Chapter 86: Promise! A One-Month Promise
Devil fruits! Athena could hardly believe her eyes. She kept blinking and looked carefully again. It is indeed the devil fruit.
This man created miracle once again. Not only he returned unharmed from the hands of the ghost dragon, but he also got the devil fruit!
These are all for you! Chen Rui had tried to convert the devil fruit into aura, but it was unsuccessful. Besides, he didnt know if it served any function to the human body. So, he simply be generous this time. However, even if it could be converted, he had already made up his mind to leave half of them for Athena.
Athena was holding the 6 fruits that were invaluable in the eyes of Demons. She looked at Chen Rui with a smile and her eyes became a little red. At that moment, she was completely determined in her mind. The shadow equipped with both wisdom and bravery while facing the poison dragon; the shadow that was knowledgeable and humorous; the shadow with wisdom and plans; all of them combined into the smile just now. Compared to the smile, the devil fruits were truly nothing.
Thank you. Athena didnt say anything else.
I remember the last time I said thank you, you unsheathed your sword. As Chen Rui said with a smile, he suddenly grabbed a shadow that was about to jump toward the fruits on Athenas palm. Dodo, these fruits are Athenas. Dont touch!
Athena looked at the translucent onions in Chen Ruis hand with surprise. She never thought that with her senses, she actually didnt notice this thing. Besides, the onion was making a flattery voice, My noble master, Dodo just want one, please?
Athena recovered from a certain mood and curiously asked, What is this?
This is the true face of the ghost dragon Chen Rui told her everything about Dodo. Surely, he omitted the part where he fought the ghost dragon. He only said that he used the knowledge of the grand master to change those magic traps and subdued the fake ghost dragon.
These were the confessions agreed in advance between Chen Rui and Dodo. Dodo nodded cooperatively, but its two big eyes were staring at the devil fruits in Athenas hand.
The devil fruit is only effective for the first time. Its useless to eat the second one! Athenas face turned from shocked into astonished, Stupid slime, tell me now! How many devil fruits did you eat?
Hmph! You dare to call Master Dodo a stupid slime! Even if I die
Before Dodo could finish his words, his head was knocked by Chen Rui, Quickly say!
Respected master, please wait. Let Dodo count. Since its master said so, Dodo had to recall unwillingly. He used <Transform> to become two hands and began to calculate.
Soon, it created two more. After a while, there were already 8 hands on Dodo, but he was still counting.
Chen Rui and Athena were sweating badly as they looked. Especially Athena, she almost went crazy. How much devil fruits did this slime eat? These are invaluable!
Dodo counted for a long time and had a sad look, Master, Dodo cant remember clearly, but it was probably 8 or 9 hands.
Even with Athenas strong will, she almost fainted at that time: 8 or 9 hands! Thats like more than 40 devil fruits! According to the fruit number of the fruit tree, it bears only 5 to 6 each time. If its more than 40 this isnt Lala Potato! Its a precious devil fruit that is enough to wage war!
Chen Rui was also shocked. In his opinion, it wasnt devil fruit that Dodo ate, but massive magic crystal coins. In other words, it was a massive amount of auras! Whats squandering? This is the exact definition of squandering!
However, the devil fruit only matures once in a few hundred years. So, it seemed that those previous years had nothing to do with Chen Rui who had just crossed over this year. After calculating, Dodo at least lived a few thousand years.
Chen Rui, I dont want to eat the devil fruit anymore. Athena regained her consciousness. She said while clenching her teeth.
The slime was overjoyed when he heard that. As he was about to ask his master for it, but Athenas next sentence unexpectedly frightened him, I want to eat this slime!
Chen Rui went along with her words, Dodo ate so many devil fruits. If you eat it, it might be more useful than eating devil fruit. It just happened that I brought along a lot of condiments for barbeque. Ill make sure that youll be satisfied.
Seeing even the master said so, the slime scared out of its soul, and he started pleading, My beautiful and brave mistress, please dont eat your most loyal slave! Im hard and smelly; I dont taste good at all!
The word mistress made Athena blushed, then she quickly glanced at Chen Rui. However, the human didnt realize at that time as he was looking at Dodo in amusement.
Except for Royce, how would it look like when my three servants, Dodo, Slee and the old dwarf, Didi meet each other?
After Chen Rui made fun of his new servant for a while, he stopped scaring it. He told Athena, Your injuries are quite bad. Lets go to the place where Dodo fake as a ghost dragon to rest for a few days. There are a lot of magic traps around, and the demonic beasts dont dare to approach usually. It should be quite safe. Ill bring the two wyverns there later.
Okay! The potion you gave is very effective. My injuries are recovering very quickly. You can take these 5 devil fruits. Ill just keep one. Also, this is for you, make sure you keep it properly. Athena took out a diamond-shaped crystal from her space bracelet and gave it to Chen Rui.
Chen Rui only felt that this crystal was cold. It was emitting a special kind of coldness. He asked curiously, What is this?
After my injuries are recovered, Ill eat the devil fruit. Athena lowered her head; she didnt look directly at Chen Rui, This fruit has a special attribute where the stronger the user is, the greater the poison will be. Countless people have died in the history. Even an antidote cant do anything.
If I cant stand the fruits poison Athena paused and said firmly, You must never go to Mountain Xilang to die and dont go back to Dark Moon Estate. Take the wyvern all the way to the west and take this ice crystal to the Dark Shadow Empires capital city to look for a woman named Delia. She owed me a huge favor three years ago. With your ability and Delias help, you should be able to be accommodated in the Dark Shadow Empire. Do you understand?
Chen Rui was shocked. He didnt expect that Athena to arrange a backup plan for him. He felt that the cold crystal in his hand seemed to contain a burning feeling. He suddenly silenced.
Athena, youll be fine.
Chen Rui, you dont understand
The one who dont understand is you Chen Rui raised his head and stared into Athenas ruby-like eyes. He took out a green pearl, Hold this do you remember this?
This is the antidote given by the blue lake poison dragon previously? Athena took it and looked at it for a while. It seems to taste very spicy.
Chen Rui nodded. This is called Jade Pearl. A precious crystal of the poison dragon. Its produced once every 200 years. It can quickly recover from injury and permanently enhance the bodys poison resistance after eating.
Permanently enhance physical ability? Athena was taken aback. Why did the poison dragon give such precious crystal as antidote?
Thats because you, little princess and Kia arent poisoned at all. Chen Rui had kept this in his heart for a long time. He finally couldnt help but revealed it, Im sorry. I never tell you the truth
Youre such an asshole! Youve made me always worried! Athena pounced toward Chen Rui in spite of her injury and pushed him to the ground. She kept beating him, Damn it! Asshole! Asshole
Seeing its master being attacked, Dodo wanted to help initially, but he didnt dare to intervene due to the trauma of her mistress saying that she was going to eat him. Besides, the situation between his master and mistress was a bit strange. It felt like when the season came, the female and male creatures liked to flirt before attracting each other. The behavior wasnt much like it, but it seemed like it. If he disturbed them at this time, he might truly be grilled and eaten.
The slime who had gained considerable intelligence finally wisely chose to turn a blind eye. It was like a you cant see me transparent background.
The judgment of the slime wasnt unreasonable. Athena was very fierce, but the beating on Chen Ruis body was powerless. Perhaps it could be understood as she wasnt able to use her strength as a Higher Demon because of the injuries. However, her voice was truly worse than her bite. Even on a normal human body, it couldnt make much damage.
Athenas action finally stopped. She kept panting while laying on Chen Ruid body. Suddenly, she felt that her action was too embarrassing. Her heart accelerated, then she supported her body up with her blush and gave him another punch before turning over to sit on the ground at the side.
This level of attack was only scratching for Chen Rui. However, he knew that this had always been burdening Athena mentally. She even thought of battling the poison dragon to death, so he indeed felt guilty. After being punched, he climbed up and explained to her.
When Athena heard that the contract that Chen Rui signed with the poison dragon was a symbiotic contract, she finally understood. At that time, the relationship between the two, along with the characteristic of symbiotic contract, even Athena herself wouldnt leak such secret that was a matter of life and death.
Asshole! Why didnt you keep hiding? Athenas anger had almost disappeared. How much more are you hiding from me?
There are actually still a lot Chen Rui saw Athenas eyes dilated again, and he sighed, Athena, if you believe me, give me a month time. Dont ask anything now. After a month, Ill tell you about a lot of things. However, you have to listen to me for this month. Okay?
Athena frowned slightly and asked, Do Princess Royal and Alice know about these?
Chen Rui shook his head, Other than the guy who shares the symbiotic contract, youre the only one that knows.
Athenas eyebrows raised and her eyes were shining, but her voice still seemed annoyed, Hmph! Remember what you said!
Alright, dont be angry anymore. The Jade Pearls poison resistance isnt a lie. For you to ride the wyvern safely isnt because of the antidote I have you, but its your bodys poison resistance, thus it shouldnt be a problem when it comes to devil fruit. Chen Rui smiled and said, Lets find a place to rest now for you to recover from your wounds first. Regardless of whether the Jade Pearl is effective or not, eat one more before you eat the devil fruit. After you completely digest the fruits power, well continue our journey to Mountain Xilang.
Athena didnt throw any more tantrum, gently touched the Jade Pearl in her hand and nodded.
Chen Rui wasnt a fool. He could somehow felt Athenas feelings; he did have feelings for Athena too. However, there wasnt much time left before the battle with Arux. Thus, he should concentrate all his efforts on this matter; he couldnt be distracted by the other aspects. After this, he would then seriously deal with the problem between them as two single man and woman.