Alice's Rehearsal Plan

A day later, Chen Rui led the delegation back to the Fallen Angel Empire.

Dark Elemental King Hegel had long since left without saying goodbye. Fish Emperor Chiliao had originally intended to take the opportunity to travel around the Demon Realm, having been imprisoned in the Black Sea Domain for so many years that he was nearly stifled with boredom. Yet not only had this trip failed to help much, he had even suffered a small loss in that strange place on the fourth floor of the library, which left him feeling somewhat humiliated. Added to the miserable beating he had taken in the "Duel of Fate," he bade Chen Rui farewell halfway through the journey and departed.

All in all, the Fish Emperor was still a friend worth having. After failing to persuade him to stay, Chen Rui arranged to meet him again half a year later at the alchemist competition in the Fallen Angel Empire's imperial capital, then they parted reluctantly.

This diplomatic mission to the Blood Fiend Empire had been more tortuous than expected, but its results were even better than anticipated. Not only had Lei Chan been cured, they had also secured a promise of a strategic alliance for the next two years. The distribution network for magical games had spread fully throughout the Blood Fiend Empire, progressing even faster than in the Shadow Empire—no matter how much Catherine wished to obstruct it, against the backdrop of the tripartite peace agreement, the Shadow Empire could not stop this tide that had already swept through most of the Demon Realm.

Especially after the Artificer Alliance of the Fallen Angel Empire launched a ranking system, the craze for magical games surged to a new height.

These rankings were divided into overall rankings and regional rankings, including level rankings,