Lux's Farewell

Even in Demacia, Kalya's identity is the highest-level secret - except for a few of the mages who have been pointed out by him, almost no one knows that this guy who wears a mask and engages in mysticism all day long is actually the entire Demacia. Marcia's "Mastermind".

However, considering the current strength comparison between Demacia and Noxus, even if the War Stonemason did not have any information about Kalya, the reception staff did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

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

At this welcome banquet, Kalya and Riel talked happily - he did not mention any issues about diplomacy, but had a cordial exchange with the new Grand Commander about magic. At the end of the banquet, Riel His state was visibly relaxed.

After the dinner, facing the receptionist, Kalya did not regard himself as an outsider at all. He asked here and there without any consciousness that "information gathering should be kept secret".

The Noxians were naturally very dissatisfied with this, but they were just dissatisfied.

Even if Kalya hadn't explained his purpose, the Noxians could only treat him respectfully.

Therefore, before officially starting to ask for information about Fort Diver, Kalya walked through the streets and alleys of the Immortal Fortress for five days as a diplomat, as if he was a streetwalker full of curiosity, and asked him to be responsible for the reception. His entourage was miserable.

Apart from occasionally discussing theoretical knowledge about magic with Ms. Riel, he spent most of his time walking around the streets. Occasionally, he would generously spend money to buy some souvenirs and then hand them over to the receptionist.

The only good news for these unlucky people is that the Demacia envoy is still reasonable in the face of reasonable rejection. When he wanted to visit the Well of Darkness in the Immortal Fortress and was rejected, He just muttered, "What a pity," and didn't press on, causing the receptionist any more trouble.

Kalya obviously didn't know that his image was the same as that of a street kid in the eyes of the receptionist. He was obviously not really shopping when he was wandering around during this period - he hoped to get a clearer look at Novo through his own eyes. The heart of Texas, this ancient city.

Although he failed to enter the Well of Darkness and observe the dark magic ruins left by Mordekaiser up close, he still gained a lot.

The products in shopping malls and bazaars can reflect the richness of products to a certain extent, and the retail price of food and whether purchase restrictions are extremely important information. Demacia's intelligence team has faced the problem of insufficient intelligence since its establishment. The intelligence collection on Noxus was obviously insufficient, so Kalya had to take action personally.

Of course, the purpose of collecting information about Noxus was not to turn the gun against Noxus in the future. The main reason for doing so was that Kalya needed to find a handle to make the Noxians cooperate obediently - he would not think that The Noxians, who had just experienced a disastrous defeat, were willing to lend their help easily to the problem of Dredge Keep.

If she were to assume the role of a Noxian, Kalya would simply wish for Demacia to collapse internally in the Freljord and Lissandra!

Therefore, how can we get the Noxians to obediently hand over the information about Fort Delver? In addition to relying on the [power] of Demacia being strong and Noxus being weak, it is best to provide another person who is strong enough to convince Noxus. The people of Sri Lanka, or in other words, enough to convince the Noxians of their [profit].

This is the main reason why Kalya took action personally.

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

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

The price of grain is a bit expensive, but considering that autumn is about to begin, which is the time of drought, this price is not a problem.

Moreover, there is no restriction on the purchase of food. If this is not a face-saving project that the Noxians have prepared for a long time, it means that Noxus still has good internal control.

Because Kalya arrived in a bit of a hurry, the Immortal Fortress, which was still recruiting soldiers, had consciously suspended the recruitment process, but the result was that it still 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 go well.

As for more information about the formation of new battle groups and the replenishment of old battle groups, Kalya could not find out.

However, this is enough.

Now, he had a rough assessment of the situation in Noxus—at least the Immortal Fortress and the surrounding areas.

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

But similarly, Noxus is not completely finished yet. Although the Noxians have lost their enthusiasm to join the army, the order of Noxus is not chaotic.

The most important thing is that through the "eye of sand accidentally left behind", Kalya was pleasantly surprised to find that although Darius promised to step down, he is actually still the "temporary commander" and still occupies the seat of Trifali Council. Seats!

Look, isn’t the gripper 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 is destined to have an evil guest who will 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 confirmed that you are the real As a decision-maker, I will not visit you 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 insistence, 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 to their hometown.”

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

What do you mean?

A Noxian noble's... homecoming?

In the current territory of Noxus, almost all the old nobles have been physically wiped out - because Darius was ruthless in his actions and Draven was clean in his actions, 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?

Are they returning to the Immortal Fortress?

Is Demacia hinting at overthrowing Noxus?

No, it's not like that.

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 decay and exploitation, how could Noxus have fallen into this situation today?

Under the desk, Darius couldn't help but clenched his fists.

However, after a moment, he let go of his hand again.

Maybe... is this Demacia deceiving herself?

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

Maybe this is what Demacians are doing with nothing!

Thinking of this, Darius' eyes became firm again - although the insects must be prevented from returning, Noxus cannot blackmail them at will.

"The black rose is eager to bloom again." Keenly aware of Darius's emotional changes, Kalya finally spoke and took the strong medicine, "Now that Mr. Darius has left the field, Ms. Riel should not refuse some experience. Help from the rich old man, right?”

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"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 Darius Marcia and your country have achieved peace, so the two parties should be friends, and friends should help each other!"

At this moment, listening to Kalya's nonsense, Darius's expression was worse than having a stomach full of food, but he couldn't get the attack at all and could only grit his teeth and stare at Kalya.

"If you directly help, it would be suspected of interfering in your internal affairs." Kalya's tone was full of sincerity, "In this case, it is better for us to gather the nobles of your country who fled to Demacia after the Battle of Tobitsia. , let them return to Noxus and use their rich experience to help Ms. Riel!"

In addition to being sincere, Kalya emphasized "rich experience", and with every syllable he uttered, Darius's expression became darker.

Damn it, those scum have a wealth of experience focused on infighting. If they are sent back, Noxus will really have a bleak future!

"Let's talk it out." Seeing that Kalya seemed to be planning to continue, Darius finally couldn't stand it any longer, "What do you want?"

Seeing Darius's expression, Kalya finally stopped threatening without hesitation. He leaned forward slightly, as if chatting with a friend, and finally made his request for the first time.

"I want...Dugburg."

Kalya’s Little Classroom·Well of Darkness:

This building located in the center of the Immortal Fortress, like a bottomless dry well, is said to have existed since the founding of Noxus, and even the establishment of the Noxian Empire, the predecessor of Noxus.