Chapter 435 [0432] Secret Treasure Guardian

Although Lacus was eager to pack up the supplies and gather the manpower and set out immediately, there was at least half a month of preparation time between the imperial meeting and the awarding ceremony.

There is no way, the earl of Laxana is almost the highest title added to Demacia in the past fifty years - Demacia has not held a large-scale investiture ceremony for too long, and now the kingdom needs such a ceremony Come inspire people!

Even the nobles who didn't care much about the lives of the common people had to restrain themselves a little after the riots of the demon-stained people, and took this opportunity to paint a picture of the common people.

"As long as you have the ability, you can jump from a commoner to a count."

Although this statement is somewhat nonsense in Demacia, it is not a lie.

After all, even though Lux is the little princess of the Crownguard family, in theory, she is still just a commoner.

However, her "civilian" and the "civilian" of the people of Demacia are not the same concept at all.

In short, Lux's investiture ceremony is destined to be a grand event in the capital. Countless people will take to the streets in the grand square to witness the birth of a countess and "understand the whole story of the previous battle."

Because after the investiture ceremony, she was leaving the capital and the Crownguard Manor again, Lux had been accompanying her mother during this period. Ogesha was naturally reluctant to leave her daughter when she saw that she was about to be separated from her daughter again.

Although Lux said that there is a "fast track" from Forsbarrow to Xiong, Ogesha still couldn't let go of Lux.

Ogesha doesn't understand magic and doesn't know how fast this "fast lane" is, but as the matron of the Crownguard family, she knows very well how much energy the head of the family needs to put in, not to mention that Lux's fiefdom is located on the border. !

Every winter, the Freljord barbarians will choose to go south. By then, Demacia's northern border will almost be under martial law. At that time, Lux will stay in the fiefdom no matter what, and be prepared.

Therefore, from today on, every New Year and every birthday in the future, Lux needs to stay in Forsbarrow.

Even though she has become a mountain climber, in Ogesha's eyes, Lux is also her most beloved little daughter!

In addition, in order to "solicit sponsorship" for Fosbairo, Lux also needed to participate in various banquets and dances as a noble model, so during the period before the knighting ceremony, she really could not devote herself to more specific tasks. in the midst of work.

Compared with Lux, Ino is very busy.

After handing over Londo's old god incarnation to Kalya, Ino seemed to have become Lux's secretary again, helping Lux travel back and forth in the capital.

Although Ino was also a climber, she did not stand out like Lux in the end. In fact, only a few people knew about her identity as a climber. The noble council and Jarvan III did not even know that there was such a thing. Person No. 1 has endured the punishment of stone crown.

This status of being hidden in the shadows gives Ino great convenience. Coupled with the Silent person's connections, she can freely handle many things that Lux cannot come forward for.

What, you ask why the Silent Man provided Ino with great convenience?

Because she is now one of the silent people!

After discussing with Lux, Sona and Kalya, Ino accepted Grandma Ling's invitation and became the elder of the Silent People in her place.

According to Grandma Ling, when the Silent People invited her to join, they did consider asking her to take on some of the responsibilities of the Silent People's organization, but it also represented the Silent People's full support for the construction of Forsbarrow.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Ino chose to join the Silent People.

At present, most of the things that Ino needs to deal with are about magic and the devil-infected people - after some arrests, all the evil-infected people who escaped from prison were caught, except for a very few lucky ones. return.

After once seeing hope of freedom, but finally being caught back in prison, each of these demon-stained people seemed to be very irritable, and what Ino had to do was to first help Lux calm these irritable demon-stricken people.

In addition, according to Grandma Ling, due to the turmoil in the capital of Demacia, a guardian is likely to find the Silent Man to question, and as one of the planners of this operation, Ino needs to face the guardian Your inquiry.

Ino tried to ask Grandma Ling about the identity of the guardian and the content of the question, but unfortunately, Grandma Ling didn't know either.

"Your Excellency, the Guardian, left very little information within the Silent People. It seems to be intentional." The kind-hearted old lady after retirement explained with a smile, "But don't worry too much, Your Excellency the Guardian only cares about the secrets." The world rune fragments saved in it, thanks to you, I didn’t really use its power, so this inquiry should be a routine inquiry.”

"Then when will this questioning start?" Ino couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, "I've been very busy recently, and Lux ​​will be knighted soon, and then I will leave Xiongdu to be with her. Let’s go to Forsbarrow together!”

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Grandma Ling said with a smile, "Although Lord Guardian is very busy, he also moves very quickly. Believe me, he will definitely come to Xiongdu before the award ceremony..."

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The legendary guardian did not keep Ino waiting for long.

Three days later, when Ino was about to leave after finishing her tour and comfort in the Forbidden Demon Prison, a messenger dressed as a Silent Man hurriedly found her.

"Elder Ino." After seeing Ino, the other party took off his hood. It was the silent man who was "tortured" by Ino. "The elders sent me to inform you that the guardian has arrived."

The silent man looked excited, with a bit of envy in his tone, as if he wanted to meet the guardian like Ino.

Ino was a little surprised to detect his attitude. Unfortunately, today, Lux needed to attend a party and Kalya had to go to "on-site guidance". Ino had no one to discuss with, so she could only suppress her doubts, nodded and ran to the secret place of the silent man.

When Ino came here, all the elders were waiting outside the secret place, and the retired Grandma Ling was also in the crowd.

"Go, go quickly." The old woman urged with a smile, "Once you get the recognition of the guardian, you can really get the authority of the elders!"

Ino nodded and looked at the door of the secret room.

On the door of the secret room that once seemed impeccable and made Ino unable to find the law of the flow of magic, a mysterious symbol was flashing a blue glow, as if it was an activated keyhole.

Ino stepped forward, stretched out his left arm, and pressed the palm of his left hand on the mysterious symbol in the center of the secret room door.

As the magic flowed and injected smoothly, Ino's figure suddenly disappeared, and the next moment he seemed to penetrate the space and came to a lush forest!

Shaking his head to dispel the discomfort caused by the teleportation, Ino narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the surrounding environment.

It looks like a forest here, but it is not ordinary trees, but various rune trees-different from the trees in Zaun, the rune trees here are taller and more upright, and seem to have a stronger ability to absorb magic.

Ino looked at these trees with interest, feeling the magic tide rippling around him, and soon had a vague guess about his location in his heart.

"You're here." Just as Ino was observing these rune trees and feeling the wonderful flow of magic here, an old voice sounded, "You are Ino, the new elder of the Demacia Silent People, right?"

"Yes, it's me." Ino turned his head and looked in the direction of the speaker, "Are you the guardian they are talking about?"

There, next to a tall magic-forbidden tree, a figure wearing a robe and a hood was leaning against the tree, sorting out the scroll in his hand-after hearing Ino's question, he rolled up the scroll neatly, put it on his back, and nodded.

Ino narrowed his eyes slightly.

Whether it is from the identity of the other party as a guardian, or the skin exposed outside the robe, and the magic tattoo on the skin flashing with magic light, he should be a spellcaster.

However, what made Ino unacceptable was that if she only relied on magic vision, she could hardly detect even a trace of the other party's magic flow - he was clearly standing there, but it seemed that he did not exist there at all. The tide of magic flowed past him, but it did not cause even the slightest ripple.

Is this really what a spellcaster can do?

"To make a long story short." The guardian did not take off his hood, but sped up his speech. "According to the ancient contract, since you have been recognized by the Silent People and become an elder, you have the right to obtain some permissions to communicate with the source magic. But before that, I need to conduct a small test on you to prevent you from getting lost in the power-"

"If the permission you are talking about is the permission to use the power of the world rune, then we can stop." Ino interrupted the other party, "I am not interested in the world rune, and I don't want to be contaminated by this dangerous power."

Ino's words seemed to surprise the guardian. He rarely took off his hood and looked at Ino carefully.

When his eyes fell on Ino, Ino had a subtle feeling as if she was holding Kalya, which made her frown and mobilize her own magic to resist the other party's detection.

"World Runes are extremely dangerous, you are right." The guardian was calm, but his tone was not as calm as before, "But the power in you is also dangerous. Whether it is the ice blood or the celestial energy, it is difficult to control it."

"So I am still learning magic theory." Ino replied calmly, "Grandma Ling said that you will question about the unrest in Xiongdu. Ask and answer quickly. I have something to do-and, you are also busy, right?"

"What an interesting little girl." The old guardian's face remained calm, "How do you know I am busy?"

"The cloak on you has a strong Shurima style, and the mouth of the cloak There is still gravel in the bag. If I am not mistaken, you have just been teleported from Shurima. "Ino replied, "And it should be Western Shurima."

"Correct answer." The guardian nodded, "Then guess again, where is this place?"

"This is Lunwall." Ino replied quickly, "Lunwall's Rune Tree Cultivation Laboratory."

"You also know Lunwall's Rune Tree Cultivation Laboratory?" This time, the guardian's calm face finally showed some surprise, "Although this is not Lunwall, it still surprises me a little... You obviously have ice blood, why do you know Lunwall's laboratory?"

"Everyone has their own secret." Ino also found a big tree and leaned on it, "So, it's useless for me to pretend to be mysterious - if you want to get any news from me, you have to Pay equal message.”

"It's a pity that my curiosity has been exhausted over the long years." The guardian shook his head after hearing this, "Since you are unwilling to accept the power of the world runes, then I will send you back immediately..."

Ino was a little surprised by the other party's indifference. She originally thought of using her words to arouse the guardian's curiosity and doubts, and then collect more information about the other party through message exchange.

In Ino's opinion, as long as he can collect effective information, Kalya can find out the details of this guy in minutes!

But what she never expected was that the guardian didn't seem to have the slightest curiosity of a mage. It was just business. If she said she didn't need the power of the world runes, he would send her back!

Ino, who was a little unwilling, thought about it and quickly thought of a good way.

"Wait a few minutes," she said with a smile, "wait for me to get some samples of the rune tree."

Ino's original intention was to determine his location through the samples of the rune tree and help Kalya collect as much information as possible.

But she never expected that the moment she said "sample", the guardian who had always been very calm would suddenly become alert.

"You can't touch these rune trees." His tone was serious, and there was even an undisguised warning in it, "I will send you away now, right away!"

Ino raised an eyebrow.

"Get out of here!" A blue arcane light lit up around the guardian, and the next moment, a circular teleportation circle appeared at his feet, "Come here, I'll take you back to Demacia!"

Then, before Ino could make a move, she saw not far behind the guardian, the sky was reflected in a dazzling red.

"Hahahahahahaha!" A wild laugh rang out, causing the originally serious guardian to frown even more. "My dear teacher, you left in such a hurry. Didn't you show poor hospitality to your disciples?"

Kalya's Little Classroom: Demacia's Peerage:

Except for the first generation of ancestors, most of Demacia's titles were awarded to soldiers with military exploits.

Since the Battle of the Gate of Sorrow, Demacia and Noxus have not had a large-scale war. Although there were several frictions between the two sides during the reign of Jarvan III, the scale was ultimately limited and what could be established was Credit is also limited, so Demacians have not witnessed the birth of a new earl for a long time.

In addition, Lux was able to be granted the title of earl not only because of her status as a summiteer and her origins in the Crownguard family, but more importantly, she needed a big enough name to qualify for an astonishingly large fief; and Lux The Silk Fiefdom is so vast because the northern territory is too barren and lacks products.

In fact, the farther north the Demacian fiefdom is, the larger the area of ​​the nobles' fiefdom and the higher their title. Therefore, when communicating within the nobles, title is just a threshold for entry. The specific status still depends on the individual fiefdom and other factors. In addition to titles, positions within the kingdom.

PS. There is another chapter in the second half of the night.