Meanness is the passport of the despicable - the vast majority of the Illuminati have modestly pledged not to contact Rhodes until a unified plan has been reached, but there are always some who are not among them.

Why are the Order-Keepers naturally hostile to the Disorderly?

Because they don't follow the rules, and the unruly will always have a natural advantage when facing the rule-abiding people.

Like now.

Rule-abiding people don't take the initiative to approach Rhodes - and in order to avoid suspicion, Rukaz even has to make sure that he will never be in Rhodes' sight.

But on the contrary, some people who didn't want to see Rhodes in the first place began to move.

Among the people who want to expel Rhodes, for the sake of the Illuminati and Demacia, they are okay, they are well-behaved - but don't forget, there are still some people mixed in, they can completely suppress the five alliances for the benefit of their own family, and some even want to pit Demacia through Rhodes.

Elder Zantia is the former.

Elder Zantia was a swarthy, tall old man, who was nearly a hundred years old this year, and whose origins were somewhat similar to that of Lux in the Illuminati, who was the youngest son of the great nobleman of Demacia, the Iwayou family.

The Iwanwoo family is also a family with the qualifications of kings, and seventy years ago, Zantia was also a strong contender for the throne.

At that time, Zanthia was Demacia's ace warrior, not only did he have excellent personal combat effectiveness, but also his defensive ability and counterattack ability to command troops in battle made Noxus extremely jealous - and that period was the period of rapid expansion of Noxus and constant friction with Demacia.

On the border of Demacia, Zanthia took advantage of the Forbidden Magic Stone to make Noxus suffer several big losses in a row, as if he was a shining new star, and even completely overshadowed the light of Govin I's son, Gawain II.

But defense is not a panacea.

The Hand of Noxus at the time, Thorn (Hand of Noxus is a traditional title, the Hand of Noxus at the time, was Therne) led the best of Trefali's troops in a raid and bypassed the defenses of Sorainsh's Rock Legion from a rugged mountain road.

In that battle, Sean led the most elite soldiers in all of Noxus over the mountains, without using any magic (for fear of being detected by Demacia's rune fluctuations), rolled down the cliff in fluffy dragon snake grass felt, and then took advantage of the cold winter to cross the frozen Salland River, miraculously appearing behind Demacia's defenses.

The sudden attack plunged Demacia into serious chaos, and in this situation, Gavin I chose to meet the enemy head-on with the Debang garrison!

Courage, but recklessness - in that battle, Sain achieved his greatest glory, and the greatest glory of the title of Hand of Noxus.

Under the watchful eyes of countless soldiers, Sein unscrewed off the head of Gavin I.

The blood of the king and the roar of the invaders deprived the Demacians of the courage they were proud of, and from that time on, the Cyne and Trimani legions were literally uninhabited, and the Demacian defenders were almost invincible along the way!

After reacting, Zanthia wanted to rush back from the front line to support, but at this critical moment he awakened his magical talent.

In order to be in a hurry, Zanthia did not take the official road, but copied the path, and in such a relatively remote place, Demacia did not have enough forbidden magic stones.

Although Zanthia was a warrior, he possessed a portion of the power of the rock runes in between the odds, and he had suppressed this power all along, using it only as an aid in fighting people.

And with the help of the Forbidden Stone, Zanthia did hide everything well.

But when Zanthia moved away from the Forbidden Stone, he was horrified to find that he seemed to be unable to restrain this power

The armor on his body has a tendency to petrify, and the guards feel inexplicably uncomfortable, and their strength is getting bigger and bigger, but they are becoming more and more uncontrollable......

Zanthia wants to try to control this power, but without the help of the Forbidden Stone, when he tries to control his power, he will unconsciously bring the power of runes - if he is in a situation full of Forbidden Stones, the Forbidden Stone will absorb the part of the rune power he uses to control his rune power, keeping his state stable, but without the Forbidden Stone, this control is like blowing up a balloon, making Zantia's rune energy more and more large.

Then, at a military meeting on a specific plan for support on the march, Zantia's runic abilities exploded—terrifying runic energy formed a runic tidal wave, petrifying things in its path, the earth trembling, and countless stony spikes growing out of the ground.

As a result, the unsuspecting command was served by its own generals......

When the news reached the city of Demacia, everyone fell into despair.

The king died on the battlefield, the general blew himself up on the spot, and the enemy was unstoppable.

No matter how you look at it, it feels like Demacia is finished.

It was at this moment that Gavin II stepped forward.

Before dawn, Gavin II rang all the bells of Demacia, and then called his guards to light torches and gather them all in the grand square in the middle of the city.

In the flickering light of the fire, Govin II took the military flag stained with his father's blood in his hand and plunged it into the marble floor—and the next moment, Gawain II's loud voice appeared in everyone's ears.

"Some say Demacia is finished."

"Because we've lost our kings, we've lost our generals, we've lost our elite soldiers, we've lost everything—and the ferocious, cruel, and unstoppable Noxians have approached our homeland."

"Some say that we have no chance of victory, because the Legion of Rock and the Garrison of Debon have fallen at the feet of the enemy, and their blood has stained this banner of honor of Demacia with scarlet and terrible."

"In their opinion, all Demacia can do now is to bend down, wagging his tail and begging for mercy, to lick his boots stained with the blood of our warriors and our relatives, in exchange for stealing his life in the wanton ridicule of the enemy!"

"Is that so?"

"All the Demacians, pat your chest and answer me, is that so?!"

"The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the enemy is outnumbered - but so what?"

"More than 800 years ago, when magic distorted the world, were our ancestors weak in the face of terrible magicians?"

"Far weaker than us! They have no armor, no blades! ”

"But did they give in?"

"Not really!"

"If they succumb, how can there be such a Demacia now?"

"We are not weak, and we have never been completely defeated - defeat is never enough to make the people of Demacia lose their courage, and it is only when we give up the last honor and dignity that Demacia truly perishes!"

"People of Demacia, look back - this is Demacia, this is our homeland, this is the country that our ancestors built and defended with their blood, here is our glory, our families, our everything!"

"The flag of Demacia is still there, and even if it is red with blood, it will only make us braver and more tenacious!"

At this moment, the morning sun rises.

The light expelled the darkness at this moment, and the terrified Demacians found their backbone in this moment.

The next moment, when Gavin II raised the red banner and chanted "For our relatives, for our homeland, for Demacia", he was responded to by the heartfelt cries of countless Demacians.

"For Demacia!"