Beneath the outer walls of the Immortal Fortress, in the slums built to the south of the Triple Peak of Pagrus, a group of people abandoned by the Empire have always lived.

Thousands of cockroach-like outcasts of the empire surround the dilapidated shacks, living on handouts and selling their bodies, never eligible to leave the slums unless they voluntarily become slaves or enter the reckoning arena.

It is only because of the unforgivable mistakes of the ancestors that the glory and splendor of Noxus simply cannot shine through the heavy fortress on the outcasts of these empires,

Whether it is right or wrong, wronged or deserved, the sins of the ancestors are unreasonably borne on the young people after all.

At this moment, only the will of the new emperor of the empire has come to this badland, where even the rats shake their heads.

It's just that for Karthas, it's all about him.

He had more important things to do than to think about whether the empire had changed masters.

"Karthas, I heard that the empire has an emperor? What kind of person do you say he is? Will you lift the ban on the slums for us? ”

The girl lying on the straw bed provided by the almshouse had short filthy brown hair, and her body exuded the smell of sour and rotten, and the yellow-brown abscesses at the base of her thighs were broken again, and flies and insects surrounded the girl's forehead and sometimes flew over the tip of her nose, looking greedily at the few lives of the girl.

Only a pair of eyes shone with a glimmer of hope, which was a little dazzling, and Karthas did not dare to look at it more, but lowered his head and stirred vigorously the porridge provided by the almshouse.

This is his eldest sister Grace, and there is another skinny and languid girl lying on the rotten grass bed less than half a meter away from the eldest sister, it is the second sister Virginia,

As for the third sister, Vibrunia, she had been buried in a mass grave at the bottom of the mountain by the people of the Qianjue Order yesterday, and it became a shallow notch on the death recorder's cane.

"I don't know, anyway, the emperor won't care about us outcasts, besides, if we leave here, where can we go?"

The thin-cheeked teenager shook his head, and leaned half a spoonful of rice porridge into Grace's chapped lips with a spoon, his face remaining as indifferent or numb as ever.

"Eldest sister, today's porridge seems to be much thicker than before, drink it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold."

After serving the eldest sister and the second sister had lunch, and after the two frail sisters fell asleep, Karthas had a rare free time.

The father didn't know where to drink, and there was no point in going back to that dilapidated shack, so after thinking about it, Karthas decided to go and see the third sister.

Mass graves are not inscribed with the great achievements of a lifetime with a sword tablet like a hero's tomb, nor are they written with a surname and first name like an ordinary tombstone,

The mass graves of the slums consisted only of staggered mounds and cross branches stuck in the soft mounds of earth—the only thing the corpse buries of the Thousand Jue Order could do for the dead in the slums.

Bypassing a few brand-new mounds, Karthas came to the grave of the third sister,

His mother was buried in this mass grave as early as the day he was born, and he couldn't find where his mother was, so he could only stubbornly believe that his mother had lived with his third sister.

"Third sister, I don't know if you have met our mother, if you have seen her, please help me tell her, don't worry about this, the eldest sister and the second sister are fine, and my father is also healthy."

After thinking about it, the boy added in a low voice.

"Third sister, the people of the Qianjue Order said that death is not the end, everyone will go to a world that belongs to the resting person after death, if this is true, can I reunite with Ling and my mother through death?"

"Child, death does not bring people together, but only rests weary souls."

Karthas turned his head and looked at the comer.

With the 'squeak' of the cart, a short old man in a gray robe slowly approached the mass grave from behind, and with his arms raised, the corpse wrapped in a straw mat on the cart rolled into the prepared pit as if it had a will of its own.

"The pain of living is enough, and a merciful mother of death will not allow her child to continue to suffer after death, which is the only hope of the living."

Removing the shovel from the deadly cart, the old man's wrinkled and acne-filled face slowly bloomed, and the smile looked terrifying, but Karthas saw gentleness and peace, which calmed his heart.

Ralph, the corpse bury of the Thousand Jue Order, a venerable old man who voluntarily came to the slums to let the deceased rest in peace, even the death recorder would maintain enough respect for this old man.

The acne was the result of a long period of exposure to the plague and the dead, and Ralph volunteered to do the most dangerous work in the Order, and according to some rumors, Ralph was once a priest of the Thousand Jue Order.

"Child, I can see that you still have many doubts, and I can also see that you are thinking about the question of life and death, which is a good thing, thinking about the question of life and death can make us understand the preciousness of life."

While Karthas was observing the corpse, Ralph was also observing the twelve-year-old boy not far away, his hands moving non-stop, each time the heavy shovel pierced deep into the mound, picking up a shovel of dark red grave soil to cover the deceased's body.

"Grandpa Ralph, what is Qianjue to us?"

"Boy, come here."

Ralph waved to Karthas without much hesitation, and Karthas, full of doubts, quickly left the third sister's grave and came to the new burial pit.

In Karthas's puzzled gaze, Ralph handed the shovel in his hand to Karthas.

"Do what I just did."

Karthas hesitated, not so much because he was worried that the old man would harm him, but because he was worried that he would offend the dead.

"Grandpa Ralph, I'm not part of the Order, I'll bury the dead......"

"It's not about the Order."

The old man smiled and said something rebellious lightly.

"Death is the same for everyone, everyone will die eventually, Qianjue is the guide, but it is not the final destination, as long as you treat each other with sincerity, anyone is qualified to let the soul rest in peace."

"But...... I heard that His Majesty, the current Emperor of the Empire, has lived for thousands of years......"

Karthas finally found a connection between the emperor and himself, only to find that the old man's face was a little complicated.

"The Holy Emperor is a being beyond death......"

"But you just said that death treats everyone equally."

The old man's face finally darkened, and his hands holding the shovel tightened,

He can't say that the Holy Emperor is not a human being, it doesn't matter if he slanders Qian Jue, if he dares to slander the emperor, he will definitely not have good fruit to eat when the time comes.

"You can't dig it, do you?"

Glancing impassively at the old man's hands holding shovels, Karthas nodded.

"Dig."

Taking the heavy pointed shovel from Ralph's hand, Karthas shoveled a shovel of dirt with great difficulty, and with all his strength he was able to dump it into the pit,

At this moment, he seemed to feel the weight of life.

As the earth buries the corpses, the last traces of the life that once existed in this life will eventually be lost.

Just as he wants to talk to his mother and third sister now, he can only be separated by a mound.

"Tell me, how do you feel?"

His face softened a little, and Ralph stared at the boy patiently, as long as he didn't talk about some dangerous questions, this young man who was related to the Order was still quite pleasing to the eye.

"Rest in peace."

Karthas looked down at the corpse that had been buried in the dust.

"He got peace with me at the same time, I was on the verge of life, and he was in ...... On the verge of death. ”

Hearing this, the old man smiled and smiled happily.

"Do you want to join the Qianjue Order? I'm an old bone, and I'm getting more and more incapable of doing my work, and I just lack an offspring to help me bury my body, and I can rest and rest, of course, your salary is definitely indispensable, and with this money, you can also buy some better herbs for your two sisters. ”

Unable to find any reason to refuse, Calthas, who had found a job, clumsily built a new mound under the watchful eye of the old man, and listened to the old man sing the last requiem of farewell.

……

When the new framework of the empire was built and everything was on track, Lester handed over the affairs of the empire to the cabinet Zaifu Hina and became the treasurer.

The base camp of Fidlight is led by Sheena, the immortal fortress has Misha and LeBlanc to handle affairs, the two most important giant cities of the empire are under control, and the cabinet composed of the harem plays a special role at this moment - if you want to subvert the empire, you must subvert these demigod-level women, and Lester doesn't believe that anyone in this world can pry into the corner of his happy prince.

Not to mention, Cana, who has left his body, is monitoring most of the Noxian Empire with the power of faith in Fidlet's [Temple of Wind], and Jana who has become the goddess of the empire has finally raised her eyebrows and obtained the power of faith that matches the name of the god.

Lester, who has conquered the Empire, takes Mirror Paw, Yutail, and Sindra to the ancient city of Leinland, ready to awaken the sleepy Bobby Vegus from the ban.

Sein's body had already arrived at the Imperial stronghold outside the Shadow Isle, and was sealed in the headquarters of the Sentinels of Light for the next step.

Speaking of Vix, things are also quite complicated, after meeting Vix, Lester originally wanted to go to Ionia with Vix, but unfortunately Vegas, the sleepy Bobby, is extremely uninterested in Ionia's favorable environment, and just wants Lester to go back to the Shadow Island with him to enjoy the lonely and boring life,

In the absence of any choice, Lester could only promise to return to the Shadow Isle with Vex for an adventure, and before that, he introduced Vex to one of the three most underworld places in the Noxian Empire - the ancient city of Leinland.

The ancient city of Leinland is a lost city built by the Leinlands who have become history, and after many reinforcements and builds by the Emerald Collar, it has become a war fortress that clamps down on the [Wall of Glory] of the Demacians.

Located on the west side of the Forest of Tranquility, this land has been the victim of many wars and is the most familiar battlefield for the Noxians and Demacians, but the birth of the ancient city of Leinland can be traced back to the invasion of Leinland by the Emerald Lord.

It was more than 500 years ago, in the face of the Emerald Leader's air-sky integrated attack, the Leinlands from the Western Continent chose to sacrifice to the evil totem, and then the heart-wrenching gray mist erupted, and coincidentally attracted the most undesirable ghost thing in the Runeterra, and even Lester was a little frightened by the first demon - the ancient fear of Federtic.

Under the double blow of the evil gray fog and Federtic, the dragon bird legion and the dragon lizard knights lost more than half of them due to the timely escape from the gray fog, but the first legion of the Noxian Black Iron Guard suffered an unprecedented defeat because they failed to escape the gray fog in time.

Thousands of people died on the land of Leinland, the first time since the Emerald Leader formed a strong army that was annihilated.

At the cost of losing his eyesight, Legion Commander Milton and his fellow Mage Memmy sealed the gray mist of Leinland and the scythe of the primordial demon, and in the end, only eight people came out of the gray fog alive.

Even in the Emerald Territory, the archives about the ancient city of Leinland are the top secret of the top secrets, and most people's perception of Leinland is still the news specially released by the Emerald Collar, that is, 'the uncontrolled black magic disaster caused by the aliens of the Western Continent', which is actually related to the belief in evil gods in the Western Continent and the primordial demons of the Eastern Continent.

The mutation of the ancient city of Leinland is truly extraordinary.

All in all, after being sealed, Leinland became a forbidden place, especially in the inner fort, where a thin layer of gray mist still filled.

Meimi, who used the Eternal Catalytic Stone to imprison the Fedtic Scythe, had already turned into dry bones, but the dry bones still seemed to exude the breath of life, guiding the power of the Eternal Catalytic Stone to form the Primordial Axiom Seal Scythe, maintaining a delicate balance with the gray mist.

This balance has been maintained for more than five hundred years, and even Lester does not dare to break it at will, and he can't collect the corpse of the hero of the Emerald Collar, Mage Meimi, which shows how terrible Leinland's seal is.

Originally, she just wanted to try her luck, but who knew that Vegus, who came to the ancient city of Leinland for the first time, instantly fell in love with the desperate and strange atmosphere in the castle, and even fell into a deep sleep under the gaze of Lester.

If it weren't for the fact that Vex's shadow wasn't aggressive, Lester would have suspected that he had murdered the lovely Sleepy Bobby.

It's been four years since he last saw Vix, and while the Seal and Vex had always been stable in the Magic Guard's report, Lester hadn't lost the necessary vigilance.

The dragon bird landed on the outermost part of the ancient city of Leinland, and the group jumped down from the dragon bird used as a substitute for transportation, and handed the dragon bird to the magic guards to place it.

Unlike the curious eyes of other women, Lester's eyes were only solemn in this strange and dilapidated ancient city.

"Where's Vegas?"

The magic guard in charge of guarding the magic seal in the outer city of Leinland was a middle-aged female mage with black lightning, and the female mage who was a little suspicious of the identity of the person who came glanced at the magic token in Lester's hand, and then her face changed drastically, and she instantly changed into a humble smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, Vex is still sleeping outside the Inner Castle."

"Take me to Vegas."

(End of chapter)