Chen Rui naturally would not refuse Tetenis's request to "enter the capital". With the reputation of the top leather armor master, Fonsaq, and the top item master, Tetenis, the Fallen Angel Empire's Mechanic Association was definitely going to surpass the other 2 empires.
The old man wanted to teach Chen Rui the ancient inheritance memory knowledge, but the important discoveries of the materials just now inspired him a lot in the research of black potions. He was about to experiment, so he didn't force him to stay.
Chen Rui walked out of the lab and said goodbye to the Skye couple and others. Before leaving, the eyes of the 2 dark elf girls made him feel a little strange, as if …
Chen Rui then shook his head. Eve and Alian are only one or two years older than Alice, and they are still little girls. They usually have too little contact with the opposite sex, so they are just some vague feelings that are not sensible. As long as I alienate them appropriately and let them see more of the world, they can disappear.
Back at the house, Chen Rui told them the latest intel of the Shadow Empire. Athena and Kia both looked worried. The civil war of the Fallen Angel Empire had just stopped, and the foreign enemies immediately looked covetously; Delia looked a little solemn. She was the first to get the intel of the Dark Shadow Empire's envoy, but it was still too late. After getting the so-called "official" news of the envoy, the envoy had already crossed Town Walan. The purpose was very clear, which was to catch the Dark Moon off guard.
Lomont, Paglio, and Krobelus looked indifferent. Only Rolla said, "The road of the powerhouse is always full of thorns. You can reach your current level, you must have experienced countless dangerous battles to break through your limits. As your woman, I have also experienced it before. I will not be an obstacle to you entering the peak."
Paglio understood the first half of the sentence the most. He watched this human's strength take off step by step. In 2 years, the strength of Lesser Demon leaped to the peak stage of the Demon Emperor, and he also had the transformation ability comparable to the intermediate stage of the Demon Overlord. This was an unimaginable miracle. The "grand master's inheritance" was certainly an important reason, but it was also inseparable from countless training and battles on the edge of life and death.
The fairy dragon's voice then sounded, "However, you don't need to invest everything for a mere empire. Even if this empire is gone, so what? We can go to another place. At most, we can escape to the distant region outside the 3 empires and open up another space like the Rainbow Valley. If you want Jía or other women, just take them together. "
Chen Rui didn't expect Rolla, who had always pretended to be naive, to say these words. He understood that Rolla still had lingering fears because he almost died with Obsidian on the battlefield. Although Jía was his beloved woman, and the Dark Moon was also managed by him, Dark Moon, Chen Wang, Dark Moon Chen, Chen Rui, Chen, and Dark Moon.
"I'm not asking you to escape now, but I'm telling you that we have a way out. My man is not some kind of guy who abandons his companions and just runs away. "As Rolla said, she glanced at Paglio.
"Understood." Chen Rui felt warmth in his heart, and he nodded honestly.
Seeing Miss Long's demonstrative glare, Master Poison Dragon, who was shot in the knee, choked a mouthful of wine in his throat. You encourage your man, what does it have to do with me?
"I also hope that my man will become stronger and stronger so that he can explore more high-level secrets with me, such as a certain silver box …"
Master Poison Dragon's dragon eyes suddenly lit up, and he patted Chen Rui's shoulder hard, "Prosper together! Develop together! "
Chen Rui looked at Paglio with a weird expression. Is the next sentence building a harmonious society?
The next afternoon, the envoys of the Shadow Empire finally arrived.
This time, the envoys were a man and a woman. The woman was Liliz, who came to the Dark Moon to discuss cooperation with "Iciz" last time. Her strength was the early stage of the Demon Emperor; the man was also Chen Rui's "acquaintance", Terdila, who had fought with Chen Rui in the Mountain Xilang Loki incident, intermediate stage of the Demon Overlord.
On the Dark Moon's side, besides "Aguile", Jía was surrounded by the capital's Demon Overlords led by Stiller. Sheriff Athena and Dodo's transformed financial officer Chen Rui were also there. According to Tetenis, the root cause of Dodo's mutation was the devouring of the red dragon's Dragon Power Essence. The devil fruit later induced and refined the power of the Dragon Power Essence step by step. According to this principle, Dodo's potential was very great.
Unfortunately, this slime was timid and cowardly. Now that he was close to Chen Rui and the others, he didn't want to make progress. Instead, his transformation ability was fully explored. Coupled with the cover of Lomont's Belphegor Royal Family's secret treasure, Evil Blue Tear, even the Demon Overlord couldn't see through him.
After the 2 sides finished greeting, Liliz said, "Princess Royal Highness, the Dark Moon and the Bloody Vine Flower Estate of the Shadow Empire have a very good foundation for cooperation. This time, I came under the order of Her Majesty Catherine to discuss further in-depth cooperation with Your Highness."
Jía immediately understood the meaning, "It's Catherine the Great, not the Bloody Vine Flower Estate?"
"Yes." Liliz smiled behind the thin veil, "Princess Jía's battle in the Town Leith wilderness shocked the Demon Realm. This is a classic battle worthy of being recorded in history. Her Majesty Catherine is full of praise for Your Highness's heroism and strategy. She wants to help Your Highness to sweep away the obstacles in the empire and ascend to the throne of the empress. "
"Thank you very much for Catherine the Great's kindness, but the affairs of the Fallen Angel Empire will be solved by the Lucifer Royal Family themselves. There is no need for the Shadow Empire to bother. I will remember this friendship in my heart as a witness of the 2 empires going forward hand in hand."
Terdila spoke in a rather unfriendly tone, "So, the lord of the Dark Moon is going to refuse the friendship of our empress."
Jía was not the empress now. A lord rejecting the friendship of a great empress was enough to start a war. However, the war excuse was just a name. If there was really a war, there would be a war even if there was no excuse. Terdila was just using this as a pretext to exert pressure.
"Hmph!" Stiller let out a cold snort, faintly exuding the breath of the peak stage of the Demon Overlord, "Are you threatening me?"
In front of so many powerful Demon Overlords, Terdila was still domineering. He clearly showed that he was not afraid of falling out. He represented the powerful Shadow Empire. Once these Demon Overlords dared to make a move, the entire Fallen Angel Empire would be retaliated several times over.
Chen Rui suddenly thought of the saying "a weak country has no diplomacy". Diplomatic status was based on the strength of the country, no matter which dimension it was. Only when one's motherland was truly powerful could one wash away the humiliation of history, deter the petty and evil, and establish an invincible position on the international stage. Extreme or extreme performance could easily become a tool to be used, causing one's true original intention to deviate from the track and go further and further away.
"Our country and the Fallen Angel Empire have always been friendly and cooperative, and we have signed a peace contract. How can it be a 'threat'?" Liliz's expression remained unchanged, "Her Majesty Catherine herself also walked out of difficulties step by step. She naturally understands Princess Jía's difficulties, so we came from afar with goodwill, hoping to help Your Highness."
Dodo's transformed Chen Rui asked a prepared line under Athena's hint, "What kind of help can Her Majesty Catherine provide?"
Liliz's gaze stayed on "Chen Rui" for a moment, and she replied, "Her Majesty Catherine has begun to hoard heavy troops in front of Tekula Fortress and Town Leia. She can advance in both directions to assist Princess Jía to control the entire empire by force in the first place and successfully ascend the throne."
Liliz knew that it was difficult to hide the movements of the army in the territory from the Fallen Angel's eyes and ears, so she simply said it with a dignified reason.
"'Assist'? This is a good word. "The real Chen Rui changed his voice and spoke behind the mask," There is an old saying in the Demon Realm that there is never reaping without sowing. So, in order to repay this' assistance ', what kind of reward should we pay? Should we pay a lot of money? Or should we cede some important land? "
"Money and ceding land cannot be equated with true friendship." Liliz still had a moving smile. In everyone's ears, this sentence was not satisfied with ceding land and reparations.
"In fact, Her Majesty Catherine does not want money or land as a reward. She just hopes to work hand in hand with Princess Jía to deepen the cooperation between the 2 empires, including economic and military aspects. We will strengthen trade between the 2 empires, reduce tax rates, and promote development …" Liliz said a lot. It sounded like a win-win situation, but in Chen Rui's ears, these benefits contained a lot of embryonic economic warfare. I didn't expect Catherine to have such insight.
"As a partner, we hope to get the Dark Moon's soil improvement technology, magic crystal cannon, heavy ballista and other advanced ordnance manufacturing technology, including borrowing some exclusive talents, such as this financial officer, Sir Chen Rui …"
Liliz obviously got to the point. She smiled and glanced at "Chen Rui", "At present, the 2 princes of the Bloody Empire are confronting each other in the north of the Iron Fist Estate. After Princess Royal Highness ascends the throne, Catherine the Great wants your empire to send troops from the Warlock Fortress to help the Bloody Empire quell the civil strife. Of course, the army of the Shadow Empire will enter your empire's territory through the Tekula Fortress to assist, and our empire's first general, Broc, will also send troops from the Jergal Fortress to exert pressure."
Chen Rui suddenly understood Catherine's intentions. Firstly, it was to obtain confidential technology and talents. Secondly, it was to use the Fallen Angel Empire to fight with the Bloody Empire to reap the benefits. She really didn't need to cede land, nor did she need to seize the city. As long as she exhausted the effective power of the Fallen Angel Empire and the Bloody Empire, wouldn't the territory be at her fingertips?
Taking advantage of the burning house, fishing in troubled waters, driving the tiger to devour the wolf, destroying the country through false means, sitting on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight … There were countless strategies and calculations in it. Chen Rui felt inferior. Judging from this trend, Catherine was determined to make a move when the Fallen Angel Empire was weak.
Jía and the capital's Demon Overlords were not fools. Putting aside the tricks of economic trade, everyone could see the sinister intentions of the so-called "cooperation". Jía immediately refused, "Please forgive me, I can't agree."
Liliz was not surprised by Jía's refusal. She said with a smile, "Your Highness said it too early. No matter what, Your Highness is only the lord of the Dark Moon now. You can't represent the will of the entire empire. If Your Highness doesn't agree, Her Majesty Empress can change to another partner who can truly represent the Fallen Angel Empire, such as … Sicali. Lucifer who occupies the capital of your empire, or another more sincere royal family. "
The meaning of the Shadow Empire was very simple. Now the Fallen Angel Empire has no master. If you don't agree, I can invade with my army and support a more obedient puppet to ascend the throne.
This was a blatant threat.
The faces of the Demon Overlords around Jía suddenly changed. A murderous aura shrouded Liliz. Liliz seemed to have some kind of secret treasure by her side. She still maintained a calm smile. She had the momentum of remaining calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her.
Jía had been recognized by the Sword of Fallen Angel and defeated Obsidian. She was the recognized heir of the empire. Even if the Demon Overlords had their own plans in their hearts, they couldn't deny this. Now that the Shadow Empire's envoy openly threatened the future empress of the Fallen Angel Empire, it was threatening the entire Fallen Angel Empire. Moreover, it was in front of so many Demon Overlords, so they naturally couldn't sit back and watch.
The strength of the Shadow Empire was stronger than that of the Fallen Angel Empire. Especially in this kind of internal friction battle, the Fallen Angel Empire had suffered heavy losses, and it was pulled further away by the other 2 empires. Once these 2 envoys were killed, it was tantamount to cutting off the last hope. The Shadow Empire's troops that were hoarded at the 2 borders did not hesitate to send out troops. As the saying went, a slight move would affect the whole situation. Although Stiller and other Demon Overlords were angry, they still didn't dare to act rashly.
"What Madam Liliz wants to express is that we have to accept Catherine the Great's' friendship 'whether we accept it or not?" Chen Rui pondered for a moment, and he broke the increasingly stiff atmosphere.
This sentence was obviously a knowing question. Liliz smiled and said nothing. Terdila sneered and said, "Sir Aguile, after the hurried farewell at Mountain Xilang last time, I miss sir very much."
"Oh? I wonder if … Sir Terdila's golden puppet has been repaired? " Chen Rui deliberately provoked. His current [Royal Star Transformation] power was no longer comparable to that day, so he was naturally not afraid of Terdila.
Only then did everyone know that this Aguile had actually fought with Terdila. It seemed that the latter had suffered a lot of losses. However, Terdila was not fooled. Instead, he added, "Sir's strength is indeed extraordinary. With the" God-Eating Mask "in hand, I know I'm not your opponent. It's just that I didn't expect that the master of the Beelzebub Royal Family would actually submit to Princess Royal Highness of the Dark Moon? The word 'we' just now was used so intimately that I couldn't see the old hatred between the 2 royal families at all? "
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the capital's Demon Overlords all fell on Chen Rui.
The Beelzebub's God-Eating Empire was destroyed by the Fallen Angel Empire. The 2 families could be described as a long-standing hatred. There had been rumors that Aguile was a remnant of Beelzebub, but everyone only thought it was a rumor.
Now the Dark Shadow Empire's envoy, Terdila, personally said that Aguile was the King of Beelzebub and had mastered the "God-Eating Mask". Judging from the conversation between the 2, Terdila was defeated by the "God-Eating Mask" and even caused the Asmodeus Royal Family's golden puppet to be severely injured.
Princess Royal Jía's fiancé, the future husband of the empire, is actually the master of the Beelzebub Royal Family!
How can this not be shocking? So, what is Aguile. Beelzebub's intention in helping Jía like this? What conspiracy is there? A few Demon Overlords with active thinking immediately thought of the reason for Obsidian's sanctions against Jía was "losing the" God-Eating Mask "fragment". Could it be …
For a while, many people began to whisper, and their eyes looking at Jía seemed complicated.
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