Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 433 The Dead King
The ruins of the Bronze City surround the dead dragons like a cemetery.

Compared to the crashed bronze city, the dead dragon was not huge, but it was one of the largest dragons Lu Mingfei had ever seen, almost as big as Fenrir who had recovered his dragon form. One could not help but imagine how majestic it must have been when it soared into the sky.

Although it is biased to judge whether a creature is dangerous based on its size, large creatures always give people a sense of power. Elephants are pure herbivores, and most people think they are docile and harmless animals, but this does not prevent them from crushing the heads of predators with one foot when they are angry.

The dragon in front of him was like this. It had been dead for a long time, but the residual power it exuded and the burning heat on its body all showed how powerful it was when it was alive. Lu Mingfei had a certain conclusion in his mind that when this dragon was still alive, it might have been a king.

But why did Lu Mingfei himself appear here?

Lu Mingfei looked around and it seemed to be a Nibelungen, but it was a little different from the Nibelungen he had experienced before. According to legend, Nibelungen was the final resting place of dead things, and a piece of soil might be a treasure in alchemy.

But the creatures living in it are alive. The deadpools, who were corrupted from dangerous hybrids, have no reason, but they are still living creatures. They can reproduce and even form groups.

Not to mention the dragons that created the Nibelungen, these great creatures have stronger bodies and wisdom than humans. The place where they live is really inappropriate to be called the Kingdom of the Dead.

But Lu Mingfei seemed to be able to sense the death of the Nibelungen in front of him. It was a very strange feeling, a living being was welcomed into the real realm of death.

Lu Mingfei was not sure about his current situation. Was it that his consciousness had left his body and came to this land of the dead that was burned by fire; or was it that his body had also entered here and was feeling the residual heat of the fire that had burned the entire world.

But at present, the person who sent him here... the little witch did not intend to let Lu Mingfei leave at any time. Finding that he had nowhere to go, he looked up. The dead dragon was still, and its head would probably be a good place to look out.

He moved as soon as he was told, climbing up along the dragon's tail hanging on the ground.

The fire burned away all the elements of this world, making it difficult to use the Word Spirit. In such a desperate place, even a noble pure-blooded dragon could not flap its wings and fly into the sky, and could only die in the heat.

The dragon's scales had long been burned by its own flames and could no longer be seen. Now they looked like solidified magma that had cracked open. The flesh and blood in the cracks seemed to have dried up long ago, and were grayish white, with sparks mixed in, like ashes that had not been completely extinguished.

It’s like the fire that started in ancient times has not been extinguished yet.

The dragon's body was scorching hot. As the being that released the world-destroying fire, it was still the hottest being here even now, as if it was still alive. However, Lu Mingfei was not afraid of the high temperature whether he entered physically or wandered in spirit.

It was not difficult for Lu Mingfei to climb the huge dragon's body. Standing on the dragon's head with dry eyes, he looked down at the dragon's overall appearance.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the first impression of the dragon's body was not that it was tall and mighty, but that it was slender and elegant. Lu Mingfei had never seen Xia Mi display her dragon body, but he had seen Izanami display her dragon body, which was also slender and elegant.

This seemed to be a characteristic of a female dragon. The dead dragon was a queen, which was somewhat beyond Lu Mingfei's expectation. But he didn't care and continued to look into the distance.

Everything he saw was charred black. The pitch-black earth and the red sky always made him feel like he was in hell. His vision improved, and Lu Mingfei saw something different.

First, there were tall, slender bronze pillars, some broken, some crookedly inserted into the dark ground.

It would be a bit of a stretch to regard these bronze pillars as the support columns of a tower or some building. Lu Mingfei took a closer look and found irregular burn marks on the bare pillars, as if some kind of fabric had been burned and stuck to the pillars.

Those pillars used to be flags. Lu Mingfei could imagine the rows of flags being burned to ashes in the fire.

Apart from the chess pieces, the other thing was much smaller, but it made Lu Mingfei feel a little numb.

Compared to the dragon, those things were very small, like tombstones, standing in front of the dragon. If it were just these, it would not be enough to move Lu Mingfei, but these "tombstones" were densely packed, like migrating worker ants.

This might be the enemy that the dragon faces. They are not as big as the dragon, but their huge numbers can overwhelm the dragon and the bronze city behind it, and eat them up without leaving a trace.

Lu Mingfei was silent, because he recognized these "tombstone"-like worker ants. These were the ones that invaded Nibelungen in Chami.

Omega, he had never thought that he would see these unknown guys here. They were all dead as expected, having also perished in the fire, but the emblem-like patterns on their armor were still so obvious even after being melted by the high temperature.

Lu Mingfei suddenly understood that this dead Nibelungen was an ancient battlefield, an ancient battlefield used by the Dragon King to resist Omega.

Lu Mingfei had never seen such a large population of Omegas before. Even in the final battle of the Roman Nibelung, the Omegas that emerged like a violent army seemed to be less than one-tenth of the number here.

The dead Omegas were naturally unable to speak, but the way they stood like tombstones seemed to be saying that only the strongest king was worthy of their deployment on such a large scale.

Lu Mingfei looked down at the dragon under his feet again. Facts proved that the dragon won the war in the end. However, after she activated the forbidden word spirit, she died, and the Nibelungen under her control was annihilated.

The history of this war has long been lost, and even Xia Mi can't remember where these unknown iron lumps Omega came from.

There seems to be no winner in this war... or maybe there is, while the dragons and Omegas are fighting to the death, humans have taken over the world.

From the perspective of species, Lu Mingfei could not judge the pros and cons of this war, but personally, he still admired this dragon. Even if he died, he would drag these Omegas to die together. This courage deserves respect from anyone who comes.

Lu Mingfei jumped down from the dragon's head, stood on one of the wing bones, and stroked the dragon's skull, which had become rough due to the burning flames. He imagined how heroic she would be if she were still alive and standing in front of the Omega army.

The dragon's eye sockets were already dark, except for a few sparks like embers in the cracks on its scales.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He saw a golden light flashing in Long's eyes. "...Your Majesty." He heard someone sighing, "In compliance with your order, I did not let these invaders break through here..."

……

"Master...Master...Master Lu Mingfei..."

Lu Mingfei suddenly came to his senses. The head maid Patsy was looking at him with a worried look. He looked around and found that he had returned home without knowing when.

"Master, are you feeling unwell?" Patsy asked beside him, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed in worry for him, which really made people want to hug her and whisper comfort.

"...I'm fine." Lu Mingfei hugged her and then returned to the sofa in the living room and sat down. He rested his elbows on his knees and buried his face in his palms, thinking about everything he had just seen.

This didn't seem like everything was alright, which didn't reassure Patsy. She squatted down beside Lu Mingfei, the worry on her face not diminishing in the slightest. "Although Miss Lucrecia has gone back, the medical cabin prepared by the family for her is still there. Please forgive my impoliteness and let me take you to see it."

"I'm really fine." Lu Mingfei pulled his hands away from his face, stroked Patsy's face which looked even softer because of worry, and smiled, "Don't worry about me. It's not good to look so sad."

"But..." Patsy was still worried.

But Lu Mingfei interrupted her: "Tell me, how did I get back?"

Patsy was a little surprised, and the remaining worry on her face turned into surprise: "You just came back normally like usual."

Lu Mingfei paused. It seemed that when his consciousness entered the dead Nibelungen, his body went back home on its own. He stood up and patted his face. How could he not know that the dead Nibelungen was a reminder that a new threat would come.

"It's getting late, you should go and get some rest." He glanced at Patsy and kissed her worried lips. "Please keep an eye out for Lucrecia's news. I tried to call her just now, but no one answered."

Patsy bowed slightly to him: "I understand, please go to bed early."

Lu Mingfei returned to his room. He was not going to rest yet, so he decided to ask someone. As for who to ask, of course, it was the one who wanted to see him the most.

……

Just like the last time he came, Lu Mingfei's spiritual world was pitch black. He pushed open the door of the hall. The layout was the same as the last time he came, but unexpectedly, the little witch was not there.

In the spiritual realm, the witch was obviously much stronger than Lu Mingfei. If she really wanted to hide and not want to see him, he really had no way to stop her. Fortunately, there was more than one ancient existence like the witch in his mind.

Coming to the white world which was completely opposite to the black world, Lu Mingfei suddenly paused, staring at the small building between the black and white mountains and waters in amazement.

Izanami, with white hair and white clothes, sat on the futon in the small building and looked at him with some surprise: "It's really strange that you would take the initiative to come to me."

“Let’s not talk about this for now…” Lu Mingfei walked into the small building and looked at it curiously. It was also in black and white and looked like a landscape painting. “What’s going on?”

"It's just my experience of being in prison." Izanami said softly, stretching out her hand and sweeping across the table in front of her. The white tea set appeared on the black table. "It would be tiring to face the same scenery every day. Wouldn't it be nice to relax yourself within your ability?"

Izanami's hair was still as white as snow, and it was scattered freely on her white dress, as if it was indistinguishable from the other. She looked contented and beautiful, as if she was living in a secluded place among mountains and rivers, without any sense of being imprisoned.

She poured a glass of water and handed it to Lu Mingfei who was sitting opposite her. "It's a pity that 99% of my energy is with you, otherwise it wouldn't be this monotonous black and white. It wouldn't be difficult to recreate Gao Tian."

Lu Mingfei ignored her and took the cup to try to drink it. It turned out to be tea. In fact, this was not worth being so surprised. This prison of Izanami was made of his spirit. Here, she, who once controlled the spiritual elements, could easily make people feel the taste of tea and wine.

He suddenly smiled, and the quiet building that looked like a landscape painting suddenly collapsed, and was replaced by a dark dungeon where all light was blocked.

"If you're in jail, you should act like you're in jail." Lu Mingfei said softly while looking at Izanami.

"It took me a long time to get to the Dragon City look like this..." Izanami was a little discouraged, then looked around, "But this looks pretty good, much fresher than the previous monotonous look."

Then, she looked at Lu Mingfei and asked curiously, "Tell me, what happened to you? I feel that given your dislike for me, you wouldn't have come to me if it wasn't something that outsiders couldn't handle."

"It seems that you are quite self-aware." Lu Mingfei glanced at her.

Izanami smiled at him and said, "No, this is proof that I understand you. What Jörmungandr can do, I can do too."

Lu Mingfei ignored her. Losing to Xia Mi seemed to have become her obsession. He paused and continued, "King of Bronze and Fire, how much do you know?"

This time it was Izanami who was silent. She put down the cup in her hand and looked at Lu Mingfei silently: "Are you serious?"

Lu Mingfei looked at her silently: "Although you were born before the four great kings, and you were sealed in the execution ground when they were active. But if you have no knowledge of these dragon kings who were born after you, then you might as well die in the execution ground."

Izanami looked at him silently, then looked away and sighed softly: "I take it back. It seems that you are beginning to understand me... Well, is this proof that we understand each other?"

(End of this chapter)