In Takeda Saito's view, there is only one word to describe the recent experiences - the passing years are not good.

Having spent a lot of money to broker a ceasefire in Noxus, Takeda thought he would be able to use this feat to get more support in Ionia, and then further expand his influence in Zaun, and then achieve his dream of mastering Zaun - but recent events seem to indicate that his plans will not go well.

Who knows why someone would blow up their most important alchemy factory with one shot?!

No matter how you study that cannon, it's like a circus performance prop, how could it be possible to destroy a giant alchemy factory with one shot?!

Wait, the cannon of the circus, could it be that the legendary clown Sacco did it?

But it doesn't make sense at all, not to mention that this demon clown has never appeared in Zu'an, just in terms of motives, he won't do it.

And in the ruins of the alchemy factory, there is a person who should never be here - Urgart!

What the hell!

Recently, the hair on Takeda's head has begun to fall out in large quantities, and he sees that a green grassland is about to turn into the Mediterranean!

What made Takeda even more unbearable was that the other alchemy barons either sent messengers or simply came to the door in person to inquire about what was going on.

In any case, a terrible explosion of that magnitude cannot be concealed.

At first, Takeda was also a little flustered, after all, everyone knew that it was his largest alchemy factory, and after losing that factory, his financial resources would be greatly affected.

In case the other alchemy barons see their current weakness clearly and work together to attack themselves, I am afraid that they will have to give up some things that they have worked so hard for.

But soon, Takeda calmed down.

Although the factory was ruined, the Ergarte was a point he could use.

If you can't find the culprit for the time being, you can't let go of dragging this guy out of the top tank - anyway, until now, Urgart has been in a comatose stage, and he said that he confessed something, and he admitted it!

(Of course, this is only an emergency plan, and specific incidents still need to be investigated.) ）

In that case, let's just use this guy to change everyone's attention and put it on the Noxians.

After all, this is the famous Noxian executioner!

As a result, the other alchemy barons were surprised to find that although Takeda had lost his largest alchemy factory, he had put on a good appearance and sought cooperation.

As for the content of the cooperation......

The words are unknown, but the target seems to be Noxus!

When it comes to Noxus, everyone's first reaction in Zaun is the Count of Voss.

At the mention of this name, most of the other alchemy barons subconsciously shuddered.

This perverted sadist isn't anything to mess with - and Vos is more powerful than the average alchemy baron.

Although this kind of force is suspected of being a fox and a tiger, no one wants to provoke a war machine like Noxus.

To rashly do something to Voss is simply impatient.

But Takeda showed a look of victory in and out of his words.

In Zu'an, there are not a few guys who like to deceive by trickery, but even if his power is damaged, there is no need for Takeda to deceive a large number of alchemy barons.

Therefore, after many temptations, the other forces strangely maintained restraint.

It's as if nothing happened.

Although everyone expressed interest in Takeda's big plan (which didn't cost money anyway), no one would really list Vos as a fat sheep until they saw actual evidence.

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On the other hand, with the help of the magic spring, Rhodes recovered quickly.

Violet Dream is open as usual, Jinx continues her job as a masked maid, and Ike even actually raises a large sum of money and gives it to Rhodes.

Rhodes seems to have returned to the life of a salted fish-like tavernkeeper, meditating, opening, collecting money, and closing the door every day.

Although the news that Zach brought back was that everything was calm except for the occasional visit, Rhodes was never in a hurry.

Until one day, Ike sneaked over in the middle of the night.

"Rod, did your plan fail? Those alchemy barons didn't seem to have happened, Xia Zuan didn't make any moves, and even Takeda was still actively shrinking his power! ”

"So, you don't know anything about the situation in Xia Zuan." Looking at the anxious Ike, Rhodes showed a subtle smile, "Actually, the current Xia Zuan has long been surging undercurrents, as expected, in a day or two, the alchemy baron led by Takeda will tentatively start to test the territory of Vos!" ”

Ike was confused.

That's when Zach returned.

So, Rod pointed to Zach who was flowing on the ground - "Wait for him to take a bath, and I'll tell you about the current situation." ”

After washing off the dirt from the drain, Zach began to tell the story of what he had seen today.

"Urgart seems to be awake."

Without a doubt, this is the most important sentence.

Rhodes believes that Takeda will definitely be able to get some news from Ergarth's mouth to analyze the current situation of Noxus.

Then, as expected, Zach said something else.

"Takeda organized a large secret meeting with Zack, and before the opportunity we had met, all the alchemy barons were present in person."

Ike was dumbfounded.

Rhodes was full of face, as expected.

"Giggs's explosives seem to have gone too far, so Urgart's sober consciousness is a little late, but what we can confirm is that a sober Urgart can help our anxious Mr. Saito Takeda to tide over the difficulties ahead."

"Originally, the alchemy factory was blown up, and Takeda became fat in the eyes of others, but if you know the turmoil in Noxus now, then I'm afraid that Voss without backup is the real goal of the alchemy barons!"

Although Urgarte's sobriety puts Rhodes at risk of being exposed, he believes that Takeda now has no choice.

And Rhodes thinks that his disguise is still very good - although Zach can't hide it from others, his spells deliberately imitate the light magic effect of Demacia, and strive to make everything shine with arcane brilliance when portraying the magic circle.

Therefore, in Ergarth's opinion, he is most likely a light mage from Demacia......

In addition to his own intervention to solve Mondo, Takeda can only think that it is Demacian trying to cause a dispute.

If it was the Demacian plan, then Rhodes believed that Takeda would definitely be happy to get a kick in it.

After all, Demacia didn't have an alchemy baron to make nails in Zaun!

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Most of the time when a mage uses the power of the arcane, a more or less azure arcane glow appears - though this is essentially an escape of energy and should be avoided as much as possible.

However, in order to deceive Urgart, Rhodes took the initiative to create a large number of Olympiad Radiance, and also wittily made the color of Arcadial Glory extremely bright, just like Demacia's signature light magic......

As an idol who is Gandalf's master, Rhodes says there is no pressure to do so.