Dragon Raja: History Simulator

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"I'm just happy for you. Perhaps you'll be able to see one of your brothers again."

"Are you crazy?" Xia Mi pushed him away almost a second after calming down. Her good senior brother had really just hugged her like that, without trying to kill her or having any other intentions.

In fact, if Xia Mi hadn't stopped herself quickly in the end, her senior brother would probably have been decapitated immediately.

Wang Anzhi looked completely innocent. "Junior sister, I saw you were so close to me, so I thought you wanted a hug, and that's why I hugged you."

Xia Mi was furious, but seeing his nonchalant attitude, she didn't know how to punish him.

Now, Xia Mi recalled what he had just said, and her expression changed. "You just mentioned my brother?"

"Of course, otherwise, would you still be my brother?" Wang Anzhi rolled his eyes, enjoying the girl's serious demeanor, a beauty completely different from before.

"Which brother?" Xia Mi stared at him coldly, knowing that this senior brother probably already knew her identity. "Odin?"

Xia Mi couldn't help but think of the Odin puppet that had emerged from Nibelungen that she had shattered a few days ago.

Wang Anzhi stood up and tidied the girl's somewhat messy hair.

"No, it's Loki."

Chapter 26 Loki

"Loki? What's he doing here?"

Xia Mi was full of doubts and didn't even care that Wang Anzhi was playing with her hair. At this moment, she had already put down her hands that were gently stroking Wang Anzhi's neck.

Just now, when Wang Anzhi pulled her into his arms, Xia Mi's mind went blank. Instead of tearing his neck open with her hands, she subconsciously took a step back.

At that moment, Xia Mi knew that she could no longer harm him. So, taking advantage of the instant blood flow, Xia Mi took the opportunity to bury her "cocoon" into Wang Anzhi's body.

This is her destiny as an outsider, and also her last resort as a queen on the throne. As long as the "egg" is still alive, it cannot be said that a dragon has truly been killed.

To her surprise, the process went very smoothly, as smoothly as if the egg had been implanted into her own body.

This made her gaze deepen, and her eyes became fixed on the senior brother in front of her.

Wang Anzhi had no idea what Xia Mi had just done. The slight stinging pain on his neck was not on his mind. He was just playing with the girl's hair while watching her quietly thinking. He thought this was truly a masterpiece, far superior to Picasso and Van Gogh, which he couldn't understand at all.

Why Loki?

Xia Mi temporarily suppressed her doubts. Right now, the Dragon King, who was lurking in the shadows, was more important to her than Loki or Odin. She looked at Wang Anzhi with a questioning gaze.

"Doesn't he know that this is Odin's Nibelungen? Even I can only hide my tracks here to avoid being discovered. Loki is Odin's twin brother, and the connection between them is far beyond what Odin and I can compare to."

Xia Mi is the Queen of the Earth and Mountains. Among the four kings of the Dragon Clan, the power she wields is over the most fundamental structure of matter, down to the composition of particles and the formation of her own space.

Of course, in dragon terminology, it's called Nibelungen.

This is why, when facing a dragon king who was not Odin's true form, she could triumphantly toy with her brother's puppet without leaving any trace, something Loki lacked.

"That is why Loki would never come to Odin's territory on his own initiative."

Wang Anzhi did not intend to continue, but based on the scenarios he had experienced in his previous simulations, he was quite certain that Angers' survival in the Summer Mourning incident was a "miracle."

However, dragons are a race that can witness miracles. For them, life and death are crystal clear, and there is no possibility of survival.

Something unusual must be going on. If that's the case, then the Dragon King named "Li Wuyue" must be lurking within Angers.

Xia Mi was furious at his lazy demeanor, but she chose to believe him instead of pressing him for answers.

She lowered her eyes slightly, and the golden color in her pupils gradually faded, making her look like a harmless girl again in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, she was Xia Mi again.

"Senior brother, you know who I am now!"

Xia Mi slowly uttered this seemingly meaningless sentence, already knowing the answer in her heart.

Sometimes, when we ask a question, it's not because we want to get to the bottom of things and find an answer, but simply to seek peace of mind.

Xia Mi turned her body to the side, avoiding looking directly at Wang Anzhi, and instead looked at the bustling traffic below the window.

How ridiculous!

As the Dragon Queen, she was actually somewhat hoping that Wang Anzhi would lie to her, that he didn't know, even if they both knew the answer perfectly well. "I know you know, you know I know you know, I know you know I know you know..."

Of course, the Dragon Princess could still stubbornly insist that it was all Xia Mi's fault, that it was a little honey trap used by Lord Jormungandr, and that it was absolutely not because she herself had any improper thoughts.

However, looking at the girl who had just been so imposing but now looked rather pitiful, Wang Anzhi said without hesitation:

"Of course I know, Jormungandr, one of the twins on the throne of earth and mountains among the four great sovereigns of the dragon race, the giant serpent that encircles Midgard in mythology..."

With each word Wang Anzhi spoke, Xia Mi's eyes dimmed a little, until they finally dimmed to the extreme, but this only reignited the brilliance of her golden pupils. Looking at him was like looking at a pile of dust.

However, Wang Anzhi did not finish speaking. He ignored Xia Mi's cold expression and remained indifferent, as if he had just asked "Are you Xia Mi?" instead of revealing the identity of the Jormungandr Dragon King and drawing a chasm between the two.

"...and my deskmate, my junior sister, and my future queen."

Wang Anzhi looked at Jormungandr, who seemed somewhat at a loss, and pulled her into his arms. Surprisingly, the Dragon Princess did not resist.

Looking into her cold yet stubborn eyes, he slowly said, "Junior Sister, Xia Mi, Jormungandr? Sorry, you have too many names." Ignoring the Dragon Girl's darkening expression, Wang Anzhi continued, "But I must tell you, from the first moment I saw you, I knew your true identity and reserved your position as Empress."

After listening for a long time, Xia Mi finally said in a low voice, "In other words, everything you did was premeditated, Senior Brother."

Wang Anzhi chuckled, "Of course not, how could I have known I'd meet Xia Mi in high school!"

Xia Mi jumped out of his body at this moment. "Senior brother, now you know my identity, but I don't know your secret. This is too unfair. When will you tell me your secret before I believe what you say?" Xia Mi sighed and looked at her reflection with self-pity. "Senior brother, you are too good at lying. You are even better at lying than you were about the upcoming Loki."

The girl can be as stern as a king or as innocent as a child. She is Jormungandr and also Xia Mi. Whether she is a stern king or an innocent child, she is still herself.

Wang Anzhi smiled without saying a word, knowing that Xia Mi had actually believed him.

Then, Xia Mi's expression turned serious. "Senior brother, what do you mean by Loki coming? How could he possibly come to Odin's Nibelungen? He doesn't seem like someone who can hide his identity in Nibelungen."

Seeing Wang Anzhi's slightly puzzled look, Xia Mi then began to explain.

Among the dragons, the twins on the throne have the closest relationship. They respectively wield "power" and "strength". When one of them devours the other, it can be called a "god".

Their creator, the Black King Nidhogg, deliberately divided his creations in this way, using "emotion" as a bondage, so that these beings, who should have been born holy, were bound by the constraints of dragon and human bodies and lost their freedom, thus losing the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Of course, there are exceptions even among dragon kings. The twins on the throne of the sky and the wind are such an example. Their names in mythology are Odin and Loki. Odin is the one who holds "power" and Loki is the one who possesses "strength".

In Norse mythology, Odin and Loki are not biological brothers. One is an Aesir god, and the other is a giant. Their relationship is sometimes good and sometimes bad. Sometimes Odin regards Loki as a brother who shares his ideals and interests, but at other times, Odin regards Loki as a servant who can be scolded at will.

The history of the dragon race continues the legends of mythology. Although Odin and Loki share a very deep bond, like other kings, the brothers often have deep-seated conflicts.

The problem lies with the Black King. Perhaps because it was the first time that power was divided among the dragons, the power and force of the twins on the throne of the sky and the throne of the wind were distributed in an extremely balanced manner, unlike Norton and Constantine, or Jormungandr and Fenrir, who had an extremely distorted division of power and force, with one almost completely controlling "power" and the other almost completely controlling "force".

This is why Odin and Loki are very close in strength, with Odin being slightly stronger, but not significantly so. This also means that the relationship between the two brothers is not like that of other dragon kings, where one is extremely dependent on the other. Instead, they are somewhat like "kings who dislike each other." Of course, this does not affect the affection between the two brothers.

This is a story from the ancient times, as reported by the Dragon Clan.

Chapter 27 The Reasons for the Coronation

Xia Mi looked out the window. As she gradually withdrew her domain, the migratory birds that had been scattering returned to their nests, having forgotten the scene that had just resembled a natural disaster. She slowly said:

"After the Black King's death, Odin seized the greatest benefit, and the balance of power began to shift. Although Loki did not believe that his brother would kill the dragon bones that devoured him, he was extremely afraid and fled to the East without the Black King's restraint."

I remember they rarely saw each other after that.

Looking at Wang Anzhi, who seemed lost in thought, Xia Mi suddenly laughed, "Senior brother, you're really strange! You seem to be able to foresee some things, but you seem to know nothing about others. It's really strange. I almost thought you were some T-800 that came back from the future!"

Now, Xia Mi has completely denied the speculation that Wang Anzhi is the White King, otherwise she would not have disbanded the domain of Shiva's Karma Dance.

She had never met the White King and knew very little about this monarch who dared to rebel against the emperor; that was a thing of the past, far removed from even the era of the Four Great Kings.

Everything she knew came from old documents, what her father wanted her to see.

The White Queen is the Dragon King who controls the spiritual element. She can maintain spiritual clarity in the endless cycle of reincarnation and will never be bound by the violence, bloodlust, or even the emotions between twins inherent in dragon blood.

If the good senior brother were the White King, then he certainly wouldn't have gone through a process of losing himself and finding his past like the four great kings, nor would he appear so "ignorant".

From the Dragon King's perspective, "time travel" is not some distant science fiction, but a technology right before our eyes.

"It's a pity there won't be a Skynet in the future." Wang Anzhi smiled. He knew that Xia Mi didn't doubt that he was actually a time traveler; she was just making a habitual comment.

Xia Mi did not smile. She stared blankly at Wang Anzhi, her eyes becoming incredibly dim, no longer displaying the aura of a king who seemed to control the world when she was dancing.

“Yes, Senior Brother,” Xia Mi’s voice was quiet and her tone was soft, as if she were afraid of disturbing someone, as she quietly revealed a secret:

“There will definitely be a ‘Skynet’ in the future, but once Skynet is there, even the desire to escape back to the past will become a complete pipe dream.”

Wang Anzhi looked at the girl. He knew what she meant by "Skynet." Whether it was the old Black King Nidhogg or the possible new Black King Lu Mingfei, they were far more terrifying than Skynet.

Under the rule of "Skynet," everyone lost their freedom and the right to live freely. Under the future rule of the Black King, everyone will even lose the right to choose their own death.

As for Xia Mi and even the four kings, in the eyes of the old Black King Nidhogg, they were already rebellious traitors, and in the eyes of the new Black King, they were also traitors who had once betrayed them.

Whoever reclaims the "supreme" position, all that's left for these old-era monarchs is certain death.

They even harbored irreparable hatred towards each other.

It can be said that although Xia Mi looks majestic and aloof now, with an air of "I am the only one who matters", she has long been reduced from a player to a pawn due to her constant absence in history.

Norton, who had been absent the longest, was the first to be eliminated, followed by Shami, who was second. The King of the Ocean and Water had already found a way out, and only Odin, who had never been absent, was still holding on in this game that spanned thousands of years.

If we really have to say, perhaps the true hope among the four monarchs lies in Odin's... son.

As for Xia Mi, or rather, Jormungandr, she herself was actually powerless to do anything about it.

There was no plan for the future, no power to control, and no loyal banner that was willing to die for the cause.

Her only advantage over Norton was that she was extremely lucky not to be discovered by other people of her kind while she was losing her memories.

“This is precisely why I am to be crowned.” Wang Anzhi thought to himself as he looked at Xia Mi’s stubborn eyes. It would be strange if he, as an “outsider” with a cheat-like ability, did not think so.

It's like an ordinary person finding the Imperial Seal of the State and wondering to themselves if they should be the ruler of this country and this world.

Wang Anzhi, seeing the girl hugging her knees and gazing out the window at the chirping of migratory birds, looking utterly lonely, suddenly said:

“The principal of Angers has the ‘egg’ of a dragon king hidden on him. If I’m not mistaken, it’s Loki. He was hiding here during the Summer Mourning incident a hundred years ago.”

Xia Mi nodded silently, without any doubt, digesting the news. Throughout the tens of millions of years of history, these Dragon Kings had been vying for the opportunity to meet the Emperor and jokingly say "I, I, I, dog-footed I." Along the way, they were the biggest competitors, but before the end of the world, they, who should have been the best allies, lost the chance to reunite.

The hatred from the past runs too deep, and the trust between them is too low.

She said softly, "Loki can't find me, just as I can't find him, unless he deliberately reveals himself."

Looking at Wang Anzhi, she warned, "Senior brother, never think that the Dragon King in the egg is at its weakest. If it stays in the egg for a hundred years like Loki, then it may not be weaker than the body that he re-cocoons and nurtures from the egg."

Wang Anzhi nodded; he knew this too.

"I dedicate my blood and flesh to the great Supreme Nidhogg, who is the supreme being, the virtuous being, the powerful being, who rules the world by destiny."