Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 461 Enemies of the Kings

Restoring a huge structure like the Bronze City is no small undertaking. Even Constantine, the owner who once forged it, cannot restore it to its ancient glory in a short period of time.

However, the half-broken bronze city has an asymmetrical beauty. The internal structure exposed to the red air is extremely delicate, and even modern people who are proud of their countless industrial innovations can only sigh at its ingenuity.

The restored half of the Bronze City has a classical beauty that spans thousands of years.

Over the past thousands of years, countless dynasties have collapsed, and countless glorious royal cities have turned into dust in time. There may never be a way to see what those palaces that allowed kings to command power thousands of years ago looked like.

The Bronze City is even more majestic and more luxurious than that. Every piece of bronze on it carries thousands of years of history.

Lu Mingfei climbed up to the Bronze City again. Unlike the last time when he had no place to stay, the Bronze City could now obviously give him a formal reception.

Standing high and looking far, Lu Mingfei was amazed by the majesty of the bronze city, and for the first time realized the hugeness of Nibelung. The desert-like land stretched far away, and the sky was so broken that you couldn't see the end at a glance.

All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. This is perhaps what a king's territory should look like. Unfortunately, the Nibelungen is close to extinction.

Constantine led Lu Mingfei into the main hall of the Bronze City. In ancient times, she and her sister sat here and accepted the worship of all races ruled by dragons.

The queen in armor sat on the throne at the top of the hall, her figure was slender and attractive, dangerous and attractive. Even though she was made of metal, Constance's beauty was convincing. The metal mask with a clear female outline showed her dignity, nobility and splendor, just like a noble queen.

The scarlet dragon lay on one side of the throne, a huge bronze mask covering his face, and his golden eyes, like flowing lava, looked at the visitor warily.

Samson, who was unable to defeat the weak Xia Mi, naturally did not fight against this existence that even his king found difficult. However, as long as the king's order was passed on, he would destroy the king's enemies even at the cost of eternal death.

"You don't have to look at me like that. I said I just came here to chat." Lu Mingfei looked at the dragon servant with interest.

Unlike his king who assimilated with Omega, he is still a complete dragon, but he wears the same dragon-shaped armor as Omega. Using armor instead of cocoons allows dragons to have combat power that is not inferior to that of their prime while they are still hatching.

Constance, who put this plan into practice, was undoubtedly an outstanding king.

There was more than one armored dragon like this in Nibelung. Armored dragon troops wearing ferocious armor were standing on both sides of the palace.

Their armor may not be as exquisite and powerful as Samson's, and their bodies are far smaller than his. They don't even know that they are not living dragons. After all, dragons have the ability to revive dead dragons as servants.

The Corpse Guardian Dragon has no sense of pain and no flesh. In a sense, it is more powerful than a living dragon.

This is a deadly army. After thousands of years of war, humans have developed beyond-visual-range strikes, a combat method that the army can only use as an auxiliary.

But Constance is not a king who is complacent. After experiencing the war against Omega, she obviously will not use the rough fighting method of dragons, which relies on either words or powerful bodies to fight the enemy.

As the queen of alchemy, it was only a matter of time for her to imitate modern weapons of mankind. And modern weapons transformed by alchemy would only become more powerful.

Moreover, dragons can fly, and this army, literally armed to the teeth, is like a group of flexible fighter planes. But the difference between them is that fighter planes at least won't use their tails and claws to hit people.

Perhaps for high-level beings, even the most advanced modern weapons are not enough to defeat them. But for slightly lower-level units like Pureblood Dragon or Omega, such attacks are extremely effective.

This group of soldiers wearing Omega-like armors were scattered throughout the Bronze City. While repairing the Bronze City, they were also making some kind of preparations. How could a king not have an army to spread her prestige? Constance was obviously preparing for war.

Perhaps she had sensed that there were still some Omegas active in the world, and was planning to crush them into meaningless scrap metal. Or perhaps, she was waiting for another Nibelungen to open, and then march inside to punish the King of the Earth and the Mountain who had betrayed the kings and torn up the covenant in ancient times.

There are still many pure-blooded dragons alive in Xia Mi's Nibelungen, and they have been fighting with the Omegas who occupied their city for thousands of years.

However, Lu Mingfei did not think that this group of pure-blooded dragons, who were generally of low rank and had been driven out of their own city, could face off head-on with the armored corpse-guarding army.

If it was the former, Lu Mingfei would naturally support Constance, the Metal Queen. But if it was the latter, it would give him a headache.

Now that dragons are almost extinct, there are still two kings ruling their tribes, and civil war should not have broken out between them. However, there are irreconcilable contradictions between the two kings, and war is almost inevitable.

Lu Mingfei sat on the bronze hall under the king's throne. As an important guest of the king, he naturally would not stand like a corpse guard. Beside him, a maid was serving him tea. At that time, the maid was also made of bronze.

There was a bronze table in front of him, with metal plates and bowls filled with fresh fruits. It was obvious that Constantine had not been staying in the Bronze City for the past few days.

Lu Mingfei withdrew his gaze from the dragon armor troops and looked back at the queen sitting on the throne: "Constantine, I am glad that you have come out of the grief of your sister's death."

The re-floating of the Bronze City was only one of the changes that had taken place in the Nibelung. Another change was that the dragon bone cross of the King of Bronze and Fire, Ruoton, which had been exposed in the wilderness, was buried.

Constance obviously would not let her sister's body be exposed in the wilderness. That was not the treatment a king deserved after his death.

Then, Lu Mingfei looked at the armored troops again: "It seems that you are ready to avenge your sister."

As to whether he wanted revenge on Omega or on another king, he did not say.

"What? Are you going to stop it?" The Metal Queen said softly. Her voice was like that of a young girl, but extremely majestic.

"No, I'm very happy that dragons have such a powerful army." Lu Mingfei, who knew the history, did not simply regard dragons as enemies like the hybrids.

In the history left by humans, there may be a history of being ruled by dragons, which is why they are hostile to dragons. However, the only thing missing is the history of dragons fighting against Omega. The ancient war may have ended quickly, and there was no winner. The dragons were seriously injured, even the kings had died, and they could only survive. Obviously, they did not have the energy to leave a true history.

The remaining Omegas' attitude towards humans may be the same as their attitude towards dragons. It is naturally impossible for them to run into human society and tell modern people about this lost history.

Besides, what would happen if humans knew about the existence of Omega? They couldn't even handle their own internal affairs. The hybrids, whose bloodline was fading, obviously didn't have the ability to fight against Omega.

And Omega has an ability that is almost like a natural enemy to humans.

Lu Mingfei still remembers the slight burning sensation in his eyes when he first saw Omega. If he were an ordinary human, his eyes would have been burned when he first saw Omega.

So at the moment, Constantine's dragon armored troops seem to be the only army that can prevent Omega from making a comeback.

Of course, the same goes for the group of pure-blooded dragons under Xia Mi. They have extensive experience fighting against Omegas... although it seems they have never won once.

Constance looked at Lu Mingfei deeply and said, "You seem to be very happy, but if I tell you that Fenrir and Jörmungandr are also among the targets of my army, what would you think?"

This was almost a statement. From the moment she showed this army in front of Lu Mingfei, she was hinting that she would start a war between the kings and that the war would not end until one of them died.

"No." Lu Mingfei looked at her silently, "The one who left this army behind is your sister, right?"

If Izanami's speculation was correct, and Ruoton died in order to resurrect her sister, then she obviously would not leave her weak-willed sister alone and helpless in the chaotic post-war era.

She left this army for her sister, hid it in the deepest part of the Bronze City, and transformed the dead dragon servant Samson into the appearance of Omega. In this way, when her sister rebuilt the Bronze City, she had the power to compete for the world again.

Constance suddenly stopped talking. She fell silent, but there seemed to be flames flickering in the eyes of the metal mask. Her heart was not as calm as she appeared.

“What a great sister.” Having guessed correctly, Lu Mingfei sighed softly, looking at the silent Metal Queen with a complicated look, “She obviously doesn’t want the minions of this army to stab their own kind.”

Constance ended her silence: "...I have the final say on how to command this army."

"But, before Fenrir and the others, there were more troublesome enemies, right?" Lu Mingfei looked at her silently.

He already understood what Zero was hinting at. It was a sign that the war would begin again. A new enemy seemed to be lurking somewhere.

Constance paused for a moment, then slowly stood up from the throne. Her metal body with graceful curves was as beautiful as a human woman. She glanced at Lu Mingfei and then walked out of the hall.

Lu Mingfei followed her out of the hall and found her standing on the square in front of the hall, looking into the distance. Her body, which should have been strong and powerful, looked so fragile and weak.

"You feel it too?" She said softly, her voice a little hoarse. "When my sister was still here, she told me that there are enemies who covet our world and are waiting behind the door."

Lu Mingfei identified the direction and found that Constance was facing west.

Talk of directions was meaningless among the Nibelungs, but both the direction her sister had faced when she died and the direction their Bronze City had faced when it fell were west.

Obviously, this is not a coincidence. Omega came from the west.

"The kings made a mistake." Constanze continued, "They shouldn't have coveted the other side of the world like the aliens. The result of opening that door is their death."

"Covet?" Lu Mingfei seemed to have discovered the cause of the war.

"Yes." Constanze turned around and looked at her. "The war started because of desire. This world is big, but it is still too small for the kings. The enemy on the other side of the door probably thinks the same."

Lu Mingfei was silent. The war that almost defeated the two races had such a simple cause. This made him feel a little strange. But thinking carefully, humans have also made many mistakes because of their desires. It is not surprising that dragons, who are more willing to face their desires, would do the same thing.

He was silent for a moment, then continued, "Ordinary Omegas are not qualified to make the kings go all out. What is the real enemy you are facing?"

Constance was willing to communicate with him again, which was a good start. The little queen was willing to tell Lu Mingfei these ancient secrets, and it seemed that she had no intention of being hostile to him. Perhaps, she was willing to put her grudge with Xia Mi and the others aside until she had settled it with Omega and the others.

Constance did not answer immediately. She raised her hands and pressed them against her chest, her graceful figure slightly deformed by the pressure.

She looked into the distance again and said softly, "...Archangel."

……

Lu Mingfei stood on the rooftop of the Regent Hotel again. The night wind began to turn cold as it blew on his body, as if foreshadowing that the short sunny day would end tomorrow.

He let out a long breath. This visit to Constanze had yielded far more than the previous two visits. There was a possibility of winning over Constanze, and there was also a possibility of temporarily putting aside the grudge between the two kings.

After he had settled the matter here, he could go to Florence and take a closer look at what Gattuso had dug up. What did it have to do with Zero's reminder to him? Constanze's clear western direction made him a little uneasy.

Unfortunately, he couldn't get away now. It was hard to say when the Zero Omen would appear, but Sunan's fire could start at any time. He couldn't leave here until the two kings shook hands and temporarily united.

This is the most difficult thing to do. Fortunately, there are some signs of progress.

(End of this chapter)