The outer city of the shadow imperial capital, the most prosperous south block.
Chen Rui and Ji Ya strolled leisurely, Chen Rui was still wearing the costume of a craftsman, but many people have already recognized that this is the one who made a big splash in the craftsman competition and won the bet with the hands of Savage, the genius of the imperial capital. "Arthur". No matter what field it is in, the demon world respects the strong first, and the loser is not worthy of sympathy, especially for Savage, who has always been arrogant and domineering. Many people have shown considerable respect for Chen Rui.
Of course, most of the emperors are high-ranking officials and royal families. In the eyes of these people, this is just an instrument maker competition after all, not a master competition. Chen Rui, who has no background, can be regarded as a genius with some potential, but that's all, and he didn't show any special enthusiasm. Instead, Master Xhosa of the Artisan Alliance offered an olive branch to Chen Rui and proposed to accept him as an apprentice . Chen Rui did not directly reject the offer, but politely said that he would reply after the finals.
Ji Ya beside Chen Rui attracted a lot of amazed gazes. The succubus wearing a long skirt showed amazing temperament and beauty, with a confident smile on her face, like a daughter of a certain nobleman, the succubus family Compared with the original maid outfit, it can be said that each has its own style.
"It's been so long, I'm hungry. This is good, you fill your stomach first, and we will find a restaurant later." Chen Rui was holding a bunch of candied haws, which is a snack in the imperial capital.
Compared with the other two empires, the royal family of the Shadow Empire pays more attention to life and enjoyment. Driven by this hobby, the imperial capital has a very rich variety of goods and food, and there are also many places for consumption.
Ji Ya took the string of meatballs, took a bite, nodded with a smile, and the two of them went to a high-end restaurant, asked for a secluded private room, ordered a few dishes and a bottle of wine, and slowly ate up.
After drinking and eating, Chen Rui patted his stomach contentedly: "It's such a pleasant life..."
Ji Ya covered her mouth and smiled: "I feel that since Master Arthur came, everything seems to be easier. My assistant is purely redundant. It would be great if future tasks could be as easy as now."
"If you really want to, I can ask His Royal Highness the eldest princess to bring you here, and follow me from now on." Chen Rui said disapprovingly, "Anyway, I don't belong to Dark Moon, so if I make a request at this critical time, Forgive her and she won't refuse."
Ji Ya showed surprise: "Master Arthur is not from Dark Moon?"
Sure enough, I started to explore! Chen Rui originally deliberately lured Ji Ya into this mode of thinking, wanting to take what she gave in order to further probe into her details.
"Of course not," Chen Rui replied without hesitation: "She used three good things in exchange for my action. Once the matter of the Custer family is over, I will pay off with her. There's nothing more to do with it."
Ji Ya didn't have much doubt about these words, because she had been in Dark Moon for several years, and she had obtained a lot of information. She had never heard that there was such a top-level tool maker in the hands of the eldest princess. If his level is really higher than Robert's, then it is very likely that he is only a hair away from the master.
"I don't dare to have such an extravagant hope." Ji Ya hesitated for a moment and shook her head, "Besides, my current ownership belongs to the Sheriff of Dark Moon."
"That useless human being who has been in a coma due to illness?" Chen Rui deliberately said something disdainful, but actually hoped that Ji Ya would say a few more good things about that human being, a standard little man's psychology.
"He's not a waste," Ji Ya objected in a rare way, showing the color of memory, "it's just... a kind of silly old man..."
Well, it's more or less a good guy card, am I easy
Chen Rui deliberately changed into an echoing tone and said: "I admit that it is a bit too much. The eldest princess showed me a few things he designed, and the creativity is not bad. Let's not talk about this guy, as long as you are willing to follow me, the rest Just leave it to me."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Ji Ya showed an aggrieved and charming look: "Actually, you know that I have a special constitution and cannot serve any man."
"I'm the kind of person who does my own way. I'm a bit domineering. I like people who look right, and people who don't like me. No matter how powerful they are, I will find a way to make him unlucky. Savich is the best example."
With these words, Ji Ya believed that "Arthur" was not fascinated by her, and then dealt with Savage under her seductiveness, but directly attacked Savage in an unreasonable way, pulling her away from the fire pit up. Not only that, but in this craft maker competition, a trap was set up to lure this genius from the imperial capital with a master as the backing to take the bait, which completely destroyed Savage's future. I heard that Savich's body was found in the suburbs shortly after the match was discovered.
As "Arthur" himself said, he is domineering, defensive, and ruthless, and belongs to the type of going his own way.
"If you really want a woman to serve, as long as I ask Dio now, he can get a woman who is prettier than you," Chen Rui said generously, "I just like you and I like you. Rather than wanting you to serve something, it’s as simple as that.”
Ji Ya was shocked, her eyes lowered, and then she showed a charming smile: "Then what does Master Arthur want me to do?"
"I don't like your smile, it's fake." Chen Rui shook his head: "I heard Xi Ya said that you were put on the magic ring, don't worry, I hate using this set to control women, I'm an instrument maker , I can try to help you get rid of that forbidden magic ring. If you don’t like me, you can leave my side and live a free life, that’s just how I am.”
This trick is actually based on retreat. If you really figure out Ji Ya's intentions, letting her go is not completely a lie. Although this succubus is very tempting, he doesn't like to keep a time bomb by his side.
"Freedom?" Ji Ya seemed to meet this kind of man for the first time, she just liked it and had no other intentions, so she was willing to help her.
The succubus was in a daze for a moment, and her smile suddenly became a bit bitter. Counting the days in the dark moon, Chen Rui spent a lot of time with her, and this was the first time I saw such a difficult smile.
Maybe under the usual charm, there is unspeakable bitterness
With a thought, Chen Rui stood up and walked over, grabbed her hand, but did not make any excessive movements, but held the black bracelet upwards, which is the magic ring that confines magical power.
Chen Rui said with certainty: "I will help you get rid of this imprisonment now."
"No!" Ji Ya withdrew her hand as if frightened, "Don't remove it!"
"Why don't you want to release the imprisonment?" Chen Rui said loudly dissatisfied. Fortunately, this expensive private room has a special magic sound insulation array, otherwise many people around will hear the voice of the Roaring Emperor, "Don't you still want to Back to the Dark Moon? Would you rather go back and be a lowly maid than ask for the freedom I gave you?"
"Jia was originally a humble maid." A trace of deep pain flashed across Ji Ya's eyes, but her smile was even more seductive: "My lord's kindness is pure waste."
Although he failed to open her mouth, Chen Rui has obtained three related information.
1. Ji Ya's actions cannot be controlled by herself, so she must keep the magic ring and return to Dark Moon.
2. Ji Ya must have a corresponding task in Dark Moon, which has not been completed yet, and there must be other contacts.
3. Ji Ya may have other difficulties, but she cannot easily reveal them.
It would be nice if Ji Ya's purpose could be slowly tricked out by means of influence. If it was really justifiable, Chen Rui would not be stingy with his help.
At this moment, he suddenly showed vigilance. Although the sound insulation effect of this room is very good, it cannot isolate the detection range of the analytical eye.
Ji Ya saw that Chen Rui's expression was different, so she wisely didn't make a sound. Chen Rui stood in front of her. At this moment, the door was knocked open with a "bang", and a figure rushed towards her like lightning.
With a wave of Chen Rui's hand, the dark elf felt that his speed suddenly slowed down. Before he could react, the dagger in his hand suddenly fell into the opponent's hand. His own dagger passed through.
After Chen Rui killed the dark elf with lightning, he grabbed the void with his right hand, just in time to catch a teleporting and falling big demon figure, and directly lifted the big demon up. A big demon rushing from the opposite side had a fist mark dented in his chest, and fell straight down.
In the blink of an eye, two assassins of the three peak high-level demons died and one was injured. No, all three of them died. The big demon who was caught by Chen Rui saw that the situation was wrong, and without waiting for the other party to torture him, he bit the poison sac in his teeth and died of the poison.
It seems that these are strictly trained dead soldiers. The person who sent the dead soldiers may be Master Bumpman or a competitor who has made a grudge in the competition, or it may be the Faramo couple.
Ji Ya is an expert in magic. In her eyes, "Arthur" just used two kinds of earth-type magic, "Slowness" and "Magic Flying Fist". The three assassins were eliminated in an instant.
You know, even if it is also the pinnacle of high-level demons, there must be obvious differences in the combat effectiveness of the two occupations of the weapon maker and the assassin, but now that the assassin is dead and the toolmaker is safe and sound, it is very likely that this "Arthur" His true strength has reached the level of a demon king, and he is a dual cultivator of strength and magic.
The peak weapon maker with devil-level strength is only a thin line away from the master tool maker, but unfortunately, these are still far from enough. Ji Ya sighed softly, her hand suddenly warmed up, and it was already held by Chen Rui.
"This place is not safe, let's go, you have no strength now, if more troublesome assassins come again, I'm afraid it will affect you."
It was clearly the words "scared" that the assassin wanted to leave, but there was a faint warmth in Ji Ya's heart when she heard it, she didn't break free from his hand, and let him lead her out.
The assassination must have been done by someone with a heart. Chen Rui didn't bother to find the restaurant, but just informed them to clean up the mess, and brought Ji Ya all the way back to Dio's other courtyard without stopping.