Located in an unknown wooded area.

It's summer, and the trees are in full bloom, faintly blocking out the falling light, creating patches of shadows.

Not far away, the sound of a small stream flowing kept coming.

A figure that was hurrying quickly suddenly appeared, stopped and stopped.

Caterina wore a tight leather suit, which outlined her convex and backward figure. The shoulders and some parts are wrapped in light helmets. The red hair was still slightly rippling at the moment because of the stopped movement, and the bright and cold green eyes were looking around at the moment.

"If I were you, I wouldn't have chosen to set up an ambush here."

She spoke faintly, and her cold voice echoed through the quiet woods.

"Boom~"

Suddenly, several sounds came out in succession, and several crossbow bolts were fired rapidly from different directions, heading towards Katarina.

In the next second, Katerina's figure disappeared in place, several crossbow arrows were shot into the air, and in the blink of an eye, she was standing on a boulder, and a dead soul had appeared under the bloody knife.

"It's exposed, let's go together!"

Without hesitation, a voice came from a corner, and in an instant, several figures jumped up and rushed towards Caterina together.

Faced with this situation, Caterina did not panic in the slightest, and raised her hand to shoot a dagger at an assassin.

This obvious attack could naturally be dodged, but in the next second, Katarina's figure disappeared out of thin air, and she had already reached the position of the dagger in an instant.

Raising his hand mercilessly, he plunged into the ribs of an assassin, and a choking sound was heard, and blood gushed from the assassin's mouth.

"Instantaneous?!"

"Be careful!"

The Assassins shouted in disbelief, and became even more vigilant.

"Why do you dare to come when you've investigated me?"

A delicate sneer curled into the corners of Katerina's mouth, and when the words fell, her figure disappeared in place again.

The Assassins looked left and right in a panic, and suddenly one of the Assassins' eyes widened and shouted, "Luka, behind you!" ”

Lukka looked frightened, instinctively swung his weapon and slashed back, and the next second he only felt a sharp pain in his arm, and he couldn't help but scream: "Ahhhh ”

The roar didn't last long, as Caterina had swung her dagger and stabbed him in the neck, disappearing in another moment before blood could spray it.

In two instants, two people died.

She was like a ghost, and the atmosphere of fear suddenly lingered on the scene.

For a while, it was impossible to tell who was the assassin.

The Assassins finally understood why Caterina was called the Ominous Blade, as no one knew where she would be in the next second and what she would do.

At the same time, she also represents death, which is both ominous.

This was the name given to Caterina in recent times, and she had risen to prominence in the Assassin world, becoming a well-known top Assassin.

"Stay calm! Get together, there are many of us! ”

One of the Assassins, clutching the weapon in his hand, suddenly caught a glimpse of red hair flashing and exclaimed, "Left! ”

He slammed to the left, and at the same time all the Assassins moved, but they were all in the air.

"Are you looking for me?"

Caterina appeared behind them, teasing.

The Assassins turned back, and two daggers flew out of her hand. As the Assassins dodged, they began to watch out for Caterina to teleport to the dagger again.

It's just that this time Caterina didn't, it was very physically exhausting to perform continuous instantaneous steps, and she didn't want to waste her precious physical strength on a few miscellaneous fish.

"She's out of arms!"

One of the Assassins spotted Caterina empty-handed, and immediately lunged forward, swinging his weapon at her.

"Bell!" In the next second, there was a crisp sound of weapons colliding with weapons.

The Assassin's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the extra dagger in Caterina's hand, and he didn't have time to think about it, and followed up with several onslaughts.

They were all blocked by Caterina, and she unloaded the Assassin's weapon with a backhand.

The dagger then stabbed him directly into his shoulder, and then with a twist, shattering the bones in his shoulder, the other four of the Assassin's companions rushed over.

Caterina kicked the Assassin in front of her, and the two Assassins dodged and the two Assassins continued to attack.

With a dagger in one hand, she easily resisted the attacks of the two, and while retreating, there was a big tree behind her, and she was about to retreat.

She took advantage of the gap between the two attacks at the same time, and jumped in front of two Assassins chasing her, so she stepped on the shoulder of one of the Assassins and took advantage of a backflip.

His feet stepped on the tree, like a cat ready to bounce and start, and his legs exerted force, and he sprang out nimbly.

"Damn it!"

The Assassins could naturally see the difference in the body skills between the two sides, and the large number of people at the moment was their last thought.

When the distance was farther away, the Assassins fired with crossbow arrows.

Caterina dodged back and forth in the trees, playing around with the Assassins below, and when there were no crossbow arrows, she stopped and smiled indifferently.

"It's my turn now, I've changed my mind, and it seems like a good idea to try a new move with you."

She raised her hand and fired the two daggers again, and the assassin stared at them for a moment, ready to attack.

They wanted to predict where Caterina would fall by the trajectory of the dagger.

They did guess that Caterina would do this, but they didn't guess where Caterina would land.

Because, all of a sudden, there were more daggers.

Caterina jumped lightly from the tree, and two daggers flew out, and in the middle of the flight, the two daggers suddenly became six, each flying in different directions.

The assassins were dazzled, and in the next second, Caterina was gone, and she jumped on one dagger in an instant, and two more daggers flew out.

The daggers grew more and more, flying through the forest, accompanied by Katarina's ghostly figure.

No one can predict where Caterina will fall now, because there are so many daggers to guard against, she is like a god of death, who will suddenly appear in an instant and take your life.

The four Assassins died in despair, even if the four of them relied on each other, to no avail.

There was a pile of corpses lying on the ground, and Caterina finally landed on the ground, breathing very steadily, and a few smears of sweat sliding down her forehead.

Although I wanted not to waste my physical strength, it seemed that I wasted a little more physical energy in order to try new moves.

But it doesn't matter, she's quite happy with the trick herself, and recently gave it a new name.

It's called Death Lotus.

She looked around and found something.

It was the assassin who was stabbed in the shoulder by her just now, and I don't know if it was luck, but he survived.

He was lying on the ground trembling at the moment, looking at Caterina with horror in his eyes, as if to say, "Don't come."

At this time, even Katerina's beautiful and delicate face could not soothe the fear in his heart.

Caterina looked at him, a smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, "Who sent you?" If the answer is good, I will give you a good time. ”

"I, I don't know, in short, it's a task given to us by a big man, and we don't want to take it, but if you don't take it, it's death, please"

Before the Assassin could finish his plea for mercy, Caterina had already shot a dagger and plunged it into his head.

With a thoughtful expression, she muttered to herself, "That looks like Darkwell." ”

It could also be Duke Kao's enemy, who has made many enemies over the years, and there are always people who want to seek revenge on his family after his death.

She was worried about Shurima's mother and sister now, but now was not the time to go to them.

Because as her activities in Noxus increased, she could see more and more that Noxus was now on the verge of decay under Darkwell's rule.

Moreover, the guy had already begun to target the Assassin Guild, sending several waves of assassins to assassinate her.

Right now, no matter who sent the Assassins, Caterina took it as a good thing for Darkwell.

When the time comes, she will put all the new and old accounts on this guy's head.

Thinking that she had to hurry next, Caterina quickened her pace.

Half an hour later, she arrived at a treehouse in the woods, and after making sure there were no other ambushes, she pushed the door open and walked in.

Then I found a chair, sat down casually, and waited slowly.

After another half an hour, a figure appeared outside the door, then pushed the door and walked in.

She looked at the visitor, dressed in a gray robe, with a mask on her face, revealing only a pair of calm eyes.

She asked straight to the point, "Is the investigation out of the results?" ”

"Hmm."

Tyrone nodded slightly, took out a note from his robe, and placed it on the table in front of Katarina: "This is the information about Melly that you asked me to investigate, and this is all I can investigate." ”

Hearing this, Caterina slowly picked up the information on the table and read it, and then showed a thoughtful expression, and her eyes flashed with interest.

She said to herself: "I just don't know what that guy will do when he finds out." ”

Tyrone stood aside, not disturbing Katarina, and waited until she finished reading the information on the paper before she spoke slowly: "It seems that you don't know the news yet." ”

Hearing this, Caterina raised her head and wondered, "What? I've been running around for the past few days, and I haven't really heard anything. ”

Tyrone said, "Demacia called. ”

Caterina was slightly stunned: "Called?" ”

"Hmm." Tyrone nodded and said, "The one who led the troops was the second prince, that is, the son of Melly who you asked me to investigate, and Trewell has been defeated, and they are still marching now." ”

Caterina didn't reply, but lowered her head with a thoughtful expression.

Hearing the news, she was not surprised for a while.

From the time she was by that guy's side, she had a faint feeling that that guy seemed to be a fool, but in fact, once he started doing something, he always had to shock people's jaws.

He would personally lead his troops to Noxus, which, to be honest, seemed to Caterina to be a day sooner or later.

The more you know about this guy, the more you know how extraordinary he is.

So Caterina is sure that sooner or later, this guy will make Noxus suffer a big loss.

It's just that she didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

It seems that during this time, Demacia had just lifted the ban on demons, and he had already led a large army to fight.

On second thought, this is a good time.

Darkwell, the fool, despite the opposition of the people, insisted on continuing to send troops against Ionia.

If it were her, she wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity.

"But if that guy leads the troops, Darkwell is in trouble."

Caterina thought slowly, muttering to herself.

When Tyrone heard this, he said loudly: "That prince, is it that powerful? ”

"He's just a prince, but no matter how bad he is, he's countless times stronger than Darkwell."

Caterina snorted coldly, looking a little angry.

Tyrone was silent, observing Caterina's expression, and he learned that Caterina seemed to know the prince.

He didn't know what Caterina had experienced during her time in Demacia, but he thought he had seen the prince.

After a few seconds of silence, Tyrone asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Did Demacia call over this?"

Caterina's eyes twinkled, in the past, Duke Kao was in charge of the Assassin Society, and he usually sent assassination missions to enemy generals.

After all, the Assassin Guild was loyal to Noxus, and it was up to them to find a way to solve Noxus' problems.

For now, as the leader of the Assassin Guild, Caterina naturally had to consider whether to intervene in the battle.

"What do you think of Noxus now?"

Without answering the question, Caterina asked Tyrone rhetorically.

Tyrone thought for a moment and said: "The idealized hypocritical imperialism, which the empire has always created to have a way out, seems to me to be just a slogan that the top brass came up with in order to fool the bottom. ”

Among them, I haven't seen many people who can really get ahead. This phenomenon can radiate to every corner of Noxus, and power will always end up in the hands of those noble warlords. ”

This is the real Noxus.

It has always been Darkwell who has ruled the world, and it has always been that group of nobles and warlords.

Of the people who are really civilians, there is only one that impresses Caterina the most.

Hand of Noxus – Darius.

This man was a nobody in the army, and step by step he reached the status of the current general of Noxus, and he really relied only on the powerful strength that suppressed everything.

He is a serious child, from the lowest level, step by step.

Even such a guy can barely make those nobles and powers accept to be on an equal footing with him.

Not to mention, the ability is weaker than his.

The reality is that those who are capable will still bow their heads and serve those who are incompetent in power.

In response to that sentence, a family has worked hard for hundreds of years and dozens of generations. Why accept that you are an easy equal?

So in Katerina's view, the true essence of Noxus is already a false void.

Perhaps many years ago, Noxus was not like this.

But at least, it is now.

(End of chapter)