Chen Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Athena land safely. He walked up and frowned, saying, "It was too dangerous just now. Even if it was a demonstration, you don't have to do that."
Athena suddenly felt a little happy when she saw his nervous look, and smiled, "What are you afraid of? Come up and try it. I'll teach you. The back of this horned beast is very long, and it can carry two people."
Chen Rui originally watched Athena flying the horned beast in the sky from the ground, and thought it should not be difficult. He asked her some tips and planned to start the formal test flight.
Who knows that you will know after a try, theory and practice are completely different. It was not easy to get the horned beast to squat down obediently, and ride on it. The horned beast stood up and started running. The speed of personal experience was much faster than watching from the side. Chen Rui, who was too nervous, grabbed the feathers of the horned beast with his hands and pulled off two feathers. The whole person's center of gravity was unstable and he fell backwards suddenly.
Athena behind him was not very close to him, keeping a little distance. She did not expect such a change to happen. She could not dodge and was knocked into his arms. She instinctively used her hands to support her center of gravity to prevent both of them from falling.
Athena was dressed in a short robe today. She happened to be not wearing leather armor and did not carry the big sword. Chen Rui only felt that his head touched the space between two tall, soft and warm masses. A faint feminine fragrance came from his nose. With a "rub", his head instantly felt congested. Athena was also stunned for a moment. How could the horned winged beast know so much? It was in pain after two feathers were pulled off, and it ran faster and faster.
Because the horned winged beast was too fast and had strong inertia, Chen Rui had no time to explain. He could only rely on his head to support the center of gravity between the two masses, and at the same time desperately grasped something that could stabilize his body and not fall. The horned winged beast finally flew into the sky.
A certain flying rookie finally recovered, and heard Athena's gritted teeth behind him: "Asshole, what do you want to do! Don't let go!"
Chen Rui then realized that not only was his head resting on two plump hemispheres, but one hand was also tightly grasping the other's surprisingly elastic thigh. Athena's face was flushed. It was the first time she was touched so closely by the opposite sex, and even buried her head in that place! Although the wind was strong at high altitude, the warmth and breath of the man still made the usually carefree female swordsman feel a strange tremor.
Chen Rui wanted to cry but had no tears: This was definitely just an accident! I really didn't mean it!
He really didn't have any thoughts of being worse than beasts about Athena, but it was impossible to say that he had no reaction to this ambiguous posture and this strong touch, unless he was worse than beasts...
"I'm sorry!" Chen Rui said, but he didn't dare to let go, for fear that he would lose balance and fall down if he let go. He could only move his head slowly, but he didn't expect that this would cause Athena greater stimulation. He could clearly sense the intense heartbeat coming from the proud towering figure, and his own heartbeat was also speeding up.
"You bastard!" Athena's face was red and almost bleeding. Now they were in mid-air, and she was afraid that he would fall. She supported the weight of both of them with one hand, and slowly freed the other hand to slowly lift his back forward, finally leaving that fatal part.
Chen Rui, who had returned to his normal posture, was very embarrassed. Although it was not intentional, the erotic feeling just now was really unforgettable. Just as he was about to apologize, he heard Athena shout: "Stop talking nonsense, it's in the air now! If you don't want to die, learn to fly first!"
Chen Rui reluctantly removed the two plump and warm touches from his mind and began to concentrate on learning to control the horned beast. Because he was a novice, the command and the execution of the beast could not be consistent, and the horned beast could not always make the correct action according to his mind. When he was worried, he suddenly remembered: the accident just now happened too suddenly, and he actually forgot to use the Eye of Analysis!
Chen Rui immediately opened the Eye of Analysis, approached the ear of the horned beast, and began to communicate. The wisdom of the horned beast was not very high. After promising a lot of food and the like, humans quickly got its approval.
Gradually, Athena's shame and anger turned into surprise. In a short period of time, Chen Rui, the previously clumsy flying rookie, could now control the horned beast relatively freely! She didn't care about being angry about what happened just now. She emphasized the key points and corrected his mistakes.
After flying a few circles, the horned beast landed steadily under Chen Rui's command.
Chen Rui noticed that in the Eye of Analysis, Athena's comprehensive strength was shown as E. Like him, it was obvious that Athena was not Joseph's opponent. I remember Athena herself said that she had reached the peak level of the intermediate demon. According to Pagliu's evaluation, the Gang Realm was likely equivalent to the intermediate demon, but the same intermediate demon had a huge gap in strength. At least for now, he was far from Athena's opponent.
Athena saw that Chen Rui no longer needed to be accompanied, and suggested that he try to ride alone. With the previous lesson, coupled with good communication with the horned beast, Chen Rui finally flew the magic beast into the sky by himself.
He excitedly drove the horned beast in the air, looking down at the scenery of the earth, and he almost had the urge to sing a song. Now he tried the flying essentials that Athena described, and it was really handy.
Athena witnessed Chen Rui driving the horned beast in the sky at will like a veteran for many years, and making a series of movements freely. She almost thought she was dazzled.
Could this guy have been pretending from the beginning? Deliberately trying to take advantage? However, from the current situation, it is clear that he is adapting and becoming proficient step by step, and correcting some common mistakes she pointed out at the beginning. It seems that humans are indeed flying for the first time, but this ability to learn and adapt... is too terrifying!
What is even more unbelievable is the most difficult level of beast control - communication ability, but this difficulty is not a problem for Chen Rui at all. The man and the beast seem to have been partners for many years, and their cooperation is getting more and more tacit, faintly reaching the state of "man-beast unity" that only beast control masters have.
"This guy..." Athena rubbed her chest, which still felt a little strange, and felt her heartbeat a little faster, and her face was slightly hot.
Chen Rui rode the horned beast to satisfy his desire to fly, and then slowly landed. Athena walked up to him, looked him up and down for a while, and nodded: "I have to admit that your talent in beast taming far exceeds mine, and there is no problem participating in the competition. But you have only mastered some basic flying skills now, and the real test is in actual combat. It's a pity that it's almost dark, and there is no time for more special training. In any case, even if you have a comprehensive plan, you must not be careless tomorrow."
Although the female swordsman's face was very tense and her words were cold, Chen Rui still heard the concern in her words. He took out two sugar pills apologetically and said: "By the way, this is the antidote I asked the poisonous dragon for today. The drug effect can last for three months, and you don't have to go every seven days in the future. The little princess has already eaten it. You take one first, and then let Jia take one. I will find a way to completely detoxify as soon as possible."
Athena must not accompany him to the special training in the future, so he simply extended the validity of the "antidote" to save trouble.
Athena is not only his friend, but also the daughter of the first general of the empire, Alice's best friend, and the object of the eldest princess's attention. In order to prevent the allies of the symbiotic contract from being threatened with life, it is also equivalent to protecting his own life. This little lie can only continue.
Unless... he really "gets it" as Pagliu planned, but Chen Rui has already decided to give up this plan. He didn't want to deceive Athena in the first place, and now he has power. In the future, he should be able to go to the Night Wetland alone, and he doesn't need to get along with Athena with the mentality of using her.
However, Athena is beautiful, cheerful, generous and enthusiastic. It is reasonable for Chen Rui to have a good impression of her, but he currently has no extra energy to focus on this. As for the little lie of poisoning, wait until Pagliu removes the lock of light and darkness, and then apologize to her.
Seeing Athena silently taking the sugar pill, Chen Rui knew that she was still angry, and quickly apologized: "What happened just now..."
At this moment, the analysis state that had not yet disappeared in the vision suddenly changed, and Athena's original E-level strength instantly rose to D. Chen Rui was surprised to see that Athena's skin had turned light red, and there were horns on her head. Before he could react, he was thrown to the ground with a similar back bridge fall.
Chen Rui was surprised, but Athena's strength was controlled very cleverly. The seemingly fierce and swift action actually only made his body land lightly on the ground, without hurting his head and neck.
Then, something unexpected happened.
Athena flew into the air with her back to Chen Rui, and her head and back hit his chest when she fell. Fortunately, she had returned to her normal state at this time, otherwise the two curved horns on her head would have caused Chen Rui a big loss. Even so, someone's chest still felt strongly stuffy and almost suffocated, but he finally resisted the urge to use star power.
Athena slammed the back of her head against Chen Rui's chest, and then she reached out her hand and touched his thigh several times, or more accurately, twisted it several times, then she jumped up, clapped her hands vigorously, and said viciously: "Okay! We are even! You must not tell Alice or anyone else about what happened today! Otherwise, I will never let you go!" Chen Rui stared in amazement at Athena leading the horned winged beast away in a swagger, and forgot to get up for a moment - too tough! She actually used this method... I thought Athena was getting easier to get along with, but I didn't expect... Could it be that the little princess's dark aura always made me ignore Athena's "power"? Just like Pippen hiding beside Michael Jordan? No, this metaphor is too ridiculous, then what about Yang Paifeng beside Mu Guiying? Not good, far-fetched... Chen Rui's mind was in a state of intense confusion. He breathed in the faint fragrance left in his chest, and his thoughts flew involuntarily. The only feeling he could be sure of was the two soft and elastic warmth in the air.
In fact, Chen Rui didn't know that when Athena turned around and left, her ears were already red.
If someone was on the other side now, they would definitely not believe that the blushing girl in front of them was Athena, the female devil who was famous for her strength in Dark Moon City.
"No! The man I, Athena, like must be stronger than me!" Athena kept reminding herself in her heart, her cheeks still burning.