Kamijou Eriy, the Bronze and Fire King

The moment the girl spoke, Lu Mingfei felt like he had become a patient with synesthesia.

Through the other person's voice, he "heard" the girl's pleasant fragrance.

Lu Mingfei stiffly turned his head to see what the girl who called herself "Kamijou Eriy" actually looked like.

"Hmm!"

He held his breath and almost suffocated.

The girl sitting to my right has a softness like cherry blossoms.

Her hair was a rare dark red, and she was holding a small yellow rubber duck for the bathroom.

She has a normal and slender figure, but a grown girl like her should obviously not be interested in rubber ducks.

Her mental age seems much younger than her appearance.

The girl had a face that showed neither joy nor sorrow. At first glance, Lu Mingfei thought she was as beautiful as a doll, flawless yet lacking vitality.

It was as if God had used the finest glass for her eyes, but staring into them for too long could be frightening.

"Eh? I remember now... you are..."

Lu Mingfei looked at the other person's slightly flat chest, on which hung a metal badge with the rating "Ding Xia" and suddenly recognized the other person.

Kamijou Eriy, the freshman with the lowest score on the leaderboard and a score of 0 in the testing hall.

This is really unreasonable.

Although everyone has different talents, you can always find all sorts of support items in the test wasteland. Even a freshman who has no special talents other than music can instantly become a highly lethal being through sonic weapons.

The opponent's score of 0 is probably not due to a lack of ability, but rather a problem with their mindset.

"Ahem... My name is Lu Mingfei. My hobby is gaming, and my specialty is gaming. I'm a freshman at the e-sports academy. Which academy are you in?"

Lu Mingfei blushed and began to introduce himself.

Panda University has established many departments, such as e-sports, alchemy, combat, Word Spirit research, timeline exploration...

Judging from the girl's delicate and frail appearance, she shouldn't be a freshman in the fighting or exploration department.

It would be great if the other person was also into the Esports Department...

Lost in thought, Lu Mingfei blurted out unconsciously, "I'm pretty good at games, we can team up and play together sometime."

After saying that, he suddenly felt that he might as well not have said anything at all...

For a normal girl, liking to play video games is a negative point for a boy, right?

Chen Motong, whom I used to be so fond of, has now become much less of a priority.

When Lu Mingfei was searching for information by entering cheat codes in the console, he discovered that Nono's boyfriend was the wealthy young master with a kingly aura— Caesar Gattuso.

Stealing someone's love is not the act of a gentleman.

All right...

He simply chickened out.

A greenhorn whose abilities don't match his mindset, who isn't used to competing with others.

Strangely, after Lu Mingfei introduced himself, Kamijou Eriy's face remained expressionless, but her eyes became much more lively, making her as cute as a girl next door, so adorable that it softened people's hearts.

The other person's cherry lips moved slightly, as if they were about to say something, but Principal Wang Yan on the podium suddenly spoke up.

"Some of you new students are dragon bloodlines that have been rated as S-class by Kassel."

"Some of them are Word Spirit Controller who traveled from other timelines."

"Some of them are simply the human incarnations of the Dragon King."

The opening three sentences immediately made all the freshmen sit up straight.

Lu Mingfei felt a chill run down his spine.

He keenly noticed that after hearing Principal Wang Yan's words, the boy named Hill Jean Anzhe's expression instantly turned ferocious, his eyes turning blood red and filled with murderous intent.

"Putting all that aside, you now have only one identity—students of Panda University."

On the podium, Principal Wang Yan's white trench coat fluttered even without wind as he calmly said, "The task for first-year students is relatively simple; all they need to do is kill it once."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a black and red dragon with a wingspan of tens of meters appeared in the Great Hall.

This giant dragon was covered in scales that shimmered with a metallic sheen. Its heterochromatic pupils resembled molten liquid sun, yet possessed two eerie, mixed colors that made it impossible to look directly at it.

"The Bronze and Fire King!"

"The Gray King! How is that possible? It's the First Generation below the Vinster King!"

The fiery dragon seemed to want to the Roar, but Principal Wang Yan reached out with one hand and made a grasping motion, turning the dragon's roar into a low whimper, and it couldn't even unfold its wings.

It was fixed in the air, like a specimen imprisoned in amber, the viscous air preventing it from moving even an inch.

"This guy... is terrifying!"

Lu Mingfei's jaw began to chatter, and his palms were covered in cold sweat.

Kamijou Eriy, on the other hand, remained quite calm. She even used her ethereal voice to explain to Lu Mingfei the origin of the fire dragon.

The Bronze and Fire King, a noble First Generation dragon, and one of the Four Great Monarchs. He was directly descended from the Vinster King Nidhogg.

This dragon has absolute power over fire and metal within its domain; fire and metal are the essential forces that awaken it.

It is known as the "Throne of Alchemy," wielding the highest temperature flames, reaching the limits of alchemy, and possessing the ultimate form of fire-based Word Spirit— "Word Spirit: Candle Dragon."

"... That's how it is. The principal captured this Dragon King before it transformed into human form from another point in time, and used it as a trial subject for the students of Panda University."

Kamijou Eriy said softly, "Every time it is killed by a first-year student, Principal Wang Yan perfectly revives it with unfathomable power..."

Lu Mingfei confused, feeling as if he were dreaming.

He discovered on the minimap that a pair of brothers named "Li Xiong" and "Li Hu" had the most intense flashing life points, swaying wildly between a blue dot representing friendliness and a red dot representing danger.

So Lu Mingfei summoned the Chibi Wang Yan Dad and entered the secret code to search for where the other party came from.

Something even more frightening happened...

The brothers' experiences were longer, more tortuous, and more complex than Lu Mingfei had imagined.

They have used many aliases and had many experiences.

Norton, Constantine, Ronald Don...

The twins of the thrones of Bronze and Fire King wield "power" and "authority" respectively...

A bronze city was built amidst the ice and snow of Northern Europe, helping Gongsun Shu to become emperor...

Lu Mingfei felt a chill run down his spine, his whole body was soaked in cold.

If "Li Xiong" and "Li Hu" are the incarnations of the Bronze and Fire King, then where did this giant dragon on the podium come from?

Does the theory of parallel universes really exist?

Lost in thought, Lu Mingfei suddenly realized something serious...

"Ronald Don?!"

Lu Mingfei felt a chill run down his spine. He suddenly remembered a friend he had recently met in StarCraft who seemed to have the same name.

He's planning to give up on that lousy game.

His fragile heart couldn't withstand all this.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and decided to ignore all this nonsense.

The profile of Kamijou Eriy beside me was breathtakingly beautiful.

This beauty helped him break free from his fear.

Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to support it, there is Principal Wang Yan and the Q-version Wang Yan who lives in his field of vision.

There's nothing left to be afraid of in this world, right?

"But damn it, why... why do Esports Department students have to go head-to-head with the Dragon King?"

Lu Mingfei let out a mournful wail, like a defeated dog.