Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Although Demacia does not have the concept of "Sword of Shang Fang", this command sword, which has accompanied Sentu all his life and is now separated from the scabbard and held in the hands of Lux and Ino, has the same meaning as the Sword of Shang Fang. How many.

After experiencing long years of erosion in the Shadow Realm, although this command sword is still very sharp, the blade is no longer as smooth as it was at the beginning - even if the main body of the sword is Thousand Forged Runesteel, it has been exposed to shadow erosion for a long time. It still caused indelible damage to it.

Holding the sword body and scabbard, Lux and Ino fell into a rare silence as they watched this respectable King drop everything, gradually become transparent, and finally dissipate into nothingness.

For them, this old command sword can save a lot of trouble and provide a lot of help.

But at this moment, what they feel is more of an indescribable responsibility and inheritance.

And Sentu's death was just the beginning.

After His Majesty the King finally put his regrets to rest, many soul warriors who had followed him in the Shadow Realm for many years also put down their weapons, and their souls turned from vivid to dim.

They have accomplished their mission.

After it was confirmed that the demon had been captured and sealed, and His Majesty Sentu completely let go, an indescribable heaviness and fatigue finally came to my heart. I don’t know who started it. These fearless pioneer warriors shouted loudly at the top of their lungs. Sing the song of Demacia.

We have crossed the mountains, we have walked through the grasslands, our home is by the Sea of ​​Conquest, the Demacians who have settled here, move forward, move forward,

We slay dragons, we defeat demons, our warriors move forward bravely, brave Demacians, move forward, move forward,

We build fortresses, we expand borders, we have thousands of cities, hardworking and strong Demacians, move forward, move forward,

We build roads, we open up farmland, our tall granaries are full, hardworking Demacians, move forward, move forward.

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This Demacian song, born from a labor chant, has a simple melody and is the first song many Demacians learn in their lives.

But it is such a song with a simple melody and popular lyrics, but it clearly describes the best vision and deepest desire of Demacia people from generation to generation.

Perhaps for the nobles, kindness, bravery, fairness, justice...all these qualities are just their self-proclaimed political correctness, but for the Demacians, all these are indeed their pursuit and desire. .

The ancestors who left their hometown with their children to escape the Rune War sang this song and came to Demacia today. In the song, they built settlements from scratch, trained their own armies, and developed own city.

The first generation of children born in Demacia grew up listening to this song. Then, they sang this song and built settlements into cities, opening up farmland around the cities, connecting roads, and driving away wild beasts and Evil mage.

After the founding of Demacia, the first generation of Demacians also grew up listening to this song. Under the leadership of Sentu, they built a fortress in the north and the sea in the south, stabilizing the borders of Demacia and truly realizing the soul of this country. Shape and build.

At that time, generations of Demacians added lyrics to the song. Some sang about it sowing wheat fields, some sang about it herding cattle and sheep, some sang about it forging swords, and some sang about it forging swords. Sing it and go to the battlefield - unlike the complex and grand music of the Illuminati choir, everyone can sing this song, everyone can make up a simple lyrics, and everyone uses it to record their own lives.

The soldiers of the Fearless Pioneers didn't sing in unison, but they were loud enough. Some people sang off-key or forgot the words, so they simply stopped and laughed, and tried to start over from the beginning.

In this way, the loud singing was soon filled with laughter and laughter; and amidst this laughter, the bodies of the soul warriors finally gradually dimmed one after another.

Finally, when the singing dispersed, only three figures were left on the city top that was originally filled with fully armed and fearless vanguard warriors.

Lux, Ino... and Jacka.

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"Uncle, let's go." With a dumb voice, Lux carefully put away the command sword and looked at Jacka, "Follow me back to Xiongdu. Everyone's mission has been completed, and you should come back too. .”

"Me? Forget it!" Jieka waved his hand and leaned on the city wall, "I'm used to staying here, and it feels wrong to go out and face the sun again."

"I'm keeping your body." Lux wanted to persuade her again, "Let's go back with me. I guarantee that you will be like a normal person."

"Resurrection from the dead is not normal." Jacka shook his head, and then waved his hand to indicate that Lux could leave. "Although the devil is finished, there is still someone who needs to stay and guard the Shadow Realm."

"Vayne will guard here." Lux was obviously prepared. "She has completely transformed herself into the shadow form and can no longer leave, so she will guard here to prevent any evil creatures from the shadow world from passing through the gate. Enter Runeterra."

"That's good." When Jack heard this, he nodded seriously, "It means that I still have a companion..."

"...Uncle!" Lux couldn't help but raise her tone, "Stop making these random excuses. Why don't you want to go back with me?"

"Because I have made an oath to stay here forever." Jika spread his hands, "That oath that Sentu told you before."

"But the devil is gone now!" Lux obviously couldn't understand Jika's thoughts now. "Without the devil to imprison, why do you have to endure the long years in this dark world?"

"Lux." Seeing the other party's attitude of breaking the casserole and asking for the truth, Jecca could only sigh helplessly, "In this world, time is different from outside. Do you understand?"

Lux nodded.

"Here, time becomes distant and long." Jacka looked at the chaos in the distance, "I have adapted to everything here, whether it is darkness, shadow, fog... I know very well, Now I am no longer a human being."

"No, you are!" Lux shook her head, denying Jacka's statement, "You just accepted a sacrifice ceremony-"

"But there is always a price for sacrificing rituals." Jecca turned around and put his hand on Lux's shoulder, with a very serious expression, "During the break between battles, I also learned martial arts from His Majesty Sentu, but you know Well, Lux, I can't learn those seemingly simple movements no matter how hard I learn them - if I learn them now, I will completely forget them in a short time."

"..."

"Ever since the sacrifice ceremony, my time has been frozen in that moment forever." Jaka reluctantly showed a smile, "The oath of the sacrifice ceremony is not as simple as dedicating everything to fighting the devil... Power There is always a price. The immortality of the soul also means that there will never be any progress or changes. Do you understand this feeling?"

Lux was silent.

"This little girl." Jecca pointed at Ino with a wry smile, "I can't remember your name now."

She rubbed the hilt of her sword, putting herself in her uncle's shoes, but found that if Jacka chose to leave with her at this time, the result would probably be even more painful for him.

"But if you stay here, wouldn't you be too lonely?" Lux was still making her last effort. "Even if your time has been fixed and you can't remember more of the future, at least you can return to Crownguard Manor. , you still know me, you know Galen, you know your father, mother, aunt——"

"Silly girl." Jecca shook her head and brushed Lux's face with her hands, "For a soul fixed here, loneliness is a rare enjoyment - don't persuade me, I am absolutely Won't leave here.

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In the end, when Lux and Ino left the Shadow Realm through the "main gate", they still failed to take away Jacka's soul.

The stubborn Jacka made up his mind to stay here, but Lux couldn't persuade him no matter what. In the end, he could only entrust him to continue to guard this fortress that connects the Shadow Realm and Runeterra, and by the way, monitor the unfolding events in the Shadow Realm. Vayne embarks on an endless hunt.

Yes, Vayne ended up staying in the Shadow Realm, except for Jacka.

After taking down Nocturne, she completed her revenge as she wished - the shadow arrow completely penetrated Evelynn who was sealed into a puppet, causing the demon to completely lose its life.

Then, when Evelin's body completely dissipated, Vayne, who had taken her revenge, fell into a subtle state between madness and reason. She asked Ino to leave quickly while laughing. He chased after them, and then was attracted by a group of shadow creatures halfway. He rushed over and started to output with all his strength.

Seeing this situation, Ino immediately asked Kalya, wanting to know what was going on with Vayne, and came to the conclusion that "Vayne has completely become a chaotic shadow creature, with the desire for revenge and hunting as a form of chaos." The source of it drives her to search for prey in the shadow world."

Considering that Vayne could no longer leave the Shadow Realm, Ino could only look at it from afar, then turned and left.

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After leaving the Shadow Realm, although the two of them saw the bright sunshine again, Lux's mood still dropped visibly.

Obviously, although she could understand Jacka's choice, the failure to save her uncle still made her extremely painful - even though Kalya told her that the sacrifice ritual could be lifted through time spells, it still failed to make Lux feel better.

There is no way, the time spell is too obscure and profound, even Kalya herself does not understand it. Under such circumstances, how easy is it for Lux to cancel the sacrifice ritual?

Sitting in a rickety carriage, looking at Lux's disappointed look, Ino could only reluctantly start a new topic, trying to cheer her up a little:

"Speaking of which, Teacher Kalya, is the demon named Evelin really dead?"

"No, Evelin did not really die." Kalya gave a negative answer, "As long as the pain is still there, Evelin cannot really be killed - this is the most troublesome thing about the devil, it was born out of pain Among them, even if the demon body has died, as long as there is a chance, it can be reborn in pain. In comparison, it is easier to seal it."

"Then you let Vayne kill it?" Ino was a little confused, "Why didn't you stay and seal it?"

"Evelin is indeed in a sealed state now." Kalya chuckled upon hearing this, "She is locked up in my world, right next door to Nocturne."

"Ah?" Ino's eyes widened, "But, I clearly saw Vayne's arrow pierce through and melt Evelin..."

"It's just a demon clone, part of the demon's body." Kalya said in a relaxed tone, "I also made a deal with Evelin."

"Why did it agree to trade with you?" Ino was still a little confused. "Compared to temporary death, I think it would be worse to be sealed forever, right?"

"I threatened it that if it didn't obey, I would feed it to Nocturne." Kalya laughed. "Evelin was anxious at the time and said that as long as I didn't give it to anyone else, Devil, whatever I say is what I say."

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The look of Kalya who was even more evil than the devil made Ino couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh, and Lux, who had always been very disappointed, couldn't help but roll her eyes to show respect after hearing this.

"Okay, these two novice demons are not a problem at all, so you don't have to worry!" Seeing that Lux finally reacted, Kalya also breathed a sigh of relief, "Compared with demons, you should consider it more now. Yes, it’s about what to do after returning to the capital of Demacia!”

"Wait a minute!" Ino said strangely upon hearing this, "Didn't we agree to lay a foundation of the people in Forsbarrow first? Why did we suddenly jump to the capital of Demacia?"

"The plan can't keep up with the changes." There was a hint of schadenfreude in Kalya's tone, "You are not in Forsbarrow now!"

Not in Forsbarrow?

Lux and Ino looked at each other with a bit of surprise in their eyes.

"There aren't even any snow-capped mountains in the north, and the temperature is still so high. How can this be Forsbarrow?"

"Wait, why is this happening?" Lux finally took the initiative to speak, "When we went in and out of the Shadow Realm before... weren't we always near Forsbarrow?"

"The space laws of the sub-plane are naturally different from those of Rune Land." Kalya explained, "Do you think that the Shadow Realm is the same as the world of simulation training, with only one fixed entry and exit point?"

Lux nodded.

"That's wrong. The Shadow Realm is as big as Runeterra is, but the space correspondence between the two sides is distorted." Kalya continued, "About this aspect, your follow-up courses will talk about it - space distortion, space Folding and space travel are compulsory courses for advanced spellcasters!"

"What about now?" Listening to this string of proper nouns, Lux instinctively felt her temples swell and decisively changed the topic, "Where are we now? Near Xiongdu?"

"In terms of plants and sunlight, yes."

"So, we need to find out if there are any cities or villages nearby?"

"That's right."

"Choose one direction and go straight?"

"It is recommended to go west. Once you see the coast, you can proceed along the coast."

"Okay." Lux finally let out a long breath, "Then just go back to the capital of Demacia in one go!"

"That's right!" Seeing that Lux seemed to be in a much better mood, Ino also clenched his fists, "Demacia, your noble model is back!"

"You're going to die!" Lux's face turned red after hearing this. She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and covered Ino's mouth. "What a noble model... you are not allowed to say that!"

"Well, wuwuwuwu——"

Kalya’s Little Classroom·Anchored Soul:

The soul that undergoes a sacrificial ritual becomes anchored to the moment in which the ritual is performed.

Jaka first learned about the mission of the Fearless Vanguard Soul Warrior, and then accepted the sacrifice ceremony. After accepting the sacrifice ceremony, he would quickly forget the information received after the ceremony, just like Alzheimer's disease.