Chapter 451 [0446] Two Worlds
Ino cleaned up his hands and started to transfer to Mithril City.
In the capital of Demacia, Lux's knighting ceremony finally officially began.
The grand square, which had been stepped on many times by Galio and was in a mess, was finally repaired. Not only that, the royal family also funded the construction of a high platform specifically for the investiture ceremony. Its specifications were second only to the King's Speech when Jarvan III ascended the throne. of high platform.
There is no doubt that Demacia will hold a grand ceremony for this knighthood ceremony.
No one knows Lax's true plan. From the perspective of Jarvan III and the Noble Council, Count Laxana is an out-and-out noble model. Once again, she used a method that was almost self-sacrificial to stop the tentacles of the Illuminati.
Although gratitude is a rare quality for politicians, people usually will not begrudge a little face-saving treatment to those who are "not a threat to themselves."
Look, we respect people who climb the mountain quite a bit!
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On the day of the investiture ceremony, there were loud gongs and drums, firecrackers blasting, red flags waving, and huge crowds of people.
As the host of the ceremony, Jarvan III gave a king's speech "as part of his duty" after the ceremony began.
"Today, we stand here together to celebrate the birth of a new noble and the emergence of a new, noble family..."
"Miss Laxana, our climber, her return from the climb on Mount Targon represents God's favor to Demacia; she found the demonic murderer who caused the embassy tragedy and avenged those respectable friends and guests. Hatred; she smashed the despicable Silas's conspiracy to cause civil strife, and guided the possessed demon-stricken people to welcome their own salvation. She used her own efforts to interpret fairness, justice, forgiveness and sacrifice..."
"And these spirits are exactly the Demacian spirits that every Demacian cherishes!"
"In order to praise this spirit, to carry forward this spirit, and to declare to the world Demacia's pursuit of fairness and justice, after the agreement of the Royal Council of the Nobles, Ms. Laxana was awarded the title of Count today, and Forsbarrow was Demarcated as her personal territory..."
"We sincerely hope that she can bring this precious spirit to the north and to the borders of the kingdom, so that everyone can bask in the glory of Demacia..."
"Today, I stand here in the name of the King of Demacia and give you the scepter. I hope that you can overcome thorns like the ancestors of the thorny road..."
"Today, I stand here in the name of the King of Demacia and give you the seal. I hope that you can continue to struggle like the ancestors who never give up..."
"Your title represents the glory of Demacia, and your name will be praised by the world together with the sages of the ancestors!"
"Demacia is favored by heaven!"
Jarvan III's speech was not too long, but it was easy to understand.
The kind old king first told about Lux's achievements, and then traced the glory of the ancestors to explain that "Laxana became an earl because she, like those ancestors, represents the glory of Demacia." .
Then, Jarvan III announced the decision of the Royal Council, delineated Lux's territory, and announced her rights and obligations in public.
After saying this, he took the scepter and seal that had been prepared from the new Cardinal of Xiongdu and handed them to Lux solemnly.
Under the spotlight, Lux took the scepter representing military power and the seal representing political power handed over by Jarvan III with both hands.
When she turned around and raised them high above her head, showing them to all the spectators participating in the ceremony, the crowd burst into loud cheers!
In the eyes of the people participating in this investiture ceremony, today should be Count Laxana's most glorious day.
Becoming a noble is something that most Demacia civilians long for. The smiling Lux on the stage may be the true reflection of their "Demacia dream".
In the eyes of the nobles watching the ceremony, today is a day when Laxana asks for mercy and gets mercy.
After today, she will be far away from the capital and away from the public's sight. Their feelings for this noble model are somewhat complicated. Now that she is "harmless", many people even feel sorry for her.
(Of course, regrets are regrets, no matter how sorry they are, no one intends to keep them)
After obtaining the scepter and seal, Lux's knighthood was officially completed.
Next, she will deliver a speech as Count Laxana in front of thousands of spectators who come to watch the ceremony in the grand square.
This is an honor that only the first generation of nobles can have, and it is truly "the only opportunity in this life."
However, what people didn't expect was that although Lux always had a smile that met social expectations, her "success and fame" speech was unexpectedly short.
"I will inherit the will of my ancestors and take the glory of Demacia as my own responsibility." Lux's voice clearly appeared in everyone's ears, "I will remain committed."
The crowd once again burst into applause and cheers.
Although Lux was a little too young, most of the residents in Xiongdu had seen the previous chaos, and had also seen with their own eyes the scene of Lux fighting with her lightsaber high in the sky.
Therefore, everyone only has endless envy in their hearts for the new Count Laxana.
However, no one knew that at this moment, Lux, who was smiling and greeting the people, was thinking "I will be back".
This departure was a completely new beginning for Lux. She would be down-to-earth in Fosbyro and begin to accumulate her own strength. One day, she would definitely come back!
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The same person who thought "I will be back" was Silas.
At the critical moment, Silas absorbed some of his comrades' magic power. After flying over the wall and leaving the Demacia capital, he chose to go north directly.
The household registration management in Demacia was not strict, but due to the conservative atmosphere and the underdeveloped commodity flow, no matter where he was, an outsider who hid his head and showed his tail was too conspicuous.
Silas, who knew this very well, "borrowed" a robe, wrapped the long magic-forbidden stone chain on his wrist around his arm, shaved off his beard, hid his appearance as much as possible, and then began to flee frantically.
Silas, who had experienced escaping and being caught once, knew very well that the best way to avoid pursuers was not to deceive the pursuers, but to leave here and go to the next target location before the local sheriff received the news, so as not to be blocked by the magic hunters.
This is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do - for such urgent news, Xiongdu has always used dragon bird knights to deliver it. Within two days, large cities with dragon bird habitats will receive Silas's news.
So, Silas never took the main road or the big city along the way, but only took the country road and slept in the wild. Even if this would be more conspicuous, it would always be better than leaving too many clues in the big city and being blocked.
As for the ultimate purpose of escaping... Silas has many places to choose from.
First of all, Noxus - as Demacia's old rival, the Noxians are not only not averse to magic, but also quite admire it. Sylas believes that with his talent, even in Noxus, there should be few people who can compare with him.
However, although he was wanted by Demacia, Sylas was still unwilling to run to Noxus to work for him - it's not that he and Noxus have a grudge, Sylas just simply thinks that Noxus is not worthy.
There is no way. In recent years, Noxus can be regarded as "a house leaking rain at night". First, the Ionian War was pushed back by a wave and almost went to sea; then the civil war began, and brothers fought against each other.
During this period, Noxus deliberately disrupted the Demacia tournament, but eventually achieved the reputation of the Demacia Shield...
After all the tossing, Sylas's perception of Noxus is already "an empire on the decline".
Although Noxus is still very powerful, you can't expect a prisoner who has been in prison for more than ten years to have a deep and clear understanding of the international situation.
After excluding Noxus, the many principalities between Demacia and Noxus on the Valoran continent are no longer possible.
Noxus doesn't even look down on them, so how can Sylas look down on these principalities and city-states?
Escaping is only one aspect. In addition to escaping, Sylas also yearns for and brews revenge.
Damn nobles, damn demon hunters, damn colossi, and that damn Laxana!
Sylas is obviously not willing to just live the rest of his life in anonymity after escaping from prison. He longs for revenge, longs to get rid of all the nobles, and let the Demacia demon-tainted people understand that demon-tainting is not a mistake, but an unparalleled talent!
And to complete revenge, Sylas needs to find a place that can support him enough for revenge.
He looked down on Noxus, let alone the many city-states and principalities that were sandwiched between Demacia and Noxus and could only act as fence-sitters?
After eliminating a lot of options, Silas found awkwardly that he didn't know anything else except these.
In desperation, he risked being discovered and sneaked into a town, sneaked into the town hall at night, and then took a map from the wall of the office hall.
After escaping the town in a hurry, Silas spent a long time looking at this map.
Then, as he looked at it, his eyes fell on Freljord in the north of Demacia.
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There is no doubt that Silas has never been to Freljord - even when he worked for the demon hunter, he didn't go to the north much.
In Silas's cognition, Freljord is a relatively cold and desolate place, where a group of "uncivilized" barbarians live, and these barbarians will go south to plunder before winter comes - that's it.
Silas obviously did not have an objective and clear understanding of the coldness in Freljord.
In his opinion, coldness is not terrible, but a kind of strength.
Considering the magic used by the girl who gave him inspiration, Silas thought that he might be able to deal with this kind of coldness.
With this idea in mind, Silas put away the map and began to turn north.
Traveling all the way from dawn to night, Silas felt the "coolness" brought by the high altitude and high latitude, and after "borrowing" a lot of heavy clothes, he finally arrived at the northern border of Demacia.
He took out the ropes he had saved up a little bit and began to climb - according to the markings on the map, as long as he climbed this mountain, he would leave the territory of Demacia and enter Freljord.
There, I will accumulate my own strength, and then use this strength to fight back to Demacia, letting those despicable nobles see my anger and revenge!
Tremble in the presence of magic!
Kalya's Little Classroom Silas's Stealing Tips:
After learning some tricks to control magic, Silas mastered an ability similar to elemental vision. This ability helped him avoid pedestrians and guards, and he could "borrow" some supplies for his escape.
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