinter is divided into three stages in Ragnarok: ‘Winter of the Wind’, ‘Winter of the Sword’, and ‘Winter of the Wolf’. Your Fimbulwinter is currently in the ‘Winter of the Wind’ stage, and the Word of Power will strengthen it into the second stage, ‘Winter of the Sword’.”

"As the saying goes, if you're going to help someone, help them all the way. Can't you just upgrade it to the maximum level?" Lu Mingfei said.

“Okay, I’ll give you a quarter of my soul,” the little devil said.

“Strengthening to the first level is also good.” Lu Mingfei decisively changed his mind.

“Since you’re a valued customer, brother, I can add a bonus,” the little devil said. “If you want Fimbulwinter to reach the third level, you can absorb the remaining power in the ancient winter coffin. It should be in the Asgardian vault now, and Odin might be willing to give it to you.”

Lu Mingfei smirked, thinking to himself, "I'd need a lot of guts to ask Odin for the Ancient Winter Coffin. What would I say then? 'Great Odin, could you please lend me your Ancient Winter Coffin to upgrade my Fimbulwinter? What's Fimbulwinter? Nothing much, just the prelude to Ragnarok.'"

Odin should have used the Spear of Eternity to pin him to the World Tree, right?

"How did you give me the power of words?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"That's fine." The little devil suddenly stood on the chair and patted Lu Mingfei's forehead with his little hand.

The roars of the dragons exploded in Lu Mingfei's skull, echoing like the tolling of bells. By the time he came to his senses, the little devil had already sat back on the windowsill.

"Is that all?" Lu Mingfei looked at the little devil in confusion. He could indeed feel some changes in his control over the cold energy.

"The Winter of Fimbulb contains the symbolism of three concepts, each representing a stage. The Winter of the Wind is the cold wind and heavy snow blowing from all directions, symbolizing 'extreme cold'. The Winter of the Sword is the period after the Winter of the Wind, when food is scarce on the earth, which leads to people turning against each other with swords, symbolizing 'war'. The Winter of the Wolves is the winter when people finally kill each other in the harsh winter, and all life is buried by the wind and snow, and life is extinguished, symbolizing 'extinction'."

“The Winter of the Sword is different from the Winter of the Wind. The Winter of the Wind simply releases extremely low temperatures and manipulates ice. But if you give the order, the Winter of the Sword will give the ice you create the concept of ‘war.’ They will become sword-wielding warriors, obeying your commands and fighting for you,” the little devil said.

"You can do it like this?" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up.

"You can try it here. Don't worry, it won't affect reality," the little devil said.

Lu Mingfei raised his hand, and a burst of cold air blew out, forming a huge block of ice on the floor in front of him.

His dazzling golden eyes stared at the block of ice, and a completely new realm unfolded before him. In his mind, Lu Mingfei commanded it: "Stand up!"

The ice block trembled and changed violently, finally transforming into a massive ice giant, clad in what appeared to be medieval knight's armor, wielding a broad two-handed sword, standing over two meters tall, and radiating a chilling aura.

Lu Mingfei's heart stirred, and he raised his hand to conjure another huge block of ice on the ground. This time, the ice block was even larger than the ice giant. He gave the ice block another command, but it was different from the command given to the ice giant.

After the ice block rapidly transformed, it turned into a magnificent warhorse clad in armor.

At Lu Mingfei's command, the Ice Knight leaped onto his warhorse, the two knight's swords in his hands flowing and changing as if melting, finally transforming into a cavalry lance.

Riding a warhorse and wielding a spear, the ice knight was even taller than before. Fortunately, the academy was wealthy and had built each floor relatively high, so it didn't look too crowded. In an ordinary floor, the ice knight's head would have almost touched the ceiling.

"What will happen if I destroy something here?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“Killing people doesn’t matter, it won’t affect anything,” the little devil said.

The Ice Knight sat on his warhorse, which slowly retreated to the edge of the classroom before charging towards the wall. Almost as soon as a reflective shadow flashed by, the Ice Knight appeared in front of the wall, casually thrusting out his spear. The icy spear pierced deep into the wall like an alloy impact drill, almost piercing it through.

The Kassel College's teaching buildings are protected to military standards; they can withstand being bombed with a single-soldier rocket launcher—provided it's not a rocket launcher produced by the Ministry of Equipment.

With a single shot, the Ice Knight's attack power would be unmatched even by an A-rank hybrid in the era of melee weapons, requiring a superior alchemical weapon.

What's even more terrifying is that the Ice Knight is a cavalryman, and its strongest attack is a charge while running at full speed. Although the school classrooms are spacious, the distance is definitely not enough for it to truly accelerate. In other words, that shot just now was far from the Ice Knight's limit.

How effective would this thing be if placed on a flat plain suitable for an assault? Could it pierce through an armored vehicle or even a tank with a single shot?

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but feel curious.

A single Ice Knight might not be particularly strong, but it doesn't consume much energy either.

Lu Mingfei estimated that if he created these ice knights, including riders and horses, he could easily create hundreds of them in one go when he was in full frost. As his proficiency increased, the cost of creating ice knights would also decrease further.

In the era of cold weapons, a single charge by these ice cavalry would be equivalent to a hundred melee tanks crushing everything in their path. Not to mention human or hybrid armies, even low-level pure-blooded dragons would probably be torn to shreds instantly.

"How is it, brother? This Word of Power is very useful, isn't it?" the little devil asked.

"You said it was free!" Lu Mingfei said warily.

"Of course it's free, but... Brother, Sword Winter is already so strong, aren't you curious about how strong Wolf Winter will be?" the little devil tempted.

“Not curious!” Lu Mingfei shook his head decisively.

He still had some self-awareness. Although the power of Fimbulwinter was strong, it was not enough for him to risk provoking Odin. He was not the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme, so powerful that even Odin treated him with respect.

“By the way,” Lu Mingfei circled around the ice rider, “Speaking of which, this guy’s design reminds me of a manga I read before called Akame ga Kill! There’s a mature, queen-like character in it named Esdeath, who seems to be able to create these ice riders to fight for her.”

"Brother, are you talking about that big-breasted, long-legged blue-haired mature woman? I quite like her, she has a great figure and I like her personality too..." the little devil chimed in from the side.

Lu Mingfei suddenly turned to look at the little devil.

The little devil suddenly had a bad feeling, and his words stopped abruptly.

Lu Mingfei stared at the little devil, narrowing his eyes: "Speaking of which... could you also become Esdeath?"

As soon as Lu Mingfei finished speaking, the little devil's figure sitting on the windowsill began to blur and lengthen. Within the blur, the color also changed rapidly, becoming mainly white and ice blue.

When the blurry image cleared up again, the woman sitting on the windowsill was now a mature woman in a white military uniform, with skin as white as snow and long, icy blue hair that reached her knees.

That cold and beautiful face was undoubtedly Esdeath appearing in the real world.

Especially that icy expression, it's incredibly lifelike.

Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up: "Since you've already become Esdeath, could you also change Akame's appearance?"

Esdeath's shadow became blurred...

Lu Mingfei woke up with a start. The classroom was just as it had been, except that the Ice Knight and Esdeath were no longer there.

The power of "Winter of the Sword" within her still existed, proving that what had just happened was not a dream, but rather that the little devil had left.

"He changed it once and left, so stingy..." Lu Mingfei muttered under his breath, "I was hoping he'd change it to black pupils too..."

……

In a space that Lu Mingfei cannot see.

The little devil who transformed into a red-eyed form: ...

Chapter 188 The Secret Weapon: Iron Monarch

Kassel Academy.

3E exam venue.

After the little devil left, there was still some time left in the exam.

Lu Mingfei continued to observe the reactions of others, showing no intention of touching the blank sheet of paper in front of him.

After all, he had no reaction to the dragon runes hidden in the music. If he really wanted to answer the question, he could only draw randomly. He heard that the examiner for the 3E exam was Norma, who could accurately extract the lines of the dragon runes from a bunch of scribbles and score students based on the degree of difference between their drawings and the real dragon runes.

Given the analytical capabilities of artificial intelligence, drawing something randomly is no different from submitting a blank paper, so Lu Mingfei simply didn't bother.

He refused to believe that the principal would fire him over something so trivial.

Just as Lu Mingfei was looking around, Ling, who was sitting in front of him, suddenly put down his pen, turned to look at Lu Mingfei, and asked, "Aren't you going to answer the questions?"

"Holy crap!" Lu Mingfei nearly jumped out of his chair in shock. "Zero, shouldn't you be in a state of spiritual vision? Are you talking to me?"

Lu Mingfei waved his hand up and down in front of Zero's eyes: "Zero, are you really sober?"

Zero looked at Lu Mingfei expressionlessly: "Yes."

So it turns out I'm not the only one who can't enter a state of spiritual vision. Lu Mingfei looked at Ling with considerable curiosity.

“Those with sufficiently high bloodlines will resonate directly with the dragon runes, rather than falling into a spiritual illusion,” Zero explained in a serious and steady tone.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but glance at Zero—he was indeed aware of this situation, because Senior Brother Chu had told him before that although he had hallucinations during the 3E exam, he was clearly aware that he was in a hallucination. The shadows of the hallucinations surrounded him, like some holographic projections, vivid and lifelike but untouchable.

Seeing that Lu Mingfei didn't speak, Ling asked again, "Aren't you going to answer the questions?"

“I’m not very sensitive to Long Wen’s reactions, so I don’t know what to write,” Lu Mingfei said honestly.

Zero thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to copy mine?"

Lu Mingfei was immediately taken aback. He couldn't help but sigh that he hadn't expected this seemingly cold and aloof girl to be so warm-hearted. It turned out that the little fairy's roommate was just as righteous and loyal as her.

She seems a little slow on the uptake – Sister, look closely, the surveillance camera is right above our heads!

Lu Mingfei politely declined, saying, "It's alright. The principal is my great-uncle. Even if I hand in a blank paper, I can still get a perfect score."

zero:……

After a moment of silence, Zero stopped dwelling on the topic and asked, "I'd like to participate in a day of freedom, is that alright?"

"A day of freedom? No problem," Lu Mingfei suddenly realized, "Wait... which camp are you planning to join?"

"The loli camp," Zero said expressionlessly.

“That makes sense, after all, you yourself are a little girl.” Lu Mingfei nodded in agreement.

“By both biological and legal age, I am already an adult,” Ling corrected.

Even a legal loli is still a loli! Lu Mingfei swallowed those words back and instead said, "Congratulations, we're teammates now, and I'm also on the loli side."

Ling Wei looked up slightly and stared directly at Lu Mingfei: "Are you a lolicon?"

Being asked if you're a lolicon is stressful enough, but if the person asking the question happens to be a loli, the stress is at least tripled. And with Zero's delicate but expressionless pretty face, the stress is tripled again.

So Lu Mingfei decisively and with a strong survival instinct, said, "Actually, I'm not interested in lolis. I prefer mature women with long legs, slim waists, and good figures. It's just that the loli faction in the equipment department asked me for help, and I couldn't refuse their kind offer, so I had to temporarily join their camp."

Finally, Lu Mingfei added, "So, Ling, you don't need to worry at all. I absolutely have no improper thoughts about you!"

As he spoke, Lu Mingfei even raised his arm, held up three fingers, and made a "swearing" gesture.

Ling blinked, hummed in agreement, nodded, then turned around and silently stared at her test paper.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief—this should prevent any misunderstandings.

After all, it would be a bit troublesome if the little fairy's roommate accidentally disliked her.

Lu Mingfei glanced at his watch. He had met the little devil not long after the exam started. This devil seemed to have the ability to create a dream-like space based on reality. At the moment he met him, although everything around Lu Mingfei was still happening normally, in other people's eyes Lu Mingfei was just sleeping or spacing out.

It couldn't have been a dream, because it felt so real. Yet it did have some dreamlike characteristics. For example, he only remembered talking to the little devil for a short while, but in reality, two and a half hours had passed.