Interests of this thing......

Although Rhodes knew that this trip to Demacia would be troublesome; Although Rhodes knew that this rebellion could be a precursor to the Rune Wars; Although Rhodes knew that Demacia was not the only one involved, he chose to follow Rhyse's plan when faced with the temptation to return to himself after the large number of forbidden stones were fully charged.

And time was running out - when Rod entered Demacia with the small success of Anne, Jinx, and Cana under the arcane leap of Reze, standing on the endless plains of East Demacia, Rod began to applaud silently.

“…… What are you doing? Ruiz looked at Rhodes who was applauding with a blank face in some surprise, "Is this some new spell?" ”

"Nope." Rod took a deep breath, then shook his head, "I just don't understand, why can't I control my hands." ”

“……”

Ignoring Rhodes, who was sick, Ruiz pulled out a scroll and slowly unfolded it.

"We're probably more than 600 kilometers west of Spicefield." Ruiz stretched out his hand and made a mark on a point on the map, "Less than a hundred kilometers to the north, there is a vein of the Forbidden Demon Stone underneath there—"

"Wait." Rhodes interrupted Ryze a little strangely, "Isn't the Forbidden Demon Stone the product of the Forbidden Tree's branches mixed with limestone?" What's going on with the veins? ”

"The meaning of the vein is that there are fossils of the Forbidden Demon Tree in the ground - the Rune War caused a large subsidence of the ground, and the Forbidden Demon Tree was buried underground, and now it is semi-mineralized."

"That's right...... Rod touched his chin, "then...... There's no reason why the people of Demacia shouldn't discover those forbidden magic stone veins, after all, the effect of the forbidden magic stone is still relatively obvious. ”

"As far as I know, not yet." Ruiz shook his head, "The forbidden stones in that area are buried relatively deeply, and the Demacians have not discovered them, although the local forbidden demon effect is a bit strong and excessive, but in the eyes of the Demacian people, it is still in the 'normal' range. ”

"Understood." Rod nodded, "That vein can be used to practice his hands?" ”

"That's right." "And from here, we should be able to see the rebels along the way—I need to make contact with them, and if they're trying to get hold of a force they shouldn't, I'm afraid I'll have to stop the rebellion." ”

"That's why you didn't bring Lucian with you?"

"Almost—it's not a big deal, didn't he give you the special pass?"

……………………

After confirming that Ruiz did not receive Lucian's special pass (a pass chartered by Gavin IV that could be considered an official identification of Demacia - Ruiz insisted on not revealing his identity, so Lucian did not give him one), Rhodes happily chose to stay at a hotel along the way.

There is nothing else to mean, it's just that when he was living in his bed, watching Ruiz sleep out of the ordinary style made Rod very happy.

However, although he knew that Rod was deliberately doing things, Ruiz was still indifferent - for Ruize, sleeping in the open has long become a habit, and he is not a person who will be unbalanced, in the face of Rode's bad behavior, he can only say that he feels a little funny.

They're all powerful spellcasters, but they have this wonderful bad taste...... I haven't really seen a few of these people.

Seeing that Ruiz didn't say anything, Rhodes simply didn't waste time paying attention to Ruize's state - he began to pay attention to the various villages and towns in his path, and from the degree of his unpopularity, he roughly judged the attitude of the villagers in this area.

The surrounding villagers ostracize outsiders.

With the help of the breath of the wind, Rod's side can easily spot spellcasters hiding in the shadows - and the more spellcasters there are, the less popular Rhodes becomes...... A lot should be because of the Illuminati.

Although the Illuminati are the official mage organization of Demacia, for the vast majority of spellcasters, the Illuminati's choice is to hunt rather than accept - Laxana was able to join the Illuminati so easily because of her last name.

But these villagers only rejected Rhodes, and spoke coldly, without the slightest extra probing and snooping, which means that although they were dissatisfied with some of the attitudes of the Demacian authorities towards the casters, they were not yet exposed - without Rhodes, they might have had a good life.

To learn more about the situation, Rhodes chose to let Anne "accidentally" reveal her magical talents.

Then, just after Anne "accidentally" set Tibbs on fire, Rhodes was found that night.

A group of cautious fellows, who seemed to have given them confidence in numbers, found Rhodes after wrapping themselves tightly in their robes.

"Explain who you are!" The guy at the head covered his face, only showing a pair of eyes, staring at Rhodes deadly, "I know you're taking a concession pass - don't want to kidnap an innocent child, she shouldn't be a minions of the Illuminati, and she shouldn't have lost her life in vain!" ”

Apparently, Anne's age and apparent lack of control over magic led them to misunderstand Rhodes - in their opinion, Rhodes was supposed to be a minion of the Illuminati who had captured poor little Annie, who had no idea what fate she was about to face when she was taken away by Rhodes.

And in the face of these enthusiastic guys, Rod shrugged helplessly.

"It's hard for you to believe it, but to be honest, I'm not a member of the Illuminati - and I have a special pass because I'm not strictly a Demacian......"

"Don't hide it!" The leader interrupted Rod's explanation, "The outsider's pass is not like this, and the outsider must be followed by an overseer - who is your overseer?" ”

"Oh......" Hearing this, Rhodes smiled with satisfaction, "Demacia's attitude towards foreign guests is not something that anyone can understand, when I first came to Demacia, many public officials and imperial city guards couldn't figure out the relationship between it, and now, in a remote town, someone can actually explain the relationship between the outsider pass and the special pass in one sentence - your identity is not ordinary, right?" ”

Unexpectedly, Rhodes actually tried to deduce his identity from this, and the person at the head was obviously a little nervous, seeing that the other party seemed to be very skilled, he immediately beckoned everyone to rush up, and catch Rhodes first.

Then, as he struggled to call on the power of the wind, a small hurricane appeared that was even more violent than he had expected—unfortunately, the hurricane's target was not Rod, but himself.