Leia Town

**Leia Town** is a friendship town at the border between Fallen Angel Empire and Shadow Empire.

The north of Leia Town was the territory of the Dark Shadow Empire.

See also Leia Town incident.

## History

Leia was once two historic, confronting fortresses. Later, when Sakya the Great ruled the Fallen Angel Empire, the fortresses were demolished as a symbol of friendship between the Fallen Angel Empire and the Shadow Empire. The area in between the borders was built into Leia which both empires shared.

By convention, the mayor of Leia Town was rotated between the Fallen Angel Empire and the Dark Shadow Empire, each with a term of 50 years. However, since the death of the Lord of Midnight Sun in the war with the humans 300 years ago, the mayor position of Leia Town had been re-elected by the Dark Shadow Empire until now. Prince Obsidian also didn't send anyone to take over, seemingly seeing it as a price of peace for the Fallen Angel Empire. In other words, it was giving away territory for peace.

The Dark Shadow Empire didn't take advantage and start a war. They seemed to be satisfied with the control of Leia; it was also a declaration for friendliness. In reality, it wasn't so simple. Even if the Sakya the Great and the Shadow Emperor had a friendly relationship, things had changed, and it was impossible to maintain.

## Story

### Mayor

"The Scarlet Guards sent an urgent letter for the mayor."

"Capture that guy first and take the letter to me!"

The poor Yach was still dreaming about the 27 black crystal coins after the thing was done. However, he was subdued by several fierce guards and brought to the hall.

At that time, Old Kander hadn't lost his cautiousness. After confirming that the letter wasn't dangerous, he opened it. After looking at it, his expression immediately changed.

Old Kander shouted at Yach, "Who gave you this letter?"

Yach noticed the anxiety of the mayor, so he answered truthfully, "It was Sir Culia of our Scarlet Guards. He instructed me that I must wait for Sir Barnacle to leave before I come in to deliver the letter. Otherwise, it will be discovered by Sir Barnacle, and we'll be in danger. He was also seriously injured by Sir Barnacle, so he has been hiding for the past few days."

"An urgent news came from the Luray Valley that they were suddenly attacked by the Scarlet Guards. It was led by the deputy leader of Scarlet Guards, Barnacle. Many men were killed and they could hardly hold up. They request for immediate reinforcement."

He instructed while panting, "Paulo, immediately mobilize the military power to support Luray Valley! Lax, take my signed order to cancel all the duties of Ross and bring him back to me as quickly as possible!" Old Kander gasped and added, "Robert, immediately arrange a troop to seal the Scarlet Guards and search and arrest for all relevant personnel except Culia. If you see him, you must protect him and bring him to me!"

### Barnacle

Actually, Barnacle was actually quite innocent. When he rushed to the stronghold, the place where members gathered initially was emptied and the main forces that guarded the place were gone! He even specifically told the members that they shouldn't wander.

Barnacle then inhales the scent of hallucination fruit and has some flashbacks.

When he gets rid of the scent with his demonic fire, he finds the dead body of Culia.

Culia, who returned to Leia Town recently, was killed!

Although Culia was Kanita's man, he was part of Scarlet Guards (Red Devils) after all. Now that Culia died at Scarlet Guards' stronghold, Barnacle absolutely couldn't escape from the responsibility. Besides, Kanita would definitely take advantage of this to make a fuss.

Didn't Culia go to the Mount Xilang? Why is he back? Also, after returning, why was he killed in the Scarlet Guard's stronghold?

Didn't the member at the Charming Flower Inn just now said that Culia ordered them to teach the "adulterer" a lesson? It has only been a while and he's dead already? Judging from the bloodstains, it seems that he hasn't died for too long. Yet, from the perspective of his eyes, he seems to be dead for quite some time. Barnacle was puzzled.

Who's the murderer? Is it related to the town's guards? Is this a provocation? Or a scheme? Also, why is the juice of Hallucination Fruit here?

Just when he was puzzled, he suddenly heard a voice. When he came out, he saw two members who were making trouble at the Charming Flower Inn running back with a body full of blood.

"Sir Barnacle!" When the two members saw Barnacle, they quickly asked for help, "We don't know why, but we, the Scarlet Guards are wanted by the entire town. It's led by the mayor's crony, Robert. Several brothers have already been arrested!" "What did you say?" Barnacle almost thought that he heard wrong. Just now, he was one of the invited guests at the mayor's mansion for the birthday banquet. In the blink of an eye, he actually became a wanted target?

### Luray

Barnacle didn't know that when he arrived at the mayor's mansion, the long-awaited "Culia" also came to the stronghold. First, he told a group of people to ambush at the Charming Flower Inn and "catch the adulterer" for him. Then, he was sulking in the room by himself. He only called a member to enter to send food.

After the member sent food, he came out almost immediately. He even left the stronghold with the excuse of reporting to Barnacle.

Subsequently, the deputy leader, "Barnacle", who received the report turned back and went to the room upstairs in the stronghold. The members outside the door only heard the fierce quarrels inside. There were even noises of heavy objects falling.

After a long time, they saw "Barnacle" walked out of the room with a gloomy face and bloodstains on his body. Many of the members at the strongholds had guessed what happened, and they also understood the struggle between the two factions. However, killing explicitly in front of everyone was unprecedented, so no one dared to talk for a moment.

"Brothers, I have two news to tell you. The first one is good news. I received an order from our superior to immediately attack the Luray Valley at the west of Leia Town to get something. As long as we have it, then we can end our mission at Leia Town and Xilang Mountain earlier, and we can return to the Red Spirit Estate. The second is bad news. Just now, Culia actually opposed this order and even wanted to sneak attack me. In the end, he died in my hands. I am willing to be fully responsible for this incident.

"I just want to ask everyone, do you want to go back?"

"Yeah!" The members shouted together. Since their leader, Snowden wasn't around, Barnacle, the deputy leader naturally had the final say. Besides, these people had been bored in this town, and they were greatly restricted. Not only could they not leave, but they also had to rotate every year to stay at the poor place, Xilang Mountain. Upon hearing they could return to the Red Spirit Estate, none of them weren't happy. For "Sir Culia" who was killed for going against the deputy leader, they had a bit more resentment; they only felt like he deserved it.

"Good! We'll gather our equipment now. Then, we'll immediately depart to Luray Valley. As long as we get the thing, when we retreat, our superior has arranged someone to assist us. This action can only succeed and cannot fail!"

Every member responded accordingly. Under the organization of "Barnacle", the main force of the Scarlet Guards immediately headed toward the west of the town. Their momentum was so huge and powerful that even the town guards along the way didn't dare to obstruct. They just quickly sent someone to report to Captain Ross.

The Scarlet Guards rushed all the way. When they arrived at the Luray Valley, they launched a rapid attack on the defenders. Chen Rui also satisfied his urge to command. However, as he was a rookie, there were many mistakes. Yet, it didn't matter because the casualties were only the Red Devil "bandits" from Xilang Mountain. Thus, he could just consider it as a free internship.

"Guard outside and don't allow anyone to get close!" Cheng Rui who disguised as Barnacle gave an order and came to the tree in the middle of a plain.

This should be the devil pomeg tree that Nalini mentioned. Chen Rui examined the tree that was about the height of a man carefully. The leaves were blue and there were 10 yellow fruits on it. The fruits were about the size of oranges which were emitting dim fluorescent light. Chen Rui didn't know why, but he felt a familiar feeling from the devil pomeg tree, especially the fruits.

Chen Rui tried to pick up a fruit, smelled it, then ate it. He felt refreshing; his mind was extremely clear as if it was cleansed. Besides, the effect of the fruit was much more than that – his aura actually increased by a thousand.

Certainly! Chen Rui finally confirmed what the familiar faint breath was. It is the kind of breath that the aura fruit harvested in the galaxy garden exudes! Aura! I can't believe there are fruit trees that produce auras in the Demon Realm!

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 112 (Steambun)
2. ↑ Chapter 105 (Steambun)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 110 (Steambun)