Chapter I

The sky of Noxus is always a little darker than anywhere else,

It is not known if it is due to the contamination of its voodoo spells or the atmosphere of the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Those who can sigh these are some powerful and powerful people, and only they can look up at the leaden gray clouds and sigh casually in their spare time when they are fighting for power.

Then go back to their "game".

And Lines, who lives in the underground slums, can only learn about the outside world through a drunken merchant in a bar.

Noxus is a military city-state known for its power and army, and the entire city is built in a tall granite mountain range, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At the top of the hill, the tower, which looks like the tip of a spear, represents the symbol of the supreme power of Noxus.

Great General.

Countless aristocratic politicians have tried their best to reach the steps of this tower, but it still exudes endless magic, like a magic sword in a fairy tale, attracting countless people to go crazy.

Now, however, the tower was empty and uninhabited.

Since the assassination of General Burnham Darkwell in Kamandala, Du, who is most likely to become the next great general. General Kaok has also mysteriously disappeared, and the current Noxus hierarchy has yet to fight for a suitable candidate to succeed him in this position.

Of course, this is nothing more than a folk rumor, and as for the truth, people do not know.

Of course, people like Lines, who live in the underground slums of Noxus, don't care about such things.

Rains' mother is a warblerIn fact, in Noxus, there is no shame in the profession of warbler, just like a tavern entertainer or a street vendor.

Of course, if she is really pregnant, her father naturally does not know who it is?

After giving birth to Lines, due to the perennial poor life, Lines's mother's health deteriorated day by day, and when Lines was four years old, she died.

And her plan to train Lines to be a money-making machine had to be put on hold.

Of course, from his mother, Lines learned a lot about how to survive in Noxus.

For example, stealing, fraud, observance, selling information, etc., etc......

"This little mongrel is as shrewd and cunning as his mother"

The surrounding bakery owners and ruffians all commented on it.

In the slums, there are many children like Lines, most of whom are "wild seeds" without a father or mother

They weave from street to street in the city, begging, running errands, and stealing, forming a unique group in the slums.

Many of them will choose to join a gang with aristocratic politicians as their background, hone their craft, do things for those noble lords that they can't do themselves, and try to make a good impression in their eyes, or be remembered by a name, so that they can be taken care of in the military service, and even be accepted by these nobles as retainers when they come out.

Poison, necromancy, intrigue, assassination, power, these are always the main themes of Noxus, even in the most chaotic slums in the civilian areas.

Unlike Demacia's moral order, Noxus adheres to extreme militarism, with all religions, magic, technology, and economics preparing for military operations and arms expansion.

Therefore, if a person in the civilian area wants to enter the political arena, the quickest and easiest way is to take the initiative to enlist in the army, win meritorious deeds with brave performance on the battlefield, and become an officer and enter the "upper circle" of Noxus

Of course, if you are a peace-loving person who does not want to get involved in this, does not want to fight for power, and just wants to live in a dirty slum for the rest of your life, then it is even more impossible.

Every citizen of Noxus undergoes a considerable degree of military training, and every man is required to serve six years of military service after reaching adulthood, after which he is to serve as a reserve and be prepared to be drafted again at any time.

But it is clear that in this city of strife, and desire, no one wants to spend the rest of their lives in a cold, damp slum.

Every man of the right age will do his best to enlist, hoping to exchange his bravery for a better life on the battlefield, just like Darius, as a civilian, to become one of the generals of Noxus.

Noxus in the middle of winter is the hardest season of the year, and every native Noxus knows how to prepare for winter, and the poorer the person, the better prepared they are.

Lines was ready for the winter three months ago.

His home lives in the second fork in the alley deep in the bar, and he is the only one in it, which is the territory he has taken after beating his last child away.

The alley, which was only twenty meters or so, was filled with all sorts of items, which seemed to others to be rubbish, and in Lanenes's opinion, they were all useful.

For example, discarded broken wooden boxes can be used as door panels, discarded bags on the street can be used as shelters from the rain, beds made from old clothes and floors raised with bricks.

It's snowing on the ground......

Looking out at the open-air place in the center of the city...... It was a place where junior officers and centurions were allowed to live after they were discharged from the army, and most of these people were mediocre in the war and had no background.

Noxian civilians were not allowed to approach these places, let alone go above ground or outside the walls, so Noxians had to join the army if they wanted to see the outside world.

Lines has seen snow.

He once risked his death to steal from the house of a lame centurion at the most dangerous time.

The laws of Noxus are strict and enforced, and favoritism is basically not allowed.

But on the other hand, the laws of Noxus are distinctly hierarchical, treating nobles, officers, soldiers, and commoners differently, just like the class in an ant society, and if an officer kills a civilian, he will only be imprisoned and demoted.

If a nobleman kills a commoner, he only has to pay a fine.

And in exceptional cases, for the sake of the lives of nobles or officers, commoners were obliged to sacrifice for them.

And like Lines, who dares to go to the officer's house to steal, if he is caught, he will be regarded as a model and beheaded in the middle of the market.

That night, Lines was chased by the guards there for half a night, and finally he barely managed to escape by hiding under the manhole cover of the sewers, enduring the foul stench.

Through the cracks in the manhole covers of the sewers, Raines could see white snowflakes falling from the gray sky, and the appearance of the snowflakes gradually magnified in his eyes, taking on a beautiful shape.

Are you going to spend the rest of your life in this unforgiving, filthy place?

To be honest, Lines consciously felt different from the other kids.

Every day, the children around him get together to show off the fruits of their theft or talk about what they want to do when they become soldiers.

But to be honest, Lines found Noxus to be a disgusting city.

Whether it's the numb eyes of pedestrians walking on the street, or the civilians who light up in their eyes when they mention war.

Lines's mother once told herself that she had been taken captive by Noxus from a place called Demacia.

There, all people lived on an equal footing, the nobility protected the commoners, the commoners embraced the nobility, and the whole country prospered under the patronage of the royal family......

At that time, my mother's expression did not look like she was lying.

Is there really such a place in the world?

Probably no one in the Noxian Civilian District would believe it.