The room fell silent, and everyone's expressions became serious. Even the usually smiling Old Tang had a rare serious look on his face.
"The Odin you met in this city is Uncle Chu, right?" Xia Mi suddenly looked at Lu Mingfei and asked.
Chapter 1120 Xia Mi's Mission
"You know this too?" Lu Mingfei was stunned. He asked Xia Mi, "How did you know? Did your senior brother tell you?"
As he spoke, Lu Mingfei looked towards Chu Zihang.
"No, I didn't say that." Chu Zihang shook his head, his tone a little surprised. Obviously, he didn't expect that Xia Mi had guessed the truth.
"It's hard not to guess what happened in the past period of time." Xia Mi said, and she added rigorously, "I mean for me and Lao Tang, for ordinary humans or hybrids, don't even think about entering that place."
"So where have you been during this time?" Lu Mingfei looked at Old Tang's bruised face and asked seriously, "I heard from Old Tang that you seemed to have met some pretty tough guys."
"Before I answer your question, let me ask you a question first." Xia Mi looked at Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang, "Seven years ago, Chu Zihang and his father broke into the city of Nibelung and encountered an enemy named 'Odin'. Do you know what 'Odin' is?"
"It's a certain Dragon King, right?" Lu Mingfei asked tentatively.
"Then do you know which dragon king Odin is?" Xia Mi indirectly acknowledged Lu Mingfei's words.
"Is it the King of Sky and Wind?" Chu Zihang suddenly spoke.
"Why do you think so?" Xia Mi did not immediately confirm Chu Zihang's answer, but asked back.
"First, it's because of Odin's ability. Apart from the unique ability to modify the world line, Odin and his mount Sleipnir are used to using the power of fire and thunder. Although the Dragon King usually controls the power of multiple elements, the remaining ocean and the King of Water should be better at using water elements in battle, right?" Chu Zihang said, "Second, it's because of the weather. There is a Nibelungen of Odin in this city. Whenever Odin appears and the Nibelungen intersects with the real world, the city will always be covered by huge elemental turbulence, the biggest feature of which is typhoons and rainstorms. The ability to change the climate on such a large scale should be the ability of the King of Sky and Wind, right?"
"In fact, every Dragon King has the power to change the climate, but no one will show up as ostentatiously as that guy." Xia Mi nodded and said to Chu Zihang, "The analysis is very reasonable. Your logical ability has always been online."
"In addition to these, there is actually another feeling." Chu Zihang added in a low voice, "Over the years, I have always regarded Odin as my ultimate enemy. I can't forget him for a moment, so much so that I have dreamed of that god many times. But after receiving the 'dragon blood baptism' in Japan, I have never dreamed of Odin again. I still have the image of Odin in my mind, but when I think of him again, in addition to the image of him wearing a blue wind cloak and a mask, a person with golden hair always flashes in my mind."
"The one with golden hair?" Xia Mi subconsciously exchanged glances with Old Tang. "Can you tell me more about it?"
"I can't really tell, because I couldn't see the man's face clearly. His appearance always flashed by in my dreams, and the impression became even more blurred after I woke up. The only feature I remember was the golden hair. I couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman." Chu Zihang shook his head and said, "I can't remember exactly how many times I dreamed about him, but I always have a feeling that the guy is inextricably linked to Odin, because after he appeared, Odin disappeared from my dreams. Every time he appeared, my spiritual world seemed to be swept by a huge storm."
"The King of Sky and Wind does indeed possess the purest wind element in the world, with the exception of the two emperors." Xia Mi nodded and said, "My 'Eyes of the King of Wind' was also imitated from him, but my performance is not even one-tenth of his. When I use all my strength, I can make the 'Eyes of the King of Wind' form a small hurricane that can knock down an adult, but if this ability is used by the King of Sky and Wind himself, it is enough to destroy a skyscraper."
Chu Zihang's face changed slightly. Was this the real power of the Dragon King? It was already difficult for him to fight against Chu Tianjiao wearing the Odin mask. At that time, they judged that Chu Tianjiao wearing the mask had already initially possessed the power of the Dragon King... But if it seemed that Chu Tianjiao in that form had only touched the threshold of the Dragon King, the real Dragon King must have unfathomable strength.
"Brother, why have you never mentioned anything about that golden-haired man to me?" Lu Mingfei asked Chu Zihang.
"Because I'm not sure whether it was Odin himself, and all I can remember is a vague shadow. Apart from that, I can't think of anything else." Chu Zihang shook his head and said.
"It should be related to your 'Dragon Blood Baptism'." Xia Mi said, "Odin's appearance once left a mark on you. Although it is very complicated, I actually have a chance to remove the mark. However, it will be difficult for you to find Odin, and I will also be targeted by Odin."
"Can Odin sense your existence through the mark of my senior brother?" Lu Mingfei asked Xia Mi.
"Of course not under normal circumstances, but if I were to erase Odin's mark, I would have to use the power of my bloodline to cover Odin's power, and he would definitely be able to sense it." Xia Mi paused, "You probably don't know my brother... I can probably call him brother, but you don't know what kind of guy he is. He is the best at disguising and hiding his abilities among us, and his abilities are really hard to deal with."
"Is it difficult to deal with?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously.
"Let me tell you this, he and I haven't seen each other for a very, very long time. I can't even remember how many hundreds of years it has been." Xia Mi recalled, "If I met him on the road, I wouldn't even be able to recognize him. He can create too many identities for himself. The Odin you know is just one of his identities. I can't recognize him, but he might recognize me. If he suddenly attacks me when I'm off guard, I really may not be able to defend myself."
"Hiss, this guy is so insidious!" Lu Mingfei took a breath of cold air. Listening to Xia Mi's description, isn't that guy more terrifying than a ghost?
"It's not that he is so sinister... Never mind, I don't really know him, maybe that guy is really that sinister." Xia Mi sighed, "But since the ancient emperor died, I haven't seen him show his true face. In the long river of history, he has played the great gods in mythology, the pope respected by everyone, the emperor of the barbarian dynasty, and the mortal who disappeared into the world... Or he wears a mask, anyway, no one can recognize that guy."
"Haven't you seen that guy's true face?" Lu Mingfei asked Xia Mi suspiciously, "You call him brother? It's impossible that you don't know what that guy really looks like, right?"
"I really don't know." Xia Mi spread her hands and said helplessly, "In fact, I should have known it originally, but now I don't remember it. It shouldn't be that there is something wrong with my memory. I suspect that at some point, he tampered with my memory and secretly erased the real image of him."
“You don’t remember either?” Lu Mingfei looked at Old Tang.
"I have absolutely no impression of it." Old Tang looked up into the sky.
"Why did he do this?" Lu Mingfei asked, "It can't be that he's just playing hide-and-seek with you, right?"
"The relationship between dragons isn't as harmonious as you imagine. While we're united against humans and hybrids, conflicts within the dragon race are equally intense. If it weren't for the White King's betrayal thousands of years ago, do you really think you'd have a chance of dethroning the Black King?" Xia Mi said in a tone between arrogance and assertion. "If all dragons united, humans and hybrids wouldn't have the slightest chance of resisting. The reason you've developed to what you are today is largely because the dragon race itself lacks unity."
"So what you mean is that the King of Sky and Wind concealed his identity in order to avoid being eaten by other Dragon Kings?" Chu Zihang asked Xia Mi.
"Yes, and in order to take the opportunity to eat other dragons." Xia Mi nodded and said, "What is the title you hybrids give to our Dragon King? The Four Great Kings. In this world, all kings are equal, but would we, such arrogant beings, allow others to have the same authority as ourselves? Of course not. We are always looking forward to eating each other. Even now, I can't guarantee that I have no intention of eating this guy."
Having said that, Xia Mi glanced at Old Tang secretly.
"Fuck, what are you talking about? What are you saying?" Old Tang put his hands on his chest, "Your boyfriend... oh no, your fiancé is right next to you. Is it appropriate to say such lewd words to me?"
"Get out." Xia Mi rolled her eyes.
"Old Tang, what about you?" Lu Mingfei looked at Old Tang, "Tell me the truth, have you ever thought about eating Xia Mi?"
"To be honest, I did." Old Tang scratched the back of his head. "But this is normal. I used to think about eating Constantine, but now I don't think so. Maybe it's because I look more like a human now."
"But what I still remember is that the guy was really strong." Xia Mi said, "I don't know the details. Although we haven't had any direct confrontations over the years, I have a better idea of each other's abilities. Anyway, that guy is definitely stronger than me. In a one-on-one fight, there is no doubt that I will be killed by him in the end."
“That’s not surprising.” Lu Mingfei still didn’t say something like “the weakest dragon king” to Xia Mi, which would hurt her self-esteem. He looked at Old Tang and asked, “What about you?”
"Didn't I tell you all this?" Old Tang said to Lu Mingfei, "If it was before, I would still have the confidence to beat him up, but in this situation, I have to consider whether my mana bar is sufficient before I can cast a word spirit. How can I fight him?"
"Wait a minute." Lu Mingfei seemed to realize something. He looked at the wound on Old Tang's face and asked, "So this time, you fought with the King of Sky and Wind?"
"That's it." Old Tang curled his lips.
"Don't brag." Xia Mi rolled her eyes at Old Tang again. "Even in your prime, you may not be able to beat him 100%. You are strong and have a bad temper, but he is cunning. I don't think you can beat him in terms of brains."
"What kind of strength is that? That's called conspiracy!" Old Tang shouted, obviously unconvinced. "If he wants to play a conspiracy, I definitely won't play with him. If you have the guts, draw a line and we'll fight face to face, with real swords and guns. No one will use tricks. You'll see who gets a black eye or a swollen face!"
"Alright, if you can't outsmart them, just forget it. Don't you see what you've gone through after being tricked by them? I was worried that you'd be killed by them." Xia Mi waved her hands at Old Tang with a look of disgust on her face.
"That's all to help you!" Old Tang's face turned red.
"Wait a minute, Old Tang, calm down. Now is not the time to argue." Lu Mingfei held Old Tang down and looked at Xia Mi. "Continue talking about the King of the Sky and the Wind, and your encounter this time."
"Let me finish what we were talking about earlier." Xia Mi said, and she looked at Chu Zihang, "Regarding your brand, it should be because of the 'Dragon Blood Baptism'. The power of the White King's bloodline covered Odin's power. Although it is an incomplete bloodline, it is derived from the White Emperor after all. It is half a level higher than our bloodline and has absolute suppression."
"We have probably already guessed this matter." Lu Mingfei nodded to Xia Mi, "We want to know what exactly you encountered this time."
"Let me start from the beginning. It all originated from a task assigned by the academy," said Xia Mi.
"Is it really related to the college?" Chu Zihang frowned slightly. "I remember the last time you contacted me, you told me that you were going to carry out a confidential mission for the college. After that, you lost contact. The next time I saw you was when you sent me a message saying that you were at my house."
"Yes." Xia Mi nodded and said, "It started a month ago when the academy received intelligence that strange elemental turbulence appeared in the Arctic Circle."
"Arctic Circle?"
Hearing this word, Lu Mingfei subconsciously looked at Chu Zihang, because this word had appeared frequently many times not long ago.
"Yes, the Arctic Circle." Xia Mi nodded and said, "The academy has learned through intelligence that there is an iceberg in the Arctic Circle. Icebergs only appear in certain climates, accompanied by strong auroras and ionization phenomena, and when icebergs appear, some supernatural things will happen."
"And then?" Lu Mingfei asked calmly.
"Originally, this happened more than 20 years ago, but recently someone claimed to have seen the iceberg again." Xia Mi said, "The academy's top management suspected that this incident was related to dragons, so they ordered the executive department to send an experienced team to the North Pole to gather information about the iceberg and search for any clues that might be related to dragons."
"An experienced team?" Lu Mingfei frowned slightly and said to Xia Mi, "I'm not doubting your ability. Even though your bloodline is 'A', you are not experienced at all, right?"
Chapter 1121: The King of Sky and Wind
"Although the college doesn't have a branch in the Arctic Circle, the Russian branch and the North American branch are both strong branches with many experienced veterans." Lu Mingfei asked Xia Mi, "No matter how short-staffed the college is, no matter how crazy Professor Schneider and the top management are, they wouldn't send a sophomore to the Arctic Circle, right?"
"The academy did not assign me." Xia Mi paused and said, "I volunteered."
"Volunteering?" Lu Mingfei didn't quite understand.
"Yes." Xia Mi nodded and said, "The Executive Department did not assign me to take over this mission. I heard about the content of the mission and took the initiative to recommend myself to Professor Schneider."
"Wait a minute." Lu Mingfei suddenly stretched out his hand to stop Xia Mi's narration. His brows were slightly wrinkled, as if he noticed something wrong.
"I have two questions about what you said just now." Lu Mingfei held up two fingers, and he looked at Xia Mi and asked, "First, you said that you were not assigned a mission, but you heard about the mission content? But almost all the missions related to dragons in the academy are confidential and marked in red, right? The execution department will not take the initiative to disclose the mission content before the mission is carried out? It's strange that you know about the existence of this mission, right?"
"This isn't hard to explain." Xia Mi said lightly, "I've never given up trying to find out about Kassel College's movements and secrets."
"Huh?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.
"What's so strange about this? Kassel Academy is a hybrid, and I am a dragon. We are not on the same side." Xia Mi asked Lu Mingfei, "Although due to my relationship with Chu Zihang and you, I will not attack you and I don't have any ill intentions towards you, but from the perspective of the macro species, Kassel Academy and I are still fundamentally opposing enemies, right?"
"I'm not saying that I'm going to attack Kassel College, but if my identity is exposed one day, do you think Principal Ange will let me go? Do you think the top secret party leaders will let me go? I know Chu Zihang and you will probably stand on my side, but that doesn't mean I have to lose my vigilance and caution towards all hybrids." Xia Mi looked at Lu Mingfei with a calm tone, "We dragons don't even trust our own kind. Being able to trust certain individuals among humans is already my limit. The idea of doing this is just for self-defense. If Kassel College really declares war on me one day, I will never sit back and wait for death."
Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment. He could probably guess what Xia Mi was thinking, but he didn't expect Xia Mi to express it to him so directly... Xia Mi must always be on guard against the secret party. Although after experiencing the incident on the capital's subway, Xia Mi was no longer too hostile to humans, the fundamental contradiction between dragons and the secret party was irreconcilable, so her approach was cautious and reasonable.
Was the girl who said this Xia Mi? Or Jörmungandr? A year had passed, and Lu Mingfei still couldn't figure it out. If it was Jörmungandr who said this, it would be understandable, but if it was Jörmungandr, why did she confess this to Lu Mingfei? Would a pure dragon confess her true feelings to a human being, even though this human was her best friend?
It seems that at least the human side of her character has subtly overwhelmed her dragon nature.
"You're right." Lu Mingfei nodded, agreeing with Xia Mi's statement. He retracted a finger and said, "My second question is, why did Professor Schneider agree to let you participate in the mission?"
"I have met Professor Schneider many times, and I have a general understanding of his character. He will not allow an inexperienced freshman to participate in the mission, right? Even if your bloodline is qualified." Lu Mingfei asked Xia Mi, "And I know a little about Professor Schneider's past. He has always had a fear and revenge mentality towards the dragons in the polar deep sea, so he should send someone he thinks is safe and has enough experience. If you take the initiative to mention the mission to him, given Professor Schneider's character, he will definitely doubt where you got the mission information from, right?"
"There's something not quite right in my expression," Xia Mi corrected. "From my perspective, I volunteered to participate in this mission, but from Professor Schneider's perspective, he actually took the initiative to select me to participate in this mission."
"What do you mean?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused.
"It means that I showed Professor Schneider my abilities." Xia Mi explained to Lu Mingfei, "I made Professor Schneider think that I was the most suitable candidate for this mission. My abilities far outweighed my shortcomings as a freshman and my lack of experience, so he had no choice but to select me for this mission."
"What ability?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Since we are in the polar sea, shouldn't underwater ability be the most important?" Xia Mi said to Lu Mingfei, "I also know about Professor Schneider's past. He encountered dragons in Greenland. It was a new team led by Professor Schneider, but only one and a half of them came back alive. This incident has become a nightmare that Professor Schneider will never get rid of. He focuses on underwater missions, especially those related to dragons in Greenland."
"That's right." Lu Mingfei nodded. He didn't expect that Xia Mi had actually found out all of this.
"I also know that you and Chu Zihang carried out an underwater mission a year ago. The target of the mission was the Bronze City where Constantine was. The original candidates for that mission should have been Senior Brother Ye Sheng and Senior Sister Jiude Aki, but you later replaced them." Xia Mi added to Lu Mingfei, "And at that time, as a freshman, you convinced Professor Mans, Professor Schneider and the entire executive department with your stronger bloodline and stronger underwater collaborative combat capabilities."
"Junior sister, it's a waste of your talent if you don't work in the Intelligence Bureau." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but complain.
"So if I want to participate in this mission, I have to show Professor Schneider my underwater combat ability, and it must be so strong that he can't ignore it." Xia Mi snapped her fingers, "So I bribed a senior sister who was originally scheduled to carry out the mission. I used some methods to persuade her to withdraw from this mission and recommend me to Professor Schneider."
"Is it that simple?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Of course...it's not just that simple. We all know Professor Schneider's character. He is cautious and arbitrary, and he is rarely affected by external factors when he makes a decision." Xia Mi said, "So when Professor Schneider heard my name at first, his subconscious reaction was to refuse. But I had already convinced that senior sister that she could not participate in the mission, so Professor Schneider had to look for a new candidate."
"What a good move to remove the fuel from under the cauldron." Lu Mingfei sighed.
"Professor Schneider asked the vice-president for the list of swimming class grades, and my score has never fallen below first place." Xia Mi puffed out her chest and said with a slightly proud tone.
"In fact, the ranking of vice-presidents doesn't seem to be based entirely on swimming skills." Lu Mingfei muttered a few words in a low voice. He looked at Xia Mi and asked, "So, Junior Sister, you haven't been preparing for this a long time ago, right?"
"That's not the case. I'm a pretty good swimmer," Xia Mi said. "And I even took the college's winter swimming class. My teacher described me as exceptionally talented, saying I could reach the level of a professional athlete in ten years in just one semester. With these two things, I've at least caught Professor Schneider's eye and made the list he's considering."
"Your thinking is really meticulous." Lu Mingfei praised.
"Sure enough, not long after, the Executive Department summoned me. The reason was that the Executive Department was going to hold an underwater selection competition to select a candidate to replace that senior sister." Xia Mi said, "The content of the competition is to test the target's combat and escape capabilities in harsh icy water. My excellent results and the subconscious influence left by my senior sister introducing me to Professor Schneider finally took effect."
"So you stood out in the end?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Not only did I stand out, I crushed everyone." Xia Mi raised his head and said, "My vital capacity is three times that of the first place in the executive department, and my equipment-free diving time is four times more. I passed the underwater escape test perfectly, and I solved every combat test in less than two minutes."
“Junior sister, you are really...capable.” Lu Mingfei was at a loss for words to describe his ability to complain.
"I have demonstrated a stronger force than the entire team. Professor Schneider has no reason not to choose me. Even though he thinks I have only been in school for a short time and have little experience, the final say is still in the hands of capable people." Xia Mi paused, "In this respect, the human world and the dragon world are no different, except that the dragon world is sometimes more direct and cruel."
Lu Mingfei was speechless.
"Do you find it strange?" Xia Mi asked, "How come I, who is known as the king of the earth and mountains, have such strong underwater combat capabilities?"
"I wouldn't ask such a stupid question." Lu Mingfei shook his head and said, "Dragon King-level beings are good at and bad at certain elements, but that's only relative to other beings of the same level. No matter what, dragons' control over any element is far stronger than that of ordinary hybrids."
"That's exactly what happened." Xia Mi nodded and admitted, "To be honest, I am best at strength and earth elements, followed by wind, then water, and finally fire. But even with the fire element, which I am least good at, my performance is at least stronger than Chu Zihang's 'Jun Yan' before the 'Dragon Blood Baptism'."
This is the top existence among dragons. The ability of hybrids can be said to depend on their affinity for elements. Generally speaking, the higher the bloodline, the stronger the affinity for elements, and the higher the sequence number of the Word Spirit they possess... But for Dragon Kings, it is no longer a question of whether they have affinity with elements. They are originally the controllers of certain elements, or the incarnation of certain elements. Their innate advantages are overwhelming compared to hybrids.
Lu Mingfei had been completely convinced by Xia Mi, but his eyes still stayed on Xia Mi. In addition to what he had just asked, he actually had another point that he was confused about.
"I know what you want to ask me." Xia Mi understood Lu Mingfei's eyes and took the initiative to say to him, "You want to know why I am so actively involved in this mission. Do I know something about the Arctic from the beginning?"
“Junior sister, you are so smart that it’s a bit scary.” Lu Mingfei sighed.
"I won't hurt you, what are you afraid of?" Xia Mi rolled her eyes, then she said seriously, "I did know something about the North Pole from the beginning, and it was a long, long time ago, much longer than the time when Kassel Academy was founded."
"The secret of the Arctic is related to Odin." Lu Mingfei said calmly.
Even Xia Mi didn't notice that Lu Mingfei's sentence was no longer a question, but a statement.
"Well, there has actually always been a Nibelung in the Arctic Circle." Xia Mi nodded.
Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang looked at each other, neither of them showed any expression of excessive surprise.
"Your human civilization actually has records of this Nibelungen. In myths and legends, it is called the 'Isle of Death' or 'Avalon', a place that the living cannot reach. The legendary King Arthur got a second life there." Xia Mi explained, "These legends are all based on facts. Whether it is the 'Isle of Death' or 'Avalon', it is a real place, independent of the real world. The Nibelungen has existed in the Arctic Circle since ancient times. It belongs to the great king of sky and wind."
Sure enough, their previous guess was correct. The owner of the Nibelung must be related to Odin.
"You should know that there are twins on the throne, just like me and Fenrir, Norton and Constantine, the Sky King and the Wind King are also twin dragon kings, and the Odin you mentioned is just one of them." Xia Mi said, "The difference with me and Fenrir, Norton and Constantine is that we all have the idea of eating each other, but we have never come to this step for so many years. But the Sky and Wind Twins have been determined to devour each other from the beginning."
"Why haven't they reached this point after so long?" Lu Mingfei asked, "Is it because they have never decided the winner?"
"No, it's because they reached an agreement with each other." Xia Mi shook her head.
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