At the foot of the Giant God Peak.

As a portal emerged, the figures of Luqi and Morgana stepped out.

There was silence between the two, and Morgana looked at Luki's back, but didn't know where to start.

"Huh? What a dreary atmosphere. ”

At this time, Zoe's voice sounded from behind the two, and she looked at them in confusion.

According to the script she expected, the two of them should have hugged each other with joy, and this scene was touching and tearful.

But she crept over, but saw that neither of them spoke.

Luki turned to Zoe and said, "Thank you for your help just now." ”

Zoe immediately blinked and said, "Then how are you going to thank me?" ”

Lu Qi smiled and asked, "Then what kind of thank you gift do you want?" ”

Zoe didn't expect the question to be thrown back, so she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately squeezed her eyebrows and made a thoughtful look: "Well, I want to."

She was very embarrassed like a choice difficulty, and she couldn't think of a reason for half a day.

"I can't think of it yet!"

She finally gave up and sighed, because there were so many things she wanted, and it was not easy to find one of them.

Lu Qi said, "Then wait until you come up with it." ”

"Okay!" Zoe immediately smiled, and her hair fluttered happily with her mood, at this time she seemed to sense something, looked up at the sky, and then 'sighed' again: "It's hard to come back, it's rare to encounter such an interesting thing." But I'm leaving again. ”

She had been interested in Lucky, but now there was a big lonely dog in space who needed her company, and she had to go there.

After all, I swore to protect it.

As for playing with the fun Lucci, she decided to wait until the next time she returned to Runeterra to start. By the way, she also has to think about the thanksgiving gift.

"So that's it, bye-bye, see you next time."

Zoe waved at the two of them, and then suddenly stepped forward and sniffed Luqi like a puppy: "I have memorized the smell of Ling, next time I can go directly to you to play!" ”

Lu Qi smiled slightly, "Goodbye." ”

Watching Zoe open the portal and disappear with one step, he was inexplicably relieved.

It wouldn't be a big deal if she was just a simple naughty little girl, but she's the famous Twilight Starling.

It can be said that it is the existence of the T0 level in the Star Spirit, and the Dark Spawn War of that year was terminated by the power of the Twilight Star Spirit.

And that's not even the main thing.

As far as Lucie knows, Twilight is a very strong omens spirit, and whenever she is in a place for too long, it often means that something big is going to happen.

There is no good or bad thing, but it is often the worst thing.

Just like Bobby's hammer, whoever takes it is unlucky.

Zoe also has some of this attribute, but her ability is very powerful, and she can basically solve all the problems she encounters.

At this moment, as soon as Zoe left, there were two more people left nearby.

Morgana finally spoke: "Is it really worth it for you to do this for my sake?" ”

Lucci looked at her and asked, "Am I important to you?" ”

Morgana was slightly stunned, completely unexpecting him to suddenly ask. However, at this time, the answer had already flashed in her heart.

Looking at Luki's gaze, Morgana nodded.

Of course it's important, it is precisely because of his appearance that he has lived up to her hundreds of years of waiting.

In the process of getting along in the past two years, his figure has long been engraved in her heart.

"That's it, I will also value those who value me. What's more, didn't we make an appointment, even if you want to leave me, you have to make it clear to me. ”

Lu Qi smiled gently, and then said, "As long as you don't say it, I think you were forced to leave, and of course I want to chase you back." ”

Morgana doesn't know how much good and evil she has seen over the years, and I don't know how many lives she has witnessed from the beginning to the end.

But these words of Lu Qi still touched her heart.

After a moment of silence, Morgana looked at him and said, "Next time I won't say goodbye without saying goodbye, no. There will be no next time. ”

She has left the Giant God Peak, and the power in her body has been deprived, and she has been reduced to a mortal.

She didn't have to think about her mother and sister anymore, and from then on, she just had to stay by Luki's side.

The two walked towards the outside in sync, and Lu Qi thought of something and asked, "Speaking of which, you are also the winged guardian saint of Demacia, isn't it a bit too condescending to be a maid for me like this?" ”

"I'm already a mortal now, besides, there's nothing wrong with being a maid for you, it's easy, you can eat and drink, and you can get a salary." Morgana's tone was indifferent, but also extremely relaxed, with a smile between her eyebrows.

It seems that after the showdown, the expression on her face suddenly became a little more.

At least it's nice to laugh at.

"In that case, tell me from the beginning why you came to me."

Lu Qi is also quite curious about this matter, although he already has a guess in his heart, but he is by his side, just ask directly.

"It all started many years ago."

It's not that Morgana doesn't like to talk, she just wants to reduce her presence, so she rarely speaks.

Now, she doesn't have to worry so much.

Two days later.

Luki and Morgana left the area of the Titan Peak as fast as they could, and then re-entered the Shurima Continent.

Now that he was here this time, Lu Qi decided to stop by and take a look at the situation here.

He had discovered traces of the Void while in Ionia, but he had the impression that the Void had only appeared by chance in the Shurima Zone.

Back then, when the Void was summoned by Acacia, the first stop in the Land of Runetera was Shurima.

That's why it's connected to the Runeterras, and it's been looking for a way to re-enter the Runeterras all these years.

The Void is a big hazard, and although Shurima still has those star spirits, after walking through the Giant God Peak, Lu Qi doesn't really want to count on them.

At this time, the sun is shining, and it is noon.

A city slowly appeared in the field of vision of the two, and it seemed to be a larger city in the vicinity.

The surface of the city is dyed with yellow sand, and if you get closer, you can see that the walls are still quite tall and cracked, and most of them are laid with sun-dried adobe bricks.

The arch-shaped gate was guarded by soldiers, but there was no inspection of the people entering the gate, and it seemed that anyone could enter the city.

It's just that there are not many people entering the city, and after some observation, they basically only enter and can't leave.

I can't see how lively it is.

After the two of them entered the city smoothly, the streets inside were not very lively, and there were small sellers of water and various objects, spices, food, and fruits of the desert beside the two streets.

In Shurima, water can be sold for money, and the cleaner, clearer and sweeter the water, the higher the price.

But this water is often not easy to find either.

The water that people drink is either from nearby sources or filtered from a variety of places, most commonly damp sand.

In the desert, there is actually a lot of water, but it is more troublesome to filter the water from a pile of sand.

For example, a vendor not far away was pouring a green glass bottle with a copper device with a runner into a glass bottle mixed with mud and sand.

The sediment is poured on the first layer, and as the wheel turns, drops of liquid are filtered out.

This is human wisdom.

It's just that Luki wasn't very interested in the water, and he didn't have the idea of tasting it.

Before he went out, he knew that he was going to come to Shurima, so he specially prepared enough water to drink, and stored it in the space of demonic power.

It's a big enough place to store a lot of things.

Ignoring the hawkers' shouts, Luki headed deeper into the street.

His plan was to gather relevant information in the city, after all, he couldn't look for it aimlessly.

The occasional appearance of the Void will surely be noticed by the locals.

It didn't take long for the two of them to come to a notice board, where many people were gathered, and they were talking about the notice on the wall.

"The bounty has gone up again."

"It's quite high, who will take it?"

"Who dares, the first few orders have gone and there is no return."

"Indeed, this money has a life to spend or not."

"Heh, the price of those mercenaries is ridiculously high now, and the caravan can't afford it."

"After all, it's a life."

"What can we do, the water in this city will run out sooner or later, so we can't desperately fetch it, right?"

"Ugh."

People were talking, many of them had sad faces on their faces, and some sighed, and the atmosphere was sluggish.

Luqi travels along the way to observe, and also discovers that something is wrong in the city.

That is, there are not many people in the city, but there are no people out of the city, and the prices of many things are abnormally high.

He had never seen such high prices all the way from that end.

In general, in this case, it is very likely that something is wrong.

He approached, found a random person, and greeted, "Brother, what is going on in the city?" ”

The man turned his head and looked at him whimlessly, looking tired in his eyes, and not interested in answering.

Lu Qi directly took out a small bottle of water and handed it over.

The man immediately changed his face, took the water bottle enthusiastically, and replied: "This brother looks like he has just entered the city, it's normal that you don't know." It's not easy for you to enter the city, it's not been peaceful outside Tarot City lately, there are fierce beasts making trouble, and several groups of people have died. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but open the cap of the bottle, and took a sip with his head up, but the amount was not large, and he even had to lick the water from the mouth of the bottle again after drinking.

The people around him cast envious eyes and looked at Lu Qi with hot eyes.

After quenching his thirst, the man said again: "Everything was normal, but just a week ago, a caravan suddenly disappeared along with the hired mercenaries. ”

"According to the person who escaped from the mouth, he saw a group of desert mound dogs, those beasts were not easy to provoke, and now they are even more strange group actions, their pace is surprisingly the same, as if they have been trained, and as if there is something to command them, ordinary teams are not opponents at all."

"These beasts are ambushed on some of the roads that people often walk, and basically many unbelievers have suffered. Two mercenaries have overturned, resulting in the rewry of the remaining two powerful mercenaries doubling, and no one can afford to take care of it, and people dare not go out of the city, so it is like this. ”

Lu Qi's water was not given in vain, the man said it very carefully, and the ins and outs of the future were clearly explained.

Outside the city, there is a group of desert mound dogs with good strength, which seem to be ambushed on the road that people often walk, and it is difficult to deal with.

This also led to the fact that there were not many people who came, and the people inside did not dare to go out, so they could only sit and eat.

Speaking of which, Luqi and Morgana were lucky, and they didn't encounter the Desert Hill Dogs they said they were talking about on the way here.

At this time, after thinking for a moment, Lu Qi stepped forward and glanced at the bounty that the city lord had just issued on the notice.

A full five hundred gold, in a place where materials are scarce, is already a huge amount of money.

An ordinary team of mercenaries, just like a dart master in a dart game, ask them to escort them, and at most dozens of gold coins.

But now the price in the city has also risen to a few hundred gold.

However, they may not be able to guarantee safety, and I am afraid that it is luck that they will be blocked more.

The man who drank the water sighed at the good fortune of the two and walked away.

There are not many defenders in the city, so it is naturally impossible for the city lord to send them all out to deal with that group of desert mound dogs, so that the sand bandits will take the opportunity to enter and ransack the city.

It's worse than those brutes.

Now people are praying more that those hiccus can't stay anymore and choose to leave.

But Lu Qi knew now that it might not be that simple.

The current notice wall is full of related things, and there is no news about the Void.

At this moment, a cloaked figure came running and took off the notice on the wall, from which a girl's voice came out: "I take this bounty!" ”

One after another surprised eyes couldn't help but look, as if they wanted to see who had such courage.

Lu Qi looked the same, and saw that the girl took off her cloak, revealing a simple face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, short rock-colored hair, and a pair of eyes that were particularly bright.

Seeing this girl, a message flashed through his mind.

Rock Sparrow – Taliyah.

"Don't mess around, this is not a bounty that a little girl like you can take."

"No mercenary can deal with those sand dogs."

"You're so big, let's go do some gathering and stuff like that."

"What's the difference between this and giving your life?"

When the people around saw that it was a girl who was obviously not very old, they couldn't help but speak out kindly to dissuade her.

"Thank you for your advice." Taliyah's gaze was firm, and he said in a serious tone, "But I am bound to win this reward, and I will definitely eradicate this group of sand dogs." ”

When everyone saw her like this, they wanted to persuade her again.

At this time, another voice came: "I also want to accept this bounty, why don't we join us." ”

Everyone looked at him and found that he was wearing a headscarf and a mask, but it was not difficult to tell from his eyebrows that he was a young and handsome young man, followed by a woman who was also wearing a headscarf and a mask.

Taliyah also cast her eyes and couldn't help but say, "This bounty is very dangerous. ”

Everyone looked at her, and said in their hearts, you also know the danger.

The person who spoke was naturally Lu Qi, and when he heard this, he said: "I know, but we are not weak, if we don't solve this trouble, won't we all be able to get out of the city." It just so happens that we can form a team. ”

"Okay then."

Taliyah hesitated, but nodded in agreement.

But he sighed helplessly in his heart, it seems that this reward will be less than half.

She accepted the bounty not only to solve this trouble, but also because she no longer had a copper plate on her, and if she continued like this, she would die of hunger and thirst in the city sooner or later.

She also just came to Tarot City today, and after hearing about it, she didn't expect anyone to dare to accept the bounty together.

Of course, she won't dislike it, after all, more people have more power.

It's just that she can't see the power of Lu Qi and the others, and their breath is completely like two ordinary people.

She worries that if something goes wrong, she may not be able to protect them.

(End of chapter)