The two sisters came to the surface area, stood on the edge of the abandoned building, and looked at the magnificent and magnificent Sungate Bridge in the distance.

Under the blood-colored sun, the Sungate Bridge was filled with gunsmoke, and the flames rose into the sky, reflecting the bridge more crimson than the sunset, and there seemed to be some people lying between the ruins who could not move.

The scene in front of him was enough to show that something terrible had indeed happened on the Sungate Bridge, and Diolet gritted her teeth, not caring if there was still danger on the bridge.

At the moment, she just wanted a clear answer.

"Bang Bang, hold my hand tight and don't let go, cover your eyes, sing that song...... Mom's favorite song. ”

"Hmm~"

The obedient little blue-haired girl covered her eyes with her left hand and gave herself completely to her sister.

"Friends on the other side of the river"

"My cold hands have nothing"

Under the singing of his sister, Viole stepped on the blood-colored stream that was still flowing, and took his sister to the battlefield full of corpses.

"Friends on the other side of the river"

"Reward Kindness at Your Will"

"Even if it's just a penny"

"My Treasure Too"

After a pause, the explosion with her eyes closed smelled a familiar smell, and she could always smell this nasty smell every time her parents were injured and bleeding.

There was a bit of trilling in the ethereal singing.

"Rest assured, I'm not jealous"

"We can't build skyrocketing buildings"

"I can only live in the stone alley"

"Bang!"

On the other side of the bridge, a gunshot rang out, and a scream rang out.

Scanning the deceased's face, Viole stopped, took his sister's hand tightly, and stared at the figure approaching from the smoke of gunpowder, ready to flee at any time.

"Why don't you take a trip to the river?"

"Come and see where you once was"

"Tada, Tada, Tada."

Heavy footsteps cut through the smoke, and a familiar face appeared in front of me.

"It's dangerous here, you shouldn't be here."

The timbre was soft, and it shouldn't have coexisted with the burning fire and the pungent smell of blood, and Blastblasted up the courage to put down his left hand, and what he saw was the owner of the Moonlight Tavern, Lester who followed the song.

Without looking back, Leicester waved his hand at the sheriff behind him, who raised the muzzle of his gun, and the sheriff saluted and quickly left.

Walking a few steps to the two children, Lester crouched down and touched their heads.

"Or are you here looking for someone?"

Feeling a little relieved, he looked at his sister who had the idea, Wei Aolai wiped the corners of his sour eyes, and stubbornly gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying.

"Mom and Dad...... They came here, but they didn't come home, and Bang Bang and I came to them. ”

Finally, Viola whispered the purpose of coming here.

"What's your name?"

"Viole."

"My name is Lester Lee, let's go, Violet, Burst, I'll look for it with you."

Picking up the two children, Lester turned and walked in the direction of the north of the bridge, the body of the magistrate had been taken away, and the rest of the body was from the south side of the bridge.

"Brother, what's going on here? Why, so many people died? ”

Looking at the dazzling array of corpses, Violet's voice trembled a little, and the explosion who got a sense of security hugged Lester and buried his head in the man's arms.

"The Zaun wanted to cross the bridge, but the magistrate stopped them and used the weapons in their hands."

"There is the blood of the people of the lower city and the blood of the people of the upper city...... Smells bad, right? ”

Lester stopped and looked at Fandel, who was walking south of the bridge, and Fandel also saw Lester who was holding two children, and after seeing the children's faces clearly, Fandel lowered his head.

He had recognized that the parents of the two children were his men, and all of his men, except for a few who were very strong or lucky, remained here.

Unfortunately, the parents of these two children are neither the lucky nor the strong.

"Mr. Lee......"

Van Del wanted to tell Lester that the parents of the two children had left, but he couldn't open his mouth.

"Wolf Fist, did you find the answer you were looking for?"

Vandel nodded, looked at the blood-covered metal gloves on his hands, and hesitated to take them off.

"I have a question, I don't know if Mr. Li can answer it."

"Just ask."

"If it's a Noxian...... What would you do when this happens? ”

Violet and Explosive Wenyan, who had been cowering in Lester's arms, also pricked up their ears and heard words that they would never forget.

"A tooth for a tooth, blood for a blood."

"For the Noxians, shame is more terrible than death, and only the blood of the enemy can wash away it."

As if thinking of something, the man's face had a cruel smile, and his eyes were as cold as the winter night sky.

"In Noxus, as long as the commander does not order a retreat, all deserters will be executed...... The same goes for generals who play tricks on their soldiers. ”

"I, understood."

Van Del lowered his head and pointed in a direction when he missed Leicester.

"The parents of these two children...... Over there. ”

After saying that, Fandel put on his gloves and left without looking back.

After a moment of silence.

"Going...... Take a look? ”

"Hmm."

……

Night, Black Alley,

A secret stronghold, the dim lights flickering,

Hilco leaned back in his chair and frowned, and not far away, a Zuan thug who had witnessed the battlefield of the Sungate Bridge was chattering endlessly.

"There were so many dead, too many, rivers of blood and corpses all over the field...... There are few corpses of the leather guys, and all of them are our Zuans. ”

"We can't beat the rifles in the hands of the people in the upper city, no matter how many people there are, it's useless, it's all sent to death, and it's pointless to die."

"Hilko, Fandel is exactly what you say, he didn't want to go to the upper city in a bloody way from the beginning, he wanted to persuade, persuade? He even imagined that he could convince the moths who were comfortably sucking blood on our heads with a mouth?

If Fandel had been allowed to follow the magistrate, the bastards of the council would have executed Fandel in public without hesitation, and they had never cared about the feelings of the Zaans! ”

"I knew from the beginning that he was a weak person, and he was too emotional, which is not necessarily a good thing."

Hilco slowly exhaled the smoke, his brow furrowed, and he felt a little more hopeful.

"Only by letting him understand that this road must be taken, he is willing to put down all the burdens in his heart to do this, and now that his plan has completely failed, he must also understand that only strength can allow us to achieve our goal."

"Then I'm ......"

"You'd better go back to Fandel's side, and it's better not to let him know about the matter between you and me, otherwise it won't end well for anyone."

The next day, as expected, Hilco received a private invitation from Vander to a river beach in the surface area.

After hesitating for a moment, Hilco still decided not to bring any guards to the appointment, Fandel's affection is his shortcoming, he hates this, but he also likes this, only with Fandel, he can choose to trust the other party without reservation, and hand over his back.

The only thing that puzzled Hilko was that he didn't understand why Fandel chose to meet him at dusk.

By the time he walked up to the beach, Fandel, who was wearing half sleeves, was already standing on the edge of the beach, smoking a pipe alone with his back to the city of Zaun.

Stepping on the sands of the river, Hilko came to Fandel's side and looked out at the lake, which was lightly polluted by chemicals.

Pungent tobacco leaves tumbled in the airways, and Fandel's voice was hoarse.

"Why?"

"Because I can't watch you die."

Without denying anything, Hilco turned his head to look at Fandel.

"I have known for a long time that you will be a hero, like some kind of saint, thinking that your life is worth a lot, and in the eyes of the people of the upper city, your life is worthless!

I know exactly who you are, don't expect me to make a statue of you, you know what hero I hate the most...... What the is a hero when everyone is dead? ”

"So...... Are you doing so much for my good? ”

Finally, Fandel put down his pipe, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Hilco.

"So many people died, just to save me?"

Sensing Fandel's unkind attitude, Hilko was also angry.

"Yes! Because you self-righteous stupid bear is more useful than everyone else! Your life is worth more than anyone else's!

Only someone like you can lead the Zaun to win this war! I can't! Sevika no! Salz no! Nothing else! Otherwise, why do the people of Zaun only remember Vandel and not Hilco for the foundation we have laid together!?

Hilco is a rat hiding in the gutter! Do everything you can to make the true leader of Zaun understand the meaning of sacrifice! Instead of watching the leader of Zaun lie down in the grave as a fucking Zaun hero!! ”

Hilco stepped forward, grabbed Fandel's neckline with his arm, and stood on tiptoe in hatred and said coldly.

"It's just you! Fandel! Only you, bastard, have the qualifications to be a leader, I'll do the bad things! Good guy, you can be! Give up all illusions! Let's ......"

Before he finished speaking, Hilco felt a sharp pain in his left eye, but it was a fist the size of a vandel casserole,

In a trance, Hilko's emaciated body had been erected, like a small boat fluttering in a storm, and finally lost his balance and was overturned in the sea by a huge wave.

Gulco poured two mouthfuls of filthy water, his neck was strangled to death, and across the turbid scarlet lake, Hilco looked at a pair of indifferent eyes, and a pair of giant arms that he could never contend with, suppressing his body.

Many times in the past, he had watched these armed arms easily knock over countless enemies, and he had also fantasized about how powerful the arms that would always hold themselves up when they were drunk and settle themselves out, and envied this innate strength,

Now he has experienced the sense of strength of these arms—this is a continuous iron cable, an unbending steel bar, and a heavy despair that he cannot resist in his life.

Trying to question why, Hilco found that his consciousness was blurring, and Fandel's mouth was open and closed, but he could only hear the sound of bubbles gurgling.

Although this is not the sea, Hilco feels the depth of the sea, as if a soft voice whispers in his ear, and he puts aside all his pain and burdens and sleeps peacefully in the depths of the sea.

His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and even the last bubble sound disappeared, and Hilco's right hand stopped struggling and slowly drooped downward...... Until the moment his fingers touched the dagger, as if instinctively, Hilco tightened his grip on the handle of the dagger.

Hilco remembered his mother who died in his hospital bed, his father who died in the factory due to the transition of labor, and remembered that he had lived at the bottom of the world since he was born, and everyone could stand on his head and step on him, and step after foot, as if he had been born to be buried in the earth.

"Hilco, do you like this birthday present?"

Touched by his father's head, the little boy pulled out his dagger in surprise and stared at its blade without blinking—much more powerful than the broken pieces of iron he had picked up.

"Like~"

The honest and honest man smiled and picked up his son and came to the woman holding the cake.

"Today is your birthday, Hilco, Dad has no ability, I can only buy you the smallest cake, you can't dislike it, this is my salary for a month,

As for this dagger, I asked a blacksmith to make it, and Zuan's children should like it, which shows that my son has blood! ”

The little boy nodded vigorously, a big smile on his face.

"Blow out the candles and make a manly wish."

The woman saw her son so happy, a smile appeared on her doting face, and the wrinkles and acne faded a little.

Clenching the dagger, the little boy closed his eyes earnestly.

"I want to grow up quickly and make money to make my father leave the factory early and my mother leave the workshop early.

I want to make a lot of money, buy a lot of medicine to cure my father's cough and my mother's heartache, I want my parents to eat the best cake in Piltover, and take them to the beach in Piltover to see the scenery, so that they can live happily and healthily. ”

Opening his eyes, the little boy blew out the candles.

"Son, tell Dad what wish you made?"

"I want to grow up quickly and let my parents live a good life~"

"Haha, it's really a good boy who is filial, blessed are the two of us when we are old."

"Silly boy, just listen to your father's nonsense, and it won't work if you say your wish."

"What are you afraid of? I'm going to buy a cake and candles for my son next year, and then I'll make a wish? ”

Two gentle faces that have been blurred in memory are gradually shattered with the light of the candle flame, and under the oppression of life, the little boy is still a minor, and he will forever lose the opportunity to realize his wishes.

Until the moment he stopped breathing, the two people who loved him the most in the world couldn't afford to buy a big cake in Piltover and couldn't go to Sunset Beach in Piltover once.

With a hatred that could destroy the world, and he couldn't tell what the moistness in the corners of his eyes was, Hilco opened his left eye, which was bleeding like a beast, and stabbed his brother in front of him with a dagger.

From here, I have entered the plot of "The Battle of Two Cities", and book friends who have not read the Battle of the Two Cities can make up for it, and after reading these plots, they may have a deeper feeling.

(End of chapter)