Chapter 11 - Double Seal! Dragon Inscriptions and Wetland Treasures
"You're overestimating me. I don't have such capability," Chen Rui said, shaking his head.
"I still need to acquire her mind and body. If she hacks with that greatsword, everything will be gone," Paglio added.
"Don't underestimate your guile and viciousness, my partner," Paglio smiled. "Before that, I will use a small trick to prevent her from leaking our secret. However, from the performance of the woman just now, this trick won't last long. So, you have to find a way to get her heart. Her strength and potential aren't bad. She might be a good guarantee for your survival. You must know that our lives are connected, so I am also taking care of myself."
"Guile, viciousness... are those compliments?" Chen Rui asked, dumbfounded.
"Don't worry, we are now two grasshoppers tied on the same string. I'll try my best," Chen Rui replied.
"Grasshopper? Is that a powerful creature in the primeval age?" the poison dragon asked curiously.
"However, women are definitely hard to deal with. The one who is proficient in ancient runes was a woman that I offended," Paglio said.
Paglio continued, sharing his past experience. Chen Rui's imagination ran wild, thinking that Paglio had abused and ditched the woman, or even attempted to rape her.
Paglio was powerful, cunning, and notorious. His poison could cause widespread disasters, and several empires dared not provoke him. As a dragon, Paglio had a common trait of obsessing over accumulating wealth. His greed for treasure was extremely strong.
In a battle for treasure, Paglio teamed up with the Fairy Dragon, Laura, to kill their nemesis, Blue Dragon, Ranieri, and recreated Ranieri's ally, Crystal Dragon, Jacob. However, after defeating his nemesis, Paglio couldn't resist his powerful greed for the treasure and temporarily betrayed the agreement of joint research.
Paglio backstabbed Laura and stole the treasure. The furious Laura began to chase the Poison Dragon madly. The Fairy Dragon was born to be a powerful magician and scholar, and the hard-to-pronounce dragon language magic was as simple as yawning for them. Laura was one of the best, mastering ancient runes.
The cunning Paglio knew he couldn't win against Laura. Afraid that his treasure would be lost, he hid it in a secret base in the Silent Night Wetland. He set up multiple traps and forged a series of illusions in another cave to puzzle the Fairy Dragon.
Paglio escaped Laura's pursuit but ran into another terrifying man. The man's power and poison were like child's play compared to Paglio's, and he was quickly subdued.
To the surprise of the poison dragon, the man's objective was actually the treasure. Paglio pretended to surrender, promised to hand over the treasure, and brought the man to his "secret" cave.
The inner cave was a mess, with scattered gold coins and gems on the ground, as if it had been plundered by someone. The tricks Paglio used to baffle Laura initially finally came into use.
After the man failed to find anything, he used ancient runes to seal Paglio in the blue lake. Four hundred years ago, when the uninformed Lord of Midnight Sun led the army to attack the Dark Moon, he also cast the seal of
There was a strange interaction between the two seals, which made Paglio wake up earlier. Currently, the Poison Dragon had two seals:
Chen Rui was shocked to hear that someone could easily capture and seal a strong individual like the poison dragon. Without the ancient runes, the Poison Dragon could have slowly broken free from the seal of
Thus, the situation was dire. What Paglio wanted Chen Rui to do was:
First, go to the secret base at the Silent Night Wetland to find the treasure to dispel the
Second, find the whereabouts of the Fairy Dragon Laura and make a deal with her to dispel the seal.
Paglio was particularly cautious about this. "You have to find two things in the Silent Night Wetland. The first one is a fist-sized crimson crystal. Its appearance is similar to an eye, called the Eye of Sauron. With my suppressed power, I have to rely on it to get rid of
Chen Rui memorized in his heart. Looking at the Poison Dragon, who finished his last sentence with a bitter expression, Chen Rui smiled, "Don't worry, Brother Poison Dragon, I will not take any of your treasures."
This dragon still seemed to not understand the logic of give and take, he couldn't ask someone to help without giving a reward. However, this guy was also extremely obsessed with wealth. He was really an epitome of wanting money over life, so he was being sealed as the result.
"Are all dragons so vigorous?" Chen Rui wondered.
Paglio's expression turned annoyed. "Not take anything? I bet you want to take everything right! Don't think that I can't see your greed and deceit. Now, I doubt that you are a dragon in human form."
Paglio continued, "I can give you 20% of the treasure, but don't be too happy. The Silent Night Wetland isn't that easy to enter. With your current strength, I'm afraid that you will become the food of the demonic beasts before you could reach its surroundings. So, you should make Athena yours as soon as possible and let her accompany you. Not only that, you also need to learn the Dragon Inscription. As I set up countless inscription traps in the secret base, even if a giant dragon forcibly breaks in, it will only suffer. The traps will even destroy all the treasures inside."
No wonder Paglio repeatedly stressed for Chen Rui to court Athena; it turned out that he actually had such plans. The Dragon Inscriptions was a unique skill of the dragon, similar to the magic circle but with higher difficulty and power. Paglio was quite proficient in this.
"Dragon Inscription?" Chen Rui was already nervous about learning English in college. Now he knew it was another foreign language, he couldn't help but say, "Don't have to be so troublesome. You just need to tell me where the traps are, then I'll just go around them."
Paglio's face turned red. "That's the key. Because my memory isn't that good, especially now that I just woke up. I can't remember a lot of things clearly, including the inscription traps at the Silent Night Wetland."
Chen Rui rolled his eyes after listening. Fortune fell from the sky was indeed difficult to get. It seemed that he had to learn this foreign language reluctantly.
However, since the risk increased, the distribution of the treasures should be altered.
Athena saw Chen Rui and Paglio shaking their heads and arguing intensely. As she couldn't hear anything, she guessed that the despicable Poison Dragon was compelling the brave human to accept certain harsh conditions.
After a long time, Paglio and Chen Rui stopped arguing.
"You'll get 40% and I'll get 60%. That's it!" Paglio declared. "It's decided. Don't challenge my patience anymore!"
Athena immediately ran toward them.
Chen Rui secretly cursed this cunning fucker as he wanted to divide evenly initially.
Paglio waved his hand, removing the toxins in Athena, and sneered, "Hateful human, although you deceived Master Paglio to sign an equal contract, it does not mean that I completely trust you, especially these female demons! These 3 women are all under my most powerful slow poison. This poison is tasteless and odorless, even the most outstanding potion master cannot cure. Every 7 days from now, you must return to this place with enough barbecue in exchange for an antidote, otherwise, their entire body will rot and their bones will turn to ashes!"
Athena had witnessed the greatsword being easily destroyed by Paglio's venom. She wouldn't dare to suspect the truthfulness. She was scared and afraid, "It's okay if it's just Kia and I, but Alice is the little princess of the Fallen Angel Empire, how can she suffer from this horrifying danger?"
At this moment, Athena felt deeply remorseful that she shouldn't have violated the orders of Princess Royal and brought Alice to the blue lake.
Chen Rui then realized that was Paglio's temporary "trick": the slow poison most probably was just bluffing them, but the barbecue was definitely added deliberately. He immediately gave the Poison Dragon a contemptuous look, clenched his teeth, and said, "I promise! After the seal is lifted, you must help Athena and the others to completely cure the poison!"
"I guarantee that with the honor of a dragon!" Paglio pointed to Athena. "You and I signed an equal contract, but she did not. I cast poison just in case. If she cannot keep the secret, then all consequences are at her own risk! Quickly leave now. Master Paglio is going to study about this Peg's Solitaire."
After that, he ignored Chen Rui and started playing with the masterpiece of the Master Wukong with great interest.
Chen Rui signed Athena with his eyes and said, "Let's go first." Athena was flustered and had completely lost her mind. She immediately picked up Kia and Alice after Chen Rui's cue.
She went to the tri-horned rhinos that had already recovered and put the two girls on their backs. The tamed tri-horned rhinos were very gentle. The leader tri-horned rhino, under the control of Athena, led the other three to slowly march.
It was completely the opposite of the wild and fierce run before.
Previously, Chen Rui had specifically requested the Poison Dragon to release his strongest venom toward him. However, the Super System could not increase anymore once the system booting process reached 90%. It was obvious that the repeated poisons had reached its limit.
It couldn't be converted as the booting energy for the Super System, failing Chen Rui's expectations. Actually, his gain today was enough. Not only did he acquire a strong ally and a long life, but also increased the Super System's booting progress tremendously.
After this, as long as he made reasonable use of resources in Aldas's lab, it could officially start. It seemed it was necessary to follow the enthusiastic master to study pharmaceutics.
"Athena," Chen Rui organized a sentence in his heart and said, "Don't tell little princess and Kia about the poison, lest they can't bear it. Also, Paglio's news must not be leaked because our lives are in his hands. You can rest assured that I will find a way to remove the Poison Dragon's seal and get rid of his control of you as soon as possible."
Athena wasn't someone who had no sense of priorities. She nodded and said, "Thanks to you today, otherwise we may not be able to come back. I'll take back my discourtesies previously; you are a... brave human."
Chen Rui was amazed at Athena's praise. Under his impression, the heroine was picky. She didn't even look straight at General Alan.
He probed, "Previously, the Poison Dragon misunderstood our relationship... hope you won't mind."
"I know," Athena replied in a low voice, her face slightly red. Fortunately, her skin was not as pale as Kia's, so the difference couldn't be told.
Chen Rui took a sigh of relief. The violent bimbo was definitely easier to deal with compared to the blackhearted little loli. If it was Alice, she wouldn't be brushed off so easily.
However, the task of pursuing a girl was too difficult. Chen Rui himself had only one failed relationship. Do I really need to pursue Athena?