Noxus's evacuation operation is not limited to the fortress where Aix is located, but the surrounding fortresses are evacuated together, but Aix's troops are the last to evacuate, and these evacuated troops have a common destination, located in Black Thorn City on the east bank of the Serpentine River. It is a large city in the northernmost part of Noxus, controlling a large area of Noxus bordering Demacia and Freljord.

When Ax came to this bust giant city, he could already clearly feel the atmosphere of war, the patrol soldiers near the city gate were all replaced by elite veterans, and the number of scouts on the periphery of the city also increased significantly, and the patrol range was also wider, and there were as many as five inspections in the direction of Ax alone.

"From now on, there will be no more peace in the land of the Serpentine River." Barton looked at the gently flowing serpentine river in the distance and sighed.

"After turmoil, there will be long-term tranquility, as a general, this is a belief that must be had, otherwise, your belief in war, isn't it a contradiction?"

"I believe that war can bring peace, but it is the most cruel moment, especially for civilians and soldiers."

Ax opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say for a while, as one of the initiators of this war, Ax didn't seem to be qualified to defend himself. Just when Ax was embarrassed, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed out at the gate of Black Thorn City, rushing straight towards Ax and his party.

"Looks like the people who welcomed us have arrived." Aix said with a broken embarrassment.

This is a team that is all cavalry, and all the war horses are white horses, without a trace of variegation, and the front is a middle-aged man who is not burly, but very strong, although with the perseverance of a soldier, but still exudes a trace of elegance, which makes people feel good.

Aix urged the horse to try to go over to greet him, after all, according to his identity, he was the one with the highest identity in this line, and he took it for granted that he was here to greet him, but in the face of Ax moving forward, the man didn't even look at it, and directly passed by Aix, and walked towards Barton behind Aix, leaving Ax to stop in place, and the situation seemed to have become more embarrassing.

"Teacher, welcome back." The man turned over and dismounted when he came to Barton's side, and said respectfully to Barton.

"What is there to welcome if someone is beaten back." Barton replied self-deprecatingly.

The man seemed to know Patton's temper very well, and did not say anything, but shouted to the warriors who had retreated from the fortress: "Welcome home, you are all heroes." ”

Thus, this brief welcome ceremony was declared, and because of the man, Aix and his party entered the city of Black Thorns unimpeded, even at the city gate, they were not subject to any inspection, but passed first.

After entering Black Thorn City, Aix finally knew the identity of the man, who turned out to be the city lord of Black Thorn City, the supreme commander of this war zone, which made Ax a little surprised, not the identity of the man, but the identity of the old man Patton, who turned out to be the teacher of the city lord of Black Thorn City, and, looking at the respect of the city lord of Black Thorn City, the identity of this teacher is definitely not just a name.

Ax and the others were placed in an independent courtyard, and Ax suspected that this was borrowing the light of the old man Barton, because being able to vacate such a small courtyard alone during this period was definitely the result of favoritism.

When Ax arrived at the room he had been assigned, the first thing that caught his eye was not the furniture in the room, but a letter on the table.

Ax looked left and right, but didn't find anyone, and then, after closing the door, he opened the envelope, looking at the contents, Aix's brows gradually furrowed, and after reading it, the letter automatically burned and burned directly to ashes.

With the arrival of Patton, the last frontier fortress personnel, Black Thorn City entered a state of full martial law, and gradually, standing at the head of Black Thorn City, you can already see the scouts of Demacia's army cruising around, and Demacia's army is also camped in the distance, it seems that after the addition of Freljord, Black Thorn City has moved its mind, because as long as Black Thorn City can be captured, it can control a large area of the entire north of Noxus, and completely cut off the road from Noxus to Freljord, forming an encirclement of the most important Hengduan fortress in the confrontation between Noxus and Demacia, occupying a great initiative.

Ax has been unusually quiet in the past few days, neither has contact with the higher-ups of Blackthorn City, nor has he contacted the people of the "Void" here, even Barton has not seen each other a few times, and has been alone in the room, as for what to do, even Sindra does not know, of course, she is not interested in knowing.

Boom, an earth-shattering tremor spread throughout Black Thorn City, and after a few days of calm, the Demacian army finally began to attack, although it was only tentative, but the intensity of the attack was definitely not to be underestimated.

In the beginning, it was just a confrontation between magic cannons and trebuchets, and it did not enter the hand-to-hand combat of warriors, but it was also a matter of time before it was a matter of time. Ax was finally awakened by the tremors, and walked out of the room where he hadn't taken a step in a long time.

I don't know if the sky is due to the war, it looks gloomy, it should be a cloudless good weather, but it makes people feel depressed, occasionally, there will be a line of fire in the air, that is to break through the city's defense net, and the stray bullets fired in will soon be exploded in the air, and there will be no damage to the city.

"You came out, I thought you were going to spend the winter in your room." Barton walked over and said as he looked at Ax who was looking at the sky in distraction.

"Have you waited a long time?"

"It's not a long time, because it's still too late, so we are not in a hurry, and we don't have the anxiety of waiting too long." The city lord of Black Thorn City suddenly walked over and said to Ax with a slight bow.

"If you are courteous to others, you must ask for something, and it is a difficult requirement for a strong man!"

"Down there is Steve, the lord of Black Thorn City, who has seen His Excellency the Son of the Void."

"We've already met, so there's no need to be so verbose, let's say, what's the matter, if I'm in a good mood, I'll help you, of course, I'm in a bad mood now, so you'd better not have too much hope, otherwise, the disappointment will be greater." Ax said as if he wasn't ready to help.