Two days later, two wyverns flew from the sky above the rainy forest, and Athena on Kegu's body looked energetic, and the effect 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 stage of a high-level demon, but she was promoted to the middle stage at once. The possibility of breaking through the bottleneck of high-level demons and reaching the level of a demon king has greatly increased, and even the further realm of a great demon king and a demon emperor is no longer an untouchable fantasy.
With the example of Diu Diu, under Chen Rui's strong insistence, Athena took another fruit, but the result was only to make the power more stable, and the extra ability with a very small probability still did not appear, but this ability is not necessarily It is immediate, and it 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 the devouring of dragon meat.
Chen Rui also secretly ate a devil fruit, but his strength didn't grow at all, but a little bit of aura was increased because of the toxicity, which was very uneconomical. However, with the magical stuff of Star Garden, after two months, they will be able to harvest again. In the future, it is not impossible to learn how to eat Diu Diu as a snack.
In the past two days, he didn't waste time, he spent all of it in the training ground, and only 90,000 of his 130,000 spirit energy remained. Athena obeyed his orders and did not interfere with his "sleep". With Diudiu's protection, everything went well, including Athena taking the devil fruit later.
Like the straw that overwhelms a camel, eight times the gravity is really not comparable to the limit represented by four times the gravity. Even if you break through to the evil realm, you will still be struggling without any star power. In the first ten days, you don’t know How much has I suffered. When the training was over and seeing Athena who was sleeping like a peaceful baby after consuming the Devil Fruit, she felt a surge of strength in her body. After eating and resting in a hurry, she devoted herself to the self-abuse training again.
Chen Rui had taken the two black medicines of Eternal Power and Eternal Speed. At that time, the power of the medicine was not fully absorbed. In this high-pressure practice, the medicine accumulated in the body finally fully exerted its effect.
Diu Diu had always been obsessed with Devil Fruits, but since he tasted the barbecue made by Chen Rui, he began to change his taste, and he was even more devoted to the owner. Athena was still hanging the devil fruit tree, but Chen Rui told her that he had managed to hide it, so Athena was relieved.
It took two Wyverns a day and a half to set off from the rainy jungle, and finally arrived at their destination, the Xilang Mountains.
In the rolling Xilang Mountains, there are many high mountains, deep valleys and dangerous valleys, and the area is vast. Going west, you can reach the town of Leia at the border with the Shadow Empire. Xilang Mountain is the largest mountain in the Xilang Mountains, but Xilang Mountain has been controlled by thieves, and the current mining office is located under the remote Lugang Mountain.
When Chen Rui and Athena landed on the two-legged wyverns according to the markings on the magic map, the guards and miners at the entrance of the mining office were all startled.
Since the original mining office was occupied by thieves, today's mining office is actually a temporary simple stone house. Surprised by the wyvern, a leader who looked like a horned demon walked out of the stone house, with several ferocious lines on his face. Leaning on a crutch, seeing Athena jumping off the back of the flying dragon, his eyes gradually showed surprise, he greeted her, and saluted: "You are...Miss Athena!"
"Who are you?" Athena only felt that the limping horned devil looked familiar, but couldn't remember the name for a while.
The horned demon seemed a little excited: "I'm 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 Fiend Empire."
Athena finally recalled it, and said pleasantly: "I remember! You are the death hammer Gade! You even gave me an iron sword!"
"Miss Rarely still remembers me." Gade sighed as he raised his arm that had lost strength and his disabled left leg, "Unfortunately, I am no longer that hammer of death, but the general is sympathetic to his subordinates, let me come Darkmoon has a free job to provide for the elderly... Let’s not talk about this, I heard that Miss Athena came to Darkmoon City three years ago, but unfortunately I have been unable to get away here, I don’t know what the lady came to the mine today?"
"Didn't you receive the magic message from Dark Moon City? It stands to reason that the magic message has been sent since the eldest princess was officially appointed." Athena showed doubts.
Gade shook his head, and replied: "The communication platform here has been destroyed by thieves, and it has been unable to be repaired."
Magic communication is actually equivalent to a wireless communication using communication talismans. A special magic communication station is needed to transmit information in the middle, which is equivalent to the "base station" in Chen Rui's previous world. If the communication station is destroyed, the magic communication talisman within the range will Neither are available.
The magic stations for each line must be set up separately, some are private and some are shared. For example, from the imperial capital to each territory, there are dedicated magic communication stations, and the "base stations" along the way are protected by special personnel.
"So that's it," Athena pointed at Chen Rui, "This time I was ordered by His Royal Highness Xi Ya to protect your new mining officer."
This sentence made everyone's eyes fall on the humans who thought they were Miss Athena's "followers". Although the news was not clear, the challenge of Master Ardas to defeat the genius of the imperial capital has spread to every corner of Dark Moon. Even in remote areas like Xilang Mountain, they have heard of it. This should be the human apprentice of the master, but why did the mere apprentice suddenly become the immediate boss of everyone
Chen Rui was no longer what it used to be, calmly under all eyes, and took out a magic commission signed by Xi Ya himself. While everyone was paying attention to him, Chen Rui was also observing the "soldiers" under him. There were about a dozen guards, composed of horned demons and dark elves. There were not many miners present, and they were all small lemurs and dark goblins. Most of the demons in the world have a common feature, that is, they look listless and listless.
Gade took the commission and looked at it, his brows gradually wrinkled. With his eyesight, he could naturally tell the truth from the fake.
The horned demon glanced at Athena, without any doubts in his heart, and immediately bowed to Chen Rui, and said, "Gade, the guard captain of the Mining Office, has seen the Mining Officer."
The guards and miners were all surprised when they saw Gade salute. It seems that Her Highness the Princess really appointed this weak human being as a mining officer!
Like many people, Gade disapproved of this appointment. How can a human being with no power deserve to lead everyone? However, it is inconvenient for Athena to say more because of Athena's face, so she made a gesture of invitation: "Please come inside Come talk, Connor, go get some food! The rest of you... 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, a few chairs, and a bed behind.
"I'm sorry, Miss, the conditions here are very difficult, there is nothing to entertain, just eat something later." Gade invited the two 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, and then nodded with a complicated expression.
Chen Rui saw it, pondered for a while, and asked: "Gade, we just came here, can you give us a brief introduction of the situation here?"
Gade hesitated for a moment, then began to speak.
Xilang Mountain is extremely rich in mineral deposits, and the mine has a long history. It has always been the largest and most important resource place for Dark Moon. After the turmoil in the Beelzebub royal family that occurred in the dark moon four hundred years ago, the prosperous dark moon began to go into ruin, and many changes occurred in the mines one after another. The underground creatures that were originally sealed suddenly broke through the barrier and occupied The lower layer of the main mine also controls the largest vein area, making mining much more difficult and life-threatening at every turn.
More than a year ago, a powerful gang of red devil thieves appeared again. They not only robbed and killed the caravan sent by Princess Xia, but also harassed the mine from time to time, and sent small teams to occupy the main mine and several newly opened small mines. , and also killed the miners who went to mine.
Now the miners can only mine some cheap open-pit ore under the leadership of Gade while defending against the attacks of thieves. Although the danger is reduced, the income and output are extremely low. The eldest princess once sent sheriff Alan to exterminate the thieves because of the caravan, but was defeated by the thieves twice.
Athena heard that the situation in the mine was so bad, much worse than what she learned from Shia, she frowned and said, "Why didn't you report to Darkmoon City?"
"We have reported countless times," Gade sighed, "but even the army sent by Darkmoon City failed, what else can we do? If Miss didn't come today, I thought Her Highness the Eldest Princess had given up on us gone."
Chen Rui knew that the direct superior of the mining affairs was the financial officer, which was Joseph. Therefore, it was "reasonable" that the limited information reached Xi Ya's ears, and he asked a key question: "The previous mine What's the matter, officer?"
The previous mining officer was Tim from the Saifo family. Gade had a high opinion of Mr. Tim, and his disdain for Chen Rui was faintly revealed in his words. After Tim came to the mine, he made a series of rectification measures, which were quite prestigious. At that time, the main scourge of the mine was underground creatures. Tim brought a group of people to the main mine pit to investigate the situation. All of them disappeared suddenly. They couldn't even find their bodies. They were probably buried in the mouth of monsters.
Chen Rui calculated the time. When Tim was here, Shia hadn't sent a caravan to the west, so there were only sporadic thieves at most. Once the caravan was sent, a powerful gang of thieves appeared correspondingly, which was obviously targeted. After cutting off the commercial road to the west, the target of control was transferred to the mines. It seemed that they wanted to tighten An Yue's neck step by step until she died completely.
The reason why Gade and the others were left with a way out was not because of the kindness of the thieves, but because it was not yet the last moment, and they did not want to attract more attention from Xi Ya. Once a certain time came, Chen Rui could imagine that each The black hand at the place is going to kill at the same time. I am afraid that Xi Ya has the talent of the sky, so he can only sit and wait for death. This is a very careful and vicious plan.
"I am here this time, and there is a task assigned by Master Aldas." Chen Rui changed his mind, and said the most important purpose of this trip, "Master is now experimenting with a strange potion, which needs that waste The crystal powder on the mine, can you take me to see it?"
"Waste ore? Crystal powder?" Gade frowned and thought, and then he realized: "You are talking about the thing attached to the iron ore, right? The crystal is very troublesome, and it is difficult to remove it, let alone get rid of it And this kind of waste ore with crystals is only found in the main mine of Xilang Mountain, and it is now under the control of the thieves."
Chen Rui asked again without giving up: "Where are the former abandoned mines?"
Gade replied: "The waste mines are all piled up in the waste mine room. The waste mine room is located in a corner of the upper floor of the main mine pit. Now the output is too small. Several people once stole the waste mines and transported them back to the city together. Spotted by thieves, he was killed."
Chen Rui frowned. Zach had mentioned this matter before, but he never thought that the real situation was even worse. Every piece of the abandoned mines transformed in the blacksmith's shop in Darkmoon City was stained with the blood of the miners!