12 The silence of the Dragon Flower Street
Helena. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoLeon, the widow of the Shinobu of Demacia, is sitting on a deck chair in the garden at the moment, with a subtle but subtle smile on his face.
The sun was setting little by little on the edge of the sky, and time was blurred by color at this moment, and the residual red of the sky gradually faded to the last bit of color. The bleak night spread from one end of the street, and the night fell silently.
The old man stood up, and she walked towards the room, ready for another lonely night.
After moving from Demacia to Edlan, her grandson He Luo was everything to her. In the last few days, there was a little girl named Alex in the room, and the lively atmosphere made her almost forget her age. But the other day they were gone, and Holo returned to Demacia with the centurion.
That's a man's choice. The old man understood in his heart that there were some responsibilities that could not be escaped, that his husband had taken on his responsibilities for decades, and that now his grandson would also take on his responsibilities, and that he would return to the city he had left and make his own way out of the world.
The old man walked into the house and gently closed the door. She lit the candlestick on the table by the door, and the small flame suddenly lit up the room, and the light was held in the old man's hand.
The kitchen table was filled with washed fruit and a plate of prepared dinner. The old man placed the candlestick on the table and brought a brass kettle. She quietly brews her favorite clove tea, and when the tea is ready, she will start today's dinner.
For a lonely old man, dinner is more like a ritual. Napkins, knives and forks, Helena used them with as much care, as she did when she was younger. Because of her bad teeth, she chewed her food carefully while using this time to start reminiscing about her life. At this age, memories are more like a delicacy than food.
Bang.
A voice came from the other end of the room.
Having lived on this street for many years, Helena knows every sound like the back of her hand. But the voice just now was not one of the sounds she knew.
Helena quickly stood up, and a small silver dagger was in her hand.
She walked through the living room and climbed the stairs to the second floor.
In the darkness that the light could not shine, Helena's body was sturdy, not at all sluggish, she was more like a leopard in the prime of life, and like a silent cat.
Helena pushed open the door to the guest room, and as the door creaked open, she saw the intruder.
Two dark shadows, one holding a candlestick, while the other holding a greatsword.
"You?"
Helena recognized one of them in an instant. He was thin, tall, had a sinister smile, and he was a butler. To be exact, it was the personal butler of the young master of the Cliff family.
"Good night, ma'am." The butler did not panic when he saw the old man, but showed his signature smile.
"What are you going to do?" Helena's voice was piercing, like the cold wind of Adelan's deep winter.
"We?" The butler walked from the broken window to the center of the room, holding the candlestick, "The young master sent me back on the way to Demacia, and asked me to help him finish his last thing here." ”
"You still want trouble with my grandson?" Helena's hand was hidden behind her back and she clenched the dagger in her hand.
"No, no, no. Madam. Didn't that kid already follow the centurion to Demacia? You are mistaken, we are here for your trouble. ”
The other seemed nervous, gasping for air, and Helena tilted her head slowly, and she saw a young man as strong as an ox. The posture of holding the giant sword in his hand looks like a bit of a soldier.
"You ...... Want to kill me? In fact, at the first glance of these two people, Helena probably understood their intentions. As an elderly old lady, everyone knows that there is no huge wealth in this small house, and these two blatant gangsters did not hide their identities with anything, so they are determined to kill people.
"Ah, ma'am. You're laughing. You still have a sharp dagger in your hand, how dare we kill you? The butler had already caught a glimpse of the old lady's weapon, but he was not at all worried.
"Isn't it?" Helena had seen people all her life, and she saw through the false smile on the butler's face at first sight.
"Of course not. You can only kill yourself. The butler paced for a moment with a grin, "Your beloved grandson has left you, a lonely old woman, depressed. Even the tea is mixed with wine, and it is normal to drink heavily all day long, and it is normal to be muddy, right? Isn't it normal to fall down the stairs late at night after drinking and have an accident and not have time to call for help? ”
"You died in an accident, that's going to be a big blow to that kid in Demacia, right?"
The butler's face suddenly distorted, and he hissed the last words with all his might.
"Do it!"
At the butler's order, the young man rushed over, and he swung the greatsword in the air, and the whining of the wind formed a semicircle with the greatsword.
Although Helena has never been a warrior, she has the mentality of a top warrior. She was not a little timid when she saw the young man rushing over, and when the giant sword flew towards her face, she only took a slight half step back.
It was this half-step distance that the young man passed by, and the dagger in Helena's hand was already accurately inserted into the young man's back.
"Ahh The young man was wounded, but it was fine, he screamed, turned around, his eyes were red, and he was ready to charge at the old man again.
"You're the executioner's apprentice in town, aren't you? Although the executioner has a humble profession, his faith has always been above board, how could he follow them to do such a thing? Aren't you afraid that your soul will be devoured and rotten by darkness? Helena asked calmly, staring at the young man's reddened eyes.
The young man was stunned. He didn't expect the old man to recognize him. What he didn't expect was that what the old man said was not wrong. Although the teacher pursues money, his teachings on righteousness are like what the old man said, and he has always been above board.
As a result, the greatsword he wielded in his hand slowed down. A little bewildered, he looked at the old man's calm face.
"Stupid guy!"
The butler's figure flashed, as if some kind of power had blessed him, and a faint cyan light rose behind him like a flame, and in the blink of an eye, he came behind Helena, who raised the candlestick high and slammed it on the back of the old man's head. As the flames flickered, Helena felt a sharp pain and a gradual darkness.
"Hurry up, stupid pig, come and hold her!"
"What are you doing? She recognizes you, does she think she can escape? ”
"Here, push her down the stairs, and smash her head a few more times with your sword. I'll go mix some wine into her tea, and you're done! ”
"Don't ......" From the darkness, Helena saw the panicked shadows of the two men.
"Don't make a mistake...... The child ......" Just before Helena was about to be pushed down the stairs, she used all her strength to say one last word.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang bang.
The butler watched as the old woman in her nightdress rolled down the stairs and fell to the ground motionless. Blood spilled from the back of her head, drawing a horrible patch on the pine floor.
"Close the upstairs windows, clean up, and we're good to go."
The butler pulled the apprentice apart, and he walked alone to the dresser by the living room. There were many knick-knacks there, but the butler's eyes were fixed on one of them, a golden badge, lying quietly in the old man's jewelry box.
"Found it." A mysterious smile appeared on the butler's lips, "The mission is finally complete, and I can go back." ”
As the door of the small house was closed again at the end of the street of the dragon flower. The whole house fell into a terrible silence.
It was a silence that belonged to death.
……
To the north of the Iron Ridge Mountains is a vast jungle. Tall trees of lush greenery obscured the view and even the sky, making it impossible to imagine what a great difficulty it was to traverse this jungle.
In fact, this jungle is almost impassable. Because of the years of conquest, the magic of Zaan and the war of Noxus have completely changed this jungle, and everyone who steps into this jungle will see a different world. Time and space in this green jungle are distorted, which is why everyone calls it "Twisted Jungle" these days.
But no one would have imagined that an army was sneaking through this jungle at this moment. These soldiers were well-trained, their green armor was emblazoned with hammerheads and chains, and they belonged to the regiment of Noxus.
"General, we're ten days away from getting through this jungle."
An adjutant of the regiment came to the front of the line, standing in front of a woman, carefully reporting.
"Notice below, speed up the progress, five days, only five days." The woman's voice came from under the iron mask, cold and without any emotion.
"Got it. Checkmate. The adjutant nodded and left. He did not dare to hesitate the slightest bit about the general's words. You must know that Noxus is a country that worships power and masculinity, and women have always been appendages here. But what is surprising is that there are more female generals in Noxus than any other force. The adjutant knew why, because these female generals were more vicious than the men, just like the commander of his own legion.
"Honey."
After the adjutant had left quickly, the female general gently lifted the mask from her face. revealed a delicate face that could see the wind and frost of time.
Her voice was gentle, and the object to whom she spoke was just a huge, empty stone in the jungle.
The light on the stone suddenly changed, one arm, one leg, like a traveling painter's sketch, and a black figure in a cloak appeared on the stone.
"Do you feel it?" The female general said to the dark shadow.
"Something happened. Yes, I feel it. A heavy voice came from under the cloak of the dark shadow, "Hurry up and finish this war, I want to go back and see it soon." ”
A loud, high-pitched roar came from overhead. Through the dozens of meters high tree cover, the shadow of a pterosaur could be faintly seen passing quickly in mid-air.