Chapter 225: The Turbulent Undercurrent of Demacia

Freljord, the cold wind whistled past.

The wilderness was reacting with ice and fire. A figure as charred as charcoal was walking on the wasteland. The flames burning on his body were gradually melting the eternal ice under his feet.

Three figures suddenly appeared in front of him.

The figure did not hesitate at all. His empty eyes lit up slightly. The flames suddenly gathered under the feet of the three people, and burst into flames that reached the sky.

The three people avoided it with their own means. Camille's sharp knife legs scratched a mark on the ice.

"It looks like a beast with little awareness. I don't know if it has enough wisdom to support what we are going to do."

"Our mission is just to find him."

Leblanc looked at the man in the flames in front of her, and threw out a black chess piece casually. It was the queen chess piece that she had played against Ryan.

The chess piece burst into a deep blue light in the air, and then a rune array suddenly appeared between them and the flaming man.

"Rune. Rune"

The man in the flames muttered these two words like crazy, releasing a burning breath all over his body. In the world of ice, the flames swirled around him, and his eyes were fixed on the rune array.

His eyes, which had been dead, seemed to come alive, becoming greedy and carrying a little resentment.

The moment a figure appeared in the rune array, the flames around him moved.

The flames swirled, covering the sky and rolling towards the figure without dead ends.

A blue light flashed, a strong wind swept, and a water tornado condensed around the rune array.

Swish!

Like a hungry jackal, the flames immediately collided violently with the water tornado, and a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky, accompanied by the "sizzling" sound of water and fire vaporization.

The temperature around dropped again, and the white mist in the sky quickly turned into crystal clear fine ice when it was cold, falling like a torrential rain.

"Kiggenno?"

Ryan walked out of the magic circle with his hands behind his back and called out the name of the flaming man in front of him.

Ryze's former apprentice. Kigenno.

"Brand, I will turn everything to ashes." The voice of the flaming man was low and hoarse.

Brand, a word representing the fire of revenge in Freljord language.

Revived in the flames, just to ignite the fire of revenge.

From the words, Brand is not a beast as Leblanc and the other two judged. At least. It is slightly better than a beast.

"Leave it to me." Ryan raised his right arm slightly.

"Your will, Your Majesty!"

The three bowed at the same time, turned around quickly without hesitation, and stepped back.

They are the most outstanding intelligence personnel in Noxus, and know what appropriate response should be made under what circumstances. Now that His Majesty the Speaker of the Council has arrived, it is time for them to complete Ryan's next task.

Two sentences later, two more huge fireballs came, burning fiercely in black and red, but still unable to break through Ryan's defense.

"Are you looking for this again?"

Seeing the greed in Brand's eyes, Ryan's eyes lit up with the light composed of "witchcraft" runes.

Suddenly, an overwhelming momentum like a tsunami emanated from him.

The invisible air wave even affected the surrounding environment, the surrounding ice was shattered, and huge pieces of ice flew.

For a moment, it seemed that the whole world was targeting Brand.

Nature, the environment, and all things were shouting and roaring, charging at him as if they were enemies.

"I think we can talk."

While Ryan was speaking, his hand was raised high and then fell without hesitation.

The ice in the sky seemed to be given life, turning into ice birds of different sizes, flying towards Brand.

Brand struggled, and the blazing flames were released.

But all this was in vain. The ice storm caused by the flying bird enveloped him, and in just a moment, his lower body was completely frozen.

"World Rune. So powerful that it is fascinating."

Although his body was frozen by the ice, the words Brand said were still full of greed and desire for the World Rune.

His resurrection came from the power of the World Rune, but the power derived from it was not even a millimeter away from the real rune.

Brand always knew in his heart that it was a gap like a chasm. This is why he hated Ryze even more. If it weren't for Ryze's obstruction, he would be stronger than the man who had merged the rune in front of him.

"I heard that you are Ryze's apprentice. I don't know if threatening him with your information will make him expose the hiding place of the World Rune." Ryan glanced at him lightly, with a hint of chill in his tone.

"Maybe. He wants to kill me, and I want to burn him to ashes!"

Brand said a lot more when talking about Ryze, but both his words and expressions were filled with strong hatred.

"If you can't do it, adding his other apprentice, the prince of Demacia, should be enough."

Ryan did not hide his covetousness for the World Rune, and Brand took it for granted.

No one can resist the power of the World Rune, let alone those who have obtained it. Yes, the old man wanted to take it for himself.

"Nameless Mage, you are powerful, but you are too arrogant!"

Brand roared, and his body suddenly burst into high temperature, melting the ice that froze him in just a moment.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, his body turned into a sky full of flames and disappeared without a trace.

He could not compete with the person who had integrated the World Rune, which was the greatest power in the world.

Hundreds of kilometers away, Brand's weak figure appeared again. The flames on his body were slightly less powerful, but his eyes looking towards Demacia were still filled with endless hatred.

Ryze was ridiculous, a guy who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

If you are really the guardian of the World Rune, why can others integrate it.

What the man, the prince of Demacia, Jarvan, said was not impossible.

When he obtains the power of the World Rune, everything will be dyed into ashes by his fire of revenge!

He walked step by step towards the northern mountains.

Not long after he left, Ryan had already flown from the place where Brand escaped.

"Ryze."

Make sure the enemy is not dead, but not so strong that it is uncontrollable.

After a long time of exploration, he can easily use this kind of control over power on Brand.

According to the speed at which Brand went to the northern mountains. Time, just right

His figure disappeared again in the ice and snow, and when he appeared again, he had already arrived at the capital of Demacia.

This is the residence of the eight officials in charge of the civil field, O'Neill Manor.

"Mr. Meredith."

When Ryan appeared in this old house, an old man with white hair and beard but vigorous stood up and welcomed Ryan's arrival.

He had always known that the person in front of him would come, and he had already prepared to welcome him.

"Gilbert, how many years have we not seen each other." Ryan's eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia.

Gilbert O'Neill, one of the eight officials today.

The O'Neill family is not even as powerful as the Bouvier family, but he has served as one of the eight officials for 30 years.

"About 10 years." Gilbert smiled, "Mr. Meredith, it seems that I made the most correct decision back then."

"After investing countless times, there will always be a reward. I remember this is what you once said to me." Ryan's mouth curled up slightly.

During the previous trip to Demacia, he met many people and received help from many people.

But the reason why he chose to join Noxus later was inseparable from Gilbert.

The O'Neill family has been Noxus since the beginning.

This family believes in venture capital and is very keen on managing various relationships. They believe that every investment will always yield rewards.

After hundreds of years, they may not still be truly loyal to Noxus, but they must be loyal to the current Noxus.

Not only because of his little friendship with the O'Neill family, but also because Noxus has crushed Demacia in terms of strength.

"No matter how much we invest, we still remember our identity. We have always been servants of the empire, waiting for orders from the empire." O'Neill's eyebrows drooped slightly, his face solemn.

Gilbert is a very realistic person. His many years of undercover career gave him enough time to make everything flawless and leave almost no evidence.

During the Darkwell period, he did not have close contacts with Noxus, and could even be said to be estranged.

However, when they occasionally encounter extremely talented mages, they will escort them to Noxus and tell them that this is the kindness of the O'Neill family.

It is too common among the nobles that Demacia nobles cannot bear to hurt mages because of their kindness.

Ryan received the kindness of the O'Neill family at that time, but this help was even less than the help given to him by the Crown Guard.

But after Trifarion came to power, the O'Neill family increased their exchanges with Noxus. Since they invested too many mages, it was easy for them to establish a stronger connection with the empire.

Especially after the defeat of the Winged Protector, this connection even reached the point of exchanging information every day.

There is a small, inconspicuous gem on the scepter that symbolizes the eight officials of Demacia.

This is a small magic prop made by Leblanc and Orianna. It is composed of a pair of mother and child magic gems. The function is to synchronize the images and sounds seen and heard by the child gem to the mother gem.

The sub-gemstone is the one on the scepter, and the mother gemstone is in Swain's hand.

"Mr. Meredith, do I need to arrange an identity for you?" Gilbert bowed slightly.

"No need, he is not in the capital, no one has found my trace." Ryan shook his head calmly.

He can now initially control the "witchcraft" world rune. After the space magic has been improved and blessed, the means by which he appears here cannot even be detected by Ryze.

What's more, Ryze is no longer in the capital. According to Leblanc's information, he is at Greentooth Peak.

It is very close to the northern mountains and Freljord. Their actions in Freljord are not only in Flanders, but also include the rumor about the spread of the world rune mentioned earlier.

Ryze's personality is simple and easy to understand. Even if he knows that it is a trap, even if he knows that it is mostly false, as long as it is related to the world rune, he will definitely go to find out.

No matter what, he will not miss any opportunity to collect world runes.

According to the inference, Ryze should have two runes in his hand, yellow and green.

And one of them.

While listening to Gilbert's report on Xiongdu, Ryan looked out the window in the direction of Greentooth Peak.

Without the cover of the Forbidden Magic Forest, the World Rune is emitting extremely rich energy. Not only can those who have merged with the Rune feel it, but also a certain Avenger awakened by the World Rune can feel it.

Bringing the World Rune, one is to put an end to his spying, and the other is to deal with him as a backup.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

When it comes to the critical moment, in order to prevent the World Rune from causing greater damage to the Rune Land, Ryan believes that Ryze will drive the World Rune.

After thousands of years of companionship with the World Rune, even if he has merged with the World Rune, he dare not say that his understanding of the World Rune is better than Ryze.

But ah.

The Rune Land needs strength, but it does not necessarily rely on strength to achieve the goal.

"Are you going to start the next plan?" Ryan asked, turning his head.

Dividing his attention is just a small matter for him now.

Gilbert talked about his plan for Noxus. Old General Laurent was isolated and helpless, and he was not only fueling this trend.

He often "secretly visited" the Laurent family and drank with General Laurent, and was inadvertently seen by some servants every time.

In the eyes of the nobles, Gilbert and General Laurent had a close personal relationship, and he was even willing to take the risk that he might encounter.

But only some nobles knew this news, and from the public's perspective, he had already drawn a clear line with the Laurent family.

"Mr. Meredith, Commander Swain told me about the empire's strategy. A political marriage seems to involve only two families, but it is actually closely related to Demacia." Gilbert smiled happily.

His plan is very simple. If the Crown Guard family needs to take power, they need to win the support of more people.

The election of the king is the same as the removal of the king. It needs to win 70% of the votes of the people except the original king.

Demacia is different from Noxus. Even a strong person like Laxana has to follow the rules.

Otherwise, the country would rather split and perish than succumb to power. This is something engraved in the bones of Demacia.

Unless Noxus uses victory and torture to break down the psychological defenses of the Demacians.

But obviously, if it does so, it will only get a ruined kingdom, which will not benefit Noxus much.

Since Laxana needs to win him over, and he rarely expresses his opinions on weekdays, the people who are in contact with him are particularly important.

This can reveal which camp he belongs to through clues.

He secretly executes Noxus' orders, but on the surface, he is the person with the most ordinary relationship with Noxus. No one would think that a person in his 80s who is about to die is worthy of Noxus's planning.

And letting Fiona marry the side branch of the Crown Guard will inevitably affect his position regardless of whether the result is successful.

If the Crown Guard makes a fool of himself and suffers a loss, he can join the camp of the Light Shield to plan.

If the Crown Guard makes Lawrence retreat, he can also take the opportunity to mediate the relationship as a peacemaker, and finally join the Crown Guard with a positive image.

If the two are resolved peacefully, it will be a perfect ending for him. This shows that the Crown Guard has no deep or shallow relationship with him, and he has not leaned towards the Light Shield.

At this time, the neutral faction represented by Greensom will inevitably extend an olive branch to him in order to maintain power in the turmoil.

And the Eight Law Officials and Greensom are the targets that Noxus needs to win over the most.

No matter which side he joins, Gilbert will propose to strike and deal with the neutral forces they are in first.

In the final analysis, Noxus is his greatest confidence.

"A simple marriage will determine the future political direction of Demacia."

Gilbert stood behind Ryan with an effect on his lips and continued to explain to him:

"Old General Laurent has entered the game. He is a pure Demacian. After so much doubt, he is too eager to restore his reputation and glory."

"I hope this is a wonderful show." Ryan nodded calmly.

If it is as a friendly army, Gilbert is definitely the most likely person to stab in the back. Even as an enemy, he will be an outstanding conspirator.

But when he is a member of the empire and placed in the enemy's place, he can be an extremely sharp blade of the empire.

The future Demacia also needs such a sharp blade.

King, nobles, and civilians.

Demacia, where the three are balanced, both Demacia itself and Noxus will like this result.

Late at night.

In Laurent's mansion.

Candlelight illuminates the entire parliament room, and three generations of grandfather and grandson sit in this small room at the same time.

"Fiona!" Sebastian looked angry.

He is the patriarch of the Laurent family, Fiona's biological father, and a famous swordsman in Demacia:

"Have you ignored the honor of your family and your grandfather for your own selfish desires?"

Sitting next to him was an old man with a haggard face. Compared with his previous vigorous spirit, General Laurent is now like a candle in the wind, which may be extinguished at any time.

If Gilbert hadn't been comforting him, he might have committed suicide long ago because of the rumors.

Fiona looked at her grandfather and recalled the scene when he taught her swordsmanship when she was a child.

She didn't want to succumb to the arrangement of fate, and even joined the Judgment Group for this.

But it seemed that fate had returned to the starting point, and she had to face the thing she didn't want to do again:

"There will be a way to deal with this matter." Fiona said firmly.

"Methods? Nobles and citizens want attitudes, not our plan." Sebastian sneered, "Do you think your personal relationship is useful?"

"Lakanshana can prove it for Grandpa!" Fiona did not shrink back.

"She proves that she will only be thought to be kind, but will make others think more. Everyone is just doubt now, and your approach has actually doubted everyone's doubts." Sebastian was indifferent.

He didn't love his daughter, but for him, his family honor was better than everything, far more valuable than personal honor and the sword in his hands.

Seatian is not available for Freana's naive thoughts.

Not to mention what Lakshana would pay for it, it was just a statement that could not get rid of their suspicion. This statement was a few months late.

How can a family can't hold it, and then find someone to declare that they have not done anything.

The Demasian people are not stupid. Instead, they are even more abandoned. They are not as good as all suicide or died in the war of the claws of Winter Winter.

What made Sebastian feel most ridiculed that when Noxus showed his strength, several ordinary nobles found them and expressed their goodwill.

Demasia has not yet died, and these people are already finding the way.

Instead, this aggravated the heart disease of Laurent's general. Of course, Sebastian knew that as long as the family was carried down, the misunderstanding would be clarified.

But he even understood that Old General Laurent couldn't wait.

It didn't take long for him to go for a long time, he had to go because of age and heart disease.

So he has to do something.

The marriage between Fiona and the Crown Guard, whether for the veteran of Laurent or the Demasian, is a dose of strong pose, proves some things.

"You have another choice." Sebastian suddenly said.

"What choices?" Filina looked slightly condensed.

Her father's words gave her a new hope.

"You have a good deal with Lakshanna, and you are in love with the sword. You can consider becoming Eldrad of this generation." Sebasta calmly said calmly.

"The head of Eldrad?" Philina didn't know what her father meant.

"Galun Jian Captain returned this time, and he should be able to inherit the position of Marshal Tiana." Sebastian said deeply.

Fiona's face changed slightly and blurted out:

"Do you want me to change my marriage contract with Captain Galen?"

"This is a choice, but people may not look at you." Sebastian glanced at Fiona, who was full of resistance.

He knows his daughter's personality and tenacity, but sometimes in a human society, he will inevitably be delayed by many things.

Fiona is very similar to him, but he finally found that his sword could not knock all, and he did not think that Fiona's sword could be pierced all doubts about the family.

"Think about it, Fiona, I will give you 2 days, you can go to Lakansana. Two choices to choose one. If you don't choose, then I will do it according to the most hope of the family." Sebas After speaking hard, he walked out of the parliament room.

With the burden of a family, he has always knew how to make a choice.

They are not the guards, and they are not so high.

To survive in the gaps, you can live well to chase your dreams.