The city of Sadvina.

The two girls met for the first time at the city gate.

"Laxana Crownguard, Minister of Magic Demacia, welcomes the Noxian Exchange Delegation."

Laxana bowed slightly, behaved in a calm manner, and took the lead in sending greetings to Seraphine and the others.

Seraphine was not stage frightened, and bowed slightly in return:

"Seraphine, emissary of the Noxus Exchange Mission. Thank you for greeting, Crown Minister. ”

Both are curious about each other.

Laxana, the first of Demacia's younger generation, has become one of the eight officials of Demacia to symbolize the highest power.

Seraphine looked at the other party secretly, not surprised that she couldn't hear anything.

Compared to warriors, mages are already more protective of souls. Not to mention that she had learned that Laxana's magical strength was enough to be a member of the Trivary Councilor, far stronger than her.

At the same time, Laxana was guiding the exchange group into the city, and she was also looking at Seraphine and Zhao Xin.

In the books and messages from Noxus, Seraphine's name also appears several times.

She is known as a girl who can influence the world with her singing voice, has the title of the Singer of the Stars, and is the only apprentice to the Governor of the Trifali Council.

He is very young, but he should not be underestimated, and being able to be the representative of Noxus on his visit to Demacia shows that his prestige and status in Noxus are extremely high.

Noxus is not an empire that looks at relationships and origins.

The other, Zhao Xin, the deputy general of the Trifali Warband, almost single-handedly defeated the Light Shield Fortress led by Jiawen head-on, and this matter was widely spread in Demacia.

She could roughly feel that Zhao Xin's strength was even stronger than her brother's.

Led by Laxana, Seraphine's party entered the city.

Sadvina is a large city, surrounded by a number of towns and villages, and is located in the central region of Demacia.

Walking into the city, unlike the prosperity and liveliness of Xiongdu, there are not many people on the streets here, and the doors and windows of each house are closed, looking depressed.

Laxana and Seraphine walked down the street, both of whom knew the cause of the depression.

One is that a large number of people in Demacia are driven to work, and there are not many people hanging around. Second, the news that all the nearby villages and towns are missing often panics the hearts of people living in Sardvina.

Several people also took advantage of this topic to talk about demons with Silas's encounter as a starting point.

When she heard that only 3 members of the mage team survived, Laxana's face was obviously a lot more ugly, and her eyes were full of self-reproach.

"It's all my responsibility." Silas said in a hoarse voice.

"It's not your problem, Silas." Laxana shook her head slightly, "The strength of the demons is unusual, especially the strongest fear demon among the ten demons, I should have thought of this. ”

Her gaze shifted to Seraphine with gratitude in her tone:

"Thanks to Miss Sallephine for her help, Demacia will remember Noxus's kindness. Xiongdu is ready to welcome you, and I'll leave the matter to me. ”

"It's a gesture." Seraphine smiled and shook her head, "We are all allies, and since we have seen the demon, we should not sit idly by. ”

"It's... Trouble Noxus guys. ”

Laxana nodded when she saw Silas' eyes.

She knew what Silas meant, and she knew that Noxus had other plans.

She doesn't know much about demons, and she knows how terrible they are.

The Ten Demons have different powers, and each of them basically symbolizes a negative human emotion.

And, they have one thing in common, they are difficult to kill.

Even if they are defeated and destroyed physically, as long as negative emotions gather, they will be resurrected in another way.

Laxana took Seraphine to the settlement, and before she could wait a while, she received another piece of extremely bad news.

"The village of Lesette is gone?"

Silas looked ugly and stared fiercely at the mage who had come to report.

His voice was loud, and the little mage who was packing his luggage was looking at him frequently. After receiving a signal from Seraphine, they went their separate ways again.

After listening to the detailed report, both Laxana and Silas turned grim.

The Dreaddemon reappeared, this time at a much shorter interval than before.

"The Dread Demon, which manifests when the fear in an area exceeds a certain value." Seraphine controlled the stage and floated over, "When it appears, it will use all means to arouse fear in the hearts of living beings, and devour them when they fall into fear." ”

Around the city of Sadvina, the abolition of the ban caused panic among the citizens of Demacia.

This fear gradually fermented, causing the demons to come to the vicinity and increasing the fear of the men, eventually causing them to be consumed.

And the news of the disappearance of all these villages and towns spread to the nearby villages and towns, which aroused fear in the hearts of more people and accelerated the harvest of the fear demon.

The two Silas had apparently thought of this as well, and he proposed, frowning:

"Shall we block the message?"

If you can create a false sense of peace, you can indeed effectively contain the demons.

"You can do it, but it doesn't necessarily work." Laxana shook her head, not hopeful.

Perhaps, blocking the news will stop the fear demon from causing trouble.

But in fact, this is not in the interests of a part of Demacia, as well as Noxus.

Seraphine will help Demacia deal with demons, but not just to keep Demacia safe and secure.

"In the past few days, I will be touring around the villages to give speeches and try to alleviate the negative emotions of the citizens."

"Why don't we just find it out and kill it!" Poppy, who was following Seraphine next to her, couldn't help but say.

Today I finally had the opportunity to meet Laxana, although she has been very nourishing recently, but she has not forgotten her original purpose.

She'll have to test whether Korak Shanna is a real hero.

"Are you...?" Laxana looked puzzled.

Yodelers are not common, and she has been busy with demonic affairs lately, so she came here in a hurry and did not check the information of the exchange group in detail.

"Virtue... Ahem, I'm a mage apprentice at the Noxus War Academy, Bobby. ”

Poppy paused when talking about his identity, but decided to disguise himself, which was originally agreed before.

"Mage Bobby."

Knowing the identity of the other party, Laxana also nodded in greeting.

"That's a good idea, and we'd like to do it, but first... We need to know where it will be next time. ”

"Are there a lot of villages around here?" Bobbi asked.

"Six have already been attacked, but there are still 20." Silas said bluntly, "There are all villages and towns around here that are not in favor of abolishing the ban, they don't welcome us at all, and it is very difficult to investigate and pacify. ”

Everyone knows that in the face of the fear of demons, there is no value in waiting for the rabbit.

Demons can see through people's hearts...

Silas turned his gaze to Seraphine, and since the two sides were going to work together, they had come up with something useful.

"My singing can suppress the fears in the hearts of the citizens, and even make them feel good about magic, if Miss Laxana wills." Seraphine smiled.

Hearing her words, Silas and Poppy did not react, but Laxana frowned slightly, and politely refused:

"Although the ban on demons in Demacia has been abolished, people nearby still have a lot of prejudices about mages, and we are better off handling this matter."

Seraphine nodded, and instead promised, "If you find a trace of the demon, I hope you can call us." ”

She didn't think that Rakshana could stop the spread or spread of demons, she did have a way, but for personal and imperial reasons, that method didn't suit her.

The Empire's target was mostly that demon, and she knew in her heart that either one of her two teachers, or Miss LeBlanc, or the Grand Commander, would definitely strike at a critical moment.

On the other side, Bobby meditated for a long time, but couldn't think of any better way, so he said helplessly:

"Well, it's really hard to do."

As it stands, she can only continue to investigate Laxana in the future.

If Laxana can handle the demon's problems this time, she obviously has the potential to become a peerless hero.

After a few discussions, Laxana hurried away with Silas, and she had to go to the new place to investigate.

"Alas, fear demons, what can I do?" Bobby clutched her head, her face full of distress.

"The Fear Demon is easy to solve, but the method will not be so good." Seraphine looked at Laxana's distant back and shook her head slightly.

"Do you have a way? So why didn't you just say it? Poppy's face was bewildered.

"I have a very simple method, but you won't agree with it." Seraphine smiled and glanced at Bobby.

"How?" Poppy was curious.

"Use my singing voice to control the emotions of the entire village and town, and keep them in extreme fear, so as to draw out the demon of fear." Seraphine smiled and uttered chilling words.

As long as the fear is strong enough, even if the demons know that they are in ambush, this is what her teacher once said... The weakness of the devil.

But at the same time, those who fall into fear ... There is a high probability that it will be devoured.

"Are you a demon?" Poppy's face was full of horror and rebuked, "This is absolutely not possible, you will kill countless innocent people like this, and your conscience will be condemned all the time." ”

"yes, no one would agree to that, would they?" Seraphine laughed to herself.

Not only Bobby, but she also disagreed with this plan in her heart.

Human life should not be measured by value.

And, she had to admit that she was a very selfish person.

Perhaps in the end, because this method was not chosen, the people in the nearby villages and towns were devoured.

But if this method is chosen, there is a village and town that will die because of her.

She is not a qualified leader, and she cannot carry the burden of life.

If it was his teacher or Ms. Sindra, he would definitely choose to sacrifice without hesitation.

"Bobby, the one who dares to choose sacrifice is the real hero, I can't do it."

Seraphine sighed, having an answer to one of her teacher's questions.

At that time, Ryan once asked her if she would choose to kill 10 people if she would choose to kill 10 people if there was a 50% chance of saving 1,000 people.

Faced with such a question, she hesitated at the time. Maybe she was struggling with 50% instead of killing 10, but now, the two scenarios are similar.

The sacrifice of a villager may be exchanged for once and for all.

And if you don't sacrifice, you can only rely on the method of death and follow the clues to follow.

Demons walk in Runeterra, and they don't rely on their legs and don't leave too many traces.

At their speed, they really had to rush to the scene of the incident, and there was no one left there.

"But..."

Bobby's face was tangled.

Seraphine was right, and every minute of their hesitation threatened to destroy a village.

"Don't think about it, maybe it would be a good idea, but it's not for us to mention either." Seraphine smiled.

"Why is that?" Poppy looked stunned.

Although it may cause sacrifices, it is true, as Seraphine said, if more people can be saved, it will be considered a heroic act.

"What will the Demacians think if they know that I am going to sacrifice their people." Seraphine asked rhetorically.

"Uh..."

Poppy had to admit that if she hadn't been familiar with Seraphine and had had been in front of her with a Noxian, she would have smashed his head flat with a hammer.

Seraphine looked at the thoughtful Poppy and smiled, exchanged a few words with Zhao Xin and the little mages, and just stepped on the stage and went out.

Soon, a melodious singing voice came from the city, and this voice was sweet and tactful, which seemed to remind people of happiness and dispel the fear in their hearts.

On the way out of the city, Silas and Laxana rode slowly.

"That's what I've heard before, and it's a song that can directly dispel people's fears." Silas muttered, "I think her previous proposal was good. ”

In his opinion, it is not a bad thing that Seraphine can really solve it with her singing voice.

Rakshana grabbed the reins of her horse and half-squinted her eyes as she listened to the singing behind her.

"It's a kind of soul magic that acts on the human soul through sound, forcibly communicating and awakening people's emotions." Laxana shook her head slightly.

"Soul magic," Silas frowned slightly, "so she also relies on magic to change people's memories." ”

"That's why I don't agree, I won't allow her to do anything to the Demacians." There was inexplicability in Laxana's eyes, "And... Not only to change memories, but with her talent, she can even hear our hearts all the time. ”

All she can do is monitor the other party in various ways so that the other party does not do something out of the ordinary.

Demaciado is dominated by ordinary people, and there is no means to defend against Seraphine at all.

If she didn't take precautions, Seraphine alone could bring Demacia to ruin.

Silas's face froze, and when he thought of this, his expression became extremely ugly: "How can she have such a talent, isn't there no secret in her eyes." ”

Laxana sighed, "It was because of her talent that she was accepted as an apprentice by Council Chief Trifali. ”

She seemed to notice Silas's discoloration and shook her head, "Don't think too much, we don't need to do anything." ”

"But as long as she's around, all our secrets will be known to her." Silas had a fierce look in his eyes, "When she goes to Xiongdu, she will be able to see through the whole of Demacia, and even secretly change the memories of some people, and then we will have no secrets about Noxus." ”

His meaning was clear, to take advantage of this opportunity to make Seraphine disappear.

Especially at the moment, with the help of the hands of the Fear Demon, killing two birds with one stone.

"She can only die by a real accident, or the whole of Demacia will be destroyed." Laxana disagreed.

She didn't think Silas's idea would work, and in many places in Seraphine's body, she sensed a powerful aura of magic.

At Sallephine's age, it is impossible to have the same magical strength as her.

But with the backing of the other party's Speaker Trefali, there are definitely a lot of hole cards.

"The top priority now is to deal with the demonic matter." Laxana rubbed her temples with a headache, and galloped out.

Iron, Iron, >Iron, Iron

The difference between a demon and a demon is huge.

"Nightmares" are far less than fear.

Their current lineup is not stronger than the other party, not to mention that the demon comes and goes without a trace, which is extremely difficult.

Silas nodded silently and rode after Laxana.

In the days that followed, bad news continued to come from around Sardvina.

Even with Laxana's reassurance, it was only from a large-scale event to a small-scale event.

In the nearby town, someone disappeared every once in a while, and people were panicked for a while.

In this case, Poppy couldn't help it anymore and secretly found Laxana.

"Let me in."

Bobbi looked at Quinn standing in the doorway, her eyebrows furrowed.

She hates the bird walker, and the other party looks at her with wariness all the time.

"Lord Crowned Guard is discussing countermeasures." Quinn's face was expressionless, and his eyes could not hide the look of exhaustion.

She was the fastest person in the group, and thanks to the flight of the Falcon Warlo, she quickly reached the villages.

But by the time the news came back, it was already too late for her to go, and she could only know that there was a Demacian who had disappeared there.

"Let her in, Quinn." From the back room came Raksanna's words.

"Yes!"

Although he was a little reluctant, Quinn still got out of the way and let Poppy enter the house with a look of anger.

Inside, Laxana sat on a regular stool, with Silas standing in front of her.

The two of them turned their heads together and looked at Bobbi who entered the door, and she felt embarrassed when she saw it.

"Master Bobby, are you here for something?" Laxana asked softly.

The recent series of disappearances has put her under a lot of pressure. Her teacher didn't give any good plans for drawing out the fear demon, and she didn't want to rely on her teacher all the time.

Now, not only the villages and towns below are slowly falling into panic, but the Xiongdu side is also constantly urging.

In this case, she knew that Seraphine would definitely send someone, and it was only natural that Poppy would come.

"I'm here on behalf of an individual." Bobby said bluntly.

Silas looked strange when he heard this. They learned Poppy's identity from Quinn.

He was now curious as to what the idea was that a former Demacian should inform them in his personal name.

"I understand, thank you for your kindness. Is there any good way to find out the demons by Bobby Mage? Laxana smiled.

"Uhhhh ”

"Sacrifice some?" Silas frowned, "How sacrificed?" ”

Only at the expense of some people to solve the problem, he is naturally willing.

It was Laxana, whose brows furrowed slightly, with speculation in her eyes.

Poppy didn't seem to expect Silas to be so decisive, and was stunned for a while before reacting, and subconsciously said:

"Take the initiative to create an atmosphere of fear and seduce the demon of fear to come out."

"Huh? That's a good idea! Silas' eyes lit up.

He hadn't thought of such a good idea before.

Even without the help of Seraphine's talent, they had many ways to do it.

"Did you and Seraphine ever think that after absorbing fear, the demon's strength would increase dramatically." Laxana said.

As a last resort, she was unwilling to choose the method of sacrifice.

"After absorbing fear, the demon can still become stronger?" Poppy looked confused.

The Dreaddemon had absorbed so much fear, and that strength was not terrifying.

Knowing that Poppy didn't know, Laxana shook her head and explained:

"Demons exist because of authority, like the fear of demons, and when all living things are no longer afraid, they will die out of their own accord. His strength comes entirely from fear, which grows stronger by absorbing it, but it quickly dissipates over time. ”

"That is, it has to absorb fear constantly, or it will become extremely weak." Poppy was stunned.

Laxana nodded, the strength of each demon was very different.

The 'Nightmare' she had defeated before, because it had just recovered, could only affect the people in front of her at most.

But 'fear' is completely different, and by constantly harvesting fear, it can affect entire villages and towns at every turn.

"Mistress Laxana... Is the Noxian emissary's suggestion worth taking? Silas turned his gaze to Laxana.

Even if the demons become stronger by absorbing fear, as long as they become stronger, there is no problem.

He only wanted to make sure now that Laxana was sure that he would be able to deal with the demons of her heyday.

"It wasn't Salephine who brought it up, it was my personal idea." Poppy emphasized.

"Okay, your proposal." Silas shrugged absently.

As far as the yodelers' brains were concerned, he didn't think they were so smart, at least not more than he was.

Laxana was lost in thought, a little reluctant in her heart, but she couldn't think of a better way.

Seeing his own glimmer, Silas already had the answer in his mind.

He looked at Laxana earnestly and said in a deep voice:

"Lord Laxana, you haven't seen me and Bobbi today!"

As he spoke, he ignored the silent Laxana, grabbed a somewhat bewildered Poppy and walked out.

"There's something I have to carry, Silas."

Before Silas could take two steps, Laxana's earnest words came to her.

"But..."

Silas frowned, Laxana shouldn't have to bear this at this time, it would have a great negative impact.

"Silas." Laxana spoke with a tough tone, "I'm going to learn from Governor Cuffary, and I've always known the path I'm going to take. ”

She didn't want to sacrifice until she had to.

But that doesn't mean she will choose to run away when the arrow is wound and there is no better way.

Looking at Silas and Laxana in such a posture, in a trance, Poppy understood something...

Heroes don't always have to be upright.

Laxana and Silas... The same heroes. chaptere

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