Chapter 18: Ryze's Request
"Knock Knock"
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Ruiz was sitting in his office looking at a magic book, "Thorn Magic", which was some of the notes that Ruiz had made to record his perception of thorn magic over the years. Hearing a knock on the door, Ruiz closed the book and straightened her clothes.
"Hello, Dean Ruiz!" "Hello!"
"Hello little ones."
Ruiz greeted Lux Bobbi with a smile, and when Ruize's eyes made contact with the huge hammer that Bobby never left his hand, his face became surprised, not because of the hammer, but because of Bobby.
"Please be seated."
Although Ruiz was surprised, he adjusted his mood in an instant and invited the two to take a seat.
"Don't be nervous, little ones, this is a personal request of mine, I hope you can help me."
Ruiz gets straight to the point and is very serious.
"Lux, this is a relatively simple request, whether you can complete it or not, in return, I will give you two Augmentation Books, and in addition, I can give you permission to study in the academy for three months. Any faculty. β
"Me? ... Dean Ruize, please say that it would be a great honor if I could help you. β
Lux was a little surprised, and her heart was full of doubts, Dean Ruiz would ask for her help? There must be secrets in it that I don't know. But as far as the rewards are concerned, Lux thinks it's pretty good, not to mention the fact that the Kicker Book itself can enhance her understanding of magic, and most importantly, the opportunity to study at the War College. Besides, even if you can't complete the task, there are rewards to get, which is a bit intriguing.
"I hope you can go to Shurima once, just make sure there's one person, and don't do anything else."
There was a hint of pleading in Ryze's tone.
"Who is it?"
Lux asked, and she was also suspicious in her heart, although Shurima is an endless desert, but in fact, with enough resources necessary for life, Shurima is not dangerous, what you really need to worry about is the mercenary group around Shurima.
But if you are looking for someone, it is good to hire a mercenary group directly, why look for yourself? Besides, it's just to identify a person, and you don't need to take it away, maybe you only need to ask a little bit to get an answer, which is not very difficult. Why did Dean Ruiz have to find himself?
"All I know is its name: Heavenly Oracle."
"Heavenly oracle?!"
Lux pondered the name carefully, without any impression, as if she was just a person who was not famous.
"That's right, I don't know anything except that it's human, called Heavenly Oracle, not even whether it's male or female."
Ruiz patiently explained to Lux, and at this time, Ruiz himself wondered why Kieran would risk his life to pass on a message to himself again? There are even some detailed requirements, could it be that the heavenly oracle is the one who was cursed by Qianjue? But didn't you say last time that it was at the Grand Barrier? What puzzled Ruiz even more was that Kiran had asked Lux and Poppy the Yodeler of the Demacian Crown Guard to go to Shurima! That's why Galen brought Lux and Bobby to the War College: Reze's personal invitation.
"What... What the? β
Lux's eyes widened in surprise, and even Bobby glanced at Ryze in surprise.
"I don't even know if it's male or female?"
Lux was stunned, and her heart was even more confused, she didn't know what Ruiz's purpose was at all, she was really just confirming whether the oracle was in Shurima?
Ruiz also knew that there was something strange, but he still trusted the old man's judgment and quietly waited for Lux's reply.
Lux was indeed a little hesitant, normally this should be a very simple matter, but since it was Dean Ruiz's personal request, Lux unconsciously classified Ruiz's upcoming request as a matter of course as a difficult level, and now it seems that Lux is thinking too much.
Seeing that Lux was still a little hesitant, Ruiz added, "This trip will not be too dangerous, you just need to be careful of some notorious mercenary groups." β
"But..."
Lux shrugged her shoulders, looked at Ryze, and said, "However, there are no clues, what if you find the wrong one?" Maybe what if there is a duplicate name? β
Ruiz smiled and said firmly: "There will definitely be no duplicate name!" As for the clues, wellβ" Ruiz thought for a moment before continuing, "Perhaps, you will have a sense of affection when you see it!" It's like the next moment, ahem, well, the next moment you can fall in love with it"
"Dear. Cut. Target. Feel.... Fall in love with it?!!! β
Lux lengthened her voice and stared at Ryze with a 'Are you sick' expression. Even Poppy next to Lux was surprised.
Ruiz coughed twice embarrassedly, hiding his embarrassment, at this time Ruiz was also very angry with his old buddy, this clue is indeed a bit unreliable, with Lux's face full of discomfort, it is better not to say it.
"Ahem, yes, that's true. How is it? Can you help? β
Ruiz nodded affirmatively, believing that there must be a reason why Kieran told him so.
"Since it's Dean Ruiz's request, I'm sure I won't refuse."
Lux didn't refuse, firstly because the reward was quite tempting, and secondly because the clue given by Ruiz really piqued Lux's interest, and Lux didn't think that Dean Ruiz would be open-minded.
"Thank you."
Ruiz thanked him sincerely, then turned his gaze to Bobby, the cuddly yodeler.
Bobby smiled embarrassedly when he saw Ruiz looking at him, looking a little shy.
"Bobby, you're good."
Listening to Ruiz's praise, Bobby scratched his head a little embarrassedly, unconsciously deviated, his face was a little red, but he didn't say anything.
"Come with Lux, there, maybe you'll get an answer."
Ruiz nodded encouragingly to Bobby, blinking his eyes.
"Yes, really?"
Poppy understood Ryze's words at once, she knew what the answer to Ryze said, but soon, Poppy hung her head, obviously a little lost and couldn't believe it, the hero of Demacia who had been looking for so long, could it be a guy called Heaven? But how can it be in Shurima?!
"Trust your own hunch." Rhyz motioned for Poppy to look at the hammer in his hand.
"My hunch..."Poppy muttered, looking at the hammer in her hand in a daze, and suddenly, Poppy's eyes widened, as if she saw the hammer in her hand light up with a golden light, and then, like a painting, quickly, passively let Poppy browse:
This is a desert, golden grains of sand are flying in the wind, of course, there is nothing here except the undulating grains of sand, it is very monotonous and monotonous. It seemed that at the end of the line of sight, there was a person, Poppy couldn't see it clearly, but he just felt so kind and kind, that feeling, just like - his father brought it to him, no! It's even kinder than that!!
Although he couldn't see what the man looked like or what he was doing, Poppy had a feeling that he was smiling at himself, and it was not hard to imagine that the smile must be as warm as a spring breeze.
Fiercely, Bobby was a spirit, came back to his senses, couldn't believe it, but shook his head excitedly, the double ponytails shook and shook cutely, but Lux didn't care about this now, Ruiz... Ruiz would certainly not care more about the double ponytail.
"Bobby, what's wrong with you?"
Lux looked at Bobby a little anxiously, her hands were a little flustered, she didn't know what to do, just now Bobby stared at the hammer, which really frightened Lux, as if she had been pumped out of her soul, "muddy".
"You are, what do you see?"
Ryz asked thoughtfully, Bobby gasped, this was caused by too much excitement, listening to Ryze's words, he quickly replied: "I, I must go to Shurima!" I.. I"
Poppy smashed her head in a bit of confusion, closing her eyes as if she was in pain, actually... It's just Poppy's reminiscences, nothing wrong.
"Wait, waitβ" Poppy's voice was a little hurried, apparently recalling a critical stage. Ruiz on the side was looking forward to it, and Lux beside Bobby looked at Bobby's appearance, a little anxious, looked at Ruiz at a loss, calmed down again, and looked at Bobby, Lux's distress was already on his face, if it wasn't a strange creature, then, only Lux understood Bobby. Because I understand, I feel distressed.
"I thought of it!"
Suddenly, Bobby opened his eyes, and his two big eyes were full of excitement, if it weren't for the fact that Bobby was in Ruiz's office and was more restrained, Bobby would have the urge to jump!
"Thank you, Dean Ryze! This time, I'm sure I'm not looking for the wrong person! β
Poppy's categorical tone surprised Lux, but Lux was also happy for Poppy, and the hammer made Poppy spend too much energy and effort.
"Can you tell me what you saw?"
Ruiz originally told Kieran's words to Bobby verbatim according to Kieran's request, but Ruiz didn't have any hope, but he didn't expect Bobby's reaction to be so big, which may indirectly prove Kieran's correctness? Thinking of this, Ruiz was a little excited, but what was the matter with the magnificent barrier? It stands to reason that this time it is not stated that the information of the last time is wrong, which means that the information of the last time is correct! What a mess!
"I was looking at it like I was looking at a painting. The most drawn, at the end, I saw it smile at me, although I couldn't see it clearly, but there was a man beside it, and I remembered the appearance of that man, well, and there was blonde hair, and there were two inverted triangle symbols on the face, especially on the hand, I saw a glowing amulet! I believe it is it, and I must find it! β
Poppy's face was full of excitement, and she kept pulling Lux, expressing the excitement in her heart in a weird way, mainly because Poppy was so excited that she really didn't know how to express it.
"Don't, don't get excited..."
Lux pulled Poppy in her excitement and looked at Ruiz with an inquiring look.
"Counting the distance, you can leave in three days at the latest, and of course, if you want, you can leave immediately."