Chapter 58: The Hidden Characters
With Chen Yin's departure, the withdrawal of the Noxian Army from all over the Ionian Federation is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Among the garrison troops of the Noxus Army in the port of the Beibu Gulf, one person finally dared to show his head generously. This is Cassiopeia, who has been hiding here for fear of Sain's punishment since the failure of the attack on Presti City, and she has now boarded the transport ship, stroking the fence with her hand, looking at the endless stream of Noxian soldiers who have boarded the ship one after another, and in a few moments, she will be ready to follow this force to evacuate Ionia.
The one who hid Cassiopeia here was the commander of the Second Legion of the Noxus Navy in the port of the Gulf of Tonkin Gulf, he was not only an old subordinate of Caterina and Cassiopeia's father Kekao, but also a minister under Cassiopeia's skirt, the original Cassiopeia was the most beautiful in Noxus, and captured a large number of admirers, even the always cold General Darius also commented on Cassiopeia's appearance when she was a girl, praising her for her talent, and she will definitely amaze the Valoran continent when she grows up, Become a tulip blooming in the Commonwealth of Noxus on the continent of Valoran.
However, it is a pity that this tulip has been cursed by a strange curse before it blooms, and it has become the half-human, half-snake it is now. Even though Cassiopeia's body has become this honor, her supporters remain obsessed, hoping that one day she may be treated by the alchemists of Zuan and bloom again into the Noxian flower she once was.
"Second Miss, this ship is about to leave, and it is windy on the deck, so go back to your room quickly."
A Noxian general came to Cassiopeia's side and said softly.
"Brother Leo, it's okay, I've been hiding here for many days this time, so I've bothered you, big brother's grace, Yaya will definitely repay it in the future, thank you here first." Cassiopeia leaned down slightly and thanked the Noxian general solemnly.
Seeing the lover of his dreams so gentle with him surprised Leo at a loss.
"It's okay, it's okay, as long as you can help the second miss, Leo Wan will not give up, and he doesn't dare to ask the lady for anything in return."
"By the way, Brother Leo, is there still no news of my sister?"
"Well, according to the brothers from the Assassin forces, Miss Caterina was kidnapped by a giant robot rushing down the street on her way back from the Battle of Presti City, and her life and death are still unknown."
"Oh, that's worrying...... Since my father didn't know whether he was alive or dead, my sister also suffered such a situation, which is really sad......"
said that he was sad, but Cassiopeia's slightly drooping eyes were cold, and there was no trace of worry. Because, if Caterina really has an accident, as one of the largest nobles in the Noxus Federation, the Quekao family, Cassiopeia will become a veritable first in line to the throne, and the benefits she can get, in addition to the power of the military, also have huge wealth and social status after really taking charge of the family, this kind of opportunity, Cassiopeia has been coveting for a long time.
Outside the port, in the boarding area of another fleet, there was a sudden commotion, as if someone had broken into it and clashed with the soldiers there. Leo confessed to Cassiopeia and left first, he needed to check what had happened, and in this period of withdrawal of the whole army, there must be no extraneous incidents, Leo prayed silently in his heart.
When Leo arrived at the area of the incident, he saw a familiar child, this was a strange little girl caught by his escort team patrolling outside the military port on the eve of the departure of the Noxian Navy, this girl was hiding in a pile of rocks and sleeping, and was captured by the soldiers as a spy, in the process of capture, the little girl showed a strange ability to control the rocks, seven or eight Noxian soldiers were smashed, and even two were buried alive in the soil. Leo felt very surprised, a child who looked only about 10 years old, awakened the power of runes early, which is extremely rare, Leo in the selfish comparison concealed the matter, and brought the little girl to the Ionian battlefield with the army, although his unit is only the navy, but if the overall battle of the Ionian war is superior, their navy will also cooperate with the army to carry out some regional ground occupation, at that time, this little girl's ability will be a good means to conquer the city. As Leo expected, when the Noxian army almost controlled the situation in Ionia, the naval forces also had to go ashore to capture some mediocre villages and towns, and he used lies to coax the little girl to participate in a series of battles, and cooperated with his troops to bloody several towns on the main transportation routes, not only looting a lot of wealth, but also making a lot of contributions. It's just that no matter how perfect the lie is, it will definitely be seen through, even if the other party is a child, just when the situation in Presti was at a stalemate, this little girl began to discooperate with the actions of Leo's troops, and even kept contradicting Leo. This made Leo's heart gradually accumulate a belly of anger.
Seeing the little girl with brown hair and ragged clothes in front of him, her whole body flashing with an earthy yellow light, her fists clenched, and she was confronting a group of Noxian soldiers carrying boxes on the ship, Leo frowned, stepped forward and asked, "Talia, what are you messing around again??" ”
When the little girl named Thalia saw Leo in a military uniform coming to her, she reined in her momentum, bowed her head slightly, and whispered
"Mr. Leo, I've heard that this war is over. We are now about to evacuate the country of Ionia. ”
"Yes, now that you know, why don't you hurry up and get on the ship, we are about to return home, what are you messing with my soldiers here??"
Leo said with an unkind face. Talia bit her lip, as if she was making up her mind, and finally she straightened up and said loudly, "But, but, I went to the big city next door a few days ago, and I heard others say that this war, Noxus is the invader, and this war is also an unjust war!" So, so ...... Even if we evacuate, we should also return the things we robbed of others to others, and we should not take them away secretly......"
Talia began to speak in a loud voice, but seeing that Leo's eyes in front of her were getting more and more vicious, her voice became smaller and smaller, and at the end, it was like the sound of a mosquito.
"Humph!! At a young age, do you know what war is? I don't know what to say!! Come!!! ...... her"
"Take her to my warship, let her go and freshen up first, and then hand her over to Miss Cassiopeia!!"
Leo originally wanted the soldiers to put Talia in the prison on the ship, but then he suddenly thought that Cassiopeia was on his ship, for this second lady who was well-dressed and well-fed, in Noxus, she always needed many servants to serve when she traveled, and there was no woman on her ship who could serve her closely, and this Talia in front of her became the best candidate in front of her.
It's a pity that Cassiopeia's snake temper is not something that Leo can figure out, not long after the fleet sailed out of the sea off Ionia, there was a thud from Leo's ship and a heavy object falling into the water, when Leo heard the news and rushed over, he saw Cassiopeia with an excited face, staring at the short brown hair that rose and fell with the waves in the sea, until the small figure gradually sank into the sea. Seeing that the matter had come to this, Leo only sighed slightly, and did not dare to say anything.
In the northern part of Omikaran, one of the three major provinces of Ionia, there is a large archipelago, the largest of which is the current location of the Shadow Stream Sect's helm, since the truce between Noxus and Ionia, the Shadow Stream Master and his followers have returned to the island in a hurry. Due to the eventual failure of the Ionian War, the Raider resented the Noxian allies in his heart, patted his ass, signed an armistice, and ran away. But he can't escape, his sect is still in the Ionian sphere of influence, not only will he have to face the attacks of many masters from various monasteries in the country, but he will also have to be on guard against the Ionian military department's reckoning with the autumn.
"Noxus, cowardly bastards!! As soon as Sain dies, won't there be anyone who can hold up the scene? The few guys in power just watched the fruit fly away?? Svein, Darius, what the hell are you thinking? Bastard!! Bang!! Smack! ”
A shattered flask smashed against the wall of the room, and since returning to the Shadow Stream Helm, he borrowed wine to kill his sorrows, and cursed his former allies, the high-ranking officials of Noxus, while drinking.
After hearing the sound of the cup breaking in the room, the subordinates standing guard outside the door did not move, they had long been accustomed to this, and no one dared to go in to disturb the sect leader, even the right protector, who had always been favored, was also slapped by the sect leader in a consolation and spat blood. After that, unless the sect leader gave an order, no one dared to go in at will to disturb the emotional venting of the calamity.
Today, that convention is suddenly broken. A hurried shinobi rushed into the courtyard, as if there was something urgent, and after he gave a simple salute to the two shinobi standing guard, he ignored the taboo and directly opened the curtain door and broke into the room of the leader of the robbery. As he slammed his head on the ground, declaring that something important was to be done, a four-cornered dart with a cold glow spun and rushed towards his throat.
"Master!! Two men said they were the ones who killed Sain!! ”
As soon as he finished shouting this sentence, the spinning dart was still spinning rapidly, but it stopped at his throat for a moment, and it was only a few centimeters away from cutting his neck artery. The shinobi saw the dart stop next to his neck, and although he knew that he had picked up a life, his back was already drenched in cold sweat.
"What about people??"
"In the middle hall of the main rudder's living room, the right Dharma Protector has already led people to surround them!"
"Idiot! It seems that I was stupid by the slap I gave a few days ago! If it was really the one who could kill Sain, how could he stop him! ”
He slowly stood up from the tatami mat, and the black light on his body was shocked, and the alcohol that had accumulated for many days was excluded from his pores.
"You're good! What's your ranking? ”
I didn't hear the other arrangements of the robbery, but I was suddenly asked such a sentence, which made the shinobi tremble with excitement, which also made the two middle ninjas standing guard secretly jealous in their hearts.
"Subordinate, subordinate, subordinate is Shimoshinobi Force No. 737 ......"
After hearing this, he nodded and said, "Nian thought that you came to report today regardless of your life, and you will be rewarded for your merits." From tomorrow, you will enter the middle ninja army, go to the Dharma Hall to receive the middle ninja advanced cheats, sort No. 1, the original middle ninja force No. 1, and advance to the upper ninja army. ”
"Thank you for cultivating! Subordinates will die in retribution!! The subordinate shinobi hurriedly sat upright and bowed to the head of the robbery sect leader again.
"You go to the middle hall now, inform the right protector, ask him to remove the manpower, receive the two of them as a guest of honor, and inform them that I will be there later!"
"Hello!!"
Half an hour later, in the living room of the head of the shadow stream, on the simple and neat tatami mats, four short tables were visited, and next to each short case, there was an elegant woman in a kimono kneeling, on which were filled with exquisite sashimi platters and full-grained sushi platters, as well as a few fried golden saury, and a bottle of silver sake jug was warm in a white porcelain wine warmer.
The first guest of the seat was naturally the leader of the Shadow Stream Sect, and on his left hand side was the right protector who sat with him, and on the left hand side of the two short cases, one was Kai Yin, who was injured and escaped after fighting Jax, and the other was a tall man with silver hair and a black giant bow.
"This is the famous sake that our sect treasures, Sessai Daiginjo, Kaiin-sama, Verus-sama, please drink it all!"
He held up the wine cup with both hands, and after signaling to the two, he did it first. The woman who was serving on the side immediately picked up the silver flask from the wine warmer and filled it again.
Kai Yin learned the way of robbery, and he also held up the wine cup with both hands, and drank all the wine in the cup, and the woman next to him hurriedly filled the wine in Kai Yin's cup. However, the tall, silver-haired man known as Verus did not seem to be satisfied with this crepe drinking style, and he took the silver flask in one hand, and gulped a few gulps to drink the jug of four taels.
This also attracted the attention of the robbery, and he applauded gently.
"Hahaha, good, good! It is worthy of killing Sain with one arrow and forcing back Jax's warrior with three arrows!! It's so heroic, it's magnificent! ”
However, Verus did not respond to the remarks of the robbery, and only continued to eat, especially the various sashimi that were cut.
"Hehe, robber sect master, don't be surprised. Verus's temper has always been like this! ”
Kai Yin on the side gently raised the lamp, and after saluting to Zai Yao, he explained.
"It's okay, it's okay, my Shadow Stream Sect can get the presence of the two adults, it's already full of brilliance. Now the two adults are willing to help me take advantage of this troubled world and compete for Valoran, I am really grateful, come, Lord Cain, let's have another drink! ”
It turned out that Cain and Verus, who killed Sain and captured the core, never left Ionia. In Vladimir's mouth, Cain has already figured out the various forces of Ionia and Valoran. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to get closer to one side of the forces first, and then slowly try to restore the revival of his own people. However, in the inland region of Valoran, there are not only the two giant federations of Noxus and Demacia, but also the powerful monster lurking in the War College, and after careful planning, he decided to start from overseas forces, and then slowly plot against the Rune Continent. Between Bilgewater and Ionia, between the Pirate King Planck and the Lord of the Shadowstream, Cain and Verus finally chose the forces of Ionia and Ionia, and eventually, they joined the Shadowstream Sect where the Raider was located.
On the other side, the War College's Hub Teleportation Array area.
There are more than 20 teleportation arrays here, like more than 20 huge plates, upside down in the valley inside Mogro Pass. On the periphery of the teleportation array area, there are small white houses built side by side, the residence of the gray-robed guardians of the teleportation array, and then outward, there are military tents, and among the 10,000 people of the 5th Guardian Team of the War College, 2,000 people accompany the gray-robed guardians to guard the hub teleportation array all year round.
Here, classes are being held today, and the teachers of the Science and Technology Branch and the Magic Branch of the War College are taking the new batch of students to inspect and study here, discussing the past and the present, and explaining the contribution of the War College Hub Teleportation Array to the entire Valoran Continent.
At this moment, a glow flickered in the sky above the Ionian array area of the hub teleportation array, like a bright meteor at the moment when the sky fell, and it fell into the Ionian array disk. Almost instantly, five gray-robed figures appeared on the periphery of Ionia's array, surrounding Ionia's array.
"Ouch, my God, haven't you used this teleportation array for a long time?? Why do you feel that the stability is much worse, has it not been overhauled? It's so uncomfortable for me!! Ouch, dizzy, dizzy!! ”
Under the vigilant gazes of many teachers, students and gray-robed guardians, two vague figures slowly appeared on the array of the teleportation array.