Chapter 122 [0120] Comeback

Finn, who got two sets of usable armor, thought he had made a profit. With a large amount of food and supplies and basic self-protection capabilities, he thought he could become the new leader of Zaun.

Kalya, who got a lot of food, also thought he had made a profit. The two sets of armor were spare and suitable for Lux and Ino, who would never grow again. Judging from their current state, they were obviously useless.

Especially Ino, as her control over magic became stronger and stronger, the ice blood in her body, which came from the Iceborn, began to become more and more prominent. In terms of her figure alone, even compared with Sona, she was a bit of a latecomer.

Through a reliable middleman from Vandel, Kalya exchanged two unused rune steel armors for a batch of food and supplies, which would allow Lux to be more calm in the next action.

After all, even if Lux and Ino had contacted the caravan and tried to open up the long-closed Kumangla trade route as soon as they realized the problem in Zaun, it would take time after all.

This batch of food could give them the most precious time.

Unlike Finn and Kalya, who both won, Cassiopeia lost miserably.

The death and wounding of a Hedoram regiment, which was not absolutely elite but also had good combat effectiveness, was not a big deal for the Noxian Empire.

But for Cassiopeia, this level of loss was quite fatal.

This time, she was able to mobilize so many resources smoothly. In addition to the Black Rose's efforts behind the scenes, her identity as the "heir of the Cocao family" was also very important - her sister, Katarina Cocao, made her father extremely disappointed because of a failed assassination, which greatly increased Cassiopeia's power.

As a result, just when she was full of confidence, she split her legs and fell on the spot like her sister in front of the mine in Zaun.

As she once said to Talon, as long as she did not experience a "failure like her stupid sister", her authority would be unshakable - and then, the FLAG she had inserted was fulfilled.

After escaping, although Talon still looked loyal, he would always smile stiffly every time Cassiopeia issued orders to him.

And Talon's smile, to be honest, was not much different from that of the Terminator.

For an assassin like Talon, the untrained apple muscles on his face were much more difficult to control than the well-trained biceps on his arms.

In layman's terms, smiling is harder than killing.

But Talon still smiled happily - Cassiopeia also fell into a big fall, and she and Katarina came to the same starting line!

This smile made Cassiopeia extremely irritated.

Even though she repeatedly reminded herself that there was no need to be angry with Talon, an idiot with only muscles in his mind, every time she saw that stiff but heartfelt smile, she couldn't help but clench her fists!

Just now, Talon came in from outside the safe house and brought back the resolution of the Piltover Council.

Then, as he spoke, he laughed again.

"Stop laughing, Talon!" Cassiopeia knocked on the table and poured herself a cup of tea, then handed one of the cups to the other person unhappily, "What's so funny about this?"

"Mrs. Piltover is moving in the direction you expect." Talon smiled and said confidently, "Didn't you say that you hope they won't come to make trouble again?"

"...Don't think I don't know what you're thinking." Cassiopeia was choked for a moment - she had said this before, "Here are some snacks, eat and drink quickly, and then go to the mine to see what's going on there. It's really hell, an army was wiped out on the spot, but we don't know who the enemy is now!"

Speaking of the mission, Talon finally reluctantly put away his smile and picked up the tea and dessert on the table.

"I hate rose tea." After stuffing a large piece of dessert into his mouth, Tyrone lowered his head and sipped the dark tea in the cup, muttering vaguely, "Cassiopeia, your taste is exactly the same as the lady..."

"Is there anything wrong with the daughter being the same as the mother?" Cassiopeia snorted, "On the contrary, it is the brainless guys like Katarina who are the outliers? Obviously, both the father and the mother are very smart people."

"Katrina is just a little straightforward." Tyrone swallowed the dessert and the tea together, "Second Miss, in fact, you can support each other. Her strength plus your brain-"

"Then my brain will be discounted by 50%." Cassiopeia stopped Tyrone without hesitation "Although we all regard you as our brother, don't really act like one. I can allow you to blindly make wrong investments before the dust settles. Based on the principle of using the family's power properly, I will not hold a prejudice against you."

"I..."

"But don't try to reconcile the relationship between me and my stupid sister. We are not the same kind of people at all, and the Kekao family can't be handed over to that brainless guy." Cassiopeia interrupted again, "Maybe yesterday's embarrassment made you have some thoughts and ideas that you shouldn't have, and even tried to show a silly smile to get closer to me, but I can tell you clearly that I am still far from failure."

"..."

This time, Tyrone did not speak, nor did he show that smile again, but the way he looked at Cassiopeia was clearly looking at a hedgehog with fried hair - and this look made Cassiopeia Even more unhappy.

So the second lady simply put away the snacks.

"Okay, you shouldn't eat too much before taking action." She added emphasis on the action, "Now, respected Mr. Blade Shadow, please go to the mine to see the situation. I need to know. Last night, we faced What kind of enemy is he?”

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Tai Lung drank the remaining tea in the cup and stood up without hesitation.

"Be careful." He put on his hood. "A safe house may not be absolutely safe."

After saying that, he briefly checked his equipment, then pushed the door open and quickly disappeared into the haze of Zaun's early morning.

Watching Tyrone disappear, Cassiopeia shook her head and poured herself a cup of black rose tea.

To be honest, she didn't hate her "brother" - especially after he dragged her away yesterday and kicked the troublesome Jia Gu into the smelly ditch.

But unfortunately, they are not the same kind of people after all.

Talon thought it was just a power grab for the noble heir.

However, behind the struggle for power is a struggle between two invisible hands, which a killer cannot see.

Thinking of this, Cassiopeia shook her head, took out a new teacup, and refilled herself with a cup of tea.

Now she is waiting for a new guest.

And this guest did not make her wait too long. Before Cassiopeia could choose her breakfast snacks, a charming voice appeared in the safe house.

"My little Opelia, your taste is as high as ever." The visitor gracefully twisted the handle of the teacup, and in the simple safe house, on the rough wooden stool, An Ran crossed his legs, "The black rose Scented tea...ah, I like the taste."

Cassiopeia raised her head slightly and glanced at the woman sitting opposite her at some point.

If Cassiopeia is a typical beauty who can have many different styles, then the person opposite her can be said to be a typical representative of the "Noxian noble lady".

Whether it's the black and red hair color, the blood-red eyes, or the graceful and obscene figure, this is the Noxian's favorite style.

Not to mention her tingling, magnetic voice and the aristocratic posture that she can maintain at all times... In front of her, countless Noxian heroes have had the heart of a prime minister.

However, after meeting the other party, Cassiopeia became extremely vigilant.

This is not because of the same-sex repulsion between beauties, but because she knows very well that this Ms. Elise is an out-and-out ruthless character!

"As long as you like it." Cassiopeia nodded, "It's unbelievable that Zaun would trouble you to make a trip in person for such a small discovery..."

"It's just on the way." Elise took a sip and put down the cup, "We have a common purpose... and the spiders are also very interested in the 'Cyclops' you mentioned."

"The Cyclops is just nonsense." Cassiopeia smiled and shook her head slightly, "If I have to say it, I am more inclined to think it is a construct - the Shurima people are very good at making it. That thing, during the time I was relaxing in the Piltover Explorers Association, many people told me about the adventures of the Shurima construct."

"I hope those hot-blooded young men are not just trying to please our lovely Oppa." Elise also smiled, "Ah, it's great to be young... always full of energy and enthusiasm, even bragging. He always looked serious."

"As for the construct, the content should be true." Cassiopeia maintained her smile, "Many people are adding fuel to the fire, but the core content is highly consistent. They are all made of stone or metal. A giant construct golem, controlled by magic or some other unknown means - extremely destructive, exactly like what I saw yesterday."

"Cold stone and metal." Elise blinked, her tone seemed to be a little more disappointed, "My little pets have been hungry for a while. If I know that after all the hard work, Afterwards, they will only be faced with a pile of cold stones and metal. They will definitely be disappointed..."

"How could it be?" Cassiopeia shook her head, "The annoying Piltover guys have left... the entire Zaun is their playground."

"Ah, the whole of Zaun!" Elise showed an exaggerated expression, as if a noble lady had heard a dirty joke, "Dear Opea, you shouldn't have told this surprise so early - you see, they Can’t wait now!”

While talking, several spiders quietly climbed onto the table and trembled their front paws in front of Elise, seeming to pay tribute to their queen.

This scene made Elise very happy.

But after Cassiopeia saw it, her scalp felt numb.

Fortunately, her amazing performance allowed her to maintain her appearance after all. Cassiopeia still smiled and looked at the spiders in front of her quietly, as if they were really just a group of cute little pets like cats and dogs. .

Elise seemed to be very satisfied with Cassiopeia's performance, and finally said nothing more, just raised her head and drank all the tea in the cup.

Then, as she stretched out her right hand, a translucent spider silk hung down from above - Elise lazily held the spider silk, as if she were a noble lady leaning on the woven flower tassel.

"I'll give you a little advice." She put her hand on the table and attracted those fist-sized spiders to crawl onto the back of her hand. "Next time you decorate a safe house, you must pay more attention to the top of your head..."

The next moment, the spider silk shrank, and Elise, together with her little pet, disappeared in front of Cassiopeia.

The safe house was silent again.

Cassiopeia leaned back quietly on her chair as if she had drunk too much tea - after experiencing everything yesterday and today, this cunning mastermind now had a new understanding of the conspiracy.

Maybe... if you want to truly control everything, just relying on wisdom, cunning and ruthlessness is not enough.

I also need a little bit of strength myself.

Cassiopeia didn't want to feel that helpless feeling last night again!

Maybe after this operation, I should try to apply to the organization to see if I can get some magical power - even if it is not as good as this Elise, at least I must have the power to protect myself, right?

Thinking of this, Cassiopeia's heart, which had been beating so fast because of seeing those spiders, finally calmed down. She took a long breath, and then picked up the teacup in front of her again.

After hesitating for a moment, she decided to add an extra piece of sugar to the cup of tea in front of her.

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Tyrone obviously didn't know Cassiopeia's back-up plan, let alone that he was about to meet a very terrifying counterpart.

He was walking through the shadows of the streets of Zaun in a good mood.

Although wearing the filter made him somewhat uncomfortable, the haze around him made him feel like a fish in water - although it was not a shadow, he could still hide his figure.

For ordinary people, Zaun's intricate three-dimensional structure will undoubtedly cause many problems such as getting lost and finding the direction.

But in the eyes of Talon, who had been crawling around in the sewers of Noxus' Immortal Fortress since he was a child, this level of complex terrain was nothing.

In comparison, it was the terrain near the mine that gave him more headaches.

Talon is an assassin, at most a part-time scout - so he has a clear self-awareness of his abilities.

Yesterday's one-on-one battle with the modified man was already very embarrassing, and the huge Cyclops that appeared later gave him the feeling that he had nowhere to start.

Runeterra is not Summoner's Rift, and causing kills and damage is not as simple as knocking off the health bar.

As the saying goes, there is a specialization in the art, and letting Tai Lung deal with giant creatures is like stirring up a big tank with toothpicks, which is completely unsuitable.

Therefore, Tai Lung's mission is only to conduct reconnaissance.

But the problem is that the surrounding area of ​​the mine is completely smooth. It's broad daylight and it's not that easy to sneak in for reconnaissance.

In this case, Tai Lung could only hope that the warning range of the Cyclops would not be too large - at least it would be outside the detection range of his special telescope!

Then, when Tai Lung cautiously approached the mine under the cover of the early morning haze, he was dumbfounded.

It seemed that the place had been cleaned up overnight, except that the soil on the ground had obviously been turned over, and there was nothing there.

Well, it can’t be said that there is nothing - a large grave has been piled up not far from the mine, and a huge stone tablet is erected on it, with the words "Burial of the Despicable Invaders" written in Common Language. ".

There is no doubt that the soldiers buried there should be the soldiers killed by the Cyclops yesterday.

Seeing this scene, Tyrone realized two things.

First, at least that Cyclops doesn't eat people.

Secondly, the Cyclops might have an accomplice.

The former point was something Tai Lung subconsciously thought of, while the latter point was the key to the problem.

Could it be that the Cyclops last night was actually controlled by the diggers from Zaun?

this……

If that's the case, it's undeniably terrible.

A Cyclops is completely different from the "foot-tank synergy" between the Cyclops and the Zaans. Talon, who has been on the battlefield, knows this better than anyone else - the earth dragons often driven by the Noxus Empire A lizard's single action is extremely destructive, but as long as you find a way to deal with it, it is not difficult to surrender; but when the Noxian army takes the earth dragon lizards together, those terrifying beasts are simply irresistible!

Realizing this, Tyrone felt that he needed to observe here for a while longer.

If the cyclops does have an accomplice, he might be able to grab a tongue and try it!

This time, Tyrone's luck seemed to be good.

Not long after, he saw a little girl walking out of the mine with brisk steps, as if she was relieved.

After seeing her, Tai Lung, who wanted to capture a prisoner, did not take action immediately.

This wasn't because he respected the old and loved the young or recognized the other party's identity, nor was it because a dirty blonde girl appeared in the mine after a battle and made him feel something strange - Zaun used child labor. According to custom, this is not surprising - Tailong is worried about alerting the enemy. If she doesn't know anything, she may be afraid in vain.

However, after hesitating for a moment, he decided to take action.

After all, the opportunity is rare.

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Finally finishing the night's work, Lux let out a long yawn.

She had not slept for nearly twenty-four hours.

Last night, she could almost be said to have had a high night.

When she first dug underground to survive, Lux was cautious and excited.

Then, she was particularly excited when she was controlling the construct to destroy the Noxians.

Later, she cooperated with the miners to rescue people, and she felt a sense of accomplishment after digging people out of the rubble one after another.

After rescuing people and clearing the battlefield for the Noxian soldiers, she finally couldn't stand it any longer.

But it wasn't over yet - after completing the above work, when the sky was about to light up, she dug back to the laboratory and parked the construct.

This time, her digging speed was much slower, and she generally followed the direction of the original mine. Although it collapsed while digging as before, she finally succeeded in leaving a gap that could barely be regarded as a passage.

After all the tossing, Lux felt that she could hardly open her eyes.

After casually changing the lab password to "Long Live Demacia", she finally climbed out quickly along the excavated passage that had not yet been reinforced and repaired.

The rescued explorers have been disarmed and are currently cleaning the tunnel that was dug back and forth under the supervision of the miners. When Lux came out, many people greeted her with a smile.

Lux could only hold on and return the favor. She desperately needed to sleep now.

Go back to Fulgen's Tavern quickly!

Ino should have rested over there, so let her come over and take over quickly...

On her shoulder, a green bird was flapping its wings, dispersing the haze around Lux ​​while singing a melodious song.

Then, just as Lux was walking forward in a daze, the song suddenly changed its tune - the blue bird suddenly stretched its neck and made a sound similar to a wind-up alarm clock.

The sound made Lux couldn't help but be excited. She looked up suddenly and finally found that she had arrived at the edge of Zaun City, with a shanty town in front of her.

Is there anyone?

"Be careful." The breeze carried Janna's voice to Lux's ears, "There are traces of magic in the shadows ahead..."

"Are they Noxians?"

"I don't know." Janna said calmly, "I'm just a singing bird now..."

I believe you.

The corner of Lux's mouth twitched, but she didn't say much - she always felt that Kalya and Janna were hiding something from her, but unfortunately she could never get a clue.

"Anyway, be careful." Janna reminded again, "It is very likely that it is coming towards you."

"What I wish for." Lux let out a long yawn again, "It better be a big fish."

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In the shadows, Tai Lung, who had been following him from a distance, looked at the yawning little girl in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.

Being so trapped...the Zaun people are so ruthless in hiring child labor!

Even in the Immortal Fortress of Noxus, the criminal gangs that train children to become pickpockets are not so ruthless.

Forget it, just do it yourself quickly - after capturing her, just ask about the situation, then hand it over to Tamara and let her sleep well.

With this thought in mind, Talon launched the Shadow Raid without hesitation.

Although he did not set up a flying knife trap in advance, Tailong was not trying to silence him this time. When he took action, he could be said to be full of confidence.

Look, this dirty little girl is still stretching!

However, the next development of things seemed to be beyond Tai Lung's expectation.

First, Tai Lung's outstretched arm seemed to hit a barrier before it even touched the target.

Then, just when he was looking at the target and trying to figure out what was going on, Tyrone's eyes suddenly lit up - it was a physical flash.

The barrier turned into a bright light and suddenly bloomed without warning.

Tai Lung, whose attention was completely focused on the opponent, just took a flash bomb trap with his face.

Under the stimulation of the bright light, Tyrone burst into tears, but even so, his hand was still steady - the hidden sword popped out and stabbed hard, and he finally stopped caring about catching anyone alive.

Tai Lung has ample experience in fighting spellcasters. He knows better than anyone else that the key to fighting spellcasters or opponents with magic items is to never fall into the opponent's rhythm.

Although I don't know what kind of girl this is, as long as I catch her, I will definitely be the winner in the close combat!

But...is that really the case?

Facing Tai Lung's fatal attack, the opponent calmly grabbed the "tail" of the light that had just burst out, shaped it into a lightsaber, and blocked Tai Lung's hidden sword with incomparable accuracy.

Not only that, she also changed from blocking to cutting, grazing across Tai Lung's hidden sword and pointing directly at Tai Lung's arm, as if she wanted to cut it off with one blow.

Tai Lung quickly retreated and retracted his hand, trying to avoid the blow.

But the opponent obviously has no intention of giving up the rhythm of the battle.

Tai Lung retreated, but she simply stepped forward - the lightsaber swept across, threatening to cut Tai Lung in two.

Tai Lung, who still couldn't open his eyes, was extremely embarrassed at this time.

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Lux successfully controlled the rhythm of the battle.

Seeing Tailong fleeing in embarrassment in front of her, she was extremely grateful to Kalya for her simulation training - the invisible light barrier combined with the bright light burst just now was a special skill she had developed during the simulation training.

As long as the invisible light barrier is broken, strong light will burst out. Although these lights have no lethality, they are enough to bring temporary destruction to the attacker's vision.

During the simulation training, Lux used this hand to deal with many creatures that liked to be nocturnal or underground.

Judging from the current situation, this trick is also quite useful against assassins who like to operate in the dark.

Lux deliberately used the suddenly longer lightsaber to quickly resolve the battle just like she did against Mr. Shadow last night.

But it is a pity that after a night of tossing, her magic power is really not sufficient now, and her magic control has also dropped a lot. In this state, she cannot shine a 40-meter lightsaber at all.

Well……

Even so, we have to fight quickly!

Suppressing the urge to yawn again, Lux took a deep breath, then held the sword in both hands and slashed at Talon fiercely.

There was no hard connection, Tai Lung rolled to dodge again.

However, something was very wrong this time - when Lux slashed with her sword, the entire lightsaber was shattered as it was slashed, turning into a shower of light and hitting Tai Lung.

Talon dodged again.

But this time, Tai Lung got halfway out of the way, but was caught.

what's the situation?

Tai Lung narrowed his eyes and looked at the place where he was being dragged - there was nothing there, but he was being dragged.

"Little mouse in the shadow." Lux dispersed the hilt of the sword in her hand, and then condensed a lightsaber again, "I can catch you this time."

The familiar words made Tai Lung's already gloomy face even darker.

Then, before Lux could grab him, a sexy voice sounded above Tyrone's head.

"This is what I want to tell you." As he spoke, a graceful figure descended from the sky, stretched out his hand to cast a shadow, and eliminated the light spot that nailed Tai Long's shadow. "I never expected that in Zu'an, there are still There is this little girl who plays with light magic—didn’t your teacher tell you that playing with light will make you wet the bed..."

Seeing this scene, Lux's face darkened.

The guy in front of her gave her a very bad feeling.

"Don't be so nervous, sweet little girl." The other party didn't pay attention to Lux's stiff expression at all. After Talon turned around and escaped into the shadows, he took cat steps and stepped on amazingly high heels, with an extremely relaxed posture. , came to Lux, "If you like to play with light so much, sister can play with you - sister is not afraid of bedwetting..."

Lux swung her lightsaber without hesitation and slashed at the obscene woman in front of her - the woman's Noxian accent made Lux put out the idea of ​​catching her alive.

However, in the face of Lux's chop, the opponent did not panic at all. A spider jumped out from her finger that was carefully painted with red nail polish, expanded rapidly in mid-air at a speed visible to the naked eye, and actively faced Lux. lightsaber.

Lux, who sensed that something might be wrong, maintained her slashing stance while retreating.

The next moment, the huge spider exploded suddenly when it touched the tip of the lightsaber.

The stinking venom splashed out and dropped to the ground, making a tooth-piercing hissing sound.

"Don't be so heartless." After the attack failed, the other party was not disappointed. "My little cuties are very enthusiastic... You kid, being so heartless will make them sad."

Lux didn't answer.

At this moment, she felt like the hairs all over her body were about to explode.

Although she had faced many snakes and reptiles during simulation training, none of them could give her the dangerous feeling of the guy in front of her.

It was obvious that the other party only had a pair of scarlet eyes, but when she looked at Lux, Lux felt as if she was locked tightly by countless gazes.

At the same time, Janna’s reminder also appeared in Lux’s ears.

"Be careful, she has the power of a god...she is very dangerous!"

Hearing what Janna said, Lux changed her mind without hesitation.

Perhaps... it is not unacceptable to temporarily retreat - during the simulation training, she also experienced many subject exercises that "require temporary retreat".

In other words, protecting yourself has always been the focus of Kalya's training.

However, just when Lux looked away, the other party smiled again.

"Oh? Our lovely little girl doesn't want to continue playing?" Her smile was very elegant at first, but gradually became more and more wild as she smiled, "But it's a pity... this is not something you can decide! "

The originally red and shiny cherry mouth, which made people want to taste it, became wider and wider in the wanton laughter, and finally turned over completely, turning into two halves of extremely ferocious, spider-like jaws. At the same time, her back suddenly split open, and six slender spider legs popped out, turning over a layer of furry spider skin.

In the blink of an eye, this seductive and obscene woman turned into a terrifying big spider with eight legs on the ground!

Seeing this scene, Lux's eyes widened - and on her shoulder, Janna finally figured out the identity of the other party.

"Be careful, Lux!" Stormfury's tone was more serious than ever before, "She is the chosen one of the Vile Maw!"

Unfortunately, Lux was no longer in the mood to think about what the Vile Maw was and what the Chosen One was - because when the big spider finished its transformation, countless small spiders swarmed around her.

At this moment, Lux seemed to have returned to the first time she participated in the simulation training and faced the scarab swarm.

Kalya's Small Classroom - Vile Maw:

This is a terrible spider living on the Shadow Island - or a natural demigod.

P.S. Today is a two-in-one chapter to make the chapter number even.