Chapter 899 [0895] Travels to the Immortal Fortress

Even in Demacia, Kalya's identity is top secret - except for a few lawbenders he has instructed, almost no one knows that this guy who wears a mask and engages in mysticism all day is actually the "mastermind" of the entire Demacia.

However, considering the current strength comparison between Demacia and Noxus, even if the war masons have no information about Kalya, the reception staff dare not neglect him in the slightest.

Even on the day Kalya arrived at the Immortal Bastion, Ms. Riel, who succeeded the position of the Grand Commander, took the initiative to invite him to a specially held welcome dinner.

At this welcome dinner, Kalya and Riel had a good conversation - he did not mention any diplomatic issues, but had a cordial exchange with the new Grand Commander about magic. At the end of the banquet, Riel's state was visibly relaxed.

After the dinner, facing the receptionist, Kalya did not regard himself as an outsider at all, asking around, without the slightest consciousness of "collecting intelligence should be kept secret".

The Noxians were naturally very dissatisfied with this, but that was all.

Even though Kalya had not explained his purpose, the Noxians could only treat him respectfully.

So, before officially starting to inquire about the information about the Delverhold, Kalya, as a diplomat, traveled through the streets and alleys of the Immortal Bastion for five days, like a curious street urchin, making the entourage responsible for receiving him miserable.

Except for occasionally discussing theoretical knowledge about magic with Ms. Riel, he spent most of his time walking around the streets and alleys, and occasionally generously spent money to buy some souvenirs and then handed them to the receptionist to carry.

For these unlucky guys, the only good news is that the Demacia envoy was still rational when faced with reasonable rejection. When he wanted to visit the Dark Well of the Immortal Bastion and was rejected, he just muttered "What a pity", and then did not continue to insist, and did not cause more trouble to the receptionist.

Karya obviously didn't know that his image in the eyes of the receptionist was the same as that of a street urchin. He was obviously not really shopping when he was wandering around during this period - he wanted to see the core of Noxus, this ancient city, more clearly through his own eyes.

Although he was unable to enter the Dark Well and failed to observe the black magic ruins left by Mordekaiser at close range, he still gained a lot.

The goods in the malls and markets can reflect the abundance of products to a certain extent, and the retail price of food and whether there is a purchase limit are extremely important information. The intelligence group of Demacia has faced the problem of insufficient intelligence since its establishment, and the intelligence collection on Noxus is obviously insufficient, so Karya had to go out in person.

Of course, collecting intelligence on Noxus is not for the purpose of turning the gun against Noxus later. The main reason for doing so is that Karya needs to find a handle to make the Noxians cooperate obediently - he doesn't think that the Noxians who have just experienced a painful defeat are willing to easily give their help on the issue of Delverburg.

If he puts himself in the role of the Noxian, then Kalja is simply hoping that Demacia will fight to the death in Freljord and Lissandra until it collapses internally!

So, how can the Noxians obediently offer the information about the Delverhold? In addition to taking advantage of the current [trend] of Demacia being strong and Noxus being weak, it is best to provide a [benefit] that is enough to convince the Noxians, or enough for the Noxians to convince themselves.

This is the main reason why Kalja personally took action.

After five days of observation, he really noticed a lot of interesting things.

First of all, although Noxus is short of supplies, most of the necessities of life are still in sufficient supply.

The price of food is a bit expensive, but considering that it is about to enter autumn, it is a time of shortage, so this price is not a problem.

Moreover, there is no purchase limit on food. If this is not a face-saving project that the Noxians have prepared long ago, it means that Noxus still has good control over the internal affairs.

Since Kalya came in a hurry, the Immortal Fortress, which was still recruiting soldiers, had consciously suspended the recruitment work, but it inevitably left some interesting information.

Through chatting and observation, Kalya soon discovered that the Noxians were facing an obvious problem of insufficient manpower, and the previous recruitment did not seem to be smooth.

As for more information about the formation of new warbands and the supplementary establishment of old warbands, Kalya could not find out.

However, this is enough.

Now, he has a general judgment of the situation in Noxus, at least the Immortal Fortress and the surrounding areas.

Obviously, Noxus lost badly in the Black Forest before, and now there is no room for resistance to Demacia. If Demacia insists on blackmailing, then the resistance that Noxus can make will be quite limited.

But in the same way, Noxus has not yet reached the point of being completely finished. Although the Noxians have lost their enthusiasm for joining the army, the order in Noxus is not chaotic.

The most important thing is that through the "sand eye left inadvertently", Kalya was pleasantly surprised to find that although Darius promised to step down, he is still "temporarily acting as the commander-in-chief" and still occupies a seat in the Trifaree Council!

Look, isn't the handhold here?

In the evening of the sixth day, Kalya finally ended his wandering and asked the receptionist to take him to meet Darius.

"Mr. Karya." The receptionist's level was not high enough, so the other party did not actually know about some of the things Karya discovered. "Mr. Darius has resigned, although he still retains the identity of the honorary commander and the Trifali Council." seat, but that was for the handover - in fact, he is no longer responsible for any diplomatic activities.

"This can be regarded as a private visit." Kalya obviously would not be fooled by this level of perfunctory, "Let's go, he shouldn't have moved and left the Immortal Fortress, right?"

The refusal was ineffective, and although the receptionist always felt that something was wrong, he finally had no choice but to take Kalya to Darius's mansion.

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After Darius resigned as commander, he formally left the Well of Darkness and moved to a single-family courtyard not far from the Well of Darkness.

The courtyard is fairly spacious, but considering Darius' status, it should be called simple.

This was just right for Darius - he was used to military camps and didn't like complicated decorations. In addition, he was completely alone at this time, living here alone, but it was a bit... Clean and comfortable.

However, today there is destined to be an evil guest who wants to break this purity.

When he saw Kalya, Darius did not show too much surprise. It seemed that his visit was not unexpected. After opening the door in person, he welcomed Kalja into the small courtyard and signaled to the receptionist that he could temporarily left.

Unfortunately, the receptionist insisted on staying, and in the end Darius had no choice but to allow him to serve as a temporary guard in the courtyard.

There was no tea reception, and when he brought Kalya back to the living room, Darius directly asked about the goal of his trip.

"I am already an old guy who has gone out of business. If anything happens to Mr. Special Envoy, he should go to the Well of Darkness to find Ms. Riel."

"No, no, no, I'm looking for you." A bright smile appeared on Kalya's mask, "I have an important mission, so naturally I want to find the person who can speak the most useful words."

"Then you have obviously found the wrong person." Darius continued to shake his head, "I have already left the field - at the strong request of Demacia."

"The people in the field hold the final decision-making power. Noxus really opened my eyes." The smile on Kalya's mask became even brighter, "Mr. Darius, if it weren't for confirming that you are the real I won’t visit the decision-makers at this time.”

"Mr. Kalya misunderstood."

Darius insisted that he had left the field, obviously not wanting to leave any excuse.

However, in the face of Darius's persistence, Kalya happily snapped his fingers - and the next moment, Darius found that his fingers lit up with blue fluorescence.

"Mr. Darius, I don't think a former commander-in-chief who has stepped down from power can be the first to read diplomatic letters from Demacia."

Darius was obviously stunned. He looked down at the fluorescent traces on his fingers, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"After all, it's my name on it." Darius could only say reluctantly, "It's just unsealing."

"But that's not what Ms. Riel said before." Kalya shook her head, her mask showing an exaggerated expression of worry, "Mr. Darius, your departure is part of the armistice agreement. Could it be that Noxus has another Are you ready to break the agreement?"

"This is blackmail." Darius's eyes became sharp. Although he was still sitting motionless on the chair, his eyes looked at Kalya with undisguised aggression, "If Dema If West Asia wants to use this little trick to gain greater benefits, then Noxus will never give in!"

"Ah, Mr. Darius misunderstood." Kalya waved his hand, "Demacia has always been a peace-loving country - since Mr. Darius insists that he has resigned, then I can only visit Rui Madam, let’s discuss with her the return of your nobles.”

Although Darius still tried hard to remain calm, the sudden tightening of his pupils showed his nervousness.

What's the meaning?

A Noxian noble's... homecoming?

In the current territory of Noxus, almost all the old nobles have been wiped out in a physical sense - because Darius was ruthless in his attack and Draven was clean in his attack, except for a few descendants of the side branch, Nok The old nobles of Sars, including the Darkwill family, experienced the taste of the Noxian guillotine in confusion.

Now, the only Noxian nobles that may still exist in Runeterra are those from the divided regions, right?

They return to the Immortal Fortress?

Is Demacia hinting at overthrowing Noxus?

No, that's not the case.

As long as the Demacians haven't gone crazy, they will understand that the divided regions have never had the ambition to counterattack the Immortal Fortress!

Darius, who looked calm on the surface but was in a turmoil in his heart, quickly discovered his blind spot.

There really is a group of old Noxian nobles who might be willing to come back—the treasonous bastards during the Battle of Tobitsia!

If Demacia pretends to be a good person and sends them back to Noxus in the name of peace...

Darius was struck by lightning when he realized this.

He had seen the destructive power of those insects with his own eyes. If it weren't for their corruption and scheming, how could Noxus have made so many mistakes and finally fallen to this point?

Under the table, Darius couldn't help but clench his fists.

However, after a moment, he loosened his hands again.

Perhaps... this Demacia was deceiving him?

Those traitors had not been heard from since the Battle of Tobysia. How did Demacia find them?

Maybe this was the Demacians trying to get something for nothing!

Thinking of this, Darius's eyes became firm again - although he must stop the return of those insects, Noxus could not be manipulated and blackmailed at will.

"The black rose is eager to bloom again." Kalya, who was keenly aware of Darius's emotional changes, finally spoke up and took drastic measures, "Since Mr. Darius has stepped down, Ms. Riel should not refuse the help of some experienced old people, right?"

"?!"

"After all, without the help of someone familiar with government affairs, Ms. Riel may not know how to govern this huge country at her age." Kalya seemed not to see Darius's bad expression, "Since Demacia and your country have achieved peace, the two sides should be friends, and friends should help each other!"

At this moment, listening to Kalya's nonsense, Darius's expression was even worse than having a stomachache, but he couldn't get angry at all, and could only stare at Kalya with gritted teeth.

"If we help directly, it will be suspected of interfering in your country's internal affairs." Kalya's tone was full of sincerity. "In this case, why don't we gather your nobles who have drifted to Demacia after the Battle of Tobysia, let them return to Noxus, and use their rich experience to help Ms. Rell!"

Besides being sincere, Kalya emphasized the word "rich experience", and Darius's expression became darker with every syllable he uttered.

Damn it, those scum's rich experience is concentrated on internal fighting. If they are sent back, Noxus will really have no future!

"Let's talk straight." Seeing that Kalya seemed to be going to continue, Darius finally couldn't hold it anymore, "What do you want?"

Seeing Darius's expression, Kalya finally stopped threatening with a sense of unsatisfaction. His body leaned forward slightly, as if chatting with a friend, and finally put forward his request for the first time.

"I want to... Dig Fortress."

Kalya's small classroom, the Well of Darkness:

This building, located in the center of the Immortal Fortress, is like a bottomless dry well. Legend has it that it has existed since the founding of Noxus, or even the founding of the Noxian Empire, the predecessor of Noxus.