Piltover Affluent District, the most extensive and secluded Blue Smoke Manor VIP room,

The powerful Marz Philos respectfully knelt on one knee and stood with his right hand clenched into a fist across his chest, offering the highest courtesy of the Noxian Empire to the man in front of him.

The reason why there is no double happiness to bow down is not because Marz is unwilling, but because in Noxus only slaves can bow down on both knees,

Any Noxian, who sees kneeling on his knees as a coward who abandons his dignity and his life, even to the Grand Commander of the Empire, is only on one knee.

There is an unwritten custom in Noxus that if someone asks you to kneel on your knees, you can always cut off the head of the person who made the request without sin, because having an Imperial citizen bow down on his knees is tantamount to making Noxus go against iron-blooded tradition.

This was the reason why Malz did not get down on his knees, knowing that the man in front of him needed not a slave, but a loyal dog who could watch over Piltover.

Since he was a child, Marz listened to his grandfather talk about the rise of the Philos family, which was built on the ruins of the Adrian chaebol a hundred years ago, and the first one is the first one that every descendant of the Philos family needs to learn to memorize.

Only the jade collar can never be betrayed.

This is a warning engraved in the soul, a warning to every descendant of the Philos family who may be lost in the maelstrom of power, and the reason why Philos has been able to rise from the ruins of the Adrian family and become one of the most powerful forces in Piltover is precisely because the Philos family relies on a powerful master behind it.

Without the support of the Emerald Collar, the Philos family would have been wiped out in an instant, just like the Adrian family hundreds of years ago.

And now, the true master of the Philos family has arrived at the Blue Smoke Manor, and Malz recognizes that the man in front of him is the Lord of the Emerald Lord, the legendary Demon Lord, and the immortal elder of the Empire, Lester recorded in the sketch portrait of Connor's ancestors.

The thought of being able to meet such a legendary figure in his lifetime made Marz's body tremble.

"Your Excellency Leicester Envoy, the Philos family is willing to obey any of your dispatches, bow down to the fullest, and die!"

The other servants fell to their knees behind Marz, their heads on the ground, and the humility of the master, who had assassinated countless enemies and amassed a wealth of rival wealth, spoke for itself.

This man, who is as young as the family's second wife, is a noble person they can't afford to mess with.

"Lord Marz, get up, I have seen your loyalty to the Emerald Collar and the Empire."

Lester smiled and lifted Marz up and patted the head of the Philos family on the shoulder.

"Over the years, the Philos family has worked hard, and I have seen it in my eyes and done a good job."

"Lord Lester......"

When Marz, who was as strong as an iron heart, heard this, he was moved for a while and wanted to cry, it turned out that all the efforts and self-encouragement of the Philos family were seen by the man in front of him, and it was undoubtedly the honor of the Philos family to be loyal to such a person.

"Sit down, I'll introduce you, this is my disciple Sindra,

Sindra, this is Marz, the head of the Philos family. ”

Standing up from behind Lester, Sindra gestured to Marz with the old Noxian aristocratic lady ceremony taught by the teacher, and Marz hurriedly bent down ninety degrees to return the salute, which was considered to be the ultimate etiquette.

Since he is a disciple of Lester, he is naturally a guest of the Philos family, and it is more utilitarian, it is unlikely that he wants to please Lester, but it is not impossible to please Lester's young and beautiful disciples.

The Philos family is at the control of many excellent costume designers, and it is natural that a beautiful woman will not refuse a beautiful outfit, just as a brave warrior will not refuse a sword, and he is confident that he will have a good relationship with a young girl.

Officially seated, Lester is in the main seat, Malz is in the first place on the right hand and Sindra is in the first place on the left hand.

With Lester and Sindra's consent, the Philos family's barista served two cups of freshly ground coffee to the two.

Smelling the aroma of coffee beans, Lester can't help but think back to the time when he was a killer in the past, and he also liked to grind himself a cup of coffee in the dead of night.

"Lord Lester, I don't know what you have to order this time?"

Marz was so polite, Lester naturally wouldn't hold the shelf and say with a pleasant face.

"I do have some things to do when I come to Piltover this time, and I guess I will have to stay for a long time, and I am afraid that I will disturb the head of the Marz family during this time."

Undisguised in his joy, Marz laughed.

"It is a blessing for the Philos family to have the opportunity to entertain Lord Leicester, you can rest assured, I will vacate the Blue Smoke Manor for you, and you will live here with your apprentices,

It's one of the best places in Piltover and if you don't like it, I'll figure it out. ”

Malz's enthusiasm startled Lester, he didn't expect the handsome middle-aged man in front of him to open his mouth to give the Blue Smoke Manor to live in for himself.

This guy is too good at seizing opportunities, isn't he? If Partridge of the Adrian family had such courage, I am afraid that the Adrian family would have become the great nobles of the empire by now.

"The master of the Marz family is polite, you don't need to be so quiet, just find a secluded place in the Blue Smoke Manor."

Seeing Lester's attitude that could not be refused, Marz nodded in response.

"Well, Blue Smoke Manor does have a large independent villa, located directly west of the manor, with a pleasant environment, with the Piert Canal to the south, and the mountain garden to the north, with magic energy crystals from the Emerald Collar installed under the villa, and a large outdoor swimming pool, underground hot springs and gym, what does Lord Leicester think?"

Glancing at Sindra, whose eyes were as bright as stars, Lester smiled and nodded.

"There it is."

In response, Marz looked at his most loyal old butler.

"Okay...... Smedley, go and clean up the villa for Lord Leicester now, replace all the furniture with the latest Nanmu style, and arrange twelve maids and four cooks for Lord Leicester to send,

From today onwards, you will be in charge of all the daily needs of that villa, no matter what Lord Leicester asks, you must absolutely complete it, and report back the tasks that cannot be completed, understand? ”

"Yes, Lord Lester, I'll take care of your daily life for the rest of the day."

The old man in the suit with gold-rimmed glasses saluted Leicester and asked for permission before turning to leave.

With his residence settled, Lester turned the conversation to the Primordial Crystal mining and the progress of Hex's Crystal development, which he was most interested in.

Not surprisingly, Lester would be interested in the most important property of the Philos family, and Marz retreated and emptied the room.

Taking a deep breath, Marz's face grew a little more worried.

"Lord Leicester, the current Crystal Trace Canyon...... Or that the crystal output of Odien Canyon is not very stable, originally, you can get about two primordial crystals every year, and if you are lucky, you can also produce three,

It was only thirty years ago that my grandmother was attacked like never before,

The sudden awakening of the sleeping crystal life from the Audine Canyon dealt a devastating blow to the family's mining team, and my grandmother, who was the family's chief agent at the time, also broke an arm to escape from the Audien Canyon.

The war lasted for a whole week, and by the time my great-grandfather led the family mercenaries to suppress the crystal life a week later, the Audien Canyon had regained its calm, but since then the Audine Canyon crystal life has become more difficult to find, which has caused a serious hindrance to our mining efforts.

As of today, I have only obtained a total of fifteen primordial crystals, and the last time I got primordial crystals was five months ago, and I report these things to the Emerald Collar every year, and Lord Sheena has also sent someone to survey Odien Canyon, but unfortunately nothing else. ”

Hearing this, Lester frowned, the problem of the Philos family will directly affect the military application of the Emerald Collar to the Life Crystal, and this matter is not small.

Unlike Piltover, who used the Hex Crystal, a man-made by-product of the Life Crystal, to supply industrial energy, Emerald Collar understands the importance of the Life Crystal, and the Life Crystal is a perfect fit for the ancient war weapons developed by the chipmunk and Rambo.

After more than 900 years of unremitting research and development and reverse technology, Emerald Collar has finally designed a war machine that can attack the soul and spirit realms.

Each Primordial Crystal can make a power engine, and the Primordial Crystal is most suitable for use as the energy core of ancient war weapons, and it is an out-and-out strategic material.

In fact, if it weren't for the signing of the sharing contract at the beginning, and the Philos family has been doing their best, not daring to do anything to deceive them, so that the Emerald Collar can't find any reason to do it, the Emerald Collar would have plundered all the primordial crystals in his hands.

If the decision is made, any resistance will be destroyed, unless the Phiros family is willing to completely give up the right to use and mine the original crystal, which is impossible, which also means that if the Emerald Collar finds an excuse to choose to do it, the Phros family will surely perish.

To be honest, Lester didn't care at all, didn't care about the continuation of the Philos family, and didn't care if the Blue Steel Shadow Camille would appear, after all, it was just a mortal hero who had not yet been born, he had seen too much, and he had long lost interest in heroes, not to mention a mortal hero, and only an existence like Sindra could make him raise his spirit and take it seriously.

As long as he wants, he can support another Carlos family, the Perros family, to replace the Philos family,

Camille's role is only to control and protect the property of the Philos family, and it has little meaning for the Emerald Collar.

I really want to make it clear, what scissor-legged Camille, what the Philos family, compared to the original crystal, it is not worth mentioning at all,

The power of a war machine is as powerful as a hundred modified Camilles, the war machine is a strategic weapon that can compete with Mordekaiser's Nether Legion and the Undead Dragon, no matter how powerful Camille is, she will not be the opponent of Mordekaiser's Netherworld Legion, the reason is as simple as that,

If you want to give up the original crystal for Kamil, this is no less stupid than exchanging a large piece of uranium cake for a human girl who can fight a few special forces after the transformation of a prosthetic limb for a large piece of uranium cake that threatens the country.

However, at present, the Pheuros family really can't find any fault with what they do, plus the Pheuros family has added a new provision for the Pheuros family in the old contract,

The new rule is that 'no leaked or any Primordial Crystal shall be sold without the permission of the Emerald Collar Pair, and the Primordial Crystal may only be used in the manufacture of Hex Crystals at the Piltover factory under the supervision of the Emerald Collar Inspector'",

This new regulation puts an end to the possibility of the outflow of the original crystal, and also makes the Emerald Collar a little more tolerant of the situation where half of the strategic materials are divided.

What's more, Marz is so warm and deferential, and now Lester has a little more affection for the Philos family.

In this way, there is no need to turn against the Philos family for the other half of the original crystal.

is worthy of being the ancestors of Grandma Qinggang Shadow, presumably these unforgettable ancestral teachings are the root of Grandma Qinggang Shadow's words.

With a light sigh, Lester decided to share some key information with the Philos family.

"The crystal beings who attacked you are the Shell, and the Shell people live in the Crystal Trace, which is what you call the underground world of Odien Canyon,

The Shell Humans are a unique ancient life, they jointly guard the same ancient consciousness body, and the thoughts and will of the consciousness body are divided into countless fragments, and the external embodiment of these fragments is the primordial crystal that the excavation team chiseled from the shell Terran's body,

Each primordial crystal is a unique carrier of consciousness, and it is the key to the immortality of every shell human race and the reincarnation of the soul.

The attack you are talking about must have been because the sleeping Shell Terrans happened to wake up, and they naturally did not let go of the humans who hurt their companions, and if I guessed correctly, in the future, those Shell Terrans will take the initiative to run out of the Audien Canyon to attack here and recapture those primordial crystals. ”

Knowing that Lester had the title of 'prophet', Marz had no doubts about Lester's account of the Shell Race.

"What does Lord Lester mean...... Don't mine anymore? ”

"Of course, we have to mine, the primordial crystals we get come from those shell people who sleep to death, there is no need to have any psychological burden, as for those living shell people, if they attack us, they will also be wiped out,

The Great Will they guard is meaningless to this world, and it is better to play some other role. ”

The man's expression was indifferent, like a ruthless king who was high up and deprived of his life at will, and in Sindra's eyes, the teacher at this moment was truly in line with the temperament of the legendary character, which also represented how much the teacher who treated him with a gentle attitude valued himself.

I'm the special one.

Thinking of this, Sindra was a little happy.

(End of chapter)