Time goes back to more than ten days ago, after the lightly-clothed Wuji Sword Saint Master Yi left the War Academy, he did not exit the official road along the flattest "Grand Barrier", nor did he take a shortcut to the more steep swampy areas - "Kara Marsh" and "Roaring Swamp", he chose the path from the Boulder Peak between the "Grand Barrier" and the "Swamp Area".

Boulder Peak, also known as the "Pillar of Babel" by the people of the Valoran Continent, it is located in the southwest of the War College, from its other alias, it can be known that there is an extremely tall mountain here, not one, it is a huge mountain that is connected together, the tallest of which can be seen from a distance It is directly into the clouds, and it has been covered by clouds and mist for many years, and the naked eye can not see the location of its summit at all, so it is quite appropriate to be called "Babel Pillar".

Due to the steep terrain of Boulder Peak, the complex passages, and the fact that it is in the sphere of influence of the War College, it has been rarely disturbed by outsiders, even if there are occasionally some adventurers who have escaped the escort of the War College and entered the Boulder Peak area to scavenge some rare materials, they will eventually be discovered by a mysterious force that has been stationed here here for many years, and the adventurers will be captured without exception, and the light ones will be sent back to their original nationality, and the heavy ones will be directly imprisoned in the prison of the War College.

Over time, there are different opinions about the Boulder Peak in the Valoran Continent, some people say that this is the treasure hiding place of the War College since its establishment for thousands of years, and the precious classics and precious materials of the War College are all buried in a certain cave in the Boulder Peak area, and there are guardians to guard; Some people also say that the Boulder Peak is sealed with ancient demons, which is why the War College will keep this area tightly defended.

After these rumors spread a lot, even the teachers and students of the War Academy had all kinds of speculations about Boulder Peak, but everyone was a part of the academy, so they were almost very restrained, and not many people went there to investigate.

In addition to the three vice presidents of the War Academy, the two leaders of the War College escort team really knew the secrets of Boulder Peak, because these two people came from the ancient tribe where Boulder Peak was located, and the two of them were Pan Sen and Leona.

Master Yi, as one of the few high-level scholars who are familiar with most of the ancient secrets, has more information about the Giant Stone Peak, he knows very well that there is no ancient demon sealed here, and there are no treasures to treasure here, and this place is not called "Tongtian Pillar", in ancient times, this area was not called "Giant Stone Peak", but "was called "Giant God Peak" by people, because there was a strong god's bloodline here. They are one of the eight ancient races, the Lakol clan, also known as the giant god clan or the dragon god clan, because the Lakol clan has the blood of the guardian god of the Valoran continent, the starry dragon king "Aurelian Thor".

This race, whether male or female, has possessed powerful combat power over fifth-order demonic beasts since birth, coupled with the fact that they have a perfect cultivation method and training system since childhood, so that every adult Rakol clan has the strength comparable to that of human high-level heroes or ninth-order demonic beasts. Just like the nickname of the Lakore clan, although they are strong in battle, they have the same fertility rate as the dragons, and it is difficult for the people who are not strong enough to conceive, resulting in the fact that this race has always been sparsely populated.

After tens of thousands of years and many ancient wars, there are less than a thousand people left in the Lakore clan, all of them live in seclusion in the Boulder Peak Mountains, and these more than 1,000 people are divided into two major tribes, the most powerful of which is the Sun tribe, that is, Leona's family tribe, with more than 500 people, followed by the Stampa tribe, which used to be the tribe where Pan Sen was, with about 300 people.

Master Yi, as a person who knows the inside story of the Lakol tribe, knows that in addition to the Lieyang tribe and the Stampa tribe, there is a third small tribe here in Boulder Peak, they are a group of tribes dominated by women, they broke away from the Lakol tribe's worship and belief in sunlight, and turned to believe in moonlight, so they call themselves the Kyaukyue tribe, but this tribe is not recognized by the Rakol tribe, and the Kyaukyue tribe is also called the outcasts. They live in the abyss at the bottom of the Boulder Peak, and do not come out to move during the day, only after nightfall, the tribesmen of the Bright Moon tribe will come out to pick wild vegetables and hunt some demonic beasts in the mountains as living materials.

Master Yi came to Boulder Peak this time, mainly to ask the patriarch of the Lieyang tribe about the Starry Sky Dragon King "Aurelian Thor", it is said that the Rakol clan has a special way to contact the Starry Sky Dragon King, which may be helpful to the prompt message that Master Yi received.

Master Yi's arrival alarmed the whole of the Burning Sun Tribe, after all, no foreigners had entered the Boulder Peak for nearly ten years, and the patriarch of the Burning Sun Tribe, Digaru, that is, Leona's father, heard that someone from the War College was coming, and personally came out to greet him.

Di Garu is already more than 500 years old, but he still looks like a man in his forties, when he saw that the person who came turned out to be his old friend Master Yi, he was also extremely happy, grinned and gave Master Yi a warm hug. "Hahahaha, Brother Yi, how long has it been since you came to me for a drink? Eight years? Or ten years? Is things that busy at the War College? ”

Master Yi also patted Digaro's back and said with emotion: "Brother Digaru, after so many years, you haven't changed at all, it's so good!" But let's talk about drinking later, there have been a lot of things in the academy recently, and I can't hide it that I also came here this time to ask for something. ”

"Oh?? If you have something to say, with the relationship between our two families, if we can help you, we Lakore clan are duty-bound! Digaru patted his chest and made a promise.

So Master Yi tried to contact the gods of the five ancient races that had left the Valoran Continent, but in the end he only got feedback from the dragon god, that is, the feedback from the legendary ancestor of the dragon god of the Rakol clan, but the information he got was vague, and Master Yi wanted to ask Digaru to help use the special contact method of the Lakoor clan to contact the dragon god Thor again to see if he could give some clearer hints.

After listening to Master Yi's request, Di Garu's face was slightly embarrassed, and Master Yi thought that he had some difficulty, so he opened his mouth to persuade him: "Brother, if it's inconvenient, then forget it." ”

Di Garu waved his hand again and again and said: "No, Brother Yi, it's not that it's convenient or inconvenient, but there are only two ways to contact the Dragon God Ancestor, the first one was originally the easiest, but now it can't be used anymore, and the second one is relatively expensive, I could have done it 150 years ago, but now it's not possible." ”

"Oh? ......"Although Master Yi is not gossipy, he is also very curious about the two methods of the Lakore clan that Digaru said.

"Well, it's a matter of my clan's forbidden secrets, and because it's you, I'll say it, if you change someone else or even a clansman who doesn't have the right to inherit our clan, these things can't be said easily......" Digaru sat up straight and said slowly.

From Digaru's account, Master Yi learned about the secrets of the two Rakol tribes, and the first secret was even related to the Kyaukyue tribe, which was regarded as an outcast by the Rakol clan. The Lakore clan originally had three major artifacts, namely the Zenith Blade, the Shield of Daybreak, and the Arc Moon Scimitar, and after these three artifacts were placed on the altar of the Lakore clan's Sun Tribe, they only needed to pray silently to communicate with the dragon god ancestor who existed in the ethereal heaven, Aurelian Thor, through the vibrations generated between the three artifacts.

Unfortunately, the Bright Moon Tribe later broke away from the Rakore clan and took away the Arc Moon Scimitar among the three artifacts, and although the Sun Tribe still possessed the remaining two major artifacts, the Zenith Blade and the Shield of Daybreak, they could not gather the three artifacts again to call the dragon god's response.

In addition to the first method above, the second method is as Di Garu said, the price required to pay is too great, not only needs a clansman with the bloodline of the Lakol clan, that is, the bloodline of the dragon god, but also the strength must reach the level of a hero above the legendary level, this clansman will go to the altar and burn his life force to communicate with the dragon god as a bridge, and the time is extremely short, it may only be tens of seconds, in case the time is not well controlled, or the strength is not enough, then it will be instantly sucked up by the altar All the vitality, Immediate death.

The reason why Di Garu said that he was able to do it 150 years ago was precisely because he was still in the prime of life at that time, and his strength could barely reach the level of a legendary hero, but now he does not have this kind of strength. After Digaro, the only warrior in the Rakor clan who had been expected to reach this level again for hundreds of years had fallen prematurely, and his name was Panson.

After Master Yi heard Pan Sen's name from Di Garu again, his hands trembled slightly, and a cloudy tear slipped down the corner of his eyes on his wrinkled face.

"Alas......"

After a sigh, a vigorous and powerful palm gently patted Master Yi's shoulder: "Old friend, don't be sad, the moon is jealous of the red face, and the sky is jealous of the talent!" As long as Panson doesn't bury the prestige of our Rakore warriors, then he will die a well-deserved death! All of us will be proud of him! ”

After saying goodbye to Degaru, Master Yi did not go back to the Kyaukyue Tribe, firstly because the Bright Moon Tribe was secretive, and secondly, because Master Yi had no friendship with them, but Master Yi still left another letter to Digaru, telling him that if Digaru's daughter Leona returned to the tribe, he would give this letter to Leona.

There are several cliffs to enter Demacia along the Megalithic Peaks, and the only way to get through here is to use the Laquor sling, which is not only not far away, but is faster than taking the official road of the "Great Barrier".

It was through this shortcut that Master Yi shortened the journey that originally took more than 15 days to reach Vantican, the royal city of Demacia, to only 10 days.

Ten days later, Master Yi came to the royal city of Demacia, Vantican, looking at the majestic and tall city wall in the distance, Master Yi smiled slightly, and thought to himself, "How long has it been since you been here?" It seems like almost twenty years, right? Unexpectedly, there was almost no change in appearance. ”

Following the flow of people entering the city, Master Yi came to the city gate.

Although he had already learned from the intelligence of the War College that Vantigan had been occupied by the Angel Legion, Master Yi did not have the same prejudice against these non-human species as Chen Yin, after all, the Ancient Eight Races were the founding races of the War College and the former allies of humans on the Valoran Continent, and Master Yi had a special trust in them.

However, all this good impression is shattered today.

The guards on duty at the city gate were all regular warriors of Demacia, and there was no Angel Clan warrior in sight, but this group of guards seemed to be more fanatical than the Angel Clan in their purity of faith.

Everyone who entered and left the city had to recite a prayer about the Lord of Light, and although Master Yi stood far away, he could still hear the full text of the prayer clearly.

"Thank you, Lord, for coming down to earth and blessing us, for what we use, what we have and what we have enjoyed, and we thank you for all that you have been rewarded. Glory to God the Father, as it was in the beginning, and it is still today, forever. Amen!! ”

Master Yi's brows gradually furrowed, from the historical documents he knew, the angelic clan was indeed one of the first eight races to establish the indigenous faith of mankind, but that belief was only to establish the Holy See, and the Holy See recruited human missionaries, and then the designated human missionaries taught human beings the etiquette knowledge of mutual respect and mutual love, and also taught human beings about the use of the power of light, but there was never a record that they still had this kind of almost brainwashing prayer.

What happened next was even more shocking to Master Yi, and those who had not memorized all the prayers, or who had memorized the wrong prayers, were dragged out one after another and stood alone on the edge of the city wall, including a few children who looked to be in their teens.

All the people waiting to enter the city whispered to each other, mixed with some faint laughter, as if they knew what was happening in front of them.

When a pot of burning charcoal was also moved by several guards to the city wall, Master Yi was even more confused, and he couldn't figure out what they were going to do.

It wasn't until a non-commissioned officer who looked like a captain came over with a few long-handled iron tools and threw a few iron tools into the red-hot charcoal fire that Master Yi looked at the brazier and the branding utensils, as if he had thought of something, and his face became extremely ugly.

Burning, a cruel punishment in ancient Valoran, has not appeared in history for nearly three thousand years since the fall of the last slave state. Those who have been punished by the soldering have to endure endless mental torture in addition to the extreme physical pain, because the marks under the branding iron will accompany the person for the rest of his life and will never be erased.

At this time, the iron flat-bottomed soldering utensils had been burned red, and the person who looked like the squad leader picked up a red solder, glanced at the people in front of him, and then pointed to a middle-aged man, and several soldiers around him rushed over, cut the man's arms on his back, and knelt on the ground, and one of the soldiers pressed his hands tightly on the man's forehead, so that he could not move his head left and right.

"~~~~~~"

"Ahhh!!hhh

The smell of burnt meat was accompanied by a piercing scream, and the squad leader gently removed the soldering device from the middle-aged man's forehead, squinted his eyes slightly, and then nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, the middle-aged man had already choked with tears in pain and fainted, but on his forehead, two scorched words had been left: "Sinners"

These bastards!! Who do they think they are? Barbarians? Is this still the most generous and benevolent Demacia? Master Yi couldn't believe his eyes, and the right hand that held the purple scabbard couldn't help but tremble slightly.

When the squad leader, who had finished the execution, stood in front of the queue in the corner of the wall again, and casually pointed at a child who was trembling with fear, the child shrank behind his mother with a cry, and the woman blocked the child behind, kneeling on the ground with tears in her eyes and kowtowing, begging the soldiers in front of her to let her mother and son go.

But the brainwashed sergeants ignored it, and one soldier flew up and kicked the mother backwards, while another rushed over and grabbed the child by the hair with one hand, dragging him to the ground and carrying him to the brazier.

Since he was only a child, he didn't need so many soldiers to immobilize his body, and the soldier who captured the child just stepped on the child's back, grabbed the child's hair with his right hand and lifted it slightly, and his face was facing the burning brazier.

The squad leader's nostrils snorted coldly, and he picked out the soldering equipment from the brazier again, this time the soldering equipment was a slightly smaller model, it seemed that they had already prepared different execution props for people of different ages.

Just as the soldering iron approached the child's forehead, a loud shout rang out in the crowd.

"Stop me!!"

The squad leader stopped what he was doing, the soldering tool was almost attached to the child's forehead, the high temperature on the soldering device had already curled the hair in front of the child's forehead, and the child had already cried and couldn't make a sound, only the sound of "cluck~cuck~" kept coming out of his throat and eyes.

The guards in front of the city gate seemed to be well-trained, and almost at the moment when Master Yi spoke out to stop them from committing their atrocities, the group of guards had already pounced like wolves, and the crowd around Master Yi also dispersed "Hula~", leaving only Master Yi standing here empty.

Seeing that his subordinates had surrounded the old man, the squad leader also staggered over, still holding the red-hot soldering iron in his hand. "Old guy!! Do you know what the consequences of hindering the Holy Guard are? “

"What is a Holy Guard? Aren't you soldiers of Demacia? Why do you insult your own people? Who gave you this right? Master Yi held back the anger in his heart, for fear that if he couldn't control his actions and hurt people, it would affect his communication with the ancient predecessors of the angel clan in the city.

"Demacia??"

"Hahaha!!"

Several soldiers and their squad leader looked at each other a few times before laughing.

"Old fellow, you look like you're from another Federation, right? When did you get the old calendar? This land originally belonged to our Holy See of Light and the Holy Empire, tens of thousands of years ago, and it still is today, as for the Demacia you mentioned, it is just a puppet regime that has tampered with history. ”

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