Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

"Won't you choke?"

"Huh?! You're choking!" Asta grabbed his neck, and Fang Rui handed him a glass of water.

“We’re saved!” Asta exclaimed.

“So that’s how you can choke…” Thor murmured to herself. If that was the case, she couldn’t understand it at all.

'The person who inherited your grimoire is quite interesting.' Lumiel's eyes conveyed this message.

Richter: "…………" He didn't want to say anything.

He didn't sense any magical aura from Asta; instead, he sensed a hint of demonic energy.

Having seen and spoken with a demon before, he was very sensitive to the demon's aura and remembered it quite clearly.

'He has connections with demons, but…'

Judging from Fang Rui's attitude, he didn't suspect this person.

Chapter 582 Visiting Friends

'So, this person is trustworthy?'

Unable to be certain, Richter and Lumière turned their gazes in one direction, hoping to get Fang Rui's help...

However, Fang Rui was focused on his meal and didn't notice the two people's gazes. It had been mentioned before that Chami's magical dishes could restore magic power, and Fang Rui wanted to change the effect to directly increase the energy in his body.

Now that he has the opportunity, Fang Rui is trying it out, but so far there has been no effect and he has not yet found the trick.

However, the conversion efficiency of magic power and internal energy has been significantly improved, which is entirely due to his diligence, although his diligence has not lasted for long, less than a day.

Amidst Richter and Lumiel's somewhat complicated emotions, breakfast ended, and Yami's gaze swept over Richter and Lumiel more than once during the meal.

Once they reach a certain level of strength and master certain skills, they can detect the strength of a person. Not to mention that Yami has a skill called "Ki" that can detect the strength of a person's aura.

The amount of magical power is related to the strength of one's aura. In Yami's perception, the auras of the two were like blazing torches, quite conspicuous.

But he didn't ask anything in the end, only looking at Fang Rui with a subtle gaze, feeling that Fang Rui was a rather troublesome guy who recruited new people, and that he was hiding a lot of things...

'Hopefully he doesn't mean any harm...' After thinking for a while, Yami decided to find an opportunity to talk to Fang Rui, at least to find out what Fang Rui was planning to do.

The enemy is wandering around the royal city with two natural disasters, and the danger level has reached the maximum.

"Commander Yomi, I have some business to attend to and will be back this evening."

Fang Rui briefly described the situation: "The reason for going out was to help them look for something."

Ye Jian remained silent for a while. He really wanted Fang Rui to choose someone from the group to take with him, but none of the people in the group could escape from Fang Rui and his group. If the other party really had malicious intentions, then letting the other party take someone with him would be an act of betraying his teammates.

"Sure, do you need any help?"

"If you're willing, we'd certainly welcome you." Fang Rui didn't care what Ye Jian's purpose was; since the other party was willing to provide free labor, he was naturally willing and had no objections whatsoever.

“Alright, I’ll go with you guys…” Somewhat curious about what the three were going to do, Yami decided to follow them for a while.

The three chose a conventional mode of transportation: a vehicle made from a modified ordinary broom that could carry seven people.

Fang Rui sat in the driver's seat, behind which were three rows of seats, for a total of six seats, with two seats in each row.

Richter and Lumiel sat in the third row, Secorei remained in her demon-repelling bird form and was held in Lumiel's hands, while Yami sat in the second row, talking to Fang Rui.

"Your broom is quite stylish. How about you modify mine?"

He had seen many modified brooms, but most modifications only involved adding a seat. Fang Rui, however, had added other things. For example, even while flying at high speed, he didn't feel any wind, as if some barrier was blocking it...

“Okay, but you’ll have to pay for the materials…” Fang Rui said. Although a little bit of materials was nothing to Fang Rui, he wanted to refuse someone’s request for a freebie.

"Emmm..." Yami immediately fell silent. Compared to the leaders of other knightly orders, Yami was relatively poor and had no plan for spending money...

"Tell me the price first."

"A thousand for labor costs isn't unreasonable, is it? And you'll provide the reinforcement materials, is that a problem?"

"No problem, what materials do you need?" Ye Jian breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Fang Rui's quote was indeed quite low.

"Twenty pounds of metal materials with good magical flow, a few sets of magical beast pelts, and some decorative items."

“Hmm…” Ye Jian thought for a moment after hearing this. It seemed that he could get the list that Fang Rui gave him for free.

By completing a few suitable missions, you can obtain enough materials from the enemy.

"No problem, I'll ask for your help once I've gathered all the materials."

As they talked, the broom slowly descended, and the group had arrived at their destination, an ordinary village.

"Hmm? This looks familiar?!"

Looking down at the village from the air, Yomi could sense a slight sense of familiarity.

Upon meeting the village chief, Yami immediately understood the source of the familiarity; as a fellow card player, Yami knew him somewhat.

"Hey! Grandpa~" Yomi raised his hand and greeted Ceci.

The village chief of Sosi Village, Ceci, was somewhat stunned when he saw the unexpected arrival of the leader of the Magic Knights.

He knew the Yomi clan leader and knew that the Yomi clan leader was relatively free, but he shouldn't be so free as to come to the village to play cards with him.

"Commander, what brings you here..." Ceci was a little nervous. He was worried that the other party had come to Sosi Village because of a mission. If it was for a mission, it meant that Sosi Village would be in danger.

"Well, it's nothing. They're looking for something around here."

Yami gave a brief explanation, signaling Ceci not to make wild guesses. He hadn't expected that Fang Rui and the others would run into someone he knew while looking for something.

"Sekelei, please~" Lumiel whispered, holding the demon-repelling bird.

The Demon-Repelling Bird took off, letting her scout the surroundings first, since no one would be wary of a Demon-Repelling Bird.

The three were waiting for Sekorei to return. Yomi felt a bit bored, so she approached Ceci and said, "Grandpa, wanna play a few rounds?"

“No, there are children in the village.” Ceci refused. Although he occasionally played cards, he didn’t play in the village and couldn’t set a bad example for the children.

"Alright!" Ye Jian smacked his lips a few times, sat down next to Fang Rui and the others, and looked at the three silent people with a somewhat blank expression.

"Hey, you guys, say something! What are you all just spacing out for?!"

"Ahem, let's talk about something." Ye Jian reminded the group, "Aren't you looking for something? You can ask Ceci, he knows the area very well."

"It's alright, we have a lead. We'll assess the condition of the items in a bit before proceeding with further operations..."

Yami squinted; no matter how you looked at it, he felt there was something wrong with these people.

The old man was keeping the group company, and some villagers brought them a wooden table, benches, and tea.

As the group drank tea, Secore flew to Lumiel's shoulder with a magic stone in her mouth and tossed it onto the table.

'A strange demon-repelling bird.' Yami's gaze shifted from the demon-repelling bird to the magic stone.

"What is this? Is this what you're looking for?"

"Magic stones are a type of treasure that, once its use is mastered, can amplify the holder's strength and the effects of magic..."

Fang Rui provided some information. Among the information he possessed, it seemed that magic stones were involved in everything, including the reincarnation magic used by demons, the magic that Secore used to seal demons, and Richter's transformation into a demon god.

Because his memory was somewhat hazy, Fang Rui couldn't be sure of the specifics, but he believed he hadn't misremembered.

“Not entirely correct,” Richter said, but he didn’t bother to explain in detail, since magic stones were rather special.

“Amplification…” Yami frowned slightly. He had heard of similar items, but had not seen them many times.

"Because it is a precious treasure, we will give you some money..."

As he spoke, Fang Rui took out a bag of gold coins. Cecilia and Ye Jian tore open the bag and saw the gold coins inside. They were a dazzling array of gold coins, numbering at least several hundred, and possibly even over a thousand.

"So many?!" Ceci was surprised.

“That’s already a small amount,” Fang Rui explained. “Besides gold coins, do you have any other requests? Reasonable requests can be met.”

Upon hearing this, Ceci suddenly perked up. "A herd of wild boars has recently appeared near the village. Could you help us get rid of them?"

"Are you sure this is what you're asking for? You can make something more difficult," Fang Rui kindly reminded him.

"No need, one should know how to be content, this is enough." Since it was an unexpected joy, Ceci would restrain his emotions.

"Alright! Someone will handle this tomorrow." Fang Rui took out a bag of money and placed it in front of Yami. "Commander Yami, how about letting the new recruits learn about the work of the Knights?"

“Okay.” Yomi squinted. “Take the money back. There’s no need to pay.”

"Just treat it as a learning experience for newcomers."

"By the way, you're a newcomer too."

"You mean you want me to participate?" Fang Rui asked rhetorically.

"Keep an eye on the newcomers, don't let them tear the village down." As Yomi said this, a bead of sweat rolled down Ceci's forehead.

Yami's words made him somewhat worried.

Fang Rui understood perfectly. Asta, one of the newcomers, used anti-magic and magic swords, which were purely physical attacks. They might not be able to stop all the wild boars. If any escaped from the forest, they could indeed cause trouble for the village.

Another newcomer, Noelle, is unable to control her magic. If she were to take charge of the attack, it could even cause a flood that would directly submerge the village.

"It's not realistic for me to keep an eye on two people by myself, let alone follow them to find treasure. I'd need someone else to help me."

“Sure, I’ll have Magna help; he happens to know the old man.”

Fang Rui had no objection to this.

Having achieved their goal, the group did not linger there but headed towards the royal city.

Although Richter has lost the right to use the previous magic book and control of the magic sword, some of the magic he developed using the magic sword's abilities can still be used, such as magic to detect his companions.

Besides this, he also has other ways to find out where his companions are.

Lumiel, on the other hand, was somewhat interested in the current royal family, as well as the reincarnation of his sister Tethya.

Therefore, the group arrived at the royal city.

Castle Town, a town near the royal palace, Lumiel surveyed the streets, tilting her head slightly.

It seems... nothing has changed!

He didn't see any particularly significant progress, nor did he see any magical artifacts that caught his eye.

Has there been absolutely no progress in hundreds of years?

Richter carefully observed the royal city. It was a completely unfamiliar place to him. Back then, the relationship between the elves and humans was rather poor, so he naturally had no reason to go to the capital of the human kingdom, even if Lumiel was his close friend...