Chapter 91 Leaving Kassel Academy
Lu Mingfei stood there, looking at the boy's receding back, smoke filling his face.
He felt mixed emotions. The young man exuded an aura of loneliness and helplessness, which was obviously completely different from the Tyrannosaurus he had seen before. Just as he was thinking, a sound of footsteps came closer and closer. Angé's figure slowly walked towards him from the direction of the school with a solemn expression.
"Why didn't you stop him?" Ange's voice was filled with a hint of blame. "With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult to stop him. The young man just now was one of the Bronze and Fire Kings, named Constantine."
Ange's face turned gloomy, and his sharp eyes stared at Lu Mingfei, as if waiting for a reasonable explanation.
Lu Mingfei looked down at the cigar in his hand and took a puff. The smell of tobacco spread in his mouth. His eyes were blurred and deep in the smoke. "Ange, do you think that guy who looks like he's been abandoned will really destroy the world?"
Hearing this, Ange frowned slightly, with a hint of indifference in his tone: "They have power that we cannot control, and they were once the masters of this world. Isn't it natural for them to want to take back the rights they lost?"
“Really…” Lu Mingfei’s eyes drifted into the distance, as if he was thinking about something. He flicked the ashes off his cigar with his fingers, took a deep breath, and his eyes became increasingly stern and complicated. “So the so-called destruction of the world is just a cover. Your goal of slaying the dragon is ultimately to consolidate your own rights.”
After he finished speaking, he threw his cigar on the ground, stepped on the burning flame, then turned and walked down the mountain. His back looked extremely lonely.
"If that's the case, then I'll quit Kassel College." Lu Mingfei's voice was calm but resolute, without a trace of hesitation. He walked down the mountain along the path step by step, his steps heavy but firm.
Ange stood there, watching Lu Mingfei's receding back, with complex emotions in his eyes. He did not try to stop him, because he was not sure he could stop Lu Mingfei, and even if he did, what would it matter? Would he fight?
Finkel hid aside and listened to the conversation between the two, his expression was somewhat complicated and confused. Although he did not understand the deep meaning, he felt that something big was about to happen.
Finkel took out his cell phone and tapped the screen rapidly. Soon a post was uploaded to the Night Watch discussion area. He used the administrator's authority to pin the post to the top. As long as anyone logged into the discussion area, they would be able to see the explosive news.
The Night Watchman discussion area of Kassel College has always been an important platform for communication between students and graduates. It is filled with discussions about college life, gossip about tutors, complaints about various courses, and updates on influential figures.
Whether you are a student currently studying at school or a graduate who has already moved to the ends of the earth, you will check the forum in your spare time to see what's new.
In recent days, the topics on the forum have been almost dominated by a guy named Lu Mingfei. This freshman has created enough sensation since the first day of school and defeated all members of the Student Union and the Lionheart Club in a free day.
Soon after, news came out that he had killed two second-generation dragons on the second day of school. This feat almost shocked the entire mixed-blood society.
However, today's news is more explosive and outrageous than ever before. The title of Finkel's post is simple and direct, but it ignited the entire discussion area like a bomb.
"S-level freshman Lu Mingfei leaves Kassel Academy!"
As soon as the news came out, the discussion area exploded instantly, and all the major mixed-blood families and forces immediately began to pay close attention. Lu Mingfei has already proved his strength. As long as they can win him over, they will definitely have a place in the future new century.
Various undercurrents are surging, forces are extending olive branches one after another, and a battle without the smoke of gunpowder is quietly unfolding.
But these were meaningless to Lu Mingfei. He walked down the mountain aimlessly along the path. The cool night breeze blew on his face, bringing a hint of early autumn chill.
Lu Mingfei felt physically and mentally exhausted. He smoked one cigar after another, as if only this could help him calm the pent-up restlessness in his heart.
"Brother, you are confused again. This is not good. You still have to save the world..." The familiar voice sounded in his ears again, but Lu Mingfei looked around but could not see the little boy.
“If you say again that the sun is going to explode, I will blow your head off first. I’ve already said that if it’s that Dragon King who wants to destroy the world, I might be able to kill one or two of them if I risk my life, but I can’t do anything about the sun.” Lu Mingfei growled angrily, and the cigar in his hand was fiercely extinguished by him. He did what he said, and if he hadn’t seen the boy, he would have punched him.
He had long been impatient. This mysterious boy always appeared at critical moments, and his tone was always ambiguous, like a riddle man, bringing him endless troubles.
"But if brother doesn't take on this responsibility, then there will be no one to choose from. Brother... time is really running out." The boy's voice echoed faintly in Lu Mingfei's ears, like an invisible pressure that constantly oppressed his nerves.
“Why did you choose me!” Lu Mingfei’s anger finally exploded. He roared loudly, and his voice echoed in the empty mountains. “I’m just a piece of trash! I can’t do anything! I don’t even know who I am, how can I save the world!”
Lu Mingfei's voice was filled with a hint of despair. It was a cry that erupted from the deepest part of his heart. His mind was in chaos and everything in the past flashed by like a kaleidoscope.
He went to World War I for no apparent reason and fought for more than a year! He was no longer human for no apparent reason! After being killed, he returned to the modern era and found that almost all of his former comrades were already dead! Someone inexplicably told him to slay a dragon! Now someone is even asking him to stop the sun from exploding! They're telling him to save the world!
He didn't even know what he was, so how could he, Lu Mingfei, save the world! What dragons! What hybrids! All bullshit!
He was tired, he was really too tired, he really wanted to take a break and ignore everything.
"You are the biggest monster in the world." The boy's voice became helpless and low at this moment. Lu Mingfei's vision suddenly began to distort, and the world in front of him changed rapidly. He suddenly found himself standing in front of a huge ancient tree, the tree was towering, and its branches and leaves were like umbrellas covering the sky.
But the roots of this tree seemed to have been gnawed by some giant beast. The huge gap made the whole tree show signs of decay, and the trunk was covered with mottled cracks and withered branches.
"This... is the World Tree?" Lu Mingfei murmured in a low voice. He recognized the appearance of this tree. It was exactly the same as the school emblem of Kassel College. The half-rotten World Tree seemed to symbolize the end of some kind of fate.
The boy stood in front of the tree, his golden pupils looking directly at Lu Mingfei. There was an unfathomable and complex emotion in his eyes, as if he was waiting for him to make a choice.
Lu Mingfei's heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment. He stared at the huge world tree intently. The scattered branches and leaves on the tree trembled weakly in the breeze, as if telling the world about its own decline.
Thick black liquid continued to seep out of the cracks in the tree trunks, and the smell of decay filled the air, making people feel depressed and suffocated.
The boy stood quietly in front of the World Tree, looking up at the old giant tree. His figure seemed particularly small. In this endless corruption and chaos, he was like an insignificant speck of dust. The boy turned his head, and his golden pupils looked at Lu Mingfei again, his eyes filled with indescribable emotions.
"Brother, this is the true face of the world." The boy's voice was gentle, but it was like a sharp blade piercing Lu Mingfei's heart. "The world tree is decaying, the sun's light is dimming, and everything is coming to an end. Whether it is the dragon clan or humans, they will eventually turn to dust."
Lu Mingfei felt an inexplicable fear. This fear did not come from the decay of the giant tree or the boy's words, but from an irresistible sense of fate.
He clenched his fists weakly, his nails digging deep into his palms, but he felt no pain at all. His body seemed to be bound by an invisible force, unable to escape or resist.
“Why should I change all this?” Lu Mingfei’s voice was hoarse and husky, his eyes were filled with despair and anger, “I’m just an ordinary person, an unlucky guy who was thrown into the war, the dragon clan, and these ridiculous situations from the beginning. You all say that I can save the world, but I have never actively chosen all this!”
The boy looked at him expressionlessly, and said calmly, "Because brother is the most special existence in this world. No matter whether it is humans, hybrids, or dragons, they cannot compare to you. That is why this world chose you."
Lu Mingfei's heart suddenly sank, and the pain, confusion, and struggle he had experienced flooded into his mind like a tide. He had shed blood on the battlefield and shared life and death with his comrades, but in the end, he was the only one left alive.
He wandered alone in this strange era, forced to shoulder the responsibility of slaying the dragon, and now, an ambiguous destiny is waiting for him to save this collapsing world.
“You think I’m a monster, too, right?” Lu Mingfei smiled bitterly, looking at the dying tree. “Maybe I really am a monster, a monster that doesn’t even know who I am.”
The boy did not answer. Instead, he walked silently to the root of the World Tree and gently stroked the rotten bark, as if he was touching something sacred and sad. The bark quickly became more withered under his fingertips, and his touch seemed to be a poison.
“Every leaf and every branch of this tree represents the fate of this world,” the boy whispered.
"And the fate of this world is coming to an end due to an irreversible disaster. This world chose you because, among all possible futures, your existence is the only ray of hope."
Lu Mingfei stood there, his mind in chaos. The boy's words were like sharp blades, tearing through his inner defenses bit by bit.
He didn't want to admit it, and even less wanted to face this so-called choice, but no matter how he avoided it, the boy's words were deeply engraved in his mind like a curse.
"See this gap? You once bit this gap to escape your own fate. Brother, are you willing to accept this fate again now?" The boy turned around and stood under the tree, pointing at the gap that seemed to be bitten by some giant beast, his eyes shining like stars.
"As long as you are willing to stand up, there is still hope for the world."
Lu Mingfei was silent. Time seemed to freeze at this moment. His gaze passed through the boy and fell on the withered World Tree. The leaves trembled in the breeze, like the last struggle of a dying person.
He was somewhat shaken in his heart, but more than that he felt deeply exhausted.
He thought of his comrades, those who died in a foreign land, their blood dyed the cold trenches red, and he was dragged back to this world by fate. Those dead would never be resurrected, and he himself was no longer the same person he was before.
But the lives of those comrades still exist in this world. If, as the boy said, he is the only choice in this world, then how should he face all this?
“Maybe…” Lu Mingfei’s voice was barely audible. He looked at the huge World Tree with a complex emotion in his eyes. “Maybe I should really do something.”
The boy didn't say anything, but just smiled. He knew that Lu Mingfei's inner confusion would not disappear at this moment, but he also knew that there was always a sense of unwillingness in this man's heart, a flame that could ignite the world. No matter how much suffering he experienced, this flame would not go out.
The branches and leaves of the World Tree made low mournful cries in the wind, but the half-rotten old tree seemed to have some life under the boy's gaze. Lu Mingfei stood in front of the tree, took a deep breath, and seemed to have made a decision in his heart. After all, he could not escape his fate.
"What should I do..." Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)
