The gates of Shell City were so large that they were five feet high, and they were quite magnificent, and it was rare to see such majestic walls in other parts of the continent, but in Noxus it was a must in almost every town, and this warlike people, who had started as marauders, loved the oppressive force, the control that could keep everything out.

In Noxus, the gap between the rich and the poor is quite obvious, and there are poor people in ragged clothes everywhere inside and outside the city, as well as well-dressed and bejeweled people.

The people of Noxus revere the law of Trefali, and the embodiment of strength is not only fists, but also social status, identity background, personal wealth, etc., where they can obtain the desired rights, status and respect, so aside from the warlike barbarism on the surface of Noxus, this empire is actually the most tolerant social system on the continent.

All specialties and talents have the opportunity to be cultivated and tapped here, compared to the old-fashioned Demacia, Noxus is eager for magic, thirsty for talents, compared to Zuan, Bilgewater, who are bound by many rules, Noxus is even more taboo, which is probably one of the reasons why Noxus has risen so rapidly in recent years.

Rui Wen, who was dressed in a black robe, walked on the main road in the city, with people coming and going, and there were endless people dressed like her, and there were all kinds of exotic visitors, all kinds of strange and unnoticed.

This main road is not long, but Rui Wen walked very slowly, the flow of people was bustling, but she could not make her steps fluctuate, she kept walking slowly, I don't know how long it took, the noise in her ears weakened a lot, Rui Wen finally stopped, looked up, and looked sideways at a small shop next to her hand, this is already the outer area of Shell City, and turning a corner in front of it is commonly known as the slum of the land of three religions and nine streams.

There is no signboard in this small shop, only a big red sign is erected at the door, and there are only three words on it: iron shop.

The inside of the shop crackled non-stop, from the outside you can vaguely see a large stove, the fire flickered, there was a thin figure sweating like rain next to the stove, not far away there was a chair, on the chair lay a fat old man, drunk, next to him is a wine jar.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it is an extremely ordinary place, but in Rui Wen's eyes, there is an extremely brilliant golden halo lingering here, which can only be perceived by people who have reached a certain level of cultivation or have talent, this golden light, Rui Wen is very familiar, too familiar.

After wandering in Ionia for so long, only the owner of this golden light really let her know herself.

When Rui Wen stopped, the thin figure inside just stopped moving, wiped his sweat, and glanced at the black-robed man standing outside, with his eyesight, of course, he could only see a person standing on the street outside, but Rui Wen could carefully perceive every inch of his expression.

After remembering the ordinary face in her eyes that was not delicate and not brilliant, Rui Wen did not mean to go in to say hello, and raised her feet to leave.

Udir didn't care about this child, and he still had important things to do, so he couldn't take care of it.

Qi Wang, who was sweating, frowned slightly, and withdrew his gaze, the reason why he could detect the gaze of people outside was that the relics he had been carrying on his chest suddenly became much hotter.

"Delusion?"

Qi Wang retracted his mind, only to think that the temperature in the room was too high, and then began to pull the bellows non-stop, and when the fire became more and more fierce, Qi Wang hurriedly shouted at the fat old man lying on the chair: "Third master! Enough fire! ”

The fat old man raised his eyes slightly, and his mouth was full of wine: "Oh......"

Qi Wang licked his dry lips, a little helpless, and immediately used a clamp to set up the sword blade that had been red and hot in the stove, put it on the table, picked up a big hammer thicker than his arm, and swung the hammer heavily, after only a dozen hammers, he was exhausted, his arm was sore, and after swinging five more hammers, Qi Wang, who couldn't carry it, put the sword blade that had dropped a little bit back into the furnace and repeated the previous work.

It stands to reason that he had only been in this blacksmith shop for a week, but the fat old man, who was called the third master by the people nearby, had only taught him two movements and never cared for him again.

Pull the box and burn the fire, and beat the iron with a hammer.

To be precise, I pulled it in front of him, just a bellows, and then hit a piece of iron on the table with a hammer, and then I was drunk like mud.

No skills, no essentials.

But this is not in the way, after all, when Qi Wang first came, he valued the salary of fifteen silver coins a day, and he calculated that it would only take two months for him to scrape together enough money for the road to Shurima.

The fat old man, who didn't seem to be very comfortable sleeping on the chaise longue, staggered to his feet, kicked away the wine jar on the side, walked to the inner room, and fell on the large wooden bed inside, completely ignoring everything outside, and screaming.

A moment later, a fresh breeze blew, bringing a chill to the stuffy room.

In the room behind the curtain, Rui Wen, dressed in a black robe, appeared at some point, standing steadily, her eyebrows on her cold face furrowed, staring at the sleeping old man, her eyes were as cold as a knife.

But after watching it for a long time, Rui Wen still couldn't see anything famous.

Rui Wen finally looked around, the dirty hut, nothing unusual, the little guy outside was still working hard, and the feeling of oppression she had just wanted to leave but unexpectedly felt was long gone.

Rui Wen stepped a little, and her figure disappeared.

The fat old man lying on the bed muttered and rolled over, holding a big belly and snoring like thunder.

But no one heard his muttered mutter, which seemed to be a two-word mutter.

Break...... Sword?

……

In the mountains beyond the borders of Noxus, there is a mountain hut, the bonfire is blazing, a young man and a woman sit side by side, snuggling up to each other, talking softly, avoiding the pouring rain outside, this house should have been built by Orion a long time ago, it looks a little dilapidated, many places have begun to drip, this sudden heavy rain caught the two young couples of the nearby town who are still famous families off guard, they went up the mountain to play, the preparation was not appropriate, fortunately found this hut, Otherwise, I don't know where I'm going to hide.

"Is it still cold?"

Looking at the girl beside him constantly flipping his palm to roast the fire, the young man took off his coat and draped it on the girl, the girl took off the coat and gave it back to him, her eyes were gentle, she gently hugged the young man's arm, and her eyebrows were slightly shy: "It's okay, I don't need to, you just hold me,"

The young man wrapped the girl in a coat and hugged her, with the warm nephrite in his arms, sniffing the fragrance in front of his nose, even if it was the lightning and thunder outside, it sounded very pleasant at the moment, and the two people who hugged each other took a break with the sound of wind and rain, waiting for the rain to stop.

I don't know how long it took, the young man who seemed to be asleep moved his ears slightly, caught a strange sound, slowly opened his eyes, looked around suspiciously, there was nothing around, and when he was about to close his eyes, there was a clear footstep sound in his ears.

"Anyone?"

The young man frowned, looked around, and there was nothing, and from the window he looked out of the window, it was pitch black, and he could see nothing.

The girl, who noticed the movement of the youth, woke up, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, maybe it's some critters."

The young man smiled and comforted the girl, and the girl subconsciously tightened her arms in her arms, and her chest was soft as soon as it grew. The flesh made the young man's heart flutter a little, and the latter worried: "There will be no beasts, right? ”

The young man touched the girl's hair and said softly, "It's okay, the door is closed, we still have fire, even if there are wild beasts, they don't dare to approach." ”

The girl nodded, and just wanted to continue sleeping, when she suddenly stared outside, and said, "Did you hear that?" Seems to have footsteps? ”

The young man's expression was no longer relaxed this time, he also heard it, this time there was no room for sloppiness, the young man comforted the girl, and said, "It's okay, I'll go and see, maybe it's a rain dodder like us." ”

The young man walked to the door, pulled the deadbolt, looked around, and said loudly, "Is there anyone?" ”

There was nothing outside but the howling wind and rain and the flash of lightning, and the cold wind was coming, and the goosebumpy young man shouted again, and only closed the door after making sure that there was really no one around, this time he specially added another deadbolt and walked back to the campfire.

"It's okay, maybe it's caused by the wind and rain."

The young man smiled, picked up the firewood on the side and added it to the bonfire, and the girl nodded meekly with graceful eyebrows and eyes.

The young man with the bonfire suddenly noticed that water droplets were dripping from above, pouring it into the bonfire and making a snorting sound, which surprised him. If this is the case, we must quickly move the place, and the fire of the province will be extinguished.

The young man looked up, and above it was a beam, on which some water stains accumulated into a drooping dew and dripped down.

"It's leaking."

The young man stood up and looked up at the beams above, but he didn't see any leakage overhead.

The girl then raised her head, and at this moment, a silver snake streaked across the sky, illuminating the surroundings like day, and with the help of a moment of light, the young man's and women's pupils shrank suddenly, and their faces turned pale.

It was only at this moment that they realized that there was a person squatting on the beam

In an instant, the man on the beam showed an extremely bright or terrifying smile.

This is a man in a strange costume, with two red spots painted on his cheeks, and he is covered with heavy makeup like a woman, like a clown in a circus, and that's not the point, the point is, this clown, laughing so weirdly.

The young man had never seen anyone grin so widely, almost to the root of his ears, this was not an adjective, but a real appearance, with that scarlet lipstick, like a demon's open mouth.

"Ahh

The girl let out a thrilling scream, and the young man's legs were also weak, and he almost didn't stand firm.

What is this?

The young man subconsciously pulled the girl who was almost stunned and ran towards the door, and the clown's eerie snickering like a night owl began to echo, like a hammer hitting the young man's fragile heart.

"Run, run!"

The young man's face was pale and incoherent, and he even kicked open the door, ignoring the pouring rain outside, and rushed straight outside.

The next moment, the young man and the girl stopped and looked in horror at the ghostly clown in front of them, and the young man looked back in despair, and the clown on the beam of the house looked at them motionlessly, smiling horribly.

Two clowns!

The girl who was already timid clutched her boyfriend's arm tightly, and her nails were unconsciously embedded in the flesh and blood of her boyfriend's arm in fear, and the young man didn't care about the pain at the moment, his mouth was open, his brain was a mess, and his expression was extremely flustered.

There were people in front of and behind.

The clown standing in front of him shook his footwork and smiled happily: "Do you want to see a magic trick?" ”

The girl was already too frightened to speak, the young man trembled, shook his head like a rattle, the smile on the clown's face slowly converged, staring at the young man: "Don't you look? ”

The clown's expression suddenly became extremely terrifying, and he screamed, "Why don't you watch? ”

The young man was so frightened that she almost lost her soul, and the girl hurriedly buried her face in her boyfriend, not daring to see this terrible scene, and sobbing incessantly.

"Look, look! I think! ”

The young man's trembling legs barely supported his body.

The clown changed his face very quickly, and he was smiling again, but his smile was really penetrating: "Okay, then what am I going to perform?" ”

After thinking about it, the clown flipped his palm, and suddenly took out a green square box out of nowhere, and said with a gloomy smile: "Big change box, how about it, have you ever seen it?" ”

The young man squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and forced himself to nod: "No...... Haven't seen it, it's great! ”

The clown nodded with satisfaction, bouncing around, and then handed the box over: "Your vision is very good, I gave it to you!" ”

Looking at the happy clown like a child, the fear in the young man's heart faded slightly, he cautiously took the box, held it in his hand, and was at a loss, the clown danced: "Come, come, open him, there is a surprise I gave you!" ”

The young man hesitated, gritted his teeth, looked at the box in his hand with full attention, and unfastened the lock with trembling palms, he paused, then closed his eyes and opened the box suddenly.

Peng ...... Shakoshako! ”

A spring popped out, on the spring was a small clown puppet, the puppet's voice was exactly the same as the clown, constantly sticking out his tongue, there was no expected fright, the young man gave a sigh of relief, the girl who was crying and terrified looked at the box with hazy teary eyes, and then looked at the clown who laughed ha, quietly pulled the young man, and motioned him with his eyes to hurry away and leave this strange man.

The young man just wanted to speak, and when he said goodbye, the clown puppet in the box that jumped back and forth in his hand suddenly jumped up, straight to the young man's throat, and then easily broke his throat, popped out from under his skull, and then was pulled back into the box by the spring, the young man subconsciously covered his throat, a fist-sized blood hole was clearly visible, and the blood instantly gushed like a spring, and the young man fell to the ground softly before he could react, and he stared at his eyes before he died, not knowing what happened.

When the gentle girl saw such a bloody scene, she rolled her eyes and fainted directly.

The clown kept clapping happily, and another clown who was squatting on the beam in the house jumped down and snapped his fingers, and the clown body outside suddenly exploded and opened, turning into three frightening magic boxes that were exactly the same as before.

The clown didn't care about the magic box, walked to the side of the young man, grinned, turned his hand and took out a poisonous blade, and then gently slashed the wrist of the gentle girl who fainted next to the young man, a shallow blood mouth appeared, and the blood mouth was quickly dyed black, this black spread quickly like ink dripping into a cup, extending to the girl's whole body, the latter's body in the fainting twitched violently, and then the red lips overflowed with purple-black blood, and the eyebrows, eyes and face became black, and lost the life in the faint.

The clown who had done all this clapped his palms as if he had done something very simple, and in the silence of the night after the rain, only his eerie snickering kept echoing.

There were snow-white boots stepping on the muddy mud and coming slowly, the clown stopped laughing, looked at the little daughter of the Du family who came wearing a hat, leaned over slightly, to show respect, Caterina frowned and glanced at the two dead bodies on the ground, and then glanced at the clown with a playful smile on his face, and said indifferently: "You're not bored?" ”

The clown laughed weirdly and didn't explain.

Carter doesn't have a soft spot for this monster who likes to torture and kill, but Gounod needs this kind of madman demon to do something secret.

"Sacco, Udir is looking for you all over the world, what are you going to do?"

Carter put his hands behind his back and said lightly: "I said it in advance, I don't have time to protect you, Rui Wen is very likely to return to Nock, I have to go to her, Tyrone has been sent by me to protect Doctor Mondo, you better hide back in the immortal fortress, the province will be slaughtered by that walker for some reason." ”

The strange smile on the face of the clown, known as the demon, finally disappeared, and he was silent for a moment, then made a decision, and a piercing smile appeared on his face again.

Carter didn't care anymore when she said it, she walked over to the young man and the girl, glanced at the two who had died, and frowned slightly, although she always admired the principle that violence can solve everything, it did not mean that she would deliberately kill.

Carter's slender palm shook the ground under them, and the earth rolled down, burying them in it, and after doing all this, Du Lina went straight forward, and everywhere she stepped on was mud after the rain, but there was never a trace of mud on her snow-white boots.

The demon clown watched Carter leave, and then disappeared into the night with a grin.

Since Udir is looking for him now, he doesn't plan to stay in Noxus, as for the Immortal Fortress, that place, it's really boring, it's better to go back to Zaun, he prefers Zuan's madness to the insatiable Nok, where he will meet many people like him.

It's like the funny guy who came to his ears some time ago.

The masked spearman who came out of Ionia had already caused a bloody storm in Zaun, and he couldn't wait to rush over to meet the self-proclaimed puppeteer.

So if Udil dares to chase after Zaun, Sacco might let him know what a real magic trick is.

In the night, the shrill maniac laughter of night owls echoed for a long time.

Not far away, a little scarlet slowly spreads out on the rolling land, and it is only with this piece of dirt that I remember that two innocent people have just been buried here.