Chen Rui's expression was very serious. He said, "Tomorrow morning, you ride the wyvern and stay at the green leaf forest for a while."
The green leaf forest was a forest on the edge of the Xilang Mountain Range. Even if the wyvern "sailed" in a straight line, it would take a few hours to fly there. It was a relatively safe area.
Athena frowned, "What happened?"
Lennon's strength was too terrifying. Even if Chen Rui and Athena teamed up, they had no chance of winning. Therefore, he wanted to move Athena to a safe place first. Without any worries, he would try to deal with Lennon and Culia.
Before leaving, Paglio had given him a small bottle of venom, which was the poison that killed Sandro. It was still inconvenient to use it in the current situation. If he really had no other choice, he could only use extreme means.
However, if he just told it clearly, Athena would definitely not be willing to leave. Chen Rui's mind changed, "You know that I have the inheritance of the grand master. This is the reason why I 'slept' irregularly during this period of time. From tomorrow onwards, the inheritance of the grand master will enter a critical juncture. It can't be disturbed by anyone, so I hope you can accompany me to the green leaf forest. This matter is related to my life, so it must be kept secret. Just tell the public that I'm going out for a while. Gade and the others are in charge of the mines, so it should be fine. "
Sure enough, when Athena heard that it was related to his life, she nodded without thinking, "Okay! I'll go with you. "
Chen Rui made up a reason temporarily, "No! You go there first and make some preparations for me in advance. I have to go to a few places alone according to the requirements of the grand master, then I'll meet you as soon as possible. If I don't come, you must not leave the green leaf forest. "
Although Athena felt that this reason of "preparing in advance" was a bit forced, this matter was related to Chen Rui's life, so she immediately agreed without hesitation.
"But if we leave, what about the miners' food?" Athena suddenly thought of a problem.
Chen Rui shook his head secretly: From the words of the bandits, I learned that it is necessary to keep the miners to restrain and paralyze the Dark Moon City, so there is not much danger for the time being. Instead, as the new mining officer, I will attract the bandits' attention. I might even implicate the miners.
At present, due to the Specter Dragon, the Bandits' attention had yet to shift to the mining office. Once the storm in the main pit was resolved or faded, he believed that the Red Devils would definitely attack him, the mining officer. If he purposely went missing or faked his death, not only would the miners be temporarily "safe", but he might even be able to win by surprise.
Seeing that Chen Rui was silent, Athena thought that he was a little dissatisfied. She quickly said, "How about this? I'll hunt more prey for them tomorrow morning, and then I'll go to the green leaf forest to prepare everything you need, okay?"
Athena's bright eyes shone brightly in the darkness. Chen Rui couldn't bear to refuse and nodded.
"Athena …"
"En …"
Chen Rui finally realized that Athena was uncomfortable. To be honest, he was a man. Although the situation was urgent, it was indeed suspicious for a man like him to sneak into a girl's tent in the middle of the night. Now that he had said what he needed to say, was he going to stay here shamelessly … and say something that he shouldn't say?
In fact, if he really wanted to be shameless … it wasn't impossible, but time was tight at the moment. Arux's War Contract was imminent, and there was an even more terrifying "Sloth" Royal Family, Lennon. If he was careless, his life would be in danger. As for the rest, let's talk about it a month later.
What belongs to me will eventually belong to me. I can't run away.
Chen Rui exchanged four bottles of Eternal black potions and gave them to Athena.
"Drink these four bottles of potions. Remember, no matter what happens later, you can't tell anyone."
The potions were good and the words were right, but there seemed to be a problem with the wording: No matter what happens? I can't tell anyone?
— — Athena even nodded cooperatively.
If it was a little loli, she would definitely suspect that it was "some kind of" potion. This might be … why Alice was Alice, and Athena was Athena.
Chen Rui didn't dare to stay any longer and hurriedly returned to the tent on the mountain.
Seeing Chen Rui's hurried escape, Athena was still determined to "slap" him out with her sword just now. Now her anxiety and nervousness were replaced with a strange slight dissatisfaction: Hmph, cowardly man!
Women are really the most contradictory creatures.
The contradictory woman gently touched the burning cheeks, picked up a bottle of potion on the ground, unplugged the cork, and drank it.
Early the next morning, Athena rushed to the tent on the top of the mountain and woke up Chen Rui in the sleeping bag.
"What kind of potion did you give me last night?"
Looking at Athena's surprised and excited look, Chen Rui smiled slightly. Happiness is indeed multiplication. Two people being happy is happier than one person. Unfortunately, I can't let more people know this secret at the moment.
Chen Rui pointed to his head, "The grand master here is a grand master of both mechanics and potions. Guess what the treasure he inherited is?"
Although she was mentally prepared, Athena still couldn't suppress the shock in her heart after getting Chen Rui's confirmation, "Is it really eternal …"
"You have only absorbed a part of the potion's power. In the future, as your power becomes more refined, the potion's effect will gradually spread. After it is completely absorbed, there will be a resonance that will increase your strength again." What Chen Rui said was naturally based on his experience, but he then solemnly warned, "This matter is too important. Not only my life and death, but it may also be related to the survival of the Dark Moon. You must not disclose it to anyone, including Alice and Princess Jía."
Athena naturally knew how much shock the appearance of the black potion would cause in the Demon Realm. She also knew how precious the black potion was. In a sense, it was even more precious than the devil fruit. However, this human actually took it all out for her to drink without hesitation. Moreover, it was 4 bottles!
Athena's red eyes looked deeply at Chen Rui. She pulled out her sword and said, "I, Athena. Wales swear in the name of the family that I will never tell anyone about these potions!"
In fact, there was a paragraph after this oath, but she hid it in her heart.
Although it was very difficult for a woman to keep a secret, Athena's words should be credible. It could be seen from the "poisoning" incident.
"I'm going to hunt first." Although there were a lot of questions to ask, Athena remembered the one-month promise. She didn't say much, rode on the wyvern and soared into the sky.
Chen Rui called Gade and said that there was a problem with the poison technique that he was practicing. He might need to be escorted back to the Dark Moon City or find a place to recuperate by Athena, so he entrusted the mining office to him.
Gade had long been dissatisfied with Chen Rui. The new human mining officer had been hiding in the tent to "practice poison technique" in addition to a lecture and a meal of meat soup on the first day he came to the mine. It was Ms. Athena who was busy working. Although she said that she was entrusted by the mining officer, anyone could see that Ms. Athena was covering for an irresponsible mining officer.
Now that Chen Rui proposed to leave with Athena for a period of time, it was exactly what Gade wanted, so he naturally agreed.
Chen Rui was waiting for Athena's return in the tent while transforming the waste ores obtained last night. The quality of the crystals on these waste ores was different, and the amount of aura obtained was also different. The top layer provided the most aura. The one obtained last night was obviously inferior. It seemed to be related to the age. The "fresher" the aura was, the lower the aura would be, and so on.
So, where did these crystals come from? Four hundred years ago, underground demonic beasts appeared, and this kind of waste ores also appeared. Could it be related to a certain special demonic beast?
The four bottles of black potions last night cost 400,000 auras, but it was not a pity to spend it on Athena. Not to mention that he still had 320,000 auras, plus a warehouse of waste ores.
Suddenly, there was a noise at the foot of the mountain. Chen Rui immediately exited the Super System. As long as he didn't enter the training ground, he could still maintain a certain degree of awareness of the outside world.
A miner hurriedly came up to report, "Not good, Sir Mining Officer, the Red Devils Bandits are here!"
Chen Rui was taken aback. Could it be that Lennon didn't keep his promise, but he helped the Red Devils to come up with a plan and inferred all the way to the mining office? But isn't this too fast!
Now that Athena hadn't returned yet, it was impossible to escape alone. He could only adapt to the situation.
Chen Rui didn't hesitate. He opened < Analytical Eyes > and told Mengda to be ready for the signal. He also asked Dodo, who returned in the early morning, to hide in the tent. Then, he walked down the mountain.
In front of the mining office, a large group of bandits blocked the exit. The bandits were wearing leather armor and holding weapons. They were aggressive. Judging from the formation, they were definitely not an ordinary mob. The miners were trembling in fear and gathered in a circle. The only thing they could hold tightly was the pickaxe in their hands. The mining office guards' faces also changed drastically.
A tall and strong Great Demon walked out and glanced at the miners disdainfully, "I'm Culia from the Red Devils Bandits. Who is the new mining officer? Come out!"
The miners didn't dare to make a sound for a while. Culia sneered, "I'll give him a minute. If he doesn't come out, I'll kill 10 people first, then 20, until all of you trash are killed! You should know how many people I've killed. Don't challenge sir's patience. "
This threat made the miners restless. They all looked at Chen Rui who was next to Gade.
Chen Rui whispered to Gade, "Tell Miss to wait for me at the agreed place." He took a deep breath and walked out slowly.
"I am."
"You're a human, right?" Culia looked at the nervous Chen Rui and laughed presumptuously, "It seems that the Dark Moon Estate really has no one. They actually sent such an incompetent trash to be the mining officer!"
His words made many of the miners lower their heads in shame. There were also a few who were angry but did not dare to say anything. Although this mining officer did not have any power, he never imposed any tasks on them. He even brought food to fill everyone's stomachs. He was considered a good leader.
Chen Rui's eyes were sharp. He saw that a row of bandits in front had taken out their bows and aimed at him. They were probably still afraid of his "poison". As long as Culia gave the order, they would definitely shoot him on the spot.
Chen Rui wasn't afraid of these bows and arrows. [Analytical Eyes] showed that Culia's comprehensive strength was D-level. His strength should be at least the middle stage of Higher Demon. However, Chen Rui wasn't most afraid of Culia, but the mysterious Lennon. The most terrible thing was that "Dark Will" needed 24 hours to recover his strength after using [Teleportation] once!
"We, the Red Devils, would like to invite sir mining officer to our base as a guest. I wonder if sir can do us the honor?" Culia addressed him as sir, but his tone was undisguised contempt. He was waiting for Chen Rui to say "no" and immediately ordered to shoot.
The human mining officer hesitated for a while, then he nodded and said, "I'll go with you, but you can't hurt my subordinates."
As soon as these words came out, the miners felt ashamed in their hearts, and even Gade revealed a shocked expression.
"Okay." Culia was slightly surprised. He secretly thought that capturing him alive should be more meritorious. Anyway, as long as the person is in my hands, isn't my life or death at will?
As Culia was about to order his men to take Chen Rui away, he heard a lazy voice, "Wait!"
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