"Have you heard? Royal Highness Regent's army suffered 2 consecutive defeats in the Dark Moon! "
"I also heard that General Samoer of the Nether Hydra Legion was killed in battle, and General Nesta of the Magic Shadow Legion surrendered to the enemy."
"General Nesta surrendered to the enemy because of Samoer's personal revenge, okay? General Nesta defended the Bloodmist Valley for dozens of days. As a result, when Samoer came to the valley, not only did he not reinforce, but he also wanted to destroy the Magic Shadow Legion. He also killed Kanita, the heir of the Red Spirit Estate. General Nesta defected to the Dark Moon in anger. "
"What is this? The Demon Overlord elder of the Kamon Family, Zeta, was killed when he returned to the Red Spirit Estate after being released by the Dark Moon! Do you know who did it? It is said that the regent is trying to deal with the elder families … "
"Keep your voice down!"
"Hehe, who doesn't know about this in the capital now?"
"…"
Chen Rui sat in the tavern in the northern suburbs of the capital, drinking while listening to the discussions around him calmly. After experiencing the last setback, the rebuilt Dark Demon was more capable. In the shortest time, the war at the front, including some "inside stories", had spread quickly in every corner of the capital.
It only took a few hours from the teleportation entrance of the Dark Moon residence to the Rainbow Valley and then to the capital.
Chen Rui did not enter the capital, but he got on the carriage at the outskirts of the city and headed north toward the White Feather Estate.
The lord of the White Feather Estate, Sicali, was of the Lucifer Royal Family. His ancestors also had the royal bloodline. Because he was a concubine, he was enfeoffed to the White Feather Estate. After several generations of management, annexation, development, and reclamation of wasteland, his strength gradually grew and became one of the 4 major estates of the Fallen Angel Empire.
Among the lords, Sicali was the one who was the best at dealing with both sides. This time, the coalition army also sent some soldiers for this expedition. It seemed a little perfunctory, but he focused his energy on the "dispute" with General George of the Warlock Fortress.
Obsidian desperately sent troops to crusade against the Dark Moon. As Jía's strongest supporter, the first general of the empire, George, would definitely not sit idly by. The meaning of Sicali's conflict with George at this time was self-evident.
In a sense, once the Dark Moon was destroyed by Obsidian, Sicali's credit was still above most of the lords who followed him to the expedition.
After helping his father-in-law at the Warlock Fortress the last time, Chen Rui returned to the Dark Moon via the capital and the Red Spirit Estate. He was in a hurry to rush back at that time, so he did not pay attention to many things. Now that he made a special trip to the White Feather Estate, the experiences and observations along the way made him have a better understanding of this relatively low-key estate.
The area of the White Feather Estate was slightly smaller than the Dark Moon, but it was larger than the Red Spirit Estate. Although there were no very conspicuous and rich towns like Town Mordo and Town Moling in the Red Spirit Estate, the population was more widely distributed, and the development was more balanced. From the comprehensive analysis of various intelligence reflected by the Dark Demon, the combat power of the White Feather Estate was by no means inferior to the Red Spirit Estate.
The reason for the conflict between the White Feather Estate and the Warlock Fortress this time was the military provisions. The military provisions of the Warlock Fortress were jointly provided by the capital and the White Feather Estate. Due to the influence of the capital's "fundraising scandal", the original military pay and military provisions and other materials had been greatly reduced. This time, the White Feather Estate had been delaying the supply of military provisions with the excuse of poor harvest, causing the Warlock Fortress soldiers who couldn't hold back to loot several towns in the north of the White Feather Estate. This made the people of the White Feather Estate very angry.
Lord Sicali of the White Feather Estate publicly condemned the Warlock Fortress garrison and asked General George to hand over the soldiers who had committed evil deeds.
General George refused to admit that the looting was done by the Warlock Fortress garrison. Taking Town Black Cloud, which was the closest to the north of the Warlock Fortress, as an example, he pointed out that Sicali was purely self-directed. While delaying the supply of military supplies, he deliberately used this to please the capital's Regent Obsidian.
Both sides insisted on their own words, and the confrontation was in a stalemate. It was just that the people in the White Feather Estate had a blind faith in Sicali, especially the few towns that suffered from it. They did not believe General George's explanation at all. They showed extreme hostility to the Warlock Fortress and supported Sicali against General George. Now, Sicali had sent a large number of troops in the estate to the northern towns to "protect" the townspeople from being plundered.
In Chen Rui's view, this matter was already obvious. As General George said, Sicali was simply deliberately looking for an excuse to cause trouble to delay General George when Obsidian was crusading against the Dark Moon.
Chen Rui went all the way north and came to the core of the estate, the White Feather City. The area of the White Feather City was very large. It was not even smaller than the Dark Moon. It could be seen that it had been painstakingly built. Like the counterfeit versions of many places in the Demon Realm, many buildings and facilities had the shadow of the Dark Moon. For example, the newly built battle ball arena in front of him had ticket sales, gambling ticket sales, fan shops, etc. It was simply a complete plagiarism. Judging from the audience, the ball market was quite popular.
"Great, I heard that sir lord will play in person this time! The tickets were sold out early in the morning! "
"He will suppress his strength to the level of Intermediate Demon and lead the civilian team to compete with the strongest Snow Feather Army team!"
"All the income from tickets and gambling will be donated to those children and the weak in need."
"Hmph! Sir lord is too kind. Those weak people are not worthy of sympathy at all! "
"Kind? Five years ago, there were horse bandits who burned and looted the Town of Massimo. The Lord was furious and led his army to kill 3,600 horse bandits by himself. Their heads were hung high in the Town of Massimo and piled up into a small mountain! So far, there has been no news of the horse bandits! "
"Sir Sicali is the most benevolent and powerful lord. As long as he is here, our White Feather Estate will definitely become the richest and most prosperous estate in the entire empire and even the entire Demon Realm. It will far surpass the Dark Moon!"
"Hmph! What is the Dark Moon? Didn't Princess Jía often come to the White Feather Estate to ask for help? Sir Sicali was generous every time. However, when Sir Sicali went to visit the Dark Moon not long ago, Princess Jía actually turned her back on him. She is extremely stingy. She deserves to be punished by the capital this time! "
"…"
Chen Rui frowned as he listened. Judging from the hearsay along the way, Sicali's prestige in the White Feather Estate has reached an unimaginable level.
Although this sir lord is a two-faced fence-sitter outside, in the estate, he is a perfect god-like existence. The people have a kind of almost blind worship. No wonder almost all the people in the estate showed strong hostility to General George and the Warlock Fortress as soon as he gave an order. Regardless of whether Sicali is a great lord who "serves" the people, it is indeed not easy to reach this level.
Chen Rui's original intention was to go to the Warlock Fortress first, but now he had a lot of curiosity about the White Feather Estate Lord who had been somewhat contemptuous before. After thinking about it, he bought a ticket from a "scalper" at a high price and followed the crowd into the arena.
Nowadays, the battle ball had faintly replaced the traditional fighting as the number one sport in the Demon Realm. Many people also listed the battle ball and fighting as the 2 major sports because one was a collective while the other was an individual, so there was no conflict. The arena was crowded. With the appearance of Sicali's team, the atmosphere reached a climax. The audience shouted the name of the lord in unison. Every time he touched the ball, it could cause deafening cheers. Driven by this atmosphere, almost everyone in the arena and the audience showed excitement as if they were injected with chicken blood. This state was no longer facing a lord or a star player, but it was as if fanatics were looking up to their god to show miracles.
This kind of fanaticism that could be called terrifying made Chen Rui secretly shocked. Jía's prestige in the Dark Moon was already quite strong, but it was far less than Sicali's influence in the White Feather Estate. He had no doubt that as long as Sicali raised his arm, not only the army, but most of the people in the estate would not hesitate to point their fists and knives at anyone, including the capital. This made Chen Rui couldn't help but think of a certain Sir Ruler of the "Third Reich" in the history of another world.
Chen Rui's mind moved. He didn't continue to watch and stood up.
In the deafening cheers, the first half of the game was over. The score was 4 to 3, and the civilian team was 1 goal ahead. Although Sicali was very strong, the battle ball was not a one-man sport. Moreover, the Snow Feather Legion's elites also did their best without reservation under Sicali's prior order, making this contest more real and intense. The audience's reaction was also more explosive.
In the players' lounge, the team doctor took the time to treat individual injured people. After Sicali, who was also the coach, ignited the morale of his teammates to the highest point with a few words, he began to arrange the offensive and defensive tactics for the second half.
Suddenly, Sicali's voice paused, signaling the players to leave first. Although the players were a little surprised, they did not ask much. They all retreated, leaving only Sicali in the lounge.
"Come out." Sicali said faintly.
Chen Rui's figure slowly appeared from the shadow in the corner. He learned this [Lurking Technique] from Ms. Intelligence. He could hide his breath and figure. So many people just now, but he didn't discover it. He didn't expect it was actually seen through by Sicali.
In fact, Chen Rui's mind was shaken just now. He could no longer maintain the best state of being in harmony with the environment. In a fleeting moment, he revealed a slight flaw, but it was noticed by Sicali. Sicali's keen senses were evident.
The reason why Chen Rui's mind was shaken was because of Sicali's information in the [Analytical Eyes].
Race: Pride Royal Family (mutated).
Comprehensive Strength Assessment: E (A).
Physique: E (A-), Strength: E (A-), Spirit: E (A +), Agility: E (A).
[Analysis]: Dark attribute.
Due to the need of the game, his strength on the surface was suppressed to the Intermediate Demon level, but the data of the intermediate stage of the Demon Emperor was completely different from Sicali who visited the Dark Moon Estate last time. At that time, Sicali's true strength was displayed as A +, which was the peak stage of the Demon Emperor. The [Analytical Eyes] will not make a mistake. In this case, the Sicali in front of me is probably not the real Sicali!
A substitute, and he is even the intermediate stage of the Demon Emperor!
After realizing that "Sicali" was probably just a substitute, Chen Rui's mind turned quickly. He had canceled the original beheading operation, and a new plan prototype quickly appeared in his mind.
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