At nightfall, in the woods by the river, which flows through Noxus City to the southern suburbs, the little maid and Alista, who breathes freely, say goodbye. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It wasn't until he repeatedly promised that he would definitely go to the new home of the 'Bullhead Chieftain' in the 'Great Barrier Mountains' that Alista, after solemnly thanking him again, took advantage of the cover of night to speed up into the distance.

"Arya, is it really okay for us to do this?" Arthur, the companion of the little maid, asked worriedly as he looked in the direction in which the minotaur had disappeared.

"Yes, I've never felt so happy!"

"Hmm...... Honestly, I think you're adding enemies to Noxus...... And the city must have noticed our little move, so I don't know how dangerous it will be to go back now......"

Arthur said his thoughts with some hesitation, and although he knew about these factors, he joined in without hesitation.

Alia, who had a happy smile on her face, turned to look at her companion and said in a loud voice, "We're not going back!" ”

"What?! Arya, you ......"

"Don't be so surprised, Arthur." Patting her dirty and wet skirt, the little maid comforted her companion and said, "Arthur! Both of us are orphans taken in by the teacher, and after the teacher is gone, we don't have to worry about it in the city anyway, so why don't we go to a quiet village to live? ”

"......" Arthur looked up at the darkness around him, and for a moment he seemed a little speechless.

Arya leaned against the trunk of the tree and said to the beautiful stars in the sky, "Arthur, are you still going to go to the Voodoo Land to find the teacher?" Not to mention that we don't have enough money to go that far now, and your apprentice magician's strength can't bring us both over safely, and I'm not even a magic apprentice. And...... And the teacher he took with him Joshua, not you...... Think about what we've been through these days. ”

"I have always repaid the teacher's kindness to our nurturing and teaching to us by working hard for him...... Go to the arena and look for ...... I almost thought I was going crazy in those days...... Luckily, I met Chief Alista. The chief always thought that I had saved him, but why didn't he tell me about the pleasant life out of this world that saved me? Tears gradually flowed from the corners of Arya's eyes, and she continued to say emotionally, "You know what? I had to come and rescue the chief, and it was my own salvation, to atone for what the teacher had told me to do for him...... I don't like the life of a wizard or a magician, Arthur. If you're willing to stay with me, let's go to the south and find a village to start over, forgetting all the magic ......"

“……”

The little maid's low cry echoed through the quiet woods, and the young man beside her, who had just felt the magic charm, did not respond to Arya's proposal.

The boundless chill swept over Arya, who had done many bad things but still retained the kindness in her heart, but she never regretted what she had done today, and this was the first time in her life that she had made a decision to follow her heart.

"Arya~ I don't want to go to the village to be a farmer......" When the little maid's heart was cold to the extreme, Arthur beside her finally spoke, but it made her almost despair.

Suddenly, a pair of warm arms gently hugged the silent crying little maid, and it turned out that Arthur had not finished half of his words: "Because then I will get tired of it one day, and I can't help but leave you." Let's go find a town where I can work as a scribe or librarian so I can feed you. When the year is off, I will accompany you to the countryside, if there are any thieves on the road who want to rob us...... Hmph, let him see the power of the magician! ”

"Ha~ It's a great experience of a trainee magician."

On a summer night, at the edge of the forest, two young figures snuggled tightly together.

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A few days later, when the Noxian Empire's huge expeditionary fleet was anchored on the southeast coast of Zaun, running between the land and the fleet with moored ships, busy running equipment and personnel stationed in Zaun, the dusty 'explorer' Ezreal finally rushed to Orion Village at the eastern foot of the Iron Ridge Mountains, and joined up with the team that had arrived here early to rest.

"Hi ~ Isel, I'm glad you came so soon. Yikes! Don't make a fuss, Bo'er! ”

As always, the first to spot and greet the Explorer was Timo the Swift Scout, who was always on the alert.

But Ezreal soon looked at the little girl who suddenly sprang out from behind the tree, kneading Timo's cute fat face.

Teemo reluctantly fled, and Ezreal could only walk to Tristana, who was standing behind and smiling at the Rumble: "What's going on?" ”

"What do you mean, Izawa Kid?" Xiao Pao Niang didn't want to take care of it, so she glanced up at the 'explorer' beside her, and then yawned: "I can see that you are in a hurry to come back?" ”

Ezreal had already found a way to deal with Tristana, and he didn't seem to hear the dissatisfaction and ridicule in the other party's words, and still asked his own question: "I mean the little girl?" She was able to touch Timo's face with a big grin... Well, besides, why are there just the two of you? Where are the others? ”

"That's Bao'er~ the child who happened to be rescued on the way to this village. The little girl was super brave, and before she was five years old, she dared to confront an old wolf with a stick. It's a pity that she ran too far from the village, but fortunately Timo ran fast and happened to meet it, otherwise she would have been unable to do anything when it got dark. ”

Xiao Pao Niang answered the 'explorer's question very carefully, of course, only half of it.

"Hah, it looks like Teemo has gone back to ......his childhood," Ezreal rubbed his nose a little awkwardly, and after a pause, finally asked again cheekily, "Have you found a suitable hunter to guide you?" Hmm, is there anyone else in the hotel? ”

Tristana glanced at her companion slowly, and replied in detail again, "Of course I did." Boa's father was the best hunter in the village, and when he learned that Teemo had saved Boale and we wanted to go into the mountains, he offered to be our guide, so the first thing we did when we entered the village was to solve this problem. ”

"Ahem! It was so nice that I thought I should probably go and meet him. Are you living at Bo'er's house now? ”

Ezreal knew that Tristana was playing tricks on him, but there was nothing he could do, and who had made him do the same himself, and the retribution was so fast.

"The two of them only have one house, we can't live in it, not to mention two guys who may demolish the house at any time."

"You mean Master Li Qing and Ahri? It's not going to stop yet. Why, Bao'er she ......"

"Well, I heard from the people in the village that Bao'er's mother passed away not long after giving birth to her, so no one took care of it, and she ran around the mountains outside and ran into danger." At this time, although Xiao Pao Niang was still answering the question seriously, she had already held back internal injuries in her stomach.

Ezreal's nose was about to be crumpled, and finally he looked embarrassed and whispered, "Well, I'm sorry Tristana, you know I was just joking with you that day......"

"Haha! Let you taste that too, hey! Izawa boy, if you want to ask anything, just say it now. Tristana couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw the awkward appearance of the 'explorer'.

"You stay in a small inn in the village? Is Lux there? ”

"Yes, she's almost blinded by studying that ledger for the past two days, you have to persuade her, let's go!"

Xiao Cannon Niang is a person who doesn't like to hold grudges, so she turned around and walked towards the inn with Ezreal, but before leaving, Tristata didn't forget to raise her voice to greet another guy: "Ti~Mo~~~ Let's go back to the inn first, you remember to take Bao'er home in a while!" ”

At dinner time, the team of six sat neatly in the open space outside the hotel, and they were discussing the next itinerary around a campfire, and then settled dinner by the way.

The conditions of the small village at the foot of the mountain are simple, because it is not a business road, except for the traders who occasionally come here to buy furs in winter, there are few outsiders on weekdays, and there are not too many expensive and unbearable bread prepared here, and the bread made of miscellaneous grains in the village is not so 'friendly', so the dinner of the previous team is basically solved by making barbecue by themselves.

The ingredients are all fresh game from the mountains, and compared to the vast Iron Ridge Mountains, the consumption of people in this small mountain village at the foot of the mountain is too small, which is why Bao'er will meet a lone wild wolf after running out of the village - the old wolf must have a bad idea of coming to the human territory to pick up ready-made.

'Crackle'!

The barbecue firewood taken care of by Bao'er's father was burned just right, and no part of the rock sheep was burned, which was a craft that hunters often exercised in the mountains.

It's a pity that there is no stock of spices in the village, otherwise Ezreal guarantees that his craftsmanship can hook out all the magical beasts in the mountains.

During the day, the experienced 'explorer' had already roughly exchanged views with the hunter Corey, who was Boa's father, and Cory, who was more familiar with the Ironridge Mountains, adjusted Ezreal's route plan a little, and he was one of the few people in the village who could cross the craggy mountains in the summer.

As for winter, even the barbarians on the west side of the mountain range would not be willing to take on the challenge.

And in the afternoon, Ezreal and Corey worked together to carefully inspect the things they had prepared for this crossing, and the items they had with them were almost enough to cope with the situation in the mountains, mainly potions; As for other items that lack daily life, Corey will prepare them himself.

However, there is not much to prepare, and the resources in the southeastern area of the Iron Ridge Mountains in summer can be described as abundant, and there is no need to worry too much about the source of food and water, which makes the group a lot easier.

However, there is some bad news, as the western side of the Iron Ridge appears to be much colder than usual this year, as the snow that has not melted has reduced vegetation on the western side, causing herbivores to concentrate too much further east.

So in Cory's opinion, if they were to cross the Iron Ridge Mountains, Ezreal's winter clothing might be a little thinner.

If you don't want to run Piltover again, there is only one solution, which is to use the thick fur of the animals hunted in the winter to keep out the cold, as the villagers of Orion Village do - this was vetoed on the spot by half of the team, of course.

That can only be seen if you can defeat it with spirit, Ezreal thinks it's not a big problem, the team is full of strong guys, but if it's colder, it should still be able to overcome.

The itinerary planning and material preparation, Lux was handed over to Ezreal to be responsible for herself, and she was also busy studying the ledger, so for most of the day, the two did not say a few words.

It wasn't too busy at this time, and Lux also put down the ledger that had been reported all day under the persuasion of everyone because of the light, but the two couldn't talk even more - the big circle of torches around them was lit, especially the sparkling eyes of the little cannon girl in the night, so that any attempt by Ezreal to go and talk to Lux was responded to by the girl's merciless silence.

"Disperse~ Disperse, everyone will rest early tonight, and we will leave early tomorrow morning."

In desperation, after gobbling up dinner, Ezreal asked his companions to rest early, he has been on the road almost all these days, and it is indeed time to take a good rest, anyway, people are around, and he is not in a hurry for a while.

……

"Woo~Woo~Woo!"

The trumpets of the Noxian army echoed through the waves of the fleet.

The countless wide transports that sailed towards the northeast sea had left their temporary anchorage on the southeast coast of Zu'an, and under the protection of the warships patrolling back and forth on the Guardian Sea, they were slaughtering the ancient kingdom that was unaware of it.

It was a gamble on the fortunes of both sides, and the Noxian Empire had been preparing for this day for too long. In recent years, they have relied on the advantages of shipping hub ports to vigorously develop the maritime industry, providing sufficient scale of transport ships for the expeditionary corps of the empire.

The flag of Noxus will fly on every inch of the continent!

……

It was almost noon, and the envoy team, who had set off early in the morning, found a hunter's hut and began to prepare lunch.

Because he was about to set off, Corey just made a pot of broth and roasted some tuber plants found in the mountains, and simply dealt with the past.

While Corey prepares lunch, Timo is forced to become Boa's temporary guardian, a little boy who is less than five years old and follows his father into the Iron Ridge Mountains.

It's like this when the two of them go out far away, otherwise if they don't take Bao'er with them, the little guy who likes to go wild outside may be targeted by some carnivore again.

In this way, the vigilance of the team is temporarily handed over to the 'explorers', which is a task that cannot be taken lightly, especially in areas where there are many wild animals.

Ezreal had carefully laid warning traps in several passages near the Hunter's Hut, and he had long been familiar with them, having even instructed Lux.

Satisfied, Ezreal turned around and walked back to the hut, and when he reached the door, he happened to see Lux sitting outside the door 'holding a book and reading hard' with a bad face, so he asked with concern, "What's wrong with you, Lux?" ”

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