Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 331
There were only 3 shield formations guarding Jarvan IV, and one of them was going to further investigate the situation in the village.

Although the drone has detected the situation of the enemies in Tranquility Lake Village, that is only the surface.

Noxus has no restrictions on magic, and even dares to use black magic.

In any case, they had to make sure the village wasn't set in a magical trap by the Noxians in advance.

The other three accompanying shield formations are temporarily left outside the city, mainly used to guard Noxus prisoners of war, and to echo the shield formation hidden in the distant forest to support His Royal Highness at critical moments.

However, although there are a lot of people in Noxus, every soldier of the Fearless Vanguard has the ability to "one is as good as a hundred" when they cooperate.

This number of enemies is simply not sufficient.

The group dismounted at the entrance of the village, and the 16 elite warriors of the two shield formations surrounded Jarvan IV, Li Lin, Shivana and Albuquerque in the center.

And Li Lin secretly mobilized hundreds of air combat machines, storms and combat drones with the function of "optical camouflage" to occupy a powerful position, controlling all the entrances and exits in all directions of the village.

Upon hearing the news that the Demacian army had entered the village, the Noxians quickly assembled their troops and surrounded the center of the village, outside the village chief's house.

Their commander, the Pale Lady, was at the gate of the courtyard, and Ted was still being held in the side room.

On the narrow street, led by Jarvan IV, everyone parked tens of meters away from the Noxus, facing each other from a distance.

"Your Excellency is His Royal Highness Prince Jarvan IV?"

On the opposite side, the middle-aged man commander of Noxus shouted, "I am the general of Noxus 37th Chapter, and my name is Prescott."

He spoke the language of Demacia, which sounded a bit crappy, with a heavy eastern Noxian accent, but he was fluent.

"I've come at your invitation, where are the Teds?"

Jarvan IV obviously didn't have the patience to fight with this group of invaders in Demacia, and set up traps on purpose, almost catching his enemies.

"His Royal Highness is really impatient. If you are impatient, you will be frustrated." Prescott chuckled.

To the people on Demacia's side, it was actually a satire of their prince's defeat this time, which seemed extremely harsh.

"How dare you disrespect the prince, I advise you to keep your mouth shut!" Paldek, who was guarding the prince with a shield and spear in hand, scolded.

"Hey, it's better for young people not to be too arrogant."

Prescott is still smiling, not affected by him at all.

"You should be the new Sword Captain of the Fearless Vanguard, right? I've heard about you. It seems that Tiana Crownguard thinks that this official position is too small, so she left it to you to become the Grand Marshal?
"Tsk tsk tsk, you really deserve to be the right-hand man family of the Light Shield royal family. You can easily climb to the peak that ordinary people like you can't reach in your lifetime."

"you!"

Paldeck is strong, but he is obviously not Prescott's opponent in the verbal confrontation, and the one who was "killed" retreats steadily, without the power to refute.

"It's not like our Noxus, where those who are able take the position. Anyone who can prove their ability can be placed in a position that matches their ability."

Prescott's words are filled with belittlement of Demacia and praise of Noxus, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Enough!" Jarvan IV couldn't bear it anymore, he shouted angrily, "I'm not here today to hear you brag about your brutal and violent system! Hand over Ted!"

Seeing that this group of Demacians didn't like the fact that he often preached his allegiance to the empire in the army, Prescott didn't seem discouraged, but just shrugged.

This group of people is the elite of Demacia's Fearless Pioneers, and if they can be persuaded by themselves, that's when the sun comes out from the west.

"Let's go into the house and talk, don't you stand and talk outside the village..."

"No need." Jarvan IV directly interrupted Prescott, "It's fine here, let's exchange hostages, and then you can go back to Noxus, don't have to worry about it."

"Okay." Prescott said in a nonchalant tone, "But, we've made a deal. We'll exchange the 50 Noxian captives you captured for your adjutant."

Hearing this, Jarvan IV's eyes turned cold, his right hand clenched the dragon gun tightly, and pointed the tip of the gun at Prescott.

"Don't talk nonsense here!" He suppressed the anger surging in his chest, and said in a low voice: "30 captives, in exchange for Ted, you agreed with our envoy last night!"

"Is there a possibility that your emissary's records are wrong? I have always asked for 50 prisoners."

Damn it!Greedy Noxian offal!

Seeing Prescott's fearless appearance, Jarvan IV couldn't help frowning, and then relaxed it again with a sneer.

"After investigation by our scouts, your team is 5 kilometers away from the main force where you set up camp.

"There are only fifty of you in this village, and I'm with you on this meeting, the Intrepid Pioneers. Do you think you have any hope of defeating us?

"Besides, compared to Ted, it seems that you and the seemingly powerful person next to you are more valuable to Demacia.

"I believe Ted would be happy to die for Demacia, let me catch you."

Prescott narrowed his eyes, paused for a while and said, "You wouldn't do that, Prince Jarvan IV."

"You can try."

There was no emotion in Jarvan IV's voice, as if the coldest ice in the world was not as cold as his voice.

"whispering sound……"

Prescott snorted and rubbed his chin for a moment with a cold gauntleted hand.

Two strongholds with hundreds of people were inexplicably removed, and the soldiers in one of the barracks seemed to have evaporated from the world, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

He didn't believe that his subordinates would run away, which was a big taboo. According to the practice of Darius, the hand of Noxus, these retreating people must be beheaded to restore the morale of the army.

This is still the border of Demacia, and they can't escape there.

What's more, even the bloody lady Faris Noradi and her men of the dark battle group are missing, and there is a high probability of encountering accidents.

Coupled with the weirdness of these two incidents, his battle group lost half of its people, and it was almost impossible to compete with the Demacia army.

Just as he was about to order the withdrawal...she came.

Prescott glanced at the woman beside him out of the corner of his eye.

Recalling the scene that day, he couldn't help breaking out in a layer of cold sweat, with lingering fears in his heart.

This middle-aged lady with bloodless, pale and flawless skin, full of grace and luxury, somehow avoided the guards guarding layers of guards, and quietly appeared in his camp.

She didn't reveal her name, and just stood there, as if she was integrated with the environment, with a mirror-like feeling, and the cold temperament made Prescott couldn't help but tremble, feeling inexplicable fear.

At that time, the woman held a coat of arms with a black rose in her hand, conveying the order from the top:

Exchange 30 prisoners of war captured by Demacia with the captured Prince Jarvan IV's Guard Captain Ted.

Prescott was very puzzled as to why Black Rose would issue this order, but since he was a royalist, he would probably be liquidated by the new leader Swain in a short time, so he had no choice but to seek the protection of Black Rose.

But at what cost...

Prescott shook his head, did not shift his gaze from the Demacians in the distance, and lowered his voice to the lady next to him, "What should we do? Are we really going to exchange Ted with them?"

He hesitated in his heart.

He led the warband to Demacia without Jericho Swain's permission.

According to the law of Noxus, the commander will be beheaded in public for this kind of behavior of sending troops without permission and disobeying military orders.

Unless it can be offset by outstanding military exploits.

Being able to capture the captain of Prince Jarvan IV's personal guards alive, although it can't make up for his mistakes and keep his position as a general, at least it can save his life.

Of course, this is just Prescott's wishful thinking.

Swain said that as long as he surrenders, he will spare the lives of the old nobles. Who knows if he will go back on his word in the future?
"Exchanging with them, it's useless for us to want Ted." The lady said with a cold voice, her expression unchanged.

"It's useless?! Are you crazy? Thirty soldiers are no match for a captain of the Demacian royal guard!"

Prescott almost didn't hold back, and almost said this sentence through gritted teeth.

"I clearly told you that at least one hundred captives are needed to exchange Ted. You haven't played his value at all!"

The noble lady just glanced at him indifferently, and the indescribable meaning in her eyes made him panic.

"It seems that you have forgotten your place." She shook her head and said, "It is you who need Black Rose's help, not Black Rose who needs you. We don't need an unleashed dog."

Prescott clenched his fists, the veins on his forehead popped out, and his clenched teeth seemed to be bleeding from the bite.

When he was in power, he suffered more serious humiliation than now.

But this was the first time he had been insulted like this since he became a Noxian general.

call--

be calm...

Prescott took a deep breath, "So, the purpose of our coming today is to exchange 30 insignificant prisoners with a more important person?"

"No." The lady just spit out one word lightly.

A strange color flashed in her deep eyes, and her eyes skipped over Jarvan IV behind the shield formation in the distance, stopped briefly on Shivana, and then looked at Li Lin who was also watching her.

The corner of the lady's mouth curled into a smile, "That boy is very interesting, our main goal is actually to observe him."

Jarvan IV had once again urged the exchange of prisoners, and Prescott casually responded with a hint of eagerness on his face.

Afterwards, he first sent more than a dozen people to follow the other party to check on the situation of the Noxus captives, and then asked others to bring out Ted who was imprisoned in the side room.

"He doesn't look like a Demacian," he said to the lady again.

"He is a celebrity in Piltover, Li Lin who is known as a 'genius craftsman' and 'future pioneer'."

"Li Lin? I seem to have heard of this name. The two-wheeled bicycle used in our military was invented by him... In order to obtain the manufacturing rights, Noxus has to pay a lot of patent fees every year.

"But why did he collude with the Demacians? Piltover is a neutral city-state!"

The lady fell into a long silence again, until the 30 captives were escorted into the village, the expression on her face changed slightly, as if she felt something.

Immediately, without saying a word, she turned around and left without looking back.

"Wait! Where are you going?"

Prescott was a little anxious, trying to catch up with the lady, but he couldn't leave his men behind.

The exchange of captives was over, Jarvan IV was very angry, and the next step was to find a way to get out.

But the lady who came to convey the high-level intentions of the Black Rose did not tell him how he, who only had 50 people, could escape from the angry Demacia prince and the fearless pioneers.

After thinking about it, Prescott still turned around and followed the pace of the lady heading to the main house until he entered the slightly dim room without direct sunlight.

"Wait, you only asked me to bring 50 people here, and the 30 captives are useless, how should we get out of here?"

"When did I promise you that you can leave safely?"

Prescott's eyes widened, his mood sank, "You... what do you mean by that?!"

There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and she said something inexplicable: "Everything is just a mirror image."

"What nonsense, I have a deal with Black Rose, you promised me that you will protect me from being liquidated by Swain!"

"Yes, but this agreement, haven't we reached it?"

"What—you lied to me!"

Prescott gasped before realizing he had been played.

This is Demacia, if he was captured or killed by Demacia soldiers, wouldn't it be considered that he was not liquidated by Swain?

"Damn bitch!"

Immediately, an anger of being deceived welled up, and Prescott pulled out the saber at his waist, strode forward at a very fast speed, and ran towards the lady with a mocking smile on her face.

"Even if it is death, I will hold you back!"

He slashed with his sword, and the sharp blade had already passed the lady's neck, but there was no feeling of hitting something in his hand.

A look of astonishment appeared on Prescott's face, "This, this is impossible!"

"Huh ha ha ha ha... As I said, all of this is nothing more than fantasy." The lady's laughter was cold and cold.

In Prescott's astonished eyes, her figure reveals a cloud of black mist, which quickly diffuses in the air.

Her body is becoming transparent, and it is like a mirage-like illusion repeatedly, but it does not exist in this space at all.

"You, who are you!"

Feeling the taste of rancid metal rising from his mouth, Prescott frantically swiped his sword and slashed at the lady, but he couldn't slow down the speed at which she disappeared.

"The Empire no longer needs you, Prescott."

At the moment when the lady's body completely disappeared, her teasing voice echoed in the small room.

"But your death will only make the rose in the dark grow stronger."

(End of this chapter)