Chapter 258: Journey, Old Friends

Shurima is covered with yellow sand. Three figures are walking on the land covered with yellow sand. Because of Azir's resurrection and the reconstruction of the sun disk, Shurima has also been completely renewed. Although water resources are still scarce, compared with the dry land and no oasis in the past, the current Shurima has given most poor sand people a way to survive.

Just like now, a woman wearing silver-white heavy armor, with armor skirt pieces scattered like short knives, revealing a pair of smooth and plump thighs, and wearing calf-length military boots, is leading a horse and walking towards the oasis.

She is leading the horse, and a girl wearing a sun hat is sitting on the horse. Her golden hair is piled together and tightly bound by a small transparent bag to prevent sand from getting in. You know, it is not a comfortable thing to have sand in your hair.

The blonde girl turned her head and looked at the black-haired man walking beside her. She smiled and didn't know what she was saying. The smile on her face was extremely happy.

The woman leading the horse in front walked silently with a natural look.

The three people and one horse are naturally Rowan, Lux, and Anna.

A month has passed since Anna became a god. After she and Lance returned to the village and dealt with things, Lance stayed in Mount Targon, and Anna embarked on a new journey with Lux and Rowan.

Mount Targon is just the first stop, not the last stop on the road. Rowan and Lux ​​are going to travel all over Runeland, so they will not return to Demacia because of Anna's appearance. Although they originally planned to stay in Mount Targon for only a week, they ended up staying for a month.

As for the idea of ​​traveling around the world, Anna immediately expressed her desire to go together. Anna is also very curious about the outside world. In this regard, she is no different from Leona. They all grew up in Mount Targon since childhood and have no knowledge of the outside world. Therefore, Anna is also very excited about this journey, although it is difficult to see her expression now that she has become the spokesperson of the Protoss.

Well, in short, the result was not what Rowan wished. Lance did not join Demacia like his sister Anna and become Lux's guard knight, which made the Merciful Star Spirit feel relieved.

If her spokesperson also ran away, then she would really go back and hug Nolan and cry bitterly. If the spokesperson really ran away, what the hell would it be?

And now, I have been walking in Shurima for five days.

I have arrived at Azir's territory, walked through Narimaj, arrived at the area of ​​Farajsai with a river, and walked a distance further.

"Rowen, I suddenly miss Kaisa."

Lux looked at the familiar environment and suddenly spoke while sitting on the horse.

Anna didn't know Kaisa, so she chose not to speak.

Although Lux wanted to get along with Anna as a friend, Anna was very stubborn. She followed the will of the Guardian Planet and regarded Lux ​​as her master, and she was the guardian knight who protected her master. Anna did not think that she had become a god now, and it would be shameful to serve a human girl as a guardian knight.

This is not shameful at all, because if gratitude can be called shameful, then Anna should be shamed.

"We have only been out for less than two months, Lux." Rowan also sighed.

Time flies so fast, and several years have passed in a blink of an eye.

At the beginning, the three small action teams faced the void creatures for the first time here, and also met a demigod.

Belvis

Although Rowan tried to sense Belvis's breath now, he could not sense anything.

It's not that Rowan is weak. With the Spirit Immortal activated, Rowan can't kill Belvis, but it's definitely no problem to tie, not to mention that there is Lux next to him, who is at the rule level but has the power of a god, and then the newly promoted demigod Anna who is comparable to Leona.

When this new three-man team sees Belvis, they can take off Belvis's hood in a minute!

Belvis, I'm already in Shurima, where are you? You're not in Shurima at all!

While sighing, Rowan wanted to laugh a little.

"I didn't say I wanted to go back. I just remembered the past, when we traveled in Shurima with Kai'Sa. It was different from now." Lux sniffed and said.

She got off the horse and stood beside Anna, her eyes full of memories.

At that time, it was not like now. The days in Shurima were poor and hard. It was like now, Rowan could drive away the wind and sand and interfere with the natural environment.

Although Lux has become much stronger in the past few years.

Lux did not deliberately practice her magic power, because she did not need to do so. Compared with studying magic, Lux needed to learn how to use her magic power, because her magic power was increasing every day, and it was increasing dramatically. Other mages could increase their magic power in half a day without doing anything.

Magic monsters are really not just talk.

"Where did we set up the tent before?"

Lux looked at Rowan and asked.

"Wait, Lux, when did we set up a tent in Shurima?" Rowan said to Lux strangely.

Set up a tent?

Where did the tent come from?

"Isn't it also a tent built with grass roots and trees!" Lux said immediately.

Rowen smiled, "There's still some distance to go. If there are no buildings in Shurima, then everything looks the same."

Lux nodded.

Anna was laughing beside her. She liked to watch Lux and Rowan bickering. Rowan and Lux ​​bickered a lot along the way, and every time Anna would laugh foolishly and listen to the two bickering.

Of course, Anna also understood the relationship between Lux and Rowan.

After all, the two of them slept in the same tent at night.

Anna certainly thought about protecting Lux, but when she was at Mount Targon, Anna had already guessed the relationship between Rowan and Lux. Therefore, as a mature woman, she would not interfere with her master's private life.

After walking for an unknown period of time, Lux suddenly became excited when she saw a village.

"Rowen, Rowan, is this the place? If I'm not mistaken, is this the place?!"

Lux jumped off the horse and looked at the village in front of her and said loudly.

Rowan nodded happily and said, "Yes, that's it."

"I don't know how Natasha is doing. We didn't solve the Rek'Sai issue successfully, but we killed so many burrowing beasts, and the Glow Merchants Group has not heard of the bugs attacking people again, so... they should be doing well."

Approaching the village, Rowan and Lux ​​stepped forward and greeted the village soldiers guarding the village.

"Hmm?"

"Who are you?" The two young men guarding the village were wearing leather helmets and holding weapons that were not refined and crudely made, but not weak in lethality.

"Excuse me, is Natasha here?" Rowan asked.

Anna led the horse and followed silently behind.

"You're looking for the village chief?" The soldier frowned, looked at Rowan and Lux ​​warily, and said, "You don't look like businessmen. What do you want to see our village chief for?"

"Natasha is still here! Great!" Lux on the side called out, she squeezed next to Rowan, poked her head and said, "I'm Lux, Natasha's friend."

"Friend of the village chief?" The soldier hesitated for a moment and said, "Please wait a moment, we want to ask the village chief."

"Your name is Lux, right? What about you?" The soldier looked at Rowan again.

"My name is Rowan."

Nodding, the soldier who asked the question left alone, leaving another soldier to look at Rowan and Lux.

After a while, a noise sounded.

A woman wearing traditional Shurima clothes, with a nose ring on her delicate and small nose, and brown skin appeared in the crowd.

She ran anxiously in the front, holding a pen in her hand, looking at the village entrance in panic.

Lux and Rowan saw her, Rowan smiled, and Lux ​​waved vigorously.

"Hey! Natasha, it's me, Lux!"

"Oh my God! It's really you!"

Seeing the blonde girl waving, jumping and shouting, Natasha's eyes lit up, excitement and joy filled her face, and she quickly ran forward.

Rushing forward with open arms, Natasha suddenly hugged the blonde girl.

"I thought I would never see you again!"

Hugging Lux vigorously, Natasha's voice choked a little.

They are friends who have experienced life and death together!

Natasha, who was working in the house, thought it was a wandering merchant on Shurima when she heard the soldier say that a friend was looking for her, but when the soldier said the name Lux, Natasha immediately exclaimed, and then almost forgot to put on shoes and ran out.

How could she forget Lux and Rowan? !

"By the way, why are you alone here? Where's Kaisa?" Natasha stood on tiptoe and looked up. She saw Anna but not Kaisa, so she asked Lux ​​quickly.

"Kasa? Kaisa didn't come. She's at home looking after the house." Lux was hugged tightly by Natasha, her little face was squeezed into a ball, and she said with a smile.

Natasha was a little disappointed, but the disappointment was immediately washed away by joy. She let go of Lux and looked at Rowan.

"It's nice to see you, Natasha, you look more beautiful than before." Rowan stretched out his hand and said to Natasha with a smile.

Natasha looked at Rowan with a smile, then rushed to Rowan and hugged Rowan's waist: "I don't want a handshake, Rowan."

Rowan was stunned, then he also smiled and hugged Natasha.

Shurima women are passionate, and Natasha is no exception.

There is nothing wrong with accepting this kindness openly.

After all, wasn't Lux also smiling foolishly beside them at the moment, not jealous at all?

"Come on, come on, I want to have a good chat with you, where have you been all these years."

Holding Rowan with one hand and Lux ​​with the other, Natasha led Rowan and Lux ​​into the village, and specifically urged: "Take good care of Lux's horse, and that guest, and never neglect her!"

"Yes, village chief."

Anna handed the horse to the soldier beside her, and she also wanted to follow and listen to the story of these three people.

But now, Anna understood that it would be better to give some space to the old friends who met again.

So, she chose to follow the woman beside her.

In the room, there were drinks and various foods.

Dried goat meat, cooked goat meat, fragrant beef bones, a whole chicken and duck, and various fruits and snacks were placed on a corner of the table.

"Wow, Natasha, you didn't have wine here before."

"Hehe, that was in the past~ Although it's just a village now, it doesn't mean I'm poor. I'm very rich now." After listening to Lux's words, Natasha said with a smile.

She handed the wine bag to Rowan and Lux, opened one herself, gulped down a big sip, and then said with a red face: "Since you left, Axel has never appeared again. The merchants have returned to this place again, and our village, which has been staying here, has naturally become a place for merchants to stay."

"By exchanging goods and collecting business taxes, we have gradually become rich. Of course, the most important thing is the spring water you left when you left." Natasha said.

"Is that spring still there?" Lux took a sip of wine and asked.

Shurima's wine is different from Demacia's. It's a bit like Bilgewater's wine. They are all made from grain. They have no fruity or sweet taste. They are strong and spicy, but they are very intoxicating.

"Well, they have always been there. Now they are all treasures in our village." Natasha said happily.

"Come on, keep drinking!"

"You two, you still look the same after so many years. Hum, you must have become stronger, right?"

Natasha raised the wine bag and said loudly.

Lux said "Oh" and raised the wine bag.

Rowan also raised the bag.

They looked at each other, and then drank it in big gulps.

Lux's alcohol tolerance is not very good, and her face becomes red from time to time.

"Hehe, Natasha, don't tell me and Rowan that we didn't take care of you. The Glowing Merchants have always come to you, right? And you haven't encountered any bandits, right? That's all my credit! The Glowing Merchants were founded by Rowan and me." Lux said with a big tongue.

Natasha, who had drunk half a bag of strong liquor, got drunk after hearing this. Her eyes turned red, and she hugged Lux's face and started kissing her, saying, "I was wondering why such a big merchant group helped me like a welfare. It turned out that it was you, a little cutie, who did it!"

The two women hugged each other and started to make trouble when they drank too much, crying and laughing.

Lux's drinking behavior was originally very good. She would be confused when she drank too much, but she would not make trouble. But at this moment, accompanied by Natasha, she also started to make trouble, howling.

This kind of Lux was something Rowan had never seen before. She was very fresh and cute.

Her face was flushed and her eyes were full of spring water. After getting drunk, she looked like she was in love. Her skin was originally fair, so she looked even more attractive at this moment.

Rowan watched silently from the side, shook his head and smiled.

How to say it

Rowan and Lux ​​didn't know many people on their journey, especially when they were adventuring. They only knew Kai'Sa and Natasha. The time when they went to Piltover was not counted. That time was very safe.

What's more, Natasha's situation was different. They faced Belvis together, and Natasha did not flee the scene because of danger and fear. Lux and Kai'Sa both asked Natasha to leave, but Natasha did not choose to escape at that time, but stayed to die with everyone.

Therefore, Rowan did not say how deep his feelings were for Natasha, but after knowing each other for many years, he saw Natasha again and saw that she was so energetic and always missed Lux ​​and himself, and Kai'Sa.

Rowan would naturally be happy.

How can I put it? It's destined to be a sleepless night to meet old friends again.

Natasha, it's great to see you again.