Brass Dragons in the Dragon World

The portrait was painted on a snow-white sheet of Xuan paper, with a half-dragon, half-human head drawn using some kind of dark red pigment.

He had a face similar to Ander's, but with some scales on his face, and a pair of curved horns that formed the shape of a crown.

Looking at the crown-shaped dragon horn, Ander couldn't help but marvel at the accuracy of the prophecy.

As a brass dragon, its horns should have been shaped like the bony plates of a Triceratops, but while this structure looks good on a dragon, it looks rather silly on a human.

Therefore, every time he transforms into his half-dragon form, he consciously changes the shape of his horns, making them as magnificent as a golden dragon.

It appears that this portrait is indeed of him.

When Ander visited Chu Hao's house and saw the Chu family's heirloom, he realized that he seemed to have been blinded by wealth.

Good dragons also love wealth, but they usually don't plunder it; instead, they acquire it through other means, such as becoming the king of a country.

Perhaps for this reason, the Metal Dragon has a much better reputation than the Colored Dragon; after all, those who steal a hook are punished, while those who steal a kingdom become kings.

Ander pondered what he needed to do next:

First, we must eliminate as many of those pseudo-dragons as possible and transform them all into our own strength through the magic array.

Secondly, we need to develop our power. Those fake dragons are surrounded by a bunch of disgusting zombies, and we can't be without these low-level combat forces around us.

Third, we need to keep up with the plot and find ways to help Angers advance further, so that at that time, Kassel College will still be under Ander's control.

These three long-term goals ultimately all boil down to one thing: the dragon vein.

Destroying the dragon vein would grant him prestige among the Chinese-Chinese hybrids, allow Angers to advance further within the Secret Society, and most importantly, reveal the shadow of those pseudo-dragons behind the dragon vein incident.

Ander didn't believe that the Tatars could command the Death Servants to hunt down hybrids. The only thing that could do that was those brain-dead pseudo-dragons.

Although he didn't know what was inside the dragon vein, Ander was certain that this adventure would be anything but simple.

Angers walked in, picked up the portrait on the table, and asked:

"Is this you?"

"it's me."

"Is this the portrait left behind by the hybrid of the Word of Power: the Prophet?"

"Yes, I got it from Chu Hao. It captured one-tenth of my handsomeness, which is not bad."

After learning that someone had foreseen his existence, Ender tried to learn more about the prophecy.

But the "real person" only left behind a portrait and a way to find Ander before ascending to heaven, so Ander could only ask for the portrait to take a look.

"Didn't they suspect you were Deadpool?"

Angers looked at Ander, who was half dragon and half human, in the portrait and asked curiously.

"I am the savior appointed by the advisor. Besides, which half-blood isn't a little dragon?"

Through his conversations with the Chu siblings over the past few days, Ander learned about the current state of mixed-race people in China.

With no money and no connections, they lent their services to the Heaven and Earth Society, working as henchmen and living like rats in the shadows.

They only had two choices: either surrender to the Qing Dynasty and then be sacrificed to the dragon vein at some point;

Secondly, they would hide and then be captured at some point and forced to be sacrificed to the dragon vein.

The hope to end all this is to destroy the dragon vein. These hybrids are willing to give up everything as long as the Tatar Qing's dragon vein can be destroyed.

"Finally, I can become a savior, just like the stories my mother told me when I was a child."

Ander took the portrait back from Angers and sighed as he looked at the portrait on it.

"You didn't ask for payment?"

"I'll take it. Didn't you see that sword?"

Ander couldn't bear to plunder the Chu family's treasures, so he only took the Han sword called "Po Lu".

The transparent blade and sharp edge make this short sword the perfect tool for backstabbing.

"In my opinion, you are worth more than just an alchemical weapon."

Angers walked to the desk and looked at the intelligence he had been compiling over the past few days. In order to communicate with the people of the Heaven and Earth Society, his spoken English had improved a lot. He was indeed a quick-witted member of the Brass Dragon's retinue.

“Yes, but these mixed-bloods of the Heaven and Earth Society are too poor. I plan to ask each family for an alchemical weapon, and also for the right to choose the spoils of war first.”

Upon hearing this, Angers found a stack of papers covered in writing and began to peruse the information on them.

"There are five mixed-blood families in the Heaven and Earth Society: Lu, Su, Chu, Chen, and Ye."

Angers recounted the information he had received.

"The Chen family ran away ten years ago. They supposedly went to Europe. Cowards."

"The Lu family is now an orphan and a widow, and I am now considered a member of the Lu family. They are all mine."

Ander waved his hands, explaining his plan.

"The Su family is said to be involved in knife throwing, so they should have some good stuff."

"According to Chu Hao, the Ye family's bloodline strength is not high, but they have some reconnaissance capabilities, so they can find something if they search around."

Angers looked at the beaming Ander and felt that this guy had really lowered his understanding of dragons.

Ander looked at Angers, who had a disdainful expression on his face, and retorted:

"They want us to blow up the dragon vein, how can they not give us something in return?"

Angers didn't care about other mixed-race people, but Lu Shanyan was a member of the Secret Party, and he couldn't ignore him.

"I recently learned a Chinese proverb about your behavior: 'eating up someone's entire fortune.'"

Ander felt a little embarrassed by what Angers said. He realized that taking advantage of Lu Shanyan's sacrifice, he had disguised himself as an elder of the Lu family to take money from them, which did seem a bit like bullying the orphans and widows.

However, now is not the time to consider this issue. Ander can only decide what to do after meeting Lu Shanyan's widow.

"Have you rested enough? Time to head to Minzhou."

Angers, holding a stack of documents he had compiled, asked Ander a question.

After making contact with the Heaven and Earth Society in Shanghai, Chu Hao decided to first go south to Minzhou with Angers and Anders.

First, Angers and Ander must tell Lu Shanyan's family about his sacrifice.

Secondly, most of the Heaven and Earth Society's men are currently in Guangzhou. For the sake of the plan, Chu Hao decided to gather in Minzhou first, and then the group would disguise themselves as Angers' men and travel to Beijing and Tianjin by boat in batches.

Now that the foreigners have just won a battle, the officials of the Qing Dynasty dare not stop their ships, so this is the safest course of action.

After gathering in Pingjin, the group headed west to Tongwan City, north of Qinzhou.

This takes more time, but it's more reliable.

"We are ready to depart at any time, Captain."

Ander jumped up with a grin and gave a crooked military salute.

Angers, however, was not as relaxed as Ander. According to Chu Hao, Friedrich had known about the Dragon Vein for a long time, but the Secret Party knew nothing about it.

Perhaps all of this was planned by Friedrich long ago; he might be waiting for him in Tongwan City.

Wait for me to go...

Cast yourself in the net!

Chapter Twenty-Five: On the Necessity of Literacy

On a small cargo ship on the vast ocean, Ander was studying the special features of the "Broken Enemy" sword he had obtained from the Chu family.

"It's amazing that the light doesn't refract after passing through it."

Ander placed his hand on the transparent back of the sword. He could clearly feel the cold blade, but his hand did not appear to deform at all.

"It doesn't seem like some kind of transparent glass or plastic, but rather like some kind of stance."

Ender also has spells that can make weapons invisible, but it's difficult to achieve something like this sword that doesn't deform at all.

After all, that spell was based on the principle of distorting light, and upon closer inspection, some clues could still be seen; it couldn't be as perfect as this sword.

Based on his knowledge of science fiction novels from his previous life, Ander speculated that the hilt of this sword might be some kind of force generator, maintaining a force in the form of a sword.

"The most advanced technology is often no different from magic."

Ander sighed

At this time, Ander and his group boarded a ship bound for Minzhou from Shanghai, carrying the munitions that Angers had acquired, and sailed leisurely towards southeastern China.

They would disembark at a secluded harbor in Minzhou, rejoin the main force, and then transfer to another large ship to travel to Beijing and Tianjin.

The enemy hadn't appeared during this time, and Ander was a little worried. Based on his years of experience, he was sure that the mastermind behind this was plotting something.

Footsteps sounded behind him. Ander turned around and saw Chu Hao's sister, Chu Jie, who had a man's name.

"Ah Jie, what's up?"

During the past few days, Ander has gotten to know the Chu siblings better. In fact, Chu Jie is much easier to get along with than his brother, who has a poker face.

"Uncle De, are you studying our family's swords again?"

You can tell from how they address each other that they are now much closer.

The main reason was that Angers and Chuhou both needed to prepare for the upcoming plans, so Ander could only talk to Chujie.

"You're not angry that I took your family heirloom?"

"Po Lu was originally my brother's, but he doesn't like using swords. It's better to let him gather ashes than to let him kill a few more Qing demons for you."

"Then what about before..."

"Uncle De, you obviously don't have much experience in the underworld. What's wrong with selling something and acting pitiful?"

Ander was speechless. Unlike his brother, Chu Jie had no sense of propriety when it came to his words. How could he say something like that?

The ship is now full of Chu Hao's men, so Chu Jie didn't change his clothes and instead wore a light training uniform.

It's freezing cold now, and these two siblings, one shirtless and the other wearing a thin shirt, are both people who aren't afraid of the cold.

"Uncle De, have you figured anything out?"

Chu Jie asked curiously

"I've figured out something: your Chu family ancestors were probably not scholars."