Dragon Race: Lu Mingfei Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 395 exploded!

Strategic meeting room on the second floor of the Holy Blood Hall.

All the seats in the conference room have been modified and upgraded to make the specifications and dimensions adapt to the soldiers' newly tempered sturdy physiques; the added holographic projector projects clear images and data in the center of the expanded conference round table, allowing soldiers to receive information more intuitively even without wearing tactical helmets.

Although the City of Miracles has a combat conference center dedicated to the legion, considering the number of participants and report items today, there is no need for the hall that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Lu Mingfei sat in the main seat, with two big red apples in the pockets of his casual hoodie that he had bought from Giovannis before leaving the academy cafeteria, symbolizing "peace and safety"; the current legion staff officer Caesar Gattuso and the chief alchemist sergeant Ronald Tang sat on each side, while the Finkel brothers and the "Sword Champion" Chu Zihang brothers sat a little further away, indicating that the two of them were only invited and had nothing to report to the legion master.

"In fact, I absolutely trust the loyalty and ability of the two brothers. There is really no need for them to report every detail to me." Lu Mingfei sighed.

"So this is a major matter that requires your decision, Captain. It concerns whether we use violence or peaceful means to unify the scattered human political systems on this planet." Caesar said seriously.

He still maintained the confidence and high spirits that belonged to a nobleman in the past, and the many tedious affairs did not seem to make him tired at all.

"What I have to report is not as explosive as what Caesar's staff said," Old Tang shrugged, "It's all about the recent achievements of the Alchemy Equipment Department."

“Okay, then please start.” Lu Mingfei sat up straight, and half of the conference table was submerged in the shadow cast by his body.

"Then I'll go first," Old Tang raised his hand. Seeing that Caesar had no objection, he continued, "Ahem... I think the title of 'Chief Alchemist Sergeant' should be upgraded to be more in line with my current technical level... Captain, what do you think of the new title of 'Alchemy Forging General'?"

“…Are you serious?” Lu Mingfei’s mouth twitched slightly.

Old Tang nodded.

"Very good, from now on you are the Alchemy Forging General of the Sword of Revelation Legion, in charge of the Alchemy Equipment Department. Now please get to the point, my Forging General." Lu Mingfei said helplessly.

Old Tang was delighted. He nodded repeatedly and turned on the holographic projector. The firefly-like blue light gathered in the air to form a clear picture:
"First, your new weapon, temporarily named 'Inquisitor of Heresy', has been forged for 74 percent of the time."

Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up, and his sight was immediately firmly grasped by the dark golden double-edged giant halberd. This hideous weapon silently floated above the conference table - even though it was just a projection, the dark golden lines on its surface still glowed dangerously under the illumination of the ceiling light, and the arc drawn by the blade seemed to be frozen in the cold moon in the air.

Although he already possessed the "Sword of Revelation", a magic weapon that could slay demons, Lu Mingfei still wanted a new weapon - it was definitely not because he was fickle, but because he felt that this magic weapon was too powerful and he might develop a strong dependence on it, which would be detrimental to his own combat training.

He had tried to kill enemies with his fists in combat simulations, twisting off the heads of various enemies, crushing them, or tearing them in half. Although this gave him some mental feedback, it was seriously inefficient. So he commissioned the Alchemy Equipment Department to forge a new weapon for him without affecting the main work progress.

"The long handle of the Inquisitor is made of living metal, with a diameter of about thirty centimeters, which perfectly fits the size of your palm. It is not too thin like a chopstick. The surface of the handle is covered with induction alchemical runes. Unauthorized people who touch it will be electrocuted into charcoal by the burst of golden lightning."

"In its normal form, the handle of the Judge is 2.5 meters long, but it can be freely extended and retracted as you wish, up to 5 meters. The blade is 1.5 meters long and is forged from two materials. I named the outer layer 'Infinite Black Gold' - it is the black box that contains the Alien Clock. I disassembled it and melted and reshaped it in batches. It has extremely high strength and absorbs the power of the Alien Clock that can affect time... Let's put it aside for now."

Old Tang snapped his fingers to enlarge the projected image, and the halberd blade of the Heretic Judge came into view: countless alchemical lines were arranged into a dark gold crown of thorns surrounding the halberd blade, and the two golden reliefs of twelve-winged armored angels at the base were firmly grasping the two sharp blades with their arms clenched.

“And the inner layer is based on faith gold.”

"Faith in gold? General Alchemy and Casting, what is this?"

At this time, Finkel pretended to be confused and raised his hand to ask a question.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the Finkel brothers. His tone was more like he was paving the way for Old Tang than a question. This was probably why Old Tang pulled him over.

"Good question, Brother Finkel!" Old Tang grinned proudly, "Faith Gold is a crystal of faith - a metal further refined from the consumables used by the captain to replenish the power of faith. It contains a huge amount of faith power! Currently, only the alchemy level of this casting general in the legion can refine this sacred metal!"

"Now let me introduce the Heretic Inquisitor's attack modes. First, the basic mode, the molecular dissociation force field, is a technology provided by the Emperor's golden giants. It is an attack mode possessed by the Legion Power series of weapons. After the force field is activated, it can easily cut through flesh and armor."

"Then there is the second attack mode, Faith Blast. The faith gold embedded in the blade can establish a connection with the faith furnace in your body, Captain. It absorbs the power of faith to activate and grant damage to the blade. Each attack will add damage from the power of faith. It is an efficient attack mode against the evil creatures in the subspace."

"Finally, it's the core mode of the Heretic Inquisitor: The Emperor's Sanctuary! Because the Infinite Black Gold has absorbed the power of the Abnormal Clock that can affect time, after this mode is activated, a force field will be generated with a radius of 60 meters around the halberd. The flow of time in the field will be frozen for up to 300 seconds!"

"But all kinds of monsters and demons in that universe can stop time. Areas seriously affected by the subspace will even have their time and space distorted. Old Tang, your time-stop mode is a bit outdated."

Finkel expressed his doubts appropriately.

"But the alchemical matrix constructed of the faith gold embedded in the blade can be combined with the time-stop matrix of the boundless black gold!" Old Tang was overjoyed. "When the Emperor's Sanctuary is activated, whether it is the demon's psychic time-stop or the time distortion infiltrated by the subspace, it will be forcibly covered and invalidated by the Emperor's power, entering the 'Emperor Time'!"

The Alchemist Sergeant... Oh no, it was the Alchemist Casting General Old Tang who was getting more and more excited as he spoke. He slapped the conference table and said, "And every time the Emperor's Sanctuary is activated, the Heretic Judge will also play the Emperor's explosive electronic music and release the Emperor's golden light virtual image projection at the same time, which will definitely scare those Chaos Demons to the ground!"

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, seeming to want to say something but hesitated, not knowing what to say. Finally, he took a deep breath and uttered the four words "I am very satisfied".

"And the Alchemy Equipment Department got inspiration from this and designed a new single-soldier melee weapon with 'Faith Blast' as the core mode!"

The projection switched, and a long sword and a shield replaced the image of the Heretic Inquisitor.

"Um... a power sword with a new type of shield?"

Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows, feeling that there was nothing special about it. The style of the shield did not look like the boarding shield or storm shield commonly seen in the legion, but more like a combat shield with a slightly larger protective area that could protect half of the body.

"In normal mode, it does look like a power sword with a new type of shield..." Old Tang smiled mysteriously, "but what if it's put together?"

"Together?"

The projection screen changed to a smooth simulated combat video. Lu Mingfei glanced at the Finkel brothers again, who were proudly raising their chests - the protagonist in the video was exactly him.

The enemies in the simulated combat are simulated based on the data obtained from the battle in Japan, and the data is constantly enhanced as the difficulty of the challenge increases; in the simulation, you can see that Fingel displays superb combat skills, with the force field activated, the sword and shield flashing with blue energy coordinating with each other to attack, killing the demonized Deadpool alien and the Abomination mecha painted in Iron Warrior costume one by one.

It was not until the appearance of a demon engine that Finkel's efficiency in killing enemies slowed down.

The size of the Demon Engine is several times larger than that of the Astartes. The Demon Engine that appeared in front of Finkel was a "Soul Grinder". Its upper body seemed to be made of flesh and blood, fat and huge, while its lower body sat on a power engine that looked like an octopus spider.

Lu Mingfei frowned slightly. For heavy enemy units like this, concentrating heavy firepower bombardment is the best solution. Trying to solve it with a small team or even a single soldier is definitely not the best option. In addition to the warrior's own superb martial arts and powerful spiritual ability, he also needs to be equipped with heavy weapons such as thunder hammer and power fist that can cause significant damage.

The fighting skills of the Finkel brothers meet this requirement. In addition, the word spirit "Bronze Throne" he controls can further enhance his strength and size, giving him an advantage in close combat... but the purpose of this video is to demonstrate the power of new weapons, so Lu Mingfei focused his attention on the sword and shield held by Finkel.

Sure enough, after several rounds of attacks by Finkel that failed to cause effective damage to the Soul Grinder, the situation changed. After avoiding the deadly venom sprayed from the weapon on the Soul Grinder's shoulder, Finkel suddenly stabbed the long sword in his left hand into the shield in his right hand!

The shield that could originally protect half of the body was cleverly split into four pieces, as if being pulled by invisible gears to bite towards the tip of the sword, while the sword blade folded like a folding fan, revealing the jagged fine gold spine on the inside; the two weapons combined into one began to multiply crazily, the folded and gathered sword body expanded rapidly section by section, and the broken shield was reorganized into two hideous metal axe blades at the back half of the sword blade.

"Axe Mode! Transform from the flexible form of sword and shield to the most violent heavy attack mode!"

Old Tang was in high spirits. In the image, after Fingel's sword and shield transformed into the giant axe as tall as him, he began to switch between offense and defense; the energy field filled with blue light lit up again on the surface of the shield, but this time it was not used to offset the impact, but to flow through the blade of the giant axe to tear apart everything in its path.

The sound of breaking wind from the swing was twisted into a whistling sound like that of a chainsaw, and the shield... no, the two axe blades seemed to be wrapped in blue flames and were spinning at high speed. Compared with the small wounds caused by the sword form before, the axe form would leave shocking wounds on the Soul Grinder's blasphemous structure with every swing of Finkel.

"Of course, there is also the Faith Explosion Mode I mentioned before, which draws power from the Faith Furnace and converts it into powerful damage increase for Chaos Demons."

Golden light pulsed along the axe handle like a blood vessel, and the flames of the axe blade were dyed with golden light, and a series of eye-catching golden lightning explosions were set off as it plowed across the surface of the demon engine. The monster screamed, and the eight heavy metal foot joints on its lower body were all broken. The fat body of the upper body was covered with charred wounds, and disgusting internal organs and pus flowed out.

The last blow was a complete explosion of the power of faith. The Fingel brothers seemed to be carried forward by the giant soldiers in their hands and chopped the axe blade towards the demon engine. It was as if the giant axe was roaring, and six dazzling golden cuts bursting out from it tore the monster into flying pieces with great force.

After this strike, the golden light on the axe blade disappeared, revealing a fiery red color that was as bright as a branding iron and wrapped in high temperature. The axe blade split again and returned to Fingel's right hand along the axe handle, turning into the original long sword and shield again.

The image ends here.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but applaud, and marveled at the creative ideas and creativity of his own forging general. You have to know that in that universe, the weapons used ten thousand years ago are still the same today (of course, the older the weapon, the more powerful it is), there is no such thing as new weapons.

Caesar and Chu Zihang, who watched the entire demonstration carefully, also applauded.

"I named this new weapon 'Shield Axe'. What do you think, Captain? If it's OK, please approve the mass production of this weapon and distribute it to the legions to arm them."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded.

"Yes!" Old Tang waved his fist excitedly, then looked at Caesar, "Staff Officer Caesar, this is all I have to report to the captain."

"Ok."

Caesar nodded, took over the use of the projector, and stood up. "What I am going to report next may not interest you as much as what I reported to the Casting General, Captain."

"I've expected this," Lu Mingfei said with a somewhat helpless expression, "but I will still listen carefully."

"Regarding the unification of this planet," Caesar went straight to the point. "From what I have read about the biographies of the Primarchs, it seems that a Primarch who cannot unify the planet is not a good legion leader. As the chief of staff of the legion, I will unreservedly assist you in achieving this goal."

"Thank you very much, Brother Caesar." Lu Mingfei responded sincerely.

"As you said, we cannot cause large-scale panic and war, so the progress of achieving this goal will be slower. Let's start with the mixed-blood society." The projector projected a world map of the earth in the air, and the main blue color shone with a gentle light.

"Our legion is taking over the secret party and the mixed-blood families in Europe. Although many families have expressed resistance to this, I am still confident that a full integration can be completed within two months without much bloodshed. And the clever thing is that many of them are preparing to become the new dragon clan to rule the world, so we can take over and complete the subtle unification of human society."

"The Japanese hybrids have already surrendered to the Corps. The hybrid recruits they sent over have completed the assessment process and are ready to undergo transformation surgery."

"Then there is North America. Unfortunately, the five mixed-blood families led by 'Quick Hand Han Gao' all regard the existence of our legion as a joke and ignore our integration. If Principal Ange can't bring back some good news from this gathering with his old friends, then I guess I will have to choose between violent integration and capturing all the younger generations of their families and brainwashing them."

"In South America and Africa, the mixed-bloods there are either inhumane warlords or gangster drug dealers. There is no such thing as integration for these people. The Legion's strike team will give them the most direct trial."

"Russia... According to the information provided by Mr. Bunin, the Dragon King hidden behind the scenes of human society is exploiting the oligarch families who rely on the 'holy golden juice' for survival by selling it. We can directly take over this business and make them surrender. After all, our casting general can provide higher purity goods..."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't describe this general as the same as those guys who were about to be executed in front of you, Staff Officer Caesar!" Old Tang expressed serious protest.

"Ahem... that's what I mean," Caesar shrugged with a smile. "It would be even better if the Dragon King Alien could not sit still after seeing his guests being robbed and showed up on his own initiative, but the possibility of this is very low. And if those families don't want to surrender, we also have a backup plan."

"The group of cloned children in City 023 have become reliable soldiers of the Legion. It won't be difficult to replace those disobedient blood-sucking oligarchs."

"As for the Middle East...it is more difficult to resolve it peacefully." The smile on Caesar's lips turned cold.

"Colonel Caesar, are you planning to emulate the Emperor's rise to power and eradicate religious beliefs on Earth?" Finkel looked shocked.

"Of course not. What we need to eliminate now are the mixed-race people who use religious beliefs to cover up their violence, killing, adultery and cold-bloodedness, and who worship themselves as the sons of God... In their eyes, we are so-called 'heretics' anyway, so how can they be willing to accept our integration?"

"Finally, that is..." Caesar's gaze fell on Chu Zihang.

"Is this the reason you asked me to attend this meeting?" Chu Zihang glanced at him indifferently, "I don't know anything about the 'orthodox' family."

"No, I just want to look at what I'm going to say from your perspective," Caesar waved his hand helplessly, "After all, our captain's current hometown is strictly speaking the 'Human Empire'."

"You can ask him to come in, Eva."

Soon, the door of the strategic meeting room was pushed open, and a young man wearing a black windbreaker from the executive department and carrying an eight-sided Han sword on his back walked in. Although his figure was tall and slender among mortals, when he entered the room, he felt like a child breaking into an adult meeting.

"Long time no see, Commander Lu Mingfei. I am Li Jianxing, a specialist in the executive department. I hope you still have some impression of me." He saluted everyone present one by one.

Lu Mingfei nodded: "So, you are here to represent the 'orthodoxy' behind you?"

"No," Li Jianxing shook his head, "To be precise, I represent the 'Revitalization Faction' within the orthodox faction."

"Revitalization faction?"

"Yes," Li Jianxing said seriously, "We hope that the rejuvenation faction can get your help..."

But before he could finish, Lu Mingfei tapped the table with his fingertips, interrupting him: "You mean, you want me to help you start a rebellion so that your faction can seize the orthodox position?"

As he spoke, Lu Mingfei glanced at Finkel, who looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy. "Don't look at me like that, brother. These two words are not taboo words that cause stress for me now."

"It's more of a revolution than a rebellion..."

"Stop talking, or I'll explode!" Old Tang quickly interrupted Li Jianxing again.

"Although our legion is indeed integrating the hybrid forces, this does not mean that we will act as a tool for others to fight, even if the purpose is integration," Caesar said, "Give us a reason to help your revitalize the faction."

"I think you have all heard of the secret of 'Summer Mourning', right? It led to the near destruction of the secret party, the disbandment of the first generation of the Lionheart Society, and only Principal Angers survived with serious injuries." Li Jianxing looked serious. He took a deep breath and seemed to have made up his mind before telling this hidden secret.

"The one who planned this incident was the orthodox clan that was still assisting the Qing Empire at the time. They believed that the foreign hybrid forces were growing too fast and had seriously endangered the ruling regime and status of the Qing Dynasty, so they sent a coffin trap containing a sleeping dragon and a group of military officer assassins to Germany, which led to this tragedy."

"This is too much! If this is reported to the principal, the old guy will definitely come after you Orthodox people with a folding knife and kill you, right?" Finkel exclaimed.

"Yes. If Principal Ange knew the truth behind this, his rage for revenge would definitely lead to a war between the secret party and the orthodox half-bloods. Especially those planners back then. They are corrupt and self-satisfied and have absolute say. They rely on their status as clan ancestors to plunder and exploit, sucking various dragon marrows and blood essences to survive until now."

"If you want to integrate the entire orthodox clan, they will be your biggest obstacle. So we hope to get your help to eliminate these old immortals who suck human blood... and we, the Revitalization Faction, are also willing to cooperate with you to promote the integration of the hybrids and the unity of the people of the world."

"What our army needs is not as simple as cooperation," Lu Mingfei turned his head to look at Chu Zihang who had been silent the whole time, "Brother, from your perspective...what do you think?"

“…It exploded.”

Chu Zihang said in a low voice.

Regarding the Warhammer chapter in which Lu Mingfei leads the Sword of Revelation back to the Human Empire...it may be written in the form of a new book (in fact, I have already started writing the draft).