"Have you heard? The army of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent suffered two consecutive defeats in Dark Moon!"
"I also heard that General Samoel of the Snake Legion was killed, and General Nesta of the Specter Legion surrendered to the enemy."
"General Nesta surrendered to the enemy because of Samuel's public revenge, okay? General Nesta stood firm for dozens of days in the Blood Mist Valley. As a result, Samuel came to the valley. Not only did he not have reinforcements, but he wanted to destroy the Phantom Legion. , and also killed Carnita, the heir of the Chiyou territory, General Nesta angrily turned against Dark Moon."
"What is this? Zeta, the devil emperor of the Kamon family, was killed when he returned to Chiyou after being released by the dark moon! Do you know who did it? It is said that the regent wanted to deal with the elder family..."
"Keep down!"
"Hey, who in the capital doesn't know about this now?"
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Chen Rui was sitting in a tavern in the northern suburbs of the imperial capital, quietly listening to the discussions around him while drinking. After experiencing the previous setback, the rebuilt Dark Demon is more capable. In the shortest possible time, the battle ahead, including some "insider stories", have spread rapidly in every corner of the imperial capital.
It only took a few hours to pass through the portal of the Dark Moon Residence, arrive at the Rainbow Valley, and then arrive at the Imperial Capital.
Chen Rui did not enter the imperial capital, but boarded a carriage at the outskirts of the city and headed north towards Bailing's territory.
Xicari, the lord of Bailing territory, is from the royal family of Lucifer. His ancestors had royal blood, but because he was a concubine, he was entrusted to Bailing territory. One of the four major territories of the Fallen Angel Empire.
Among the lords, big and small, Sikali is the one who is best at both sides. This time the coalition army also sent some soldiers. It seems a bit perfunctory, but it focused on the "warlock fortress" with General George. Dispute".
Obsidian recklessly sent troops to crusade against Dark Moon. As Shia's most staunch supporter, George, the first general of the empire, would definitely not sit idly by. Sikari's conflict with George at this time is self-evident.
In a sense, once Dark Moon is destroyed by Obsidian, Sikari's contribution is still higher than most of the lords who followed the expedition.
The last time Chen Rui helped his father-in-law in Warlock Fortress, he went south from Bailing territory via Emperor Capital, Chiyou and returned to Dark Moon. At that time, he was in a hurry to go back, and he didn't pay attention to many things. Now that he made a special trip to Bailing's territory, what he saw and observed along the way gave him a better understanding of this relatively low-key territory.
The area of Bailing's Territory is slightly smaller than that of Dark Moon, but larger than that of Chiyou. Although there are no such conspicuous and rich towns as Mordor Town and Moling Town in Chiyou's Territory, the population distribution is wider and the development is more balanced. From the comprehensive analysis of all kinds of information reflected by the dark demon, the combat effectiveness of Bailing's territory is by no means inferior to that of Chiyou.
The reason for the conflict between Bailing Territory and Warlock Fortress this time is military rations, and the military rations of Warlock Fortress are jointly provided by the imperial capital and Bailing Territory. Due to the influence of the "fund-raising gate" of the imperial capital, the original military salaries and rations and other materials have been greatly reduced. However, the Bailing Territory has been delaying the supply of military rations under the pretext of a poor harvest this time, which led to the irresistible Warlock Fortress soldiers' attack on the northern part of the Bailing Territory. Several towns were looted, causing the people of Bailing Territory to resent.
Sikali, the lord of Bailing, publicly expressed his condemnation of the garrison of Warok Fortress, and asked General George to hand over the soldiers who committed evil deeds.
General George refused to admit that the looting incident was caused by the garrison of Warlock Fortress. Taking Heiyun Town, which is the closest to the northern part of Warlock Fortress but has not been violated, as an example, he pointed out that Sikali was purely self-directed and self-acted, while delaying the supply of military supplies. On the one hand, he deliberately used this to cause trouble, in order to please the regent of the imperial capital, Hei Yao.
The two sides insisted on their own words, and the situation of confrontation was deadlocked. It's just that the people in Bailing's territory have a kind of blind obedience to Xicari, especially the few towns that suffered from it. They didn't believe General George's explanation at all, and expressed extreme hostility towards Warlock Fortress, and they all supported it. Sikari against General George. Now Sikali has sent a large number of troops in the territory to the northern towns to "protect" the townspeople from being plundered.
From Chen Rui's point of view, this incident was already obvious. Just as General George said, Sicari was just deliberately making excuses to delay General George while Obsidian was attacking Dark Moon.
Chen Rui went all the way north and came to Bailing City, the core of the territory. The area of Bailing City is so large that it is not even under the dark moon. It can be seen that it was created after a lot of painstaking efforts. It is the same as the copycat version in many places in the devil world. Many buildings and facilities have the shadow of the dark moon, such as the newly built battle ball arena in front of you, with ticket sales, gambling ticket sales, fan shops, etc., it is all plagiarized. Judging from the situation of the audience, the football market is still Pretty hot.
"Great, I heard that Lord Lord will play in person this time! Tickets are sold out early in the morning!"
"He will suppress his strength to the level of middle-level demons, and lead the civilian team to compete with the strongest Xueyu Army team!"
"All proceeds from tickets and gambling will be donated to children and the underprivileged in need."
"Hmph! Your lord is too merciful, those weak people don't deserve sympathy at all!"
"Merciful? Five years ago, there were horse thieves who burned and ransacked the town of Massimo. In a rage, the lord led his army to kill 3,600 horse thieves by himself. Those heads hung high in the town of Massimo, forming a pile Xiao Shan! So far, we haven’t heard any news about horse thieves!”
"Sir Sikali is the most benevolent and powerful lord. As long as he is there, our Bailing territory will definitely become the richest and most powerful territory in the entire empire and even the entire demon world, far surpassing Dark Moon!"
"Hmph! What is Dark Moon? Didn't that Princess Xia often come to the Bailing Territory to ask for help? Master Sikali always generously donated money. However, when Master Sikali visited Dark Moon not long ago, Xia The princess turned her face and refused to recognize anyone, she is extremely stingy, she deserves to be punished by the imperial capital this time!"
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Chen Rui frowned for a while. Judging from the hearsay all the way, the prestige of Sikali in Bailing's territory has reached an unimaginable level.
Although the lord lord is a duplicitous person outside, but in the territory, he is a perfect existence like a god, which makes the people in the territory have a kind of blind worship. No wonder almost all the people in the territory respect General George with just one order. Both Fort Warok and Fort Warlock showed strong hostility. Regardless of whether Sikari is a great lord who "serves" the people, it is indeed not easy to reach this level.
Chen Rui's original intention was to go to Warlock Fortress first, but now he has a lot of curiosity about this Lord Bailing who has been somewhat contemptuous before. After thinking about it, he bought a ticket from a "scalper" at a high price. Followed the crowd into the arena.
Today's fighting ball has a faint tendency to replace traditional fighting as the number one sport in the demon world. Many people also regard fighting ball and fighting as two major sports, because one is a collective and the other is an individual, and there is no conflict. The arena was crowded with people. With the appearance of Sikari's team, the atmosphere reached a climax. The audience shouted the name of the lord in unison. Every touch of the ball can cause deafening shouts. Driven by this atmosphere, Almost everyone in the arena, including the athletes and spectators, showed excitement as if they had been pumped. This state was no longer aimed at a lord or a star player, but as if fanatics were watching their gods and performing miracles.
This kind of frenzy that can be called terrifying made Chen Rui secretly startled. Xi Ya's prestige in Dark Moon was already quite strong, but it was far inferior to Xi Kali's influence in Bai Ling. He had no doubts. As long as Sikali raises his arms, not only the army, but even the vast majority of the people in the leading area will point their fists and knives at anyone, including the imperial capital—this made Chen Rui think of another world A certain head of state of the "Third Reich" in history.
With a thought, Chen Rui stopped reading and stood up.
Amidst the thunderous shouts, the first half ended, the score was four to three, and the folk team led by one goal. Although Sikari was very strong, the battle ball was not a one-man sport, and the elite of the Xueyu Legion Under Sikari's prior order, he also did his best without reservation, which made the contest more real and intense, and the audience's reaction became more heated.
In the players' lounge, the team doctor seized the time to treat individual wounded, while the part-time coach Sikari ignited the morale of his teammates to the highest point with a few words, and then began to arrange the offensive and defensive tactics for the second half.
Suddenly, Sikali's voice paused, signaling these players to leave first. Although the players were a little surprised, they didn't ask any more questions. They all backed out, leaving only Sikari in the lounge.
"Come out." Sikali said lightly.
Chen Rui's figure slowly appeared from the shadows in the corner. This lurking technique was learned from the intelligence chief lady. It can hide the breath and figure. So many people didn't notice it just now. Unexpectedly, it was discovered by Sikari .
In fact, Chen Rui's mind was shaken just now, and he could no longer maintain the best state of being one with the environment. In a fleeting moment, he showed a slight flaw, but was noticed by Sikali. Sikali's keenness The feeling is evident.
The reason why Chen Rui's mind was shaken was the data of Sikali in the Analytical Eye.
Race: Arrogant Royal Family (mutation).
Comprehensive strength evaluation: E (A).
Constitution E (A-), strength E (A-), spirit E (A+), agility E (A).
Analysis: dark attribute.
Due to the needs of the competition, the superficial strength is the level of suppressed middle-level demons, but the data of the real middle-level demon king is completely different from that of Sikali who visited the Dark Moon Territory last time. At that time, Sikali's real strength showed A+, That is the peak of the Demon Emperor. Analytical eyes cannot make mistakes. In this way, the Sikali in front of me is probably not the real Sikali!
A stand-in, and a middle-ranked Demon Emperor!
After realizing that "Xikali" was probably just a stand-in, Chen Rui had already canceled the original beheading operation in a flash, and the prototype of a new plan quickly appeared in his mind.