Blue Lava Estate

**Blue Lava Estate** is southeast of Dark Moon City in the Fallen Angel Empire.

## Location

Blue Lava Estate was located in the south of the Dark Moon. It was not adjacent to the Dark Shadow Empire like the Red Spirit. There were only some small estates in the Fallen Angel Empire nearby. All the way south was the Dead Sea, so there was no fear of attacks from behind.

## Characters

There are **13** characters that fit the category selection.

## Story

### Demon Trafficking

Silva explains how he trafficked demons to Blue Lava Estate.

Blue Lava Estate! Chen Rui originally inferred that it might be Red Spirit Estate's doing, but the truth was unexpected. He immediately thought of a problem. The Blue Lava Estate was at the south of Dark Moon. The passage has long been blocked by the bandits. It has been inaccessible. How are these demons trafficked over?

"There is a badge among the item that was offered to sir earlier. As long as you show the badge, the bandits will naturally let you pass."

Badge? Chen Rui moved his mind and immediately found the badge among the icons in the storage. He moved his mind slightly, then a palm-sized blue badge appeared in his hand. There was a black dragon image on it with two heads, "Are you talking about this badge? Where did you get this?"

"When I was smuggling herbs at the Blue Lava Estate previously, I met a Great Demon named Lavat (拉瓦特). The badge was given by him, and the business of demon-trafficking was also introduced by him. When I meet the bandits on the road, I only need to say Lavat's name and take out the badge. It is best to offer some wealth, then the route would be unimpeded back and forth whether it was transporting herbs or demons. The demon-trafficking business usually trades once half a year. The last deal was less than 2 months ago."

Chen Rui asked for more details. He finally confirmed that the bandits at the south came from the Blue Lava Estate. Judging from various factors, the bandits might actually be dispatched by the government. In Shea's records, the Blue Lava lord had been greatly favored by the Crown Prince, Grimm in his early years. They were one of the forces that secretly supported the Dark Moon. He never thought they would be the ungrateful demon who had hidden agendas behind their smile.

The development of an estate was inseparable from the resources of funds, construction, population, etc. Over the years, the Blue Lava Estate supported Shea on the surface, but they had been taking away huge amounts of herbs and population resources quietly through such a method at the back. At the same time, they dispatched "bandits" to blatantly block the trade route and achieve the purpose of pleasing the imperial city. Silva was most likely not the only one involved in such trade in the Dark Moon. To some extent, the Blue Lava Estate that had benefited from both sides was more wicked and ruthless than the Red Spirit Estate.

### Barnacle

"I have interacted with Lavat, the vice captain of the Blue Lava estate's Twin-head Dragon Legion before. He revealed that the Blue Lava lord had intentions of recruiting. The Twin-head Dragon Legion is a secret elite force that is directly under the Blue Lava lord. If I can grasp the power of the Demon King, the Blue Lava lord will definitely make me someone important. Who knows, I could even become the leader, deputy leader or some other important position." Lavat? Twin-head Dragon Legion?

Barnacle's words suddenly reminded Chen Rui of the blue badge with a twin-head dragon in the storage warehouse. The badge was seized from the black-market merchant Silva in Dark Moon City that day. Silva smuggled people to the Blue Lava estate several times. When he encountered bandits, as long as she showed this badge, he could safely pass through the bandits' territory. Additionally, the name Lavat coincided with Silva's statement.

It turns out to be the secret force belonging to the Blue Lava lord. No wonder even Gauss could not identify the origin of the badge!

### Chandler Tax

Due to the capital fundraising gap, the Blue Lava Estate Lord's son, Chandler, unreasonably raised the taxes of the estate, causing people to lose morale. There is even a widespread famine. Chandler issued several successive orders, including prohibiting the residents of Lupin Town, where the disappearance occurred, to flee to other places and so on. This caused a strong dissatisfaction from the deputy commander of Azure Legion, Sumen. At present, Sumen has led some of the soldiers to leave Azure Legion, and the situation is very tense. However, according to the latest intel analysis, Chandler is probably controlled by someone.

### Sotsen's Assassination

There is another piece of intel: Sotsen was assassinated.

Chen Rui frowned and said, "Didn't Chandler order the prohibition of the townspeople from leaving? Does this matter have something to do with him... or the people who control him? Also, the reason why Sumen left Azure Legion is probably because he knew some internal information or maybe he received some instruction. I need more information about this person."

A Demon Emperor powerhouse was attacked and killed; the townspeople disappeared; Chandler may be under control... Could it be that some force shifted its focus to the Blue Lava Estate that just lost its lord after their operation failed against the Dark Moon?

### Dark Moon intervention

After the victory at the Town Leith, the Dark Moon, which had been low-key in the military, finally made a big move.

They sent troops south to the Blue Lava Estate.

If in the war of lords, the Red Spirit Lord Josh still had a high-sounding reason for the death of his "heir" Joseph, then the Blue Lava Estate, which jointly sent troops, was unjustifiably taking advantage of the Dark Moon's misfortune.

When the Lord of Midnight Sun wanted to behead the Blue Lava Estate Lord Titan in rage, it was Shea's father Grimm Crown Prince who spared no effort to save his life. As a result, Titan appeared to show favor to the 2 generations of Lord Grimm and Lord Shea, but he secretly smuggled the Dark Moon's population and resources. The fact he sent troops together with the Red Spirit Estate this time obviously showed that he was an ungrateful wretch who returned kindness with ingratitude.

However, the Dark Moon did not send troops to the Blue Lava Estate for revenge, but because Chandler, the son of the former Blue Lava Estate Lord Titan and was currently the temporary lord, recently sent a letter to the Dark Moon Princess Royal Shea requesting help.

The letter claimed that Blue Lava Estate was now encountering huge difficulties. The capital had not returned even a white crystal coin of the fundraising money. The people were facing the threat of famine, and there was a rebel like Sumen who caused trouble. Therefore, he begged Princess Shea to send troops to support and provide some financial assistance.

Chandler's letter also specifically mentioned that even if Blue Lava Estate had offended the Dark Moon, the blood of 100,000 people plus the death of the former lord of the Blue Lava Estate Titan was enough to compensate for the misdeed. He asked Princess Shea to help the Blue Lava Estate to tide over this difficult situation for the sake of the people. The Blue Lava Estate would listen to the command of the Dark Moon.

This was already a hint of surrender. If the Blue Lava Estate, one of the 4 largest estates, surrendered to the Dark Moon, the impact would definitely exceed the combination of those small and medium estates.

Princess Royal Shea considered for a long time and finally decided to send troops to help the Blue Lava Estate. Before that, the Dark Moon had repeatedly supported and helped the small estates nearby. In addition to the letter from Chandler, so the Dark Moon's move did not cause special restlessness in the surrounding area.

The Dark Moon dispatched an elite force of the garrison guard this time, which was now renamed as the Flame Legion. The legion leader, Athena, personally commanded a total of 10,000 troops. Financial Officer Chen Rui was also on the list. He was temporarily taking the role of military adviser. His main task was to help the Blue Lava Estate reforming its economy and business.

To be on the safe side, Shea also sent the current deputy leader of the Red Blood Legion, the Cloak Gang leader, Aguile, to accompany the army in order to further ensure the safety of important personnel including Financial Officer Chen Rui.

The identity of Aguile had always been mysterious. It was said that no one had seen his true face. He once played a vital role in Joseph's downfall. He showed extraordinary wisdom. In the battle of Town Leith wilderness. The mysterious cloak man who defeated the Red Spirit Lord Josh and killed the capital envoy, Rus, was likely to be the leader of the Cloak Gang.

Whether it was in terms of civil or military, the Dark Moon could be considered as sending all their elites. They were resolute in assisting the Blue Lava Estate.

When the elites of the Flame Legion, which was nicknamed the "Peacekeeping Force" by Chen Rui, was passing through Town Yankou, Athena did not order a detour or advance quickly. Instead, she ordered the army to station there. The elites of the legion showed considerable vigilance and even nervousness regarding this mysterious death site where 100,000 Blue Lava Army was buried. They were on guard for a night. Although the white fog was ghastly at night and there were horrible beasts howling from time to time, fortunately, no changes occurred. The army embarked on a journey again the next day.

These elite troops were once trained by eliminating bandits in the nearby small estate, then after the courage training this time, so their experience and tacit understanding had improved. Of course, Athena chose to stay in Town Yankou not only to train the courage of the army, it was mostly due to Guradam.

The army went through Town Yankou and came all the way to Town Soto, the southernmost part of the Dark Moon. A new line of defense had now deployed there. Athena greeted the defenders guarding Town Soto before leading the 10,000 legion elites to continue moving south. They entered the Blue Lava Estate boundary majestically.

Town Pesa prepares for battle, but Chen Rui uses his charisma persuades them to let them through, saying Chandler had requested for help.

### Chandler's 'letter'

"In fact, our Princess Royal Highness only received a letter of help from the confidant sent by Lord Chandler. If it weren't for the secret method mark which was unique to Abbas Family, she would even think that it was fabricated. We just heard that there were a lot of weird incidents in Lupin Town, and the Azure Legion deputy leader Sumen rebelled. We don't know the specific details. Please tell us anything, mayor."

### Poison incident

The poison commotion in Town Pesa gradually subsided. About 2 days later, the poisoned soldiers and townspeople recovered to normal. During this period, Chen Rui deliberately dispatched manpower to cooperate with the Dark Demon members lurking in various places to promote the Dark Moon Army's help to the Blue Lava Estate using Town Pesa as an "example".

The Dark Moon Army's actions in Town Pesa were soon publicized. Facts had proved that the success of the "first stop" was also very obvious. There was basically not much resistance in the subsequent places that they passed. On the contrary, the Dark Moon Army's discipline and assistance were praised. Although it was not to the extent of "opening gates to welcome the invaders", coupled with the good reputation, the powerful force, and the help of Ryanne, the news that the Dark Moon Army came to help Blue Lava Estate in the most difficult time were spread everywhere in the estate. The original hatred had also diluted a lot.

The hatred of war was mostly brought by the ruling class that wanted profit, so it should not be endured by ordinary soldiers or civilians.

Furthermore, ‘the strong one is honored and the winner takes all' had always been the rule of the Demon Realm. There were countless examples of the defeated who chose to serve and be loyal to the winner. Those who were unwilling to give in could only withdraw from the stage or be eliminated directly.

The journey of the Dark Moon army was not very fast as the purpose was to "build momentum". Now almost all people in the estate knew that the Dark Moon came due to Lord Chandler's request for help. They had provided a lot of help for the Blue Lava Estate. Even the person who secretly controlled Chandler couldn't "refute" for a while.

Finally, the Dark Moon Flame Legion came to the center of the Blue Lava Estate, Blue Lava City.

The strange thing was that the Blue Lava City did not close the city gates or wait for them as expected. Instead, the city gates opened wide, making a gesture of ‘do as you wish'.

Sheriff Varit and Financial Officer Mousse of the Blue Lava Estate led the leaders of the various forces to represent the "representative lord," Chandler, to express a warm welcome and cordial greeting to the Dark Moon Flame Legion.

The Blue Lava Estate and the Dark Moon were both 1 of the 4 major estates. Varit, Mousse, Chen Rui and Athena were all equal in position, so it was not rude for them to represent Chandler to welcome them.

## Aftermath

"I'm not so sleepy anymore. In the past few days, Sumen has gathered a lot of previous subordinates. He has about 15,000 troops in his hand now. By the way, there is an unexpected news from the intel staff from the front. The Blue Lava Estate Lord Chandler was bedridden for a long time and his body was weak, which caused his old illness to relapse and died. Will there be any conspiracy in this?"

"Chandler died of illness?" The news is indeed unexpected. I initially thought that it would take some time to expose the true face of the fake lord, but I didn't expect him to "die of illness" in advance. Some prepared plans are wasted then.

Chen Rui pondered for a moment and nodded, "There may be a conspiracy, but this move should mean that Bloodfall has decided to abandon the Blue Lava Estate, or that their biggest goal in the Blue Lava Estate has been achieved. With a powerhouse like Paglio here, I don't want to lose more strength. The biggest purpose of Bloodfall is either the recovery of the Dark Elemental King or something else. I haven't figured it out yet, but it's good this way because Sumen's ascending into lord and the control of the Blue Lava Estate will be even easier. Well, it seems that it will not be long until we return to the Dark Moon."

## Dark Moon vassal and development

Blue Lava becomes a vassal state of Dark Moon.

As imagined, the Blue Lava Estate developments were going quite smoothly.

With Sumen's prestige and military power, the 12-year-old "Tagow", Chandler's son who was promoted to the lord, was quickly recognized by the Blue Lava Estate. Sumen was appointed as the new legion leader of the Azure Legion. Due to the disappearance of the original Sheriff Varit, Sumen's subordinate, Aglas, temporarily assumed the post. Sumen also appointed the financial officer. Since then, Sumen had controlled all the power of the Blue Lava Estate. Of course, all of this had been smoothly carried out with the "help" of the Dark Moon's Flame Legion.

With the help of Chen Rui, Sumen reformed a series of the original Blue Lava Estate's decree, including abolishing some of the exorbitant taxes, sending soldiers to eliminate bandits, and vigorously encouraging production, which won unanimous support from the public.

When Princess Royal Shea of ​​the Dark Moon learned of the death of the Blue Lava Estate Lord Chandler, she specially sent an official representative to express her condolences and donated valuable supplies and food, effectively alleviating the famine in the Blue Lava Estate. Shea then sent a group of related talents to help the Blue Lava Estate to improve the land and reorganize the economy. This kind of repaying grievances with grace made everyone from the officers to the people of the Blue Lava Estate to be very grateful. Compared with Regent Obsidian who defrauded the hard-earned money from various estates, Princess Royal Highness was the real royal family.

Sumen and Tagow issued a public statement apologizing for some of the actions of the former Lord Titan. They claimed that the Blue Lava Estate would never forget the Dark Moon's help.

After the replacement soldiers sent by the Dark Moon came, more than 9,000 elites of the Flame Legion returned to the Dark Moon under the lead of the legion leader, Athena.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 392 (Steambun)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 61 (Steambun)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 113 (Steambun)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 411 (Steambun)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 413 (Steambun)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 414 (Steambun)
7. ↑ Chapter 415 (Steambun)
8. ↑ Chapter 423 (Steambun)
9. ↑ Chapter 424 (Steambun)