A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 387 Odin is a little glutton, the hunt

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!" Pompeii angrily threw his phone away. The moment it left his hand, the air shrieked as if it had been torn apart. The phone, like a cannonball, accompanied by a visible shockwave, slammed straight into the hotel wall.

"Boom!" The phone screen shattered, and before the spiderweb-like cracks could fully extend, the entire piece of glass exploded, with flying fragments and parts scattering like ice crystals.

The hotel wall was not spared; the center of the impact point caved in sharply, turning to dust and forming a crater the size of a bowl. Radial cracks spread wildly outwards like white lightning, until they covered the entire wall, and dust fell in a flurry.

Such a loud noise failed to wake the two sleeping female technicians at the spa, indicating that they were not asleep, but in a deep coma.

"Huff, huff." Pompeii stood there, his chest heaving violently, his breath as hot as a dragon's breath, veins bulging on his forehead, and waves of destruction surging in his eyes.

Twenty years of meticulous planning and scheming! All that hard-won success has vanished just like that?
Pompeii hid behind Herzog, supporting this ambitious man for twenty years in order to seize the White King's Dragon Cross.

Now, inexplicably, Herzog has vanished without a trace. How could Pompeii accept such an ending?

It's like a precious natural treasure that you've painstakingly cultivated for twenty years, which is of great benefit to you. You're watching it grow and ready to be consumed, but just a second before it's ripe, it suddenly disappears!
Anyone would be furious in that situation.

But the furious Pompeii took a few breaths, closed his eyes and took deep breaths. When he opened his eyes again, they were calm: "I can't lose my composure. There must be, there must still be a chance!"

"Herzog has already stolen the power of the White King, so it's impossible for him to be killed in such a short time. Moreover, after the clouds dispersed, satellite observations of the ground did not reveal any signs of a large-scale battle."

"This means Herzog didn't fight after obtaining the White King's power, but left instead? Strange. Based on my understanding of Herzog, after years of forbearance, he would surely be triumphant and unleash his power when he finally turns the tables."

"Could it be that Herzog has discovered something amiss?!"

Pompeii analyzed the situation quickly with a complex expression, and finally made a tough decision! He decided to go and see for himself! He wouldn't be satisfied until he saw it for himself!
Perhaps we can even catch traces of Herzog before he left. After all, Herzog only stole the power of the White King not long ago, and he probably doesn't know how to contain the surging elements around him!

With this thought in mind, Pompeii casually made a gesture in the air with his left hand. The seemingly simple action actually contained the highest level of alchemy achievement of the dragon race: the creation of space, one of the seven great kingdoms.

A spatial passage was opened by Pompeii, who flashed into it and in the next instant, he arrived at the mountains two kilometers away from the Red Well.

Meanwhile, in the park next to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tokyo, Chu Tianjiao, whose face had been transformed by the Faceless Man Talisman 2.0, looked grave. He took out his phone and dialed Chu Zihang: "Son, Odin just used the space-opening technique."

Chu Tianjiao was holding a small pebble in his left hand. It looked like a common roadside pebble, but at this moment, the pebble detected the fluctuations of the opening of space and was flashing a red light at a high frequency, symbolizing danger.

……

Before Pompeii angrily smashed his phone, Chen Motong's virtual personalities had already obtained their partners' consent and eagerly extended an invitation to Xu Lie: "We have a hunting activity later, and the prey is a bit big. We might not be able to handle it. Can Mr. Error come and help us?"

"Oh?" Xu Lie admired the members' initiative and became interested: "What are you hunting? It's something you all find difficult to handle?"

"With your current combat strength, only enemies at the Dragon King level would leave you uncertain."

"The White King is dead. Bronze and fire, earth and mountains are all honorary members of the Church. The King of the Ocean and Water has also been taken over by the Church."

Without even needing to use his 'decryption' abilities, Xu Lie could easily deduce Chen Motong's hunting target based on the information gap: "Mr. Fool also stated at the meeting that the Black King Hatchery is located in the Arctic Ocean, so it is even less likely to be the Black King."

"Excluding the Black and White Emperors, and the three elements of earth, water, and fire, you intend to hunt down Odin, the King of the Sky and the Wind."

Wow, Chen Motong didn't make a "wow" sound, but her mouth was clearly open in an "o" shape: "Odin is the king of the sky and the wind? The king of the sea and the water has been taken over by the church? This is amazing."

Xu Lie revealed a great deal of information, which greatly shocked Chen Motong. No, she knew before that the Church was particularly strong, but she did not expect that the four monarchs of the Dragon Clan were almost completely dominated by the Church.

If they succeed in hunting Odin this time, the Church of the Old Ones will have completely taken over the four monarchs.

That's right, hunting down Odin—that's the idea that just came to Chen Motong's mind. He'd take the opportunity to curry favor with Mr. Wrong, inviting this powerful figure who had already advanced to Sequence 1, to join forces and take down Odin!
Earlier, when Chen Motong and Xu Lie were talking, Xu Lie looked up at the sky meaningfully, as if to say that Odin would appear one day.

Chen Motong had a sudden inspiration: why wait until later?

Odin had been eyeing the White King's remains for so many years, and had even sent many Gattuso scientists to help Herzog. He must have been eyeing the White King's dragon bone cross like a little glutton. The reason Odin didn't appear was probably because he hadn't anticipated that Mr. Error would suddenly appear and instantly kill Herzog.

Chen Motong tried to put herself in Odin's shoes. If she were in Odin's shoes, there were two possibilities: one, Odin could see the Red Well directly; two, Odin could not see it directly.

If it is the former, Odin may be wary of Mr. Error's mysterious power and dare not come, so it is understandable that Odin did not appear at the last moment;

If it is the latter, Odin has supported Herzog for so many years, and now that Herzog is gone, Odin will surely feel resentful and come to see for himself. He cannot simply abandon and ignore it.

Taking it a step further, considering that so many mixed-race individuals from various factions entered the dream, only the phones of the Gattuso family members were ringing loudly and densely, Chen Motong determined that it was most likely the latter.

If Odin could see everything that was happening at the Red Well, why was he in such a hurry to call the Gattuso people?

Could it be that the mighty Dragon King made this urgent call just to wake up the Gattuso family?
In conclusion, Chen Motong concluded that Odin would very likely come to the Red Well in the near future to observe the situation and try to find the missing Herzog.

That would be the opportunity for their former church members to hunt down Odin.

Chen Motong sent out his virtual persona to contact his partners, explained his reasoning, and gained their approval, leading them to agree to hunt down Odin.

Chu Zihang and Fingel, two members who had a grudge against Odin, were the first to respond. The former recalled the overpass with torrential rain on that rainy night, while the latter had been trying to avenge his teammates in the diving team for ten years.

Needless to say, Susie would follow Chu Zihang wherever he went. Besides, Susie also believed that there was no such thing as being able to guard against a thief for a thousand days.

Rather than worrying that his beloved Chu Zihang might be hurt by Odin again someday, Chen Motong decided to seize the opportunity to kill the Dragon King today. Therefore, he didn't even bother to ask Su Qian for her opinion.

When Erii learned that Odin was behind Herzog, she was unwilling to let go of this culprit and applied to join the party.

Asou Makoto originally had no conflict with Odin, but with his companions so united and their doting on Erii, he naturally joined the operation, thinking of protecting Erii while also avenging his companions.

Thus came Chen Motong's invitation to Xu Lie. Faced with Chen Motong's amazement, Xu Lie also recalled the past.

He went to find Old Tang in person, and also to fleece Fenrir at the beginning, and to steal the embryo of the King of the Ocean and Water from the Takamagahara beneath the sea.

If we add Odin, we could actually achieve the feat of collecting all four monarchs by ourselves.

Interesting. Xu Lie readily agreed: "Let's not discuss the matter of the Ocean and the King of Water for now. Mr. Fool will tell everyone this good news at the next gathering."

"Tell me first how you judged that Odin would walk right into your trap."

“It’s like this…” Chen Motong quickly finished her analysis, but before she could finish, Fingel and Chu Zihang walked over together.

The former looked solemn, holding a small, red-glowing pebble in his hand, while the latter also looked serious, holding a mobile phone.

Having worked together for so long, they had developed a basic understanding. Seeing this, Chen Motong stopped his reasoning and revealed a confident smile: "Mr. Error, the prey has arrived."

Xu Lie understood and glanced at the members who were gradually gathering around: "How are you all recovering?" Having just gone through a battle, some members were not at their peak condition.

Even Erii has temporarily said goodbye to Uesugi Koshi and the Genji brothers and actively joined them.

This drew extremely curious glances from Uesugi Koshi and Genji, and Genji could only help explain that Erii had a particularly close relationship with the old church.

On the other side, the members said that with Aso Makoto's medicine replenishing their physical and spiritual energy, they recovered very well. Even if they were not at their peak, they could at least have 80% of their fighting strength.

Fingel also carefully observed the small stones he had made: "The spatial opening fluctuations I felt came from the west, a little distance away, about 1-3 kilometers away."

"Let's go."

(End of this chapter)