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Shen recalls the first time he saw the corpse left behind by Kada Ember. He felt a tingling in his skin and gritted his teeth. Only his father would have been convinced that merciful justice could be manifested in this.
It was on that day that something changed in Shen's heart. And something in the heart of the robbery collapsed.
Now, the monster is back.
Place the blade of the sword on the table carefully. He looked down at the bowl of soup in front of him, the dripping ointment shining slightly, but he didn't feel hungry at all.
Three.
There is still no sign of the catastrophe. Very disappointed. Very disappointed. He must have found his former friend. It is very likely that the robbery is hiding in the shadows, watching. Embers need to be careful.
Ember stood on the dock, looking back at the alien ship. It's already high tide, and the ship will leave in a little while. He has to come back quickly, or he won't be able to perform in Zaun next month. The stakes are high.
He paused to check his reflection in front of a puddle. In the water, an elderly merchant with a sad face looked back at him. Years of acting coupled with martial arts training have given him complete control over his facial muscles. It was an ordinary face, and he added an ordinary expression to it. Ember walked up the ramp and easily blended into the crowd.
He checked the white lantern above and calculated the distance. If the calamity suddenly appears, he will need these lanterns very badly. In the tavern at the top of the hill, he caught a glimpse of the location of the trap laid by the planters. Sharpened steel blades, shaped like flowers. They will protect his escape route in the event of an accident.
He thought of metal slicing through the crowd and splashing bright red on the cyan walls. It's a very tempting spectacle.
As he walked through the crowd, he heard the village elder speak to Shen.
"Why did the demon attack her and the governor?" the elder asked.
Shen was dressed in his blue outfit and did not answer.
Another member of the Equilibrium Sect, a young woman named Akali, stood next to Shen. She walked to the door of the tavern.
"No," Shen said, blocking her path.
"Why do you think I can't?" Akali asked.
"Because I wasn't ready when you were that old. ”
At this moment, a guard from the town stumbled out of the entrance, his face pale and his expression empty.
"Her flesh and blood are really ...... It's ......" he took a few steps before collapsing to the ground.
The tavernkeeper, standing against the wall in the distance, burst out laughing. Then he began to sob again - his face was painted with madness. "He saw it. He's seeing the flower!"
These people will never forget the work of Kada Ember that they saw.
Carefully scan the faces of the crowd of onlookers.
Smart kid, Ember thought to himself, and disappeared into the back of the crowd.
He looked up on the rooftops for signs of the robbery as he walked back in the direction of the ship.
This work is unavoidable. Whether jointly or individually, Zai and Shen will follow the clues he left behind. They will be chased back to Jiyongdao. Go back to their moment of desperation, and then they will work together again.
It's like when they were kids. They will hold each other and fall into horror and fear.
Only then will the great Kada Ember unveil himself......
And began his true masterpiece.
Four.
As a child, Yasuo often believed what the villagers had said about him: when it sounded, it was a mistake of judgment, and when it was bad, it was a mistake that could never be undone.
Like most suffering, there is a little truth in these words. His mother was originally a widow raising an only child, and the man who was supposed to be Yasuo's father blew into her life like a golden autumn breeze. Then, without waiting for the cold winter of Ionia to descend on the family, he quietly left like that lonely season.
Although Yasuo's half-brother Yon is the polar opposite of him—respectful, cautious, and self-conscious—the two of them are still close. When the other children teased Yasuo, Yon would always come out to defend him. Despite his lack of patience, Yasuo's will is tenacious. When Yong En began to study at the village's famous swordsmanship dojo, the young Yasuo followed, waiting in the wind and rain outside, until the masters finally relented and opened the door.
To the teeth of his peers, Yasuo showed extraordinary talent and became the only person among his generations of disciples to receive the attention of Elder Soma, the last master of the legendary Wind Resisting Swordsmanship. The old man saw Yasuo's potential, but as if he was trying to tie up the whirlwind with ropes, most of the teachings didn't work for Yasuo. Yon-eun begs his brother to let go of his arrogance and gives him a maple seed, the supreme admonition of the ashram about humility. The next morning, Yasuo became Soma's apprentice and also served as his personal bodyguard.
When news of the Noxian invasion reached the dojo, some people were encouraged by the battle of Presidian's uprightness, and soon the village was emptied. Yasuo was eager to contribute his swordsmanship on the battlefield, but even when his peers and older brothers all left home to fight, he was still ordered to stay behind to protect the elders.
The invasion turned into a protracted war. Finally, on a wet and rainy night, the war drums of the Noxus march came from the adjoining valley. Yasuo abandoned his post, foolishly thinking that he could turn things around on his own.
But what awaited him was not a battle - hundreds of Noxians and Ionian corpses. Something horrible and strange has just happened here, and it can't be stopped with a single sword. The earth seems to have been defiled, too.
Coming to his senses, Yasuo returned to the dojo for the second day, but was surrounded by the rest of his protégés, all of them unsheathed their swords. Elder Suma died, and Yasuo found himself not only accused of desertion, but also a murderer. He realized that if he didn't act soon, the real culprit would get away with it, so he drew his sword and fought to break free from capture, of course, he also knew that this act was tantamount to admitting his crime.
As a result, Yasuo became a fugitive from the post-war Ionian lands, searching for any clues that might lead him to the murderer. At the same time, his former friends become hunters who hunt him down, forcing him to choose between fight and death again and again. It was always a price he was willing to pay, until he met his most formidable adversary, his older brother, Yon.
The two followed the law of honor and etiquette and walked around each other. When their blades finally clashed, Yon was unmatched, and with a cold light of steel, Yasuo slashed his brother. He begged his brother for forgiveness, but before he died, Yon only told him that it was the Wind Guardian Sword Technique that killed Elder Soma, and that Yasuo was the only one who could master it. Then he was silent forever, and he could not utter a word of forgiveness until his death.