Chapter 213: Cooperation
Along the way, Chen Rui learned from Delia that last time Delia dealt with the affairs of Leia Town according to Christina's orders, she had been worried about "Richard" who was taken away by that noble girl, but the strange thing is that Christina seemed to have evaporated from the world, and did not return to Leia Town, nor did she have any whereabouts.
When Delia returned to the Imperial Capital of the Shadows, her brother, Bai Luo, the head of the Three Generals of the Shadows and the head of the Legion of the Blades, volunteered to write to Empress Catherine at the fortress of Jego, a stronghold of the border defense. The reason is that Bai Luo had a conflict with his noble daughter Christina when he was tracking down the disappearance of the scouts in the army, and Bai Luo himself was assassinated by a mysterious person and was highly poisoned.
Bai Luo's wife's name is Medilu, the daughter of Queen Catherine's uncle, Frenz. At that time, the Shadow Empire was in civil strife, and Catherine's brother and younger brother fought for power, killing each other, and the scourge of war continued. At the critical moment, Catherine stepped forward to put down the rebellion by herself, killing her brother Kebolai with her own hands, and finally restored stability to the Shadow Empire. The struggle was quite brutal, the Asmodean royal family suffered heavy casualties, and the royal uncle Frenz was Catherine's most powerful supporter and most trusted descendant of Catherine.
Catherine became the empress and handed over the military power to Florze, and later Bai Luo married Medilu, relying on this relationship and began to gradually ascend to the throne, coupled with her own Liliang and outstanding military talent, she replaced the position of the "retired" Florze and became the head of the three generals of the empire, and was very appealing in the army.
Empress Catherine did not accept Bai Luo's initiative to "ask for guilt", but pointed out that Christina mishandled the matter, and promised to punish her within the royal family, ordering Christina to think behind closed doors in the Forbidden Palace and not to go out. Empress Catherine also invited Ange Gillette, the leader of the Apothecary League, to go to the Jego Fortress to heal Bailo, and commended the Fierce Blade Legion who had guarded the Jego Fortress for many years, and the morale of the army was high, shouting Long live the Empress.
Christina was grounded and was not allowed to contact any outsiders, and Delia did not find out the news of "Richard" who was taken away by the noble girl with great effort, and she didn't let go until she saw Chen Rui now.
Chen Rui frowned when he heard this, it was obvious that Bai Luo was ambitious to get rid of Christina, but he became a meritorious man and was appeased and rewarded, while Christina was not killed, but was placed under house arrest.
With the wisdom of Empress Catherine, she will never fail to see Bai Luo's ambitions and intentions, this kind of appeasement is nothing more than a check and balance, but it is too unfair to Christina, since she is locked up in the Forbidden Palace, then even if she goes to the Shadow Imperial Capital now, it is difficult to see her.
Chen Rui took a deep breath, now he is not qualified to go to her openly, just like the same line, what will happen in the future, let's talk about it in the future.
Chen Rui also noticed a detail, when mentioning Bai Luo's own brother, Delia's eyes seemed unnatural, which was probably related to Bai Luo's forcing her to marry the old immortal Chancellor of Finance three years ago.
The three of them are very fast, and Lomon, who has worked with Chen Rui, is just right, Delia saw that this "Richard", who only showed a high-level demonic aura, could easily follow her and Lomon's footsteps, and was secretly surprised in her heart, last time due to the relationship between the golden crystal magic lock, she couldn't see the real Liliang of this Richard, and now it seems that it is likely to be at the same level as her, no wonder she was able to use secret techniques to counter the pupil of nightmares.
In fact, the last time Delia met Chen Rui, Chen Rui was really just a high-level demon.
Along the way, many plants withered and water sources dried up, and the further you went, the worse the phenomenon became.
"Delia, did you change like this the last time you came?" Chen Rui pointed to his surroundings.
Delia recalled for a moment and replied, "Yes, it doesn't seem to be as serious as it is now, and it probably has something to do with the treasure's magic array." ”
Chen Rui thought of the drying pond of the bipedal wyvern's lair, as well as the poisonous pool of the hydra's lair, and couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, he was now quite familiar with the dragon inscription, with the characteristics of the inscription, this "symptom" should not appear, and it will get worse and worse as time goes by.
It's all to blame on the forgetful poisonous dragon, who has a bad memory, and has slept for more than 2,000 years, and I don't remember many things, not to mention the specific arrangement of those complicated inscription traps, even if it is a treasure, I only remember that it is in a "relatively large hole". ,
A special disturbance began to appear in front of Liliang, under this liliang, props such as the magic map and the magic eye compass were no longer usable, and from the general orientation of the previous map, it should be possible to determine that the treasure place mentioned by Delia and the treasure of Pagliu are the same place. After a day and a night, the three finally arrived at their destination.
From a distance, it is a very common wetland jungle, with a large amount of fog wafting during it, making the scene blurred. But strangely, this jungle did not wither like the plants along the way, but remained lush, which was very eerie.
At the edge of this jungle, there were not just the three of them, there were others.
Pagliu has been sealed for more than 2,000 years, and over the past 2,000 years, people have discovered the anomalies of this jungle, and some people have found treasures in the area near the jungle from time to time. Like Delia, these people have also figured out the law that "protective magic" will weaken every three years, and come to explore the treasure.
Among these people, there are two of the most powerful, one is the Asmodean royal family, the first stage of the Great Demon King, who led a team of more than ten people, and the group has the largest number of people in this group of treasure explorers.
The other is a single person, a mature woman, the middle of the Great Demon King, and the Eye of Analysis shows that it is a greedy royal family.
The greedy royal family - the surname "Mammon" is the ruling class of the bloody empire, and the current strongest person in the demon world, Lei Chan Mammon, is the most representative figure of the greedy clan.
In addition, there are some teams and individuals, most of which have demon-level combat effectiveness.
It seems that this treasure has attracted many strong people to come, and what caught Chen Rui's attention the most was not the two big demon kings, but a single guy, this person was of medium stature, wearing a cloak and covering his face. In the eye of analysis, this person's comprehensive strength assessment is C, the middle demon king, but the racial hint is: Great Demon (mutation) (corpse puppet).
Chen Rui had never heard of this term, but literally, it was likely to be some kind of puppet that was controlled, so the controller could be among these people, or he could hide in the shadows, waiting for a certain yellow finch to launch later.
There are still a few corpses on the ground, it seems that they have not been dead for a long time, and they are also treasure hunters, and they were killed in some kind of conflict.
As soon as Chen Rui and the three appeared, they immediately attracted the attention of these people, and their eyes faintly showed hostility and murderous intent. The three of them suddenly had their secret luck and were ready to fight at any time, there are no good men and women here, everyone wants treasures, and the fewer competitors the better.
The first stage of the Asmodean royal family's Great Demon King spoke: "Many of the people who came are familiar faces, let me introduce myself first, my name is Casillas, the Asmodean royal family." Everyone is here today, presumably for the sake of this jungle thing. I'm sure everyone knows that there are a lot of terrible magic traps and traps in the jungle, and if you are not careful, it will be a dead end. Now before I see the shadow of the treasure, I start to fight to the death, there is no point. I have a suggestion that we work together to crack these magic traps, and as long as we find the real treasure location, we can all fight to determine the ownership of the treasure when the time comes. What do you think?"
Casillas's team has the strongest overall strength, and this suggestion has been approved by many people, Casillas is actually more afraid of the woman with the strength of the big demon king in the middle stage, if these people fight first, even if they have teammates to help, he is not sure to win against the other party.
Besides, it's not worth it to fight without even seeing the edge of the treasure now, it's better to use other people's liliang to crack the trap, so that your own consumption is minimized, and then find a chance to plot against the middle demon king, as long as you get rid of this most troublesome opponent, who else can compete with his liliang of this team?
Those who agree to cooperate also have their own calculations, most of them are afraid of Casillas's team strength, the strongest woman thought about it and agreed, here his single strength is the strongest, just save the strength, and wait until he sees the treasure before exerting his strength.
Chen Rui's side also voted in favor, and everyone introduced each other, Chen Rui used Richard's name, Lomont was still the pseudonym of Lennon, and Delia also reported a pseudonym Nicole. Although Caslias is a member of the Asimod royal family, he does not know that the veiled Nicole is the "Lady of the Spider" known as the imperial capital. The great demon woman of the Mammon royal clan called herself Akuyi, and the corpse puppet that Chen Rui had been paying attention to reported that her name was Hart, and her voice was a little calm.
Casillas' cooperation proposal is: move forward together, each team or individual takes turns to solve the traps along the way, if they can't solve it, they must test the location and attributes of the traps, and whoever dares to evade responsibility or retreat will become the enemy of the public. Those who do not agree must now leave early, and those who are found secretly following them in the march and not making efforts to take advantage of the fire will be killed.
As soon as these words came out, several guys with evil intentions were dumbfounded, these people still wanted to use Casillas's team to crack the trap, and they had their backs to the big trees for good shade, so they followed behind to look for opportunities, and now their plans are completely in vain.
The so-called world does not have a free lunch, and people who are not capable naturally have no qualifications to explore treasures.
After the unanimous approval of the proposal for cooperation, the hostility seemed to have diminished and the atmosphere seemed to be harmonious, but everyone knew that this temporary peace was quite fragile and could not last long, and if something happened, it would immediately turn around and become mortal enemies.
"I have a fair approach. Casillas spoke, and a special magic item appeared in his hand...... )