Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Swain's so-called Du Kecao wants to redeem the two is completely nonsense.

Relying on Li Lin's understanding of this legendary Noxus assassin general, he is completely an existence that cannot contain any sand in his eyes.

Katerina just failed once and was abandoned by him, never giving her a second chance, this is still his biological daughter.

Although Tai Long is very strong and has excellent talent in the way of assassin, he still failed after all.

Noxus has not sent anyone for several months, even if it is a war mason or an assassin to inquire about the two, it means that Du Kecao has completely given up on them.

Assassins don't get second chances.

Although the Rune Wars were experienced in ancient times, Noxus was extremely scarce in survival resources.

But with such a huge land area, it is not difficult to find another assassin seedling whose talent is not weaker than Tai Long.

This is the idea that Li Lin put in the mind of Du Kecao's character through empathy.

It's just that, to the Master Assassin, daughters and disciples are abandoned sons, but it's different for Swain.

With Lamo's ability, he clearly knows the help that Katerina and Tyrone can provide him in the future.

Du Kecao had strict requirements on his disciples, and he could discard them as abandoned children at will, but Swain could not.

Heimerdinger didn't understand what they were talking about at all, and Li Lin didn't tell him about Katerina and Tyrone.

In fact, even if it is said, this yordle who only concentrates on studying science will not care too much.

Caitlin, Karina, and Mel all shifted their gazes at the same time, and stared at Li Lin who took the note to check, and a look of surprise flashed through his eyes.

In order to exchange Katerina and Tyrone, Swain really spent a lot of money!

Leaving aside the Noxus Golden Sword, which has an exchange rate close to 2:1 with the Gold Hex in Shuangcheng, the Grand Commander directly gave 20 pieces, and there are dozens of tons of Noxus rich in iron ore and coal mines. Mainly various minerals, even including several preferential trade policies.

According to Li Lin's original idea, in fact, Swain probably paid tens of thousands of gold hexes. It would be difficult for him to show himself again. This is to sell Swain's face to let Katerina and Tyrone go, making the other party feel that he owes him A favor will do.

But looking at it now, Swain didn't give Li Lin any chance to plot against him.

After all, Katarina and Tyrone were sent by him to test the rising star of Piltover.

He couldn't let these two assassins who would play a pivotal role in the Noxus assassin circle in the future lose their lives in Piltover.

Li Lin stared at the paper for a moment and passed it to Caitlin, Karina, and Mel for a review. They all had expressions of surprise in their eyes, but they tried hard to suppress it and did not show it on the surface.

One hundred thousand gold seas is just a drop in the bucket for the top families, even iron ore and coal mines are nothing.

But more important are the trade preferences that can't be bought with a lot of money.

Karina quickly gave Li Lin a look.

Due to various recent expenses, especially the reform of the big family, Piltover's ostensible fiscal revenue has decreased by several percentage points compared to the past.

But now that Swain has such a generous trade preferential policy, and only needs to pay two insignificant assassins in exchange, it is a completely profitable business.

Even Caitlin and Mel, as well as Heimerdinger who didn't pay much attention to this, all hoped that Li Lin would agree.

Swain couldn't see through Li Lin, but he could still see what they were thinking, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

I reluctantly paid such a high price in exchange for the future ominous blade and the shadow of the blade, it seems that it is almost a success.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret the decision he made because he didn't pay much attention to Li Lin...

"Commander Swain, the reward you gave is indeed generous."

Li Lin's voice came to an abrupt end, and Swain and Darius on the opposite side frowned involuntarily.

They all felt that the stunned boy in front of him seemed to have a bit of a big appetite.

"Speaker Li, I remember a legend in Ionia called: Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant."

Swain's tone was slightly displeased, but before he finished speaking, Li Lin interrupted him with a chuckle and shook his head: "You misunderstood me, Swain."

"Oh?"

He paused for a while, glanced at Darius, and continued: "Actually, I only have one insignificant additional condition. If I insist, it can be regarded as a request."

Swain pondered for a moment, "But it doesn't matter, as long as I can do it."

"You have the power of Lamo, so you must know the void?" Li Lin asked without thinking.

Void...

Upon hearing this word, Swain suddenly felt a throbbing and panic for no reason.

Especially the left hand trembled uncontrollably.

But this is not a change in his own emotions, but a manifestation of Rameau who has been accepted by him as a part of his body.

The devil was scared...

Swain's heart trembled.

Even the iron-clad wraith that once ravaged Valoran and imprisoned Ramo did not make it so fearful. How could a mere void that it never mentioned make it behave like this?
"Unfortunately, all I know is that there was a Void War in Shurima, but I don't know much about the Void."

Swain shook his head, and naturally used his right hand to press his left arm under the hem of his clothes, so as not to expose it to the air.

Except for Li Lin and Caitlin who noticed some clues, none of the other three noticed anything abnormal.

The founding of Noxus is nearly a thousand years old. Although there were darkborn who once occupied the territory east of the Valoran continent, most of the darkborn were affected by the void and forgot what happened that year.

Coupled with the fact that the Great Library of the Empire was annihilated along with the City of the Sun in the huge astral magic caused by the fall of the sun disk, the records about the void are even more scarce.

The only threats Noxus has ever faced are Rune Wars and Mordekaiser, so it's not uncommon to not know much about the Void.

"Our world is not only composed of the part we see before our eyes. Just like Runeterra has a material realm and a spiritual realm, the heavens also have corresponding dimensions."

In order for Swain to understand more conveniently, Li Lin didn't involve the subspace and the antimatter plane, but directly talked about the plane of nothingness.

"Along with the beginning of the heavens, the corresponding plane of nothingness was born, which represents some kind of unknowable nothingness at the other end of the realm.

"They tried to invade Runeterra more than once, devouring this vibrant world, and turning everything in the world into nothingness, but they all failed.

"But now, after thousands of years of sleeping and waiting patiently, the nothingness of the abyss beneath Runeterra is stirring, and it's about to return."

Li Lin took a deep breath, "More than four months later, in the former port city in the southeast of Shurima, a void life form claiming to be the Empress of the Void will break out of the ground and bring nothingness to this world."

"Is this true?"

"Of course it's true."

Swain frowned, red eyes flickered, and he stared at Li Lin, who had the same dignified expression, without blinking.

He doesn't seem to be lying.

Immediately afterwards, Swain found out the secrets of the other people with the help of Lamo's ability, and his heart gradually became heavy.

Except for Mordekaiser, the iron-clad wraith who is destined to return to the realm of the living again, Noxus...

No, it is the entire Runeterra, which will face a crisis that endangers the world in advance.

Swain never liked war. In his opinion, fighting was just about staying alive.

It's just that he has never publicly expressed his views in public.

Because if you don't fight and plunder the resources of other countries, the Noxus Empire will fall apart and go to the fate of collapse and disintegration.

This is not in line with the current national philosophy of Noxus, and Swain, who has dedicated everything to the empire, does not allow this to happen.

Moreover, Black Rose will use this to criticize him verbally and incite the people and nobles to impeach him to step down.

If those short-sighted, completely incapable of thinking for themselves, only caring about their own interests really listen to the Pale Lady, Noxus will be ruined.

Swain took a deep breath, only feeling a tightness in his chest.

He thought he had done his best to prepare in advance and help Noxus as much as possible to survive the future return of the army of the dead from the Immortal Bastion to the world of the living.

Unexpectedly, there is now a crisis comparable to the return of the Iron Armor Wraith, or even more serious
There was a dead silence in the meeting hall.

I don't know how long it took before Swain put all the messy thoughts behind him, raised his eyes and looked at Li Lin again, "What do you want to do?"

"First of all, according to legend, Raast, a former darkborn, was sealed in the coastal city-state of Noxus. I would like to ask you to allow my mechanical engineers to enter the territory of Noxus to find the living weapons of the darkborn. .

"Azir has mastered the method of contacting the darkborn seal and reshaping his body of a god. We are sure to deal with the Empress of the Void."

first?

Didn't you just say that there is only one plea...forget it.

Rather than worrying about this, it is better to worry about the rising Ascension Empire.

Feeling that Lamo had finally stabilized, Swain couldn't help sighing in his heart.

"I agree, then what?"

Li Lin quickly sorted out his thoughts, "There is also something about the establishment of the last defense front of mankind - the League of Legends, which is equivalent to the United Nations of mankind."

Noticing the doubts on Swain's face, he added: "Bervis is just a part of the void, its threat is nothing, the one who can really endanger the entire Runeterra is the master of the void, I usually call it the master of the void. For - Void Monitor.

"When the Void Watchers descend on Runeterra, it will be the end of time, space, and everything in the world. We must gather all living forces to stop them."

Obviously there was only the Empress of the Void just now, but now the more she talks about it, the more serious she is.

The corner of Swain's mouth twitched involuntarily.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "You want to form a League of Legends. There is actually no problem on my side, but I advise you to think carefully."

Swain smoothed the folds of his clothes with his right hand, "You know, Noxus invaded Ionia a few years ago, although I didn't order it, but as an enemy, people in your hometown don't care about it.

"Leaving aside Shurima, Azir recently wanted to recover the lost land and recapture the three ports in the north. I just need to return it to him. There is no need for a military handover.

"But Demacia..."

Swain raised his chin and gave Li Lin a look.

Noxus and Demacia have been enemies for centuries, and the two countries hate each other far more than Ionia has hated Noxus.

If these two countries want to join hands, it is not enough to just agree at the ruler level, and it is impossible for the people to agree.

This is a tough question.

"Leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry about it." Li Lin said, "All I want is your attitude, Grand Commander."

He glanced at Darius, who was sitting next to Swain, who was a little careless.

Noticing Li Lin's gaze, he curled his lips, "Don't look at me, this matter is fully arranged by the commander."

Swain laughed and stood up, Li Lin and others followed him and stood up from the seat.

"Like I just said, I don't mind, as long as you can solve Demacia's problems.

"Otherwise, without Demacia, just having Noxus joining the League of Legends is naturally in line with my thoughts."

Li Lin shook his head helplessly, not paying attention to what he said next.

"Since you agree to join, it would be great, but the establishment of the League of Legends is just an idea of ​​mine at the moment, and there are many issues that need to be considered.

"It's too late now. After we finish dealing with Bilves' matter, I will personally visit the Immortal Fortress and talk to you about it in detail."

Li Lin walked up to Swain and extended his right hand.

Amidst the hearty laughter of the middle-aged man, he also reached out and shook hands with him.

"Then I look forward to your visit."