Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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Then came the system's analysis and speculation: "[...Then the host might have been picked up...]".

But that doesn't make sense either, as both Lu Mingfei and the system immediately refuted this analysis and guess.

Angers was able to recognize him, which clearly showed that he resembled his father, Lu Lincheng, and his great-grandfather, Lu Shanyan. Therefore, Angers was able to recognize his old friend at a glance, and his Lu family bloodline must be undeniable.

Compared to the system that could calmly speculate and analyze, Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded. He wasn't a novice when it came to dragon blood and didn't know anything about bloodline inheritance.

Chu Zihang's father, Chu Tianjiao, is speculated to be an S-level hybrid. He and Su Xiaoyan, an ordinary person, were able to produce a decent hybrid. Yet, his parents, both S-level, produced an ordinary person like him.

This looks problematic no matter how you look at it.

But the blood of ordinary humans in his body is more real than gold, without a trace of bloodline mixed in, a genuine pure human, while my biological parents are double S-class?

What kind of dragon blood joke is this?

However, Lu Mingfei showed no outward emotional fluctuations. He knew that he was just an ordinary human being, and it was normal for him to sometimes lose control of his emotions.

Therefore, when he gets emotional, he likes to have the system take over the account immediately to control his expression and emotions.

At this moment, the system successfully controlled Lu Mingfei's facial expression, so in Angers and Xia Mi's eyes, Lu Mingfei's expression was quite calm and composed, and he was not surprised by the news.

His indifferent expression prompted Angers to continue without pausing, saying, "Your parents met at the Kassel College..."

Angers began by recounting how the two S-class dragons met. The system silently received the information Angers shared, leaving Lu Mingfei alone to silently bear the thoughts deep within his heart.

His parents have been gone for many years, and he has gradually forgotten what they look like, only remembering their general appearance.

During the years he suffered neglect and oppression at his uncle's house, he truly missed his parents and that cozy little home with ivy climbing all over the walls.

His parents were overseas returnees and elites, but before Lu Mingfei entered junior high school, they never showed any elite qualities. They were just ordinary husbands and housewives, and seemed no different from his uncle and aunt's family.

They have nothing to do with powerful S-class hybrids. Look at the S-class hybrids that Lu Mingfei knows: Angers, Uesugi Kotetsu, Erii, Genjiro... Even the worst one, Xia Mi, is definitely not an ordinary person who just makes a living.

It wasn't until Lu Mingfei entered junior high school that his parents patted him on the shoulder and said, "We're going to go abroad to work, to save money for you to buy a house, a car, and get married..."

Then they left and never came back. They haven't returned for many years, only sending back a few letters occasionally, along with huge sums of child support fees that would be considered enormous for an ordinary family in China.

The system analysis begins here, where Auntie starts to feel intensely jealous of Lu Mingfei's parents. Previously, the two families' circumstances weren't that different; their status as returned overseas elites and American-Chinese citizens hadn't brought any significant improvement to the family of three. But as they went abroad and easily received child support payments, Auntie's envy and resentment intensified.

The advantage that came with his overseas returnee status has not been worn away by the passage of time; he just wanted to take care of his children, so he didn't take it out to use.

Once that couple revealed their identities, making money was as easy as eating and drinking, immediately widening the gap between them and Lu Gucheng's family. They were worried about their brothers living a hard life, and also worried about them driving Land Rovers—but Lu Mingfei's family has actually gotten one!

So now, are his parents working for Kassel College?

Before Lu Mingfei could even ask, Angers quickly provided an answer to his question.

"However, their studies at Kassel College do not mean they have joined Kassel College. They are more like senior corporate leaders going to IBM for advanced training and prestige. They are not part of Kassel College; in fact, they belong to another faction of the Secret Party."

Angers glanced at Lu Mingfei's expression as he said this.

"Another faction within the Secret Party? Your Secret Party has split internally?" the system asked.

“Yes, our Secret Party has experienced an internal split.” Angers smiled wryly. “There are disagreements on some issues. Although we are still generally inclined towards the human camp and are not going to compromise and surrender to the dragons, this is heresy for the orthodox Secret Party.”

Therefore, their studies at Kassel College were extremely secretive, and few people knew their true identities. They simply graduated as ordinary outstanding students, just like when the Snake Clan sent Genjiro to Kassel College for further studies. No one could have imagined that this seemingly normal outstanding student was actually a hidden super hybrid.

“No… Principal Angers, you…” Xia Mi looked like she wanted to say something but couldn’t.

Why are heretics allowed to study at the Kassel College? And Angers seems to know all about this.

“Yes, I can be considered one of the secret agents within the Secret Party. I only care about slaying dragons; I don’t care about the internal divisions within the Secret Party. As long as I can slay dragons, I’m a good buddy.” Angers smiled. “Don’t spread this around, or I’ll feel bad, and I’ll definitely make you feel bad too.”

"of course."

"We definitely won't say anything out of line," Xia Mi nodded frantically.

Chapter 145 The All-Powerful Little Superman

In an instant, Lu Mingfei's thoughts and system analysis appeared simultaneously:

Angers doesn't care about factions or differences; as long as dragons are slain, he's a staunch ally, as if they can squeeze a lot of oil out of him.

[...Angers takes a path of seeking common ground while reserving differences, and tries to win over most of the allies who can be won over...]

Lu Mingfei did feel melancholy because of his parents' problems, but he quickly realized that his current strength was entirely due to the system's help. Without the system, he would just be an ordinary person.

With both his parents being S-rank, it's perfectly normal for them to choose to hide the fact that he's a dragon. No matter what problems he has, it doesn't change the fact that he's just an ordinary person and can't keep up with his parents' S-rank bloodline level.

There are differences even among mixed-race individuals, let alone between ordinary people and mixed-race individuals.

Therefore, it's reasonable for parents to act like ordinary people in front of him and not tell him about his lineage or occupation. Since there's a certain degree of reasonableness in that, there's no need to consider too many other messy things.

“If your parents aren’t with you right now, it must have been quite a few years since they last contacted you, right?” Angers asked Lu Mingfei.

That's true, the system nodded: "That's right."

“The situation with your parents’ faction is quite complicated. If it weren’t for you, they would most likely have disappeared more than a decade ago,” Angers said.

What is the core principle of my parents' faction?

"It's a long story, and there are many things that can't be revealed. After all, your parents didn't tell you the truth, so they must have their own concerns."

Let me make this brief. The Secret Society's mission to slay dragons is true, but we also need to examine what the purpose of slaying dragons is. There may be some self-interest involved, but in terms of actions, it is more about saving humanity.

It was precisely because of the shared goal of saving humanity that the Secret Society split up, much like in late Qing Dynasty China, where different factions emerged due to differing actions, but the core purpose remained the same; the only difference was the path chosen to achieve the objective.

Aside from some dissenting personal ideologies, the current Secret Party is predominantly pro-war, advocating for a direct confrontation with the dragons. The other faction, however, believes that once the dragons fully recover, humanity's attempt to fight them head-on is futile.

After all, humanity itself has internal problems, so these pessimistic people believe that they should find a way to preserve the flame of human civilization, just like facing the end of the world, and that they should do it strategically…

To put it bluntly, it's the difference between the optimists and the pessimists, but their pessimism isn't without reason. Currently, the Secret Party and the mixed-race world do indeed lack a strong, unifying ideology as their core.

Pure dragon slayers, those who just coast along, new dragon people, surrenderers... it's all chaos, just like human nations on Earth, each with their own ideas and interests.

According to the Secret Society's records, tens of thousands of dragons across the Earth are in hibernation, their cocoons hidden in places unseen by humans, awaiting the arrival of a new era for dragons...

Xia Mi's eyes darted around in confusion as she said, "But if that's the case, it seems that Mr. Lu's parents' doomsday faction doesn't mainly focus on slaying dragons? And they don't seem to have much interaction with Principal Angers?"

The mixed-race factions are a mixed bag, and behind any faction may stand a dragon or a dragon king, just like Lu Mingfei's side. But Lu Mingfei and his group really want to slay the dragon, and they are more serious than gold.

However, the apocalyptic movement's core principle of retreating to preserve the flame of human civilization doesn't quite align with Angers' desire to slay dragons.

"There is a difference here. The despair of the Doomsday Faction is simply because humanity does not have any weapons that can deal a heavy blow to the dragons. They cannot confront the dragons head-on on the battlefield. Seeing no hope, they can only choose to retreat and preserve the human race."

Angers said slowly, "If we humans have a stable way to fight against the dragons, if we have hope, they will also stand up."

The doomsday prophet wasn't just trying to be a coward; they were simply too pessimistic about the world's resurgence of dragons, and chose to survive when they saw no other opportunities.

They too can rise up and slay dragons, provided they see that humanity has that hope.

It was precisely because of this premise that Angers protected them; otherwise, on the charge of splitting the Secret Society, the Secret Society's first action would have been to kill these heretics—the heretics could live, but the heretics had to die.

Where are the Doomsday Faction now?

The system asked Lu Mingfei the question he cared about most.

"I don't know the exact location either."

Angers shook his head slightly: "They had previously tried to create a doomsday haven that no dragons or humans could find, which required complete isolation from the outside world. It seems they have succeeded now, and I haven't heard any news of them for many years."

Completely cut off from the outside world, his parents had truly disappeared, rather than deliberately not coming back to see him... Lu Mingfei felt a little better.

Moreover, his parents weren't completely abandoning him; they sent a considerable amount of money to his uncle's family every year—definitely middle-class income. If it weren't for this mess...

After discussing Lu Mingfei's parents, Angers didn't give Lu Mingfei and the system a chance to get rid of him before taking his leave.

Understandable, given the pressing matter of the White King's remains. There's plenty of time; with this connection, there's always more to gain from Angers later…

Lu Mingfei said to the system, "Angers is over 130 years old, right? What if he suddenly dies during this incident targeting the White King's remains?"

Angers was far too old, which made Lu Mingfei somewhat worried about this old man who had a very good relationship with his great-grandfather.

[…Forcing things is never ideal. When it comes to getting something for free, it's best to make the other person happy to give it away so that it can last…]

As for Angers' physical problems due to his age, if he can't get through these next few days, then it's highly unlikely that we'll be able to get much benefit from him...

They take a relaxed view of system analysis and don't care about petty gains.

Indeed, some petty, insignificant benefits can be obtained entirely by Lu Mingfei's own hands. The benefits he values ​​are either urgent in the short term or very important in the long term.

[...Next, we need to pay attention to the actions of the Snake-Headed Hachike and Kassel College. This requires us to get closer to Erii and obtain real-time information from the Snake-Headed Hachike's side...]

The system then set its sights on Erii, this simpleton, since it would be easiest to extract crucial information about the Snake-Headed Eight Families from her.

When Erii is unimportant at crucial moments, the system calls her "old hag," but when she becomes important, it immediately switches to calling her "sweetie"...

Angers was in a hurry to go back and inform the Kassel College, so he didn't eat with them. Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi didn't waste the leftovers and ate them.

While eating, Xia Mi said, "Boss Lu, I never expected your background to be so mysterious and strange."

Although Lu Mingfei has recovered, the prevailing opinion at school regarding the fact that his parents haven't returned for many years is that they abandoned him, just like those melodramatic plots in movies and TV shows, where they had children outside the home... This is not without reason, because there are indeed such precedents at Shilan Middle School.

Students in elite schools are mostly from wealthy and powerful families, and the troubles caused by their wealth and influence are far more frequent than those of students from ordinary schools.

"Hmm." Lu Mingfei nodded slightly, his eyes fixed on his phone screen, as if I were listening intently. "I didn't expect it to turn out like this either..."

"Who would have thought it would turn out like this?" Xia Mi said casually. "But Mr. Lu, your family is really well-connected. Those with ability either want to save China or save humanity. They all have lofty ambitions for the well-being of all people."

Lu Shanyan went to Europe to find a way to save the country, while Lu Lincheng joined the Doomsday Faction in an effort to preserve the flame of human civilization.

When Lu Mingfei arrives, it's time to slay dragons and save humanity!

However, she made it possible that she was capable; otherwise, the Lu Gucheng family's practice of exploiting the descendants of the deceased would have somewhat tarnished their reputation and legitimacy.

"Ah."

Lu Mingfei's reaction was somewhat lukewarm.

I don't know if she figured out that she was referring to her uncle's family, so she remembered some unhappy things... But Xia Mi was overthinking it.

He was actually just looking through the detailed version of the Word Power Periodic Table that the Kassel College had just sent over.

The table contains ample information on low- and mid-sequence Words of Power, including activation Dragon Runes and more. After all, these are not particularly rare Words of Power, and the Secret Party has accumulated a wealth of research opportunities over thousands of years.

The system included all of them in the parsing list without hesitation and began deciphering them.

However, at higher-order incantations and above, the detailed information begins to become corrupted and incomplete.

However, many powerful incantations, such as Time Zero, Sword Control, and Bronze Throne, have been deciphered by the system.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the constantly updating system analysis log and felt as if a near-omnipotent little superman was slowly rising within him…

Information becomes severely lacking when it comes to the Super Word of Power. Only a few records show how to activate the Dragon Rune, and the information provided only offers a general description of its power and effects. It's likely that the Secret Party never possessed it, only knowing that its owners had used it.

After passing through serial number 111, a trial described as vaguely indicative of information, comes the Dragon King-level world-destroying power.