"..."
"Wow! It smells so bad, it's so annoying here..."
(ー`′ー)
Looking at the big fish-like monsters that were hoisted by various huge wooden winch cranes at the dock in front of me, which were even bigger than the blue whales on the earth, they looked at their huge Seeing the ferocious teeth, the bloody skin cut open by the sharp blade, and the bright red flesh inside, Annie couldn't help but cover her nose and push away for several steps, not daring to move forward.
Because the pungent smell of blood made her feel uncomfortable...
At this time, looking at the past, the seawater in the entire port has long been dyed red by the blood of the huge sea fish and monsters located in the slaughterhouses around the pier... It makes people look like the whole The seawater in the port seemed to be full of blood, it was very hideous and terrifying!
In the distance, on the edge of almost every slaughterhouse, there are circular blood tanks of different sizes. The blood of the slaughtered giant sea fish monsters, except for a small amount of seawater, flows directly to the port. In addition to dyeing the seawater near the port into a 'sea of blood', most of the blood was collected by complete facilities into blood tanks that were like salt baths.
Then, workers at the docks were busy stirring, coagulating, and separating. They skillfully packed the edible parts, medicinal parts, or other parts of the sea monster's blood into small containers one by one. In the barrel, let the porters transport it away in time...
Obviously, they are already familiar with this kind of work. At this time, they are dealing with those huge sea monsters efficiently and quickly, trying their best to squeeze every piece of flesh, bone, tooth, and even every drop of them. blood, turning them all into part of the commodities that can be converted into profits!
"Ha ha!"
"Little girl, isn't Blood Harbor spectacular? Our Carved Bone Bay is just like this. As time goes by, you will naturally fall in love with it!"
"Here you go! This is the forehead tenderloin of the Sawtooth Sea Monster. One pound sells for at least one gold coin. There are almost two pounds here. Because it is an illegal channel, the three small gold coins you just gave me are worth it. You can only buy so much! Now, take it and go quickly, go to the restaurant where you came here and ask the lady boss to steam it for you quickly, otherwise it won’t taste good if it’s too late!”
"Also, don't blame me for not reminding you. As an outsider like you, you'd better move quickly. Don't go to those small streets and alleys alone, and don't wait until after dark to wander around outside. Otherwise, ...Hmph!!”
After snorting twice, the sea monster butcher, who secretly stole meat and sold it to the little girl to make extra money, quickly waved his hand to the little girl, telling her to get out and stop staying outside his slaughterhouse. An eyesore, lest the stingy captain of the hunting ship see it?
Then,
He turned around impatiently and returned to his distant workplace, intending to continue working with his apprentices to kill and decompose the sea monster that the lucky captain had returned before it got stinky before dark. .
"..."
"Hmph! What's so good about this place? Who would like it here?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Looking at the piece of bloody fish meat in her hand, little Annie's cheeks twitched, and her cute little brows furrowed. In the end, her foodie nature defeated the slightest desire to put it away in her heart. Its impulse…
If the proprietress of that restaurant hadn't just told her that she could only buy the freshest and most delicious delicacies if she came here to find the fat bald butcher at the slaughterhouse, she wouldn't have come here to suffer!
Only the undead would like this kind of dirty, smelly, and fishy place! !
o(′^｀)o
"It's time to go, Tibbers!"
"The side task of buying meat has been completed. Let's go back and ask the weird boss lady to cook it for us. If it's not delicious, I will definitely share some with you!!"
)o
"Don't try to trick me... Just now, your hands must have been smeared with a layer of powder ground from the bones of some kind of monster. That's why when the friction and heat were generated, the remaining magic power was stimulated and the weak sound was emitted. The light... How about you take off your piece of black cloth and let me have a look? I guess there must be something like a layer of dust on it?!"
(?_?)
A guy who has no magic power at all and only knows a little bit of common sense about magic dares to come to Queen Anne and play these little tricks in front of her, the omnipotent arcane archmage. How could he possibly deceive her?
This kind of thing is definitely impossible. She will not be as easily deceived as her little bear!
(…)
?(ò?ó?)?Protest! !
"!!"
After hearing the little girl's words that revealed the mystery, the old witch's expression froze instantly, and the loose muscles on her cheeks were twitching...
"Go away, go away! Since you don't want to settle, then forget it... Little girl, go play somewhere else, and don't come to my place to cause trouble. Otherwise, I will put a spell on you later to curse you and make you grow up." And then he became the ugliest person in the entire Runeterra?!"
With such a covert method, the 'magic' that had deceived countless sailor captains was actually seen through by the other party. This made the old witch look at the little girl up and down again several times, and then she felt that the other party was probably the kind of person who had been treated very badly. She has a good family education, knows all kinds of secret common sense, and even really knows those mysterious magical knowledge, so she waved her hand at the other party with some frustration, intending to let the little fat fish in front of her go. ', drive the other party away.
Then, she began to look at the drinkers around her, planning to make money for tonight or tomorrow's meal from some strange-looking and stupid-looking guys...
"I won't grow up, any curse you use will be useless!!"
o (?3?)oHmph!
The power of the rules of the time gem has always been entangled in Anne's body, and is entangled with the power of time in various worlds. Therefore, unless Anne takes the initiative to eliminate the power of time, otherwise, whether it is time or time spells, all will be lost. It doesn't work for her!
"..."
The fake old witch didn't have the energy to pay attention to the little girl anymore. She just waved her hand slightly at the other party absentmindedly, signaling the other party to get out of here and stop delaying her own work.
Because, if she doesn't think of a way to get some money tonight, I'm afraid she will really starve to death tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest! For an old and frail guy like her, there really is no other way to survive except begging or cheating... And the most terrible thing is that there is no mercy in Bilgewater. Those who beg to make ends meet Most of the beggars died before her in some unknown corner for various reasons.
"Hello!"
"Grandma, witch, I guess... you must know many, many things in this city, am I right?"
(ｏ^-^)o
Anne didn't want to watch the other party play those boring magic tricks to trick children, she wanted something else interesting.
"Little girl, what else do you want?!"
I had already admitted my defeat just now and did not intend to try to deceive the other party in any way, but why is this little girl still unwilling to give up now?
Therefore, the old witch glared at the other party helplessly!
"Forget it if I don't give it to you. You'd better leave quickly and go find your parents far away from here..."
She is different from the child in front of her who comes from a rich family, is carefree and has no shortage of food. If she has no income tonight, she may be hungry tomorrow, and she may not know which day she will be... The rotting corpse will appear on a remote beach in Bilgewater, where it will be mercilessly eaten by the giant fish-headed rats that roam the piers and can go to the sea!
She has lived for decades, she has been prosperous for a while, she has been more depressed than she is now, and she has seen too many things, but no matter what, she doesn't want to die now, she still wants to continue living shamelessly. , until the disease, or the God of Death, or the 'bearded lady' sea monster comes to take her away!
"I'm not leaving!"
"Can you tell me the story of this city? I can give you money!!"
o(*^▽^*)o☆
"money!?"
"You want to hear the story of this city..."
Hearing the word 'money', the old witch was finally slightly startled, and her expression was no longer as impatient as before. Then, after a while, she nodded as if she suddenly understood, and her tired eyes once again flashed. The cunning and treacherous light at the beginning.
"Our Bilgewater..."
"Little girl, let me tell you, it is a unique port city in the world of Runeterra... This is not only a paradise for sea monster hunters and dock gangsters, but also a paradise for 'talents and strangers' like me in the entire world. The paradise of…”
"If you want to listen to stories, you've come to the right place... I'm afraid there is no one here who is more familiar with those great legends than me..."
"but……"
"My stories are not cheap... Little girl, do you have any money? If there is no money, I won't have the energy to tell you those interesting things..."
"You may not know that I, a fortune teller, am always busy?"
If you have money, everything will be easy. If you don’t have money, you will never have any luck...
After all, this is Bilgewater without royal laws, a paradise for those lawless people! Here, if you don’t have money and the ability to protect yourself, no one will be able to survive! Therefore, the top priority of this old witch now is to successfully defraud money from this little girl or someone else by any means possible!
And if it weren't for the fact that she was in this tavern and something was not easy to handle, she might have thought of abducting the little girl in front of her, or directly forcibly searching all the places on her body where her belongings might be hidden. .
"Here! Here you go, are these enough?"
?ヾ(′?`o)+
Ding~dingdingding~!
Several round, golden gold coins collided with each other and spun in circles. Little Annie threw them in front of each other. They rolled around twice on the thick shipboard wine table before they got stuck. Through the gaps in the carved patterns on the tabletop, only half of it was exposed, exuding an intoxicating golden light under the dim light of the fish oil candle.
There is no doubt that they are indeed gold coins, a gadget that everyone loves that represents wealth and purchasing power!
"!!"
Seeing this situation, the old fortune-telling witch was really shocked!
even,
She also slightly opened her mouth full of yellow teeth, and then it took her a while to react. Then she suddenly stretched out her hand, and with a movement that was a bit faster than that of an ordinary young and middle-aged person, she simply and neatly He immediately grabbed all the gold coins on the table and put them into his pocket, and tightly covered them with his other hand.
Then, after she composed herself, she suppressed her racing heart and thought for a while, she carefully grabbed one with her other hand and held it carefully in her hand, still hiding it. Tucked it in, he carefully came closer to himself, and carefully observed the heavy, round and flat thing lying in his palm from a direction that would not be seen by others.
"It's really a gold coin...is this the Golden Siren?"
The value of a gold coin, and its purchasing power here in Bilgewater Port, can be roughly seen from the thousand gold sirens on the bounty list of Ghost Pike in Blood Harbor.
Therefore, seeing that she had successfully deceived several gold coins from a little girl with just a little bit of deception, this kind of thing, to her, an 'old witch' who knew how to deceive and abduct her all day long, That was an unexpected windfall that was enough for her to spend for several years!
certainly,
If others knew about it, it would be enough for someone to wipe her neck in a dark alley and snatch them away!
"wrong……"
"This seems to be the gold coin of the Noxians. You...you are not from the Noxian Empire, are you?!"
After glancing at it several times by candlelight, the old witch quickly saw clearly the patterns and words on it. First of all, it was not the iconic Kraken pattern of Bilgewater Port that she was familiar with, but Noxus. The sword and shield emblem pattern and the strange words that made her feel a little strange? Moreover, the weight and thickness of the gold coin seem to be lighter and lighter than the gold siren?
Therefore, thinking that this little girl was a family member of a certain maritime merchant from Noxus, she was in ecstasy and barely suppressed the excitement in her heart. She turned around again and looked around and found that there was no one there. After noticing the two of them, he asked cautiously.
The name of the Noxus Empire has a terrible influence on the entire Runeterra, so there are some things she must confirm.
"certainly not!!"
(lll￢ω￢)
"Then why do you have these..."
The old witch is very cautious. Not only does she suppress her voice very quietly now, she even dares not to say the sensitive word 'gold coins' casually, for fear that someone with an intention will hear it, and then they will give her a knife and force her to do it. Steal the windfall that you just got from yourself?
"Oh! Are you talking about the gold? I actually found them from the lair of a very big dragon..."
(′???`)
The industrial metal gold ingots from the Koprulu Sector in Annie's bag have almost all been given away randomly, and not much is left...
However, those gold and silver coins, gems and other utensils that she obtained from the lair of a certain unlucky old dragon are still well hidden in the demiplane space in her bag, and they have never been found. There are so many opportunities to use them up, there are many more!
certainly,
In addition to the old dragon's collection, she also has a lot of gold galleons, maybe more than a million? But, unfortunately, this was not Hogwarts, so she just subconsciously took out the few small gold coins that she had 'legally' seized from the old dragon and belonged to this world.
Anyway, she no longer cares about those things that take up space...
Basically, every time she goes shopping, if the other person collects gold, she will use some? However, it is a pity that many worlds she has been to do not accept gold... Those people either only accept those flimsy and strange papers, or they accept electronic currency that cannot be seen or touched. She has been let down several times. Even if she wants to buy more good things! !
"..."
"Legend has it that no one can get gold coins from a giant dragon's lair. They all died without exception, under the dragon's terrifying breath, not even a body was left behind!!"
The old witch obviously couldn't believe the little girl's talk about getting gold coins from the dragon's lair... Because of that kind of thing, it's better than those guys who went to sea without paying tribute to the bearded lady and then paying back It would be even more outrageous to come back alive!
Is this as incredible as someone trying to steal the tithes paid to Him by the captains from the Sirens of Bilgewater, the Serpent Mother, the Sea Beast, or the Bearded Lady? The fate of their daring men will obviously not be better than that of the guys who stole the wealth of a giant dragon!
"Eh?"
"Well..."
('-ω??)
"Under normal circumstances, of course it's not possible...but if you burn the old dragon to death first and then take it, then it's definitely possible!"
(?^???)?
"I'm telling you, I've taken away all the treasures it hid, and I still have a lot in my pocket!"
(????)?
"If you want it, then you have to trade your story with me... Well, if I think it's a good story, I'll give you a gold coin. What do you think?!!"
(ˊ??????ˋ)?
As she spoke, Anne stretched out a tender finger and startled a certain fake witch who was getting a windfall.
"..."
Obviously the old witch didn't want to believe the story told by the little girl, but she was willing to believe in those real, heavy gold coins! !
"Tell a story..."
"If you want to hear a story... little girl, I think it would be a good idea to start with the legends of Bilgewater—Nautilus, Fizz, Tam, and Pike. ?”
"There is no doubt that in addition to them, there is also the famous pirate king Gangplank, and...Ms. Bearded, the demon god in the ocean that we believe in, and the Naga Kapoulos Snake Mother ?”
Here in Bilgewater, no one has trouble with money, and she, a fake old witch who is scared of poverty, is certainly no exception!
so,
After confirming that the little girl probably had more gold coins, and that the other party would indeed pay for the kind of story that almost all the people in Bilgewater knew very well, she was filled with boundless excitement. , trying hard to lower his voice, supporting the wine table with both hands, and moved closer to the front of the long boat-shaped wine table. After getting to a position where the little girl could hear more clearly, he began to speak in a low voice. got up.
Today, it's time for her to make a fortune...
So she decided that before this weird but rich little girl in front of her, who was probably from the Noxus Empire, left, she must tell a few more interesting legends and stories in an effort to win her over. Earn a few more gold coins in it, and then... her future pension money will basically be obtained. Can she leave the slums in the harbor and go to the mountains in the island to retire peacefully?
"The story is very long, we can tell it one by one..."
"Now, let's talk about the Titan of the Deep, that scary guy... the legendary bearded lady's royal tax collector Nautilus..."
You can make money by telling stories, and it's a good deal for a Noxian gold coin... Obviously, there must be no easier and faster job in the world than this!
Therefore, in order to give her customers a better experience, the old witch began to lower her voice and use her insidious tone to patiently tell the little girl a 'bedtime story' vividly and vividly. Come, so that after all is said and done, you can earn that hefty commission?
"Nautilus? Titan of the Deep? Lady Beard?!"
〣(oΔo)〣
Anne said that these were very strange and she had never heard of them! Moreover, she could not imagine at all, could women really have beards?
Is it possible...
Those guys are just like some female dwarves in the world of Azeroth or Middle-earth, they are all bearded guys?
…
The night is deep,
The harbor tavern in Bilgewater is still very lively, but more and more people are getting drunk and going out, while fewer and fewer people are coming back in!
What is different from the various people who come in to drink or make money is:
In a corner of this tavern, an old witch who looked very downcast was talking excitedly to a little girl. Then, from time to time, people could see the kind of flash between the little girl's fingers. One or two breathtaking golden lights... Then, it was quickly snatched by the old witch, and disappeared quickly, completely preventing the 'interested people' in the tavern from seeing it more clearly...
——————
After the instigator hurriedly 'escaped', most of the Noxians who had fainted due to a little girl's misbehavior in the Noxian fortress barracks south of Baru were rushed to resist. The army successfully captured...
then,
This military camp fortress was also taken over by Navoli's resistance forces, and they announced that the entire island of Barua was completely recovered, and the Ionians successfully recovered the first piece of land occupied by the Noxians!
And this will undoubtedly be a brilliant victory in the history of Ionia! !
"..."
At this time, Ahri, the nine-tailed demon fox who could be said to have indirectly caused all of this, was sitting silently in a quiet but spacious room, letting a female officer of the resistance army give her his naked body. , but it was being treated on a delicate body covered with all kinds of terrible wounds.
Layers of magical potion were applied to her wounds that were stinging and even turning white after bleeding excessively, gradually reducing her physical trauma, so that she would not be as if she had just woken up. So uncomfortable.
Although the wounds on her body have slowly recovered and no longer hurt under the influence of the resistance's highly effective potions and thick rune cloth bandages... But she still remembers all the things that happened before. , and the pain in her heart that was more torturous than the pain could not be healed for a long time...
Although she has indeed gained powerful power now, a power she never dared to imagine, she has also killed countless people for this purpose, especially those Noxians... They directly or More than a thousand people died indirectly at her hands! !
And there are hundreds of people whose lives and essences have been absorbed by her...
Those huge memories and complex emotions were mixed together. From the time she woke up in the evening until now, they have been deeply disturbing and tormenting her. As soon as she closed her eyes, she saw those faces and countless faces roaring at her. A flood of confusing memories.
This kind of thing is endless torture for her...
Once upon a time, she finally managed to get rid of all that and made herself no longer so dependent on that evil 'hidden demon'. But in the end, by accident, she turned back into that man-eating monster. ?
It is precisely because of this that now, she is huddled alone in this inner room of this fortress, huddled at the corner of this bed, and let the female officer of the resistance do it without saying a word. , my mind is so confused that I don’t know what to do...
She really doesn't know what to do now...
Because all her previous efforts seemed to be in vain? No one thought that she was now the man-eating monster, the legendary nine-tailed demon fox that could scare children to tears and eat living people! !
"alright!"
"You should have a good rest now. Our guards are right outside the door. Can you tell them anything directly?"
After finally dealing with the horrific wounds on the opponent's body, the female resistance officer secretly marveled at the opponent's tenacious vitality, while staring at the opponent with admiration and said softly.
"..."
well!
It was a pity that after seeing the young Vastaya sister still cowering cowardly on the corner of the bed without saying a word, she could only sigh softly in her heart, then nodded, turned around and went out, closing the door gently. The door to the room.
However at this time,
In the castle hall of the fortress military camp in Noxus, a certain wandering archmage was having a heated debate with the resistance leader of Navoli...
"!!"
"I reiterate it for the last time!"
"Your Excellency Archmage Ryze, I still stick to my point of view: If her power is so powerful that it will harm the land of Ionia and its people, then we will naturally do our best to stop her, or destroy her? "
"But now she's acting normal!"
"If she can continue to use her power as she did during the day to help us protect this land and eliminate the evil invaders of Noxus who invade our home, then there is no doubt that she is our sister !”
"Indispensable sisters!!"
The leader of the resistance, Blade Dancer Irelia, stood high on the throne that originally belonged to the Noxian general, arguing condescendingly with the archmage in the middle of the hall.
She led her subordinates to arrive here on flying mounts only after everything here had settled. Then, after discovering the shocking scene here, more nearby rebels came here and successfully occupied it. Here, almost all the Noxians were captured!
"this……"
"Lady Irelia! Are you crazy?!"
"I can assure you that her current state is very unstable! Also, if you rashly put the power of runes into the war, you will probably destroy this world... By then, you will be able to cast this The furnace of the world will surely destroy the entire world again, including the Ionia under your feet!!"
Ryze really wanted to use his own power to forcefully seal the Vastaya fox girl, or forcefully correct and 'erase' the mistake that shouldn't exist!
However, after the Wuji Sword Master chose to side with the resistance, and after a certain little girl who was the instigator disappeared, he was left alone and helpless. Apart from trying to persuade the other party with words, he basically had no other better way. Understand.
"snort!"
"I don't know whether the world will be destroyed or not. We only understand: if we cannot destroy those Noxians as soon as possible and drive them off the sea as soon as possible, we, our homeland and our country will be destroyed. All of Ionia!!”
After finally discovering an incredible Vastaya sister who could single-handedly wipe out the entire Noxian camp with thousands of defenders, how could Irelia let her go so easily?
In her opinion, dangerous runes or the destruction of the world are just some kind of alarmism from the other party. She, Irelia, will not believe that kind of words that even the undead will not believe!
"..."
"The death of a few people is better than the collapse of the entire world..."
"Irelia, please think again?"
Ryze was a little desperate...
They have been arguing since the evening until now. However, the other party still has no intention of compromising, and has made it clear that he is determined to protect the Vastaya fox girl and the nine-tailed demon fox. !
And he, Ryze, is alone. What can he do now when he faces the most powerful resistance force in all of Ionia? After all, he could not have any advantage in terms of personal force or numbers.
"Hmph! Ridiculous!"
"Arch Mage Ryze, let me ask you this: If we Ionians, our humans and vastaya are all destroyed by the Noxians, if even Ionia, which we depend on for survival, is destroyed by these evil invaders, If not, then what else do we want in this world?!”
"So, if you have nothing to do, please go back..."
"We will handle the matters of our Ionians ourselves, so I won't bother you."
Irelia, who didn't want to argue with the other party anymore, sat down on the Noxian general's seat impatiently, and then turned impatiently to the man below who she had met several times. The wandering archmage issued an order to expel guests.
After years of struggle, she finally saw the dawn of victory. She would not let go of such an excellent opportunity easily! She swore that before long, they would be able to expel the Noxians from their land of Ionia and work hard to integrate this chaotic, fragmented, hostile and often civil war land. And unite to the outside world?
"!!"
"Women, you have to understand what you are doing, you are dancing on the edge of a cliff!!"
Seeing the elite resistance fighters and spell casters silently surrounding him on both sides, Wandering Archmage Ryze finally lost his composure and rudely used harsh and disrespectful words.
"Thanks!"
"Old Master, although I have been learning to dance before..."
"But...hum! Ever since the Noxians came here, destroyed our home, and killed our families, I swore I would never dance again, on cliffs or anywhere else. The place!!"
Irelia feels that, at least, she will not jump again before the Noxians are eliminated and before the fragmented Ionia is integrated?
"Alas... Why is this Rune Land so cute and yet so ignorant..."
Ryze sighed in despair, then turned around silently, preparing to leave here first, and then think of other options?
"Ignorance?"
"Old Master, this is not ignorance, it's just that you are too stubborn!"
"A wise man in our Ionia once told me: 'The world has changed now. Today is no longer the same as it used to be. There is no need to hold on to it any longer'!"
"Now, do I give this to you?"
Looking at the other party's lonely back, Irelia seemed a little unbearable, so she stood up from her seat again and advised the archmage who was walking out of the door and gradually disappearing into the darkness.
"..."
However,
The other party didn't give her any reply, until the blue figure gradually disappeared into the distant firelight...
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