Duling Kingdom, Cloud City.
The sunset clouds at the horizon glowed with a soft, beautiful radiance, like the hem of the setting sun's skirt, displaying its final grace to the world.
A man and a woman strolled hand in hand along the streets of Cloud City. Both had entirely ordinary looks and bearing, inconspicuous amid the crowd. No one would have imagined that the unremarkable man was Arthur, the Dragon Brilliance Empire's Third Prince, whose name was now renowned across the nations.
Chen Rui's Disguise technique could transform him into anyone, and even False Gods could not spot any flaw. Lola's transformation technique was equally superb. Even if assassins passed them face-to-face now, they would not know that these two were their intended targets.
Pagliu and Dodo had already accompanied the "wedding procession" through Gaddon City toward Mirror City in the Loa Kingdom. The group would use Mirror City's teleportation portal to reach the Starlight Kingdom, then travel directly from there to the Blue Radiance Empire. This was the fastest route.
Chen Rui, meanwhile, had left the group with the Fairy Dragon lady to travel separately. His first destination was not the Blue Radiance Empire, but the Emerald Forest. Thus, this time they had chosen the fastest route to the Emerald Forest: from Evening Shadow City in the Yangshao Kingdom to the Duling Kingdom, the White Ride Kingdom, and other places, then onward by water to the Emerald Forest.
Once he had dealt with the dwarves and elves, Chen Rui would enter the Blue Radiance Empire through the Emerald Forest. In any case, after Pagliu and the others reached the Blue Radiance Empire, they would slow down and wait for the true protagonist, "Arthur," to join them before heading together to the Azure Radiance Imperial Capital for the wedding.
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