Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

"Camille will be very busy these days. She has too many things to deal with when she comes back. Piltover won't take the initiative to fight in a hurry. You still have time."

In the basement of the Noxus embassy, ​​Ryan was facing Victor, and there were more than a dozen Primordial Hex crystals neatly placed on the table.

"Your Excellency, I understand. The news has been passed on to Sirco, who is better at this than me." Victor nodded earnestly.

A day has passed since the end of the parliament, and everyone is still immersed in the return of the Philos family to the seat of parliament. The preparations for war have been concealed, and only a few relevant people know about it.

Camille has taken over the marshals team, and she is training well recently, so that those recruits who haven't fired their guns for a long time go off the rails.

Ryan picked up a primitive gem in his right hand, rubbed it and put it down, with a solemn expression on his face:

"Before I tell you about mechanical ascension, I have to make sure that you have some basic knowledge of Runeterra. How much do you know about the limits that human flesh can reach?"

"The limit of the body... After the shimmer injection, the experimental body can bend steel with bare hands. It is said that General Darius of Noxus can be invulnerable." Victor said with a frown.

"General Darius's body is much better than you think. Even if he is aimed at by a cutting-edge turret and hit by four turrets at the same time, it cannot cause him fatal injuries." Ryan's face was a little playful.

Compared to Darius, the girl who played with the knife in Ionia impressed him more deeply. He and the commander almost never beat each other when they joined forces.

The commander also had a hand chopped off. Although the other party's body was carrying some mysterious external force from Ionia at that time, the other party really didn't speak science, and magic could not break the defense.

"How can it be!?"

Victor exclaimed at the moment, the Darius in Ryan's description has surpassed his understanding of human beings.

At least in his eyes, only magicians can block the cutting-edge fort, which is the fundamental reason why he is willing to give up his body.

"Don't think human beings are so weak, remember the five paths I mentioned before." Ryan warned, "In order to give you a concept of your own mechanical body, I will take someone you are familiar with as an example, let me think Who is more suitable..."

Ryan thought for a few seconds, and a smile appeared on his face:

"Take the eldest Miss of the Gila Mann family as an example, Miss Caitlin is a standard Pied City magistrate template."

Victor nodded, he didn't care who the combat power standard was, he just wanted to know more about the world.

"Tell me about someone who is more powerful than her, Jace Tallis, your most familiar partner. His physique is almost the same as that of the elite Noxus, about 3-5 times that of Caitlin."

"His family is a family that makes hammers. He has practiced forging since he was a child. I have seen his strength and muscles."

Victor nodded in approval, not surprising that Jace was only comparable to an elite soldier.

Not to mention that Jace is a scientist who uses technology to fight, even Piltover can't compare to Noxus, the most powerful country today. If Jace could match a Noxian general, he would find it unbelievable.

"He is still growing. If he uses augmentation technology, or uses hex technology for a long time, it will gradually strengthen his physique and make his strength approach Camille's."

"Congressman Camille's lower body is a metal prosthetic leg, I can't see what material it is." Victor sighed.

"Every breakthrough in her body was the crystallization of the entire city of Piltover at that time, and the Philos family was Piltover's heaven at that time."

Ryan didn't want Victor to struggle with this, but encouraged him: "If Zaun can really become an independent city recognized by all countries in the future, you can also have the resources to do those."

"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Camille's level is called hero level in Runeterra. Not counting her legs, her physique is at least 30 times that of Caitlyn, or even higher." Ryan said. a metaphor.

"Heroic... Your Excellency should be one of them."

Victor exclaimed in amazement, with a certain kind of fascination in his expression, as if he had found a small target.

Ryan shrugged slightly, noncommittal:

"Mages are different from warriors. I'm not as strong as you think. I was born with water attribute magic, so I'm just an auxiliary mage. And my physique is very poor, so having magic will inevitably pay a certain price."

Victor looked strangely at his weak boss, and didn't believe it at all, but the other party killed a seven-in-seven out of seven mage in Ionis.

The more Ryan said this, the more he felt that the other party was more mysterious and elusive.

"Don't talk about this, the general science is so much. As for some heroes of Ionia, General Darius, Garen of Demacia and other higher-level characters, you should not contact them too early. One step at a time is to set your goal at hero level.”

There was one thing Ryan didn't say. Camille's legs were not considered average, but considering those legs, they were not weaker than those who were one level higher.

But he believed in Victor, and this was also a kind of test he gave him.

"I understand, Your Excellency Ryan. According to heroic standards, how many hex crystals are suitable for the core?"

Victor glanced at the table full of Hex Primordial Crystals, the blue light they radiated reflected in his eyes.

He understood what Ryan meant by saying this, and told him not to be too lofty or belittle himself.

Under the urging of your Excellency, there is at least a certainty that it will evolve to the hero level.

"The most basic hero level is about 3, but there is a problem now." Ryan looked at Victor with a serious face.

"Please say it."

"Your soul can't withstand this power at one time, even one is dangerous." Ryan said.

Normally, mechanical ascension should allow consciousness to be integrated into machinery, but in the laws of Runeterra, consciousness is integrated into the soul, and some runes can manipulate the soul.

Ryan is not a master of souls, but the most popular books in the immortal fortress are soul books, and he has also come into contact with a lot.

But even so, he can preside over the transfer, and once the process begins, the outcome will be irreversible.

"I'm just an ordinary person, and of course I can't bear the power of crystals, so I researched this."

With a smile on his lips, Victor took out a hex gem wrapped in runes from his backpack:

"Infuse it into my body and replace my heart, and when I regain consciousness, my consciousness can bear the strength of a core."

"Your method is too primitive and full of gambling. Have you ever succeeded in an experiment?" Ryan expressed his dislike.

"I haven't done human experiments, and I have failed in other organisms, but I have calculated that this is the method with the highest probability of success." Victor clenched his hand tightly holding the gem.

Ryan frowned and scolded: "Mr. Victor, your life now doesn't only belong to you, you are no longer the one who needs to gamble your life."

"..."

Victor lowered his head, but his eyes were still firm.

Yes, he doesn't need to gamble because of his health. But mechanical soaring is a gamble.

He also wanted to develop steadily, but he knew even more in his heart that the only way to develop steadily was to mechanize his body, and the best result would be only 5-10 times that of Caitlin's physique, and it would not strengthen his soul. Not the ending he wanted.

Seeing Victor's expression, Ryan sighed first:

"Well, now that you've made up your mind, I have an idea. Miss Katerina, bring the pot of medicine."