“……”

"Wow! It smells terrible, it's really nasty here......"

(ー`′ー)

Looking at the big fish-like monsters in the dock in front of her, which were lifted by various huge wooden winch crane units, and were larger than those blue whales on the earth, looking at their huge hideous teeth, the bloody skin cut by the sharp blade, and the bright red bloody muscles inside, Anne couldn't help but cover her nose and push away a few steps, not daring to continue to move forward.

Because, that pungent smell of blood made her feel very uncomfortable......

By this time, looking at the past, the sea water of the entire harbor had already been stained red with the blood of the huge sea fish and monsters in the slaughterhouses located all over the docks...... It makes people feel that the sea water in the entire harbor is as if it is full of blood, which is very hideous and terrifying!

In the distance, on the edge of almost every slaughtering dock, there are round blood troughs of different sizes, and the blood of the giant sea fish monsters that have been slaughtered, except for a small amount of seawater that flows directly into the port and dyes the seawater near the port into a 'sea of blood', most of the blood is collected into the blood troughs like salt pools by complete facilities.

Then, the workers of the docks were busy stirring, coagulating, and separating the krakin's blood, and they skillfully divided the edible parts of the sea monster's blood, the medicinal parts, or other parts into small barrels, and then let the porters carry them away in time......

Obviously, they were familiar with this kind of work, and they were processing the gigantic sea monsters efficiently and quickly, squeezing every piece of flesh, bone, teeth, and even blood from their bodies with all their might, turning them all into a part of a commodity that could be converted into profit!

"Haha!"

"Little girl, isn't it spectacular here in Blood Harbor? That's what our Bone Bay Shore is, and over time, you'll naturally love it! ”

"Here you go! This is the serr-toothed krakin's brain loin, a pound sells for at least one gold coin, and here it is almost two pounds, because it is an illegal channel, so it can only buy so many of the three small gold coins you just gave me! Now, grab it and leave, go to the restaurant that let you come here and let the proprietress hurry up and steam it for you, it won't taste good if it's late! ”

"Also, don't blame me for not reminding you, outsiders like you, you'd better move quickly, don't go to those small streets and alleys alone, and don't wait until it gets dark to wander around here, or else...... Hum!! ”

After snorting coldly, the sea monster butcher, who secretly stole meat to sell to this little girl to earn extra money, quickly waved his hand at the little girl, signaling the other party to hurry up, don't continue to stay outside his slaughterhouse to be an eyesore, lest the captain who was caught by the hunter ship slam the door see?

And then

He turned impatiently back to his distant job, intending to continue with his apprentices to slaughter and disassemble the sea monster that the lucky captain had sent back before it stinked before it got dark.

“……”

"Humph! What's so good here, and who likes it here? ”

(ˉ▽ ̄~) cut ~~

Looking at the bloody piece of fish in her hand, little Anne's cheeks twitched, her cute little brow furrowed, and in the end, it was the attribute of a foodie that defeated the slightest urge to abandon it in her heart......

If it weren't for the proprietress of the restaurant who had just told herself that only the bald butcher who came here to the slaughterhouse could buy the freshest and most delicious delicacy, she wouldn't have come here to suffer!

This kind of dirty, smelly, and fishy place will only the undead like it!!

o(′^｀)o

"It's time to go, Tibbs!"

"The side quest to buy meat has been completed, let's go back and let that weird proprietress cook it for us, if it doesn't taste good, I'll definitely give you a little bit!!"

)o

"Don't you try to fool me...... Just now, your hands must have been smeared with a layer of powder ground from the bones of some kind of demonic beast, so when the friction heated, the residual magic power was stimulated and that faint light was emitted...... Why don't you take that black cloth of yours and show me it, I guess there's something like a layer of dust up there?! ”

(?_?)

How could a guy who had no magic at all, and who knew only a little bit of magic knowledge, dare to come to her, Queen Anne, and play these little tricks in front of her, an all-powerful arcane archmage?

This kind of thing is definitely impossible, she will not be as gullible as her bear!

（…… ）

? (ò?ó?)? Protest!!

“！！”

After hearing the little girl's mysterious words, the old witch's expression froze instantly, and the loose muscles on her cheeks twitched to the ground......

"Go away, go away! Since you don't want to count, that's it...... Little girl, go play elsewhere, don't come to my place to make trouble, or be careful to curse you with a spell later, so that you will grow up to become the ugliest person in the entire land of runecraft?! ”

In such a covert way, the 'magic' of the captain who had fooled countless sailors was actually seen through by the other party at a glance, which made the old witch look up and down the little girl several times again, and then, thinking that the other party was likely to be the kind of person who had received a good family education, knew all kinds of secret common sense, and even really knew those mysterious magical knowledge, so she waved her hand at the other party with some frustration, and planned to let go of the little 'fat fish' in front of her and drive the other party away.

Then, her eyes began to look at the drinkers around her, intending to make money for tonight or tomorrow from some strange-looking and stupid-looking guys......

"I'm not going to grow up, it's useless to curse you with!!"

o (?3?) o Hmph!

The rule power of the Time Gem has been entwined around Anne's body, and it is entangled with the power of time in various worlds, so unless Anne takes the initiative to get rid of those time powers, otherwise, whether it is time or time spells, they will be ineffective against her!

“……”

The impostor old witch didn't have the strength to pay any more attention to the little girl, but waved her hand at the other party a little absent-mindedly, signaling the other party to get out of the way and not to delay her own work again.

Because, tonight, if she doesn't find a way to get a little money, I'm afraid she will really starve to death tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest! An old and frail guy like her, except for begging or being abducted, really has no other way to live...... And the worst thing is that Bilgewater has no mercy here, and the beggars who are begging to make ends meet, they basically died in some unknown corner before her for various reasons.

"Hey!"

"Granny witch, I guess...... You must know a lot about the city, right? ”

(ｏ^-^)o

Anne didn't want to see the other person play some boring tricks to trick children, she wanted something else interesting.

"Little girl, what do you want?!"

I have already admitted it just now, and I don't plan to try to fool the other party in any way, but why is this little girl still persevering now?

Therefore, the old witch glared at each other helplessly!

"I won't give you the idea, you better go quickly, stay away from here, and find your parents to ......"

She is different from the carefree and unfettered child from a rich family in front of her, just as if she had no income tonight, she might be hungry tomorrow, and then she might have her rotting corpse on some remote beach in Bilgewater, and let the fish-headed rats that were rampant on the docks and down to the sea be mercilessly devoured!

She had lived for decades, she had been in the limelight for a while, she had been more depressed than she was now, and she had seen so many things, but in any case, she didn't want to die now, and she wanted to continue to live with a dead face until illness, or death, or the sea monster of the 'Bearded Lady' came and took her away!

"I'm not leaving!"

"Can you tell me the story of this city? I can give you money!! ”

o(*^▽^*)o☆

"Money!?"

"You want to hear the story of this city......."

Hearing the word 'money', the old witch was finally slightly stunned, and her expression was no longer as impatient as before, and then, after a while, she suddenly nodded as if she had realized it, and her eyes, which were originally a little tired, flashed again with the cunning and treacherous light at the beginning.

"This Bilgewater of ours......"

"Little girl, let me tell you, it's a unique port city in the world of Runeterra...... This is not only a paradise for sea monster hunters and dock gangsters, but also a paradise for 'capable people' like me in the whole world......"

"If you want to hear stories, then you have found the right place....... I'm afraid there is no one here who is more familiar with those great legends than I am......"

"But ......"

"My story doesn't come cheap...... Little girl, do you have any money? If I don't have the money, I don't have the strength to tell you those interesting things......"

"You probably don't know that I'm a soothsayer, but I'm always busy?"

If you have money, everything is easy to say, and if you don't have money, you will never have a chance......

After all, this is a kingless Bilgewater, a paradise for the lawless! Here, if there is no money and no certain ability to protect themselves, there is no way for anyone to continue to live! Therefore, the old witch's top priority now is to use any means to successfully cheat money from this little girl or someone else!

And if it weren't for the fact that she was in this tavern now, some things would be difficult to operate, I am afraid that she would abduct the little girl in front of her, or directly forcibly search all the places where the other party's belongings might be hidden.

"Whoa! Here you go, that's enough, right? ”

?ヾ(′?`o)+

Ding~Dingdingding~!

Several round, golden coins collided with each other and were thrown in circles by little Anne, and rolled twice on the thick boat table before they got stuck in the gaps of the carved table tops, revealing only half of them in the faint light of the fish oil candles, exuding an intoxicating golden light.

There is no doubt that they are indeed gold coins, a gadget that everyone loves to represent wealth and purchasing power!

“！！”

Seeing this situation, the old witch who told the fortune was really shocked!

even

She also opened her mouth full of yellow teeth slightly, and then it took a while to react, and then she suddenly stretched out her hand, and with a movement that was a little faster than that of ordinary young adults, she simply and neatly scooped all the gold coins on the table into her pocket in an instant, and covered them tightly with her other hand.

Then, after suppressing her wildly beating old heart and thinking about it, she carefully grabbed one with her other hand, carefully held it in her palm, and tucked it away, and carefully approached her, and carefully observed the heavy, round and flat little thing lying in her palm from a direction that would not be seen by others.

"It's really gold...... Is this the Golden Kraken? ”

The value of a gold coin, the purchasing power here in Bilgewater Harbor, can be roughly seen from the full 1,000 gold Sirens on the bounty list of Ghost Pike in that Blood Harbor.

Therefore, seeing that she was now able to successfully deceive several gold coins from a little girl by just a fool, this kind of thing was a windfall enough for her to spend several years for the 'old witch' who knew about cheating and abduction all day long!

Of course

If anyone else knew, it would be enough for someone to wipe her neck in a dark alley and snatch the source of their evil!

"No...... right"

"It's like a Noxian gold coin, you...... You can't be from that Noxian Empire, are you?! ”

After glancing at it by candlelight, the old witch quickly saw the pattern and text on it, first, it was not the iconic Kraken pattern of Port Bilgewater that she was familiar with, but the Noxian sword and shield badge pattern and the strange text that made her feel a little unfamiliar? Moreover, the weight of the gold coin seems to be a little thinner than that of the Golden Siren?

Therefore, thinking that this little girl was a family member of a certain maritime merchant from Noxus, she was in ecstasy, barely suppressed the excitement in her heart, turned her head to look around again, and found that no one noticed the two of them, so she asked cautiously.

The name of the Noxus Empire has a terrifying influence throughout the Land of Runeterra, so there are some things she must confirm.

"Not really!!"

(lll￢ω￢)

"Then why do you have these ......?"

The old witch is very cautious, not only is her voice very low now, but she doesn't even dare to say the sensitive word 'gold coin' at will, for fear that someone with a heart will listen to it, and then as soon as they come out, they will give themselves a knife and forcibly snatch the windfall that has just arrived?

"Oh! You mean the gold? They're actually from the lair of a big dragon......"

(′??? `)

The industrial metal gold ingots in Anne's bag from the Kprustar region have almost all been given away indiscriminately so far, and there is not much left......

However, the gold, silver, gems, and other utensils that she had gotten from the lair of an unfortunate old dragon were still well hidden in the half-dimensional space in her bag, and she had not had much chance to use them, and there were many, many more!

Of course

In addition to the old dragon's collection, she also has a lot of gold gallons, which seems to have more than a million pieces? However, it was a pity that this was not Hogwarts, so she subconsciously took out the few small gold coins that she had 'legally' seized from the old dragon and belonged to this world.

Anyway, for those things that occupy a place, she is not uncommon......

Basically, every time she goes shopping, if the other party collects gold, she will use some of it? Unfortunately, many of the worlds she has traveled to are gold-free...... Those people, either only accept those light and strange papers, or just accept the kind of electronic money that cannot be seen or touched, and it makes her want to buy more good things several times!!

“……”

"Legend has it that no one can get gold from a dragon's lair, and they all died without exception, under the dragon's terrible breath, not even a single corpse was left!!"

The old witch obviously couldn't believe the little girl's nonsense about getting gold coins from the dragon's lair....... because that kind of thing was even more outrageous than those guys who went to sea and didn't pay tribute to the bearded lady and came back alive!

Is it inconceivable that someone had tried to steal the tithes that the captains had paid him from the Siren of Bilgewater, from the Mother Serpent, the Sea Beast, or the Bearded Lady? Their daredevils will obviously not end any better than those who steal a dragon's fortune!

"Huh?"

"Well...... that"

(‘-ω??)

"Under normal circumstances, of course, no...... However, if you go and burn the old dragon to death before taking it, then you must be able to do it! ”

(?^???)?

"I'm telling you, I've taken all the treasures it hid, and I have a lot of them in my pocket!"

(????)?

"If you want, then you have to trade your story with me...... So, a story, if I think it sounds good, I'll give you a gold coin, what do you think?!! ”

(ˊ????? ˋ)?

As she spoke, Anne stretched out a tender finger and startled a fake witch who was making a fortune.

“……”

The story told by the little girl's mouth, obviously the old witch didn't want to believe it, but she was willing to believe the real heavy gold coins!!

"Tell a story......

"If you want to hear a story...... Little girl, I think it would be a good idea to start with the legends of Bill Gewwater, Notilus, Fitz, Tam and Pike? ”

"There is no doubt that in addition to them, there is the famous pirate king Planck, and ...... Lady Beard, the demon god of the ocean that we believe in, the Mother of the Naga Capolos? ”

No one here in Bilgewater is going to be at odds with money, and she's a fake, impoverished old witch of no exception!

So

After making sure that the little girl probably had more gold, and that the other party would indeed buy for the kind of story that almost all Bilgewater knew so well, she tried to keep her voice down in her boundless excitement, and propped her hands on the wine table, and leaned to the front of the long boat-board wine table, and to a position where the little girl could hear it more clearly, and then began to whisper it.

Today, she deserves to make a fortune......

Therefore, she decided that before the strange but very rich little girl in front of her, who was probably from the Noxus Empire, left, she must tell a few more interesting legends and stories, and strive to earn a few more gold coins in the other party's hand, and then ...... Her future pension money is basically in hand, can she leave the slums of the harbor and go to the high mountains in the island to retire in peace?

"It's a long story, we can tell it one by one... ….”

"Now, let's talk about the Deep Sea Titan first, and the horrible guy...... Notilus, the royal tax collector of the legendary bearded lady......"

You can make money by telling a story, and it's a good deal for a full Noxus coin...... Obviously, there is no easier and faster job in this world!

So, in order to have a better experience for her patrons, the old witch began to lower her voice, and began to tell the little girl that kind of 'bedtime story' patiently in her tone, so that after she finished speaking, she would earn that a lot of commission?

"Notilus? Deep Sea Titans? Bearded lady?! ”

〣(oΔo)〣

Anne said it was all strange, she had never heard of it! Moreover, she couldn't imagine at all, do women really have long beards?

Could it be ......

They're all bearded guys, like some of the female dwarves in Azeroth, or Middle-earth?

……

It's late at night,

The Harbour Tavern in Bilgewater is still bustling, but more and more people are getting drunk and getting out of the house, and fewer and fewer are coming back!

Unlike the various people who come in to drink or make money:

In a corner of the tavern, a dejected-looking old witch was talking to a little girl with great interest, and then, from time to time, one could see a flash or two of that breathtaking golden light from the little girl's fingers...... Then, it was quickly snatched by the old witch and quickly disappeared, completely preventing the 'well-intentioned' in the tavern from seeing it any more clearly......

——————

When the perpetrators hurriedly 'fled', most of the Noxians in the Noxian fortress barracks south of Baroo who had fainted to death due to the misdeeds of a little girl were successfully captured in a coma by the rebels who rushed to the scene......

thereupon

The barracks were then taken over by Navoli's rebels, who declared that the entire island of Baru'e had been completely recovered, and that the Ionians had succeeded in recovering the first piece of land occupied by the Noxians!

And this will undoubtedly be a glorious victory in the history of Ionia!!

“……”

At this time, the nine-tailed demon fox Ahri, who could be said to have indirectly caused all this, sat silently in a large quiet but spacious room, allowing a female officer of the rebels to treat her naked, but delicate body full of all kinds of terrible wounds.

Layers of magical potions smeared on her stinging, even bleeding wounds that turned white after excessive bleeding, little by little to reduce her physical trauma, so that she would not be as uncomfortable as when she first woke up.

Although, those wounds on his body, under the effect of the Rebels' highly effective potions and thick rune cloth bandages, have slowly recovered and are no longer painful...... However, she still remembered all the things before, and the pain in her heart, which was more torturous than the pain, could not be healed for a long time......

Although, now she did gain great power, a great power that she never dared to imagine, but she also killed countless people, especially those Noxians...... More than 1,000 of them died directly or indirectly at her hands!!

And there are hundreds of people who have absorbed her life and spirit......

Those huge memories and complex emotions were mixed together, and from the time she woke up in the evening until now, she had been deeply haunted and tormented by her, so that as soon as she closed her eyes, she could see those roaring faces and countless chaotic memories that came to her.

This kind of thing is endless torture for her......

Once upon a time, it was not easy for her to slowly get rid of all of that, and to make herself less dependent on that evil 'Demon Concealment', but as a result, by accident, she turned back into that man-eating monster?

It was precisely because of this that now, she would huddle alone in this inner room of this fortress, huddle at the corner of this bed, and let the female officer of the rebel army do it without saying a word, her mind was so dizzy that she didn't know what she should do......

She really didn't know what she was going to do right now......

Because, all her previous efforts seem to have come to naught? I don't think that she is now the monster that eats people, the nine-tailed demon fox that can scare crying children in the legend, and specializes in eating living people!!

"That's it!"

"You should have a good rest now, our guards are outside the door, what can you tell them directly?"

After finally treating the horrific wounds on the other party's body, the female officer of the rebel army secretly marveled at the tenacious vitality of the other party, and stared at the other party with a kind of adoration and whispered this sentence.

“……”

Alas!

Unfortunately, when she saw that the young Vastaya's sister was still cowering timidly in the corner of the bed without saying a word, she could only sigh softly in her heart, then nodded and turned to go out, and gently closed the door of the room.

However, at this time,

In the castle hall of the fortress camp of Noxus, a wandering archmage is arguing fiercely with the leader of the rebels in Navoli......

“！！”

"I repeat it one last time!"

"Your Excellency Archmage Ryz, I still stick to the point I just made: if her power is so powerful that it will infringe on the land of Ionia and the people here, then we will naturally do our best to stop her, or destroy her?"

"But, now she's acting normally!"

"If she can continue to use her power to help us protect this land and destroy the evil invaders of Noxus who invade our homeland, as she did during the day, then there is no doubt that she is our sister!"

"Indispensable sister!!"

The leader of the resistance, Irelia the Blade Dancer, stood tall in the throne that had belonged to the Noxian generals, condescendingly arguing with the archmage in the middle of the hall.

She led her men to the place with flying mounts after the dust had settled, and then, after discovering the shocking scene, more rebels in the vicinity arrived and managed to take over the place, capturing almost all the Noxians!

"This ......"

"Lady Irelia! Are you crazy?! ”

"I can assure you, she's in a precarious state right now! Also, if you throw the power of runes into war, you are likely to destroy the world...... When the time comes, the furnace that forges the world in front of you will surely destroy the whole world again, including the Ionia beneath your feet!! ”

Ruiz really wants to use her own power to forcibly seal that Vastaya fox girl, or forcibly correct the mistake that should not exist!

However, after the Infinite Sword Master chose to side with the rebels, after a certain little girl who started the battle disappeared, he was alone, and there was basically no other way than to use words to persuade the other party.

"Humph!"

"I don't know if the world will be destroyed or not, we just understand: if we can't destroy those Noxians as soon as possible, and drive them out of the sea as soon as possible, it will be us, our homeland and the whole of Ionia that will be destroyed!!"

Finally found a wonderful Vastaya sister who could single-handedly wipe out tens of thousands of defenders in the entire Noxian camp, how could she, Irelia, let it go so easily?

In her opinion, a dangerous rune or the destruction of the world or something, it was just some kind of alarmism from the other party, and she Irelia would not believe the kind of words that the undead would not believe!

“……”

"It is better for a few people to die than for the whole world to collapse......"

"Irelia, think again?"

Ruiz was a little desperate......

They have been arguing since the evening, however, the other party still has no intention of compromise, and has already made their attitude clear, with an iron heart to protect the Vasaya fox girl and the nine-tailed demon fox!

And he, Reze, was alone, and what could he do now in the face of the most powerful resistance force in all of Ionia? After all, it was impossible for him to have any advantage, either in terms of personal force or numbers.

"Humph! Amusing! ”

"Archmage Reze, may I ask: if our Ionians, our humans here and Vastaya are all destroyed by the Noxians, and if even the Ionians, on which we live, are destroyed by those evil invaders, then what else do we want this world to do?!"

"So, if you don't have anything to do, please go back......."

"We'll take care of our Ionian affairs ourselves, so I don't bother you."

Irelia, who didn't want to argue with the other party any longer, sat down on the throne of the Noxian general with some impatience, and then issued an eviction order to the wandering archmage below who had several relationships with her.

She finally saw the dawn of victory in the years of struggle, and she would not let go of such a great opportunity easily! She swore that it would not be long before they could expel the Noxians from their land of Ionia, and try to unite and unite the chaotic, divided, hostile and often civil war of the land?

“！！”

"Woman, you have to understand what you guys are doing, you're dancing on the edge of a cliff!!"

Seeing the elite rebel fighters and spellcasters silently surrounding him on both sides, the wandering archmage Ruiz finally lost his breath and unceremoniously used the harsh and disrespectful words.

"Thank you!"

"Old mage, although I have been learning to dance before......"

"But...... Hum! Ever since the Noxians came here, ruined our homes, and killed our families, I've sworn that I won't be dancing anymore, whether it's on the cliff or somewhere else!! ”

Irelia thinks she won't jump again, at least, until the Noxians are wiped out, until the shattered Ionians are united?

"Alas...... Why is this land of runes so lovely and so ignorant......"

Ruiz sighed in despair, then silently turned away, ready to get out of here before thinking of anything else?

"Ignorance?"

"Old mage, it's not ignorance, it's that you're too stubborn!"

"One of our wise men in Ionia once told me: 'Now the way of the world has changed, and now it is no longer what it used to be, so there is no need to hold on to it anymore!'"

"Now, I'm giving you that sentence?"

Looking at the other party's lonely back, Irelia, who seemed to be a little unbearable, got up from her seat again, and persuaded the archmage who was walking towards the door and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

“……”

however

The other party didn't give her any reply, until the blue back faded into the distant firelight......

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Asking for a ticket?