The Glory of Noxus

Forbidden magic stone!

These special stones made of tree fossils and lime are highly resistant to magic.

It is the cornerstone of the emerging civilization, guarding the cradle of the Kingdom of Demacia.

As early as the Rune War, the Demacians who migrated to the west of Valoran relied on the Forbidden Magic Stone that resisted magical energy to safely avoid the Rune War that spread across the continent.

They used the Forbidden Magic Stone to build high walls to protect their homes from war.

The legal and supreme royal power radiates from the center to the outside, guarding remote towns, farmlands, forests and mineral-rich mountains.

But the territory of the Kingdom of Demacia is too vast.

In the distant border areas, the Demacia Legion cannot use the Forbidden Magic Stone to resist large-scale magical attacks.

Whether it is the Noxus Empire in the east or the Freljord in the north, they are eyeing the Kingdom of Demacia and intend to occupy the fertile land.

In order to solve the problem of the Forbidden Magic Stone, the great sculptor Actus Duran developed the Forbidden Magic Stone carving technique.

This also makes the Duran family one of the most powerful families in the Kingdom of Demacia.

After hundreds of years of research and improvement by the Duran family, the forbidden magic stone carving technique has become the way for the Kingdom of Demacia to face the extraordinary and magic.

At the end of the intelligence information, many powerful works born under the forbidden magic stone carving technique are listed.

For example, the broad-winged stone statue, the hound stone statue, the stag stone statue, etc.

Huo Jixing looked at the simple portrait depicted in the information, and couldn't help but think of the forbidden magic stone hound he met in the Noxcaria Arena before. I think this is also the forbidden magic stone creation of the Duran family.

"Duran family, forbidden magic stone carving technique!" Huo Jixing's thoughts emerged.

In addition to the road of skills and the road of Hextech technology.

After several centuries of development, the forbidden magic stone carving technique can also face the erosion of the power of runes and magic.

But is the Kingdom of Demacia sure to ease runes and magic? Huo Jixing is skeptical about this.

After all, banning magic is the founding policy of the Kingdom of Demacia.

If it wavers, it will definitely cause chaos within the kingdom.

"Wait!"

Huo Jixing paused, and instantly remembered some information from his past life.

In the background story of Lux and the Prince of Demacia, Jarvan III's attitude towards rune magic has been relatively relaxed, and he is ready to promote policy reforms.

"So it seems that Jarvan III's death is quite interesting."

When he was in the Secret Silver City, Huo Jixing had already received some news about Jarvan III's death.

What is certain is that Jarvan III's body was found in the Dawn Castle.

The Dawn Castle is Jarvan III's palace and also the place where the kingdom holds meetings.

The security is definitely the highest level in the Demacia capital.

And the Dawn Castle itself is built on the basis of the forbidden magic stone.

Huo Jixing's eyes flickered, and he once again thought of the Demacia prince, the only heir to the current Demacia Kingdom, who still cannot inherit the throne, and he had a hidden understanding in his heart.

After a cup of tea.

Huo Jixing browsed all the intelligence information and had an understanding of the current situation of the Demacia capital.

"It's worthy of being the ace army formed by His Majesty Swain!"

He sighed out loud, and admired the intelligence gathering ability of the Secret Station of the Rether Guard in his heart. Some extremely secret information can also be obtained through his own channels.

Put away the letter on the table in front of him.

Huo Jixing walked to the dining table, on which a lot of food had been placed.

Perhaps to entertain him, the food was quite rich.

There were venison, roasted ham, roasted swan and roasted pig, with suitable sauces, as well as vegetable platters and large portions of broth.

He was a little disgusted by the wind and rain and the camping along the way to the Demacia capital.

Now he can finally enjoy it.

Huo Jixing ate heartily and wiped out the food on the table with the momentum of a whirlwind.

This cave in the slum area was built by the Secret Station of the Rether Guard a long time ago.

The cellar stores food that can be consumed for three years, including pickled meat and canned food from Piltover.

In the current situation of looseness outside and tightness inside, Francis still has some channels to buy restaurant food in the center of Xiongdu.

After eating, Huo Jixing walked to the sound transmission tube at the door and called Aset.

While waiting, he looked at the copper pipe and felt melancholy.

These technological creations reminded him of his past life.

"City of Progress!"

Huo Jixing thought of Piltover, which he had seen before, and it was indeed not much different from the modern society in his previous life.

Compared with other places in Valoran, it seemed like two different worlds.

However, Katarina didn't seem to like using the sound transmission tube in front of her.

He had asked Aset before, and it seemed that Katarina specifically asked people to remove the sound transmission tube in the room.

Is it the influence of the killer's thoughts? Huo Jixing thought secretly.

After a while.

Aset entered the room, saluted Huo Jixing, cleaned the table, and sat on the plate.

"Huh!"

Huo Jixing opened his mind and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one around the room.

He took out the sleeping Snow White Poro from his arms and threw it on the bed.

When he looked at it carefully, he saw that the Snow White Poro had gained a lot of weight, and the pitiful feeling it once had disappeared. Its snow-white fur was shiny and it looked much more energetic.

It must be said that this little guy's life was indeed very comfortable.

Eat and sleep, sleep and eat, no need to find food for yourself.

Huo Jixing shrugged his shoulders, sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, lowered his eyes, and opened the data panel.

[Essence: 690]

When he solved the clone of the demon clown Sarco, he got 600 points of essence,

which was the most he had ever gotten.

The four basic attributes did not change much, and they were slowly improved under the day and night calcination of the Nanli Fire.

His skills remained at the master level.

However, when he fought with Sarco before, Huo Jixing could feel that he had improved a little.

"Demon, legend!"

Huo Jixing's eyes flashed with green light.

The powerful strength of the demon clown Sarco was within his expectations, and he almost forced himself to use his full strength.

Not only did he open the [Star Spirit·Suzaku Stance], but he also used the energy of Donghua Yimu.

It was this fight that made him see the horror of the demon.

Their life level is completely different from that of ordinary extraordinary people and heroes.

It seemed to have reached another level, somewhat similar to the feeling of energy life in the previous life.

Then Huo Jixing thought of Bobby and Vayne and sighed.

The memory of the previous life will eventually affect him.

Otherwise, when he met Garen in Fosbyro Town before and Vayne in Fenglian Town this time, he would not let them leave so easily.

Huo Jixing shook his head gently and suppressed many thoughts in his heart.

Entered the state of [Introspection of Oneself].

In this state, his mind was completely calm and focused. He could clearly hear the sound of his heartbeat and feel the burning blood of the Nanli Fire in his blood vessels.

He also felt the green and blue Donghua Yimu Qi, which seemed to awaken every cell of his body and make them full of vitality and strength.

As time passed.

The light attached to Huo Jixing's body switched between red and green, as if it was endlessly calcined and healed.

His breathing began to be a little inaudible, and the breath around him seemed to be integrated with the breath between heaven and earth, indistinguishable from each other.

Gradually, the sky began to turn white.

The dark night has passed, and the crimson light of dawn covers the magnificent square.

In the cave room, Huo Jixing slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of red light appeared and disappeared in the corner of his eyes.

He could feel that his body was still in the state of meditation.

The fire of Nanli and the energy of Donghua Yimu kept alternating.

But his consciousness had returned to the normal material realm.

"Look inside yourself!"

Huo Jixing stood up and felt the strength and vitality of his body very clearly.

With the power of the star spirit he obtained, [Look inside yourself] seemed to be changing, and it was more and more in line with his own practice.

Huo Jixing looked at the snow-white Poro who was still sleeping on the bed, and he was a little worried.

But he had never understood how to raise a rare species like Poro before.

"There is no way, I can only wait for him to wake up."

Huo Jixing moved his eyes and fell on the red fire blade beside him.

In the battle with the demon clown Sarco, this rune weapon carefully crafted by the Noxian blacksmith suffered some damage.

On the sharp blade with a cold glow, some tiny gaps were clearly visible.

"Old buddy, it looks like you're going to retire."

Huo Jixing stretched out his hand and brushed the blade, feeling the biting cold, and whispered softly.

This red fire blade, mixed with the sharp claws of the flame claw cat, can provide a certain amount of fire damage.

But compared with his strength improvement and the enemies he fought, it was not enough.

"Hmm, this smell?"

Huo Jixing's nose moved, and he smelled a strange smell filling the air.

Pushing the door open, he looked in the direction of the smell, and his eyes fell on Catalina's room.

Are you making a potion? Is the smell so strong? Huo Jixing thought secretly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Huo Jixing."

Francis stood behind Huo Jixing and spoke softly.

"The lady's injury is a bit serious, and the potion she needs to make has a strong taste."

"It's okay."

Huo Jixing waved his hand gently, thinking of seeing Catalina with a pale face yesterday, and sighed in his heart.

Worthy of the name of the Ominous Blade, a very strong guy.

But think about it, how could a killer who has killed countless people and is cold and ruthless expose his weakness in the eyes of outsiders.

"Can I go out?" Huo Jixing looked at Francis and asked.

"Of course, Lord Huo Jixing wants to go out and take a look at the scenery of Xiongdu?" Francis replied with a smile.

"Do you need a guide for you?"

"No."

Huo Jixing shook his head and refused. Just as he was about to return to the room, he heard Francis calling behind him.

"Wait, Lord Huo Jixing."

"I just remembered that there is a very grand concert in the Art Hall of Xiongdu tonight."

Francis spoke respectfully and took out a golden invitation from his arms, looking a little reluctant.

"I have a ticket here. You can go and have a look when you are free."

Huo Jixing raised his eyebrows slightly. Art Hall, Concert?

Whether in his previous life or in this life, he seemed to have no artistic cells at all.

Huo Jixing wanted to refuse, but when his eyes fell on the invitation, his expression changed and he took the golden invitation.

"Then I will be disrespectful to refuse."

In the center of Demacia's capital, Dawn Castle.

Garen stood in the reception room outside the Silver Council Hall like a stone statue, waiting to be summoned.

The long blue cloak hung on Garen's shoulders, and it looked clear and bright against the silver armor.

But these could not hide Garen's tired face.

Although he successfully defeated Silas in the ambush battle in the Silver City Prison, the final result was not satisfactory.

Silas finally escaped from the Kingdom of Demacia and entered the Freljord.

And Garen paid the lives of many Fearless Vanguard Legion soldiers for this.

After waiting for a while, the side door of the Silver Council Hall opened.

The Demacia Palace guards standing on both sides knocked the blunt end of the halberd on the ground, and a servant in silver armor walked out of the door and led Garen into the hall.

In the center of the Silver Council Hall, eight Demacia nobles of different shapes sat around an octagonal marble table.

Each of them represented an important matter in Demacia, including military, nobles, treasury and demon hunters.

Behind them stood others, exactly twice as many people -

there were followers, advisors, deputies and representatives of minor families.

As you can see, the top royal seat is empty.

The parliament usually needs the king's authorization to convene, but the current situation cannot stick to the usual practice.

The heir of the previous king and Garen's close friend, the Demacia prince, has not yet been sworn in.

Although Garen knew that Jarvan was kind-hearted and mature, the prince was a little dazed now and his mind was not on the meeting.

He was only concerned about finding the murderer who killed his father. He only cared about tracking down the murderer and didn't ask about other state affairs. He left them all to the parliament.

The eight members of the parliament were discussing closely and didn't pay attention to Garen.

Grand Marshal Tiana Crownguard sat on the side representing the military and met Garen's eyes.

She raised a hand and motioned Garen to wait a moment.

Garen saluted neatly and stood at attention on one side of the room.

Tiana was his aunt. Although she looked similar to Garen's father, they were very different in temperament and behavior.

Father Pete is kind and gentle, while Tiana is a representative of coldness and strictness.

She never expects tolerance and concession from others, but Garen knows that the person she demands the most is herself.

This is one of the reasons why Garen has always admired her.

Tiana is a professional soldier with a perfect resume. She once served as the Sword Captain of the Fearless Vanguard Corps. Later, it was Garen's predecessor who took over her position.

After that, she was promoted from Sword Captain to Marshal twelve years ago.

At that time, under her leadership, the Fearless Vanguard Corps had made legendary military exploits.

Sitting opposite Tiana was her husband, Lord Eldred.

He looked stern, wearing a half-golden mask, and a magic-forbidden stone plate with geometric patterns engraved on his heart.

The mask and the stone emblem are the symbols of the demon hunters.

Eldred is the commander of the demon hunters.

Thinking of the demon hunters, Garen couldn't help but think of Lux's figure in his mind, and his heart was churning.

As if sensing Garen's gaze, Lord Eldred cast an unfathomable look at him.

Garen did not move, not meeting his gaze.

Until a moment later, Eldred looked away.

Garen tried not to listen to the council's discussion.

Even in times of peace and prosperity, he had little patience to listen to their political speeches.

And now that Demacia was in turmoil, it was not the time for debate and quarrel.

What was needed now was action.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

The meeting ended, the chairs were pushed aside, and the members of the council stood up and prepared to leave.

"Then we have decided." Tiana looked around at everyone with a cold look.

But Garen could see that a few of them seemed more satisfied with the decision than others.

Politicians, family heads, and bureaucrats walked out of the room in a chaotic and slow manner.

In the end, Garen noticed that Lord Eldred did not even exchange glances with his wife before leaving.

He usually doesn't care about gossip, but the people of the Crown Guard family know that there is no warm relationship between the couple.

And what happened in recent months has also exacerbated the gap between them. Eldred has not returned to the Crown Guard Castle in Xiongdu for a long time.

Finally, only Garen and Tiana were left in the Silver Conference Hall.