If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 20 Hybrid

"Dragon?" Lin Nian said, and before he could react, Professor Manstein clapped his hands. Fingel, who had changed into the same school uniform as Lin Nian and Lin Xian who had been beside the oil painting early on, shook his hand. , violently opened the canvas on the drawing board beside him!
Lin Nian saw the hideous hide in the shadows in an instant, and in an instant, it was as if someone pushed him and pressed him on the leather seat back!

That is the coercion of that painting.

On the picture, the sky is cyan mixed with the color of flames. The only giant tree stands, and the dead branches extend in all directions, weaving a dense net to support the cracked sky.The wasteland is full of withered bones, and a black giant is rising from the depths of the pile of bones, its wings are covered with skeletons, its huge membrane wings are spread, and black flames are spit out from the sky. (Dragon Clan·Dawn of Fire original text)

Dragon.

The first time he saw the creature in this painting, the word popped into his mind. He could vaguely hear something roaring and roaring. Anger was flowing on the scroll like lava, and the golden color in the dragon's eyes The dazzling light is like the wet color ink being directly hit by the sun, giving people the illusion that the painting is alive.

"Dragon Emperor Nidhogg, the culprit who gnawed down the world tree in Norse mythology, the end of all things, the destroyer of the world." Professor Manstein stood in front of the scroll with a red wine glass and stared: "Thousands of years The target that we have been looking for for countless generations. They are hidden in the shadow of human history. They were the creators, pioneers, and kings of this world. They wrote the real history, and we humans play the most roles in it. the role of a servant."

"What kind of tradition is this? Did you originally call it admission counseling?" Lin Nian couldn't help but whispered while looking at the shocking and beautiful picture.

Professor Manstein walked to the bookshelf by the wall and said, "Didn't you ask what majors our college has? We can tell you now that our biggest topic is the study of "dragon", and derived from it He has studied countless majors, such as alchemy engineering, magic mechanical design, dragon clan theory and other different disciplines."

"Although our college is a regular university registered with the U.S. Department of Education, we use self-edited textbooks." Manstein drew a book and put it in front of Lin Nian. Lin Nian picked it up and found the language on the cover of the book. It is still written in Latin.

"Why Latin?" Lin Nian ran his fingers across the uneven cover of the book to feel the traces of the age on it.

"Because we believe that learning Latin is better for understanding dragon languages," Professor Manstein said.

"Latin is a dead language, no one uses it as a native language anymore, so I can understand that the "dragon" you mentioned is also extinct like Latin? Civilization' archaeologist." Lin Xian took the book in Lin Nian's hand and carefully observed the cover.

"Extinct? No, the dragons are not extinct, but they are recovering!" Professor Manstein said: "The book you are holding now is called "Dragon Genealogy", and the author is the president of our Kassel College. , which is also an optional course for freshmen, and the credits obtained after successful completion of the test are considerable.”

"Hilbert Jean Angers, is this our principal's name?" Lin Nian found the author's silver-plated floral name on the back of the book.

"Yes, Principal Angers, the greatest educator, thinker, and dragon slayer of the century." Manstein's face filled with praise, and Lin Nianneng could see the respect and admiration on his face involuntarily. It seems that this Hilbert Jean Angers has an unusually high reputation in the academy.

But that's not what he's focusing on right now.

"You said our principal is a dragon slayer? Dragon slayer? Is that the word I thought?" Lin Nian asked in a daze.

"Did I forget to say it?" Professor Manstein said with a smile: "The purpose of our search for dragons for thousands of years is not simply to worship them, or to prove their existence, the existence of dragons does not require We are going to prove, on the contrary, we are going to obliterate them and destroy them, so the biggest task of our Kassel College has always been - slaying dragons!"

Professor Manstein's words were loud and clear. When the words "Tu Long" came out of his mouth, they resonated in his chest and abdomen, and the voice rang in the carriage for a long time, deafening.

After a long time, Lin Nian put down the book "Dragon Genealogy" and looked up at Manstein and said, "Brother Fingel said that you and another professor named Guderian are patients in a mental hospital before arriving at the Chicago train station. I didn't believe it before, but now I seem to believe it a little bit."

Manstein was stunned for a moment, and was caught off guard by the sudden remark. After a while, he turned to look at Fingel and asked, "Did you really say that?"

Fingal was also stunned and replied subconsciously: "I just mentioned it casually. Last time mentor Guderian told me when he was drunk, he said that you are his patient!"

"What patient. Hell, do you know that such irresponsible remarks will lead to the collapse of freshmen's first impression of our college! Freshmen counseling is hard enough to do, but you still make trouble like this. I know I shouldn't let You are here to pick up Lin Nian and the others! I should give Mandy a leave and come in person!" Manstein said angrily.

"In that case, the junior school girl will not be able to graduate, and she will be deducted almost from the grade point deduction if she survives under you in Japan." Fingal whispered.

"But professor." Lin Nian raised the "Dragon Genealogy" in his hand and said, "I haven't said that I don't believe you at all."

"You mean you are willing to believe us?" Manstein froze for a moment and his expression suddenly softened a lot.

"No, I believe that this kind of thing is based on a certain foundation. After all, the things we are talking about are too surreal. If I say that I believe in the existence of 'dragon', you will think that I am perfunctory to you. ." Lin Nian flipped through the books full of Latin and said, "But I assume that everything you said is true. There really exists a legendary species like 'dragon' in the world, so you must have 'examples'. Or 'evidence' to convince me?"

"Yes." Manstein nodded: "I can show you some cultural relics after arriving at the academy. Those cultural relics are the best proof of the existence of the dragon civilization. After you see those perfect creations that humans cannot touch You will completely believe in the existence of dragons."

"I have to verify this, but Professor, you said that the subject of Kassel College is dragon slaying." Lin Nian digested this information and raised his head, "Why?"

"Why?" Professor Manstein didn't quite understand what Lin Nian meant.

"The means of slaughtering dragons, dragons are extremely powerful species in any fantasy literature. If you want to slay dragons, you always need to rely on machine guns and heavy artillery? Or planes and tanks? So Kassel Academy is actually a military academy. Is the United Nations or the five permanent members standing behind you?" Lin Nian asked based on his own knowledge of the world and his current hypothesis.

"You didn't veto the existence of the dragon family, and I'm very glad that you raised doubts after thinking about so many things. This means that you are a very calm and rational person." Professor Manstein nodded and said: "Behind our backs It's not that the whole country is supporting it. Our group of people is called the 'Secret Party'. Once the 'Secret Party' was a family composed of 'bloods', they have held this secret together for thousands of years and kept it secret, and Taking the responsibility of slaying dragons and sending future generations to the battlefield to protect the secrets of the dragon clan, we believe that once the secret of the dragon clan is leaked, it will cause irreversible harm to the world."

"So you keep your secrets and don't reveal it, but it's stupid to do so. Cooperation with the United Nations can maximize human resources and scientific research strength. Can't the power of modern weapons be able to deal with the so-called 'dragon'?" Lin Nian shook his head and said. .

"Don't think about a problem one-sidedly. In the words of your hometown, it's called 'one leaf blinds the eye'." Manstein raised a finger and his eyes were full of seriousness: "You don't know what kind of existence the 'Dragon' is. , To deal with the dragons, thermal weapons are naturally an indispensable help. But thermal weapons are not enough, so we have developed more powerful alchemical weapons on the basis of thermal weapons! But the most important thing is actually to use Weapons man."

"The students of Kassel College are actually a group of dragon slayer reservists?" Lin Nian came to this astonishing conclusion.

"So to speak, but we collectively call ourselves 'The Secret Party'," Professor Manstein said. "The secrets are looking for people who have the aptitude to slay dragons - you remember how I commented before. is it yours?"

Excellent.

The word still appeared in Lin Nian's mind.

He suddenly fell into silence, and after a long time he asked, "When did you find me?"

"I only recently received news about your existence. I didn't know you before, but some of us have been paying attention to you." Manstein said lightly: "Perhaps you think you grew up." "Innate talent" is a genetic mutation, but it's not. There is only one word to describe people like us."

Looking at Lin Nian who was staring at him, Manstein said slowly, "'Mixed-breed'."

(End of this chapter)