The 'Explorer', who politely rejected the concern from Ezreal and did not take it too seriously, said a few words of comfort before returning to the hunter's hut to enjoy his not-so-sumptuous lunch. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

They were lucky not to encounter the only snow wolves in the mountains that could cause harm to the group.

Usually only when food is scarce, the snow wolves gather in large groups to go hunting, and this year the food is so abundant, perhaps they are living a comfortable home life in their own small plots.

The night came earlier in the mountains, and the members of the team didn't have much to do after dinner, so they could only sit around the bright campfire and chat.

Everything seemed to be the same as usual, except for Lux, who took the time to hold the ledger and lean against the light of the campfire to flip through it.

Ezreal went several times to warn her not to fight so hard, they could give Lux more time to rest in the middle of the day so that the girl could check it out in daylight.

But Lux, who was like an arrow, rejected the offer.

Even Tristana couldn't make her change her mind, so Ezreal had to negotiate with the rest of her friends that the night guard would not arrange for the wrong Lux.

Fortunately, there is a hunter guide Cory who can make up for Lux's shortcomings, so that everyone can get a relatively good night's sleep when the sentry is down.

On the high day, the first post of the squad is served by the hunter Corey.

This honest man thanked everyone with a smile gratefully, and then climbed up the sentry rock with Bao'er, who had entered a semi-sleep state, otherwise he would get up in the middle of the night to be on duty, he didn't care if he was strong, and Bao'er with a long body couldn't stand it.

After checking the warning traps around the makeshift camp for the last time before going to bed, the 'explorer' who returned to his place found that Lux was still by the fire, and he frowned and went to ask the girl to rest, only to be defeated by the other party's soft words.

However, Ezreal could sense that Lux was in a very wrong state, and looking at the girl who was carefully checking the ledger, he thought about it and decided to talk to Lux during the next day's trip.

The valley at night was cool, even a little like late autumn, and Ezreal had to be wrapped in a sleeping bag to sleep peacefully.

It's true that the temperature is a little cold this year, and the 'explorer' thought vaguely before falling asleep.

Early in the morning is the busiest time of the day in the Iron Ridge Mountains.

Birds, birds, and small animals start to be busy early, and they have the habit of eating breakfast. Unlike dangerous predators, they often take advantage of their prey's nighttime rest to hunt and then take a nap throughout the morning.

But it was clear that Ezreal, who had the hardest whistle at midnight, was awakened by other voices.

The slightly unconscious 'explorer' poked his head out of his sleeping bag, and in the camp Bo'er and Teemo were in a mess, and a little farther away, the warrior monk Li Qingzheng and Ahri were doing their 'daily exercise'.

Since entering the inaccessible mountains, the 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox' who has no scruples about revealing her identity has become more stretched, and Ahri is obviously more adaptable to the wild environment, and she has used the raids of the ground type several times to almost succeed in the 'mercury ribbon' on the head of the warrior monk.

Yes, the demon fox had 'sniffed' out what had made Li Qing unleash her charm spell, and now Ahri's goal was to get her hands on that inconspicuous ribbon.

"Ah~~~ It's an energetic morning~~~"

Ezreal, who was woken up, rubbed his nose vigorously, then sighed to himself in a low voice.

"Not all, Izawa kid." Hearing his voice, Tristana, who was not far away from the campfire, quickly beckoned, "I think you'll have to convince Lux." ”

With Tristana's worried eyes, Ezreal turned to look at Lux, who was sitting in the distant morning light and studying the ledger early in the morning.

"I tried it many times yesterday, but it didn't work." Ezreal said this, but his movements were not ambiguous, and he quickly sorted out his clothes and prepared to walk towards the girl.

Behind the 'explorer', Tristana's words of reminder sounded in time: "I guess she has something on her mind, maybe it has something to do with the ledger, Izawa boy, you have to start from here." ”

"No problem~ Leave it to me."

With a wave of his hand, Ezreal walked towards Lux.

……

In the port of Bilgewater, under the surprised gaze of the sailors, a merchant ship fluttering the Noxus Chamber of Commerce slowly sailed into the harbor.

How long has it been since this once-thriving seaport city encountered merchant ships from the north?

Around?

Five weeks?

Or longer?

'Bell, bell, bell! ’

As the bronze bell rang for the intake, the fast-moving dock workers began to run towards the merchant ship from Noxus, as long as everything was back to normal, and the workers only hoped that their families would not go hungry.

"The city is beautiful, well, very charming......"

Standing on one side of the ship, Katerina, dressed as a businesswoman, sighed at the unusual scenery of Bilgewater Harbour and took a deep breath of the air.

When the captain of the merchant ship who happened to pass behind him heard this, he said approvingly, "Yes, Miss Katarina. But we arrived a little earlier, waiting for their National Day in September... Uh, I mean the festival that celebrates the founding of the city, and it's going to be more lively here. They hold a cheerful celebration that lasts for a whole month. ”

"September? It won't be far away, maybe we'll have a chance later. Caterina replied lightly to the captain's introduction.

Then she swayed her beautiful red hair and said to Tyrone behind her, "Let's go, Tyrone." Get this out of the way, and set off for the Empire. ”

"Is there a chance for me to get moving? The boat ride has damp my bones. Tyrone's sharp gaze swept over the guys on the docks dressed as ordinary people, and he said in a deep voice.

In his early years, he mixed in the bottom society of Noxus City, and after only a little look, he easily distinguished the real ordinary people from those with ulterior motives.

Caterina glanced at the fellows who were being watched by Tyrone, and whispered indifferently, "Savagery, my favorite ......"

"Hey, hey."

……

Throughout the morning, in the face of several deliberate accostings from Ezreal, Lux was trying to avoid it.

When he stopped to rest at noon, Lux was preoccupied with his ledger and ducked to the side, much to Ezreal's trouble.

"Izawa boy, it looks like you're running out of tricks?" After lunch, Tristana found the helpless 'explorer' and teased.

Touching his nose with his right hand, Ezreal said in frustration, "Yes, I think maybe Tristana should try again." ”

Looking at her helpless companion, the little cannon girl with the 'Boom' on her back looked at the 'explorer' who asked her for help with idiotic eyes and said, "I originally thought you weren't so stupid? Of course I can comfort Lux, but what about you? Go back to your basement and play to yourself? What a great opportunity this is, why don't you just try to get Lux to talk to you? If she has any problems that are difficult to decide, you should let her know that you will face and solve them with her. ”

Tristana's words made Ezreal seem to have something to gain, and the 'explorer' nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Oh~ I'm really convinced of you, forget it, it's a matter for the two of you."

Xiao Pao Niang had already prompted clearly enough, but when she saw that Izawa was still ignorant, she slapped her head and shook her head and walked away.

After a while, Tristana's beautiful singing voice came from afar on the edge of the meadow: "Little cannon girl, rarely worry ~ look at the fireworks around ~"

Then came the sound of Boa's clapping and the sound of Timo's applause.

After lunch, Ezreal gave Lux enough time to study the ledger, almost three times the rest of the previous day, before the group set off again.

This time, it was up to the hunter Corey to lead the others, leaving Ezreal and Lux at the end of the group.

When Lux noticed the situation and was about to speed up to catch up with the other teammates, Ezreal, who had tried dozens of ways of talking in his heart, finally came to the girl's side and said sincerely: "Lux, we have to talk, everyone can see that you have something on your mind, or are you in some trouble?" You should trust me, I can solve it with you. ”

"But Izawa...... I—I'm not sure yet, maybe... Maybe I guessed wrong? The constant worry made Lux uncomfortable too, and she was still hesitating.

Waving his hand to the others who turned back, Ezreal walked slowly beside Lux, quickly searching for the right language, "It's okay, Lux." Is it about ledgers? You can tell me what you guessed, and then we'll analyze it together, and I'll wait for you to decide if you want to tell anyone else. ”

Lux shook her head lightly and said, "I don't know, there is too much information in the ledger, I'm just making a bold guess...... Speculation on the possible offensive direction of Noxus, but without more evidence to back it up, is more likely to be wrong......"

"Don't be afraid, Lux." Ezreal stopped and looked at the girl: "You should be confident enough in your intelligence, maybe I won't meet a second genius girl like you, magic, diplomacy, and covert warfare...... Hmm, or that. You try to summarize the information and let me judge, and if our judgment is consistent, then maybe your guess will be correct. ”

There was a brief silence, and Lux, who walked forward again, tried to gather the information she had gotten.

"There are four large warehouses in the barracks in Noxus, and I got these ledgers from two of them. As a rough estimate, these warehouses contain at least enough material and equipment to arm 4-5 combat corps......"

"Huo ~ generous!"

"Among them, the materials and equipment of the two legions have been taken away in advance, and judging from the time of signing, it is almost the same as the time when the Imperial Navy began to seal the Guardian Strait."

Ezreal's pretended relaxed language did not result in a relaxed expression for Lux, but as Raz spoke, Ezreal gradually frowned: "It seems that they have premeditated ......"

"Yes, I think that the people of the Federation, although not as pervasive as the Noxian spies, but with the production capacity of Noxus, if they want to produce a large amount of war materials without alarming these eyes of His Majesty the Third, they may get the number of a main army at most. In this way, if dispersed to several factories, they were able to complete secret preparations under the pretext of replenishing the consumption of the army. ”

Lux is indeed smart, and her analysis is coherent and free from personal opinions.

"So, you mean to say that Noxus is in a hurry to arm 4-5 main legions?" This number made Ezreal feel a toothache.

Under normal circumstances, the Noxian Empire has 2,850 people in a legion, which is slightly less than the number of 3,000-3,300 people in other countries and city-states, but considering that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial soldiers is higher than that of other soldiers, the combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of the enemy.

In this way, there are more than 10,000 powerful warriors, who will be armed with new equipment.

The tens of thousands of powerful Noxian warriors are enough to make the continent feel dangerous when they are good at fighting a large country like the Federation of Demacia, not to mention other countries and independent city-states that are far inferior to the Federation.

It's no wonder that Lux is worried, this time Noxus is preparing to fight a war to destroy the country!

Faced with the 'Explorer's question, Lux nodded in response, "I think... At least that's ......"

"Oh my God...... At least ......" Ezreal was a little dizzy.

What Lux said was true, because they weren't lucky enough to break through all the warehouses that Noxus had prepared for this major military operation, and perhaps some of the other ones that were hidden in other locations.

"That'...... Any other information? Suddenly, Ezreal was startled by his own bold guess, and he asked urgently.

Because as he said just now, Noxus's material preparation is to fight a war of 'annihilation', so in this case, the target is nothing more than Demacia and Ionia, but if the Empire's preparations are much greater than they smashed into the ground, and at the same time as the war of annihilation, it is not impossible to divide one or two legions to unite with the Zaun to destroy Piltover.

In fact, the difficulty in judging intelligence lies in how to collect it accurately, as long as the information is correct, people who are not too stupid can analyze important information from it.

Looking at the 'explorer', who didn't care much about military politics, and asked the core of the question step by step, Lux said in a deep voice: "Yes. The equipment is mainly weapons and armor, with only a small number of anti-magic cloaks......"

"Is the target really Demacia?" This speculation left Ezreal a little puzzled.

"There are also many alchemy equipment recorded by code names, and ...... Supplies for going to sea. ”

After finishing the information obtained from the ledger, Lux and the shocked Ezreal looked at each other.

A moment later, a faint sigh rang out from Lux: "Ize, Mr. Capet is right. The Empire's plan this time is to annex the rich Ionia, and then, next time, the entire continent......"

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