The Glory of Noxus

Blood cliff.

Warehouse area near the port.

In the dark environment, a candle lit up, reflecting Jalal's pale expression.

He looked back at the soldiers of the Leiser Guard Corps under his command. Most of them were injured, and the strong smell of blood filled the simple warehouse.

Fortunately, no one died, but the injuries were serious and minor.

But the atmosphere was a little gloomy, like a group of wounded beasts silently licking their wounds.

Jalal's eyes fell on Huo Jixing. Although he felt like he was about to survive a disaster, he wanted to ask what happened in Mouli Castle.

"Mouli IV is dead. He has devoted himself to blood magic." Huo Jixing leaned against the wall with a solemn expression.

"I saw the abandoned experimental site in the secret room of his study."

"A blood magic ritual was once performed inside."

Huo Jixing took out the parchment he found and gave it to Jalal.

"This is an experiment log. It's a little bit damaged."

Jalal took it and lowered his head to read through it, his pale expression becoming more and more gloomy: "Scarlet Secret Society, blood magic!"

"What happened over there? Why were you attacked by the city guards?" Huo Jixing turned to look at the soldiers of the Reese Guard Corps in the warehouse.

"The details are not clear. I suspect that they were looking for the cause of Butum's death and accidentally found the tavern."

Jalal sighed softly, as the Reese Guard Secretariat he was responsible for was destroyed in this way.

The simple warehouse now was a safe house he built as a retreat.

Huo Jixing looked helpless when he saw Jalal's faint gaze.

This battle happened because he purchased rune items at a high price.

He was also speechless about this.

It was originally a normal transaction, but in the end, there was a scene of gangsters taking advantage of others.

But there is nothing we can do now. A city-wide search has begun in Blood Cliff City and the port area, and there are blood-colored armored soldiers everywhere.

Even though the brutal massacre in the tavern prompted the bloody armored soldiers to just show off, it indirectly affected their plans.

In addition to Huo Jixing and Jalal having extraordinary powers,

Others could not face the hordes of bloody armored soldiers advancing one after another.

Moreover, the Mouli family has been able to occupy the blood cliff for hundreds of years, how could it not exist with extraordinary power.

Huo Jixing thought of the fight in front of the tavern, and the surging air seemed a little strange.

"It's a Noxian convert!" Jalal heard the question and spoke immediately.

"They are the ace force recruited by the empire. They are often active in the Ionian Islands and participate in the battles there."

"This time, due to the Lord Commander's order to fully shrink the empire's power, they had to temporarily leave the Ionian Islands."

Jalal's heart darkened as he thought about the words spoken by the Noxian converts.

In a place where I have been fighting for almost ten years, I just give up.

This is somewhat unlikely for the many Chapters affiliated with the Noxian Empire.

There will definitely be people who are resentful and even hate Swain who gave the order.

Because the former glory has become a lie in their eyes!

"Convert."

Huo Jixing whispered repeatedly, not noticing the emotional changes on Jalal's pale face.

"Is it Qi, the extraordinary power guided by it?"

When he slashed down with red fire, he did encounter some obstructions, presumably due to the Qi of the converts.

"What should we do now?" Jalal asked, looking around the warehouse.

"There was a warning before, and I have arranged for Petal to seek help from the Leise Guard Secretariat in Longmen." Huo Jixing spoke softly, his eyes falling on Kalida.

"If nothing else happens, the empire's high command should soon notice the changes in Blood Cliff."

Jalal nodded silently, stood up and walked towards the place where the food was piled in the warehouse.

Dry and hard bread, easy-to-store bacon, and bottled water.

"Eat something!"

Huo Jixing walked to Kalida's side, crouched down, and handed out the bread and water in his hand.

Seeing the food handed in front of her, the gray-haired young woman, who had just experienced a life-and-death fight, turned back to look at Huo Jixing, with a smile on her tired face.

"Thanks!"

Kalida crushed the bread with her hands, put it in the water and stirred it gently.

Then she shook her right hand as a cradle while feeding the baby boy in her arms.

The baby boy is very small, probably less than one year old, with blond hair and clear and bright eyes.

Maybe it’s because he’s been hunted down too many times.

In the dark warehouse, the baby boy remained quiet, holding onto Kalida's clothes with his weak arms.

"Is there anything you want to ask?"

After Kalida finished feeding the baby boy and ate something herself, her eyes fell on Huo Jixing.

"There are some problems." Huo Jixing nodded lightly and admitted directly.

He described in detail the bloody hall he encountered in the secret room of Mouuli Castle.

There is also a stone pit in the center of the hall and an excavated experimental platform.

"I'm sorry, the direction of my research does not involve this aspect." Kalida shook her head gently.

The direction of her research and the experimental projects she conducts are machine production.

It has nothing to do with human experimentation.

However, Kalida saw Huo Jixing's disappointed look, and after pondering for a while, she continued to speak.

"According to your description, the environment in the Bloody Hall is old and dusty. It should be an abandoned laboratory."

"It is usually moved out of the laboratory to ensure the safe transportation of the machine and that the experimental materials are not lost."

“The new lab won’t be too far away.”

Huo Jixing thought of the chemical vessels he had seen at the port before, and seemed to have realized something: the laboratory built by the Mouli family is still in Blood Cliff City.

And in the Blood Hall, Mouli IV's unexpected arrival was to test my strength?

Or for something else?

Huo Jixing's eyes flickered, and now he thought there might be a secret behind it.

Unfortunately, Mouli IV died and he couldn't find out more.

"Why did you and your brother come to Blood Cliff?" Huo Jixing asked curiously.

Compared with the environment in Piltover, there is little room for inventors in the Noxus Empire.

Not only is there an atmosphere of scientific research, but there is also a lot of advanced knowledge.

"Research funding!"

Kalida looked at the dome of the warehouse, her eyes dim, and told of her once beautiful life.

"Piltover is a prosperous and progressive city. Whether it is the living environment or the learning atmosphere, it has left us with deep memories."

"My brother and I arrived in Piltover just to pursue a new path-"

"Hextech!"

When Kalida mentioned Hextech, she lowered her eyes and looked at the Hextech vinyl gun in her hand.

The azure light flickered, reflecting the various scenes of her previous studies.

"Unfortunately, there are too many famous inventors in Piltover. In order to master the most cutting-edge Hextech knowledge, they selected many inventors and apprentices."

"We were not selected!"

"In the future, we had to conduct research alone until we used up all our savings." Kalida looked depressed.

"When we were in trouble, someone extended an olive branch to let us change our research direction."

"In order to survive, we had to bow our heads."

"You research?" Huo Jixing looked surprised, as if he was amazed at Kalida's talent.

Blood magic itself has the properties of erosion and mutation.

Coupled with its own legendary stories, few people can truly master it.

"It's not our research."

Kalida seemed to recall something horrible, and a trace of fear appeared on her pale face.

"Someone provided quite comprehensive human experimental data. What we need to do is to conduct optimization research."

"The specific research content is in charge of my brother." Kalida thought of her brother and sighed.

"Later, for the sake of follow-up research and funding, we took a boat to Blood Cliff."

Fate is sometimes so strange.

They had to take another path for the research funding of Hextech.

Underground laboratory.

Bright lights illuminated the silver-white walls.

In the central area, there was a separated blood-colored room, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and evil.

Around the blood-colored room, various chemical vessels were placed, and the liquids inside were almost all dark red.

Next to these vessels were experimental tools with different functions. If you look closely, there are traces of blood on them.

In the corner of the wall, there was a batch of newly transported chemical vessels, neatly arranged.

Suddenly.

A strange sound sounded.

The deep red blood pool in the blood-red room was boiling like boiling water, and the blood-red foam rose and broke, over and over again.

Crack!

A sound was heard from the blood-red room.

A tall man in a white coat and silver-rimmed glasses pushed the door open and walked in.

He looked at the boiling deep red blood pool with a frown.

Indistinctly, a healthy body was floating in the blood-red foam, and there were scarlet rune marks engraved on the surface of the skin.

"New life?"

A whisper sounded, and the tall man pushed his glasses and watched everything happening in front of him with a fanatical look.