Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 425 Ominous Blade Katarina
10 minutes ago, the Hexfly Gate tower in the southern city of Piltover.

Mel and his assistant Elora stayed in the hall waiting for the airship, looking at the Livik wall clock hanging on the wall from time to time.

"Is Jess here yet?"

Mel, who was wearing a formal suit with a bifurcated slim dress, kept her eyes on the elevator in the empty hall.

Since the countries in Runeterra are not stable nowadays, the manned airships used by Piltover for teleportation have always been rarely used by people. Most of the time, the Hexgate is used to transport the goods transported by merchants to all over the world.

But today, for the sake of conservatism, Mel still used his power as a member of parliament to temporarily block the manned waiting tower, so as not to be disturbed by idlers and others.

What she was going to welcome was an extremely important person, a relative she hadn't seen for more than ten years.

"Mr. Tallis left the house in a hurry last night. He heard from the night watchman that he was heading towards the college." Elora responded cautiously.

She always felt that today's Mel was less easy-going and more solemn than in the past, which put a lot of pressure on her.

"Hmm... he left me a note last night, saying that Li Lin has urgent matters with him. It seems to be a new invention." Mel's eyes were a little out of focus, and he said absent-mindedly, "Maybe he encountered a problem and couldn't get out of his body. Bar."

Yi Luola pursed her lips, knowing that the best response now is to be silent, and even if she said she didn't know what to say, so she didn't say a word.

About 10 minutes later, with the humming hex powering sound of the airship from outside the waiting hall, the three appearances were completely different, but they all looked solemn and heavy, obviously different from the Piltover light airship. The floating airship in the shape of a boat is landing, ready to dock on the edge of the open-air platform.

The metal body of the airship is engraved with the double-edged battle ax logo representing Noxus. There is also a slender four-pointed star on the door of the airship, which is similar to the Piltover Myrdalda family. side logo.

This is the sigil of the Myrdalda branch of Noxus.

"They're here..."

Yi Luola seemed a little flustered, but Mel was completely different from her, only seriousness appeared in her pale amber eyes.

When the first two airships came to a stop, a large amount of white gas was ejected from the valve of the hatch, almost covering half of the ship inside.

With the sound of "clang" metal collided with the marble platform, and the telescopic escalator touched the ground, a bearded man with a long-handled battle ax, bare arms, and a standard plate armor that could only defend the front came from the first airship. up and down.

Behind him and another airship, two rows of Noxus soldiers wearing standard plate armor, holding uniform long-handled sharp blades, red turbans on their heads, and metal masks ran down, Stand on both sides of the platform road respectively, forming a welcoming formation.

Mel took a deep breath, fixed his eyes on the third airship that hadn't opened yet, and frowned, "Let's go."

Just as she and Elora had just left their seats and walked a few steps, the elevator behind them started to run, making the sound of metal friction.

Mel turned around in surprise, and the elevator reached the top floor, just in time to see Jess standing on it.

"Mel!"

Jess waved at her, and when the elevator stopped and the fence was opened, he trotted to the two of them immediately, "Sorry, I'm late..."

He nodded to Elora, then exchanged glances with Mel.

"It's okay, in fact, you came just right, and they just arrived."

Mel squeezed out a forced smile, no matter how dull Jess was, he could see the worry deep in her eyes.

"Who is it that came back? Why are you so worried?"

As the three walked towards the open-air platform, Jess frowned slightly as he looked at the Noxus soldiers holding weapons.

"It seems that the status of the distinguished guests is not low."

Piltover has always maintained neutrality and does not prohibit foreign soldiers from passing through. As long as they do not enter the main city, they are allowed to stay at the pier for a short time, but they will charge a lot of money.

Jace is the inventor of the Hexgate, and he has the absolute right to speak about it. He has never allowed Noxus soldiers to use this device to teleport.

If it weren't for Mel's presence today, the other party might have a lot to do with her. Jess was ready to call Officer Grayson and Mrs. Karina by the way to resolve this kind of "diplomatic" matter.

Elora, who was following the two of them, glanced at Jess hesitantly, and then turned his gaze to Mel's side face.

When they reached the entrance of the hall and were about to get close to the Noxus soldiers, Mel sighed heavily and responded in a low voice: "Actually... the person who visited this time is my mother."

"Mother?!" Jess couldn't help but exclaimed, which caught the attention of the soldiers not far away who hadn't stood still.

"Ambessa Mirdarda."

Mel took a deep breath, "My great-grandfather was brothers with the head of the Myrdalda family in the upper city at the time, but unfortunately they had a stalemate because of the Sun Gate sea gate, and the family moved to Noxus to start from scratch.

"Later, my married grandfather made military exploits for Noxus, making our Myrdalda branch enter the political and military fields from a purely commercial family, becoming a warlord and a politician.

"And more than 30 years ago, my grandfather died in the war and passed on the position of head of the family to my mother who was only a teenager at that time..."

Unconsciously, a battlefield that her mother led her to once again appeared in Mel's mind:
It was a kingdom that dared to resist Noxus, but was finally easily defeated by the main battle group led by Ambesar.

In the half-collapsed palace, even the throne was stained with blood, Mel witnessed with her own eyes that her mother killed the only remaining blood of the royal family - a princess who was not very old. , killing and injuring more people.

Since then, Mel has been exiled, because she did not have enough determination and courage to still have kindness and kindness in the face of the enemy.

But after coming to Piltover, she won the patronage of the Ferros family by virtue of her own abilities, and learned more.

Blood and killing have never been necessary. Under the leadership of Darkwill, the brutal tyranny of Noxus will only lead to more deaths, just like the Noai War in previous years.

Standing among the soldiers, Mel stared blankly at the last airship that was about to stop, and the chaotic thoughts in his mind quickly subsided.

"After I was born and grew up, she felt that I lacked courage and responsibility, so she exiled me to Piltover alone." Mel laughed at herself, "Although I don't know why my mother suddenly came to visit me today, but just because of I am still the poorest generation of Midarda's family, so she probably won't treat me well."

Jess took her hand, "Mel..."

However, he just opened his mouth to comfort him, only to hear a "puff" sound of the air valve deflated, and the door of the airship opened in response.

The three of them looked towards the gate at the same time, Mel narrowed his eyes, Jess looked a little nervous, and Elora still showed a little panic.

In the dense gas, a muscular figure appeared, walked out slowly, and came to the hatch.

It was a strong woman who looked about five or sixty years old.

She is close to 1.8 meters tall, only a little shorter than Jess. She wears a custom-made plate armor that is different from ordinary soldiers. She wears a red cloak behind her. Draw out the short sword that is pressed under the palm.

The woman's gray and white curly hair was combed back, and her dark skin, especially the face, neck, and arms, had many pink scars on the parts that were not protected by the plate armor. It looked like it was cut and stitched with a sharp weapon .

Mel stared at his mother, and suddenly felt something was wrong...

She was too vigilant, seeing that she didn't even ask a word, and even nervousness and anxiety flashed in her erratic eyes from time to time.

This is completely different from her who used to lead the army to conquer the city and kill people without blinking an eye.

And Mel could see that her mother was not wary and nervous about the well-ordered Piltover, but about her current situation.

what's going on?
Before Meldo could think about it, at this moment, a new slender figure suddenly and silently appeared in the white smoke that had not completely dissipated, and quickly stood beside Ambesa.

It was a young woman with fiery red hair and two short blades on her back.

She wears light and revealing clothes, with only a light armor wrapped around the chest and a short leather jacket made of leather on her upper body. The slim waist with a full grip shows the "vest line" on the front, and she wears tights and knee-length leather boots for easy movement. And the black thorn-like tattoo on her left abdomen, which looks hot and very unfavorable, like a rose with thorns.

The young woman raised her chin slightly, glanced casually at Jess, Mel, and Elora with a disdainful attitude, and sneered at the corner of her mouth, her disdain was beyond words.

Mel frowned, and it could be seen that since this woman suddenly appeared beside her mother, her expression became more tense.

She was actually afraid of this arrogant woman?

why?
"Is this Piltover?"

The red-haired woman patted Ambesa on the shoulder, taking advantage of the open-air high platform, quickly scanned the surrounding area, taking in all the buildings, large and small.

"It's a little different from what I imagined." She chuckled.

"That's right, Miss Du Cocao." Ambesa's voice was slightly hoarse, and she forced a smile, "I have already told you the difference between Piltover and Noxus in advance."

and many more……

du quecao? !
Mel forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart, she knew this assassin family well-known throughout Noxus all too well.

General Du Couteau was a well-known politician and warlord in Noxus, as well as one of the leaders of the Assassin's Guild.

Not only does he have considerable prestige in the assassin industry, he also enjoys a lot of power in the military and political aspects of Noxus, and he can be said to be a group of people at the peak of power.

He had two daughters in total, but Mel heard that his youngest daughter had died under the yellow sands of Shurima a year or two ago, which seemed to have touched the restriction of the Tomb of the Ascended.

Now she can still be called Miss Du Kecao, or her own mother who is also not low in status, only Du Kecao's eldest daughter, Katerina.

Sending war masons to secretly infiltrate the Twin Cities is fine, but a Noxian assassin dares to appear in broad daylight in front of the public...

A look of caution flashed in Mel's eyes.

"I told you, just call me Katerina." A smile appeared on Katerina's face, and she exchanged glances with Ambesa, "Isn't calling me by last name too unusual?"

"Okay, okay...Katerina." Ambesa took a deep breath, looked at Mel at the bottom of the escalator, "I haven't seen my daughter for more than ten years, can you leave us some private space?" ?”

(End of this chapter)