They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

Alchemy is the dragon's science, cognitive practice, and scientific and technological system for transforming the world. Compared with the Dragon King, humans' understanding of the higher-dimensional universe is like a toddler.

Therefore, only fellow Dragon Kings can be compared with Norton, either Odin, or the more noble White King and Black King... But given their relationship, Norton would never call them friends.

Jörmungandr barely managed to suppress his urge to complain directly. "So, what's the purpose of showing this? Is it related to the Holy Grail War you mentioned?"

Norton nodded slightly. "You finally understand. That's right. I intend to share 'magic' with you. In exchange, you and I will jointly organize this Holy Grail War... To show our sincerity, we can conclude a blood alliance contract between the Dragon Kings."

The Blood Alliance is a blood contract between dragons. Anyone who violates the Blood Alliance will suffer severe backlash, even if it is the Dragon King.

"...That's a reassuring promise. Before we sign the contract, I'd like to hear your plan, Norton, and how it will benefit me."

"The plan is just as I said at the beginning, revolving around Odin. This cunning fellow of ours awakened very early, and over that long period of time, he actually worked closely with some humans."

"Humanity?"

"Ha!" Norton chuckled sarcastically. "The bronze pillars of our race record all things from the past to the future. A part of the future was passed down to humans in Norse mythology, evolving into Ragnarok, Odin, and his Valhalla..."

(In ancient times, the dragons erected huge pillars to record history. History was written from the bottom to the top, from the past to the future. The pillars were the axis of time. The history written above the pillars was the history that had not yet happened. This part was the prophecy book and destiny.)

"That's right. Odin has been harvesting human souls for ages. During his recent death, I even found the White King's soul he had hidden... He wanted to use the White King's spiritual authority to further experiment with his own Heroic Spirit."

"His intentions are clear. He wants to forge his own army of heroes to fight against the fate we all face at the twilight of the gods."

Jörmungandr understood Norton's implication, "Odin made every possible preparation, but he who obeyed fate was destined to meet his own death."

...Just like the Ragnarok in Norse mythology.

Norton continued, "Odin's arrangements aren't without effect. We need to find the right opportunity to utilize the Heroic Spirits he's collected. I've already devised an idea to reconstruct the Heroic Spirits' blueprints through magical means... The Holy Grail War will then be the venue for verifying our results."

The three elements of the Holy Grail War are the Holy Grail, Heroic Spirits, and Land.

Norton decided to take charge of the Holy Grail himself, because since breaking into the underground of Chen Family Garden that day, Frigga Zero, who awakened the soul of the White King, has been in his hands.

This was Odin's core experimental subject, in which he had invested heavily but achieved little in return. But now Norton was confident that he could make good use of it.

As for the heroic spirits, they still need the assistance of Jörmungandr, but there is no need to rush to choose the land.

"Need my assistance?"

Jörmungandr pointed at himself. "Her? Really?"

With Norton's level of alchemy, does he still need her help?

"I think you can," Norton nodded, as if he thought it was a reasonable arrangement.

You know, the fusion of Jörmungandr and her brother Fenrir is Hela, the goddess of death and queen of the Nibelung. With complete authority, Hela can open the gates to all the kingdoms of the dead and lead the armies of the dead.

In his opinion, he could achieve this without devouring his brother. Jörmungandr was not stupid and could also make his strength increase by leaps and bounds.

As long as you work hard towards Hela, it will be easy to pull Odin's heroic spirits over.

"So it's very simple. Just become Hela."

"Once successful, Odin's plan for Valhalla will be completely aborted, and you will obtain the 'Throne of Valor'."

Chapter 80 Tracking and Tailing Wang Xia Mi

Hella.

That was a super-evolved form that Jörmungandr himself could only imagine.

(The setting of "Dragon King 1": The forms of Dragon King are divided into juvenile, sub-adult, adult, and super-evolved forms.)

Although their Dragon King is a noble first-generation species, he is not always at the peak of strength and form.

The Dragon King who just woke up was very weak. The human forms of her and Norton at this time were just juveniles.

This is also the reason why Jörmungandr feels that the level of strength Norton displayed is unreasonable.

Although her brother Fenrir had the same intelligence as a human child, he managed to hatch into a sub-adult (the front half was about thirty to forty meters long, and the back half was in a skeletal state integrated into the rock wall).

Reaching the adult stage is the beginning of reaching the level described in some human myths and legends. As for the super-evolved Hela...

Jörmungandr only thought about it in his dreams.

Now, if I just learn this set of magic, I can find a new way and become as powerful as Hela?

To be honest, she didn't dare to dream about it, but at least she didn't need to fight with her own kind to gain strength. This alone was enough for her to give it a try.

"...One last question, why did you choose me to work with you?"

Norton spoke without hesitation, "To fight against the Black Supreme who will eventually return, we have no choice but to try any promising path."

"Norton, you should know that this is not what I want to hear. Why are you looking for me? If you had cooperated with that Odin, your plan would have been much more successful."

"No, I wouldn't have considered him from the beginning. To become the victor, he would kill his own brother, but I would never harm Constantine. This shows that we are not on the same path. Even if we join forces, we will eventually go our separate ways."

Norton's words drifted in the air with the cold night wind, and Jörmungandr understood the hidden meaning in the night wind.

Because she is the same.

Jörmungandr couldn't bear to let his foolish brother Fenrir be sacrificed.

"...I'm fine now. Let's make a blood pact."

A slightly heavy sigh echoed in the hearts of the two Dragon Kings at the same time.

In order to protect themselves and their only family members, they must try their best no matter what.

----

"You mean to say that Odin took your mother's soul?"

During the daytime of the next day, Emiya took Nono out again. Old Tang returned to the suite very late last night, drunk, and was now snoring loudly. The remaining two decided to continue going out as they did the day before.

This southeastern city is geographically close to the sea, and it is a very hot day. The water vapor blown by the nearby sea breeze brings a slightly heavy and moist smell.

People walking in the city feel as if they have walked into a stuffy sauna, and the sun, like a scorching boiler, is constantly boiling more water vapor.

Nuonuo was wearing a lemon yellow wide-brimmed sun hat and a pair of large sunglasses on her nose. Her long red hair was spread out along her pure white puff-sleeved slim-fitting short top, and the loose cuffs of her wide-leg jeans swayed freely along the curve of her graceful legs.

Emiya didn't wear a hat but used sunglasses to block the scorching sun. His red hair slowly absorbed heat under the clear sky. Walking with Nono, he looked like a pair of siblings out for a stroll.

At this time, Nono, who was walking on the side of the road, opened the double-stick ice cream she bought, broke one of the sticks, handed it to Emiya, and then took his own portion in his mouth and slurped it for a few times before answering Emiya's question:

"My previous impression of my mother (referring to Frigga Zero's biological mother) was that she died of a parasitic disease. She was a middle-aged woman who could only speak an Indian dialect—"

"You know, the mother of the Chen family is a surrogate mother from all over the place. When she came all the way from India to find the Chen family manor, she was already terminally ill."

"I remember begging that man (Chen's father) to arrange for someone to do their best to treat her, but she still died of brain cysticercosis in the end."

The wide-brimmed hat on Nono's head cast a shadow in the sunlight, obscuring her expression. She glanced around, tilted her head slightly, placed her small hand on Emiya's shoulder, and whispered into his ear:

"Later, I discovered a contradiction in my memory. I remembered that my mother didn't have this experience, and she didn't die of illness. Instead, that god—like a dark shadow—sucked away her soul, and she eventually died like a vegetable."

"There is no parasitic disease and no treatment. My mother died a long time ago."

"Odin took away the soul..."

Emiya thought back to the day in the park, when he saw the army of the dead following Odin's conquest. He suspected they were transformed by Odin through necromancy. Now it seemed that Odin was indeed collecting souls from all over the place to experiment with necromancy techniques such as soul interference.

The extraction of Nono's mother's soul was most likely not an isolated case; this behavior likely lasted for a long time and on a large scale.

"But you didn't seem to mention this memory to Lord Wa before. Why are you telling it now?"

"Yeah, I didn't notice anything wrong before. Maybe the Chen family's brainwashing is fading, or maybe it's because... since coming to this city, my memories of that god have become clearer and clearer."

After Nuonuo finished speaking, he suddenly realized that this intimate gesture might attract the attention of people on the street. He quickly put his hands down and retracted his body, lowering his head as if nothing had happened and continued to lick his ice cream.

"This city..."

Perhaps this city still has traces of Odin... Could this place also be hiding people belonging to Odin?

Nono's words reminded Emiya that he should be prepared for possible risks in this city.

Emiya's vision was enhanced, and he could see the surroundings and even the distance like an eagle.

An old man with white hair and beard was walking with his young grandson, who was holding a colorful windmill that was making a noisy sound. Several young men and women in casual clothes, who looked like colleagues on vacation, were gossiping about their bosses as they walked around the city.

In the distance, street vendors bustled with activity, their shouts and hawking voices blaring from nearby loudspeakers, overlapping like waves. There were elderly women out shopping, and families strolling through the streets, their expressions varying from joy to anguish.

Only one girl, wearing a white peaked cap and a long ponytail tied with a headband, happened to be blocked by the dense crowd and accidentally escaped from Emiya's sight. She was arguing with the street vendor over the difference of a few cents between two cheap trinkets.

Her bargaining skills seem to be no less than those of a housewife who has been in the vegetable market for a long time.

"Walk."

Emiya suddenly grabbed Nono's hand and dragged her into an empty alley, then went straight to another deserted street.

Almost at the same time, the girl in the white baseball cap angrily put down the jewelry and said, "If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. It's a fake and shoddy product. It's a waste of money to buy it!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, pretending to run to the shops on the other side of the street to hang out.

The girl is the "normally passed" Jörmungandr...

To be precise, she is now acting as the human girl "Xia Mi", which is similar to the identity of "Lao Tang" retained by Norton. The difference is that Lao Tang is an independently evolved personality.

"That's the friend Norton mentioned, that Emiya Shirou? What's wrong with his eyes? They're as bright as searchlights!"

'The human girl next to him has the mark left by that Odin guy on her body. Is she the medium used by Norton to set up the game?'

Xia Mi was very sure that she did not get exposed when she was following, but Emiya became suspicious counter-intuitively and avoided this place.

She had previously reached a cooperation with Norton, but after all, the Holy Grail War was a huge project, and Xia Mi's current level of expertise in the research and development of the Holy Grail system was insufficient, so it would be useless. It would be better for her to lay a solid foundation in magic first.

The only thing she can do now is to find a way to take away Odin's spirit.

But the problem arose again. Now, let alone the Heroic Spirits, she hadn't even found a way to enter the Nibelungen, where Odin might be hiding in this huge city. Because the Nibelungenen was an alien space, it was difficult to enter without an invitation or a key with a "mark".

So Norton gave her some instructions speechlessly...which was to let her follow Shirou Emiya and Nono directly.

When Odin is stuck in the resurrection bar, the people deployed in the human world may not sit still, and Emiya and the other two are the most conspicuous targets of action.

Nono still has the mark of Odin on him, so maybe if he can follow them he can easily sneak into the Nibelungen.

(The real reason why Chu Zihang was noticed by Jörmungandr in "Dragon Race 2" was because he escaped from Nibelungen and was marked.)

Suddenly, Xia Mi narrowed her eyes, and several young people who seemed to be strolling in groups of three or four suddenly put down the goods they were picking up, or stopped chatting with each other, and hurried in the direction where Emiya left.

"Good fellow, it's you who exposed me!"

Following and tailing Wang Xia Mi realized that he had suffered an unexpected disaster. These people were the reason why Emiya discovered the abnormality. He suddenly felt furious.

The girl in the baseball cap rolled up her sleeves angrily and disappeared among the crowds of shoppers with clever steps like a master of stealth.

Just when those suspicious people were about to disappear from the shady entrance of the alley, Xia Mi stomped on the wall, climbing up and down like a martial arts master, so fast that it seemed like a continuous flash of white shadows.

With a crash, she landed in front of them from above, blocking the group's way.

"You guys... stalked a kind, young couple in broad daylight. Ask yourselves if you have any shame! Do you have any conscience? You're causing them so much harm!"

"..." Everyone seemed to be bewildered and dazed because of the scolding that came out of nowhere for no reason.

Xia Mi spoke sweetly and passionately, like a wicked person making the first move to complain, waving her delicate pink fists, "As a lady, I'm the most public-spirited person in my life, and what I despise most is your stalking behavior. Stop talking nonsense and watch me fight!"

The next second, Xia Mi transformed into a martial arts master and threw a punch that surpassed the hybrid's nerve reflex level, quickly enlarging in their field of vision.

The first person was beaten so hard that blood spurted out, and his nose was crooked. It was like he had opened a sauce shop, with salty, sour and spicy food rolling down!

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Chapter 81 You want revenge with such little strength?

Bang bang bang.

The fierce clash of bamboo swords echoed repeatedly in the empty dojo.

"Pay attention to your lower body and footwork. Keep your steps fast and steady, and keep your center of gravity down!"

In the dojo, Emiya and Nono have both changed into training uniforms and are practicing swordsmanship with their bamboo swords... Emiya is mainly helping Nono with his practice.

Before that, after Emiya pulled Nono and made sure that he had successfully shaken off the tail following him, he turned two streets and found the "City Children's Palace".

"Children's Palace" was a rather old-fashioned term for Emiya, and the "Palace" in the name at first glance suggested a hint of "high art." But upon entering, I discovered the place had long since been restructured, relying on rental space for its survival.

The large area of ​​the city's Children's Palace was occupied by various interest training classes. It was the weekend, and there were already groups of primary and middle school students indoors - most of them were forcibly sent in by their middle-class parents to avoid playing games at home or outside.

The noise of the children surrounding their interest class teacher was a torture. When he first arrived, Emiya looked sympathetically at an art teacher who was being tormented by several jumping elementary school students who were throwing paint everywhere.

Next to it is a large sign that reads "Bai Shi Landscape Painting Training Center." Other facilities include the "Sabah Belly Dance Training Center," the "Nie Er Piano Training Center," and the "Musashi Kendo Training Center."

Thinking of Nono's training, Emiya simply found the person in charge of the kendo class and rented a batch of training props and a spare dojo where no one would disturb them.

The person in charge, a kendo teacher himself, waved his hand and said that this was against the rules. Kendo practice was no joke and could be dangerous or unexpected. Tuition fees and lesson times had to be agreed upon first. Besides, there was another class scheduled at the backup dojo today...