In a hotel room in Darkmoon City, Chen Rui stood in a very restrained manner. Opposite him was a man of medium build, about thirty-four years old, with sharp features and high browbones, exuding a tough and stern aura.
"You are Chen Rui?" The man's voice was thick and powerful, revealing a touch of menace.
Chen Rui quickly replied: "Yes, Your Excellency General."
This man is Athena's father, the first general of the empire, George. Wells, that is, the "father-in-law" that Chen Rui is going to meet this time.
Somewhat different from what Chen Rui imagined, when General George saw him, he didn't rush up and shout to kill him, but looked him up and down carefully with scrutiny, which made a certain son-in-law feel a little nervous.
A certain son-in-law bravely opened his analytical eyes: Race: Great Devil (mutated), Comprehensive strength assessment: Unable to judge.
Indescribable strength! Magic Emperor? Devil Emperor? Chen Rui was taken aback. He estimated that the possibility of the Demon Emperor was relatively high. His father-in-law is worthy of being the number one general of the empire. With the body of a great demon, he has cultivated to the realm of the Demon Emperor.
If you really want to do it, Pagliu has just broken free from the shackles of light and darkness. He is only the first stage of the Demon Emperor, and he may not be able to win. Should he try poison? Having said that, once something goes wrong with the poison, then Athena and Athena are not lovers, but enemies.
Just as Chen Rui was thinking wildly nervously, his father-in-law spoke up.
"I have a few questions for you to answer. The first question is," George said coldly, his gaze fell on a group of people behind Chen Rui, "What do you mean by bringing these people here?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Lomon took a quick step forward, bowed and said, "Your Excellency, do you still remember Lomon and Delia in Heiyun Town three years ago? We are good friends of Athena. For your help and care, I learned that the general is here today, so I came to express my thanks."
George nodded, and Royce reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "The three of us are the direct subordinates of Lord Athena, and we have long admired the general's reputation, so we made a special trip to see you."
Athena is already the number one hostess, and the so-called "direct subordinates" are worthy of the name.
George looked at Royce's trio and didn't say much. Pagliu was not so easy to talk, and said with a big face: "You gutless bastards! I just can't stand arrogant guys. I'm here to fight... "
"The soy sauce guy! He's a friend of Athena and me, so he passed by here and came here to see it." Chen Rui spoke first, and gave Pagliu a hard look.
Pagliu snorted coldly, and didn't continue to make trouble. In fact, Dulong felt that General George's strength was extraordinary. Once a fight really started, he might not be an opponent in his current state of being sealed by an ancient rune.
The more this happened, the more Du Long worried about Chen Rui's safety. If George really had a murderous intention, even he might not be able to protect Chen Rui, so he deliberately drew George's attention.
"General George has something to discuss with me, you go out first." Chen Rui winked at everyone.
Athena glanced at the expressionless George, afraid that the two most important men in her heart would turn against each other, so she bit her lip and said, "Father, I'll stay."
"My next question is to ask this kid alone. Before that, I won't do anything to him." Knowing daughter Mo Ruofu, George saw Athena's worry and added, "If you stay here, Then there is nothing to say between me and him, and I will take you back to Warok Fortress directly."
Under Chen Rui's repeated gestures, Athena walked out of the room with Pagliu and others who looked unhappy.
"It turned out that it was courageous to bring so many people here." George glanced at the nervous Chen Rui and asked, "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"
"I'm really a little scared. No one knows the reputation of the number one general in the empire," Chen Rui flattered his father-in-law: "But I'm even more afraid that I won't be able to satisfy the general and make Athena sad."
"I received news that a human in Darkmoon City shamelessly deceived my daughter with sweet words and nasty drugs. Now it seems that your eloquence is good, and you already meet the first point."
Chen Rui smiled wryly and said, "I also have an apprentice who is a pharmacy master. In this way, the second point is almost consistent."
George nodded indifferently, but didn't make any more fuss about this matter: "I met the princess yesterday and learned about the food base you planned, and now the regent King Black Yao ordered to cut the food aid in Chiyou territory by half , what do you think of this matter?"
Chen Rui was taken aback, unexpectedly, George did not continue the "interrogation", but instead focused on this aspect. Is it the test of his father-in-law
Anyway, at least an opportunity.
Chen Rui straightened out his thoughts, and roughly stated the follow-up plan. The general content was similar to what Tim said last time, but some adjustments were made in the details.
George nodded slightly, noncommittal, and asked again: "Athena taught her the methods of training soldiers?"
"The general is the master in this field, the military god of the empire, and the combat power of those soldiers... made the general laugh."
George shook his head: "Because of the basics and training time, the combat effectiveness of those soldiers is really not worth mentioning, but your training method is not funny at all. Although that method is simple, it is very effective. Once you can do it for real The combat effectiveness of the troops will take a considerable leap. My second question is, what do you think a truly powerful army looks like?"
This should be the third question... Chen Rui wisely did not remind his father-in-law of his small mistakes in mathematics knowledge. After thinking about it, he said: "Actually, I am a layman in military affairs. , It is as slow as a forest, invades and plunders like fire, immovable like a mountain, difficult to know like shadow, and moves like thunder. This should be the requirement of a strong army."
"Fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, plundering as fire, immovable as a mountain, difficult to know as cloud, moving as thunder." George chewed these few words carefully, and blurted out praise: "well said! I plan to promote it in Warlock Fortress, you have no objection. If you can really meet the requirements of these few words, you can become the number one army in the Demon Realm!"
Of course, Chen Rui had no objection. Hearing George's appreciation, he said a few more words: "If you attack and you must take it, attack what you don't defend." Those who defend and must be strong will defend what they do not attack... Water is controlled by the ground, and soldiers are defeated by the enemy. Therefore, soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win because of the enemy's changes are called gods...
The art of war of the ancestors of Huaxia was amazing, and when Chen Rui translated it properly with the grammar of the devil world, George's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he couldn't help nodding. Seeing the joy of his father-in-law, a certain son-in-law shouted in his heart that Master Sun Wu's brilliance is comparable to the two moons in the devil world.
George's next question shocked Chen Rui, who was still a little complacent just now: "What's the relationship between that Dragon Clan and you?"
Pagliu is obviously in human form, but George has noticed Pagliu's identity as a dragon! Chen Rui was taken aback, George saw his surprise, shook his head and said: "Didn't Athena tell you? My thirteenth wife is a woman from the Dragon Clan. That unique aura can't be hidden from me who has lived with the Dragon Clan for many years."
Dragon wife? This is the real dragon knight! Your father-in-law is too awesome! In an instant, Chen Rui's admiration was like a surging river.
However, the question still needs to be answered. Chen Rui thought about it for a while, without hiding anything, and truthfully said the answer: "Partner."
George was slightly moved: "I didn't expect you to be recognized by the Dragon Clan. I thought I had a high opinion of you, but I was wrong. Then the next few questions can be reduced to the last one. With your wisdom and talent He Junlue, plus the strength of the dragon clan partners, why did they stay in a place like Dark Moon to serve the eldest princess?"
Chen Rui bowed his head and remained silent. When he first came to the Demon Realm, it was purely for survival. Later, he signed a symbiotic contract with Pagliu, and was also restricted by the seal of the lock of light and darkness. Until now, after many twists and turns, Pagliu Only under the effect of the pupil of Sauron, he broke free from the shackles of light and darkness, and gained freedom.
Looking back, he grew up from a powerless human being with the help of the super system step by step, and gained his current power. Even the wisdom and planning ability that drove ducks to the shelves are gradually revealed. Change people. If the reborn "Arthur" did not fall into the Demon Realm but was still in the human world, then he is probably still a nobleman waiting to die.
Now that Pagliu can move freely without being restrained, the inevitable conditions that restrained Chen Rui to stay in the dark moon have disappeared. Now he can choose to go far away, leave this dangerous dark moon, leave the iceberg woman with the indifferent mask, Leave that eccentric cute little girl...
Seeing that he was silent, George said, "I have a request."
Chen Rui was startled, because what George said was not "request", but "request".
George said seriously: "The eldest princess roughly told me your overall plan, which really surprised me, maybe... His Royal Highness Prince Green's last wish will not be just a fantasy. Then, please do your best to help the eldest princess this time. Only this time, I am deeply favored by Emperor Baiye, and I swear to defend the lineage of Emperor Baiye to the death, but as a father, I also have my own selfishness. I don't ask you to be loyal. If the situation is not good, you can take Athena and the child Leave the dark moon, go wherever you want, and live the life you want."
Chen Rui didn't expect George to have such a request, and summoned up his courage to explain: "Your Excellency, in fact, the fact that Athena is pregnant is false, and she and I haven't reached the final step yet."
"I know, you think she can fool me as a father with her little tricks? But just because she doesn't have a child now, doesn't mean she won't have any in the future." George's answer made Chen Rui even more surprised: "Since Athena is willing to lie to you This level of lying, then I can be sure that even if I take her away, her heart will stay with you forever. So I didn't do that, but stayed and saw this sweet talk stole my daughter Sincerely 'shameless guy'. After all, not too disappointed."
Chen Rui's eyes lit up. Judging from George's tone, it seemed that the biggest purpose of meeting his father-in-law this time...had been achieved!
"I promise you, General." Chen Rui took a deep breath, nodded, and finally made an important decision in advance. Just as General George asked, not to be loyal, but to fight this time with all my heart, for Athena, for Xia, for Alice... and also for my ambition to fight against fate!
George nodded approvingly: "Very well, I can rest assured that Athena has a home. Although you seem to have no power at all, my intuition tells me that you have the ability to protect and take care of my daughter."
Chen Rui was very surprised. Could it be that after the "bad luck" rebounded, it automatically turned into "God Bless One Day"? The father-in-law level, which was thought to be the most difficult, has passed so easily!
A smile appeared on George's stern face: "Don't you think it's strange? I actually entrusted my daughter to a human being with no powerful background? There are more powerful people who are more capable than you!"
Chen Rui nodded. The daughter of the first general of the empire was betrothed to the lord of the dilapidated territory... One of the magistrates under him really felt like a flower was stuck on that or something.
"The reason is actually very simple, Athena likes it!" Her father-in-law replied sonorously.
Speaking of this, George exudes a forceful aura: "Actually, before this, not only the Caron family and the Ruth family, but many families have made requests for marriage, and they have stated many times that they are for the sake of threats. The continuation of the Weirs family and so on. Originally, in a big family, marriages are generally not chosen according to one's own wishes, but I, George Wells' daughter, can choose by herself!"
Chen Rui's eyes lit up. Athena lost her mother since she was a child, but fortunately, she has a good father who really loves her daughter.
George sneered: "I said to those guys, I'm George. Who is Wells? Will I sacrifice my daughter's happiness in exchange for the interests of the family? If it falls to this point, the name Wells will also be lost The meaning of existence! If Athena disagrees, I don’t agree. If you don’t agree, you can come to Warlock Fortress to compete with me. One will kill one, two will kill one pair, and three will kill his family! Even if it is that So what about Hei Yao, who conspired to steal the foundation of Emperor Bai Ye? It annoyed me, and I turned against him as well!"
That's awesome! Originally, in Chen Rui's eyes, George was just a stern uncle, but in an instant he became the all-powerful and domineering first general. No wonder even Hei Yao was afraid of him.
It was precisely because of George's solid backing that Xi Ya was able to prop up the Dark Moon Territory in the difficult cracks, the only glimmer of hope for Emperor Baiye's lineage.
Chen Rui was full of admiration in his heart. Before he could speak, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Pagliu's voice sounded: "Who is that, man enough! I like your arrogance! Dare you talk to me?" Want to fight for a drink?"
George fixed his eyes on Pagliu, and with great momentum, he uttered: "I'm afraid you won't dare!"