Chapter 417: Vicious! A series of tricks fell into the trap
The army marched rapidly for three days and finally arrived at Luping Town.
Luping Town is one of the largest towns in the Blue Melt Territory, equivalent to the size of a medium-sized city in Chen Rui's other world. In the suburbs outside the town, the Dark Moon Army encountered a blockade army, with a total of about three thousand people.
These troops were originally ordered by Lord Chandler to blockade the town of Lupine where strange events occurred, and also set up a magic circle. At that time, the order should have been issued under the control of Mousse.
Now the army has received the latest order from Chandler, asking them to cooperate with the Dark Moon Army to investigate the secrets of Lupine Town.
The leader of the army is called Agras, a great demon who is in the early stage of the Demon King's strength. Facing Dark Moon's army and the overwhelming aura faintly exuding from Athena, he showed considerable nervousness.
Chen Rui asked: "What happened in Luping Town?"
Yaglas quickly replied: "That's right. The residents of Luping Town had various fights and bloody conflicts inexplicably some time ago. Shortly afterwards, it was said that a huge bottomless pit appeared in the center of the town.
, strange black gas keeps coming out of it, and the body of the person wrapped in the black gas will wither quickly, and finally only a pile of bones will be left. Some people try to fill the holes or explore, but including the demon who lives in seclusion in the town
Including the powerful Emperor Thorson, all those who explored were gone forever. The black gas in that pit took away the lives of some residents every day. Many people fled outside the town because of this, but the lord claimed that these
People's bodies are contaminated with incurable toxins. If they escape, it will spread to all territories. Therefore, we are ordered to block the exits on all sides and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or exiting. Before, some residents tried their best to escape or asked us for help, but we were forced to
Following the orders of the lord, I rejected these people's requests, and later on, no one was seen escaping again..."
Will there be a bottomless pit of devouring black energy? What does this bloody conspiracy have to do with it? Chen Rui thought for a while and asked: "I got news from Lord Chandler. Is General Sumen coming this way?
"
"Yes," Yaglas nodded: "General Sumen came here five days ago, bringing about a thousand people with him, and insisted on entering Luping Town. I couldn't help but ended up with several people.
Hundreds of soldiers followed the general in."
Chen Rui pondered for a while. It seemed that the Su family had a very high prestige in the military. Even though it had a reputation as a "rebellion" and Luping Town was obviously a dangerous place, there were still many people willing to follow him.
"But... the general hasn't come back yet. I sent a few soldiers to find out the news, but they never came back."
Chen Rui frowned, thought for a moment, and said to Athena: "There is indeed a problem in this town. The situation inside is unknown now, and there may be a huge threat. I suggest that the army should not act rashly. It is better to find out clearly before making a decision.
Next steps.”
Athena said: "That's right. Let me lead a team of people to investigate."
"No!" Chen Rui shook his head, "You are the commander of the army, and you are also the core and soul of the entire army. You cannot be easily involved in danger, and we do not rule out that emergencies may occur here. Someone must take charge of the overall situation. If we stay, it will be by
...Lord Agulie, go."
The poisonous dragon wearing a cloak and Athena looked at each other and immediately understood what Chen Rui meant. The "Agulie" in this sentence with a deliberately accentuated tone was Chen Rui himself. Of course, the poisonous dragon would not be idle, but
Follow in secret, one in the dark and one in the light, to thoroughly explore the secrets inside.
As for Athena's side of the town, it is relatively safe. She also has the strength of the Great Demon King and the elites of the Flame Army, so there should be no big problem.
Athena knew that Chen Rui was far stronger than her, and there was no room for sloppiness at this time. She didn't say much, but just gave him a look that said: Be careful.
Soon, "Agulie" left the military camp where the Flame Army was stationed, while the "human financial officer" rested in Athena's tent due to "physical discomfort."
Chen Rui passed the entrance and walked step by step towards the town. Since he didn't know what dangers lay ahead, his speed was not very fast. Pagliu followed silently from a distance. This distance was considered analytical
Even the naked eye cannot detect it, but Chen Rui can clearly sense the existence of this equal link partner through the "spiritual link".
The entire town is very large, but up to now, I haven't seen a living person or even a living creature. I only occasionally saw a few piles of craggy bones in the ground, giving people a lifeless feeling everywhere. I don't know.
I thought I was coming to Yankou Town where Guladam created the undead.
Could it be that some necromancer was causing trouble like last time in Yankou Town? But these skeletons were abandoned on the spot. They did not look like the work of a necromancer, but like some kind of terrifying monster that devoured life.
Chen Rui frowned and did not stop at his feet. The further he went in, the more corpses he saw in various postures. There was an insidious white mist floating everywhere, which was creepy.
Chen Rui deliberately walked into a few rooms and took a look, and found that there were many corpses in the room. It seemed that the terrible "thing" had not spared any life in any corner.
Is it some kind of monster created by Xue Yan? Chen Rui thought of the terrible experiments in the Crystal Valley and the Mysterious Demon Valley, and frowned even more.
The elemental interference here is very serious, and props such as the magic map and the magic eye compass cannot be used. Chen Rui can only rely on a simple hand-drawn map provided by Yagras to move forward cautiously.
The strange thing is that when the Sumen broke in a few days ago, they brought in about 1,500 people, including some cavalry, but no relevant corpses were seen along the way. Where did they go?
Chen Rui turned around a few times and bypassed a river, gradually approaching the central area of Luping Town, where the mysterious pothole is located.
From a distance, Chen Rui saw dozens of strange pointed pillars in the mist. When he got closer, he realized that these bone tower-like buildings were actually made of bones!
Not only that, there are also strange dark red patterns on the ground, which should be painted with blood. Many places are also decorated with skulls, which looks extremely weird.
Chen Rui's heart trembled slightly. This largest town in Lanrong has the same number of lives as a medium-sized city. Could it be that...
What's even more hateful is that under the control of Mousse, the army was actually dispatched to block the way out, cruelly ruining the last way out for all the innocent townspeople.
Although Chen Rui is not a eminent monk or saint who is compassionate and merciful, but faced with such an angry and resentful scene, strong anger suddenly surged in his heart, and he was bleeding! Damn it!
Just when Chen Rui stepped into the range of those patterns, the dark red mass suddenly emitted a faint light, and streams of black smoke emerged from the bone tower and wrapped around Chen Rui.
Chen Rui was determined to test the properties of the black smoke. He did not dodge or use protective skills, and let the black smoke wrap around his body. As expected, the super system sent a message that the toxin was being transformed. After a long time, a pulling force came, and Chen Rui withdrew.
He felt like a dead man letting this power do its thing, feeling his mind shaking and being "dragged" to another place.
This is an open space, surrounded by several bone towers. Black smoke is floating everywhere, making it difficult to see things in the distance. The toxin conversion data in the super system is constantly changing. It is obviously a toxic environment.
Chen Rui unexpectedly saw a large group of people, to be precise, a group of unconscious people, but they were not skeletons or corpses.
Judging from the clothing, they should be soldiers of the army. Counting the number, there are about more than a thousand people and more than a hundred horses. These people are probably the troops brought in by General Sumen. Judging from the effect, the black smoke
The poisonous gas should not be fatal, it is mainly a coma effect.
Why were all the corpses he saw on the road sucked out of their flesh and blood, but he and these soldiers were treated differently? Chen Rui thought of what Yagras said - "The black energy in that pothole sucks away every day."
Take away some of the residents’ lives”.
Yes, it should be like this. The life required for potholes is phased, that is, it will swallow up life every once in a while. Therefore, these soldiers, including Chen Rui himself, are currently "storing food."
Chen Rui didn't want to wait for that monster to visit, and besides, there were nearly two thousand lives here (plus war horses), so he immediately took out a bottle of antidote and tried to detoxify a soldier around him.
However, the master-level detoxification potion in the redemption center only made the soldier regain his consciousness slightly. Chen Rui's eyes fell on the black air that was everywhere. With a thought, the God-eating mask, one of the seven artifacts, appeared on his face, and he activated
The additional skill "God Eater" obtained by cracking the artifact.
As soon as the skill was activated, all the surrounding black energy rushed toward Chen Rui's head. The mask was like a whale sucking water, and in the blink of an eye, it had swallowed up all the black energy within a few hundred meters.
The power of the artifact is indeed extraordinary. This god-eating skill can swallow all mental power, magic power and soul attacks. The only drawback is that it can only be used once every seven days.
After the black energy disappeared, several towers of bones that had been condensed by some kind of force seemed to have lost their supporting frames and collapsed one after another.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but at the moment when the Bone Tower collapsed, Chen Rui seemed to feel a wave of anger coming towards him. However, the God-Eating Mask was immune to soul attacks, so Chen Rui, who was still wearing the mask, was not affected at all.
Influence.
After losing the coma effect of the black mist, the surrounding soldiers began to regain consciousness. They all seemed to be fine. However, due to being in a coma for several days and not eating, their physical condition seemed relatively weak.
"Who is General Sumen?" Chen Rui asked loudly while distributing recovery potions and detoxification potions to nearby soldiers.
A voice rang out: "I am Sumen, was it you who saved us?"
Chen Rui's current cloak is very conspicuous among the soldiers, and together with the distribution of medicines, it attracted the attention of Sumen from the beginning.
Su Men is a great demon in the first stage of the Great Demon King. He is tall and wearing a red armor. Although his physical condition is not good, his eyes still look sharp. Chen Rui stepped forward and handed Su Men a group of recovery potions.
"General, I am the deputy commander of the Red Blood Army of the Dark Moon, Agulie. I was entrusted by Lord Chandler to lead the army to investigate the mysterious incident in Luping Town and bring the general back safely."
"Lord Chandler?" Sumen's hand that raised the recovery potion suddenly stopped, and his eyes gradually became sharp.
"The general may have misunderstood something. Lord Chandler has been controlled by the financial officer Mousse, and he will issue some orders against his will, including declaring the general a traitor. Now that Mous is dead, Lord Chandler has recovered.
It's normal, this time he entrusted our Dark Moon Army to come here."
"Before I came here, I also heard some news about the Dark Moon reinforcements, but why do you prove that you are from the Dark Moon Army?" Even after hearing the news that Chandler was being controlled, the hostility in Sumen's eyes remained.
There was no relaxation at all, but a little more suspicion.
"Based on the current situation, it seems that I don't need to prove anything," Chen Rui said, without stopping, handing out bottles of potions, "And the leader of the Flame Army, Asina, and Wanwan
The elite team is currently stationed outside the town."
"Athena!" Sumen was startled, and finally raised his head and drank the potion. His face suddenly became a little more rosy, and his energy began to improve a lot. He shouted to the side: "Sandro, Kace
, you two bring ten personal guards to help this adult quickly distribute the recovery potion."
With the help of well-trained personal guards, the speed of distributing recovery medicines can suddenly be accelerated. However, what Su Men said made Chen Rui's expression suddenly change.
"I don't know what the so-called lord's purpose is for entrusting you here. What I just want to tell you is that the real Lord Chandler is dead!"
"What?" Chen Rui couldn't help but blurted out. This news was really shocking!
"It was by chance that I found Mr. Chandler in the secret room of the Lord's Mansion, and I realized that the lord outside was actually a fake! Mr. Chandler was already dying at that time, and he asked me before he died.
Put the overall situation first, don't make any noise, and go to Luping Town secretly, first find his young son Tageo who is secretly fostered here, and then reveal the truth and try to help Tageo ascend to the position of lord."
Speaking of this, Su Men clenched his fists: "I don't know if the fake lord noticed that he actually sent people to block the exit of Luping Town with the intention of arresting me. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity early and led a group of loyal subordinates all morning.
He escaped, hiding in various places along the way, avoiding pursuit, and finally arrived at Luping Town. Unexpectedly, Luping Town turned into a dead town under some strange force! Lord Chandler's Youngest Son Tower
Master Ge'ao is afraid that it is..."
Only then did Chen Rui understand why the Sumen would quietly leave the Blue Army and take a detour all the way to Luping Town. Thinking of the previous performances of Mousse, Chandler, and Varrett in Blue Melt City, he suddenly
Wake up: What a realistic drama! Even at the expense of a mousse, it turned out to be a trap!
In vain, he usually prides himself on being a little smart, but now he has fallen into such a trick! The person who is controlling everything behind the scenes must be terribly intelligent!
No, it was not only a trick, but also a poisonous plan! Chen Rui reacted instantly - since "Chandler" tried his best to trick the Dark Moon army into coming here, then this terrifying place must have the terrifying power to bury everyone!
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