By the time Zochi and Soraka returned to the Crownguard family's estate, it was not yet completely dark.

Because of the invitation to play in the family, the manor of the Crown Guard family was still very lively at this time.

However, Lux did not invite other nobles, so it can be said that tonight's dinner was limited to Zuochi and Ash, Kaisha, and others.

As soon as she returned to the crown guard family, Lux ran towards Zuo Chi with the hem of the princess dress.

Approaching, Lux looked up at Zuo Chi's eyes and said in a coquettish voice:

"Zuochi, where have you been?"

Zuo Chi could see that today's Lux should be well-dressed.

She wore a white lace princess dress, thigh-length white stockings and white high heels, which set her off very high, long blonde hair hanging down to her waist, and slightly powdered cheeks were flawless.

Zuo Chi looked at Lux in front of him, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I've known you for so long, and it's the first time I've seen you wear this style of clothes." ”

Hearing Zuo Chi's words, a flush appeared on Lux's cheeks, she held her head high and snorted softly:

"I don't want some people to look down on me!"

After Lux finished speaking, she looked at Zuo Chi angrily, and it was obvious that she was angry now.

Zuo Chi had told her before that he would come back to her after the war was over, and then he would teach her the elemental magic of other attributes.

As a result, it has been several days now, and Zuo Chi has been staying with other girls during the period, and she has changed into an extremely gorgeous dress for Soraka, and she was directly hung aside by Zuo Chi, and she didn't say a few words.

The thought of this made Lux feel a little uncomfortable.

Zuo Chi leaned back slightly, and then pinched his nose with his hand: "Why do you feel that someone is talking sourly, Lux, have you eaten and been vinegared tonight?" ”

"You're jealous!" As soon as Zuo Chi's words fell, Lux shouted angrily.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she met Zuo Chi's smiling eyes, and Lux knew that Zuo Chi was teasing her again, which made Lux's already unbearable expression directly out of control.

"Zuo Chi, you bad guy who doesn't keep your word!"

"Good, good, my fault, my fault!"

Zuo Chi looked at Lux's gradually reddening eyes, and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Haven't I always run out of time? Originally, I thought I'd go to you tomorrow and teach you magic. ”

Lux's tone was suffocated, and she tilted her head and looked at Zuo Chi suspiciously:

"Really?"

Zuo Chi nodded: "Of course, I don't have to lie to you about this kind of thing." ”

Hearing this, Lux's little face under her crotch smiled again, but in order not to make Zuo Chi think that she was very coaxing, she still raised her head and snorted softly:

"Then I'll wait for you in the room tomorrow, and you can't miss the appointment again."

Zuo Chi smiled helplessly: "Okay." ”

"That's right."

After being satisfied, Lux finally remembered what was going on, and she said to Zuo Chi:

"Zuo Chi, just now His Majesty asked someone to bring news, saying that you will have time to go to the palace, and it is estimated that I want to reward you."

"Oh?"

Zuo Chi was a little surprised, isn't this just a pillow sent by drowsiness.

Even if Jiawen IV didn't look for him, he was going to go to the Demacia Palace because of the world runes, but now Jiawen IV came directly.

"I'll go over and have a look now."

It just so happened that the sky was not completely dark, and there was still some time before the evening banquet, so Zuo Chi just took advantage of this time to go to the palace to have a look.

After asking Lux and Soraka to say hello to Ash and the others, Zuochi flew straight in the direction of the Demacia Palace.

As the country of Demacia has always been, the style of the Royal Palace of Demacia is also extremely solemn and luxurious, and every place shows the wealth of the empire.

Without encountering any obstacles, the guards in the places where Zuo Chi passed were almost instantly released, and the soldiers were all looking at Zuo Chi who came in front of him with an extremely eager gaze.

Zuo Chi didn't stay long, and came directly to a luxurious building under the leadership of the soldiers.

Walking into the luxurious study, Zuo Chi saw Jiawen IV sitting in front of the desk, and beside him, there was a man with a sturdy figure and a cold expression.

Debang Manager - Zhao Xin!

As a sibling and friend of Jiawen IV's father, Zhao Xin can be said to have watched Jiawen IV grow up step by step.

Emperor Jiawen IV called Zhao Xin his uncle, and Zhao Xin was responsible for guarding Jiawen IV's safety and teaching him many combat skills.

Once, Zhao Xin, who was born in a coastal city of Ionia, was captured by Noxus' warships and entered the Imperial Liquidation Arena and became a liquidator, and later Noxus went to war with Demacia, and Zhao Xin became a member of Noxus' cannon fodder force.

It was Jiawen III who forgave everything about Zhao Xin and took him in as his own bodyguard.

Up to now, Zhao Xin has been guarding the Light Shield family for decades.

It can be said that with Zhao Xin by his side, the safety factor of Jiawen III and Jiawen IV will be greatly improved.

Seeing Zuo Chi come in, Jiawen IV stood up and opened his arms towards Zuo Chi with a smile:

"Your Excellency Zuo Chi, it took some time to appease the civilians, and it made you wait for a long time."

Zuo Chi shook his head slightly: "It's okay, Your Majesty. ”

After taking his seat, Gavin IV continued: "How is your body recovering, and what are your plans for the future?" I've heard that you've not been in Demacia for too long, so let Lux show you around Demacia. ”

Zuo Chi looked at Gavin IV, he knew that Gavin IV was determining his next trip, and he was interested in recruiting him, hoping that he would be able to stay in Demacia.

It's just a pity that Zuo Chi obviously can't stay in Demacia for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I came to Demacia to take my wife to relax, and now I have been staying for a while, and I will prepare to go back later."

"Are you going back to the North?"

Gavin IV had some regrets, to be honest, after seeing the power of Zuochi, he dreamed of leaving Zuochi in Demacia.

But he also knew that it was impossible for a strong person like Zuo Chi to stay in one place for a long time, let alone work hard for others.

"Is it true that you won't stay any longer?" Gavin IV asked without giving up.

Zuo Chi nodded: "There are some other things that need to be dealt with, so I can't stay for long." I hope that Your Majesty will not forget the trade between the two countries that His Majesty promised me. ”

"It's natural, I'll have people do it."

Gavin IV was full of regret:

"Zuo Chi, you have helped Demacia eliminate a great threat and made outstanding contributions to maintaining Demacia's national security. I don't even know how to thank you. ”

Zuo Chi's smile became a little inexplicable, and he suddenly took out a simple magic scroll from his arms:

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, I'm actually going to leave to find my teacher on this trip, and his old man specially told me to come to you to pick up the things he put in Demacia."

"Huh?"

This time, Jiawen IV was directly stunned.

He couldn't figure it out at all, a strong man like Zuo Chi would still have a teacher!?

"I don't know."

In an inquiring tone, Gavin IV asked, "Who is Your Excellency Zuochi's teacher?" What are you going to pick up from Demacia on this trip? ”

Zuo Chi opened the scroll in his hand, and at the same time said with a proud face:

"My teacher is naturally the famous Archmage Ruiz!"

“！？”

This time, Gavin IV was even more shocked.

"Your Excellency Zuo Chi is actually a student of Master Ruize?"

Zuo Chi nodded, forcibly held back the corners of his eyes that kept twitching, and said with a serious face:

"It's been a long time since I said goodbye to my teacher, and I had a cordial conversation with my teacher at that time."

"If you say it that way"

Jiawen IV nodded thoughtfully: "In this way, it seems that His Excellency Zuo Chi is strong and understandable. ”

"I just don't know what Your Excellency Zuo Chi is going to take?"

Zuo Chi covered his chest in disgust, and his tone was a little low:

"Not long ago, the teacher sent me a message that he was in an invincible danger and asked me to immediately take the treasure he had stored in Demacia to save him."

"And the treasure he put in Demacia, naturally"

Zuo Chi paused, and then said in a deep voice: "World Runes!" ”

Zuo Chi's tone was extremely serious when he said this, but what he really thought in his heart was probably only known to him.

To be honest, Zuo Chi wasn't sure if the World Rune was in Demacia at all, so he said this, just to confirm his conjecture.

But Jiawen IV's reaction directly gave Zuo Chi a positive answer.

Because when he heard Zuo Chi's words, his eyes looked at the door of the room like a falcon, and he didn't completely relax until he was sure that there were only Zhao Xin and the three of them at the scene.

If Jiawen IV had a slight suspicion about the relationship between Zuo Chi and Ruiz before, now he has completely believed Zuo Chi's words.

After all, no one else knew about Ruiz's deposit of the World Runes in Demacia except for Gavin III and him, the heir to the Empire.

World Runes are unlike any other magical artifact, they are the origin of all the magical elements in the Land of Runeterra, even if they are only left untouched on the ground, they can still attract the magic power within a radius of thousands of miles, attracting all pretenders.

In order to avoid a repeat of the rune wars, Ruiz must hide it in a hidden place.

And in this case, Demacia's forbidden magic stone has become the most perfect material.

Before Gavin IV was born, or even before Gavin III succeeded to the throne, Ruiz began to store world runes in Demacia.

And every time he finds a piece, he will come to Demacia and seal the world runes here perfectly.

This matter can almost be said to be a top secret between Ruiz and the Demacian royal family, and it is impossible for a third person to know about it.

And now, a supreme person like Zuo Chi has appeared here, and has revealed in detail the secret that only Ruiz and them know, and combining the two, Jiawen IV has no reason not to believe Zuo Chi.

To sum up, Zuo Chi is Ruiz's student, and the teacher-student relationship between the two is extremely close, and they are almost wearing the same pair of pants!

It is precisely because of this that Ruiz trusts Zuo Chi and asks him to take the world runes.

"Uncle."

Jiawen IV shouted softly, Zhao Xin nodded knowingly, and then walked outside the study, leaving only Jiawen IV and Zuo Chi in the room.

After Zhao Xin left, Jiawen IV looked at Zuo Chi:

"Your Excellency Zuo Chi, please also say hello to Master Ruiz for me."

Zuo Chi smiled and nodded: "When I tell the teacher about today's events, he will definitely be very happy." ”

"Please come with me."

Jiawen IV slowly got up and walked to the back of the study first, while Zuo Chi followed him quietly.

Passing through the narrow corridor, Zuochi followed Gavin IV deeper into the royal palace of Demacia.

Zuo Chi looked at everything in the Demacia Palace, and guessed where the World Runes would be placed by Ruiz.

Zuo Chi couldn't imagine how happy he would be when he collected five world runes.

After walking like this for half an hour, a huge square with an extremely large area appeared in front of Zuo Chi and Jiawen IV.

This square covers an area of nearly 100 hectares, and the whole body is snow-white, and just standing on it will make you feel that your magic power is rapidly draining.

And around the square, a huge forbidden stone statue is erected at intervals, and in the center are five giant statues with a height of nearly 30 meters.

Looking at the square in front of him, Zuo Chi felt something.

Gawain IV walked to the tallest forbidden stone statue in the center of the square, raised his hand and gently touched a corner at the foot of the statue.

"Click~!"

The ground began to tremble as the sound of the mechanism was heard, and a deep passage appeared in front of Zuochi and Jiawen IV.

"Follow me."

With that, Gavin IV stepped into the passage first, followed by Zuo Chi, walking deep underground.

Walking and in the darkness, Zuo Chi could even hear his own heartbeat that was gradually accelerating.

Zuo Chi knew that he was getting closer and closer to the runes of other worlds.

After walking like this for a long time, Zuo Chi suddenly found that a slight light began to come from the front, and this light was gradually expanding.

Finally, it suddenly dawned.

A bright and huge underground space appeared in front of Zuo Chi, and in this space there were countless trees made of forbidden magic stones, and there was not the slightest fluctuation of magical elements in the air.

Govin IV took out an object resembling the coat of arms of Demacia from his bosom and gently embedded it in the stone platform to his left.

"Boom!"

The entire space began to shake violently, and the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest in front of the two of them automatically separated a path leading to the central area.

There, Zuo Chi saw five forbidden stone pillars hollowed out in the center, and many complicated magic patterns were engraved on the stone pillars.

Zuo Chi had seen these magic patterns, because the scroll in his hand that could suppress the power of the world's runes had these lines on it.

And right in the center of the five stone pillars, five different colors of light emanated from them, illuminating a small area around them.

At this point, Zuo Chi could even clearly sense the trembling of the Domination rune in his arms.

"Your Excellency Zuochi, what Master Ruiz has deposited in Demacia is right ahead, please forgive me for not being able to take you there."

Jiawen IV's voice sounded again, Zuo Chi nodded clearly, and then walked forward.

Walking through the narrow path, he finally came to the first stone pillar, and at the same time he saw the yellow world runes that were quietly suspended in it.

Precision!

The second stone pillar, the Green World Rune.

Steadfast!

The third stone pillar, the Red World Rune.

The dominant system in the hands of Zuo Chi!

The fourth stone pillar, the blue world rune!

Department of Witchcraft!

When Zuo Chi walked here, he already had four more World Runes in his hands.

Removed from the Forbidden Stone, these world runes that had been dormant for countless years once again showed their fangs.

The majestic rune magic that entered the sea frantically impacted Zuo Chi's body, and this magic power was even a little uncontrollable even in the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest.

Zuo Chi was even sure that if the person standing here was not himself, but anyone who had never penetrated rune magic, even a demigod might not be able to withstand this power of creation.

Staring at the four runes in front of him, Zuo Chi strode towards the last stone pillar.

The fifth stone pillar, the cyan world rune!

Enlightenment!

However, when Zuo Chi came to the fifth stone pillar, he was stunned.

Looking at the empty hollow stone pillar, Zuo Chi couldn't help frowning slightly.

Enlightenment runes on Ryze?

It doesn't make sense, according to Zuo Chi's understanding of Ruiz, it seems that he won't carry the world rune with him for a long time at all.

Could it be that Ryze hasn't found the whereabouts of the Enlightenment Rune yet?

A look of pity flashed in Zuo Chi's eyes, but he quickly adjusted his emotions.

Although he didn't have been able to collect all the world runes, he already had four of them in his hand at the moment, so what was there to be dissatisfied.

It's a big deal to wait until Ryze finds the Enlightenment Department before I go to him!

At this time, Zuo Chi stood quietly in the very center of the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest, his hands slowly spread in front of him, and the four world runes immediately levitated in front of him.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Zuo Chi's heartbeat began to become dull, and his body began to gradually transform into a blue-gold star ascension form.

Under Zuo Chi's control, four colors of light converged into Zuo Chi's body.

In an instant, Zuo Chi's body began to tremble violently, and he only felt that he was almost bursting at this time.

The four colored silk threads began to circulate between the stars, and the stars were completely hooked together, and Zuo Chi's aura of power was growing exponentially.

In the next moment, Zuo Chi no longer suppressed his strength, and the surging power vented out of his body, and frantically swept towards the surrounding forbidden demon stone forest, and the dazzling light instantly filled the entire underground space.

Standing on the outermost side, Gavin IV quickly stepped back and curled up in the corner of the passage.

While the energy was raging, Gavin IV even heard the sound of the trees in the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest shattering due to absorbing too much magical power.

After a short time, Jiawen IV noticed that the energy fluctuations in the space in front of him were gradually fading, and at the same time, a figure appeared behind him.

"Your Majesty, let's leave."

Zuo Chi's smiling voice came, and Jiawen IV subconsciously looked at the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest in front of him.

It's okay if he doesn't look at it, and at a glance, the hundred-meter-tall forbidden demon ancient trees closest to him are instantly full of cracks, and even one more look will explode.

Jiawen IV didn't dare to think about how terrifying it would be to be able to do this.

From beginning to end, Jiawen IV didn't even know how he left the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest.

Walking out of the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest, Zuo Chi directly chose to say goodbye to Jiawen IV:

"Your Majesty, Lux has held a banquet, and they are still waiting for me, so I will not stay long, and I will have the opportunity to visit again later."

Although Jiawen IV wanted to keep Zuo Chi very much, he also knew that he had no reason at all.

However, it was also at this time that Jiawen IV recalled Zuo Chi's words just now, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

If you want to keep Zuo Chi, you can not only rely on generous treatment, but also others!

He's already married to two wives, so it shouldn't matter if there's another one, right?

Even if Zuo Chi can't be left behind, as long as he can bond with Demacia, then Demacia will definitely be invincible.

The thought in his mind became more and more determined, and Gawain IV immediately walked towards the study where he came.

However, just when Jiawen IV had just returned to the study, Zhao Xin walked into the house in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the front line is urgent!"

Jiawen IV's brows furrowed, and he quickly stepped forward: "Uncle, read quickly!" ”

"One of the three members of the Trifali Council of the Noxian Empire, Generalissimo Darius, led the Trifali Legion to arrive at the Gate of Sorrow on our border yesterday!"

"Noxus Admiral Kree led the army to launch an attack on the Silver Alchemy Mountains, and the front line requested Imperial support!"

"Noxus dropped the war weapon Seon on the eastern front of our country, and Lenwall was slaughtered overnight!"

(End of chapter)