"Teacher, as we thought, Demacia did not refuse our assistance."

Stepping out of the council hall, Seraphine was the first to look at the white-robed young man.

"Demacia is a very pragmatic country, and from this aid, the two countries have completely let go of their mustard."

Listening to Ryan's words, Seraphine sighed in her heart...

Obviously, the empire didn't give anything, but Demacia was grateful.

The empire doesn't need to shed a drop of blood here, but it controls almost all of Demacia.

From the standpoint of the Empire, Seraphine was very fortunate.

The two talked as they walked, and on the mechanical car returning to the embassy, Ryan looked out the window at the slowly setting sun:

"It's a great job, so let's do what you want to do."

"Really?" Seraphine was a little surprised.

"Empire is not only about profit, but also about humanity itself, and kindness is a valuable virtue." Ryan smiled.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Seraphine smiled brightly and nodded.

Demacia is in the wake of a disaster, and as a member of Noxus, she must first follow the orders of the Empire.

No matter how much she wanted to help Demacia, she had to remember who she was, first as a messenger of Noxus, representing the Empire.

Now that she has her teacher's words, she can also do it boldly with confidence.

"Take your group of little guys with you, and if you have some problems, you can listen to what Ziben has to say." Ryan nodded slightly.

"Is the teacher optimistic about him?"

Seraphine took her teacher's words to heart.

After arriving in Demacia, Ziben did show a very special talent, but when it came to magic... In her opinion, it is unremarkable.

"He has a unique understanding of economics, and this time it is just the right time to give him a stage to experience."

"Understood!" Seraphine nodded knowingly.

Obviously, the empire is very optimistic about this person, and maybe after this experience, he will be entrusted with a heavy task.

Noxus never looks at people by their age, what kind of ability can match what kind of position.

Compared to the current situation in Demacia, there is one thing that makes Ryan even more regretful.

Neither what happened to Gavin nor the disaster caused by Anivia made Ryze intervene.

The mage was currently moving in the direction of Gavin, not very fast, and it was obvious that his vigilance was as strong as ever.

The Forbidden Demon Forest was a place where Ruiz had been operating for hundreds of years, and even in Xiongdu, he couldn't feel any of the world's rune-related aura.

There is no doubt that the world runes, isolated in a deep place...

If you let Ruiz take the runes away, it will be a trouble.

As a mage, Ryan hates probability theory, and one of his least favorite things is "betting".

And it just so happens that they still have a little time, enough time to turn probabilistic events into inevitable events...

......

The Freljord region, above the snow-covered mountains.

Darius rode the Black Tiger, and the Trifali Warband was not beside him, but beside him stood a burly and tall man covered in pitch-black iron armor.

The man had gray hair, a crow standing on his left shoulder, and his entire arm was a red glow that bordered on blood.

"Svein, how far is he from here?"

Darius slung his tomahawk over his shoulders, his face full of rebelliousness.

This is Svein's first appearance since facing Kyle, and the fact that he is here speaks volumes.

"The crow told me that he was still 10 kilometers away from us, like a lost dog."

There was a hint of indifference in Svein's majestic voice, and he injected the west, as if waiting for something.

Darius pulled the reins and calmed the black tiger that began to agitate beneath him:

"From the moment he chose to withdraw from the army, today's ending was already doomed."

"As a mortal, that's his limit." Svein was noncommittal.

"What happened two nights ago, we made it up?" Darius suddenly remembered.

The anomaly that had happened in Demacia two days ago was something he could feel in Freljord.

It is also because of the upheaval in Demacia that the Trefali war gang, along with Oriana and the Dreadnought Vanguard, have withdrawn from Demacia from the Cold Frost Fortress.

"We're not stupid enough to provoke some uncontrollable creatures." Svein raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, "There are always people who don't believe in legends and pay a huge price for it. ”

"The God of Ice, who has really seen it for thousands of years?" Darius grinned.

He had been on the northern front of the empire for many years, and he knew a lot about the Freljord region.

The Empire has never chosen to go deep into Ferreljord, not because it can't be defeated, but...

Those uncertain variables.

Noxus's strategy has always been to use the Freljord natives to attack the rest of the tribes.

On the surface, it is a conflict within Freljord, which will not attract some taboo attention.

"The gods are real, and it is not far from the era when the gods and spirits come together..."Svein looked straight ahead with a blank gaze, piercing through the layers of historical mist.

"Gods? It's just a slightly more powerful creature. They must surrender before the soldiers of the Empire! ”

Darius spoke in a increasingly agitated tone, his tiger eyes suddenly widening in a burst of absolute conviction.

"They're coming!"

On the distant white horizon, the sound of horses' hooves sounded.

An embarrassed figure galloped off the horse, and a few red sparks flew from behind from time to time.

It looks like a cat-and-mouse warm-up game, full of banter.

"Hehe, that old thing doesn't seem to want to save you."

The ridicule from Brand behind it made Jiawen, who had already been exhausted from a long run, gradually sink in his heart.

Brand chasing after him... Jiawen didn't know it at all.

As early as when the two met, he had already used magic to send a message to Ryze.

But until now, he has not seen his teacher in the unchanged snowfield.

yes, maybe as Brand said, that man... There was no thought of coming to save him at all.

Jiawen's fists were clenched, and his face was full of strong unwillingness and grievance.

"Hahaha, it seems that I should still take the initiative to find him!"

Not being able to wait for Ruiz also wore out the little patience that Brand had left.

A sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, and his body suddenly turned into a ball of flame and galloped forward!

When he was very close to Jiawen, he was about to release his attack, but suddenly stopped his movements, his face slightly condensed, and his eyes were burning with flames looking at the top of the mountain in front of him.

At the top of the layers of snow, he saw two figures standing still.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the two figures disappeared.

Bang!!!

"Ah——!h

Unexpectedly, Brand screamed suddenly, his abdomen was bombarded with all his strength by an unknown huge force, and the whole person flew backwards, hitting the iceberg behind him fiercely, the pine snow fluttered down, and there was a cracking roar under the ice.

Before he was hit, Brand's eyes saw nothing, no comers, no hidden weapons... He just heard an extremely thick and powerful voice:

"Flames? Hopefully I'll have a few more axes. ”

Wow, bum, bang—

Brand's body rolled twice from halfway up the mountain, and he fell heavily to the ground, and at this time, the figure of Darius wielding an axe had flashed in front of him.

And Svein appeared in front of the embarrassed Gavin.

Seeing the crow's wings spread in front of him, the mighty Svein, Gavin breathed a sigh of relief.

He had never felt that the Noxians had such a gracious time.

"Your Excellency, Vice President, thank you for your help!"

After Gavin finished speaking, he heard the movement behind him, turned his horse's head, and nodded to Darius.

This time, he's finally ... Bet right!

At the critical moment, Noxus did not turn his back on his allies and saved his life.

Gavin sat back on his horse and looked at Brand who was struggling in the iceberg, his heart full of self-deprecation.

Who would have thought that the person who relied most on him in times of crisis turned out to be his biggest enemy.

"Meet again, you shouldn't know what happened in Demacia." Svein spoke up.

"What happened to Demacia?" Jiawen suddenly became nervous.

Listening to Svein's unusual tone, Gavin's heart beat two beats, and he didn't even care about Brand, who was struggling to get up not far away.

Along the way, in addition to his unwillingness to be strong, the thing that worries him the most is Demacia.

"Something interesting happened, as I said at the time, your Lightsshield family was abandoned by Demacia." Svein kindly explained.

"Nope! That's impossible! Jiawen was shocked and disbelieving.

"In this world, nothing is impossible..."

Svein gave him an indifferent look, the look in which a battle-hardened commander looked at a young and vigorous hairy boy, much to Gavin's frustration.

With only a faint glance, Svein looked away at the flames flowing at the foot of the mountain.

While the two of them were talking, Darius had already stepped forward with his axe and started a fight with Brand.

Boom –

The scorching flames on Brand's body were cleaved by Darius's battle axe.

The blade of the axe reflected the cold light, and with an unrivaled swing of the axe, it forced Brand to retreat quickly.

"Haha, die! Damn bugs! ”

A roar rolled out of Brand's throat, and powerful flames suddenly burst out from his body, causing the temperature of hundreds of meters around him to rise rapidly, even in an extremely cold region.

"Humph!"

Darius snorted disdainfully, and the tomahawk swung back, rushing in without hesitation.

Every time the flames hit his red-black armor, it absorbed it and finally disappeared into invisibility.

He swung his tomahawk and slashed at Brand's torso. But this kind of physical attack didn't have much effect on Brand.

The two of them burst into their own attacks savagely, ignoring the defenses.

But no matter how they attack, they can't deal effective damage to the other person.

For the time being, the situation has reached a stalemate.

"Darius's forbidden magic stone armor doesn't seem to be the same as ours."

Jiawen, who was watching the battle from a distance, said that although he did not show it on his face, there was anger in his eyes.

He could feel that there was nothing in Svein's words, just a calm retelling of the facts.

But because of this, he felt sincerely angry.

What did his father, Emperor Jiawen III, do wrong, to make the Crownguard family so targeted?

Even if it's for the sake of the top, this is too much!

He didn't think Svein was lying, unless they wanted to die here today, there was no need to tell such a lie that could be debunked right away.

And if he would die here, then there is no need to say this, if there is time to say this, he would have died hundreds of times.

Knowing that Gavin didn't want to talk about Demacia, Svein continued with his words:

"Darius's Forbidden Stone armor combines Hextech, and the Forbidden Stone's advantage is that it absorbs mana, but it still has an upper limit on its absorption. If you add a storage source, you can absorb magic indefinitely. ”

His words were simple, but Jia Wenming explained the difficulty of implementing this technology.

At least, in Demacia, which was once forbidden to demons, there was no chance to develop this kind of technology.

"Drink, !!"

Darius raised his battle axe aloft as the red mana of his armor surged toward the tip of his axe.

This is a blow that condenses Brand's unleashed power, and he has the certainty of inflicting heavy damage on the other party!

Airplanes!

The blade of the axe roared down, unstoppable, intending to destroy everything.

Rumble!!!

Just as Brand was about to suffer a heavy blow, a dark blue rune light suddenly lit up, blocking Darius's attack.

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