In the council hall of the Iron Fist City's lord's mansion, the heads of the 3 empires gathered again. The husband of the Fallen Angel Empire, Aguile, attended as a special guest.
This meeting was similar to the peace talks in the Dark Shadow Empire 2 years ago. However, in just 2 years, things had changed. It was still the same 4 negotiators, but the situation had completely reversed.
The Fallen Angel Empire, which was the weakest at the beginning, was already an existence that the other 2 empires needed to look up to in terms of economy and force. In this situation, in order to maintain the balance of power, the Dark Shadow Empire's Catherine should have been with the Bloody Empire's Raizen. However, Her Majesty Empress unexpectedly made an amazing decision at the martial arts conference and tied herself to Aguile's warship. In a sense, the Shadow Empire was already an ally of the Fallen Angel Empire. Therefore, Raizen couldn't calm down. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the 3 emperors were in the Iron Fist Castle, he made a prompt decision to negotiate immediately.
For this negotiation, both Catherine and Jía seemed to attach great importance to it. Catherine didn't even look at Chen Rui because she represented the Shadow Empire. Chen Rui was very clear about this. However, there was no need for formal communication between him and her now. If the relationship between the 2 lasted for a long time, why would they stay together day and night?
As always, Shea and Kathleen nodded to each other without any special expression or hint.
Soon, the meeting began.
Without any suspense, the central topic of this meeting was the "confederation system" that Chen Rui mentioned in the final. Two years ago, Raizen was still dismissive of this 3-empire alliance system. Now, due to the situation, it was related to the survival of the Bloody Empire, so Raizen had to lower his proud head and return to this path. Objectively speaking, this novel system was indeed quite tempting. It could allow the 3 empires to advance side by side and truly develop together in a peaceful environment far away from war.
During this time, Chen Rui was also thinking about how to further improve this "confederation system" in combination with the actual situation of the Demon Realm. He immediately expressed some of his thoughts and understanding. Catherine obviously did the corresponding homework and put forward some very constructive suggestions. She was mostly fighting for greater benefits for the Shadow Empire.
Jía also put forward her own conditions. The Fallen Angel Empire was currently the strongest empire, but all of this was because of Chen Rui. According to Chen Rui's oath in the finals, as long as the Confederation was established, he would truly withdraw and no longer interfere with the internal affairs of the Confederation. Therefore, in order for the Fallen Angel Empire's long-term dominant position and main voice in the future alliance, many aspects needed to be adjusted and transitioned to further ensure their own interests.
Raizen was just listening without saying a word at first. Then, the first time he spoke was to oppose Catherine's suggestion that the rest of the royal families could join the Confederation and have a certain independent voice.
Catherine's intention was to "disperse rather than block". She wanted to give a place to the rest of the 4 royal families that had fallen. She wanted to fundamentally eliminate the cause of turmoil and fundamentally solve one of the causes of Demon Realm's turmoil; Raizen's opinion was to use forceful means to suppress and even eradicate all the fallen royal families that could not surrender.
This showed the characteristics between Catherine and Raizen. Catherine did not insist on her own opinion. She just used the hidden powerhouses who participated in the martial arts conference as an example to point out that the Demon Realm was vast, and it was impossible to completely eliminate the fallen royal families. A careless mistake might even backfire. Letting them participate in the Confederation was not only a conciliatory approach, but also a strategy to advance by retreating.
Catherine's eloquence and planning were indeed extraordinary. Raizen couldn't find a more convincing argument, so he asked, "If those royal families insist on doing things their own way …"
"Conciliatory is not weakness and appeasement. Those who destroy the peace of the empire and the alliance will be spurned by the entire Demon Realm. I will also not be stingy to wave the butcher's knife stained with blood." Catherine said lightly, but her tone did not conceal the murderous intent.
Raizen was very clear about the process of this "old friend" ascending to the throne back then, and he finally nodded. After Catherine convinced Raizen, she changed the topic and turned the focus to the magic game.
She put forward a special condition, which was to ask the Fallen Angel Empire to unconditionally share the magic game technology and interests. This interest was not only economic but also military.
The military parade of the Fallen Angel Empire some time ago made everyone realize that the magic game was not only a huge cash cow and a special world to improve personal training, but it was also an unimaginable "special forces" training base. Now that the demonic spearmen and assemble puppets had entered the official legion establishment of the Fallen Angel Empire, more troops were likely to appear in the future.
Catherine deliberately quoted Chen Rui's previous words – The original intention of the establishment of the Confederation is to stay away from war and share peace. The 3 countries will cooperate and promote each other in various fields such as economy and military. It is impossible to let the Fallen Angel Empire dominate, otherwise the true meaning of the Confederation will be lost. If the Fallen Angel Empire is not willing to share, then the magic game must be banned.
Chen Rui muttered secretly, My child's mother is really ruthless, but I will definitely not agree to ban it. The magic game not only involves economy and military, but it is also related to my training and plan to collect faith power, and it is also related to the future of the Demon Realm.
Facing Chen Rui's veto, Catherine's attitude was extremely firm. She did not give in because of her personal relationship with Chen Rui. On this negotiating table, she represented the interests of the Shadow Empire.
Raizen naturally expressed his support for this condition.
"The sharing of economic benefits can be considered, and part of the military can also be shared, but the technology is impossible. It is even more impossible to ban the magic game!" Chen Rui pondered a little and looked at the clerks and guards around him, "I'm not just doing it for myself or the interests of the Fallen Angel Empire. The specific reason … I can explain, but there can't be a fifth person present."
Raizen waved his hand. Except for the 3 emperors and Chen Rui, everyone retreated and activated the soundproof magic circle.
"Let me explain first. My strength actually originates from a special inheritance, the ancient alchemy civilization."
As soon as these words came out, needless to say about Jía, Raizen and Catherine nodded in unison. Chen Rui once admitted this to Catherine personally, and Raizen also saw the huge Sky Castle in the Warlock Fortress. In addition, many ancient guardians appeared at the Fallen Angel Military Parade. It should all be because of the ancient alchemy civilization. This could also reasonably explain why "Aguile" could become an alchemy grand master that caused a sensation in the Demon Realm. Perhaps, the extraordinary surge of "Aguile's" strength was also due to this reason.
"The technical principle of magic games is actually an illusion similar to a country. The user can gain real training and cultivation effects in the illusion. There is a mystic crystal in every game helmet. The mystic crystal stores a certain amount of life illusionary power. Once the illusionary power is exhausted, the helmet must be refilled. This is why the game needs to be recharged. The power of the kingdom illusion is not equivalent to the kingdom of the super powerhouse, but a special power generated by the central life crystal of the ancient alchemy civilization. No one can control and use it except me, the heir. Therefore, the shared technology that Her Majesty Catherine mentioned just now is impossible to achieve, no matter from the perspective of theory or reality. "
Catherine and Raizen had actually sent people to study the magic game a long time ago. They also tried to "copy" it, but they failed without exception. Naturally, they could hear that Chen Rui's explanation was not perfunctory.
"In fact, I developed this magic game not just for profit or to train a small number of operators of ancient weapons, but for another reason, an important reason related to the future survival of the Demon Realm." Chen Rui also naturally included the "magic gun" in the ancient alchemy civilization. In fact, the magic gun was created by him based on the magic gun blueprint jointly studied by the elf grand master Finoa and the late dwarf grand master Rick, combined with his limited firearms knowledge in his previous life. The magic guns in the game were actually still at the semi-automatic level, but "Crystal Phoenix" had successfully developed a fully automatic rifle, and its lethality was even higher.
Chen Rui's next goal was to develop more powerful firearms that were more suitable for this world (such as the Demon Realm version of Desert Eagle, the Demon Realm version of M200 Intervener, etc.). Although it could not replace the personal training and force of the powerhouses, it could increase the combat power of ordinary people by several times or even dozens of times. Or it could even derive the corresponding "profession" like in the game.
Since firearms had entered the stage of this dimension, it was destined to not be unknown. Chen Rui had no doubt about it.
"It's related to the future survival of the Demon Realm?" Even Raizen couldn't help but interject, "Are you sure it's not an alarmist?"
Chen Rui shook his head and showed a solemn expression, "Have you heard of the term 'abyss'?"
Raizen shook his head and said he didn't know. Catherine frowned and said, "I have studied the ancient literature. The word 'abyss' represents' taboo 'in the ancient language, but the specific meaning is not clear."
"Taboo?" Chen Rui remembered that Tetenis seemed to have said this, "What you hear is false, and what you see is true. Instead of explaining it in words, it is better to verify it with your own eyes."
With that said, a faint blue light appeared on Chen Rui's hand. Everyone only felt that the surrounding scene changed, and they were already in another place. The 3 of them were not ordinary people. They soon understood that this was just an illusion cast by Chen Rui. As soon as they calmed down, the scene in front of them made the 3 of them horrified.
The endless fiery red color was brimming with a suffocating scorching heat. In his line of sight, there was a torrent of strange creatures moving like a tide.
These creatures were not very strong individually. They were about the Higher Demon level, but the terrifying thing was the endless number. Millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions?
After the power increase of those strange red flowers, the strength of most of the creatures leaped to the Demon King and Great Demon King level, and they surged forward. What appeared in front of them were hundreds of translucent creatures with a length of more than 10 meters and a height of about 6 meters. They had strong limbs and long tails. It was the Demon Overlord-level ancient guardian crystal beasts that they saw at the parade ceremony.
When a Demon Overlord faced a Demon King or Great Demon King, it was undoubtedly a sweep. In the surrounding circles of force fields, hundreds of thousands of enemies were annihilated. However, in the face of millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Demon Kings and Great Demon Kings, the force field of the crystal beasts seemed so insignificant. They were soon completely submerged in the terrifying "tide".
Judging from the "tide" that appeared continuously afterward, this kind of creature was only a relatively low-level existence. No matter the high-level or low-level creatures, they only had one characteristic, that was destruction.
Wherever they passed, there was no life left. Only a scorched earth could be seen.
The image gradually faded, and the 3 emperors returned to the council hall. Chen Rui's voice sounded, "This is the power of the abyss. What you see is just a small part of the tip of the iceberg. I can tell you frankly that a powerful ancient alchemy civilization, including many other civilizations that I don't know … were completely destroyed because of this."
Although it was Jía's first time seeing this image, she had heard a few words about the abyss from Chen Rui before, so she was somewhat mentally prepared. However, it was Raizen and Catherine's first time seeing the horror of the abyss. Their eyes were full of unconcealable shock.
The 2 realized one thing at the same time. Facing such a terrifying abyss, if it is the entire Demon Realm, no, including the human world, I'm afraid …
Chen Rui's next few words made the 3 emperors' faces change at the same time.
"There's a piece of bad news. As far as I know, the Abyss Race still exists. It's just that they've been sealed somewhere for some reason. All these years, they've been constantly thinking of ways to return to this world that the Inheritance calls the 'Main Plane'. The Demon Realm has many believers who secretly worship the abyss. I have destroyed more than 1 altar of the abyss. The existence of these people is more terrifying than the 'Bloodfall' to the 3 empires and the entire Demon Realm. I boldly assert here that the return of the abyss, I'm afraid … it's only a matter of time. "
"Could it be that the monsters and dungeon instance you set in the magic game …" Catherine's mind turned very quickly. She thought of the relevant information of the magic game, and she immediately reacted.
"Smart." Chen Rui smiled slightly and praised his woman unreservedly, "A considerable number of monsters and special dungeons in the magic game are created to imitate the characteristics and habits of the abyss creatures in order to deal with the abyss disaster that may appear in the future. I hope that even if we leave this world one day, our descendants can maintain strong confidence and the most effective combat power when facing these terrifying creatures that suddenly appear. "
The way Raizen looked at Chen Rui finally changed. For the first time, he showed respect.
Catherine and Jía, who knew Chen Rui's true identity, felt even more deeply. Their gazes at him showed a touch of gentleness in unison.
"Here is my beloved woman, friends who I will go through life and death with. This is my home. I will protect it and everything I cherish at all costs."
This man not only said so, but he has been doing so.
Although he is a human and this is the Demon Realm, this is his home, his real home.
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