Lux's Farewell

554 Swain and the black rose
The Battle of Blood River completely changed the situation in Noxus. After this battle, the Immortal Fortress, which originally had an absolute advantage, has now lost all its mobile forces and is completely at a disadvantage. It gained its own strength and gained the support of Noxus cities that were originally in a neutral state.

When the news reached the Immortal Fortress, Brown Darkwill almost collapsed in his seat. He stared blankly at the battle report in his hand. Even his most admired nephew was beheaded. He was no longer in the mood to pay attention. .

In a trance, His Excellency the Grand Commander even heard the sound of the death knell, which was the bell ringing for himself!

"Go and invite General Kekao!" Darkwill came back to his senses, and the first thing he did was to activate the Empire God of War again, "No, I will visit him in person—the empire cannot live without General Kekao!"

Although he has been worried that Kecao will replace him, Darkwill is also very clear that even if this general who pays attention to the honor of military nobles, even if he really becomes the grand commander, he will not kill him completely, but if Besilico's rebellion If he really wins, then he and even the entire Darkwell family may not be spared!
The lesser of two evils, let Marshal Kekao come back!
However, just when Darkwell was getting dressed and was about to go to "Corporal Lieutenant" in person, another piece of hopeless news came.

"After hearing about the results of the Battle of Blood River, Marshal Du Kecao became anxious, his wounds opened, and he fell into a coma."

Darkwill sat down sluggishly, sitting on the throne of the Grand Commander that he desperately guarded. At this moment, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

The two messengers who conveyed the news stood stiffly in place, neither leaving nor staying, and could only hope that His Excellency the Commander, who has become more and more cruel recently, would not blame himself.

"Let's go, let's go, let me be alone for a while." After a long time, Brown Darkwill finally said in a hoarse voice, "No one should come in without my order."

The two messengers left tremblingly, and then the guards tightly closed the door, leaving Darkwill alone, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Dear first rose." Darkwill said in a low voice, as if moaning, "I need your help, the help of the black rose."

No one responded to him.

"Greed and stupidity have given me pride that I shouldn't have." Darkwill increased his bargaining chips, "I'm willing to pay any price to correct this wrong that shouldn't have happened."

Still no response.

"I should correct my position." Darkwill's prayer continued, "I don't know any way to show my remorse, this pain is always tormenting me, making me burn inside, respect first rose, I need your help, Noxus needs your help."

This time, there was finally a miraculous response in the empty office.

In front of Darkwill, his prayer seemed to be a stone smashed into the water, causing ripples out of thin air—after the ripples like mirrors, water and the moon, a pair of eyes as deep as a secluded pool appeared in front of him, making him He could hardly help shivering.

The other party has a slender figure and exquisite curves, but there is no beauty in Darkwill's heart, only indescribable fear.

"Your Excellency the Grand Commander." She walked gracefully to the throne representing the supreme power of Noxus, and smiled slightly, "You are in power, you are full of ambition, you don't care about the black rose, and you don't even want to call I call Pale Lady."

Even though Darkwill was the great commander, when facing him, the pale lady's posture was obviously higher.

Perhaps in Swain's view, the Ionian War showed the degenerate side of the Immortal Fortress, and Darkwill was also a puppet of the Black Rose, but in fact, compared to those nobles whose minds were completely controlled by the Black Rose, Darkwill still has some ego - Darkwill does desire to obtain eternal life through the black rose, but this does not mean that he has to completely give up the authority of the Grand Commander, if possible, he hopes to have both.

What Darkwill hoped was to use Black Rose instead of being Black Rose's dog.

Unfortunately, at the juncture of life and death, facing the ridicule of the pale lady, all Darkwell could do was hold up a smiling face, and then throw away the reservedness that belonged to the Grand Commander, and respectfully kneel on one knee, using what he had never done before. With a humble tone, he replied "Yes, Ms. Pale".

For Darkwill's performance, Ms. Pale seemed very satisfied. There was a charming smile on the corner of her mouth. This smile was so kind, so charming, and so chilling. Darkwill just watched After one glance, he hurriedly lowered his head.

"The Darkwell family will become the soil that nourishes delicate roses." Darkwill's voice trembled, "For this, the Darkwill family will dedicate everything..."

"In that case, why don't you want to look at me?"

Darkwill still wanted to lower his head, but an invisible force seemed to grab his neck and drag him into the air.

The dragging sensation from his neck made Darkwill suspect that he might turn into a corpse shaking in mid-air at any time. In this case, he could only look at the pale lady.

Darkwill saw that sweet and dangerous smile again, and he instinctively wanted to avoid it, but he could only hold his neck.

The next moment, in the pale-white palm of the pale lady, a pitch-black rose slowly opened. She stretched out her hand, as if stroking her loyal dog, and imprinted the black rose on Darkway. On Er's forehead.

The black mark disappeared in a flash, turning into an indestructible brand, engraved deep in Darkwill's soul.

"The rose will witness your loyalty." The pale lady said as if she was very satisfied, "Now, you are also among the rose bushes."

The invisible chain broke at this moment, and Darkwill fell to the ground, panting heavily, he wanted to think instinctively, but his brain was in chaos, as if there was an endless black rose in his mind Blooming in the middle, preventing his thinking and devouring his reason.

"Jericho Swain is very proud, he thought he predicted your stupidity." The pale lady continued, "But unfortunately, he knows nothing about the real power - Gulance will give him an unforgettable Lessons."

"But the front line..."

"Forget about the battle line." The pale lady restrained her smile, "As a member of Black Rose, we have more important things to do now."

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Swain knew nothing about the conspiracy taking place inside the Immortal Fortress.

Although the situation is very good, he still has 12 points of energy, carefully guarding against all possible assassinations and tricks.

Swain knew that even if Darkwill's trash completely lost power, Black Rose would not let it go, and his journey to set things right had just begun!

Under his planning, the front moved forward steadily every day, and material resources from the rear continued to support them.

In addition to strategic materials, the more radical cities even sent local battle groups to support the frontlines—although it was hard to tell whether they were really trying to set things right, or whether they were trying to win a piece of merit in this war.

Iron Water City sent an armed fleet escort, Fendor contributed a large number of long-maned horses, and what surprised Swain most was Locklund. After the news of the victory in the Battle of Blood River passed, Locklund sent their The Earth Dragon Lizard Legion, all the way across the ocean to help in the battle!
With the Lizard Legion, the city ahead will no longer be an obstacle to the Besilico Front Army, and the huge Lizard and Black Powder will become the best weapons against the diehards.

Even though he knew in his heart that the Locklunds were playing with the wind, this did not prevent him from taking Darius to receive Branning Gulance, who was in command of the Dragon Lizard Legion, who came to help him in the battle.

Swain, who was born in the old aristocracy, used unscrupulous methods when he wiped out the old aristocrats, and he used tricks to target his weaknesses; but when he needed to express his kindness to an old aristocrat, even without smiling, he was enough to make people feel like a spring breeze.

"The Gulans family has a long and glorious tradition." Swain praised in a serious voice, "When the Valzhu Mountains were still the border of the empire, the Gulans family was the first to have the courage and courage to cross that land The man who towers over the mountains."

Although Swain's words are sincere, it seems that this Mr. Gulans is not very used to this kind of praise. He just whispered "this is a thing of the past" and took out the documents he had prepared a long time ago .

"This is the record of all ground dragon lizards. They are all big adults. Every time they step on the ground, they will cause the earth to tremble." Gu Lansi introduced in a sticky tone, "As long as we have them, we Your army will be invincible!"

Hearing this, Darius, who had always seemed to be wandering into the sky before, finally took the initiative to ask about the ground dragon lizard, and then he had a good chat with Gulans - when he talked about the excitement of Gulans, he even took the initiative to speak , invited Darius to meet those big guys.

"You're going to love them."

For this invitation, Darius readily accepted, and even turned around and asked Swain if he wanted to take a look as well.

After Swain narrowed his eyes slightly, he nodded obediently.

In this way, the three of them, with their own soldiers, came to the camp where the ground dragon lizards were temporarily kept in captivity. Just like Gu Lansi said, the land dragon lizards here are all adults, and each head is twelve feet tall at the shoulder. Above, weighing tens of thousands of pounds.

Unlike those small, chocobo-like riding dragon lizards, these adult dragon lizards are indeed good at attacking the city, just bring them to the edge of the city wall, and then drive them, let them panic Assaulting the city walls, unless it is the thick walls of the Immortal Fortress, there is almost nothing that can stop these big guys.

Darius, who has been serving in the northern border all year round, has never seen such a big guy. Although the Juvask wild boar and Ernuk in the Freljord are also large animals, compared with the dragon lizard, they are simply They were little guys, so Darius looked at these big guys up close with great interest, and asked Gu Lance some questions about them from time to time.

While Gulans answered Darius' questions, he led him and Swain into the depths of the camp, and went deeper and deeper.

Swain's expression became playful, his eyes fell on the night crow resting on the shoulder of the ground dragon lizard, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Darius continued to ask questions about the dragon lizard until he asked "how will they drive and will they get out of control".

"Earth dragon lizards look big, but they are actually very timid." The corners of Gu Lansi's mouth began to turn up, and this tall and thick man suddenly became a little strange and charming, "To drive them, you only need to make a fuss. Just make a little special movement."

"The movement you're talking about is the sound of black powder exploding, right?" Swain, who had been silent before, suddenly said, "This kind of movement is indeed very special."

"Ah, Lord Swain, you are really sharp." Gulance's voice gradually became thinner, "I really can't hide it from you—"

Before Gulanth finished speaking, a pitch-black arm stretched out and strangled his neck tightly.

With the shaking of this arm, a bag fell out of Gulanth's arms.

Darius moved the ax handle a few times, and was shocked to find that it contained nothing but a large number of ignition tools.

"Your mind is as flexible as ever, Swain." Gulance's figure gradually became slimmer, and his business gradually turned into a female voice, "but you chose the wrong path."

"Ms. Pale." Swain narrowed his eyes, "You really are not dead."

"It's a pity, I won't die." Gu Lansi, who was grabbed by the devil's arm, had already become another person at this time, "On the contrary, you will die under the trample of the ground dragon lizard today..."

While talking, in the camp, someone detonated the black powder that had been arranged in advance. Under the triple stimulation of explosion, loud noise and gunpowder smoke, these ground dragon lizards finally started to run like crazy.

Darius instinctively raised his battle axe, trying to change the direction of those ground dragon lizards that were rushing towards him in a panic, but unfortunately, these big guys completely ignored the threat of Darius—even if his battle ax An ax can easily split a heavily armed soldier in two, but only flesh wounds are left in the face of an adult ground dragon lizard.

It was a trap, and Darius seemed incapable of resisting.

At the critical moment, Swain twisted the neck of "Gurance" without hesitation, then decisively spread the wings of the devil, grabbed Darius, and took him directly to take off on the spot. Opened the crazy dragon lizard.

On the ground, "Gulance", who was abandoned by him, exhausted his last strength, staring at Swain and Darius in mid-air until he was completely trampled into an indescribable mass .

　Kalya's Little Classroom: Earth Dragon Lizard:
　　Land dragon lizards are not a biological taxonomy, but a large group of habit taxa.

　　In a broad sense, the dragon lizard can refer to all reptilian dragons, and the dragon lizard in the Noxus dragon lizard army, mainly the Rock plain dragon lizard, is a large magical creature that can grow for life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)