The triangular rhino walked slowly. Chen Rui and Athena were both thinking about something and kept silent. The atmosphere seemed strange for a moment.
"Athena," Chen Rui's question broke the awkward atmosphere: "I am a human being. I know almost nothing about the demon world. Now I am also a member of Dark Moon City. I really want to know about the Fallen Angel Empire. Can you tell me?"
This request was normal. Athena explained without hesitation.
Originally, there were seven royal families in the demon world. After countless battles and eliminations, three royal families were left. They are the Lucifer royal family that controls the Fallen Angel Empire, the Mammon royal family that controls the Blood Evil Empire, and the Asmodeus royal family that controls the Shadow Empire. The three empires of the demon world have been rising and falling, and have been standing on equal footing for tens of thousands of years.
The barrier between the human world and the demon world weakens every five hundred years, which is the beginning of the war between the two worlds. Emperor Bai Ye · Lucifer of the Fallen Angel Empire is the strongest in the demon world and is respected by all parties. In the war with humans more than 300 years ago, he served as the commander of the demon coalition and killed three powerful humans with his own hands, which once gave the demon army hope to return to the bright world on the ground. However, Emperor Bai Ye was suddenly killed by a mysterious strong man, resulting in a leaderless group. The demon army was eventually defeated and forced to withdraw to the demon world.
After the death of Emperor Bai Ye, Crown Prince Green · Lucifer was too young to handle government affairs. The two foreign enemies, the Blood Evil Empire and the Shadow Empire, were eyeing him covetously. The Fallen Angel Empire was temporarily in trouble both internally and externally.
At this time, Bai Ye's younger brother, Green's uncle Prince Hei Yao, stepped forward and temporarily took over government affairs, known as the Regent. Although Prince Hei Yao's strength and military talent were far inferior to Emperor Bai Ye, he had excellent political means. He used his brother's heroic sacrifice for the demons as an excuse and Bai Ye's remaining prestige in the demon world to sign a non-aggression agreement with the Blood Evil Empire and the Shadow Empire.
However, after Prince Obsidian solved the external crisis, he did not return the power to his nephew Green, but took the power alone, excluded dissidents, and was about to replace him. However, since Prince Obsidian did not get the recognition of the Lucifer clan's artifact "Sword of the Fallen Angel", and Emperor Bai Ye had a very high prestige in the army, two of the three generals of the empire supported Prince Green, so Prince Obsidian could only continue to bear the title of regent, but confiscated his nephew's Sword of the Fallen Angel, and enfeoffed him to the desolate Dark Moon Territory, secretly sending people to monitor and control him.
The Dark Moon Territory has a dangerous environment, scarce resources, rampant thieves, and many terrible demon creatures in the territory, which cannot grow and develop at all. Green died in this adversity, leaving behind two daughters in his later years, the eldest princess Xia and the little princess Alice.
Shia was influenced by Green's idea of regaining the throne since she was a child, and she developed a cold and persevering character. She was calm and decisive in her actions. Unlike her relatively weak father, she had the style of her grandfather, Emperor Bai Ye. She took over Dark Moon City at the age of sixteen, and immediately adopted a series of measures to establish her prestige and govern Dark Moon City in an orderly manner.
But even if Shia was talented and ambitious, she could not fundamentally change the poor situation of Dark Moon Territory. After Green's death, another imperial general turned to the Obsidian Regent, and the only military force supporting Dark Moon was the first general George Wells, who was Athena's father.
General George is now guarding the northern border, the Valok Fortress bordering the Blood Evil Empire. Three years ago, Athena came to Dark Moon City at the instruction of her father, which was equivalent to showing the outside world that General George continued to support the prince's lineage.
Over the years, Prince Obsidian has been studying the Sword of the Fallen Angel, which originally belonged to Xia. Once he can unlock the mystery of the artifact and get the recognition of the artifact, he can become a true emperor. At that time, even the opposition led by General George can only express his submission.
"It is not easy for Her Highness Xia. She almost supports the Dark Moon Territory on her own." Athena sighed: "The Crown Prince is very strict with her. She has always been under great pressure and gradually developed a cold character. Even Alice is afraid of her. But according to Alice, the eldest princess was actually very gentle when she was a child..."
Chen Rui only then realized that the situation of Dark Moon City was so unfavorable. He suddenly remembered that if the Regent Obsidian figured out the Sword of the Fallen Angel and launched a war against Dark Moon, no one could guarantee whether the poisonous dragon was safe. Once it was exposed, Lord Pagliu might become the trophy of the dragon slayer, and Chen Rui would be finished. It seems that at least we have to help the poisonous dragon unlock the lock of light and darkness first, and then find a safe territory to settle down. At present, it is not clear what the super system is capable of, so we can only sacrifice our appearance to rely on Athena's power.
Chen Rui calculated while asking questions: "I heard Master Aldass say that the royal family has special blood talents. I wonder what talents the Lucifer royal family has?"
Athena replied: "I once heard my father say that the higher the level of awakening of the royal family, the more and stronger talents can be used. The most powerful talent of the Lucifer family is the heart of light and darkness, which can devour all power, even the light power of human beings is no exception. There are also black flames and holy light wings. Back then, Emperor Bai Ye relied on these three powers to defeat the demon world and was invincible. Even the strongest person in the demon world today, Emperor Lei Zen of the Blood Evil Empire, can only bow down to him."
When Athena mentioned Emperor Bai Ye, her face was full of admiration. Chen Rui thought to himself that this girl really worshipped violence. If she really used the beauty trap as Pagliu said, he would probably not be able to please her. He calmly asked, "Besides this, do you have any other talents, such as... mind reading?"
"Mind reading?" Athena was not expecting him and shook her head decisively, "Impossible. The Lucifer family only has three bloodline talents. This is a well-known fact in the demon world."
Chen Rui finally understood that the mind reading that Alice talked about was actually a bluff. It turned out that the frog crawled on the foot. It didn't bite, but it scared people!
After thinking about it, he decided not to expose Alice, otherwise this loli would come up with some tricks. As for the pit of Honghuang, he would slowly find a way to fill it.
"Athena, my questions may violate the taboos of the royal family. Please keep it secret, especially don't tell the little princess."
"No problem! I will never tell!" After talking with Chen Rui recently, Athena's psychological burden was relieved a lot. Hearing this, she habitually patted her chest, and her heart was suddenly surging, which almost made a normal man's eyes shake.
The two continued to talk, and Chen Rui got a lot of useful information from Athena. The power level of the demon clan can be divided into low-level demons, middle-level demons, high-level demons, demon kings, great demon kings, demon emperors, demon emperors, and demon lords from low to high.
Each level is equivalent to a watershed. There is not only a huge difference in power, but also a certain level of suppression. For example, it is difficult for a middle-level demon to exert the strongest combat power in front of a high-level demon.
Although there is no level suppression between the same level, there are also differences in power. For example, an old high-level demon who has reached the peak power can at least defeat ten high-level demons who have just advanced.
The Demon Lord is the highest realm in legend. It is said that the power can make the gods afraid, but it has never been heard that a demon can become a Demon Lord. Three hundred years ago, the White Night Emperor was extremely talented and brilliant. He practiced to the peak realm of the Demon Emperor and was one step away from becoming a Demon Lord. Unfortunately, he died in the war with humans.
Now the Blood Evil Empire's Lei Zen Emperor and the Shadow Empire's Catherine Emperor are both veteran Demon Emperors. There are also many strong men under their command, but none of them can compare to the level of the White Night Emperor in those days. Even for strong men of the same level, due to their talents and abilities, there are still many gaps in strength. The strongest man of the Fallen Angel Empire, Prince Obsidian, has reached the peak of the Demon Emperor, but compared with the other two emperors who are also peak Demon Emperors, his strength is more than one level inferior. Perhaps after obtaining the power of the artifact Fallen Angel Sword, he can truly compete with the other two countries in strength.
Athena herself is a great demon clan, also known as the sickle demon. The sickle demon is a natural strong warrior who is good at using various weapons, not just the signature sickle. Athena is proficient in swordsmanship. At the age of 19, she has reached the peak level of the middle-level demon, only a step away from the high-level. In the eyes of the demons, she is a very outstanding genius.
Not every demon can cultivate all the way to the top. For example, the upper limit of the sickle demon is the high-level demon, and the small inferior demon will linger at the low level for life unless some rare mutation occurs.
Chen Rui's performance in the face of the poisonous dragon made Athena look at him differently, and the communication with him became smoother. She felt that although this human was not strong, his courage and wisdom were worthy of respect, and he was not the kind of annoying type.
"Athena..." Alice's lazy voice interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Alice!" Athena helped Alice up in surprise, "You're awake!"
"Where are we?" Alice wiped her hazy eyes, "The picnic seems not over yet."
"It's over. You and Jia fell asleep while listening to the story. I took you on the tricorn and are returning to Dark Moon City."
Alice recalled for a while, and it seemed to be like this. She stretched and said to Chen Rui: "You tell good stories. This princess orders you to tell me one every day. And the barbecue..."
Chen Rui quickly said that he really couldn't think of it - today's Snow White is pitiful enough, and he can't toss other characters anymore.
Athena also agreed: "Alice, that story is meaningless, let Chen Rui make the Kongming lock again."
"Athena, you call him 'Chen Rui'? Haven't you always called him 'human'?" Alice looked suspicious, "I remember you like listening to stories, and you were very enthusiastic when you started telling Snow White, why now..."
The little girl looked up and down at Chen Rui and Athena, and narrowed her eyes: "There is a problem, there must be a problem!"
Alice's sensitivity made Chen Rui feel a little scared, and Athena was even more guilty. The little girl asked again: "Athena, where is your sword?"
Athena looked regretful and lowered her head : "I saw a flying dragon flying by earlier, and I used a cross whirlwind to scare it away. As a result, the sword fell into the Blue Wave Lake. Even if it was fished out, it would be useless."
Although Athena did not tell the truth, her regret for the sword was definitely not fake. Alice knew that she had a killer move of throwing a big sword. Without doubt, two clear eyes fell on Chen Rui's face: "I don't remember how I fell asleep. Was I poisoned?"
Chen Rui was sweating profusely after hearing this. He took a sip of the water bottle to cover up his nervousness: If he was not quite confident in the toxicity and strength of the poisonous dragon, he would still suspect that Alice had been pretending to sleep. This little girl's reasoning ability was too terrible.
Alice's voice suddenly rose: "Chen Rui! You must have coveted the beauty of this princess and put drugs in the barbecue with ill intentions. As a result, Athena found out, and you used the reputation of the Lucifer royal family as a threat to force Athena to keep it secret or even succumb to your power, right?"
"Shh!" Chen Rui almost choked on a mouthful of water before he could swallow it - the previous evaluation was wrong! This little Loli's reasoning ability is not terrible, but it is earth-shattering and soul-stirring!
Athena was also shocked by Alice's powerful assumptions, but she was accustomed to the personality of this friend and was relieved. Chen Rui finally stopped coughing and was about to speak when he saw Alice with a sad look on her face. She touched her belly and said, "Oh my God, will I get pregnant with a human child?"
Chen Rui had no time to criticize Alice's superficial acting skills. He was directly shocked by the lines and fell to the ground, vomiting three liters of blood.
Athena had already carried Jia, who had not yet woken up, to the back of another tricornus, pretending not to have heard.
Alice was still feeling sorry for herself: "When the child grows up and asks who his father is, how should I answer?"