The northern plains of Piltover.

The wind blew wildly, and the knee-high grass was bent.

The rain was pouring down from the sky, and dark clouds obscured the sky, and there was hardly a glimmer of light to be seen.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The puddles on the grass made a continuous explosion sound, and a group of three people led by iron-armored soldiers shuttled across the plain.

Suddenly, Imistan raised his right hand.

Syllable!

Except for the giant-like Sein, who continued to move forward, the rest of the soldiers all stopped, each raising a different type of weapon in his hand, forming a defensive posture.

Imistan had a grim face, and his raised right hand was clenched into a fist.

"Mage! Protect! ”

Behind him, a young mage with a blue-blue staff, also dressed in iron armor, stepped forward.

The tip of his staff, which looked like the palm of his hand, suddenly lit up with a faint blue fire.

The flame rose into the sky, and a shield of ghostly fire appeared.

The small flames fell into the hands of military mages everywhere in the army.

They inject magic into it to keep the shield running.

Wow!

As they finished their protection, the water on the ground suddenly gathered in one direction.

In front of Sein, the column of water that reached the sky slammed upward, driving the grass, trees and rocks, forming a giant with water as the main body.

The giant was more than ten meters high, and the arm with the main body of the stone smashed down.

"Roar!"

With a roar of rage, Theon struck at the tomahawk in his hand, intersecting with the stone fist with a roar.

At the same time, the water condensed into leopard wolves across the plains, and they screamed and rushed towards the Flame Shield.

The leopard wolves did not fear death to crash into the shield, and the shield did not prevent them from crossing, but after they crossed, they would burn with ghostly fire.

Water and fire coexisted abruptly on an inanimate creature, their fierce faces still expressionless, stretching out their claws that were surging with high-speed and high-pressure water condensation, and waved down.

Bang!

The claws smashed against the shield-wielding soldiers in the first row, making a muffled collision, leaving a trace of white marks.

Immediately afterward, a spear pierced through the gap in the shield array and penetrated into the leopard wolf's body, but it only splashed in clusters.

The leopard wolf returned to its original state after a while. Some continued to pounce, trying to break up the shield array. Some jumped up, trying to jump over the shield.

Scold!

The bright and melodious sound of drawing his sword sounded, and Imistan pulled out the long sword at his waist, took the lead, and slashed at the leopard wolf who was about to jump over the shield array.

Wow!

The leopard wolf was slashed in two by his sword, and the water seemed to be lifeless, falling freely to the ground.

"Resor guard, slash!"

As Imistan jumped to his feet and shouted, the soldiers with their greatswords followed his example, but they leaped high in heavy armor and slashed the flying leopard wolves one by one.

In front, Sein faced the water giant more than ten meters tall alone. But even if he roared, he could only barely resist the giant's stone fist.

On the grass, the leopard wolves were still condensing, charging towards the military formation guarded by Lesser.

The fighting is intensifying.

In the sky, the wind is still noisy, the thunder is used as an embellishment from time to time, and the rain is the main theme of the sky.

On a high hill near Piltover, Ryan sat at a stone table with a game of chess and two cups of tea in front of him.

The raindrops were cathartic, but they disappeared without a trace as they approached him.

The seat in front of him, which was originally empty, suddenly appeared a slender figure.

She has pale skin, her supple black hair is draped over her shoulders, and her black trench coat sticks to her delicate body, as if revealing endless temptation.

The new lady sat elegantly on a stone bench with her legs crossed, her beautiful face like a rose blooming after a rain, beautiful and deadly. Her delicate red lips opened slightly, and her beautiful voice sounded:

"Ryan Meredith, I was surprised."

She looked at Ryan with an unbridled gaze, then turned her gaze back to the chess game.

On the board, the queen of black pieces sits in the rear, the king in the middle is surrounded, and the knight in front falls into the range of the white flag mage.

"Every black rose needs nutrients to bloom, and the empire is full of roses, but it has also become extremely fragile." Ryan's face was calm.

"Giggles, Empire? Authority? What is this in the face of supreme power? The woman pursed her lips and chuckled.

Her deep gaze looked north, as if she could see the Rayser garrison soldiers in the bitter battle, and the defeated Sein:

"In this boring world, the value of ordinary people is to become the nutrients for you and me to become stronger. Thousands of sentient beings are not as good as the only one. ”

The woman said, looking at Ryan with a deep gaze.

Obviously, in her eyes, the thousand-strong elite army below was far inferior to the man sitting in front of her.

"Le..."

"What did Svein tell you?"

The woman interrupted Ryan's voice forcefully, her face cloudy, as if she remembered some unbearable past.

That name is her most painful memory.

"You're pretending to be too much, Pale Lady LeBlanc."

Ryan still pronounced the other party's real name.

The other party may still be very concerned, but a thousand years have passed, and as the person behind the empire, the reaction should not be so violent.

LeBlanc listened to Ryan's words, his delicate face was a little more bored, he sighed lightly, his pale slender hand grasped the knight on the chessboard, and pushed forward flatly.

For!

As the pieces fell, the battlefield in the distance seemed to respond. As soon as the leopard wolf hit the shield, it was burned by the dark turquoise flames, turning into cold ice, and finally shattering into ice crystals and falling down.

"The embrace of the Immortal Fire, the top burns the unquenchable flame that the master of the Immortal Fortress took from the underworld, the cold flame can scorch the soul, and even the dead cannot escape."

Ryan looked at the chessboard calmly, gently pushed the mage flag, took a diagonal step up, and looked at the knight again.

In the sky above the plain, the dense raindrops changed in an instant.

The raindrops coalesced together in the air, turning into a sharp blade in which the water compressed and flowed at breakneck speed.

Swish!

In an instant, tens of thousands of water blades struck the Flame Shield, colliding violently with the flames on it, weakening it back to its previous state.

Once again, the leopard wolf rushed inside, engaging the Rayser garrison.

The faces of the soldiers in the iron helmets were resolute and cold, wielding their weapons like machines, each performing their duties.

The defense is airtight, and the attack is precise and powerful.

"Gurgle, a rain of water blades that terrify the Ionians. You are the first mage to pioneer direct attack water magic, and if you join the Black Rose, you will be forever remembered in the history of Noxus. ”

LeBlanc smiled charmingly, ignoring the trapped knight's chess, but picked up the teacup that Ryan had prepared, and took a sip of tea:

"It's still that strange taste, but it's inexplicably intoxicating, especially the dark magic aroma that it carries."

Tea was once only practiced in some remote parts of Ionia to give ascetics a firm will.

After Ryan took over it, it was cultivated by magic and became a unique magic drink.

The generals of Noxus preferred spirits, but she loved the taste of tea.