When I arrived in the north of the city, I found that the barracks were miles long, and the soldiers were well-trained and extremely well guarded, and it was not easy for any stranger to enter them.

Especially our dress, a scruffy merchant, an Ionian, a dirty maiden, was soon stopped:

"Who are you? What's on the car? ”

"We are businessmen from Doko, and our cars are full of fine furs."

"You can't do business here, if you want to sell it, go to the market."

"It's a shame that such a good thing is sold to the bazaar, you can check it out."

The guards rummaged through and found that the furs were indeed of the highest quality, and that nothing suspicious had been found in the car:

"It's a good thing, but you better leave, the general has an order, you can't let strangers in, I see that there are no suspicious items in your car, so I won't detain you."

"In that case, please inform your general and let him take a look, I'm sure he'll like it." Darius finished using his usual tactic - stuffing each of the two guards with a few gold coins.

"Well, don't blame me if you are scolded by the general!" Not to mention, this trick is really good.

After a while, a group of people came out of the barracks, led by a tall and strong man, with curly hair and beard, and very small eyes, which were almost invisible under the thick eyebrows.

It seemed that he was General Lapole, a friend of Darius, and when he came to us, he recognized Darius at a glance, raised his eyebrows, and then pretended not to recognize him:

"Good stuff! Pull me in, the money is easy to say! ”

Laball's barracks were very imposing, almost like a small palace, and he withdrew from the unrelated people, leaving less than ten people, all of whom seemed to be his henchmen.

"General Darius, why are you here in person? Is there anything important? ”

"Today's incident is not safe in the letter, so I will come to be better, have you heard about the recent situation of His Majesty the Emperor?"

"I heard that he deposed many people again, most of them the high-ranking generals of Tomahawk and Black Feather, all of them were you and Lord Svein's former right-hand men, and the last time I went back, I found that he had a very bad complexion, his face was pale and bloodless, and his whole person was extremely manic, and he couldn't even listen to me."

"Yes, that's the case, the four legions of Tomahawk, Black Feather, Flame, and Wild Sand have always been the pillars of the empire, and I was dismissed from my post after a failed campaign against Demacia, and I had nothing to say, but he forcibly ordered Svein to attack Ionia, which was a battle with no chance of victory, and defeat was inevitable, but he still deprived Svein of his military position, obviously deliberately. The people who were sent to take over the legion later were all incompetent and unconvincing, so he dismissed all those who were not convinced, resulting in the discouragement of the people and the shaking of the army's morale! ”

But why did he do it? Is your faithfulness still questionable? ”

"Our loyalty to Noxus is naturally not questionable, but it is not necessarily for him, he only represents the authority of Noxus, not all, the expansion of the empire over the years has made him afraid, he is afraid that sooner or later he will not be able to control so many places, and he is even more afraid that we will be kings of each other."

"So I found a reason to remove you?"

"No, although he has such concerns, he is not a short-term person, and in the end, he must still focus on the overall situation of Noxus, but the question is, how could he be so manic and do such completely reckless things? There is only one answer, he is controlled! ”

"You say Brother Brown is controlled?"

"Yes, your brother, Brown Darkwell has been controlled, his heart has become chaotic and manic, and all the feelings that could have been suppressed by him have broken through the shackles and revealed, which is by no means good news for Noxus."

"So, is there anything you can do? What do you need me to do, just say, in the Empire, I admire you the most, and I used to be, and I still am! ”

"I want to overthrow Bron's Darkwell!"

"You want to overthrow him!" Labor was startled, but then calmed down: "Then who will succeed you?" ”

"No one will succeed him, and there will be no emperor in Noxus in the future, and it will return to the era of the United Kingdom! As for your Flame Legion, you must not leave here, the defense of the north is too important, but I hope that you can mobilize some men and horses to support me and take a stand when the time comes. ”

Lapole was intimidated by Darius's boldness, and after a while he said, "My idols always surprise me, and I have decided to follow your ideas!" ”

"Okay, then I won't stay here for long, you use the portal in the army to send me to the Wild Sand Legion, and I want to talk to General Kree about this."

It turned out that Darius was going to carry out a coup d'état, is it the eve of the coup d'état? For the first time, I felt the joy of God's perspective.

Because I know that he succeeded, and together with Svein and LeBlanc, he established the Council of Trefali, a symbol of power, intrigue and subterfuge, and Noxus was stronger than ever.

But this is a later story, now I have to go to Kree, I didn't expect the nobody in the backstory to be one of the great generals of Noxus, which is really surprising! Now to go through the portal, it should be an interesting trip.

Lapole led us to an arch that was not tall but very wide, and was designed to teleport soldiers to facilitate the invasion of the Noxian army.

However, the convenience of the portal also has some drawbacks, such as the need for mana is very large, and it may be dangerous if it is discovered by the enemy, so it is rarely used unless there is a large battle or emergency.

There were only three of us, and Lapol sent a full ten field mages to assist us, dressed like ordinary soldiers, chanting incantations I didn't understand, and after a while a rainbow halo appeared in the portal, so it was ready.

"Let's go." Darius beckoned us and walked in first, Riven looked at me, I nodded at her, and the two of us went in.

I thought it would be a very strange space, but I didn't expect it to be still full of colorful colors, and my body kept spinning, and it was still uncomfortable even with my eyes closed.

Fortunately, it lasted for a short time, about half a minute later, I was thrown out and lay on the ground, and then Rui Wen was also thrown out, followed by a wave of nausea, and we almost threw up.

"Hahaha, I'll get used to it after a few more times, I forgot to tell you, I won't fall so badly when I come out with my hands and knees in the room." Darius arrived before us, and it was a joke.

I didn't ask where the Sand Legion was when I arrived, but when I arrived, I felt that it was very hot, and the sun was so big and bright that it made my mouth dry for a while.

Are the Wild Sand Legions stationed in the desert? With such a climate, there is only one place in my impression - Shurima.

The Shurima Continent and the Valoran Continent face each other across the sea, just like the Eurasian Continent is similar to Australia, except that the Shurima Continent is much larger in area and has a more brilliant civilization.

The soldiers here did not wear armor, but wrapped their bodies and heads in white cloth to block the vicious sun, and their skin was tanned, and many of them had white spots on their bodies, which seemed to be some kind of skin disease, but fortunately this was an oasis, otherwise they would have turned into dry corpses in a day.

Kree looked like a typical yodeler, just as depicted in the story, only thigh-high height, with light brown hair on his exposed body, small red eyes, and several scars on his face, except for his identity.

In the story, he is a beloved folk hero, a fierce warrior of fearless scoundrels, the embodiment of the will of Noxus, the idol of the imperial soldiers, a time bomb in the eyes of his superiors, and a pawn despised by nobles...... But now it seems that this is not the case.

Not only was he in a high position, but even Darius treated him with great deference, as if he were his elders.

He repeated what he had said to Lapole, who glared at him fiercely before saying:

"Back then, you asked me to support little Brown, and now you ask me to overthrow him, is he sick in the brain or you have a sick brain, you will be dismissed, anyway, you don't like war, am I right?"

"Now, I really don't like war, but my loyalty to Noxus and to humanity drives me to keep fighting, I can't rest yet, and I still have important things to do."

"Loyalty to humanity? Is this what you Darius said? I'm afraid there are not many fewer souls who have died under your tomahawk than I am. ”

"Maybe more in the future."

"And what else are you telling me about your loyalty to humanity? Slaughter while being loyal? ”

"This is not a contradiction, what I need is someone who can be united, the war will never subside, the hatred will never disappear, and the differences will always exist, but in this eternal torment, I want to seek temporary unity and deal with the coming disaster together."

"Disaster?"

When we said this, we were all a little confused, not knowing what Darius was trying to express, it seemed to be great, and it seemed that it required a great sacrifice, his expression became more serious than ever, and he continued:

"I'm fearless, and it's the same in my dreams, but in recent years I've been stared at by a pair of eyes in my dreams many times, I don't know what it is, but every time it makes me break out in a cold sweat, so I feel that some kind of mutation is happening in the Land of Runecraft, this feeling of imminent movement, it is very likely that it is for all mankind, and if you want to deal with this challenge, you need everyone to work together!"

These words touched me a little, had his ambitions shifted from Noxus to the entire Runeterras? No wonder he told me that he also loved Demacia in a sense, and that's why.

I don't know what he meant by the world change, after all, he didn't know very well, and it seems that he bought me to help him seize power in Noxus as the beginning of it all.

After listening to Darius's words, Clay also fell into deep thought, and he frowned at his non-existent brow, as if remembering something:

"Your kid's insight is very keen, and hunches are always fulfilled, and I think this time is no exception, some time ago my scout had an accident, a team of fifty people all went missing, and then I investigated the matter, and found several corpses near a temple not far away, which seemed to have been hollowed out by some kind of beast."

"Fifty people only found a few corpses? What about the others? ”

"Later, two people escaped, but they were already mentally disordered, and they were always muttering about gods and demons, and they died within a few days."

"Celestial? Demon? What happened to them? Did you investigate anything? ”

"I suspect that the Ascended Beings of the Ancient Shurima, they are the only ones who have such strength, and they are called so."

"Ascendant! Didn't they perish in the Rune Wars? Is there anyone who survives? ”

"I'm not sure, it's just an idea, I've heard the old guys in the clan say that the Ascendant is usually no different from ordinary people, but after incarnating as the Ascendant, the body becomes a combination of humans and animals, and the strength is extremely strong, anyone who has been touched by them will not leave a complete corpse, and it is not difficult to fight against a human army alone, whether it is the corpse under my command or the description of their madness, it is consistent with the Ascendant."

"Then why did the Ascendant kill your scout?" Rui Wen listened very attentively, and interjected at this time.

"Little bit, I said I'm not sure if it's the Ascended Ones, because they haven't appeared for many years, but the characteristics are more consistent, so I agree with Darius's words: some kind of mutation is happening in the Land of Runeterra."

It's hilarious to hear Kree call someone else "Little Girl" because his height is not yet up to Riven's shoulders.

"So would you like to support me?"

"Nonsense! When did I refuse you, it just so happens that I also want to withdraw my troops, the plan to conquer Shurima has to be re-discussed, my soldiers have long been unable to tolerate the climate here, you go back and hurry up to contact your former subordinates, it will definitely be no problem to control the tomahawks, and when I go back, we will march to the immortal fortress, I will personally ask Little Brown what is going on. ”

Kree's style is really big enough, and his tone is very arrogant, and he has always called the emperor of Noxus "Little Brown", it seems that his strength is very strong, because in Noxus, a country that speaks by strength, only strong enough is qualified to be so arrogant.

After listening to Kree's description, I knew what was going on: the once-powerful Shurima was devastated by the fight against the Void, most of the Ascended were killed in that battle, and those who survived were infected by the Void and fell into darkness, becoming unrecognizable creatures.

After countless years of circulation, it was believed that the Ascended perished in that battle, but those who were infected still enjoyed an infinite lifespan, and were later possessed by the Darkspawn and became mortal enemies of humanity, just like the Sword Demon Aatrox.

It is likely that the Scout of Kree was the Ascended One who had turned into the Darkspawn, but I didn't tell them that because it didn't make sense, and I didn't want more people to know that I was from another world.

Coming here in a hurry for less than half a day, and rushing back through the portal, thinking about that feeling, it's really uncomfortable, Rui Wen is eager to try, and seems to have forgotten that feeling.

This time, I did what Darius said, and when I went in, I clasped my knees and closed my eyes, and I felt much better, but when I went out, I was even more funny, and I rolled several laps until I was stopped.

In comparison, Rui Wen was much better, she rolled around after she came out and stood up with an excited face.

"It seems that you are much dumber than Ruiwen haha......"

"Don't say Zhao Xin! He's just not used to it, it has nothing to do with being stupid or not! Rivien yelled at Darius, angry and looking more like a boy.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, you are very eager for him, I hope you can keep this mood and fearless spirit forever." Far from being angry, Darius looked at her with great appreciation.

We had returned the same way we came, and now we were back in the barracks of Labour, all of which no one knew except a few cronies and field mages.

By this time the furs had already been unloaded from the cart, and Labor symbolically gave Darius a bag of gold coins, and we returned to Doko in the Ox Car.