A few days later, a large number of merchants and some large caravans appeared in the Shadow Empire's Town Leia.
Although there was a war in the north of the Dark Moon Estate, the west and the Dark Moon City were still safe for the time being. The business system was basically normal. However, the number of merchants had been greatly reduced due to the war. A large-scale caravan like the one in front of them was rare, especially one that came from the Red Spirit Estate. It was worth pondering. The mayor of Town Leia, Remont, just turned a blind eye to this. The Fallen Angel Empire was now in a period of civil war, and Her Majesty Empress, who had been rumored to secretly support the Dark Moon, had an unclear attitude. There were no relevant strict orders. Moreover, he had recently accepted a heavy bribe from the Red Spirit Estate. As the saying goes, one's mouth is soft after eating the bribe, so he simply pretended to be confused.
Gerant was mixed in one of the "caravans". There were more than 2,000 people in the scattered team that entered Town Leia, but it was still not enough. He could only stay in the hotel in the town for the time being and continue to wait.
Josh told Gerant that the upper limit of the number of people was 5,000. If there were too many, they might not be able to pass through Town Leia.
The 5,000 people selected by Gerant were all elites from the headquarters brought out of Tekula Fortress. They were well-equipped and had powerful combat power. The quality of the soldiers was more important than the quantity. Gerant had enough confidence to complete this raid and catch Princess Royal Jía off guard.
In fact, Gerant left the front line, Town Dico, and moved to the west. He also had the intention of temporarily avoiding the limelight. Josh was right. The Royal Highness Regent knew how to use people, but he had no tolerance. Gerant thought that he shouldn't be eager to win and speak bluntly, which violated the regent's taboo. Although he won a small victory later, the regent's duke's promise (alluding to the Dark Moon Estate's lord) actually pushed him, the deputy commander, to the forefront of the struggle, causing him to be envied and excluded by most lords and generals. If he finally commanded the army to defeat the Dark Moon, it would probably cause more suspicion. Even if he could really get the title of Duke, it would be impossible to become the lord of the Dark Moon. Taking a step back, if the battle command failed, he would undoubtedly become a scapegoat, and the consequences would be even more unimaginable.
Gerant thought of himself as a pure soldier. In his heart, he would rather face the Dark Moon Army than stay with those "own people" who were scheming against each other. At the very least, he knew who the enemy was on the battlefield.
They had arrived at the inn in front. Gerant didn't think about anything else. He immediately arranged for the disguised soldiers to stay and sent someone to pick up the companions who arrived one after another.
The main force of the Moon Shadow Legion on the west side of the Dark Moon is very likely to have left the Walan Fortress, but the defense will definitely be tighter. Therefore, we must gather our forces and succeed in one fell swoop. Even if a large number of troops were consumed and were not enough to advance east to the Dark Moon City, it could still cause tremendous pressure to the Dark Moon. It would greatly affect the morale of the Dark Moon's main force currently gathered in Town Leith. Therefore, the goal of this battle was to take down the Walan Fortress at all costs!
In Town Dico, inspector Josh, who was appointed by Obsidian, also had a clear goal: To eradicate the traitor!
The capital coalition army was currently sharpening their swords to prepare for the eve of the war. Josh, who was holding a certain kind of sword handle, slashed at his "own people" for the first time.
Several people at the top of the coalition army had been defeated, including General Satron, who had a close relationship with the "rebel" Gerant, and the 3 lords who secretly had dealings with the Dark Moon. The furious Regent Obsidian imprisoned all these people without any explanation. For a while, everyone was in danger. After eliminating the "traitor", Obsidian immediately used speeches and material distribution to appease the morale of the army. He blamed all the responsibility for the previous defeat on these collaborators. For a while, the soldiers who didn't know the truth became excited.
After the small defeat of the undead army, the Dark Moon Army in Town Leith was also urgently assembling and dispatching. Princess Royal Jía had arrived at Town Leith in person, and the head-on decisive battle between the 2 sides was imminent.
Compared with Gerant and Josh, Chen Rui seemed aimless at this time. He was wandering leisurely on the streets of the capital, visiting shops, shopping at stalls, and flirting with the succubus at the entrance of the tavern. He was so carefree.
The matter of the White Feather Estate had been resolved. Sicali's clone of the peak stage of the Demon Emperor had become Chen Rui's servant. After devouring the soul of the real body, his strength had greatly increased. He was promoted from the peak stage of the Demon Emperor to the early stage of the Demon Overlord. He had become the real and only White Feather Estate Lord Sicali.
This Sicali was scheming, ambitious, and resourceful. He was even better than the Red Spirit Lord Josh. However, in his opinion, Chen Rui went deep into the underground base, destroyed the Wheel of Hera under the protection of many powerful fearless warriors, captured the Demon Overlord's real body, completely destroyed the base, and set a trap to lure the 2 clones and Palando. Finally, he was captured in one fell swoop. Regardless of strength or scheming, he was far inferior.
The rule of the Demon Realm was that the powerhouse was respected, so Sicali, who chose to surrender, was not completely unwilling in his heart. Coupled with the restrictions of the master-servant contract, at least at this stage, he did not dare to have extra thoughts.
Chen Rui understood this very well. In order to truly subdue and control characters including Josh and Guradam, it was not enough to rely on the master-servant contract alone. He also needed strength and wisdom. As long as his strength became stronger and stronger, these people could only obediently bow down to him even if they were unruly.
After signing the master-servant contract, Chen Rui's first order to the new servant was to immediately withdraw all the troops from the 3 northern towns of Ista and transfer these elite troops to the south. The assembly point was Town Kedonno in the south, which was closest to the capital. At the same time, he would fully support all the logistical materials needed by the Warlock Fortress and select the best craftsmen to manufacture ordnance according to a certain blueprint to provide it to the Warlock Fortress.
Sicali finally realized: It turns out that I have been wrong all along. Behind "Fako" is not Bloodfall, but the Dark Moon!
What a Dark Moon!
What a big game of chess!
Chen Rui's stroll in the capital seemed leisurely, but in fact, he had a panoramic view of the capital's defense. He compared it with the intelligence provided by the Dark Demon, and he was constantly adjusting and revising a plan that was about to be launched in his heart.
Just as Gerant wanted to ambush the Dark Moon City from the west, Chen Rui's plan was to ambush Obsidian's lair, the capital, from behind!
When Chen Rui came out of the Dark Moon, he did not have a single soldier on hand, but now, he already had the entire White Feather Estate army plus the elite legion sent by General George. He was only waiting for an order to attack the capital from Town Kedonno at the fastest speed.
Although most of the capital's main force was transferred to the Dark Moon's battlefield, the second general, Doren. Rus and his Red Devil Legion could not be underestimated. There were still the power of the elder families and major families in the capital, plus the solid city walls and defenses. If they attacked forcefully, even if they took it down, the loss of troops and time would be quite huge.
The best way to deal with a solid fortress was to break it from the inside. At present, the Dark Demon in the capital was all ready. The enemy was in the light while he was in the dark. It was the greatest advantage to destroy from the inside.
However, on the eve of the launch, Chen Rui had a very important goal.
At night.
Inner city, palace secret vault.
"Sir Temo." The guard in front of the secret vault bowed his head to a great demon with a cold expression.
The great demon nodded without speaking and walked straight in.
The guards did not have the slightest doubt because everyone knew the temperament of Sir Temo. However, what they didn't know was that after the sir commander walked into the door with a cold face, although his facial expression was stiff, his eyes began to turn flexibly. He quickly observed the surrounding environment and compared it with the information obtained in his mind.
"Temo" was naturally Chen Rui. It was not the first time that Chen Rui came to the palace secret vault of the Fallen Angel Empire. Obsidian once took him all the way without any hindrance, but today he was going to sneak into the secret vault alone.
The secret vault of the palace was full of traps, and the security was extremely strict. It was almost impossible to sneak in by camouflage such as transformation. However, Chen Rui had been planning this moment for a long time. As early as the first time he entered the secret vault, he started a certain plan. In the following time, the Dark Moon's secret agents had been making relevant preparations. Especially after Isabella took over the Dark Demon, the secret vault became a main research target. Finally, the focus of the breakthrough was set on this sir commander.
By scheming, Chen Rui successfully "replaced" Commander Temo and entered the secret vault smoothly.
What appeared in front of Chen Rui was a passage which was equivalent to a pass. Behind the pass was the most secret inner vault which was a top-secret existence. Even Temo, the highest commander of the guards, did not have the authority to pass this pass. Similarly, the Dark Demon had very little information about the inner vault. They only knew that there might be more powerful guards or traps.
Since Chen Rui came here, he was naturally mentally prepared. After carefully sensing the situation of the passage for a while, "Temo" walked in decisively.
The inner vault was empty without guards, but the magic circles all over were several times more complicated and powerful than the outside. However, it was a relatively easy thing for Chen Rui.
Chen Rui was already a great expert in magic circles. Coupled with the memory knowledge obtained from the inheritance of the alchemy civilization, with the help of the [Deep Analysis] skill, his attainments in some aspects had reached an incredible level. He didn't even need to crack some magic circles. Instead, he used a special method to shield it. He could quickly pass through without disturbing the protection. This was the method he used to sneak into the underground base of Town Massimo last time.
Chen Rui fumbled all the way according to his memory and finally came to the front of a secret vault. Yes, it should be this red secret vault. After patiently unlocking the magic circle on the secret vault's door, he successfully pushed the door open.
There were no magic gears or extra treasures inside the door. There was only a stone platform with a sword floating on it.
The tail of the fine and delicate sword hilt was inlaid with a magnificent amethyst. The blade was 2 dark golden angels back to back. The body of the sword was snow-white, engraved with 2 strange marks, exuding a simple and mysterious breath.
One of the 7 artifacts of the Demon Realm, the supreme artifact of the Lucifer Royal Family- Sword of Fallen Angel!
It was also the goal of Chen Rui's sneak into the secret vault this time!
Chen Rui observed carefully for a while. As he was about to step forward, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. He changed his mind, took a deep breath, and said faintly, "It's a pity for a good sword!"
"Isn't it?"
His voice seemed to be asking someone.
"What's a pity?"
Finally, an old voice sounded in the room. The voice seemed to echo everywhere, but the specific source was unknown.
"The most terrible thing about a good sword is that it can't meet its true master." Chen Rui slowly turned his head back. This process was like a sheathed sword. He always maintained the greatest degree of calmness. "The same is true for an empire, isn't it?"
The same 2 questions made the space behind him twist, and 2 transparent phantoms gradually became clear.
Race: Great Demon (mutated). Comprehensive Strength Assessment: S +. [Analysis]: Fire attribute. (Very dangerous)
Race: Pride Royal Family. Comprehensive Strength Assessment: S +. [Analysis]: Dark attribute. (Very dangerous)
Chen Rui's face remained calm, but his heart was tumbling violently: The peak stage of the Demon Overlord, and there are 2 of them! Damn it, today is an auspicious day. I'm so lucky!
No wonder I haven't encountered any guards along the way since I entered the inner vault. It turns out that there are actually such powerhouses guarding!
It is very likely that I have been targeted by the other party from the first step when I incarnated as Temo and entered the inner vault.
The foundation of an empire was quite strong. Even if the Fallen Angel Empire was the last of the 3 empires, it was by no means a fluke that it had been able to stand until now from the 7 royal families. On the surface, there were not many high-level powerhouses in each empire. The 3 generals were basically Demon Emperor-level. Although the empire's generals focused on the commanding ability rather than individual combat power, what was really frightening in the big empire were those powerhouses that were not put on the table, such as the elders in the elder families, the hidden powerhouses in the royal families, and so on. For example, the 2 peak stage of the Demon Overlord in front of him.
It was precisely because of the existence of these forces that even an ambitious and huge organization like the Bloodfall, which had several powerful Demon Overlords, could only operate in the dark and could not deal with them head-on.
When Chen Rui was first reborn in the Demon Realm, an Intermediate Demon could easily crush him. Later, his horizons gradually broadened. Higher Demon, Demon King, Great Demon King …
Although it was difficult to even see the Demon Emperor powerhouse due to the decline of the Dark Moon Estate for 400 years at that time, as Chen Rui's strength and experience grew, not only did he come into contact with more and more Demon Emperors and Demon Overlords while moving between the 3 empires, he even interacted with the legendary Demi-God.
The Demon Emperor that he could only look up to at the beginning had now become a stepping stone for Chen Rui. Even if it was a powerhouse at the early stage and intermediate stage of the Demon Overlord, Chen Rui had the confidence to fight or even defeat him with the power of the [Royal Star Transformation] and various means, but he still couldn't match the peak stage of the Demon Overlord.
This peak stage of the Demon Overlord referred to the ordinary category. If he faced the super power of Raizen, Catherine, and Rolla, excluding the skills of [Demonic Flies Transformation] and [Star Diversion], he would basically be killed in seconds.
Chen Rui couldn't even beat 1 of the 2 peak stage of the Demon Overlord guardians in front of him. With the addition of 1, there was no suspense in the outcome. Even if he had an escape skill like [Star Gate], he might not be able to escape.
When he came to steal the Sword of Fallen Angel this time, he was mentally prepared to fight a tough battle, but he didn't expect the difficulty to be beyond imagination!
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