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"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point!" Harris interrupted impatiently.
He was completely uninterested in these things, as he was eager to learn how to improve his bloodline.
Cao Han was a little annoyed by Harris's actions. They were the ones who captured the people and deduced the secret. What business was it of yours?
When someone repeatedly usurps the role of the host, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the main and secondary kings.
After being interrupted and momentarily paused, Paul Fisher could only obediently listen: "I was fortunate enough to save a local... priest while passing through a small village ravaged by war."
To repay my life-saving grace, they told me a secret.
"What secret?"
"They are not worshipping some ethereal god, but a living dragon!" Paul revealed the answer without keeping anyone in suspense.
Dragons!?
To be honest, this answer was somewhat unexpected.
"Back then, when I was still of Gamma-level bloodline, I told the guild leader about this secret. Who wouldn't want to accomplish the feat of slaying a dragon? Besides, dragons are treasures from head to toe."
Then the president gathered all the core members and brought me here..."
"and then?"
Although Paul hadn't gone on to say more, based on the information Norma had found, Cao Han could roughly guess that this was probably why the once-powerful Freemasons had disappeared overnight.
As expected, an unexpected event has occurred!
The ambitious Freemasons were wiped out here, with only Paul Fisher surviving.
As for its role in the whole process, it is impossible to know.
However, after hearing the whole story, Cao Han became more cautious. The saying "old people are shrewd and cunning" was used to describe these old men.
He always felt that Paul Fisher wasn't the type to cooperate so readily, and that there must be some crucial information hidden within, information that could very well help him escape and survive.
"None of the Freemasons survived?"
"No, they were all dead by the time I got there."
"Get there quickly?"
"That's right, because I'm just a Gamma-level hybrid, and the Word of Power can't help much, so I wasn't involved at the time."
"The fact that it could wipe out the entire Freemasons proves that the dragon is quite powerful!"
Logically speaking, Paul Fisher's explanation is largely sound, and he was able to answer Cao Han's questions fluently.
"Then why did the dragon let you go when you arrived? Why hasn't that dragon left after all these years?"
"You'll understand these issues once you're there in person."
"it is good."
Even if Paul hadn't said that, Cao Han and the others would have gone to the "scene" in person.
How could members of the Secret Society, whose mission is to "slay dragons," remain unmoved upon hearing the news of a living dragon?
Cao Han, who was closest to Principal Deange, could gradually sense the murderous aura emanating from him.
Seeing the two of them looking so fierce, as if they were about to slay a dragon, Harris still carefully suggested, "I think we should prepare first, instead of being so reckless."
"No need."
As the saying goes: Skill breeds daring!
Cao Han and Angers rejected Harris's proposal almost simultaneously. If Paul Fisher was able to get away with it unscathed, then it was even less likely that they would be in trouble.
Besides!
If the White King can't do anything to Cao Han, how could he possibly run into the Black King in this small harbor town?
Unable to fight city hall, Harris could only watch helplessly as they carried Paul Fisher, bed and all, away, silently trailing behind them.
For safety reasons, the two ultimately decided to leave Elizabeth Laurent in the castle.
She is already the only remaining heir of the Laurent family, and no further accidents can be allowed to happen to her.
The four men in one car sped straight toward the church Paul had mentioned.
"The style of this church is a bit out of place with the overall style of the town."
"The buildings are clearly Baroque in style and probably existed before the town was formed."
"Can you feel it?"
"No."
Cao Han knew that Angers wanted to ask him if he had sensed the dragon's aura, but after carefully sensing around, he still found nothing.
In his perception, the church was completely empty; there wasn't even a single rat, let alone a dragon of at least the third generation.
"Old ghost, are you playing us?"
Actions speak louder than words; they are the best answer.
Under the watchful eyes of the three men, Paul Fisher walked straight to the center of the church, then reached out and took off the necklace he was wearing around his neck, embedding it into one of the floor tiles in full view of everyone.
Click, click-click, click-click-click...
In an instant, the church trembled slightly, and they could feel the sounds of mechanisms operating beneath their feet.
A short while later, a set of steps leading down appeared next to where Paul was standing.
It turns out there's a hidden world beneath this church.
As the mechanism was opened, a nauseating, fishy stench hit us first; heaven knows how long it had been since this mechanism had been opened.
Besides, the dragon aura that I couldn't sense before can no longer be hidden now.
Cao Han guessed that there was likely some kind of alchemical array on the mechanism that could shield one's aura. "I never expected that a second-generation dragon would be hidden here!"
It seems the final battle is truly approaching; dragons, once rarely seen, are now appearing frequently.
In his view, this is somewhat similar to a novel he had read where, as the protagonist's strength increases, the strength of the enemies and opponents they encounter also increases.
Even when the Secret Party received news of the third and fourth generation dragon races before this, casualties were still unavoidable, even if they were not on high alert.
As a result, this was the second second-generation dragon that Cao Han had encountered since joining Kassel College.
"Where can you find such eager evolution values?" Cao Han was secretly delighted.
Upon hearing Cao Han say that what was hidden below was actually a second-generation dragon, Angers and Harris immediately felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Especially the immense bloodline suppression he could feel even before going down, Harris could only sweat profusely and force himself to stay upright, constantly reassuring himself that there was still Angers and Cao Han there, so he shouldn't worry.
Although he graduated from Kassel College many years ago, he still maintains the habit of browsing the Night Watchers forum.
Naturally, they had also heard of Cao Han's "heroic deeds".
If it can "single-handedly kill" a second-generation dragon race from an airplane at an altitude of 10,000 meters, it would be even more of a problem if it were on the ground with Principal Angers assisting it.
"Cao Han, are you sure it's a second-generation species?"
“I’m sure,”
Of all those present, Cao Han was the most qualified to speak. To put it bluntly, he had killed more second-generation beings than anyone else had ever seen in their entire lives. "It's just a bit strange."
"What's weird?"
"From the perspective of bloodline suppression, it is undoubtedly a second-generation species, but from the aura it seems to be a bit weak."
“We’ll find out once we go down and investigate,” Angers said without hesitation. “Paul Fisher, is there any danger down there?”
"No."
Both men believed the old man wouldn't lie about this, because even if he had harmed one of them, the other could easily have taken his life.
What Cao Han didn't say was that, although he sensed that the aura of the second-generation dragon below was very weak, there was still a faint sense of threat.
"Principal Angers, please give me a chance to show respect for the elderly and care for the young." Cao Han volunteered to go first.
If there is any danger below, he is the one among the three present who has the best chance of dealing with it; his strength speaks for itself.
"careful!"
There were only four people in total, and there wasn't much to do with formation. Cao Han walked at the very front, Angers held Paul in the middle, and Harris, the weakest of the four, had to walk at the very back.
"Hiss—" X3
The moment they entered the secret room at the end of the stairs, all three of them except Paul gasped in shock, making a huge contribution to the Earth's greenhouse effect.
It's not that they were unsophisticated or lacked composure, but rather that the scene before their eyes was simply too astonishing.
Under the dim light of a kerosene lamp, a colossal beast with its eyes closed lay in the center of the basement, which was the size of a football field. Were it not for the rise and fall of its abdomen, one might mistake it for a dead creature.
Without him!
This was because a huge, golden spear pierced through the dragon's body from top to bottom.
Time has not diminished its power; in their vision, they can still see the foul-smelling dragon blood constantly flowing from the piercing wound.
This scene before him also resolved Cao Han's doubts; no wonder he sensed that the giant dragon was weak.
With such a long spear piercing through the body, the wound could not heal and continued to bleed. Anyone would be weakened in that situation.
In other words, the bodies of the next generation of dragons are large enough and their regenerative abilities are amazing enough. If a weaker dragon had suffered such injuries, it would probably have been killed long ago.
Although everyone was shocked that such an amazing secret was hidden beneath the church, the question that intrigued them most remained unanswered.
The existence of the next generation of dragons only provided the conditions for Paul to increase the concentration of dragon blood in his body; the key was the method.
"So... how do we enhance our bloodline?"
"Do you know what kind of gun pierced through the body of this dragon?" Paul asked a seemingly unrelated question.
But Cao Han's gaze was still drawn to the long spear.
To be honest, even just looking at it, this weapon is exceptional; its golden exterior makes it look like it was made of pure gold.
No one answered. They weren't Wikipedia; how could they possibly recognize the origin at a glance?
Paul could only reveal his own experience and answer his own questions: "When I first came in, I was attracted by this weapon, and then I kept searching for various information before I finally found out its true identity."
The Spear of Longinus, which is said to have pierced Jesus, is also known as the 'Spear of Destiny'!
It is said that whoever wields this gun, activating its alchemical matrix, will cause all within its range to submit. The wielder can even control the fate of the world, but those who lose it will die instantly.