Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Volibear is an old god who hates man-made changes to nature. To him, Runeland should be wild and unruly. Any act of building dams or strengthening roads is a desecration of wild nature.

Therefore, as followers of Volibear, the Lost Ones under his command will also carry out Volibear's will and destroy all human transformations of nature - thus, within the entire Silver River, wherever the Lost Ones go, all The dykes were dug, all the canals were blocked, the bridges were blown up by thunderstorms, the aqueducts were knocked down, and the water conservancy facilities that the Demacians of Mithral City had spent hundreds of years building were destroyed.

For some reasons, the Old Gods could not appear outside the Freljord, but as a reward for the believers to restore the wild nature, Volibear's thunder bombarded the Dragonspine Mountains, shattering large glaciers and mixing ice and snow. Along with the sediment, they poured into the Yinling River.

Suddenly, the water level of the entire Yinlin River surged.

The Dragon Bird Knight, who noticed something was wrong with the river water, immediately wanted to return to Misilver City to report the news, but was knocked over by lightning falling from the sky.

In the midst of whining, the dragon bird's body became paralyzed and barely fell to the ground. The dragon bird knight comforted his injured comrades while raising his lance, which was not conducive to infantry combat, and rushed towards the losers who were coming from all directions. Finally, he fell. In a flashing arc of electricity.

As a "reward" for the brave man, in the end, after the loser destroyed the armor and weapons of the dragon bird knight and ate the dragon bird's flesh and blood, he kept a piece of armor and a few feathers as hangings. Bountiful trophies.

Since then, Mithril City's "eyes" have been completely blind.

When Henchal, who thought he could hold on to the city, finally discovered something was wrong, the water of the Yinling River was already unstoppable.

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This day is destined to be remembered forever by the residents of Mithral City.

First they saw flashes of lightning and heard rolling thunder in the middle of winter. Then, when they strangely raised their heads to look at the sky and discussed with each other whether the thunder behind the clouds looked like a bear or a pig, they heard a sudden sound in their ears. Listen to thousands of horses galloping and the roar of drums shaking the ground.

The ice on the Yin Lin River burst into pieces, and as the stone bridge upstream collapsed, the flood peak mixed with ice was like a turbid gray line, roaring towards Miyin City, arriving at the speed of lightning. Port area.

The initial flood peak failed to directly cross the tall forbidden magic stone city wall in the port area, but it easily broke through the ship lock area without city wall protection at the port area pier, poured directly into the port area pier, and slammed into the port area. On the district breakwater!

The waves mixed with ice and sand smashed into a fine piece of foam on the breakwater, but before the foam dissipated, the second and third waves followed one after another. The magic stone breakwater could no longer hold on in the face of such violent currents, and was soon torn out large gaps.

And with the breakage of the breakwater, the small dam in the Miylin City port area began to face the astonishing flood peaks and waves!

The hydrological environment of the Yinlin River has always been stable. In addition, there are many reservoirs and dams in the upper reaches of Miyin City. The dams in the port area of ​​Miyin City have no flood control function at all. Under the impact of huge waves mixed with ice, this river Mithril City's last line of defense was like paper. The dam broke instantly, and water began to pour into Mithril City's port area!

Due to the terrain, the residents in the port area only heard a noise just now, but most of them could not see the flood peak in the distance. It was not until the flood was about to rush in front of them that they realized that a disaster was coming!

After a brief stagnation, the entire port area of ​​Mithril City seemed to explode. Everyone immediately gathered up their belongings and rushed toward the main city with the young and old in their arms.

The flood is coming, and only the main city on the mountain in the lake can take refuge at this time!

However, because the port area is the most prosperous and populous area in Mithril City, the high price of land has led to extremely dense buildings here. When countless people rushed towards the main city area, a congestion and trampling finally broke out. avoidance happened.

The sounds of crying, wailing, cursing, and roaring were all in one mass, but they seemed so small against the background of the roaring water.

In order to prepare for the attack of the Winter's Claw, most of the militiamen and soldiers of the Second Legion were on the city wall at this time. Only a small number of sheriffs were responsible for maintaining order in the port area. After the chaos broke out and spread, How can these guys, most of whom became sheriffs just because of their connections with the Crownguard family, bother to maintain order?

These vigilantes with most of their property in the main city can run faster than anyone else!

The conscientious ones ran and shouted for others to avoid the water, while the unconscionable ones simply fled in silence, and the situation in the entire port area instantly got out of control!

On the city wall of the port area, the soldiers of the Second Legion and the Mithril City militia who were originally guarding the city wall faced the raging water and were a little at a loss for a moment. Because Henchal and a large number of senior officers were directly attacked by Thunder. He was killed at the observation point, and there was no news from the headquarters. The soldiers on the city wall could only fight individually with sword formation or shield formation squads as basic units.

Among the team leaders, some judged that the city wall could not be defended, while others believed that their responsibilities could not be lost, so some took down the city wall and retreated towards the main city, while others gathered to prevent the Freljordians from attacking by water.

Starting from the port area, chaos began to spread to other urban areas at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The passage connecting the two urban areas in the east and west and the main urban area is originally a dike, and under the road is the sluice gate. As the floods hit, the porous gate, which was originally both beautiful and practical, looked like it might collapse at any time - so , even though the eastern urban area and the western urban area are built on mountains and have relatively high terrain, seeing the surging waves and the passage connecting the main urban area may be cut off by floods at any time, residents of these two urban areas began to quickly flock to Direction to the main city.

The same chaos began to spread on the two dike top roads, but unlike the stampede in the port area, here, many people were pushed directly off the dike top roads and fell into the river. among.

Some of those who lost their footing plunged directly into the water and were never seen again, some hit the ice in the water and exploded in red, and some were swept away by the water from the porous gate like a rag doll, and then lived or died.

The residents of Mithril City became even more panicked after seeing this scene, and the panic further aggravated the crowding and pushing...

In front of the flood, the entire Misilver City has turned into a mess!

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Galen is now able to get out of bed and move around.

When the flood came, he was scheming with the "uncles" from the side branch. Galen, who was not good at this, needed to work hard to face these difficult relatives and get rid of them. , dig out some materials that can strengthen Miyin City's armaments.

This Winter's Claw attack has proven that the natural dangers of the Dragon's Back Mountains are not a foolproof barrier, and Mithril City should now resume its significance as a military fortress.

However, although Galen wanted to directly fortify Mithral City, his uncles did not want it to become a military-first fortress like Green Teeth Peak.

The Pearl of the North not only has military significance. The land here is fertile and the transportation is convenient. The branch of the Crownguard family can live so well not because of military merit, but because of management!

If Mithril City really becomes the northern fortress, how will everyone make money next?

Of course, they definitely couldn't say these things directly to Galen, otherwise Galen's words "for the family and for Demacia" would make them lose all excuses. So, these cunning nobles moved out of Mithral City and civilians, as if they themselves He is a good person who considers the livelihood of the common people, and begins to lament the hardships of the people's livelihood.

Mithril City has become a fortress, so the ships coming and going must be on heightened alert and the flow of supplies must be checked, right?

But there are so many small traders in Forsbarrow, and they rely on the water transportation of the Silver Lining River to support their families. If they are delayed in Miyin City, their business for a year will be delayed, and the whole family will be hungry!

Similarly, if Mithril City becomes a fortress, then many nearby villages will also become fortresses, right?

If the surrounding villages become fortresses, a lot of farmland may be abandoned, and farmers who have lost their farmland may be displaced and die of cold and hunger!

Therefore, Mithril City must not be turned into a fortress. This is the food and clothing for millions of Mithril City people!

Of course, simple opposition is definitely not strong enough. In order to convince Galen not to support Henchal in strengthening military armaments in Mithril City, these guys who had already colluded with each other prepared excuses.

This time the Freljord barbarians came to the city, it must be because Henchal's outpost reconnaissance and frontline defenses were not built well. Therefore, we cannot turn Mithral City into a fortress. We must build the frontline forward and reach the dragon. Go under the Ridge Mountains and defend the enemy from outside the country!

What does it mean to have Freljordian barbarians running around like they did this winter?

It has to be said that the nobles who are all about talking are really good at speaking. Even though Galen initially supported Henchal and hoped that the branches of his family would support Henchal's goal of strengthening armaments, but as time went by The "uncles" took turns, and Galen was a little bit embarrassed.

After all, if the defense line can be placed directly at the foot of the Dragon's Back Mountains, does it seem to be better than strengthening the defense of Misilver City?

After all, the examples and evidence everyone gave do sound like that!

Although Galen, who has been in the military for many years, is well versed in troop formations and training charges, he obviously lacks knowledge of logistics and internal affairs - Miyin City relies on the Silver Lining River, making it easy to transport materials and strengthen the Miyin City. Although Silver City's armament will affect the lives of some people, for most Mi Silver City residents, the impact is actually relatively limited.

Once Mithril City strengthens its armaments and becomes more closely connected with the capital, the nobles who like to manipulate it here will have to restrain their actions and avoid being noticed.

As for their suggestion, build the defense line to the foot of the Longji Mountains...

Mithril City was originally established because there was no way to build a fortress at the foot of the Dragon's Back Mountain Range!

Just look at what Forsbyro looks like. If you want to transport a large amount of forbidden magic stones to the foot of Dragonspine Mountains, it will consume an amazing amount of manpower and material resources. Although it sounds good, it is absolutely impossible for Jarvan III to approve this proposal. !

In summary, when faced with Galen, the nobles of the Crownguard family chose to simply strengthen their armaments to the extreme, turning it into a fortress of Mithril City, and then presented an example to refute, and proposed that the result was beautiful, but actually impossible. The operation and the suggestion must be rejected by Jarvan III. The whole process seems to be like that, but in the final analysis it is sophistry and deceives Galen as a fool.

However, Galen did not have a magic piercing rod by his side, and he himself had never experienced such intrigues. The people around him were also fearless vanguard warriors - it was okay for him to lead the charge on the battlefield, but he only wanted to play tricks with these people. Can make oneself appear to be inconsiderate.

And just when Galen was almost persuaded and started to think about going back to have a good talk with Mr. Henchal, the sound of thousands of horses galloping came from outside.

This sound seemed to activate Galen's fighting instinct. Even though his health was not yet good, he still put on his helmet and shook his armor as soon as possible.

Halfway up the mountain, seeing that the turbulent water was about to completely submerge the port area, he sent an order to assemble the fearless vanguard and ordered people to go find Henchal to discuss together.

Then, Galen quickly received the news that Henchal, along with his guards and staff, had died in the thunderstorm just now.

After receiving this news, Galen's heart suddenly sank.

Although he didn't know the entire incident or where the water came from, he at least clearly realized that Mithril City was on the verge of life and death.

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly issued a series of orders, requiring the soldiers of the Second Legion guarding the main city to follow him and the fearless vanguard to quickly arrive at the entrances to the main city from each city, and immediately organize order, from then on. The Laeljordians have not attacked this point yet, and he judged that the opponent has no way to attack by water. Now is the precious window to rescue the residents and restore order!

At the same time, he also sent an envoy with his own orders to gather the soldiers still on the city walls in the port area, and strictly ordered the soldiers on the walls in the eastern and western city areas to be more vigilant, although the Freljordians could not take advantage of the flood to attack Port area, but you can take advantage of the chaos to attack the eastern and western urban areas!

Then, Galen led the team and took the initiative to go against the crowd and began to gather soldiers to try to boost morale.

The Lost Ones in the distance seemed to have exhausted their strength. Although the water was raging, the dense dark clouds gradually dissipated and the thunderstorm gradually stopped. As the flags of the Crownguard family and the battle flags of the Fearless Vanguard were raised together, clear instructions were received. The soldiers took action, and order in Mithril City began to gradually recover.

Galen and his personal guards arrived at the most heavily congested area at the entrance to the main city and began to evacuate the crowd and restore order.

More and more people left the port area and entered the higher-lying main city, and the congestion gradually turned into congestion. In order to accommodate these displaced people, many soldiers began to knock on the doors of the manors in the main city, hoping that The door can be opened and these people can be accommodated temporarily.

However, these manors belonging to the nobles of Mithril City almost all chose to keep their doors closed. They knocked urgently and simply said, "Our manor will not accept these beggars." It was not until Galen came forward in person that he realized Reluctantly, they contributed unoccupied gardens and verandas, allowing these frightened and tired civilians to temporarily settle down.

During this process, Galen finally came to a point of enlightenment.

The "uncles and uncles" of their own family are not even willing to contribute unmanned gardens and verandas for civilians to rest. How could they refuse to strengthen armaments "for the sake of civilian livelihoods"?

Although he hadn't fully figured it out yet, Galen had vaguely realized that he seemed to have been deceived by them!

Unfortunately, Galen, who discovered something was wrong, did not have time to settle accounts at this time - because there was a more important task in front of him, which was to rebuild the defense line of Mithril City.

Most of the port area has been submerged in water, and the city walls in the port area have almost no space for defense and may collapse at any time.

Once the water is under control, or the Freljordians find a way to cross the water, they can calmly gather from the port area and launch an attack on the main city!

There is no city wall between the port area and the main city.

The morale of the soldiers responsible for guarding Mithril City, whether it was the soldiers of the Second Legion or the local militia, had fallen to the bottom. This was even when the news of Henchal's death was blocked by Galen and was not spread.

With no protection from the city wall outside and a panic-stricken army inside, at this moment, Misilver City, the pearl of the north, has finally reached its most dangerous moment!

All of this was clearly seen by Shyvana who came to investigate, and truthfully reported it to Lux, who was still leading the troops to advance cautiously.

Kalya’s Little Classroom·The old gods leave the foreign land:

The naturally born old god will not leave the land where he was born, but his power and his legend can be spread to further places through his believers - Volibear gave the lost extra power. Although the power would cause the originally wild Lost to completely lose his human form and turn into a monster, it did bring an extremely heavy blow to Mithril City, truly flooding Mithril and shocking the North.