The completely enclosed space and the barrier of perception were compressed into a tavern outside of Fidlet, and in this case, even the star spirits with their hands and eyes could not perceive anything.

There was an extra guest at the window table in the tavern, Lester sat across from Ryze, and the hostess was replaced by Sindra.

Jax sat between the two, and Jax was under pressure as he took off his mask.

"Now that you've appeared here, it seems that you've figured out how to return someone else's things, Your Majesty the Emperor who likes to steal."

Ruiz didn't look at Jax, his eyes stared straight at Lester.

"Or I'll take it back with my own hands, since you dare to do such a thing, you must be ready to pay the price."

In the face of Reze's threat, Lester remained unmoved.

"Your Excellency Ruiz, I admit that I got the world runes from you, but I don't think that the world runes belong to you, since the runes did not belong to you from the beginning, the 'stealing' in your mouth is naturally not valid, not to mention that I negotiated with the Demacian Kingdom openly,

From what point of view, the things under the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest have nothing to do with you, the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest is the territory of the Demacia Kingdom, and the things in the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest are the property of the Demacia Kingdom, and the Demacia Kingdom handed over everything in the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest to the Empire, and the Empire naturally has the right to dispose of everything in the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest.

However, Lord Reze, without the consent of the Kingdom of Demacia, bypassed the defense of the dreadnought vanguard and secretly hid such a dangerous thing in the forbidden land of the kingdom, this kind of petty theft is despicable. ”

"Sophist, you don't understand how much harm you can bring to this world with what you steal, and whoever tries to get their hands on the power of the runes will inevitably be enslaved by the runes.

No matter how much you say, it doesn't make sense, hand over all the runes, it's your only option. ”

Lester sneered.

"Lord Ruiz, with all due respect, you are just wishful thinking that the World Rune is harmful to the world, you don't understand what the World Rune is at all, let alone why the World Rune appears all over the world!

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just bury your head in the world to collect dangerous world runes, it's normal not to understand the truth of the matter, I understand, I can tell you very responsibly that the world runes are the power of the laws that differentiated when this world was born, and the reason why the power of the laws of the rune land will appear in the form of runes is because this world is on the verge of destruction!

You can't hear the screams of the world, you can't see that the world is longing to be saved, you just stupidly see the most one-sided harm of the world's runes, indulging in punitive self-touching, but never thinking of doing something truly beneficial to the world! ”

Staring unflinchingly at Reze's face, Lester slapped the table as if he were the victim.

"I don't even know if I'm being used! Ruiz! Until now, did you think that you collected the World Runes out of your own volition? ”

"You have defied my will from beginning to end! Everything I do is for the sake of the world, and in your mouth, I have become a heinous person! Listen, I don't need to prove anything to you, and I won't believe your sophistry!

I only believe what I see, since it is useless to say more......"

Ruiz stood up and took off his cloak, and the shirtless wandering mage took the rune scroll from behind him, his killing intent boiling.

"Wait, wait, wait!! Ruiz! Calm down first! Everyone is an old guy who has lived for an unknown number of years, how can they do it without saying a word? More drops? ”

Jax pressed Rhyze's right hand, which was about to move, and persuaded him bitterly.

"Ruiz, you once said that you like the prosperous civilization created by human beings the most, listen to me, Fidellet is the most unique magical city in the world, you don't really want to destroy the pearl of human civilization, right?"

Being held down by Jax lightly, Ruiz didn't struggle, just stared at Lester coldly.

Jax's eight eyes were divided into two groups, staring at Ruiz and Lester respectively, and they were moving around, except for being a little busy, but not overstretched.

"And you, Lester, can you speak kindly? I know exactly how much Ruiz has done for the world, and it's not what you think......

As the person who knows you best, I know very well that everything you do is to save the world, everyone obviously has the same goal, and to get to this point, there must be a misunderstanding, since there is a misunderstanding, wouldn't it be good to solve the misunderstanding?

Listen to my advice, calm down, and talk about it, I don't believe that everyone has to become enemies of life and death......

That, Sister Sindra, serves the wine. ”

Jax's words had some effect, until Sindra came up with three glasses of whiskey, and Ruiz didn't move.

"I'll do it first for respect!"

After two sips of wine, Jax placed the empty glass on the table and sat down.

"Lester, what did you mean when you said that Ryze was being taken advantage of? Can you explain? ”

Lester also calmed down a little, and lowered his head and spoke eloquently.

"While exploring the Isle of Shadows, the Empire discovered some secrets in the Helia Basement.

According to the information I got on Shadow Island, the Rune Protection Society that Ruiz joined was influenced by the Astral Plane from the beginning of its establishment, and the founder was basically an Astral Apostle who was instructed by the Star Spirit to investigate the world's rune fragments, and Tyrus, a member of the Association, was a victim of the Astral Apostle's experiment, including that Ruiz would kill the teacher Tyrus, everything was just a plan of the Star Spirit

Under the guidance of the star spirits, humanity took the first step in the study of the world's runes. ”

His face changed slightly, and Ruiz re-memorized the rune scroll and sat back in his seat with a gloomy face.

"What evidence do you have?"

Lifting his eyelids, Lester's gaze was cold and dangerous.

"How much do you know about the Gurez cataclysm that happened in the southern part of the Valoran continent?"

Ruiz frowned, recalling what was in his memory.

The Gurez Cataclysm, a runaway runaway disaster that affected the lives of 30,000 people,

A farmer named 'Samofils' accidentally found a glowing stone in his field, and directly came into contact with the violent energy of the world's runes, controlling the power of the runes that could destroy the city-state.

Due to a quarrel with the guards at the gate of the city-state, Samofils, who lost his power, went on a killing spree, and after killing hundreds of city-state militia, he encountered another extremely dangerous rune master in the city.

The two fought to the death to seize each other's runes, catering to the increasingly tyrannical rune power without a bottom line, and finally the city-state of Gurez was completely destroyed by the runaway rune power, and the raging arcane energy turned the vibrant green plains into grassless loess hills, which gradually evolved into the current Noxian Hills under the erosion of wind and sand.

This is the result of the clean-up of the members of the Society, otherwise the never-ending Arcane Gang Wind alone would have killed any life that tried to survive in the Noxian Hills.

It can be said that the Gurez Cataclysm was one of the main reasons why Ruiz was determined to collect and protect the runes of the world.

"After the battle between Samofils and Pound destroyed the city-state of Gourez, and after Samofils was killed by Pound, my teacher Tyrus joined the other mages of the Association to suppress Pound, who had been completely enslaved by the runes, and recovered the World Rune Fragments."

"Have you ever wondered why Summerfils had just 'picked up' the World Rune and had an encounter with the arcane mage Pound, who had been hidden for years? The cowardly Summerfils still chooses to go toe-to-toe with the powerful Pound? ”

"So, isn't it a coincidence?"

Jax frowned, Lester shook his head.

"Of course not, the world rune fragment of Samofils was thrown to him by the star spirit, in order to test whether there is a specific difference in the adaptability of humans to the rune fragment,

After Samofils got the world runes, the Astral Apostle killed his wife and son in front of Samofils, and the heartbroken Samofils absorbed and fused the power of the runes through the extreme emotions of anger, but unfortunately he was defeated by the Astral Apostle and his memory was erased by the Astral Apostle,

Later, under the secret guidance of the Astral Apostle, Samofils found the old mage Pound hidden in the city-state of Gourrez, and launched an attack at any cost, helping the Astral Apostle prove that extreme emotions can indeed greatly promote the fusion of world runes. ”

"How do you know that?"

Lester gestured to Leona and Diana, who were drinking silently at another table.

"See? Two fragrant and soft giant god wives, my wife stole the power of the astral boundary, this information is not a secret thing in the astral realm, as long as it passes the censorship, it can be read. ”

Leona and Diana's shiny astral artifacts were easily recognizable, and Ruiz nodded, agreeing with Lester's statement.

As for why he was able to get two giant gods as wives, this is not in the scope of Ryze's attention.

A woman only influences his judgment.

"Then what do you mean that I collect runes and are being used?"

"Let me ask you a question first, do you think there are people in this world who can resist the temptation of the world's runes?"

Ruiz shook her head without hesitation.

"There can't be such a person, not even my teacher Tyrus can't maintain his mind in front of runes."

Lester stared at Reze.

"And what are you? You're not a human raised by your parents? Or do you have four hands and eight feet and three eyes? ”

Ruiz was stunned and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to refute.

Lester sneered.

"Admit it, there are people in this world who can use the power of runes and resist the temptation of runes, you are one of them, and so am I, and the Star Spirit knows your talent very well, and they have ten thousand reasons to choose you as a tool for collecting rune fragments."

After a few breaths of silence, Ruiz didn't speak, and Lester continued.

"And the Rune Sanctuary under the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest in Demacia, do you think that kind of place can be built by humans?

You must know that when the world runes appeared, it was only more than a thousand years ago, and at that time, how far the magical civilization of the Runeteres Land had developed, I think you know better than anyone else,

Human beings only think about how to use their power to satisfy their own desires when they get the world runes, how can they build a rune prison that completely neutralizes the runes?

Don't tell me that you think you have set foot on the road of collecting world runes by chance, and by chance you have found a rune temple that can perfectly house the world runes, and the rune temple is also coincidentally located in a human kingdom that is extremely demon-disgusting, so that you can put one hundred and twenty hearts to run around the world without worrying about the rune temple being discovered. ”

"I, I don't know, maybe you have a point......

Ruiz couldn't help but think about the process of getting the rune scroll by himself, he didn't feel it before, but now that he thinks about it, he was able to 'chance' find a magic scroll in a pile of rubble that just happened to temporarily place the world's runes was deliberate enough.

It's like it's just for yourself.

"It's not a bit of a reason, I have direct evidence, when I forcibly broke the Rune Temple, the Rune Temple triggered the Astral Barrier, which directly attracted the attack of the Twilight Star Spirit and the Righteous Star Spirit, that Astral Barrier will block any intruder except you, if I didn't know how to crack the Astral Enchantment, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to touch those world runes."

Ruiz sighed softly, the hostility on his face fading away.

"Star Spirits are so powerful, why don't they do it themselves? Or do you want the Astral Apostle in your mouth to do it? ”

Knowing that Rhyz had accepted his claim, Lester's tone was much soothed.

"I don't know the specific reason, but it is certain that these foreign gods are very afraid of the power of runes, and even if they want to study, they can only secretly study through the suppression of the rune temple, and they will not directly contact the world runes."

"Could it be because of the fear of pollution?"

At that moment, Jax suddenly interjected.

Lester and Rhyz looked at Jax at the same time, puzzled.

"What do you mean?"

With a light breath, Jax gestured to the Eternal Flame lamppost he was standing against the wall.

"I think, just like the Eternal Flame will scorch the Void Energy, the divine power of the Star Spirit and the power of the World Rune are also incompatible, if they directly contact the World Rune, not only will it not be beneficial, I am afraid they will pay a terrible price."

Ruiz frowned, in a bad mood.

"So, I've been taken advantage of by the Star Spirits."

He wasn't unreasonable, but no one had ever told him about these things, and he was single-mindedly focused on the journey of finding the world's runes, and that's when he got to the point.

Lester relaxed, a smile on his face.

"Ruiz, in fact, I have always had respect for you, I have been avoiding you all these years, and I am reluctant to meet you, just because I don't have enough evidence and certainty to convince you, and I haven't made up my mind to break through the Rune Sanctuary and tear the skin of the Star Spirit.

Now that I have no way back but to take this step, it is great that you can understand. ”

"Still, I can't be completely reassured of you, Lester, I need to be sure that the world runes won't have any negative impact on you."

"That's easy, you'll be by my side during this time, and if I show any signs of losing control, I'll return all the runes to you unconditionally, how about it?"

"It's a deal."

(End of chapter)