Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Heroic Past

We didn't have a destination, but because Witt told me that Lux wanted the water of immortality, I decided to head to Presidium.

As for the big hero, just ask as you go, Bobby naturally won't have an opinion, she has been wandering for so long, it doesn't matter where she goes.

We asked the locals for directions to Presidium and hit the road, where Bobby told me the story of the hammer:

Because of the difference in the time of birth and the individual, it is difficult for us yodelers to become friends, we basically know each other, and rarely see each other, let alone become friends, so we are all lonely.

Fortunately, everyone has their own hobbies, and life is full and interesting, except for me.

Since I was born, I didn't know what I liked, I always walked around alone, I wasn't happy or sad, and then I saw that others had things I liked to do, and I began to imitate them:

Learn Lulu to find elves, learn from Rambo to make various inventions, learn Kutch to fly airplanes, and learn Vega to do experiments......

I tried a lot, but I gave up because I didn't have interest, and then left my hometown at the suggestion of the elders of the clan and went to the places where other races lived, hoping to find my interest, after all, there are many people who find pleasure in the outside world, such as Kree.

But I traveled for many years, and I was still alone, still unhappy and sad, as if everything was the same as before, until I met Oron.

This was more than 300 years ago, when Demacia was still very chaotic and the city-states were independent.

There are many evil mages who are skilled in the use of dark magic, they are rampant, they capture civilians and conduct brutal experiments, and they continue to create one horrific legend after another, darker than Noxus.

I guess that's why the people of Demacia hated magic, but at the time I didn't know what dark magic was.

I went there just in time for a day called the "Fence Festival", which is a day of gathering of evil mages, and everywhere is eerie, and people are afraid to go out on this day because it is difficult to survive these mages, and I naturally met them.

When I passed by a farm that night, I saw a group of people sitting around a fire, and the smell told me that they were barbecuing, and after a day of walking, I happened to be hungry, so I walked over.

When they got closer, they found that these people were different from ordinary people, they were wearing black robes, one person was wearing a mask, and there were a pile of bottles and cans on the ground next to them, which contained liquids of various colors.

When they saw me, they were stunned for a moment, and then let out a sinister laugh:

"How did the little girl get here? What about the adults in the family? ”

"I don't have parents, I'm looking for fun, I'm hungry now, can you give me something to eat?"

"Eat? Of course you can hahaha, our barbecue is almost ready, and we will give you some later. ”

While these people were roasting meat, they opened the bottles and cans on the ground and poured things on them, and each time they poured it, the flames would rise, and emit a different color of light, and the barbecue smelled more fragrant.

"It's the most fragrant barbecue I've ever smelled, and even after all this time, it still tastes so real."

After a while, when all the bottles on the ground had been opened and poured a little on them, one of them took out a knife and cut a piece and handed it to me.

It was hot, but I couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance and ate it in a few bites.

I was inexplicably nervous when I heard this, needless to say, these people are definitely not good people, and the barbecued meat will not be a good thing: "Then you won't have an accident if you eat it?" ”

It was okay to eat the first piece, but because I wasn't full, I asked them for another piece, and then ate another large piece as a few people looked at me in amazement.

But after eating the second piece, I felt dizzy, as if I was drunk, and it took me a while to recover, and then one of the guys stood up.

"Could it be that the potion we have dispensed has failed? Why is this little thing okay after eating? And eat two pieces in a row! ”

"It shouldn't be invalid, maybe it's because too much has been added to produce mutual restraint, let's try the little things over there."

The masked man left with torches, and it was then that I noticed several small children in the corner, bound and sturdy, with their mouths strangled with strips of cloth and their eyes full of fear.

The man brought a child over and helped him untie it, and the child collapsed on the ground, unable to move, trembling all over.

"Don't be afraid of the child, I won't kill you, I haven't eaten for two days, are you hungry? Come, eat this piece of meat and go home. ”

The boy did not believe what the mage said, his eyes were full of doubts, but he no longer trembled, although he did not believe that the mage would let him go, but his stomach was indeed hungry, and he took the meat and ate it.

When he said this, Bobby's tone sank, and his face was full of pain: "If I had known that this would be the result, I would have stopped him at that time." ”

After eating the barbecue, the boy suddenly covered his stomach and scratched all over his body, acting in extreme pain.

I hugged him and asked him what was wrong and what was uncomfortable, but the boy could not answer me at all, and it didn't take long for him to stop struggling and lay in my arms and looked at me:

"Big sister, why...... You're fine after eating. ”

This was his last sentence, and after saying that, his skin quickly darkened, and I quickly let go of my hand, and then saw that his body swelled several times, and then stood up again, like a demon.

He stood motionless beside me, and did not speak, and I felt so sick that such a young child had become like this in the blink of an eye, and I could not understand why you, as the same race, should do such cruel things to each other.

"It seems that the potion is still effective, but this little thing is abnormal, and you look at her appearance, does she look like the legendary yodelers?"

The masked man was ecstatic, and his attention turned to me again, I hated their actions so much, but didn't do anything with them, because I hoped they still had a way to save the boy.

But no matter how much I asked, their answer was always a grim smile, and I was really angry, and I remember that it was the first time I was angry, and I wanted to slap them flat.

Just as I was about to do it, the masked man said a spell in his mouth, and then the boy turned into a monster and attacked me, and I couldn't bear to do anything to him until he grabbed me by the neck and I was still hesitating.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw several other children in the corner, all of whom had been brought over and had to be fed barbecue.

I can't watch them all turn into monsters, muster up the strength to break free, and throw the boy out of the way.

The men obviously didn't expect me to break free, and after a little hesitation, I took the opportunity to save the two children closest to me, but the other two were still stuffed with roast meat in their mouths.

"Don't!"

I yelled, but it was too late, and the two children had turned into monsters as they had just done before, and were coming at me under the command of the mages.

This time I showed no mercy to my subordinates, and directly tore them in half, and one of them had a slight movement of his lips as he was dying, as if he wanted to say something.

Of course, I will not let go of these mages, they leave very bad memories in my mind.

I rushed in a rage, they attacked me with magic, and the black beam hit me with a burning sensation, but it didn't hurt me.

At this moment, a dark shadow suddenly appeared, he held a giant hammer and killed them while they were not paying attention.

Each of his hammer blows resulted in the death of one man, and their attack immediately weakened considerably, and I took the opportunity to break the skulls of two men, but unfortunately the masked man escaped.

"This person is Oron, right?"

"Yes, that's how I met Oren, and he didn't dislike me for being a yodeler, and he didn't show any fear."

He took me and the two remaining children to a dilapidated temple, told me that it was safe because there were so many forbidden stones that the evil mages were afraid to approach it, and told me what was going on in Demacia at the time, as I had said at the beginning.

We've lived together for a while, and I've found that Oron and I are always on his own, he doesn't have many friends or likes to touch new things, and what he likes to do most is hunt down mages who do evil.

I also hated those people because of what had happened before, so we often acted together.

At that time, I felt as if I had found the meaning of life, and although I didn't know if hunting those people was a hobby, I was really happy at that time.

Later I learned that both of Oron's parents were killed by those evil mages, which is why I did this.

Soon, we made a name for ourselves in the local area, and all the mages were afraid to see us, but gradually, I realized that Oron was a bit extreme.

Because he rejected not only the evil mages, but also those who could only do simple magic, I often advised him, and he was happy to obey me.

"Thank you Bobby, I think I'd be in the dark without you."

"Thank you Oren too, without you, I wouldn't have found the direction of my life at all."

We took care of each other and became very good friends, and since I was born, I have finally found happiness.

When people are very focused on one thing, they feel that time is very insufficient, I don't have a concept of time, but Oron is different.

He was wounded in the shoulder during a battle, and he has been wounded many times since we met, but this time it was different, the wound was slow to heal.

I thought it was some kind of unique magic, but Oron told me it was because he was too old.

It was then that I noticed that his face had grown a lot of wrinkles and several strands of gray hair on his head, and it was then that I realized that your life is so short.

In the years of fighting with the mage, Oren's body has been greatly affected, and he is so strong that he is skinny and skinny when he is dying, and he is almost human.

I tried many things, but none of them could save him, probably as he said: this is a fate that everyone cannot escape.

He gave me his hammer and told me that he had stolen it:

"This warhammer was created by three skilled masters, and it is infused with a unique forbidden magic technique, and if it were given to a true hero, it would surely bring peace to this area, but unfortunately, I was unable to do it."

"No, you are a big hero, look at the newly established kingdom of Demacia, I believe it will not be long before it will be a world without black magic."

"But the road is still difficult, and I hope that this hammer will continue to play its role, and I hope that it will be handed over to real heroes, real heroes......"

Oron said "true hero" several times in a row, and then he was not breathing, and he died peacefully, perhaps death was a relief to his physical condition.

Hearing this, I asked Bobby, "Are you sure the real hero he's talking about isn't you?" ”

"It can't be me, because I've lost interest in hunting mages since his death, and although I occasionally expel a few, it's mostly me who provoked me first."

Oron has said that I am the only friend in his life, so despite my long life, I have never made friends again, and I want him to be my only friend.

Poppy said it calmly, but behind the calmness I felt a lot of sadness.

After Oren's death, I carried on his last wish and began to search for the true hero.

I first searched for it in Demacia, and then left there to go to more places, from the Immortal Fortress in the east, to the Secret Silver City in the west, to the depths of the dense forest in the south, and to the Extreme Ice Domain in the north, all of which I have visited in the famous places of the Valoran Continent.

I met many brave people during this time, but every time I entrusted him with the hammer of Oren, the end was tragic, until one day I met a man in the cold northlands.

He was a bald mage, still naked in the ice and snow, his skin was dark blue and purple, and his body was covered with runes even on the top of his head, which was very powerful at first glance.

As soon as I heard the words "bald mage", I knew that Bobby was talking about Ryze, but I didn't explain it, I just listened to her continue:

His aura gave me a sense of intimidation, just like when I first met the old man of the clan, but fortunately he was not my enemy, otherwise I would not have been able to defeat him.

I was hiding behind a rock when he found me, I don't know how he saw it, I guess I felt a different breath like me.

"Who's hiding over there?" He asked, but I didn't dare to respond, and then he walked over: "It's a yodeler, what are you doing here?" It's not fun here. ”

"I'm looking for a true hero, a hero who belongs to Demacia."

"Oh? A real hero? There aren't any real heroes here, just bears and trolls, but since you're a hero of Demacia, you can go to Demacia and ask the Prophet of the Tabor family. ”

"Well, thank you."

"The little guy is quite sensible, oh no, probably you are not younger than me hahaha, when I see Antiquet say hello to me, I will say that Ruiz will visit him."

I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he left, he actually knew our patriarch Antiquet, and said he was going to visit, I had never heard of a foreigner visiting my hometown, I really don't know what this name is called Ruiz.

I traveled thousands of miles back to Demacia, and found that Demacia was prosperous and stable at this time, and there was no trace of dark magic everywhere, not even the breath of ordinary magic.

I don't know if Oren's wish has come true, and I don't know if I should continue to search for the real hero, but I still found the old man of the Tabor family, and you will know the rest of the story.