Dragon Raja: Reboot

Chapter 100 The Holy Sword

Through the sparse bushes, a pool of azure lake is hidden behind the trees, its crystal clear waters seeming to shimmer with the sunlight.

As dusk approached, the lake was shrouded in a thick twilight, reflecting the fiery clouds in the sky. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the slightly rippling lake. He rose from the water, raised the long sword in his hand high, and the light of the setting sun fell on the sword. Even though it had been sealed here for countless years, the sword was still as new as ever, its cold light gleaming.

Immediately afterwards, another head appeared on the surface of the lake.

"Let's get ashore." Chu Zihang took off his swimming goggles, his gaze falling on the longsword in Lu Mingfei's hand.

They actually found the sword at the bottom of the lake...

However, it is not yet certain that this is the Excalibur that King Arthur supposedly received from Avalon, as it differs from the one in appearance from the legend.

The two returned to the shore from the center of the lake.

The sky and the lake were both crimson, and the sun slanted down from the west, bathing the whole world in a hazy yellow hue, immersed in the sunset.

Lu Mingfei plopped down on the shore, panting heavily. He picked up the water he had prepared and drank it, then casually tossed the sword to Chu Zihang.

Chu Zihang carefully took the legendary holy sword and looked at Lu Mingfei with a puzzled expression, asking, "How come your physique is so weak?"

This is clearly illogical; the junior brother should at least be a second-generation species.

Even if dragons have human bodies, they should far surpass hybrids and exceed human limits, yet Lu Mingfei is already this exhausted after only a few deep dives.

Lu Mingfei lay flat on the soft grass, squinted his eyes, and sighed, "Don't really treat me like a god, senior brother. I'm still your dear good-for-nothing junior brother. I have to stay true to my persona!"

Chu Zihang couldn't understand how his junior brother, who could fight Odin to a standstill that night, had fallen so low that he was exhausted just from diving.

Judging from his appearance, this guy seems to be really exhausted, and he doesn't need to put on an act for me, otherwise he wouldn't have been so "showy" in front of me before.

To be honest... Lu Mingfei didn't pretend at all with him; almost every word and action hinted at something.

If my junior brother really is a spy for the Dragon Clan, then this spy must not have been paid for many years.

Chu Zihang shifted his gaze from his junior brother to the holy sword Excalibur in his hand.

This sword is large and heavy, with the twilight sky reflected on its silver blade. The hilt and guard are inlaid with gold. It is much heavier than his Murasame sword, and feels quite substantial in the hand. Judging by its appearance, the blade is about one meter long and five centimeters wide. It has an inexplicable noble royal style, truly worthy of being the sword once wielded by King Arthur.

Chu Zihang's fingers lightly traced the hilt and guard of the sword, finally stopping at the hilt, where there was a circular groove that seemed to have been inlaid with something, but it has since been lost.

Chu Zihang recalled the information he had collected earlier.

Legend has it that the sword Excalibur had a hilt made of gold and a jewel-encrusted handle, and its blade was said to be able to cut through iron like mud.

This circular groove must have been inlaid with a gemstone, but it's clear the gemstone is nowhere to be found.

Could it have been lost at the bottom of the lake?

Chu Zihang frowned and turned to look at Fairy Lake. Finding a gem in this lake was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The two of them alone would definitely not be enough. They would probably have to drain the lake and dig it upside down, but that would be too much of a commotion.

"What's wrong, senior brother? Didn't you have enough fun just now? Are you planning to come again?" Lu Mingfei looked at him in surprise.

Chu Zihang handed the holy sword to him and said in a deep voice, "This is a broken sword."

The junior brother asked without any surprise, "Do you remember the adventures Jiang Liuer mentioned?"

"That person's name is Jiang Liu," Chu Zihang corrected first, then pondered and recalled Jiang Liu's words.

Finally, he hesitated and asked, "You mean... the gems excavated from the pyramids?"

Lu Mingfei nodded.

"Wait, could that scabbard be...?" Chu Zihang suddenly realized something, his expression filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Lu Mingfei didn't want to talk, so he wriggled his body to form the initials of YES.

Chu Zihang lowered his head, quickly searching his mind for Jiang Liu's words.

Let's go.

"Right, right, let's get out of here! Otherwise, the vice principal will come knocking on our door!" Lu Mingfei hurriedly got up and turned to walk out of the jungle.

"Wait a minute," Chu Zihang asked, puzzled, "Who did you just say?"

"Vice Principal, what's wrong?"

Chu Zihang suddenly fell silent.

He glanced at the sword in his hand, then turned to look at the still lake in the twilight, his eye twitching as he asked, "This sword belongs to the vice-principal?"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and said, "Senior brother, don't you know?"

Chu Zihang took a deep breath. He really wanted to ask his junior brother where he should have learned this news.

"I thought you knew, Senior Brother." Lu Mingfei spread his hands innocently. "This sword is an alchemical artifact, Senior Brother, you should be able to tell, right? The name Fairy Lake was also given by the Vice Principal, and you were the one who told me that. And yet, this sword is buried under this lake. Do you really think it's that coincidental? Apart from that old guy, no one else has such a twisted sense of humor."

"...Was it appropriate for us to take the vice principal's sword, which he had left here without permission?"

"Store it? Without permission? Senior brother, I must emphasize to you, we found this sword!" Lu Mingfei stressed seriously. "We happened to pass by this place, saw the clear lake water, and couldn't help but yearn for it. We couldn't resist taking off our clothes and swimming to our hearts' content, and then we found this sword by chance. It was all an arrangement of fate. How can you say it was without permission?"

He patted Chu Zihang on the shoulder, comforting him, "Besides, as long as we don't say anything, who will know about this? Even if we get caught, as an accomplice, I would never betray you, senior brother!"

Chu Zihang felt a slight headache; once again, he had become an accomplice to his junior brother's scheme.

He looked at the longsword in his hand, then suddenly raised it and slashed to the side. He didn't use much force; the blade seemed to lightly slice across a section of tree trunk, yet it penetrated as easily as cutting tofu, severing the thigh-thick trunk in half.

Lu Mingfei whistled and clapped, saying, "As expected of the Holy Sword, look at its sharpness."

"Can this sword withstand Odin's Gungnir?" Chu Zihang suddenly asked.

Lu Mingfei said blankly, "How would I know? I've never seen anyone else use this sword to attack Odin! This is the first time I've ever seen this sword."

"Is this the first time you've seen this sword?" Chu Zihang couldn't help but ask.

"That's right!" Lu Mingfei said matter-of-factly. "Senior brother, just think about it. King Arthur lived in what era? This sword has been missing for ages according to legend. Don't even mention thousands of years ago, I was still playing with ants ten years ago!"

Chu Zihang's facial muscles twitched.

Does "playing with ants" mean sending ants on a drifting trip using leaves?

"However..." Lu Mingfei changed the subject, "Gungnir's essence is actually a bug in the world's rules. Do you understand rules? All words of power are essentially part of the rules."

"In this world, to stop a bug, you have to come up with an equal bug, and only monsters can fight monsters," Lu Mingfei said meaningfully.

The twilight sunlight painted the dense forest, dyeing everything the color of a fiery sunset, like blood.

"Let me tell you another unverified secret."

"Unverified?" Chu Zihang said in a low voice.

"Oh dear, don't treat me like a god. There are some things I'm not entirely clear about either. I only know the general idea, and it's still in the verification stage. I'm waiting for you, senior brother, to help me verify them." Lu Mingfei rubbed his nose in annoyance. "King Arthur, like Odin, encountered the legendary fairy Morgan and received a gift. This gift may have included this sword and Gungnir."

"Gungnir, was it given to Odin by Morgan?! What is the relationship between Morgan and the World Tree?" Chu Zihang's pupils shrank suddenly.

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Kassel Campus, UK.

Mai Shude leaned against the wall, her tight-fitting combat suit outlining her curves. If she were a model for a sketching class, both the teacher and students would have to stick rolls of paper into her nostrils to draw.

The crimson eyeshadow at the corners of her eyes was as dark as blood, and a misty haze flowed through her beautiful eyes, behind which lay a stunning beauty.

Her beauty was completely different from that of Xia Mi, Chen Motong, and others; it possessed a bewitching, almost demonic quality.

She glanced down at her watch and sighed, "Nannies really have no human rights. Just yesterday I was in Japan delivering photos to the little girl, and today I have to rush to England."

"Come on, at least you get to go on a business trip and travel at public expense, while I'm stuck in the office facing the computer and endless bills, with potato chips to drown my sorrows." Su Enxi's voice came from the intercom. "By the way, the boss said that after this mission is completed, you should go to Kassel College to deliver ten vials of serum."

"Hey, you really don't treat me like a human being, do you? Do you think I'm a donkey from the production team? Even the donkeys in the production team aren't treated like this!"

"The donkeys in the production team are much more hardworking than you."

"What serum? You need ten vials?"

"Cologne serum, huh?"

"Damn it! Do we have that much stock?" Mai Shude was shocked. Ten of these important items were being delivered all at once? Can this stuff even be sold in units of ten?

"If I told you this was just for Lu Mingfei to nourish his yin and yang, would you scream?" Su Enxi asked with a mischievous laugh.

"Nourishing Yin and Yang?" Mai Shude was speechless.

"That's what the boss said." Su Enxi took a sip of coffee and chuckled. "The boss said that Lu Mingfei can't undergo cocooning and blood transfusion to rebuild his body in a short time, but his spiritual power is returning to its source. That's his own power. If he doesn't strengthen his body, the excessive spiritual power will drag him down and cause his bodily functions to deteriorate significantly."

"What does 'returning to the source' mean?" Mai Shude asked in astonishment.

"The new term coined by the boss is roughly equivalent to breaking the seal."

"Alright. Besides, the reason he can't undergo the cocooning blood transfusion is because he doesn't want to leave the academy, right?" Mai Shude raised an eyebrow. "He's clearly awakened, but he doesn't want to leave the academy. It's like a man with hundreds of billions in assets, ranked on the Forbes rich list, still stuck in university struggling for GPA. How should I put it, out of place?"

"It's not that I don't want to leave the academy, but that I don't want to give up those little joys."

A lazy male voice joined the walkie-talkie.

Mai Shude and Su Enxi straightened their backs instantly.

The boss has arrived.

He arrived silently, yet made a grand display of his presence. No one saw him, yet everyone could clearly sense his presence nearby.

"Mai, do you still remember your college life?" the boss chuckled.

"I can't remember. My university life was pretty uneventful, except for the many bees and butterflies, compared to my life now," Mai Shude said, shrugging.

The man wasn't standing next to her, but she knew he could definitely see her movements.

"Oh dear, Mai-chan has missed out on so many wonderful things," the boss remarked.

"good?"

"Of course. The beauty of this world is far more than just fine wine aged for years, cigars rolled on a young girl's thigh, or voluptuous and beautiful women. Compared to these, campus life is in no way inferior. It is an extremely important stage in life; if you miss it, you are no longer complete. And our madman clearly does not want to be an incomplete 'person.'"

The boss said in a gentle voice.

"He wants to become a complete... 'human'?" Mai Shude suddenly shivered.

The greatest monster in the world dreams of becoming a real human, but is human life really that wonderful?

Mai Shude, who was used to "filth," did not think so at all. In her view, dragons and humans were no different in some ways, and the latter might even be more despicable and cruel.

She suddenly remembered a short story she had once read:

A wandering mountain spirit, moved by a sudden inspiration, transformed into a human and entered the town. Initially, he gained friendship and even love, but after his true identity was accidentally revealed, he was met with the unfathomable malice of humanity. Former friends and lovers, using emotions as a web, captured and bound him, secretly plotting to seize his rightful power…

Human malice knows no bounds, but fortunately, humanity has its limits, even for hybrids.

But the boss said the power of the dragons was limitless. When the greatest monster in history becomes a real human and masters that ultimate malice... perhaps that day will be the end of the world.

"I can tell Mai-chan, you're thinking the wrong thing." The boss suddenly spoke up, seemingly having seen through her thoughts.

Mai Shiki came to her senses.

"Don't overthink it. You're human, after all. Why are you looking down on your own family like that?" the boss chuckled. "Humans not only possess unfathomable malice, but also the kindness capable of moving even the gods. It's relative."

"Touched the goodwill of the gods?" Mai Shude was stunned. How could the gods be moved by the goodwill of mere humans?

"Well, how should I put it?" the boss sighed. "Lu Mingfei is different from what you think. He's simply reliving those wonderful years and reflecting on his life. A person who reaches the pinnacle doesn't care how much wealth they control. He and his closest family members are the most precious assets in the world."

Mai Shude understood some of what she was saying, but she became increasingly confused about others.

Shouldn't the premise for revisiting this beautiful memory be that he had a similar experience before?

"Mai-chan, the target has appeared," the boss warned.

Suddenly, Mai Shude's expression turned serious, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in her beautiful eyes.

She was on the top floor of a clock tower, and from there she could clearly see a man sneaking out of a fifth-floor window.

(End of this chapter)