Su Qiang: “How could this be! The worst outcome has happened! I'm so angry!”
Isabelle: “Is this what undying love is? You die, so I can live.”
Von Schneider: “They are all guardians of Kassel Academy, warriors who defend all the mixed-bloods.”
Yuan Zhi Sheng: “Ye Sheng is a true man. He protected Jiu De Ya Ji until his death.”
Zou Tou Jing: “I really don't want to face death and separation. Every time it happens, it's so heartbreaking, making me incredibly sad.”
Xia Mi: “This doesn't seem like a Dragon King, though! Ah, it's a pity for Ye Sheng and Jiu De Ya Ji!”
Chu Zi Hang: “Xia Mi, how do you know?”
Xia Mi: “Just a hunch! If everything needs a reason, wouldn't that be tiring?”
Chu Zi Hang: “I understand… if the academy needs me, I can execute this Kui Gate operation.”
Fingel: “Junior, you guys can join the Executive Department as top students in your senior year. Be prepared.”
Kaiser: “Joining the Executive Department means you’ll face the dragons.”
Kaiser: “After all, only the strongest warriors can become the swords to kill the Dragon King. And I, am one of them.”
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“Ye Sheng… you’re alive. It’s good.”
On the Moniyah, Jiu De Ya Ji watched this scene and gently wiped away the tears from her eyes.
By choosing to execute this mission, they had already prepared themselves for death.
But she was not willing to let Ye Sheng die to protect her.
As lovers, who would want to see their loved one die before them?
Seeing her own tragic ending, Jiu De Ya Ji's eyes hardened.
“Professor, are we still executing the mission?”
“If I’m not mistaken, this should be a Dài Dài Zhòng.”
Ye Sheng gently hugged Jiu De Ya Ji.
Then Ye Sheng turned his head and looked at Professor Mans, whose brow was furrowed.
He didn’t regret seeing himself die.
Even if he had a second chance, he would do the same.
However, he was worried that if the predetermined events changed, the so-called bronze jar might not be found.
This thing was the reason why the creature was relentlessly pursuing them.
“The principal hasn’t issued new orders yet. Ya Ji, Ye Sheng, let’s stay on the ship for now.”
Mans shook his head, with a hint of regret, as he looked at his two most beloved students.
Now that he knew how things would play out, he would do everything in his power to prevent this outcome!
Even if he had to die, he would die gloriously!
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The video continued playing!
In front of the Moniyah, fragments of the helicopter surfaced.
These fragments, forged from steel, exploded violently beneath the waves.
Flames shot into the air, extinguished by the water.
Moments later, several splashes of hot blood were washed away by the cold surface, rising like bubbles.
“This monster is chasing us like this? Does it want to eat me?”
Selma took a deep breath and slowly stood up.
“No, it should be called ‘he.’ This is a sentient creature, but its intelligence should not be high. It thought the people on the helicopter were attacking it.”
“What it cares about is the bronze jar. Are there any other weapons?”
Hearing Mans' inquiry, the vice principal, who was desperately driving the warship, roared.
“Only ten miniature deep-sea bombs left!”
“Release them immediately!”
Mans didn't even think twice, issuing the order.
The underwater weapon storage compartment opened, and the deep-sea bombs floated at a depth of ten meters.
As if sensing the deep-sea bombs, the dragon-like creature was charging at them at breakneck speed!
“The bombs' signals are appearing! They’re in its body!”
Mans shouted: “Good! Detonate them now!”
The Moniyah was located tens of meters away from the deep-sea bombs.
With a deafening explosion, a whirlpool several meters in diameter formed on the turbulent surface!
“It worked! A pity!”
“It would have been great if we could capture it alive! This is a once-in-a-century research subject.”
“But it shouldn't be the Dragon King Norton!”
“A Dragon King wouldn't be stupid enough to eat a bomb.”
Thinking of the towering bronze ancient city, Selma frowned, not understanding.
Sonar showed that five deep-sea bombs were indeed eaten and successfully detonated.
Selma and Mans were standing on the deck, looking at the surface one kilometer away.
From this angle, they could see a pitch-black spine and a faintly visible upper jaw.
It was clear that this was a vertebrate.
“Selma, you performed well this time. I’ll give you full marks for your internship.”
Mans said softly.
It was clear that Selma was calm.
Before long, Selma would certainly become an excellent Executive Department officer.
“Thank you.”
Selma looked down at the surface.
“But right now, I’d rather fail the exam and let Ye Sheng and Ya Ji come back…”
Mans was about to make a joke to lift Selma’s spirits.
But the moment he turned his head, a blood-red object pierced through Selma’s chest!
Mans stumbled forward.
But he could only watch as the blood-red object took Selma away from the deck and disappeared into the water.
As Selma vanished, Mans finally saw what it was.
It was the tailbone, which should have been shattered!
“Ahhhhhhh!!!”
Within a few minutes, Mans had lost three students, and he was overwhelmed with grief. He gripped his sniper rifle and kept firing at the surface!
He emptied an entire magazine, and black-red blood floated up!
Mans didn't know if he had killed Selma by mistake or if the monster had eaten her.
On the dark water surface, there were several eerie laughter echoing, like the songs of ghosts.
“Did you all hear that?”
The crew members who were still on the ship were terrified.
Mans leaned weakly against the wall, his voice trembling.
“You heard right, it’s the dragon laughing….
“It, is mocking us!!!”
At this moment, he finally understood why the previous detonation had been successful.
The dragon had deliberately pretended to be dead after the explosion!
“Professor, there’s one undetonated dud left. Should we detonate it?”
The deputy captain sighed and asked.
Mans shook his head, his voice low.
“No, it’s waiting for us to detonate it.”
“It’s right there on the surface not far away, with its mouth open. If we detonate it, it will blast the heat towards us!”
“Just like the dragon’s breath coming out of its mouth!”
Mans shook his head, filled with pain and regret.
“I misjudged it. Its intelligence is not low at all!”
“Attacking the helicopter was probably because it didn’t like the lights, and swallowing the bombs was because it knew the bombs wouldn’t be effective after the explosion!”
“It… is playing a game with us helpless prey!”
Mans looked up at the shadow in the distance, like a mountain range.
The dam that guards the water of Kui Gate.
They were in Kui Gate, the pass through the dam.
Apart from a nuclear detonation, nothing could shake this impregnable fortress!
“Start the engine, full power, turn around!”
Everyone understood what he was going to do, and they looked up at him.
Mans took a deep breath and roared: “I am the captain of the Moniyah, I have the final say here!”
“Everyone return to the cabins, start the engine, head straight ahead!”
“Forward! Forward! Forward!!!”
“Advance at all costs!!!”
Faced with this strange creature!
They had… no escape!
And this dam was their only hope of survival!
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Chi Lan: “That's not a Dragon King, right? How can its intelligence be so high? It’s terrifying!”
Ye Cha: “Is this thing’s digestive system made of iron? The bombs didn't even tear its body apart!”
Wu Ya: “No, it actually means that this creature has some characteristics of the Bronze and Fire King. It might be able to transform flames into heat for its body.”
Su Xi: “Losing three students overnight, I really feel sorry for Professor Mans.”
Jiu De Ma Yi: “Against dragons, you can only use alchemical weapons. Unfortunately, the current alchemical weapons are not strong enough.”
Su En Xi: “Yes, a strong enough alchemical weapon can blow this beast’s head off with one shot.”
Von Schneider: “It’s my fault. We brought too few alchemical weapons for this Kui Gate operation!”
Gudridan: “No, this is not about weapons. We simply don’t have enough information!”
Nono: “Yeah, the information we have is basically obtained by Ye Sheng and Jiu De Ya Ji, at the cost of their lives.”
Kaiser: “What’s inside that bronze jar should be the Dragon King’s egg, right?”
Chu Zi Hang: “Highly likely. This Dài Dài Zhòng is guarding and serving the Dragon King, who is a Chu Dài Zhòng.”
Fingel: “The dam should save Professor Mans and the others. They paid the price of losing three elite members, but they successfully retrieved the Dragon King’s egg. Ah, a pyrrhic victory.”
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