Two days later, two bipedal flying dragons flew from the sky above the rainy jungle. Athena on Kegu's body seemed to be in high spirits, and the effectiveness of the Devil Fruit had been completely absorbed by her.
This precious fruit that can trigger wars is indeed well-deserved. Athena's strength was originally at the beginning of a high-level demon, but she was suddenly promoted to the middle level. This is only a superficial effect, and more importantly, the invisible potential index. In the future, she will
The possibility of breaking through the bottleneck of high-level demons and reaching the Demon King level is greatly increased. Even the realm of the Great Demon King and Demon King is no longer an unreachable fantasy.
Following the example of Diudiu, under Chen Rui's strong insistence, Athena took another fruit. The result was that her power was more stable. There was still a very small chance that additional powers did not appear, but this kind of power was not guaranteed.
It is an immediate effect and is likely to be obtained in the years of practice in the future.
As for Diudiu's mutation, it is not only the effect of the Devil Fruit, but also probably related to swallowing dragon meat.
Chen Rui himself also secretly ate a Devil Fruit, but his strength did not improve at all. He only gained a little spiritual energy due to the toxicity, which was very uneconomical. However, with the magical thing of Star Garden, he could harvest it again two months later.
In the future, it is not impossible to learn to eat Diudiu as a snack.
In the past two days, he did not waste time and spent them all in the training ground. He only had more than 90,000 spiritual energy left out of 130,000. Athena followed his instructions and did not disturb his "sleep".
Due to the protection she received, including Athena taking the Devil Fruit later, everything went smoothly.
Like the straw that breaks the camel's back, eight times gravity is indeed not comparable to the limit represented by four times gravity. Even if you break through to the Evil Realm, you will still be struggling without using any star power. You don't know what happened in the previous ten days.
How much suffering I suffered. When I finished the training and saw Athena sleeping like a peaceful baby after taking the Devil Fruit, I felt an extra strength in my body. After eating and resting in a hurry, I devoted myself to the self-abuse training again.
middle.
Chen Rui once took two black potions, Eternal Power and Eternal Speed. At that time, the potency of the potion was not fully absorbed. In this high-pressure practice, the potency accumulated in the body was finally fully exerted.
Diudiu had always been obsessed with Devil Fruit, but after tasting the barbecue made by Chen Rui, she began to change her taste and became even more devoted to this owner. Athena originally still had the Devil Fruit tree hanging, but Chen Rui told her that she had
After managing to hide it, Athena felt relieved.
The two bipedal flying dragons set off from the rainy jungle and finally reached their destination, the Xilang Mountains, in a day and a half.
In the rolling Xilang Mountains, there are many high mountains, deep valleys and dangerous ravines, and the area is vast. Going all the way to the west, you can reach the town of Laiya at the border with the Shadow Empire. Xilang Mountain is the largest mountain in the Xilang Mountains, but Xilang Mountain
It has been controlled by thieves, and the mining station is now located in a remote Lugang Mountain.
When Chen Rui and Athena followed the markings on the magic map and landed on two bipedal flying dragons, the guards and miners at the gate of the mining office were all shocked.
Since the original mining station was occupied by thieves, the current mining station is actually a simple and temporary stone house. Alarmed by the flying dragon, a boss-like horned demon walked out of the stone house with several ferocious expressions on his face.
Scar, leaning on a crutch, when he saw Athena jumping off the back of the flying dragon, surprise gradually appeared in his eyes, he went up to meet her, and saluted: "You are...Miss Athena!"
"Who are you?" Athena felt that this limping horned demon looked familiar, but she couldn't remember its name for the moment.
The Horned Demon seemed a little excited: "I am Gade. I used to follow General George in Warlock Fortress. I was transferred here four years ago because I was injured in the conflict with the Blood Evil Empire."
Athena finally recalled it and said in surprise: "I remembered it! You are the Death Hammer Gaed! You even gave me an iron sword!"
"It's rare that Miss Miss still remembers me," Gad raised his arms and disabled left legs that had lost strength, and sighed, "Unfortunately, I am no longer the death hammer, and the general still sympathized with his subordinates and allowed me to do it.
Dark Moon has a casual job to provide for the elderly... Let’s not talk about this. I heard that Miss Athena came to Dark Moon City three years ago. Unfortunately, I have been unable to get away from here. I don’t know why Miss Athena came to the mine today?
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"Didn't you receive the magic message from Darkmoon City? It stands to reason that the magic message has been sent out since the eldest princess was officially appointed." Athena showed doubts.
Gade shook his head and replied: "The communication platform here has been damaged by thieves long ago and has never been repaired."
Magical communication is actually equivalent to a kind of wireless communication using communication symbols. A special magic communication platform is required to transmit information in the middle, which is equivalent to the "base station" in Chen Rui's previous world. If the communication platform is destroyed, the magic communication symbols within the range will be destroyed.
None of them can be used.
Each route's magic platform must be set up separately, either private or shared. For example, from the imperial capital to each territory, there is a dedicated magic communication platform, and the "base stations" along the way are protected by dedicated personnel.
"So that's it," Athena pointed at Chen Rui, "This time I followed His Highness Shia's order to protect your newly-appointed mining officer."
This sentence made everyone present turn their attention to the human being who was thought to be Miss Athena's "entourage". Although the news was not clear, the challenge of Master Aldas to defeat the genius of the Imperial City had spread to every corner of the Dark Moon.
Even people in remote areas like Xilang Mountain have heard about it. This should be the master's human apprentice, but how did a mere apprentice suddenly change and become everyone's immediate boss inexplicably?
Chen Rui is no longer what he used to be. He calmly looked at all kinds of eyes and took out a magic letter of appointment signed by Shia. While everyone was paying attention to him, Chen Rui was also observing these "soldiers" under his command.
There were about a dozen guards, composed of horned demons and dark elves. There were not many miners present, all of them were little lemures and dark goblins. Most of the demons present had a common characteristic, that is, they looked depressed and listless.
Gade took the letter of appointment and read it, his brows gradually furrowed. With his eyesight, he could naturally distinguish the true from the false.
The Horned Demon glanced at Athena and no longer had any doubts in his heart. He immediately bowed to Chen Rui and said, "Captain Gade of the Mining Station has met the Mining Officer."
The guards and miners were all surprised when they saw Gad salute. It seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess has really appointed this weak human being as the mining officer!
Like many people, Gade was very dissatisfied with this appointment. How could a powerless human being be qualified to lead everyone? However, due to Athena's face, she could not say more, so she made a gesture of invitation: "Please come inside, Sir and Miss."
Come talk, Connor, and get some food! The rest of you...go do what you have to do!"
Chen Rui and Athena followed Gade into the stone house. The facilities in the stone house were very simple, just two stone tables and a few chairs, and a bed at the back.
"I'm sorry, Miss, the conditions here are very difficult. There is nothing to entertain. Let's have something to eat later." Gad asked the two of them to sit down and asked Athena: "Miss, when do you plan to return to Dark Moon?"
city?"
Athena shook her head: "I was ordered by the eldest princess to protect Chen Rui here until his work ends or he is transferred."
Gade was slightly shocked, then nodded with a complicated expression.
Chen Rui saw this, thought for a moment, and asked: "Gade, we have just arrived here, can you give us a brief introduction to the situation here?"
Ged hesitated for a moment and then began to speak.
Xilang Mountain is extremely rich in mineral resources and has a long history of mining. It has always been Dark Moon's largest and most important resource area. After the Beelzebub royal family's turmoil in Dark Moon four hundred years ago, the prosperous Dark Moon began to decline, and the mines also began to decline.
Many changes occurred one after another. The underground creatures that had been sealed suddenly broke through the barrier and occupied the lower level of the main mine. This also meant that they controlled the largest mineral vein area, making mining more difficult and often life-threatening.
More than a year ago, another powerful group of Red Devil thieves appeared. Not only did they rob and kill the caravan sent by Princess Shia, but they also harassed the mines from time to time. They also sent small teams to occupy the main mine pit and several newly opened small mine sources.
, and also killed the miners who went to mine.
Now the miners can only, under the leadership of Ged, defend themselves against thieves' attacks while mining some cheap open-pit ores. Although the risk is reduced, the profits and output are extremely low. The eldest princess once sent a police officer because of the caravan incident.
Allen killed the thieves, but was defeated by the thieves both times.
When Athena heard that the situation in the mine was so bad, much worse than what she learned from Shia, she frowned and said, "Why don't you report it to Darkmoon City?"
"We have reported it countless times," Gade sighed, "but even the army sent by Darkmoon City failed, what else can we do? If the young lady hadn't come today, I would have thought that Her Royal Highness the Princess had given up on us.
Already."
Chen Rui knew that the direct supervisor of the mining department was the financial officer, Joseph. Therefore, it was "reasonable" that the information reaching Shia's ears was limited. Then he asked another key question: "The previous mine manager
What happened to the officer?"
The last mining officer was Tim from the Seifer family. Gad spoke highly of Tim, and his words revealed his contempt for Chen Rui. After Tim came to the mine, he made a series of rectifications
The measures were quite prestigious. At that time, the main disaster in the mine was underground creatures. Tim led a group of people. When they went down to the main mine to survey the situation, everyone suddenly disappeared. Not even their bodies could be found. They were probably buried in the mouths of monsters.
Chen Rui calculated the time. When Tim was there, Shia had not sent a caravan westward, so there were only sporadic thieves at most. As soon as the caravan was sent, a powerful group of thieves appeared correspondingly, which was obviously targeted.
After cutting off the westbound trade route, the target of control was shifted to the mines. It seemed that they were going to tighten Dark Moon's neck step by step until she died completely.
The reason why Ged and the others were left with a way to survive was not because of the kindness of the thieves, but because they had not reached the last moment yet and did not want to attract more attention from Shia. Once a certain opportunity came, Chen Rui could imagine that everyone would
The gangsters everywhere were planning to kill her at the same time. Even though Shia was extremely talented, she had no choice but to sit back and wait for death. This was a very thorough and vicious plan.
I am here this time with a task assigned by Master Aldas." Chen Rui changed his mind and revealed the most important purpose of his trip. "The master is now testing a strange potion and needs that kind of waste mine.
Can you take me to see the crystal powder on the table?"
"Waste mine? Crystal powder?" Gad frowned and thought, and then he reacted: "You are talking about the things attached to the iron ore, right? That crystal is very troublesome, and it is difficult to remove it, let alone get rid of it.
It has turned into powder. Moreover, this kind of waste mine with crystals can only be found in the main mine of Xilang Mountain, and it is now within the control of the thieves."
Chen Rui asked again without giving up: "Where are the old abandoned mines?"
Gade replied: "The waste ore is piled up in the waste ore room. The waste ore room is in a corner on the upper level of the main mine. The amount of ore produced is too little now. Several people once stole the waste ore and transported it back to the city. Later,
The thieves discovered it and were killed."
Chen Rui frowned. He had heard Zach mention this before, but he didn't expect that the real situation was even worse. Every piece of the waste mines transformed in the Blackmoon City Blacksmith Shop was stained with the blood of the miners!
ps: I’m so angry about the power department of a certain city in Hunan Province! There was another power outage at 9 a.m., and it was in this district again! I called and said that the area was overloaded and the equipment was burned. Damn it! Now it’s gone.
It’s snowing but not icy, so why did you go so early? This kind of problem is happening just before the Chinese New Year, and there are more residents in other districts than here, and there has never been a power outage!
For this chapter, I removed the hard drive of the host machine and installed it on a friend’s machine to publish. You can still use someone else’s computer to publish the chapter, but what about coding? Places like Internet cafes are not suitable for writing at all.
It will be on the shelves tomorrow, please support! No matter what, we must get through this difficulty!