Ionia, a valley north of Presidium, is home to the School of the Mind, which trains mages and swordsmen.

In the depths of the Spiritual Academy, Soraka, Ao Xing, Master Yi, and Kiran were sitting at the stone table discussing important matters. After exchanging views on the Blood Moon and the Shadow Island, Soraka looked at everyone with a solemn face, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Blood Moon summoned by the Shadow Island has enveloped the entire Valoran except Ionia, we must do something to disperse the Blood Moon that envelops the entire Valoran, and this is also the first step for humanity to defeat the Shadow."

When everyone heard this, except for Ao Xing, who was lingering on Soraka's arm, they all showed a slightly pessimistic look. Master Yi said helplessly, "But we don't know how to dispel the impact of the Blood Moon on the entire continent."

"Rest assured, I know how to disperse the Blood Moon, but I need your help." Smiling slightly, Soraka motioned for everyone not to frown.

Her words immediately caused an uproar in the hearts of several people, and their faces showed a glimmer of hope one after another.

Kiran was the first to respond, "As long as we can dispel the Blood Moon, we will definitely help you!"

Several others nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone cheered up again, Soraka muttered: "When I perform the spell to dispel the blood moon, I need you to continuously send me magic power, but with the magic power of a few of us, we can't dispel the blood moon that covers the entire Valoran, and I also need the power of other people above the demigod level."

"Where are we going to find so many demigods now?" Hearing Soraka's words, Kiran was not too optimistic.

Soraka breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Actually, we don't need to look for it, after casting the spell to dispel the school moon, the existence above the demigods of the entire continent will sense this strange spell energy, if they are willing to disperse the blood moon, they will inevitably lend their magic power to me temporarily, so what we have to worry about is not the lack of enough magic power, but the preparation ceremony before the several of us are carrying out the dispersal blood moon spell."

"Preparing for the ceremony?" Master Yi stroked his beard and looked at Soraka suspiciously.

Soraka replied with a calm face, "Well, the preparation ceremony requires the two of you and Ao Xing to smash the magic power and sword qi in your body into my body in the most violent state almost at the same time."

"How is this possible!"

"That will kill you!"

Kiran and Master Yi exclaimed one after another, and even Ao Xing, who was haunting Solaka's arm, became agitated.

"Don't worry, I have a way to defuse it, this is the only way we can turn on the Blood Moon to disperse." Soraka also knew that they were worried about her safety, but she still resolutely said that she hoped that they would support her decision.

Seeing that she insisted on doing so, Master Yi and the three of them no longer stopped it, but agreed with her decision with solemn faces.

After seeing that the three of them agreed, Soraka's resolute face showed a calm smile, as if the next extremely dangerous preparation ceremony was nothing to her.

"So, we can get started now!"

……

The Moglon trail leads up the mountain, and on the mountainside and above are the thousands of Demacian refugees who have been rescued by Leona.

Only a few of them were soldiers of Demacia, and most of them were civilians. But they are united under the leadership of Leona and Panson, and do hard military training every day.

Even if Ye Feng and the three of them came as guests, they didn't forget to train, because their hearts were always thinking about their hometown that had turned into purgatory, Demacia.

It was not until the afternoon that the Demacian refugees stopped training at Leona's behest. Taken to the top of the mountain by Leona, the Demacians looked earnestly at the demigod who had saved them, waiting for her to speak.

Ye Feng, Sivir, Lulu, Bobby, and Pan Sen all stood aside, quietly staring at these radiant Demacians, with their own different ideas.

When everyone had reached the top of the mountain, Leona said loudly, "Demacians, I have good news for you today, that we have a messenger from Ionia here."

As she spoke, Leona looked at Ye Feng and the others, paused, and then continued: "You don't have to live a life of fear on the mainland from now on, if you are willing to go to Ionia, I can escort you out of the continent with the three of them and take refuge in Ionia, where the refugees of Noxus, Zaun, Piltover, and Bilgewater have already fled."

"Now it's time for you to decide, will you take refuge in Ionia?"

In the face of the sudden good news, these Demacians showed their joy one after another, and they obviously wanted to take refuge in Ionia as well.

But soon, their faces showed an unwilling look again. After struggling for a long time, one of the Demacians replied loudly: "Lord Leona, the Demacians never flinch, we have been training with you for so long, from powerless civilians to warriors and soldiers, we hope that you can lead us to fight against demons and undead in the future, and retake Demacia!"

This resonated with all the Demacians present, who might have fled to Ionia out of fear if they were once civilians. But they've all been training with Leona, a demigod for so long, and they're not willing to waste that time training and hide in Ionia.

They aspire to one day be strong enough to fight demons and defend the glory of Demacia!

"Yes, Leona-sama, we're going to continue training with you!"

"For Demacia!"

"Demacia lives forever!"

"Please lead us in the battle against the demons!"

"We are loyal to you!"

"Mistress Leona, you are the Goddess of Dawn and the hope of our Demacians!"

"Please join us in retaking Demacia!"

"Take back Demacia!"

"Take back Demacia!"

"Take back Demacia!"

……

These Demacians roared like a tsunami of impassioned speeches on the top of the mountain, and the deafening echoes proclaimed their glory as Demacians.

Leona and the others were also shocked by the determination of these Demacians, in fact, at the beginning, Leona and Panson rescued these Demacians, and they did not intend to lead them to fight the demons. She wanted to take them to a safe place to take refuge, and then unite with the other forces to fight the demons together.

Seeing that their will was so firm, Leona glanced at Ye Feng and the others beside her again, and a certain fighting spirit in her heart was also ignited by these Demacians.

Her expression froze, and she said solemnly: "Since you want to fight the demon so much, then I will fulfill you, but when you are fully grown, you have to follow me and Pan Sen to train well!"

"Leona......" Sivir stopped talking, looking at the cheers of the thousands of Demacians below, she sighed helplessly, and she didn't know whether the decision of these Demacians and Leona was right or wrong.

Leona continued, "As the vanguard of the fight against the demons, we must not fall before the coalition forces of the other countries of Ionia return to the mainland, we should focus on spying on the intelligence of these demons, and then we can blow the horn of counterattacking the Shadow Isle together with the coalition forces of other countries!"

"Do the will of the Goddess of the Dawn!"

Demacia below all looked straight, stopped cheering, and responded to Leona's decision with a rousing voice.

In this way, the first human army in the Valoran continent to resist the shadows was born......

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(End of chapter)