"Nibelungen, the legendary Land of the Dead, is actually a space created through alchemy, attached to reality." Charlotte looked grave. "That corridor was very likely a 'Gate' to Nibelungen. But since Portofino was chosen as the venue for a Board of Trustees meeting, it couldn't possibly harbor a Nibelungen. At first, I thought it was Space Creation, one of alchemy's 'Seven Kingdoms.' Someone with that ability can freely sever and stitch together space, even create a space of their own design."
She looked at Lu Mingfei. "You entered a Nibelungen, didn't you?"
"That's right." Lu Mingfei nodded.
"Was it Portofino inside, or somewhere else?"
"Portofino, in the rain," Lu Mingfei replied.
Charlotte took a deep breath. "In other words, that Supreme used Space Creation to connect the corridor to his Nibelungen... Let me put it another way. The Gate to Nibelungen is the boundary between life and death, like the road to the underworld. Opening a Gate between life and death is already beyond the power of the Four Great Monarchs."
"Then what is he?" The middle-aged trustee frowned.
"Perhaps the word 'king' can no longer accurately describe that mysterious assassin. Should we call him... the King of Alchemy?" Angers offered a timely conclusion to the discussion.
"Why do you..." Frost suddenly raised his head, his voice hoarse.
"Why do things even more outrageous than the Four Great Dragon Kings keep targeting me?" Lu Mingfei picked up his question almost immediately.
Frost: ...
This guy was just waiting for someone to ask.
Every trustee, including Elizabeth, turned to look at Lu Mingfei. Before this, he had been an S-Rank student, the heir to Angers's political capital, and the dangerous Hybrid accused by the Gattuso Family.
But now, he seemed even more mysterious.
"It's simple. I bear the marks of Dragon