A meeting, anticlimactic.

Rod's plan was put on hold again – but this time he wasn't in a hurry.

The reason is simple, it seems that the Demacians are in a more anxious situation than themselves.

Originally, Rhodes thought that Demacia was just in some trouble, but now it seems that ...... Hehe, there's something wrong with them internally, too!

Think about it, what is it about an elder of the Illuminati who finds himself indiscriminately and angrily?

Expelling an alien mage?

On the surface, this is indeed the reason - but considering Rod's strength, his previous help to Carlsen's team, and his desire to buy the Forbidden Stone, this unwarranted accusation is unreasonable and even very reckless.

That's right, the Demacians hate mages and subconsciously have a hostility towards them - but the old man is a mage himself!

Rhodes will be grateful to himself if he doesn't ask for light, but at least after he shows kindness, the other party can't at least be hostile, right?

I just told you a little bit about the meaning of the matter, and before I finished speaking, you came over and looked like you were going to do it...... What about playing RPGs? There's a boss battle before trading?!

For this to happen, Rhodes thought for a long time that there were only three.

The first is that this guy is a second-class product, belonging to the elderly Ye Liangchen who doesn't like anyone, and when he sees someone who is not pleasing to his eyes, he will go up directly.

But looking at his appearance, he is so old this year, if he is really a second goods...... How did he live to this age? Became an elder of the Illuminati?

The second possibility is that this old man didn't know what he had done, but he heard that he said that he wanted to buy a large amount of forbidden magic stones, so he had some kind of inexplicable misunderstanding, so he was full of hostility.

But Rukaz knew what he had done, and there was no reason why the Illuminati elder wouldn't know about it—unless the information wasn't shared, it wouldn't be easy to say. (And with Galio's loud voice, Rod suspects that if he hadn't entered the parlor, he would have heard him!) ）

The third, and most likely, reason, is that the elder knows everything, knows everything, but chooses to do it anyway, and he is avoiding, or resisting, his contact with Lukaz, and even resisting his own involvement in certain things.

At this point, Rhodes only made some rough speculations, but what happened remains to be seen.

Fortunately, Galio helped Rod shorten the time on the road, and although Rod is now restricted from leaving the White Eagle Manor, he can take his time here to find clues.

……………………

In fact, Rod's guess was quite accurate.

Elder Sorainsh wasn't a reckless man, nor was he stupid, and Galio's loud voice couldn't be hidden from others—he did do it on purpose when he wrongly challenged Rhodes.

As for the reason, it's not very complicated.

Sorainsh didn't want Rhodes - or Sanna, who was with Rhodes - to be involved in the recent turmoil at the Illuminati and in Demacia as a whole.

The Illuminati are now in a rather turbulent phase.

Interestingly, this matter also has something to do with Rhodes.

Previously, during the Battle of Ionia, the unexpected death of the Illuminati's president, Madame Bouvier, plunged the Illuminati into a serious crisis.

However, the situation in Valoran was very tense at that time, Noxus was invincible on the battlefield, and the cooperation of Marshal Du Caouk, General Darius, and Sveinstzehr Iron Triangle was perfect, and the Noxian army almost swept through Ionia.

Later, when Noxus was defeated, the situation had been relatively eased, but the transcendents of Ionia appeared in the field of vision of mortals, and when they attacked, all kinds of terrifying effects made Demacia's hearts palpitate, and although a new order had not been established within the Illuminati, it remained stable.

For more than two years, the Ionian Transcendents fell silent once again, completely out of sight of the Demacians - although they sent a number of Rangers to search around, they found no trace of the Transcendent.

(Including Lucian's departure from Demacia, it was all because of this - as the Ranger unit closest to magic in the Ranger battle sequence, he left Demacia to seek traces of the Transcendents and gather intelligence, but unfortunately he did not find the Ionian Transcendents, but instead discovered the Shadow Isle and Hammerstone...... ）

After a long search and no results, the Demacians finally gradually relaxed, it seems that the transcendents are not interested in mortals, and after the war, Ionia has also fallen into factional struggles, and the only thing that makes the light have a sense of crisis is only Noxus, who licks his wounds and actively reforms.

After all, Noxus can't go west, what if it expands east?

And then Noxus was slapped in the face by Rhodes in a row - the failure of the intervention of the Twin Cities, the war of independence in Besilico, these all gave Demacia a false signal, it seems that the reform of Noxus was a failure?

In this case, Demacia finally withdrew his outward gaze and looked inward at himself.

It's okay not to look at it, but this look reveals that the contradictions within the entire Demacia have reached a rather acute point!

The throne of the Light Shield family was crumbling because of the reckless capture of Govin IV; The other families who qualified to become kings of Demacia seem to have begun to act in the shadows; After traveling, Gavin IV, who was actively reforming, had a conflict with his father; The Illuminati lacks a strong leader; The elders of the Illuminati began an internal struggle after there was no external crisis......

In this case, Madame Bouvier's young adopted daughter appeared in the Illuminati's field of vision, and displayed a remarkable talent for magic (and the most demanded gift for healing magic for the Demacians), and even had a good relationship with a powerful mage who had a crush on Demacia......

As we said earlier, due to the death of Madame Bouvier, Fiona's escape from marriage, and the withdrawal of the Durang family from politics, the five alliances of the Shield, the Crown, Laurent, Bouvier, and Laurent have collapsed, and although they are still strong, they cannot be held together.

But Rod's appearance makes people involuntarily have some associations - considering that he seems to be relatively close to Sana and Lux, and now he is making trade requests to the Durang family, does this mean that he can be called a certain key?

Looking at Lux's enthusiastic attitude towards Rod, if the relationship between the two goes further, it is entirely possible that Rhodes will become an ally or even a member of the Crown Guard family!

If you look at it this way, there are some indescribable political connotations in Rhodes.

This is not good news for the Light Elders who have their own minds, especially those who are at odds with the Crowning Family!

You know, if it weren't for Galio and Lux's good relationship (light magic is delicious), Lux would have struggled to even enter the Illuminati and almost had to be banished - and even to this day, Galen's strong hostility to magic has put Lux under a lot of pressure in the Illuminati that she shouldn't have!

In that case...... It's not impossible to let this powerful mage and light produce some discord first!

Soracesh rushed over to provoke is not without support, he has the power of some stone runes, and he is the best at defense - in his estimation, to provoke Rod is at most a beating, but it is enough to bring himself a lot of political capital if he has a contradiction with the light and cannot affect Demacia, even if it is worth taking a beating!

What's more...... This is White Eagle Manor, does Rhodes dare to make a death move?

As for offending a powerful mage for Demacia, what can it be?

In addition to the mages of the Illuminati, how many other mages have a crush on Demacia?

In Sorainsh's opinion, Demacia, who possesses the Forbidden Magic Stone, is not afraid of spellcasters at all!