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"Nuwa has returned. How should we face her?" the first mate suddenly asked.
The intense heat on the river had completely dissipated, and Nuwa was gradually returning to the Moniahe.
Everyone fell silent again. The slaughter of the dragon servants was certainly a good thing, as it freed them from mortal danger. However, the dead only needed to consider honor, while the survivors had many more things to worry about.
Given their poor performance and the fact that the Bronze City is located in the Three Gorges, a region beyond the reach of the Secret Party, it's almost certain that this rare Dragon King ruins have nothing to do with them.
“These things are none of our business. We’ve done our best,” Mans shook his head. “Besides, the principal is coming soon. Let him talk to the Zhou family head about these matters!”
End of Chapter 128 (Part 3)
"Let's get ready to go ashore!"
After Nuwa stepped back onto the Moniah, she noticed that everyone's gazes toward her were varied: fear, reverence, panic...
All sorts of emotions mixed together, leaving only complexity.
She didn't care; she'd seen that kind of look many times before.
Mans and the first mate exchanged glances, and finally Zhou Minhao said, "Lord Nuwa, and the two people you brought, shouldn't we wait a little longer?"
At this point, about an hour and a half had passed since Wang Anzhi and Xia Mi went underwater. Based on the two-hour oxygen tanks, they were likely still alive even underwater.
However, deep down, Zhou Minhao didn't think Wang Anzhi and Xia Mi could survive facing a dragon, but he knew that Nuwa would never do something in vain, so he still held onto a sliver of hope.
"Them?" Nuwa glanced at Zhou Minhao and clapped her hands. "Perhaps they are already waiting for us on the shore."
Professor Mans, seeing that Nuwa still had this decision, didn't say anything more, as this was ultimately Nuwa's business.
Soon, Zhou Minhao contacted the director of the Yangtze River Waterway Maritime Safety Administration, who dispatched a vessel to tow the Moniach, which was no longer able to navigate.
Zhou Minhao looked at Nuwa, who had reverted to her childlike nature, and hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Nuwa noticed his gaze and casually asked, "What's wrong? Has something happened?"
Zhou Minhao sighed, "Just as you said, Wang Anzhi and Xia Mi have reached the shore."
To be honest, Zhou Minhao just couldn't understand how they survived in such an environment.
Leaving aside the danger of venturing deep into the Bronze City to meet the Dragon King, the mere thought of walking opposite that dragon servant was enough to send chills down Zhou Minhao's spine.
He didn't believe that the dragon servants wouldn't have noticed the two who had dived down.
Nuwa simply said "Oh," and then ignored it, as if she wasn't surprised at all by such a thing.
At this moment, Professor Mans also came over and said, "Lord Nuwa, there is something you may need to know."
"Speak quickly!" Nuwa sighed, knowing she was in trouble again.
"After confirming that this is indeed the palace of the King of Bronze and Fire, I notified the principal of Kassel College. If all goes well, the principal will arrive in a little while and may have some discussions with you."
Mans honestly replied that it was indeed much more comfortable to push everything onto Angers. He was just a minor tenured professor, how could he possibly shoulder the heavy responsibility of slaying the Dragon King? It should be left to Angers!
“Furthermore,” Mans produced a set of photographs of Bronze City, “based on images taken by our underwater cameras, Bronze City has been confirmed destroyed, and the Lord of Bronze and Fire…”
He pointed to the photo in the picture, "It has disappeared without a trace."
This makes Mans very worried.
This is the first awakened Dragon King discovered by the Secret Service and Kassel College since the beginning of the modern era. If he is allowed to roam human society, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Although the Secret Party's mission is to slay dragons, they believe that all dragons have blood of slaughter flowing in their veins and can never coexist with humans. Their first mission after their resurrection is to destroy human civilization and turn the era back to the era of dragons.
However, Professor Mans, a tenured professor, knew very well that some dragons did indeed hide their identities and live among humans, silently entering high society with the treasures they had accumulated and their incantations.
They were present at balls and even in parliament.
As far as Mans knew, one of the dragons had actually obtained the status of a nobleman, joined the British House of Lords, and attended the Queen's banquets.
He even openly called on Britain to have its own independent nuclear weapons system, break free from American control, and pursue the status of an independent and autonomous world power.
It's too active, and it's too terrifying.
So Kassel College swiftly sent people to assassinate him. Only after they killed him face to face did they discover that he was actually a fourth-generation being who had infiltrated human society.
Over the course of history, he forgot his identity, forgot his memories as a dragon, and lost the dragon race's knowledge of gold.
When he awoke, he instinctively transformed into a human and then gained a noble status through the power of words. It wasn't until he threatened American interests that Kassel College belatedly discovered his existence.
Simply incredible.
It's worth noting that London, England, is the center of mixed-race people in Europe, America, and even the world. It's astonishing that a single person managed to slip through the net and almost quietly infiltrate the upper echelons of human society.
Although terrifying, it also proves that dragons can integrate into human society.
Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, was even more so.
He was able to manipulate Gongsun Shu to seize control of Sichuan and plot to conquer the world two thousand years ago, let alone now?
Although China's household registration system is well-organized, it is probably powerless when faced with supernatural forces.
Looking at the collapsed city walls and the ruins inside the photo, Nuwa shook her head, surprisingly showing little concern about the possible escape of the King of Bronze and Fire.
"What's done is done, and there's no going back. The next thing to do is to track down the whereabouts of the King of Bronze and Fire, but that's impossible. The Dragon King can live safely without relying on the order of human society, and he also possesses great power. Finding his whereabouts is no easy task."
She waved her hand, "As long as he doesn't cause trouble, that's fine."
“How could the Dragon King not cause trouble?” Mans shook his head as well. “Every time the Dragon King awakens, it causes great upheaval in history. How could this time be an exception?”
Nuwa smiled without saying a word. In her view, the King of Bronze and Fire was nothing but withered bones in a tomb, and his fate had been decided two thousand years ago. His current death throes were nothing but futile struggles.
Mans didn't say much, but hesitated about how to fill out his mission report.
Kuimen Plan
[Person in Charge: Mans Rundstedt]
【process:……】
[Result: Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, has escaped.]
The thought of this made Mans' head spin even more.
Just then, the boat docked, and he was about to leave when he suddenly saw two familiar figures on the shore.
"Ye Sheng, Jiu De Ya Ji".
Mans could hardly believe that his two students could find a set of remains.
He walked over and, with trembling hands, placed his left hand over the two men's nostrils. Shangcun was dying of heat, yet they were still alive.
He looked up and saw that Wang Anzhi had already walked up to Nuwa.
Nuwa looked at Wang Anzhi, who had changed out of his black diving suit, and asked curiously:
"It seems this operation hasn't gone very well!"
Chapter 129 Angers
“It hasn’t been going very smoothly,” Wang Anzhi said, looking at the shimmering surface of the Yangtze River. He knew that Constantine, the King of Bronze and Fire, had left along this very river.
"However, everything is still being arranged."
Nuwa nodded, though it was unclear whether she believed her. "What about the King of Bronze and Fire? Have you seen him?"
As soon as Nuwa finished speaking, Professor Mans, who was standing to the side, perked up his ears. While arranging for his other students to take care of the unconscious Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya Ji, he slowly approached.
This was also his biggest concern. Although his two students were still in a coma, they had indeed returned safely.
But how is this possible?
Wang Anzhi didn't say much, only stating, "I saw him."
He glanced at Professor Mance, his breathing suddenly quickening. "Are you sure it's the Lord of Bronze and Fire himself?"
To be honest, Mans was quite confident at first, thinking that the gap between the Dragon King and humans was not that big, to the point that he was able to mistake a dragon servant for the Dragon King, and stubbornly believed that conventional human weapons could cause great damage to the dragon servant.
However, it wasn't until Nuwa expanded her domain to the entire Yangtze River that Professor Mans finally had to admit that the records in those ancient books about ancient hybrids and the story of the dragon-slaying hero were very likely all true.
Wang Anzhi glanced at the old man whose half-arm was blackened but who still appeared unharmed, and nodded. "Of course."
“Then this Prince Norton…” Mans asked again.
Wang Anzhi shook his head and pointed to the Yangtze River. "Not Norton, but Constantine." He looked at the somewhat astonished Professor Mans and emphasized, "The twins sit on the throne."
Ironically, it wasn't until 2009, after the Kassel College, or rather the Secret Society, the world's largest hybrid organization, hunted down the twins of the Bronze and Fire King, that the fact that twins sat on the throne was finally confirmed.
It can only be said that Odin's influence on the Mystic Party was far too severe.
He would release some information when needed, making the dragon slayer believe that he was going to the battlefield for his own righteous cause, and then bury this information when it was no longer needed.
His advantages are too great; the accumulation of time is enough for him to easily accomplish anything.
The Secret Party, a hybrid organization that claims to be the most steadfast in its commitment to slaying dragons, may very well be the organization most severely corrupted by this "dark monarch."
In comparison, Wang Anzhi even felt that the organization of Henkel in North America was more pure.
Of course, one is the rotten eunuch party, and the other is the rotten Donglin party, so there is not much difference between them.
On the other side, after the initial shock, Mance quickly retorted:
"This is just a guess."
"Perhaps!" Wang Anzhi didn't argue further. He pointed to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and said to Nuwa, "If nothing unexpected happens, this King of Bronze and Fire's destination is Sichuan."
"Why would he go there?" Xia Mi suddenly asked. She couldn't find any basis for her senior brother's judgment, but she could trust the words of this mysterious senior brother.
To this day, he has at least not made a mistake.
Wang Anzhi, seeing Xia Mi's slight change of heart, knew that his junior sister was about to be unable to resist the urge to cause trouble for Constantine.
This is understandable, though, as among the four monarchs, Jormungandr's only chance of victory is probably Constantine, who is born with a defect that prevents him from conceiving a dragon.
Norton attempted to bridge the gap between his brother and the other dragon kings with the alchemical sword, the Seven Deadly Sins, but now even that set of swords has been lost by Constantine.
Wang Anzhi glanced at the box in the corner, which was casually placed aside. No one would have guessed that this seemingly ordinary, old and simple box contained the sword and dagger used by the King of Bronze and Fire to slay dragons.
He explained, "There's no reason why. That was his land two thousand years ago, and it was the place Constantine knew best. He could only go there."
In search of his brother.
As far as Wang Anzhi knows, Norton, the other King of Bronze and Fire, chose Sichuan as his first stop after awakening. He was adopted by an ordinary Sichuan family and then took advantage of the craze to smuggle himself to the United States.
It can be said that Sichuan is the place in China today that has the most Norton "atmosphere".
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