Chapter 346 Meeting in the Academy, Beowulf
Underground of Kassel College, secret meeting room.
There was a long table in the dark space, and except for the first one, every other specially-made chair was empty.
The lights suddenly turned on, illuminating the face of the old man sitting at the end of the long table. He was a handsome old gentleman. He reminded people of old wine and was definitely the favorite of the elderly.
Angers was wearing a crisp suit. While he was waiting, the folding knife in his hand was flying like butterflies. The blade made of the Philosopher's Stone reflected a magnificent red color under the bright light.
It's not that the lights are turned on in the room, but that the projected light is slightly diffused. At this time, people appear on every chair. This is one of Kassel's unique high-tech holographic projections.
Just like in the meeting room in Portofino Manor, the seats of the school directors remain the same.
Everyone who was supposed to be there was present, but those who never showed up still didn't show up.
After the projection stabilized, the voice control system was connected. Frost, who was sitting on the left side of Angers, rang the bell and took the lead in firing.
"Ange, you are derelict in your duties!"
Frost's voice was suppressed with anger. He did have a valid reason to hold Angers accountable this time. It would be better to say that all the school directors present except Elizabeth were a little angry.
Angers didn't answer, but just tossed the folding knife in his hand, up and down. The wine-red light reflected in his pupils, gradually turning into a layer of gold.
The old man with rosary beads in his hand rang the bell, "The principal must give the secret party an explanation for this matter."
The term he used was no longer school director, but secret party.
The fat girl rang the bell, "The secret party has suffered huge losses. It may be that the great cause of slaying the dragon fell short."
Even the man in sportswear who was always the peacemaker sighed after ringing the bell, "Principal, what you did this time was indeed inappropriate."
Angers caught the handle of the folding knife falling from the air and suddenly inserted it on the table. A pair of dazzling golden eyes scanned all directions, like an angry old lion.
"Are you done?"
Angre's deep voice made all the school directors stunned for a moment.
In the past, no matter what the matter was, even if everyone impeached Angers together, this old gentleman would smile with a salty smile, or turn a deaf ear, or respond like a rogue.
But today the school directors found that Angers was different from usual. He was suppressing anger that far exceeded theirs. If this was not a virtual meeting, some school directors would even feel that Angers would rub a folding knife across their necks!
In the end, Frost was the bravest. He rang the bell and spoke, but his tone became gentler, "Chu Zihang and Eriki are the ultimate dragon-slaying weapons created by the academy at a great cost, but you let them go Looking for someone whose existence is not entirely certain, who has now been missing in the Nibelungs for more than forty-eight hours."
Frost continued, "According to prophecies and many signs, the King of Sky and Wind has awakened, and the King of Earth and Mountain may also be lurking. If the academy loses Chu Zihang and Eli Yi, what will they get then? Fight against the Dragon King?"
The acting head of the Gattuso family, who puts interests first, looked serious and solemn when he spoke. He really did not mean to cause trouble this time.
The school directors were all worried about this incident. With the fall of the two dragon kings, their understanding of the dragon clan further deepened.
The so-called first-generation species, dragons at the level of the Four Monarchs, are simply not technologically superior to them, and no matter how many ordinary mixed-race species there are, they will be destined to die.
Think about it carefully, let alone killing the Dragon King, in history they have never even found an accurate case of a hybrid species putting the first generation species back to sleep.
The four monarchs fall into deep sleep or form cocoons again, often spontaneously.
They wait for the prophesied end in constant reincarnation, and never take humans and hybrids to heart.
Through the new information that the college has learned over the past year, the school directors have gradually changed from fearing the first generation Dragon King to worrying about the end of the world.
But at such a critical juncture, the two strongest dragon slayers in their academy were missing.
Even if it weren't for the great influence of these two people, there are many records, and the school directors would not be able to remember each other's appearance.
Elizabeth rang the bell, "Just because they have been missing for two days, it cannot be said that something has happened to them. Your wording is wrong, Director Frost. We do not necessarily have lost them."
Elizabeth's face was expressionless, making it difficult for the other school directors to guess what she was thinking, but in fact she was a little sad inside.
On the one hand, she was quite optimistic about the young man named Chu Zihang, but on the other hand, even she felt that the principal's decision-making was wrong this time.
This may be a mission to defeat the Dragon King, but the commissioners acted too hastily and set off without sufficient preparation, resulting in the Nibelungen being trapped now, with no idea of life or death.
The other school directors stopped talking and just looked at Angers, wanting to see how the old man would explain.
Angers lit a cigar and took a deep puff. The rich smoke was exhaled, covering his eyes. "This is a battle against the Dragon King. Do you think I am not prepared enough?"
He sneered, "Then what do you think is enough? Chu Zihang and Eriki went together. They both have experience in killing the first generation species. Compared with the previous time in Atlantis, They are already the strongest team.”
He looked at Frost, "Do I need all A-level and above elites from the executive department to accompany me to be fully prepared?"
The school directors were silent. Angers was right. Even if he sent more people, he would only die. In a battle against the Dragon King level, only the top elites have the fighting power.
Ange continued: "As for whether Chu Zihang and Eli Yi are looking for someone who doesn't exist, I can say with certainty that Lu Chen does exist."
The fat girl rang the bell, "How does the principal judge?"
Smoke filled the air in front of Ange, "It's very simple. The disappearance of Chu Zihang and Eli Yi has explained everything. Everyone should have noticed that their impression of them has weakened in the past two days. This means that the Dragon King or the nun Borongen has corresponding powers that can affect people's memory of them. We don't remember Lu Chen at all, but we just used stronger powers on behalf of the Dragon King. In the eyes of the Dragon King, Lu Chen is someone we must never remember."
The old man with the rosary rang the bell, "The principal means that Lu Chen was the strongest hybrid in the secret party, but he fell. The disappearance of Chu Zihang and the others just proved the existence of Lu Chen, and Lu Chen couldn't defeat him." Is it normal for our opponents, Chu Zihang and Eri Yi, to be trapped and disappear?"
Angers nodded, "That's it."
Frost rang the bell, "But this doesn't explain your mistake. As you said, even Lu Chen can't defeat the opponent, and Chu Zihang and Eri Yi can't deal with it. So what we should do in this situation is Preserve your combat power and continue to find ways to strengthen Chu Zihang and Eriki instead of sending them to sacrifice in vain."
Today, Frost speaks very objectively. It would be better to say that he no longer cares about the power struggle when it comes to the big issues that determine the survival of mankind.
What everyone didn't expect was that Angers nodded calmly and admitted, "Yes, this is indeed my mistake."
He spread his hands, "But why should we stop a man from saving his brother and a girl from saving her lover?"
Frost rang the bell and said, "You are acting on your own initiative."
"Yes, I am indeed motivated. Chu Zihang and Eriki are also motivated, but don't forget that Eriki entered school as a Japanese exchange student. She belongs to the Eight Sheqi Family. She is helping us slay the dragon. As a favor, she has no obligation to completely obey our orders, and Chu Zihang may still be an honorary school director, and I have no power to govern him."
What Angers said was clear and logical, and the school directors could not find anything to refute him for a while.
At this point in the conversation, Angers had turned back into the old scoundrel he had been before, but the school directors felt inexplicably relaxed.
"Then what measures do we have now?"
Frost rang the bell and asked. He never mentioned anything about replacing the principal today.
Everyone knew it well at this time. Even if Ange made a mistake in his judgment this time, he openly admitted it. But the more this happened, the less they could move Ange.
Now is the most critical moment for the secret party. If even Angers falls, it will be truly over. They need Angers.
It is not so much that the school directors are here today to call for punishment, but rather to see if Angers has a reasonable solution.
Those present are all the top powerful people in the world, and the powerful people are very realistic. Impeaching Angers or replacing Angers will not solve the problem at all, or can bring benefits to them, so they will not continue to attack Angers.
What they want is a response to the current situation.
Angers pulled out the folding knife on the table, "If you think I can fish Chu Zihang and the others out, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. I'm just going to make you forget about the opponents they can't defeat."
As he said this, he looked at Frost and joked, "But some people will feel more comfortable if they forget about me."
Frost's eyes twitched, but he didn't interrupt.
Ange continued: "You don't need to be so pessimistic about their affairs. Before the meeting, I listened again to the recording of the conversation between Chu Zihang and the others in my office before setting off. I am glad that the Dragon King's second power did not change everything. I'll review 'After listening to the recording, I think Chu Zihang's analysis makes sense."
He slowly exhaled a puff of cigar smoke, "Lu Chen can't be dead, otherwise the Dragon King wouldn't have to expend great efforts to erase his existence, and they disappeared in a Nibelung root, which means they would have probably died at this time. We’ve reunited, our dragon-slaying elites are all fine, they’re just trapped.”
The old man with the rosary rang the bell, "But this won't solve the problem. Being trapped and unable to get out is no different to us being dead."
What he said was cruel, but that was the fact. If the secret party broke out into a war with the Dragon Clan at this time, the absence of the elite would be equivalent to no existence.
Angers rang the bell, "Don't worry, according to Chu Zihang's description, Lu Chen is a very good fighter, but... he is not very good at school. He can't find a way to leave the Nibelungs. It doesn't mean that Chu Zihang Zihang can’t be found either, they will come out.”
Seeing Angers calm expression, the school directors also felt inexplicably confident.
But in fact, Ange was not as calm as he appeared. After Chu Zihang and the others disappeared for a period of time, he would secretly lament his rashness.
His analysis just now was just for the good, and Chu Zihang and the others were able to come out of the Nibelungs safely not because he was counting on Chu Zihang himself, but because Lu Mingfei was in the team this time.
He did not think that the devil and his counterparty would be easily trapped in the Nibelungs.
The man in sportswear rang the bell, "What the principal means is that we don't need to do anything now, we just need to wait for them to come back? This is too passive."
"It's a bit passive, but the Nibelungen is different from other places. No matter how advanced our technology is, or how many people there are in the execution department, we can't conquer it. On the contrary, judging from Chu Zihang's situation, continuing to send people is just fearless. to die."
Angers pointed upward, "I have asked Norma to mobilize satellites to monitor the sea area throughout the entire process. We can learn about anything unusual at any time."
Frost pondered for a moment and rang the bell, "Then we can move on to the next topic."
After careful analysis, the principal was right. They had no good solution and could not waste their troops in vain, and they also had troubles to deal with at the moment.
"Has the identity of the student named Abdullah Abbas been confirmed?"
Frost asked about the school trustees' concerns.
At first, the academy only suspected the student's identity and placed him under house arrest in a secret underground facility, guarded by twenty A-level executive department elites.
Professor Masashi Toyama went to hypnotize Abdullah many times, but gave feedback that everything was normal and that Abdullah was a good student with a sense of justice.
The college still has not ended Abdullah's house arrest, because what Chu Zihang and the others said should be true, and Abdullah was just someone who appeared out of thin air.
No matter who Abdullah is, it is worth digging deeper to see if there are any special clues.
At first, the academy suspected that Abdullah might be the King of Sky and Wind, but the information from the North Pole was too clear. There was a girl named Snow and Black Snake who should be twins. They disappeared together, and it should be the sky. That's right with the Wind King.
And Abdullah’s speaking spirit is Indra, so it is unlikely that he will be the king of the earth and mountains, so the academy will put it aside for the time being.
Regardless of the opponent's identity, they are all under control. Angers is in charge of the academy. If something goes wrong, the Night Watchmen's commandments suppress them. Angers takes action. In their base camp, they are still confident in beating a first-generation species with a human body. .
But the problem was last night, Abdullah... disappeared mysteriously.
Under the watchful eyes of countless cameras and twenty execution department elites, he disappeared like air.
"The identity cannot be determined, but it may indeed be a dragon king. Only a dragon king can disappear in such a weird way."
When it came to Abdullah, there was a hint of gloom in Angers eyes. He had imagined several situations, and even lived above Abdullah himself, but when the other party disappeared, he didn't notice it at all. .
Afterwards, he checked the monitoring of that day and found that there was a period of time that was blank. He asked the commissioners of the execution department. Strangely, those commissioners were not in their posts at that time and could not remember what they were doing at that time.
Someone came to the college openly, invaded Abdullah's ward, and met with him!
Rather than Abdullah's identity, Angers was more wary of the guy who met Abdullah.
A mixed race?
Or the Dragon Clan?
He hates the dragons, but knows that the human heart is even scarier than the dragons.
If the guy who met Abdullah was a hybrid human, what was his purpose?
Why could he determine Abdullah's identity?
What did he do to Abdullah? Leading to the awakening of the Dragon King?
Ange was in a bad mood today, not only because Chu Zihang and Eriki's team had been out of contact for more than two days, but also because of Abdullah's incident.
After Abdullah disappeared, he always felt very irritable, as if he... missed something.
The old man with the rosary rang the bell and said: "The King of Sky and Wind has finally awakened. If Abdullah is not the King of Sky and Wind, then he can only be the King of Earth and Mountain. Now the remaining two monarchs have woken up at the same time. The prophecies of doomsday are getting closer, and we must be prepared.”
At this moment, a new figure suddenly appeared on an empty chair in the conference room.
He was a tall old man with white beard and hair, calm and intimidating. The hands exposed outside the sleeves were covered with fine white dragon scales, and several scales could be clearly seen under the collar.
Pale and burly, he sat like a thick limestone tombstone.
Many school directors looked at the newly-appeared old man in surprise. The elder Rosary Master recognized him first. Even in the virtual remote meeting, he still stood up and saluted him.
"Mr. Beowulf."
The other party is not a school director, but he is also the most powerful person in the secret party. It is better to say that he is an absolute "militant faction"
This family has produced too many dragon-slaying heroes in history, some of whom have killed the next generation, and their family tradition is also very bloody and cruel.
Just like the dragon-slaying hero in mythology, after killing the dragon, he bathes in its blood to make himself stronger.
But the reality is not a myth. High-purity dragon blood is highly poisonous, but this family uses dragon blood crystals for newborn babies. Those who survive are outstanding warriors, and those who die are eliminated.
People from their family basically don't come to Kassel to go to school, because the Beowulf family feels that the academy is too "weak" and believes that the dragon slayers trained by the academy will only be those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and are the real dragon slayers. Baptism can only be completed on the battlefield.
A hundred years ago, there was no such thing as an executive department. There were only "action teams." Beowulf was the leader of the action team. It was the predecessor of the executive department and hunted dragons all over the world.
They were cold-blooded and efficient, never rescuing each other. Their dead companions were buried together with the dead dragons, and then they played a harmonica in front of the grave as a sign of mourning for their companions.
They train their own descendants, and it is said that each of them is the best of the best.
At this time, the person projected onto the screen was the patriarch of the Beowulf family, an old man with the title of "Dragon Bloodthirsty". He was an old monster older than Angers. He was already over 150 years old, but he had retreated behind the scenes in these years. , basically rarely interfere in the affairs of the secret party.