When Dragongate, the most famous harbor city in the Kingdom of Gran, was disturbed by an unknown dark wizard, Rose stood up with some irritation, left the noisy fortress meeting hall, and took a few steps out of the balcony, squinting her eyes in the sun.

The air outside was good.

The oncoming breeze made the female mage, who had long been fed up with the stench of men, relax a little, and as far as the eye could see, the silver-covered Gorrell Mountains on the west side were pure and slender, and the three peaks of Pagrus in the east blocked the transpiration of the Watcher's Sea on the right side of the mountain range, making the red earth at the western foot of the mountain range seem a little dry, but fortunately, the Black Iron River stretching for thousands of miles was enough to nurture and irrigate the slightly arid land, so that the Noxians, who were already hard as a piece of iron, were deeply rooted in the ground and multiplied.

Just over a hundred years later, villages have reappeared on the hills that had been slaughtered to the ground.

Human life is as tough as a piece of mud that can't be broken, and fragile like an expensive magic black crystal, which can shatter to the ground at an inadvertent collision.

Suddenly, a rough and domineering face appeared in front of him with a wanton smile of contempt for life, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into an immortal black magic plate armor, and the rolling heads came from all directions amid the wails of thousands of people, as if they wanted to devour new souls, and the desperate sense of oppression made the female mage's body tremble.

It took a full three seconds for the female mage who had secured the battlements of Blackstone to escape a terrible vision that she would never forget.

"Mo ...... Uzur, you'll never come back, never, forever ......"

After whispering countless times, Rose finally regained her composure, but she realized that she still didn't dare to say the name of the taboo after all.

As one of the most representative buildings of the Immortal Fortress, the view above the fortress is extremely open, and in a military sense, there is probably no second piece of land in the entire Noxus Hills that can build a military fortress of the same specification.

From the fortress to the bottom of the bird's eye view, the dense human beings are like ants under the star dome, only a few small black spots, and busy, running around aimlessly, doing some useless things for useless things, until the day of the end of life finally comes, I am afraid that I don't understand what this life is for, why I live like this, or I am aware of it, but I don't know how to change.

A merchant spent six months traveling back and forth between Demacia and Noxus, and what he really got was nothing more than a few bones thrown to the ground by the magnates, and the things that really made money in the carriage could never reach the hands of ordinary people, and the precious things that were out of the public eye had already been secretly marked at a price, and the exchange of interests was completed in the hands of a few people.

The fool didn't even know exactly what was going on from beginning to end.

There are always people who think that they are free, but most people do not understand that from the moment they leave their mother's womb, their fate has been decided by others, and it is difficult to turn over, wisdom, courage, determination and luck are indispensable.

The greatness of power and politics lies in the fact that only a few people in the door behind him slap the table, and in Noxus, whether it is a young man carrying a heavy sack to support his family, or a child wielding a small wooden sword and playing a battle game, he will put down all the work in his hand, pick up the real sword and go to the battlefield, and then die unexplained for the benefit of a few people in the voice of righteous slogans.

"Hurry up and enjoy the last peace, it is better to die to protect your family than to die in the enslavement of the enemy."

With a small sigh, the female mage took her eyes off the small ant-like figure, she wasn't going to look at it for long, between mortals and mages are originally people from two worlds, the black mage is even more than the mage, and her life is close to eternity, and she and the terrible black mage are people from two worlds, and people who can have a common topic with her can't make up a slap.

She has long been accustomed to life and death, and the withering and ill-fated fate of mortal life can no longer attract any attention from her, this is not an indifference of temperament, but just a habit of nature.

Although it was still cold in early spring, the subtropical monsoon climate near the ocean gave the Immortal Fortress just a few more breezes.

At this moment, the breeze is a little cold.

The female mage shrank back, but there was a touching smile on her face.

It seems that there is such a man who once hugged his waist on a snow-capped mountain, and said unashamedly that he wanted to obtain eternal life and walk through thousands of mountains and rivers with him.

There is a man who seems to be innocent to hold himself, even on the snowy mountain, it is not cold at all.

It's a pity that five years have passed, but the man is still missing, and even the Black Rose Mage who is on a mission outside can't find any trace.

The smile gradually subsided, and the female mage didn't know what she was thinking, but she just patted her face, and after regaining her composure, she walked into the noisy conference hall again.

She only has a little free time.

“…… General Margaret must not be dragged here by that group of Heidi! We'll take care of that group of Heidi's on horseback! General Margaret must make his way to the Snow Fortress as soon as possible! ”

"But if we don't annihilate that damned mage on horseback, will we watch the people of Noxus slaughtered? How could a new warband be the match for that cowardly group who would only run away and cast their magic? At this moment, only the Emerald Leader led by Lord Margaret can solve the group of mage knights who come and go like the wind! Every village is the foundation of Noxus, and we must not sit idly by while the enemy ravages! ”

"That's a nice thing you say! The Emerald Collar is powerful, but everything is left to the Emerald Collar, so let's just give the Immortal Fortress to the Lord of Lyist! Anyway, it's a bunch of rubbish who have long forgotten the honor of their ancestors! What are you doing in the Immortal Fortress? Pieing all day long, farting and diarrhea, creating terrible human garbage for the enemy and choking the enemy to death?

Everybody! The Noxians have never been afraid of death, and when the Heidi slaughter us, we will kill us back! Slaughter the North Sea Fortress and all the people of Heidi City! See who's more intimidating! Our fathers overthrew the tyrants of the Dark Ages, but we will die and succumb to the Northland wildlings who can spell a few spells! Don't look at me, I'm talking about you, coward, I really don't want to be with you! ”

"You turtle son! No wonder your mother rejected my marriage proposal last night, because she was afraid that you, an idiot, would recognize me as a father!

Am I scared of Heidi? Do you have a congenital hypoplasia of the brain? Language dysfunction? I mean, we're scared of the Heidi? Do you want a bunch of recruits who have just picked up spears and shields to deal with a bunch of mages who come and go? You're pushing the people of Noxus into the fire pit! ”

"Want to fight, bastard!? Come on!? ”

"What a deflated calf! You think I'm afraid of you? ”

As he spoke, the two stripped off their shirts and came to the open space on the side to fight, and the others did not persuade them to fight, but looked like they were not surprised.

Rose frowned and looked at Nadalz, who was sitting in the first place, and Stendhal, who was in the second place, but found that the two were also frowning, and obviously couldn't come up with any good solutions.

In the face of the Heidi people who have mastered the magic of unknown energy, the soldiers of the Noxus warband can only charge and kill the enemy in close range in the face of magic attacks at the cost of their lives, and it is indeed a problem for recruits to deal with such an enemy, but the elite legion of the Emerald Leader can deal with the Heidi mages who are destroying and plundering everywhere in the hinterland, but this will break the battle agreement formulated with the Emerald Collar at the beginning, and secondly, it will affect the support operations of the Snow Fortress.

Because the Heidi people have been in a state of seclusion, and have been blocking the news of the North Sea, Black Rose only knew a few years ago that the Heidi people had excavated an ancient ruin, in which the Heidi people obtained a form of magic use that they had never seen before, and the specific situation and principle were not too clear, but they also knew that the root of energy magic was the sum of the power of the four elemental systems, and the destructiveness of energy magic was not necessarily weaker than the damage of single magic.

The most terrifying thing is that the conditions for the use of energy magic are very low, even people who don't have much magical talent can use it, and the mages of the Black Rose are very powerful, but the number is simply not comparable to the hundreds of Heidi mages at every turn.

The power of the magic energy arrows in the magic field is not great, far less than a fireball condensed by the fire element, but the power of a hundred magic energy arrows is far greater than the fireball, and the number has caused a terrible qualitative change.

The Heidi people can release a thousand magic light arrows at the same time, but the black rose can't release a hundred fireballs at the same time, even the mages of the black rose among the 30,000 people led by Vakur are only more than fifty people, and it is very difficult to use mana alone for defense, and it is not realistic to kill the Heidi people by magic.

At the moment, Noxus is really not good at dealing with Heidi's energy attacks.

A beautiful uppercut to the chin knocked Ulysses into the chin and stunned him, and the bruised and swollen Usas wiped his nosebleed and sat back in his seat as a victor, Nadalz waved his hand, and the guards in the chamber carried the fainting Ulysses out.

Poor Ulysses will be sent home, and while he is recuperating, he will probably not be able to attend military meetings.

The others looked at each other, and it seemed that the dispute between Ulysses and Ursas was more justified by Ursas.

"Let General Margaret go to Xuelai Fortress, General Alice stationed in Fort Northumbr and our newly formed warband to encircle and suppress the Heidi people going south, this is the only way I can think of it, we can't back down because the Heidi people are terrible, even if there is only one person left in Noxus, this last person must not give in to the enemy, we ...... We can't disgrace our fathers, otherwise, we won't have the face to see our father and mother after we die, and I, Ursas Sarapam, can't afford to lose this person. ”

Without the fiery temper he had at the beginning of his quarrel with Ulysses, Ursas spoke seriously and calmly about his opinion, and stopped talking.

The calm and determined words seemed to impress the others present, and some began to echo Ursa's words.

"What Lord Ursas said has some truth, we can't rely on the Emerald Collar for everything, and we can't forget how our fathers defeated the former masters of the Immortal Fortress and created a stable and fertile land for us, although the Heidi people are terrible, they are by no means invincible."

"The Heidi people have taken our Noxus people out of the village and driven them like cattle and sheep to attack our fortress, this blood feud, we can't let go, this hatred, we have to repay them personally!"

Rubbing his temples, Nadalz slapped the table, and the muffled voice made the others shut their mouths.

"Stendhal, if we recruit soldiers now, how many can we recruit in a month?"

"If you count the fourteen-year-old boy and private slaves, 20,000 people a month should be the limit, and more people we need more time, and the preparation of logistics is also a problem......"

"That's it, get ready as soon as possible...... Ms. Rose, I wonder if the Black Rose has a way to crack the spells of the Heidi? ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on her, Rose shook her head.

"What kind of magic it is will take to capture a Heidi mage to know."

Although a little disappointed, Nadalz knows that this is also a normal thing.

Just as Noxus didn't expect that the Heidi people who were cowering on the northeast coast of the Valoran continent would suddenly turn their faces and turn back, under the deliberate intelligence blockade of the Heidi people, it is understandable that Black Rose did not notice the magic obtained by the Heidi people in advance.

"Lady Rose, we need more support from Black Rose in the battle against the Heidi."

"Of course not, Black Rose is also interested in the magic that the Heidi people have obtained, and if she can get information about the new magic relics......

"We will share it with Black Rose as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Lord Nadalz."

It was getting late, and a somewhat tired Rose left the fortress and got into her carriage and drove down the Avenue of the Black Thorn Rose.

The carriage went all the way, and the iron-inlaid wooden wheels rolled on the black stone road, drawing a clear dividing line.

The streets in front of the carriage remained peaceful and untouched, as if unaffected by the war, but behind the carriage there were already groups of soldiers and messengers on horseback, and more and more pedestrians and shops were affected.

Military orders are like mountains, and once an order is issued, there is no room for maneuver.

Most people were not afraid and worried when they saw the actions of the soldiers, but they were excited, and every time the war was mobilized, the Noxians who were usually unable to join the army due to various problems would get a precious opportunity to join the army, and on the battlefield it meant that they could gain military merit and honor by killing the enemy.

Unfortunately, people simply did not understand what a terrible enemy they would face in a month, and Rose knew that at least half of the people would die without seeing what the enemy looked like, and war had never been simple for thousands of years.

Lowering the curtain of the carriage, Rose closed her eyes.

------Off topic------

Some readers asked me why I didn't participate in the explosion event yesterday, and I will explain here that the prerequisite for participating in the event is to subscribe to 1,000 authors, and I am just a small fighter, and I am not qualified at all.