Chapter 1179: Courtesy First before Force
Chapter 1179: Courtesy First before Force
Soon after, Chen Rui and the 3 others appeared in the palace of the Holy Spirit Summit.
Although it was not the first time Chen Rui came to this palace, he still felt the grandeur and luxury of this palace.
From the ceiling to the ground, every inch was made of priceless materials. Even without counting other decorations or treasures, the entire palace alone was equivalent to a huge treasure. However, just like the preferences of many dragons, this style was still too ‘Nouveau riche’. It was as if all 10 fingers were covered with rings, for fear that others did not know that they were rich. If there was an elf who was proficient in art and subtle beauty, he would definitely pick out countless faults with this ‘vulgar’ palace full of ‘bronze stink’.
It was a pity that Lalaria was not an elf. From the moment she entered the palace, her eyes were full of shining black crystal coins. Because she didn’t fulfill her promise to marry Chen Rui, Lala Loli’s property was frozen by her father Auglas long ago, plummeting from tall, rich, handsome directly to the short, poor, flat loser dragon. In Lala Loli’s own words, she could only ‘stay under someone’s else house’. In fact, she was living a happy life in the Dark Moon where she ate and drank for free every day, plus she also harassed beauties from time to time.
After finally getting a treasure map, the outcome almost caused the sisters to die together. In the end, it was still that damned human who came to save her. Therefore, she owed him more favors. Now seeing this palace full of black crystal coins, her eyes even popped out.
After all, Lala Loli still had a little self-control. If it was Olypheus, maybe Ms. Black Dragon would immediately stay on the floor and enjoy the feeling of sleeping in a pile of money.
Walking into the hall, Chen Rui saw Pagris, the ruler of the Dragon Valley.
This Sir Dragon Emperor was sitting on the throne in the middle with the elders of the Dragon Valley standing on both sides. It was not the first time Chen Rui met these elders. Compared with the last time the elder council, although many people were absent, they seemed to be all there – Stanwell, Pelin, including the Old Querondit, a dragon potion grand master who once wanted to learn from Chen Rui, were all present.
“Royal Majesty Pagris, we meet again.” Chen Rui lowered his head slightly to express courtesy.
The elders were taken aback, because this kind of etiquette was only used by peers of the same level or status. The attitude of this human last time was not like this. At least, he bowed.
This move also surprised and frightened Meria. She knew Pagris’ character very well. He seemed casual, but he was arrogant and scheming. Although he didn’t know why his son-in-law, who had always been wise, suddenly became so rude, this kind of move would definitely upset Dragon Emperor.
Pagris wasn’t too surprised or dissatisfied, because he had already learned from Stanwell the truth about the last battle at the canonization ceremony of the Holy Light Mountain. The human being in front of me, Meria’s son-in-law, is actually able to ‘fight’ 1 of the 3 supreme angels, the veteran peak stage of the Pseudo-God Raphael!
According to Stanwell, this person easily defeated the 8-winged angel Camael as ‘Arthur’. Later on, in front of Raphael, he dispelled the formation of ancient runes near the canonization platform and took 1 imprisoned woman away calmly. Raphael not only failed to capture him, but also he almost suffered a big loss due to carelessness.
Judging from the depicted situation, the strength gap between the 2 sides is quite obvious. ‘Arthur’ also admitted that he was far from Raphael’s opponent, but it is certain that ‘Arthur’ is definitely not Demi-God, but Pseudo-God!
Analyzing in terms of strength level, even if there is a special secret treasure or secret technique, it is almost impossible for the early stage of the Pseudo-God to escape from the hands of the peak stage of the Pseudo-God; if it is the peak stage Pseudo-God, there should not be such a disparity. Therefore, his strength is probably similar to my current level, which is intermediate stage Pseudo-God — If he made use of Raphael’s contemptuous mentality plus the secret treasures, Pagris would also have the confidence to escape from Raphael.
Although he didn’t know if ‘Richard’ deliberately hid his strength when he was in the Dragon Valley or if his strength didn’t recover for some reason, in any case, the human who appeared in front of him now was a comparable opponent.
“Sir Richard, let’s call you that. I’m glad to see you again.” Pagris smiled as he also lowered his head slightly in return of the courtesy, “Come on, take a seat.”
Pagris’ attitude moved the elders again. The Royal Majesty Dragon Emperor actually recognized the other party’s etiquette!
The fastest responder was Stanwell. He immediately came in front of Chen Rui and set up a chair at a position more than 10 meters below the steps of the Dragon Emperor’s throne. Judging from the decoration and specifications of the chair, it was actually only slightly inferior to the throne. It seemed that it was usually used to entertain distinguished guests of a certain level.
Chen Rui nodded to Stanwell, “Elder Stanwell, thank you for bringing us to the Flaring Sun Volcano last time.”
Last time in Dragon Horn City, Catherine had a conflict with Stanwell because of a misunderstanding while carrying Duoduo. Later, Stanwell took Chen Rui and his companions to the Flaring Sun Volcano, which saved Duoduo a lot of precious time.
Thinking of the misunderstanding last time, Stanwell blushed a little. He bowed and returned to Pagris without saying anything.
After Chen Rui sat down, Pagris looked at Alice and Lalaria, “Why don’t you introduce these 2 beautiful ladies from another world first?”
This sentence revealed the origins of the 2 women. Chen Rui knew that the holy dragon had a special sensing talent for dark elements. Ordinary equipment could not even block this talent. This was also the reason why Karru sensed a strong dark element breath from Lalaria before. Not to mention Pagris’ eyesight, Isabella was seen through even wearing the secret treasure Evil Blue Tear back then.
Alice was not a girl who had never seen a big scene. Before Chen Rui could speak, she had already walked up, gracefully performing the etiquette of the Demon Realm’s noble families, “The Demon Realm’s Fallen Angel Empire First Princess and lord of the Dark Moon Estate, Alice. Lucifer pays respect to Royal Majesty Pagris.”
“Although I’m in the human world, I have also heard the dragons who have returned from training talk about the name of the Dark Moon Estate. I never thought that Princess Royal Highness would be the lord of the largest estate in the Demon Realm at such a young age. It’s amazing.” Pagris’ eyes fell on Lalaria, “So, what about this… Ms. Black Dragon?”
Black dragon! If Alice claimed to be from the ‘Demon Realm’ before already had the elders whispering secretly, then the word ‘black dragon’ that Pagris pointed out made the whispers a lot louder.
The black dragon is the recognized enemy of the holy dragon family. There are almost no black dragons in the human world. Today that ‘Richard’ actually brought a black dragon into the palace of the Holy Spirit Summit openly!
“Since I have to introduce myself in this kind of place, then I have to be more serious. After all, I am the old man’s daughter…” Lalaria’s tone changed. Her whole person actually showed a completely different intimidating temperament from the usual idleness. She met the Dragon Emperor’s scrutiny without showing any weakness, “Demon Realm’s the Dragon Island inheritor, the daughter of the current Dragon Emperor Auglas, Lalaria. Sierrasalomekre.”
This black dragon girl is actually the next Dragon Emperor of the Demon Realm! The elders suddenly became restless.
The giant dragon of the Demon Realm was called the fallen dragon by the human world. The Dragon Island and the Dragon Valley were naturally irreconcilable. The future Dragon Emperor of the Demon Realm actually comes to the Dragon Valley of the human world. Does this mean a war is going to break out?
“Hey, hey... old men over there. Don’t mutter. I didn’t mean to break in to start a war or something.” After Lalaria finished speaking, she returned to her carefree look and pointed at Chen Rui confidently, “I am here today with this guy. If you want to make trouble, beat him first.”
“Madam Lalaria, you seem to have become a lot more cunning.” Chen Rui gave Lala Loli a strange look.
“Of course, who am I? Oh Hohoho…”
With a wave of Pagris’ hand, the restlessness of the elders suddenly fell silent. The Dragon Emperor looked at Lalaria with great interest, “Interesting! Your Highness Lalaria is right. Now is not the time to start a war. Your Highness is admirable in terms of strength, courage, and temperament. Give seats for the 2 Royal Highnesses.”
As a result, there were 2 more seats with a lower specification next to Chen Rui.
“Sir Richard, you have given me a big blow by coming here. You have more people sitting on your side than mine.” Pagris said to Chen Rui with a smile, “You abducted our Dragon Valley’s top genius Elder Zola for such a long time. Don’t tell me this time is just to visit Elder Meria… or me, the self-assertive old friend?”
“To be frank, Your Majesty, this time I came to the Dragon Valley specially to ask for a favor.”
“Please say.”
“I have a wife who has some health problems and is in urgent need of golden dragon saliva flower. I heard that Your Majesty’s Queen, Her Highness Sophia has 1, so I came here to seek Your Majesty’s help with this.”
“Golden dragon saliva flower?” Pagris seemed a little surprised. He thought for a while, “This… I’m afraid I can’t help sir.”
Chen Rui frowned, “Your Majesty, this golden dragon saliva flower is very important to me. I’m willing to pay any price.”
“It’s not about the cost.” Pagris shook his head, “It’s about Sophia… Anyway, I’m sorry.”
This was clearly a refusal attitude. Before Chen Rui could speak, Lalaria on the other side had already let out a cold snort in dissatisfaction, “Why are you haggling with him so much? Just one sentence is enough: If you don’t hand it over, we’ll destroy the Dragon Valley!”
As soon as these words were uttered, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became suffocating. The Dragon Emperor’s eyes were burning with frightening flames as he stared closely at Chen Rui’s face, “Is this your attitude?”
Although the words were spoken by Lalaria, Lalaria’s power is only at the Demi-God. She would absolutely not dare to court death like this. She must have been instructed by ‘Richard’.
Chen Rui was silent for a moment, “Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, even if we are not real friends, we are partners in multiple aspects. Whether it is magic games, magic phone, or aromatic millet wine… plus Aunt Meria and Uncle Span are Zola’s parents, and also my relatives. I’m willing to exchange the golden dragon saliva flower with items of equivalent or greater value, including artifacts, black potions, or more commercial items… But, if these still can’t satisfy Your Majesty’s appetite, then, sorry, I do not rule out taking it by force.”
After all, the golden dragon saliva flower was the treasure of the Dragon Valley. Moreover, considering Zola’s parents and the relationship with the Dragon Valley in the past, Chen Rui didn’t want to threaten them with force, but he showed courtesy first before force.
After saying the last sentence, Pagris’ facial expression finally changed. Meria and Gueroas were startled, and the elders were also moved. Is this ‘Richard’ looking for death? He actually provoked the Dragon Emperor in the Dragon Valley!
Pagris slowly stood up from the throne, and the power of Pseudo-God spread out, “Well said. I heard that you escaped successfully from Raphael’s hands. I want to see it today.”
Escaped from the hands of Raphael? Except for Stanwell, the elders including Meria were shocked. No wonder the Royal Majesty Dragon Emperor had to treat ‘Richard’ with that kind of courtesy just now.
Pagris’ eyes fell on Chen Rui’s left hand, “Your hand seems to have a problem. I will not take advantage of you, so I will only use one hand or wait for you to recover…”
“Stop being so self-righteous. This guy can easily strangle you with one hand.” Lalaria continued to speak in a calm manner. This sentence almost set the entire hall on fire.
TL: Well said, at least it quicken up the process…
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