Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Annie's family lived in the northern border of Noxus, north of the Iron Spike Mountains at the border with the Freljord, very close to the mountain fortress, Fort Drever, which specialized in supplying Noxus gold and iron mines.

Due to the proximity to the extremely cold place with the harshest climate in the entire Runeterra, the temperature in this area is not high for most of the year, and the snowfall months last for half a year.

The harsh climate defines the mountains for what they are—a wild land, like the Freljord.

There are many dangerous creatures wandering in the forest, many of them are magical species. The shadow bear, which is strong and possesses brutal magic, is one of the top predators here.

But an experienced woodcutter or hunter always has a way to avoid danger, and Anne's father is like this.

Li Lin teleported to the approximate location provided by Varieva before, and his clothes changed into a Noxus style. He obviously felt a burst of cold, although this temperature would not be a big deal to him.

It's only October, and there are scattered snowflakes falling in the sky, and the surrounding evergreen bushes, branches and leaves are also covered with ice crystals, and translucent white air can be seen with every breath.

Compared with Shuangcheng, which has a milder climate, the winter here comes two or three months earlier.

Li Lin took a deep breath, and the cold air penetrated into the lung cavity along the trachea, giving him a completely different feeling.

It has been a long time since I have experienced the feeling of winter.

Even in Demacia, where it snows heavily in winter, he doesn't have the long-lost feeling he has today.

Reminds me of the days when I went to school in the snow...

Having experienced so many things in less than three years, Li Lin always feels inexplicable melancholy and lamentation when he is free recently.

Soon, he shook his head, sighed silently in his heart, and put all kinds of distracting thoughts behind him.

Immediately afterwards, his gaze locked on a direction.

That was the place where the intellectual brain detected the magic fluctuation when he was just teleported over, and it was also the place where he himself perceived the magic breath of the astral world.

According to Valieva's observation in the dark, and the description of the family's character, they seem to be very wary of strangers.

Li Lin can understand this point. After all, Annie's mother escaped from the Immortal Fortress, and seems to have something to do with the black rose, so she is very worried that Madam Pale will send someone to arrest her.

Varieva had expelled a group of Noxus mage squads before, and many scouts came here later, but they were all disturbed by the enchantment magic of the god warriors, and they failed to find their family of three.

In order to avoid frightening the already sensitive family of three with the Infinity Armor and causing unnecessary misunderstandings, Li Lin deliberately walked through the forest.

What surprised him was that he clearly sensed the approach of many large creatures, but before he could use magic or superpowers to drive them away, these creatures would always stop within a certain range, then turn around and leave.

Perhaps because of physical strengthening, the aura on Li Lin's body is different from that of ordinary humans. These intuitive and intelligent predators sensed the threat and did not dare to come forward.

Or, it was the demons residing on Anne who frightened them away...

Li Lin's footsteps were very fast. In less than half an hour, he traveled a distance that would take two to three hours for an ordinary adult.

He stopped outside a dirt road blocked by a cliff, and pressed his left hand against the rock in front of him, a cold feeling came from his palm.

It feels very real, but Li Lin, who is mentally tough and has mastered a lot of rune magic, can see through it at once. This is not a real thing, but a magic barrier constructed using astral magic.

The touch is almost comparable to that of real materials, and the enchantment has the function of preventing strangers from entering, so this supposedly false cliff appears extremely real.

Li Lin made complicated gestures with his left hand, and at the same time activated the magic power in his body to communicate naturally. Several azure blue rune imprints appeared from his fingertips, penetrated the barrier in front of him, and opened a path for one person to pass through. The "small door".

He passed through the perimeter of the barrier and continued to walk for about five or six kilometers, and also crossed a stream with fast flowing water and only a few stones as a "bridge".

It wasn't until we reached a relatively flat area with few trees that we saw a small two-story log cabin.

A little red-haired girl in a thin dress is holding a finely crafted teddy bear, running and jumping in the yard surrounded by wooden fences, playing with her toy, talking to herself and talking to it from time to time.

She looked like she was only three or four years old, and her steps were still a little staggering, as if she had just learned to walk not long ago.

Until Li Lin gradually approached, a woman wearing an old overcoat and a slightly oily apron with an expression very similar to Annie, also with red hair as red as fire, hurriedly got up from the chair under the tree in the yard.

"Annie, come here!"

The woman noticed the stranger approaching, and immediately ran to the stunned Annie, hugged her into her arms, and quickly ran to the back room.

At this time, Li Lin had just walked outside the gate of the yard when he heard the woman hiding in the room shout: "We don't welcome strangers here!"

Li Lin scratched his head and raised his eyebrows, feeling a little helpless.

Anne's mother was far more wary of strangers than he had imagined.

Perhaps it was because her husband was not at home at this time?

He thought about it, but he still didn't plan to pretend to be a passerby like he did when he went to Demacia Yuncong Village.

This is a long distance from the main road over the mountains, and the forests of the Ironthorn Mountains are very dangerous. Most travelers and businessmen cannot leave the main road too far, even if they are accompanied by experienced bounty hunters or hired soldier.

"My name is Li Lin, the current speaker of Piltover, you should have heard the name of City of Progress, right?"

"I haven't heard of it, I don't know!"

The woman didn't intend to talk to Li Lin, nor even questioned his words.

"My husband will be back soon. He has a bad temper. If he sees you here, he will definitely beat you up."

She seems to often use such frightening lies, so she speaks it very smoothly, with a harsh tone in her tone, which is very similar to the same thing.

Li Lin sighed, and chose to get straight to the point: "Actually, I came to see you today mainly because of your daughter Anne, Mrs. Amoline..."

Before he could continue speaking, Amoline, who was called by his name, suddenly became nervous, and even the tone of his speech was mixed with a trace of panic: "I, I don't tell you who you said, you, You got the wrong person!"

"Don't worry, I'm not from Noxus."

Li Lin took a breath and paused for a short while, his eyes just met the eyes of the woman who was hiding behind the door and watching him through the window.

Beside her, Anne with red pupils was blinking curious and puzzled eyes, looking out with her mother's eyes.

"I am fully capable of breaking through this door or bypassing it. It can't stop me at all, but out of courtesy, and to show that I have no malice towards you, I will not do this."

As he spoke, Li Lin activated the magnetic force to lift his body, and he was easily lifted into the air, far exceeding the limit height of the two-person fence.

Under Amoline's terrified eyes, Li Lin fell back to the ground.

She doesn't understand superpowers that don't belong to this world, but she knows magic very well, which was a required course for her at the Noxus Academy of Mages.

A mage who can induce magic power to lift himself into the air must be at least at the master level!

This is far from an existence that he can contend with after giving birth to Annie and his ability to control magic has been greatly reduced.

"Mom, that big brother can fly!"

"Don't talk..." Amoline covered her daughter's mouth with tears in her eyes, and shouted in a tone of near collapse: "It's been four years, why are you still unwilling to let me go? Ters, she Is there just no human affection at all?!"

Affected by her mother's emotions, Annie's smile froze on her chubby little face, and then she looked outside at Li Lin, an orange-red spark flashed in the depths of her eyes.

"Mrs. Amoline, you misunderstood me. I don't know your so-called Ters at all, and I have nothing to do with her, the black rose, or the pale lady."

Sensing the rancid taste of metal in his mouth, Li Lin couldn't help but frowned.

A trace of devil's breath penetrated into his perception range, and the source was the cabin in the yard.

He didn't expect Amoline's spirit to be so sensitive, and he realized that what he just did was not suitable for her.

"I'm here to help you." Li Lin sped up his speech so as not to irritate Annie, and released the flame demon, "Annie has a demon in her body, and if the demon that manipulates the flame is not controlled, it will definitely die lead to disaster."

The tense atmosphere in the air seemed to have calmed down a bit, Li Lin took advantage of the situation and continued: "If you are still worried that I will harm you, you can wait until your husband comes back, and I will wait here."

As soon as his voice fell, the door of the wooden house was pushed open heavily.

Hugging Annie, Amoline, whose eyes and pretty face were full of shock, was completely revealed in Li Lin's vision.

"You, you just..." Her eyes were wide open, and she was so emotional that she could hardly speak, "My daughter... is the flame demon?"