The dark and low gloomy clouds condensed, the twilight spring came to an end, and with a light rain, the Runeteres Land completely kicked off the prelude to midsummer.

In the blink of an eye, Josh's body has fully recovered, and even during the "rehab training", he finds that his magic is stronger than before.

It was the amplification effect brought by transcendence, and Josh had replaced all the arcane runes engraved in his body with the imprint style of the world runes in order to open up the magic circuit.

So far, Josh has not noticed anything unusual in his body, and it is probably certain that this change is benign.

It's just that he also decided that in the future, if he can reduce his dependence on the world's runes, he will try to minimize it, so as not to become Ruiz's appearance when he comes.

During this time, Josh began to train in melee combat under the guidance of Lunicia.

Since the last time Lunicia took over control of her body against the Ruined King, Josh has truly seen what it means to be a "four-two-thousand-pound" combat technique.

In the case of similar overall strength, or even at a disadvantage, rely on exquisite martial arts to suppress the enemy with great strength.

If it weren't for Lunicia to save the scene, even if Josh could use blood magic to control the power of the spider god he absorbed, he might not be able to suppress or even defeat the Ruined King in ten minutes.

Although the age has passed the best stage of martial arts, in the Land of Runeterra, developing the strength of the physical body, such as increasing the speed of nerve reactions, strengthening strength, etc., does not require years of training.

After all, Josh is a gifted rune mage, and he can do it with the physical enhancement effect of magic, even far beyond those ordinary martial artists who can't do magic.

Even if they have trained their martial arts to the point of reaching the pinnacle.

This is also the main reason why Lunicia said that the melee mage who has both strength and magic is basically the most powerful human in the land of Runeterra.

Training is a tedious process and requires the application of the skills learned.

Since most of the Sentinel Sanctuary are still ordinary people, and Ahri and Ryze are not good at hand-to-hand combat, Gwen takes the initiative to take on the role of sparring partner.

Because most of the previous duels were against the ruined undead, although Gwen made a move, most of the time she directly used the Holy Mist magic to completely purify them.

When Gwen really showed her martial arts, Josh, who only used rune magic to strengthen her body, found that this little girl's melee ability was far above her.

Without Lunicia's assistance, Josh's little "triangular cat" kung fu would not have lasted a few rounds in Gwen's hands.

With the power of arcane power, he was able to reluctantly fight Gwen with his reactions.

A week's training session wouldn't have had much effect, but the actual battle with Gwen was a huge benefit for Josh.

As for Sindra......

Josh didn't know what the woman had been smoking lately, perhaps it was the embarrassment caused by the last "seduction" that made her confused.

All these days, she has been deliberately avoiding Josh, even if she lives in the same room with Josh, Ahri, and Gwen, and never looks up and doesn't look down, Sindra will always pretend not to see Josh.

Josh thought he had provoked her somewhere.

But when she asked Ahri a few times, she would always smile mysteriously back, and even her attitude towards Gwen was ambiguous, neither affirming nor objecting, and she did not answer Josh's question positively at all.

This made Josh even more puzzled, and even the daily relationship with Gwen began to become cautious, not daring to make too many transgressions, and was ridiculed by Lunicia because of this, only lust heart but not lust.

Josh didn't bother to refute, anyway, this guy is a pure "fun person", and no matter what he says, he will be ridiculed.

"Hah...... Josh be careful! ”

A burst of sword light and sword shadows, the sharp edge cut through the air, and all of them had cut a wound on Josh's face, but the illusory blade disappeared out of thin air.

"Josh, are you alright?!"

Josh suddenly came back to his senses, only to find that the blue-haired girl in front of him had a worried look in her eyes and an eager expression, and stood on tiptoe to check the scar on his face that had just been left.

[On the battlefield, your head is now separated from your body.] Like a stern mentor, Lunicia rebuked coldly.

"I'm fine, it's just a wound, it's not a big deal."

Gwen reached out to Josh's face, but was avoided by him as if nothing had happened, and shifted her magic to heal the wound.

Again......

Could it be that I've done something wrong lately that makes Josh hate me?

Or is it because of Sindra?

When Gwen first met Sindra through Ahri, the two had a pleasant conversation, and Sindra was gentle and friendly, and her true emotions did not match her cold exterior at all.

But in the past week, Gwen has somehow been able to communicate with Sindra normally, but she always feels that she is inexplicably hostile to herself......

When did it start?

Gwen was distressed in her heart, her face showed a fleeting loss, and she immediately regained her spirits and said worriedly: "Josh, why do I think you haven't been in the state for the past two days?" Obviously, it was good at first. ”

[I'm afraid it's juicing every day, it's too unrestrained. Runicia scoffed.

"I should have thrown her into the little black box every night!"

Josh recked back at Runitia and said to Gwen, "I'...... Have it? ”

"Of course!" Gwen put her hands behind her back, lowered her eyes and pouted, "The attack I just made was easily blocked by you three days ago." ”

Josh was silent for a moment, and casually found a reason to hide his crankiness; "It may be that you are about to set off to conquer the black fog, there are too many things to consider, and there is no rest."

"Really......"

The two of them, each with their own thoughts, did not speak again, and the air suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere seemed a little unnatural.

After more than ten seconds, as the door of the training ground was pushed open, Ahri's crisp voice came: "Today's training is over...... Is it? ”

Her voice grew quieter and quieter, and at the end there was a bit of uncertainty mixed in.

At the same time, Josh and Gwen looked in the direction of the gate.

Ahri raised his willow eyebrows and slowly walked in front of the two, smiling on her cherry red lips, "You two get along well." ”

Gwen vaguely sensed that Ahri had something else in his words, and hurriedly explained, "Josh was just injured, and I just wanted to check his wounds." ”

Ahri didn't pay much attention to Gwen's explanation, just glanced at Josh, "Why did you regress after a week?" ”

“……”

"Okay~~ I won't tease you, after all, this is part of my fault."

"Huh?" Gwen didn't know why, "Why...... Does Josh's poor form have anything to do with you? ”

[Children's families, don't ask. 】

If Gwen hadn't heard Lunicia's words, Josh would have blushed and retorted that she was a thousand years old, given what Josh knew about Gwen.

Sure enough, Ahri and Gwen's next words confirm Josh's point.

"You're still young, don't ask what you shouldn't." Ahri smiled and rubbed Gwen's disgruntled little face.

"I'm not small! It's just been dormant for a thousand years...... Nothing more. Gwen wasn't very confident, but she still straightened her chest.

Compared to Ahri, she is not inferior at all.

In this regard, Gwen is very confident.

Ahri's eyes narrowed into crescents, covered his mouth and chuckled, and stopped continuing the topic: "Okay, no more digressions...... Today I have something important to look for you. ”

"Are you going to Xiongdu?" Josh spoke directly to Ahri's thoughts.

In fact, it's not a guess, as early as the night before yesterday, the two of them were whispering, and they were still discussing the idea of entering the Shadow Island.

Now that his body has recovered, Ruiz's side is still urging Shurima to find the world rune, and the matter of Shadow Island will not drag on for long.

"That's right."

Ahri bowed his head lightly, and said in a serious tone: "I have already contacted the heads of the sentinel sanctuaries in various regions, and the Holy Stone weapons at the Fuqiong Workshop have also been made in a hurry.

"Although the time is relatively short, not a lot, it is enough to replace weapons for a group of experienced veterans.

"Wait until we go and discuss with King Gawain III, and try to win as many fearless vanguards as possible, so that it will not be a problem to deal with the black fog, which has lost one of the sources of the curse of ruin."

Josh nodded in agreement, "Coupled with the power of the World Rune, we will try to completely eradicate the influence of the black mist at once." ”

"But before we can do that, we have an important task."

Hearing Ahri say this, Josh was stunned and subconsciously asked, "Is there anything else to deal with?" ”

I saw Ahri Qiong's nose shrugged lightly, her eyebrows slightly frowned, and she had a disgusted expression: "I was covered in stinky sweat, and I died of bad smell...... You don't want to just go and meet the king of Demacia, do you? ”

……

……

Josh and Gwen each took a bathroom, cleaned and tended themselves, and then went to the plaza in front of the Shining Tower to meet Ahri.

Several well-decorated carriages with the mark of the Sentinel of Light, pulled by two horses, snorted and snorted, with muscular muscles far from those Josh had seen in the modern world.

There were quite a few people present, most of whom Josh was familiar with, such as Ahri's parents, Syndra, Urias and their son and apprentice, and veterans whom they had seen in recent times but could not name.

Dressed in a gray hooded robe, somewhat similar to the costume of the former Helia explorers, Ruiz stood silently at the edge of the crowd, separated from the nearest person a few steps away.

In addition to these, there are young men and women who are both strange and familiar to Josh.

They don't seem to be very old, but they are far more mature than their peers, and they are somewhat similar in appearance, not like a couple, but more like brothers and sisters.

But Josh couldn't remember where he had seen them.

Seeing Josh and Gwen approaching, the crowd automatically made way for them.

Ahri didn't let go of them in private, his expression tense and unsmiling.

But she is no more cold than Sindra's daily life, and her whole person is full of a serious temperament of a leader.

"You're here." Ahri said lightly, and then pointed to the pair of young men and women beside him, "Let me introduce you to you, they are the descendants of Callista and Ledroth. ”

As soon as she heard these two names, Gwen immediately widened her eyes, looked shocked, and covered her mouth and exclaimed, "I said how do you two feel so familiar!" ”

A man with a burly build, more than two meters tall, and a leaner, but unusually muscular woman with exposed arms, looked at Gwen at the same time.

"You're Gwen, aren't you?" The woman was the first to speak, a gentle smile on her face, "My name is Kaloya of Kara Hajayali, and I've heard Ahri talk about you, but I haven't had time to meet you. ”

Immediately afterward, Kaloya elbowed the man beside her, and he had no choice but to speak, "Leslie of Carla Hegayari." ”

"Please forgive my brother's faux pas, he has been like this since our parents died on the Night of the Eclipse five years ago, not intentionally."

As if resentful of her sister's mention of her parents to outsiders, Leslie exhaled a heavy haze from her nose.

Compared to the bad-tempered Leslie, Kaloya, who is still young and has just come of age, is obviously more approachable.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Gwen."

Gwen lifted the hem of her skirt, her knees slightly bent, and saluted the two of them with the courtly nobility of Kamavia.

However, she was not as cheerful as she had been when she had met the living before, but in front of Kaloya and Leslie, Gwen had a faint feeling of loneliness and melancholy.

Descendants of the Kamavia royal family, their ancestor Callista is a sister to their master......

Gwen sighed and turned to suppress the sadness in her heart.

"I am a puppet doll sewn by my master Isolde, and I have been freed by chance...... I have inherited the legacy of my master, and for the sake of those who have been harmed by the black fog, I will do my best to fight evil! ”

"I'm glad to meet you too...... And curious about your experience! Can you tell me? ”

Kaloya was excited and walked over to Gwen.

At this time, Ahri suddenly interjected: "Okay Kaloya, are you going to make everyone wait for you?" ”

The excitement vanished as Ahri's words vanished, and Kaloya bowed her head and retreated to Leslie's side, apologizing, "Uh...... Sorry, I'm so excited. ”

Ahri looked away and looked around, "Are you all ready?" ”

Seeing that no one raised any objections, she directly motioned to Josh, Gwen and Sindra, "In that case, then let's leave for Xiongdu." ”

Then, Ahri's eyes focused on his parents who looked sad, "Mom and Dad, during my absence, the Haven Sea Cliff will be handed over to you to take care of. ”

"Don't worry, little fox, we will always be a solid backing for you and Josh." Yarrow nodded in response.

As parents, fathers and mothers don't necessarily have the same thoughts and thoughts, and this is vividly shown in Yarrow and Lin.

Lynn was full of worry, and before Ahri got into the carriage, she took her hand and told her to pay attention to safety.

"Don't worry, Mom, Josh will protect me."

Ahri opened and closed her mouth to Josh, which caused Sindra's dissatisfaction: "Hmph, when you have a man, you forget your good sister, right?" ”

Ahri's extras can probably be written in two days, at least more than 10,000 words

(End of chapter)