The army marched quickly for 3 days and finally arrived at Town Lupin.
Town Lupin was one of the largest towns in the Blue Lava Estate. It was equivalent to the size of a medium-sized city in Chen Rui's other world. In the suburbs outside the town, the Dark Moon Army encountered a blockaded army with a total of about 3,000 people.
These troops were originally ordered by Lord Chandler to blockade Town Lupin, where the strange incident occurred. They also set up a magic circle. At that time, the order should be issued under the control of Mousse.
Now the army had received Chandler's latest order to cooperate with the Dark Moon Army to investigate the secrets of Town Lupin.
The commander of the army was called Aglas. He was a Great Demon with the strength of the early stage of the Demon King. Facing the Dark Moon's army and the oppressive breath faintly exuding from Athena, he showed considerable nervousness.
Chen Rui asked, "What happened in Town Lupin?"
Aglas quickly replied, "This is the case. The residents of Town Lupin inexplicably had various fights and bloody conflicts some time ago. Soon afterward, it is said that a huge bottomless pit appeared in the center of the town. Strange black gas constantly emerged from it. The human body wrapped in the black gas withered quickly, leaving only a pile of bones in the end. Some people tried to fill the pit or go down to explore, but all the explorers, including the Demon Emperor powerhouse, Soteson, who lived in seclusion in the town, never returned. The black gas of that pit takes the lives of some residents every day. Many people fled out of the town because of this, but sir lord claimed that these people were infected with incurable poison. If they escape, it will spread to all the estates, so he ordered us to block all exits and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving. There were some residents who desperately tried to escape or ask us for help, but we were forced by Sir Lord's orders to reject their requests. In the end, we didn't see anyone escaping anymore … "
A bottomless pit that will emit black gas that devours people? What does this have to do with the Bloodfall's conspiracy? Chen Rui thought for a while and asked, "I got news from Lord Chandler. Is General Sumen coming here?"
"Yes." Aglas nodded, "General Sumen came here 5 days ago with about 1,000 people. He insisted on entering Town Lupin. I tried to persuade him but failed. In the end, hundreds of soldiers followed the general."
Chen Rui pondered for a while. It seems that this Sumen has quite a high prestige in the army. Even with the reputation of "rebellion", and Town Lupin is obviously a dangerous place, many people are still willing to follow.
"But … the general still hasn't returned. I sent a few soldiers to investigate, but none of them returned."
Chen Rui frowned and thought for a moment. Then, he said to Athena, "There's indeed something wrong with this town. The situation inside is unknown, and it's very likely that there's a huge threat hidden inside. I suggest that the army should not act rashly. It's better to scout out the situation first before deciding on the next step. "
Athena said, "You're right. Let me lead a team to investigate."
"No!" Chen Rui shook his head, "You're the legion leader, and you're also the core and soul of the entire army. You can't take risks easily. Moreover, there will be unexpected situations here. Someone must preside over the overall situation. We'll stay here, then … Sir Aguile will go."
The poison dragon in the cloak and Athena looked at each other and immediately understood Chen Rui's meaning. The "Aguile" in this sentence deliberately emphasized was Chen Rui himself. Of course, the poison dragon wouldn't be idle, but he followed secretly. One in the light and one in the dark, thoroughly investigating the secret inside.
As for Athena, it was relatively safe outside the town. She also had the strength of a Great Demon King, and she also had the elites of the Flame Legion, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Athena knew that Chen Rui's strength was far better than hers, and there was no room for sloppiness at this time. She didn't say much, but she gave him a warning look: Be careful.
Soon, "Aguile" left the barracks where the Flame Legion was stationed, and the "human financial officer" rested in Athena's tent due to "physical discomfort".
Chen Rui passed through the entrance and walked into the town step by step. Since he didn't know what danger was ahead, his speed was not very fast. Paglio followed him silently from a distance. Even [Analytical Eyes] couldn't detect this distance, but Chen Rui could clearly sense the existence of this equal link partner through "spiritual link".
The entire town was very large, but he hadn't seen a living person or even a living creature until now. He only occasionally saw a few piles of bones on the ground. It gave people a lifeless feeling everywhere. Those who didn't know would think that they came to Town Yankou where Guradam created the undead.
Could it be that some undead magician is playing tricks like the last time in Town Yankou? But these skeletons were abandoned in place. It didn't look like the work of the undead magician, but more like some kind of terrifying monster that devoured life.
Chen Rui frowned, but he didn't stop. The more he went in, the more corpses he saw. There were all kinds of postures, and the gloomy white mist was floating everywhere. It was creepy.
Chen Rui deliberately walked into a few houses to take a look, and he found that there were also many corpses in the rooms. It seemed that the terrifying "thing" didn't let go of any life in any corner.
Is it some kind of monster created by Vampire? Chen Rui thought of the terrifying experiment in the Mystic Valley in the Crystal Valley, and he frowned even tighter.
The elemental interference here was very serious. Items such as magic maps and magic compass couldn't be used. Chen Rui could only rely on a simple hand-drawn map provided by Aglas to advance cautiously all the way.
The strange thing was that when Sumen broke in a few days ago, he brought in about 1,500 people, and some of them were cavalries, but he didn't see any related corpses along the way. Where did they go?
Chen Rui turned a few times, bypassed a river, and gradually approached the central area of Town Lupin, which was where the mysterious pothole was.
From a distance, Chen Rui saw dozens of strange spires in the mist. When he got closer, he discovered that these buildings similar to bone towers were actually all made of bones!
Not only that, there were dark red strange patterns on the ground which should be painted with blood. Many places were also decorated with skulls, which looked extremely strange.
Chen Rui's heart trembled slightly. This Blue Lava Estate's biggest town is equivalent to the number of lives in a medium-sized city. Could it be that …
What is even more hateful is that under the control of Mousse, the army was actually dispatched to block the way out, cruelly ruining the last chance of survival of all the innocent townspeople.
Although Chen Rui was not a benevolent eminent monk or saint, facing such an infuriating scene, a strong anger suddenly surged in his heart. Vampire! Damn it!
Just as Chen Rui stepped into the range of those patterns, the dark red cluster suddenly emitted a faint light. Black smoke emerged from the bone tower and wrapped toward Chen Rui.
Chen Rui wanted to try the attributes of the black smoke, so he did not dodge or use protective skills. He let the black smoke wrap around his body. Sure enough, the Super System sent a prompt that the toxin was converted. After a long time, a pulling force came. Chen Rui withdrew the power around his body and let this force act like a dead person. He felt that his mind was shaken, and he was "dragged" to another place.
This was an open space surrounded by several bone towers. Black smoke floated everywhere, and he couldn't see things in the distance. The toxin conversion data in the Super System had been changing. It was obviously a toxic environment.
Chen Rui unexpectedly saw a large group of people. To be precise, it was a group of unconscious people, but they were not skeletons or corpses.
Judging from their costumes, they should be soldiers of the army. Counting the number, there were about 1,000 people and more than 100 horses. These people were probably the army brought in by General Sumen. Judging from the effect, the poisonous gas in the black smoke should not be fatal. It was mainly a coma effect.
Why are the corpses I saw on the road all fleshed out by the sucking, but I and these soldiers are treated differently? Chen Rui thought of what Aglas said- "The black gas of the pit will take away the lives of some residents' every day '."
Yes, it should be like this. The life needed by the pit is phased, which means it will devour lives every once in a while. Therefore, these soldiers, including Chen Rui himself, are currently "stored food".
Chen Rui didn't want to wait for the monster to visit. Besides, there were nearly 2,000 lives here (including the war horses), so he immediately took out a bottle of antidote and tried to detoxify a soldier next to him.
However, the grand master-level antidote in the exchange center only made the soldier slightly awake. Chen Rui's eyes fell on the black gas that was overflowing everywhere. With a thought, the "God-Eating Mask", one of the 7 artifacts, appeared on his face. He activated the extra skill "God-Eating" obtained from cracking the artifact.
As soon as the skill was activated, all the surrounding black gas rushed toward Chen Rui's head. The mask was like a whale sucking water. In the blink of an eye, it had devoured all the black gas within a few hundred meters.
The power of the artifact was indeed extraordinary. This "God-Eating" skill could devour all spirit power, magic power, and soul attacks. The only drawback was that it could only be used once every 7 days.
After the black gas disappeared, the bone towers that were condensed by some kind of force seemed to have lost their supporting skeleton and collapsed one after another.
Chen Rui didn't know if it was an illusion, but at the moment when the white bone tower collapsed, Chen Rui seemed to feel an angry emotion coming toward him. However, the "God-Eating Mask" could be immune to soul attacks, so Chen Rui, who was still wearing the mask, was not affected at all.
After losing the coma effect of the black gas, the surrounding soldiers began to regain consciousness. They seemed to be fine, but because they were in a coma for a few days and didn't eat, their physical condition was relatively weak.
"Who is General Sumen?" Chen Rui asked loudly while distributing recovery potions and antidotes to the nearby soldiers.
A voice sounded, "I'm Sumen. Did you save us?"
Chen Rui's current cloak was very conspicuous among the soldiers. Coupled with the distribution of potions, it attracted Sumen's attention at the beginning.
Sumen was a Great Demon at the early stage of the Great Demon King. He was tall and wore a red armor. Although his physical condition was not good, his eyes still looked sharp. Chen Rui stepped forward and handed Sumen a bunch of recovery potions.
"General, I'm the deputy legion leader of the Dark Moon Red Blood Legion, Aguile. I was entrusted by Lord Chandler to lead the army to investigate the mysterious incident in Town Lupin and bring general back safely."
"Lord Chandler?" Sumen's hand that was raising the recovery potion suddenly stopped, and his eyes gradually became fierce.
"General may have misunderstood something. Lord Chandler has been controlled by Financial Officer Mousse with [Mind Seduction], so he issued some orders against his will, including declaring general a rebel. At present, Mousse is dead, and Lord Chandler has returned to normal. This time, he entrusted our Dark Moon Army to come here. "
"Before I came here, I also heard some news about the Dark Moon reinforcements, but how can you prove that you are a member of the Dark Moon Army?" Even after hearing the news that Chandler was controlled, the hostility in Sumen's eyes still did not relax at all. Instead, there was a little more suspicion.
"In the current situation, I don't seem to need to prove anything," Chen Rui said, but his hands did not stop. He distributed the potions bottle by bottle, "Moreover, the Flame Legion's legion leader, Athena, and the 10,000 elite team are now stationed outside the town."
"Athena!" Sumen was startled. He finally raised his head and drank the potion. His face suddenly became a little ruddy, and his spirit began to improve a lot. He shouted to the side, "Sandro, Kache, you 2 bring 10 personal guards to help this sir quickly distribute the recovery potion."
With the help of the well-trained personal guards, the speed of distribution of the recovery potion could suddenly be accelerated. However, what Sumen said made Chen Rui's face change suddenly.
"I don't know what the so-called lord entrusted you to come here for. I just want to tell you that the real Lord Chandler is dead!"
"What?" Chen Rui couldn't help but blurt out. This news is really shocking!
"I found Sir Chandler in the secret chamber of the Overlord's Mansion by chance. Only then did I know that the Overlord outside was actually an imposter! At that time, Sir Chandler was dying. Before he died, he asked me to focus on the overall situation and not to make it public. Instead, I secretly went to Town Lupin to find his young son, Tagow, who was secretly fostered here. Then, I will announce the truth and try to help Tagow ascend to the position of lord. "
Speaking of this, Sumen clenched his fists, "I don't know if I was noticed by the fake lord, but he actually sent people to block the exit of Town Lupin with the intention of arresting me. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity early and escaped with a group of loyal subordinates. I hid along the way to avoid the pursuit, and I finally came to Town Lupin. Unexpectedly, Town Lupin actually became a dead town under some strange power! I'm afraid that Sir Chandler's young son, Young Master Tagow, is … "
Chen Rui finally understood why Sumen left the Azure Legion silently and took a detour all the way to Town Lupin. Thinking of the previous performance of Mousse, Chandler, and Varit in the Blue Lava City, he suddenly realized: What a realistic play! He actually sacrificed Mousse. It turns out to be a trap within a trap!
In vain, I usually boast that I am a little clever, but now I actually fall into such a trap! The person who manipulates everything behind the scenes must be terrifyingly intelligent!
No, not only is it a trap, but it is also a vicious trap! Chen Rui reacted instantly. Since "Chandler" tried his best to deceive the Dark Moon Army here, then this terrifying place must have the terrifying power to bury everyone!
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