Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

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Chapter 13 I'm going to Kassel!

"Dad, do you know Kassel College? The one in Chicago, USA."

Chu Zihang asked whatever came to mind.

"How do you know about Kassel?" Chu Tianjiao asked in great surprise.

He didn't recall mentioning Kassel to Chu Zihang. Could it be that his son's bloodline awakened and caught Kassel's attention?

"Didn't I just say that I experienced what happened today four years ago? I've been investigating you ever since then, and eventually I found out about Kassel College..."

"It's really not easy for you to find out about Kassel. You're no wonder you're my son."

Chu Tianjiao sighed again.

In fact, Chu Zihang was able to find out about Kassel College because he was smart enough, and his stepfather's considerable financial resources and network of connections also played a significant role.

Chu Tianjiao was certainly aware of the contributions of the entrepreneur surnamed Lu, but he was unwilling to admit it and simply attributed all the credit to his own genes.

Chu Zihang knew that Chu Tianjiao didn't like his stepfather very much, so he didn't mention the credit for his stepfather's network of connections. He continued, "Coincidentally, the psychological research center that has been treating Gao Kui is also called Kassel."

The director of that psychological research center, Guderian, is an associate professor at Kassel College. Four years ago, shortly after Gao Kui fell ill, they rushed over, bought land and a house in FZ City, and built a psychological research center to take Gao Kui in…”

Chu Zihang hinted: Has Kassel College noticed Gao Kui's unusual behavior?

Chu Tianjiao understood immediately. From Chu Zihang's few words, he could conclude that at least Principal Angers of Kassel College had a high probability of knowing about Gao Kui's abnormality.

That flamboyant old man is indeed adept at wasting the Board of Trustees' money, and the Kassel Executive Office has always had a wild style, spending money extravagantly.

But even if Kassel is rich, their money didn't come from thin air.

Angers can squander the school board's money recklessly because he is the open leader of the Secret Party and the strongest mixed-race person in the world today.

The Kassel executive branch can afford to waste money because it's money they risked their lives for. What's wrong with their buddies risking their lives on the front lines, drinking a few good bottles of wine, and picking up a few pretty girls?

Wealth, glory, and love are rewards for the brave, things that ordinary hybrids, or at least wild hybrids who haven't officially enrolled in school yet, cannot enjoy.

Even if Gao Kui was a prince of Northern Qi in this generation, it was impossible.

But how did Kassel treat Gao Kui?

Sending a professor to FZ City to buy land and houses to build a mental hospital—based on Kassel's past practices—Chu Tianjiao had every reason to believe that the other doctors and even the mental patients in that hospital were all members of the executive department or school staff in disguise.

They spent enormous human, material, and energy playing house with Gao Kui for four years.

Ordinary mixed-race individuals, even princes of Northern Qi, wouldn't warrant such an investment from Kassel. The last person Angers valued this much was Lu Mingfei, and Chu Tianjiao happened to be Lu Mingfei's guardian, assigned by Angers.

Just by thinking about Lu Mingfei, one can know that Angers definitely knows about Gao Kui's situation, or at least some of it.

As for Angers' true purpose and ultimate goal, Chu Tianjiao could guess with a simple guess: that old man was always thinking about sending all the dragons to hell.

The only problem is, why didn't Angers tell him about this? Anyway, he's in FZ City. He's just as good as herding two sheep. Why not protect Gao Kui in the process?

Could it be that he really appeared out of thin air, and the real him disappeared four years ago?

With that in mind, Chu Tianjiao didn't intend to disrupt Angers' arrangements, but warned Chu Zihang not to go to Kassel.

"Gao Kui is a prince of Northern Qi. His bloodline surpasses that of ordinary A-grade mixed blood, and his potential is enormous. It is normal for Kassel to invest in him in advance."

"It probably won't be long before Kassel invites Gao Kui to enroll. Don't try to join the fun then; just have your stepfather pull some strings for you so you can study abroad."

Even knowing that Chu Zihang had awakened his bloodline, Chu Tianjiao still did not intend to let Chu Zihang go to Kassel, because Kassel was not the only way out for mixed-race people.

Chu Zihang remained silent.

Just as Gao Kui was worrying about his grades plummeting due to mental illness and the possibility of having to attend a junior college, he suddenly perked up and asked curiously.

"Kassel College, is that the university where Dean Guderian works? Will they invite me to study there?"

“They will definitely invite you. Young man, you are so amazing, and you are also a prince of Northern Qi. Kassel will not let such a rough gem like you go unrecruited.”

"So that means I can go to university?"

Gao Kui was initially delighted, but then became somewhat worried: "Could it be some kind of diploma mill? I've heard there are quite a few diploma mills abroad. Take Tang Jun, the so-called 'King of Hired Managers' at NetEase, for example. He bought his diploma from a diploma mill abroad."

"Hey, even if you don't trust Kassel, you should at least trust the director of your psychology research center. He wouldn't harm you, would he?"

Chu Tianjiao, fearing he might ruin Angers' plans, enthusiastically raved about Kassel, praising scholarships, personalized education tailored to individual needs, and guaranteed job placement after graduation.

According to Chu Tianjiao, the graduates of Kassel College are like the EC Commissioners described by Jim Hack in "Yes, Minister".

With an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars and additional expense reimbursements of hundreds of thousands of dollars, he drinks French champagne, eats Boston lobster, and flirts with Japanese girls. He spends his days traveling the world in private jets, staying in top international luxury hotels such as the Ritz-Carlton and Waldorf Astoria...

"Then how come you've ended up in such a miserable state, Uncle?" Gao Kui's sword pierced Chu Tianjiao's heart.

"I... I'm just on a secret mission right now. You know what 'Behind Enemy Lines Special Forces' means, right? We always need to cover it up..."

Chu Tianjiao rattled off a long explanation, glancing guiltily at Chu Zihang at this point, revealing that he actually lived a rather extravagant life in private…

"I'm going to Kassel!" Chu Zihang suddenly said with a cold face.

He had thought it through; he still couldn't forget his father who had disappeared in the Nibelungen four years ago. The father beside him was indeed a good person, but he had appeared out of nowhere, and no one knew if he would mysteriously disappear again one day.

If we forget our father from four years ago just because of the father we have now, wouldn't that be too unfair to our father from four years ago?

"Why do you insist on going to Kassel? That school isn't right for you. Wouldn't it be better to have your stepfather use his connections to get you into another prestigious university, like Cambridge or Oxford, any one of them would be fine..."

"I'm going to Kassel!"

"Why are you so stubborn, child..."

Chu Tianjiao was furious. Now that he had stopped playing Kassel, the fire had spread to his own son, and he had no time to care about anything else.

As the father and son argued, the tollbooth, gleaming with a bright white light, quietly appeared at the edge of their line of sight, like a lighthouse standing on the seashore.

Chapter 14 Odin? It felt rather ordinary.

"I heard the neighing of horses, Odin, it's Odin, he's up ahead!"

Chu Zihang's expression suddenly turned serious. He stopped arguing with Chu Tianjiao about whether or not to go to Kassel. The most urgent thing was to get past Odin.

Chu Tianjiao also realized something was wrong, his expression turned serious, and he looked ahead with Chu Zihang.

The lights at the tollbooth were not only intense, but also exuded a sense of solemnity and grandeur. Bathed in the white light, the two of them felt, for a moment, as if they were meeting a deity.

Accompanying the wisps of intense divine light was the deep, resonant neighing of warhorses, as if they were holding thunder in their mouths.

Knowing that Odin was the master of the Nibelungen, the two of them could easily guess that the warhorse that neighed must be the legendary Sleipnir.

“I saw Odin,” Gao Kui suddenly said.

He not only saw Odin and his divine horse, but also saw a group of devout black figures standing behind Odin, each one resembling a follower of a god.

He heard no neighing of warhorses; all that lingered in his ears was the "Song of the Coming of Emmanuel," which even grew louder after Odin appeared.

The blazing, warm light that Chu and his son saw was just ordinary streetlight light to Gao Kui, nothing special, and he even found the light a bit annoying and irritating.

What level are you at? Using the same divine light as me.

The light that could obscure the vision of the Chu father and son had no effect on Gao Kui, allowing Odin, who sat atop Sleipwelt and held a curved spear, to be fully exposed to Gao Kui.

He wore heavy, dark gold armor engraved with ancient inscriptions, wielded Gungnir, a divine spear made from a branch of the World Tree, and wore a strange, ancient iron mask. His single golden pupil was even more dazzling than a xenon headlight.

It looks like they didn't have time to change their costumes and props, and just came out of the Hengdian film set.

No, Hengdian mainly produces period dramas and anti-Japanese war dramas, which are probably produced by Hollywood studios. Hollywood makes several epic productions that flop almost every year.

It's also possible that he came from the San Fernando Valley, but then again, Odin is dressed so much, which doesn't seem like the style of the San Fernando Valley, where they usually film scenes without clothes...

"You saw Odin?" Chu Tianjiao raised an eyebrow, interrupting Gao Kui's wild thoughts.

Before he and Chu Zihang had even seen a shadow of a horse, Gao Kui had already met Odin.

It's no wonder he's a special being who can be associated with Emmanuel.

"I see. He has quite a few underlings, at least a hundred or so..."

"how do you feel?"

“Odin seems like a remarkable figure, but also quite ordinary,” Gao Kui said without hesitation.

Judging by appearances, Odin wouldn't even need to lift a finger; Sleipville could easily kick him to death. Odin wouldn't even need to use Gungnir; a single elbow strike would send him flying back into the Lord's embrace.

The horse is fierce, and the man is fierce too; one look and you know he's a master among masters.

However, this doesn't stop Gao Kui from genuinely thinking that this Odin is quite ordinary.

After a pause, Gao Kui added, "It's not as good as the great red dragon and Lucifer I've seen in my imagination, and it's nowhere near as good as Michael."

The great red dragon that opposes Emmanuel in the Book of Revelation, and also the serpent that tempted Eve in Genesis, has a well-known name: Satan.

As for Lucifer, he was merely a character created based on Michael and Satan, but through the modifications and reinterpretations of generations of writers such as John Milton and Dante, he has become a fairly well-known figure.

The Chu father and son were somewhat frantic.

Whether the Odin before us is the mythical Odin, the Dragon King Odin, or the next-generation Odin, he certainly cannot compare to Satan and Lucifer in the Bible and mythology, let alone the archangel Michael.

Who doesn't know the mighty god of monotheism?

But the problem is that none of the three of us are Satan, Lucifer, or Michael... Oh, Gao Kui can be associated with Emmanuel, but whether or not they are, and what their relationship is, is still a mystery.

Besides, even if it really was Emmanuel, wasn't he also crucified?

Chu Tianjiao knew he wouldn't get any useful information from Gao Kui, this madman, and dared not place all his hopes on Gao Kui, who himself didn't understand tactics and strategies.

People still have to save themselves.

Chu Tianjiao casually pulled an alloy longsword from the snakeskin bag behind him and nailed it to the accelerator pedal. He then straightened the steering wheel and aimed at the brightest and most intense part of the divine light.

The specially forged engine roared in the engine compartment, the crankshaft worked frantically, and the large tires, bearing a weight of hundreds of tons, rubbed against the ground, producing a loud tire screech.

"Let's give the legendary god-king Odin a little something to say when we meet him!" Chu Tianjiao said fiercely, his teeth clenched in anger.

"He is not a god." Chu Zihang, mindful of Gao Kui's feelings, quickly corrected Chu Tianjiao.

In the eyes of atheists, He is a god in a monotheistic pantheon, while Odin is the king of gods in a polytheistic pantheon; both are gods in fictional myths.

But in the eyes of the followers of the Apocalyptic religion, He is real and the only God in the world.

He said: There is no other god but me.

"Bro, you don't need to be so considerate of me. I'm not a believer, at least not that fanatical. I've even played Bayonetta!"

Gao Kui waved his hand, explaining that his deep understanding of the Bible stemmed from his "mother's" faith.

He himself said that he was in a state of half-belief and half-doubt, and would only pray to God when he encountered a problem that he could not solve by his own ability.