Dragon Clan: Undercover at the beginning, the road to becoming a god

72° north latitude, Greenland Sea.

At dusk, on the icebreaker YAMAL, Sasha, the first mate of the ship, sat bored in the cockpit, looking curiously at the two girls standing on the deck.

A red-haired girl and a little girl with long light blond hair stood side by side, seeming to be discussing something.

"Could it be that you chartered the boat just to see the icebergs?"

he muttered doubtfully.

He had seen many passengers, but never such a special one. He simply and rudely sent them the coordinates and asked them to drive the world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker to the designated destination. There were no other requirements.

This ship was originally used as a casino, and it could make a lot of money as a bookmaker every day. However, after taking this order, it only carried these two passengers. Not only did the casino stop, it even refused any other guests. Enter and book the venue directly.

Sasha didn't understand why the two girls came back here, but knew that their backgrounds must be very strong.

Not only because they offered a price they couldn't refuse, but also because before departure, the captain who had been hiding on the ship for many years, Vincent, the remnant of the SS, was directly captured. The guards were fully armed at the time. But he was disarmed on the spot, and he didn't even have the strength to struggle.

Facing such ruthless characters, Sasha and his crew didn't even dare to get close, for fear that the two eldest ladies would find them an eyesore and destroy them.

I just don't know what they are doing in this ice and snow. There are no pirate treasures here.

On the deck, Nono was also curious about the same question.

"Have you not arrived at the coordinates? Why haven't you seen the Nibelungen yet?"

"I don't know. The boss, Lu Mingze, told him to leave this matter to him."

Zero thought for a moment and corrected his title.

"Lu Mingze... have you worked under him before?"

Nono suddenly asked curiously.

"Um!"

Zero nodded.

"Then do you know what kind of person he is?"

"In the words of colleagues, he is a psychopath... But why do you ask this suddenly?"

Ling introduced Su Enxi's evaluation and looked at Nono with a confused expression.

Although they were acting together, Lu Mingze didn't really show up as before. He only appeared to communicate with them occasionally. Most of the time, no one could be found. Why would Nono care about him?

"I don't know why, but I always feel like he's been avoiding me."

After Nuonuo hesitated for a moment, he told the truth.

"Did he and I know each other before?"

She didn't have any objections to Lu Mingze himself, but she instinctively sensed Lu Mingze's alienation from her.

It's definitely not disgusting, it just gives people a feeling of avoiding her, and even a little afraid of her.

But why? She is not some man-eating demon king. On the contrary, the little boy himself is a dragon king-level combatant, right?

"..."

Faced with Nono's question, Zero One didn't know what to say.

You can't say that Lu Mingze is afraid of you seeing his brother, right?

Although she didn't know what secrets were hidden in Nono, she remembered that Su Mo had even used Nono as a trump card to threaten Lu Mingze, which must have been extremely damaging to him.

But such vague words were not an explanation. Su Mo's mission was to ask Nuonuo and Lu Mingze to investigate. Naturally, she had to put the mission first, so it was okay for Lu Mingze to suffer for it.

Thinking this, she shook her head calmly.

"Don't worry, he is indeed a bit crazy."

This is still really true.

"All right!"

Hearing Ling's seriousness, Nono immediately gave up.

At this moment, a child's voice came from behind.

"Hey, hey! Even if you change jobs, isn't it bad to slander your previous boss like this?"

Lu Mingze looked helplessly at Ling, whose expression remained completely unchanged, and sighed in his heart that this cotton-padded jacket was completely crooked.

"I'm just stating the facts."

Zero blinked and said seriously.

She did feel that Lu Mingze was very neurotic sometimes, which was also the consensus of the nanny group.

"If you say it so seriously, it will hurt people even more!"

Lu Mingze immediately covered his face.

At this moment, Nono was stunned for a moment, feeling that the mark on his wrist was a little hot.

Just as he was about to report to Lu Mingze and Ling, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of the reflection under the iceberg not far in front of him.

"That, that is?!"

She suddenly cried out in shock.

"What?"

Zero instantly became vigilant, followed Nono's gaze, and soon saw the reflection of the iceberg in the sea under the setting sun.

That was not a normal reflection, because what was shown in the reflection was not an iceberg, but an inverted island. The island itself took on the shape of an ancient Roman Colosseum, and was covered with towering trees. If you had strong eyesight, you could even see it clearly. I saw a huge cave under the tree roots and among the black rocks for placing the coffin.

The most eye-catching thing about this island is the towering giant tree in the center of the island. The huge trunk is as thick as a hill, and the lush branches cover half of the sky on the island. This tree alone is almost worth It's the size of more than half an island.

The crew also noticed the strange things on the sea, and they all made sounds of surprise.

They had never seen such a huge towering tree, nor had they seen an island specially used to hold coffins in this way. They even thought it was a kind of mirage.

Naturally, Nuonuo and Ling would not think this was a mirage. The purpose of their search was for something beyond common sense.

"I remember Su Mo said that both light and water can be the media of the Nibelungs. Could it be that this is the Avalon we are looking for?!"

After Ling made his judgment, he looked at Lu Mingze.

He is the authority on this.

"Yes, we have arrived at our destination."

Lu Mingze smiled.

"Although it's not yet time to turn it on, it can't be hidden under Hela's mark after all. That guy Xia Mi is still of some use."

According to the original information, Avalon is only open once a year at Christmas, and it is only October, which is obviously not the opening time.

Kenonuo has the mark of Death God Hela on his body. With her here, Avalon's restrictions are almost unlimited.

"You mean, the Nibelungs are underwater? Do we need to change into diving suits?"

Thinking that her mother might be on this island, Nono suddenly became full of energy.

"No need, you have the mark, you can jump in and I'll just follow you."

Lu Mingze shook his head.

"clear!"

Nuonuo nodded and jumped down with a pop.

It was autumn now, and she was in the North Pole. Naturally, she wore a lot of clothes. Although she didn't bring a down jacket, she put on a warm combat uniform and a long coat. As soon as she jumped into the sea, her body felt a little heavy.

She originally thought she could enter Avalon directly, but she didn't expect that when she looked back, she was the only one who jumped down.

She immediately looked at the deck of the ship with confusion, and Zero also looked at Lu Mingze who stopped her with confusion.

"The two of us are enough for this mission. You don't need to follow us anymore. Go back!"

Lu Mingze said this.

"Eh?"

Nuonuo was a little surprised, and Zero frowned slightly.

"what you up to?"

She believed in Su Mo's judgment that Lu Mingze would not cause trouble now, but Lu Mingze's behavior this time was a little unusual, which made her have to be suspicious again.

Looking at Ling, who immediately stared at him suspiciously, Lu Mingze patted his head slightly and reflected on his educational failure.

I shouldn't have used too much force when using the provoking method before, but now I am regarded as a bad guy no matter what I do.

After sighing, Lu Mingze asked.

"Did Su Mo say that he must come to help with this plan?"

"...No, but he didn't object, right?"

Zero replied after being stunned for a moment.

Strictly speaking, Lu Mingze was the only teammate assigned by Su Mo for Nono's mission this time. It was just because she saw that Su Mo, Xia Mi, and Eli Yi all had things to do, and she didn't want to be idle, so she volunteered to join them. The action is not only to ensure Nono's safety, but also to increase mission fault tolerance.

Even if Nuonuo's mission fails, she believes that her own strength is enough to find out the progress of the Holy Palace Medical Society. Is there anything wrong with this?

Seeing Ling's confused look, Lu Mingze sighed for her again.

"I've given you a day to think about it, but you haven't discovered the problem yet. When Su Mo, Xia Mi, and Eri Yi are working together to forge new weapons, you have to come over and soak in the sea with us. You're stupid. What?"

"But...it seems like I'm the only one soaking in the sea water now!"

Nuonuo raised her hand weakly in the sea.

If you want to chat, you should have said it earlier. Why do you have to wait until I jump down? It's very cold!

Ling glanced at Nono and estimated that given her physical condition, it would be okay to soak for a while, so there was no rush.

"Wouldn't this help Su Mo more?"

She asked still confused, not seeing anything wrong with her participation in the plan.

"well!"

Lu Mingze sighed deeply again.

This guy can't carry him at all!

After thinking for a while he spoke.

"Then let me tell you a story!"

"???"

You are still in the mood to tell stories. You didn't see her still soaking in the water, right?

Nuonuo, who was splashing in the sea, had questions on his head, but Lu Mingze ignored them and continued talking on his own.

"There was once a sad princess who had lost her country. She swore to the two remaining knights around her that she would marry the person who would help her restore her country. One of the knights was moved by the princess's tears, so he left the princess and fought in the north and south for more than ten years. , after countless near-deaths, he established the great cause of restoring the country. The other knight chose to guard the princess and take care of her daily life."

Having said this, he paused slightly and looked at Zero.

"More than ten years later, the knight who had restored his kingdom met the princess again. Guess what happened next?"

After thinking for a few seconds, Ling spoke hesitantly.

"The princess fulfilled her promise and married the knight who restored the kingdom?"

What's there to say about this kind of royal fairy tale?

"Naive! So naive!"

Lu Mingze shook his head.

"When the restored knight came back, he found that the princess had already married the knight who had been protecting her, and they had two children!"

"..."

Ling opened his mouth slightly, but he could not refute this ending. After all, this ending was very likely to happen, and it would be difficult for the princess to wait more than ten years for someone to succeed.

"What did you learn from this story?"

Seeing the girl's thoughtful expression, Lu Mingze asked immediately.

"Don't trust other people's promises?"

Zero replied somewhat unconfidently.

"Not everyone is reliable, so you must be cautious when negotiating with outsiders!"

In her opinion, her guess should be accurate, but——

"madness!"

Lu Mingze scolded mercilessly.

"What this story tells you is, don't think about being a tool all day long. Just stay in front of the princess. That's the best chance to gain favor!"

After saying that, he glared at Zero with an expression of hatred.

"You should be more careful! Don't keep steel in your head all day long. In the past, when it was necessary to go on a mission, forget it. Now it's no longer necessary. Why do you have to run out?"

"You think that you will be praised for completing the mission. Although this is true, but what is the use of just compliments? If the mission lasts longer, maybe Xia Mi and the others will have children when you return, and it's just you. The idiot is still complacent with the praise!"

After being angrily scolded by Lu Mingze, Ling finally realized that the princess in the story was referring to Su Mo. Lu Mingze meant that if he wanted to get Su Mo, he should spend more time on him instead of going out of his way. Task.

But going on a mission can also help Su Mo! What's the use of staying there?

Didn't you say that useless people will be abandoned?

Although Su Mo would definitely not abandon her, she still wanted to do something useful to Su Mo.

"..."

Zero opened his mouth to speak.

But before the words were spoken, Lu Mingze could see her thoughts from her hesitant expression, and Lu Mingze couldn't help but cover his face deeply.

Overemphasis on usefulness and instrumentality is the biggest problem left over from his education, and it has also become the biggest obstacle he needs to solve at present.

Obviously, Ling's desire to help Su Mo was something he could not and did not need to change no matter what.

So, after thinking for a while, he spoke.

"If you go back now, even though you can't help forge weapons, you can at least take care of them. Apart from Su Mo, which of the other two has the ability to take care of themselves?"

"……indeed."

Ling Dian, who has been responsible for the daily life of the three of them for a long time, nodded.

Even Su Mo's life skills have deteriorated a bit under Zero's care, let alone Natsumi and Eriki.

Normally, this wouldn't be a big problem, but when Su Mo is busy and has no time to take care of it, Xia Mi and Eriki will probably have to live in a dead house.

So he really should go back. With Lu Mingze here, there would be no problems here. On the contrary, if Su Mo didn't have him, there would be problems with work efficiency.

Seeing Ling's excited expression, Lu Mingze added another sentence.

"You don't want to see Xia Mi and Su Mo's daughter calling you Mother Zero when you go back, right?"

"——!"

Thinking of the hellish scene of Xia Mi and Su Mo calling themselves Zero's mother with their daughter, Zero immediately made a decision.

"Then I'll go back and take care of Su Mo!"

Seeing that she finally agreed, Lu Mingze breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no need for him to activate [Space Opening], the Hela mark in Zero's body operated on its own under her will, teleporting her to Xia Mi's side instantly.

Under Lu Mingze's intervention, the scene of being transformed into a living person did not attract the crew's attention.

Seeing Zero's figure disappear on the deck, Nono was silent for a few seconds before speaking to Lu Mingze.

"Did you deliberately push her away?"

Obviously, she was keenly aware of something.

"Why do you do this?"

Nuonuo continued to ask. Although she didn't feel any malice, out of caution, the Hela mark in her body was getting ready. If there was an accident, it would be teleported to Xia Mi like Zero.