Chapter 53: Moonlight City Coup
At this time, the city lord's mansion was full of lights, and there was a kind of suppressed joy, a day that should be happy, but an irrepressible sadness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As the protagonist of this wedding, he was standing in the center of the auditorium at this time, standing dumbfounded, with blank eyes, numbly greeting guests from all walks of life.
Suddenly, at the gate of the auditorium, a group of people suddenly appeared and blocked the entrance, neither entering the auditorium to attend the wedding, nor having the intention of leaving.
"Lord of the City, we need an explanation." Suddenly, a man in mourning clothes walked out of the crowd and shouted into the auditorium. The reason why this person wears mourning clothes is naturally because a relative has died, and his relative is the heroine of this wedding, Michelle, and the man is Michelle's uncle.
As for why Michelle is Michelle's uncle, not parents or grandfather, everyone in Moonlight City knows that this is just an excuse, and the purpose is of course to seize power.
"Balk, what do you want to explain?" The man didn't wait long before the city lord walked out of the auditorium, and when he saw the visitor, he was not surprised, but asked very casually.
Regarding the attitude of the city lord, Balk did not expect that for this kind of palace-like questioning, the reaction of ordinary people should be angry questioning, but this kind of homely tone has to make people wonder if this is a trap. However, Balk only hesitated for a while, and then became tough again, because thinking of the backer behind him, Balk felt that no matter what kind of trap he was, he was a paper tiger in the face of absolute strength.
"Lord of the City, because of an inexplicable duel, my niece lost her life, is this matter settled? Even if Michelle's grandfather will not pursue it because of your authority and power, I, as an uncle, will never agree. At the very least, I will slay the murderer in my hand to comfort the soul of my poor niece in heaven. Balk said righteously, as if he had done it for his dead niece.
"You want to kill Barry? What is the reason? The city lord still had the same nonchalant expression, as if talking to him was just coping.
"What reason? Avenging my niece, of course. Balk felt more and more that something was wrong, and as he spoke, he was already looking around to see if there was any ambush around.
"What a far-fetched reason!" The city lord seemed to have lost patience, and said directly: "Go and call your backer out, I'll talk to him directly, saving everyone's time." ”
"You...... What nonsense are you talking about, I'm here today to ......" Before Balk could finish speaking, a man in a robe standing behind him had already crossed him, making his next words swallow directly back into his stomach, knowing that there was no more business of his own here.
"I don't know if Your Excellency is ......" The city lord had actually noticed this person a long time ago, but no matter how he recalled, he couldn't guess the identity of this person, and only then did he ask when he saw that the other party took the initiative to come out.
"I'm just a nobody, of course you won't recognize me, I'm here today just to convey a word for the master." The robed man spoke without any inhibitions, as if his voice was mechanically synthesized, and he just spat out the words he wanted to say one by one.
"What?"
"The lord of Moonlight City should uphold traditions."
"Tradition? What is Tradition? The tradition is that we were invaded by Noxus, how many people died in the war, how many people were homeless? You nobles, who only know how to protect your own interests, will only usher in a second invasion of Noxus, and then Ionia will cease to exist and become a vassal city-state of Noxus. Before the Lord of Moonlight could speak, Councillor Bruce Roy had already angrily questioned, he didn't have a good opinion of these antique nobles who only knew how to pamper themselves.
"I'm just preaching for the master, and you only need to carry it out, and the master naturally has the master's reason."
"He's your master, not mine, what am I going to do, I don't need someone else to hand it over." After Councillor Roy finished speaking, he jumped up directly and punched the man in the robe, and his fist ignited an orange-red flame, and the scorching temperature made people have no doubt that this punch could definitely pierce a steel plate.
The man in the robe only glanced at Councillor Roy who rushed over, and then stretched out his right hand to Councillor Roy who was in the air, and countless ice picks flew towards Councillor Roy like machine guns, allowing Councillor Roy to punch out that punch only in the air, so a duel between fire and ice was staged at the door of the auditorium.
By the time the battle of fire and ice was over, Councilor Roy had retreated to the city lord's side, and the robed man had withdrawn his right hand as if nothing had happened. However, the ground at the entrance of the auditorium was a real record of the encounter, half frozen to the point of powder, half of which was roasted by the fire and molten into magma, letting everyone know that although the confrontation was short, the intensity was terrifying.
"Why didn't I see you on the battlefield when Noxus invaded, and now you are actually vying for power and profit, showing off your power to your compatriots, what ancient nobles, if you want me to say that you are just a group of Ionian vampires, specializing in sucking the blood of the Ionian people." Councillor Roy angrily said that he could not bear the inaction of the ancient nobles in the invasion of Noxus, which was one of the important reasons why these radicals fought against those conservatives.
"There is naturally a master's reason in this, and the final withdrawal of Noxus is the best evidence." The man in the robe said almost paranoidly.
"Hahaha, Noxus's retreat turned out to be the credit of those vampires, your skin is thicker than the city wall, it is worthy of thousands of years of accumulation." Roy was made to laugh at the other man's words, but anyone could see the anger behind his smile.
After a burst of laughter, Councilor Roy disappeared from everyone's field of vision again, and at the same time disappeared the robed man, followed by the sound of explosions in the distance, it can be seen that the two have been fighting together at this time, but they chose to go out of the city to fight because they took care of the people of Moonlight City.
"Looks like it's about to start." Aix sat up suddenly, looked at the scene in the distance where two strong men were obviously fighting, and said in surprise.
"What does it have to do with you when it starts, do you still want to join this kind of battle?" Tina just glanced at it, then stopped caring and continued to eat her snacks.
"The hair is long and the knowledge is short, and the battle of the strong is the best object to learn." Ax ignored Tina's taunts and fixed his eyes on the two men fighting.
It can be seen that both of them are melee types, and they both use fists, but unfortunately, the movements of the two are too fast, and Aix can't see the movements of the two at all, and can only vaguely see the two figures constantly changing shapes, and from time to time bursting out of flames and ice, as for who has the upper hand, it is impossible to see at all.
Suddenly, I saw a man in a robe suddenly punch the ground under his feet, and from his fist, icicles sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, stabbing towards another person. The other man saw the ice picks that kept piercing from under his feet, so he could only keep retreating, and when he retreated to the water of the Moon Spring, he suddenly jumped up, and a huge orange fireball appeared between his hands, and threw it under him.
At the same time as Councilor Roy jumped, the ice pick under his feet no longer extended backwards, as if all the energy had been gathered into this last one, and it continued to grow in size and stab at Councilor Roy in the air.
Boom, with a loud bang, the collision of ice and fire was like a chemical reaction, and there was a violent explosion, blowing up an area of the Moon Spring, and a deep crater appeared at the location of the explosion, but it was filled by the water that followed as if nothing had happened.
And the two warring people have also entered a period of weakness after the outbreak just now, standing on both sides panting and recovering their strength.
In front of the Moonlight City Auditorium, Balk was still facing off against the city lord of Moonlight City, and he didn't seem to care about the going or staying of the robed man, and it could be seen that it was not his hole card.
"Lord of the city, you are also an old nobleman of Ionia, I really don't understand, what reason do you have to support those crazy people, now with the strength of Ionia to find trouble with Noxus, it is simply to hit a stone with an egg, what we need to do now most should be to recuperate, I don't know what the Lord thinks my point of view is right?" Balk said humbly, giving his final advice to the city lord.
"I have no objection to recuperation, but it is debatable in what way to recuperate, if you are still as before, self-satisfied and arrogant, then what you are waiting for is only the second invasion of Noxus."
"Could it be that the city lord has already made a choice? Then I can only express my regret to you. With that, Balk bowed and saluted the city lord, and then retreated to the rear.
Just when the city lord of Moonlight City was puzzled, a person he missed very much but definitely didn't want to see here in this situation appeared in front of him.
"Joseph? Do you agree with them? The city lord looked at the visitor in surprise and asked with some disappointment.
"Actually, I don't want to face you either, but unfortunately, I'm not the patriarch of the Joseph family, and I can't let the Joseph family move forward according to my will. Actually, I'm quite envious of you, you became the city lord of Moonlight City at such a young age, and you can decide the direction of your own way. ”
"But......" The city lord of Moonlight City just said two words and couldn't go on, but what was it? Can't he be separated from the family? The city lord of Moonlight City just glanced at this former best friend, and finally could only shake his head, and all his words turned into a sigh.
"Come in and sit down, you should know that it's just a waste of time for the two of us to fight." After the Moonlight City City Lord finished speaking, he took the lead in entering the auditorium, and Joseph only hesitated for a second, then walked in, anyway, the task given to him by the family was only to contain the Moonlight City City Lord.