Runeterra: I really know a little bit about everything

Chapter 222 The secret devil! Mordekaiser's iron rule!

Situated in the heart of Noxus, the Immortal Fortress is much older than the Empire itself.

Today, many parts of it have been completely demolished and gradually rebuilt over the past few hundred years, perhaps because the Black Rose wanted to gradually erase that part of its history.

Many terrifying rumors about the Immortal Fortress are circulating among the people. Nowadays, few people dare to approach it after dark.

Zuo Chi and his party followed Evelin and gradually approached the outskirts of the Immortal Fortress.

Looking around, the Immortal Fortress is in stark contrast to the rest of the Noxian capital.

If other places are like bustling downtowns, then the place where the Immortal Fortress is located is a dilapidated, evil and dangerous place that has been passed down from ancient times.

There are not even Noxian soldiers guarding the place, and at best there are only occasional patrols passing by.

"Tap tap tap~!"

The footsteps of several people continued to echo in the quiet and empty environment. An iron door about three meters high appeared in front of the group of people. On both sides of the iron door, two evil ghost statues glared at the intruders.

"Zuo Chi, is the person you are looking for in a ghost place like this?"

Looking at the surrounding environment, Belea couldn't help but ask.

Zuo Chi nodded and looked at the simple building in front of him. He couldn't help but ask to Evelin's back in front of him:

"Have you ever seen a secret?"

Evelin was slightly suffocated as she walked forward, and then her charming voice came:

"Not long ago, I followed the breath of the secret and came here. He seemed to do this on purpose."

Zuo Chi was a little surprised. He had previously wondered why Yinmi would let Evelin, who was also a first-level demon, appear in the imperial capital of Noxus. Unexpectedly, he was the one who took the initiative to attract Evelin.

Evelin's voice continued: "He seems to have realized something. Perhaps he attracted me here to prevent that incident."

"In this world, there is no secret that that guy doesn't know, so only he knows his true intentions."

The moment Evelin finished speaking, Zuo Chi raised his head and looked at the dilapidated building on his left.

There, Zuo Chi saw a crow taking off.

Looking at the crow's retreating figure, Zuo Chi knew that he was about to meet the target of his trip.

This is the deepest part of the entire Immortal Fortress, in an empty hall that occupies a very large area.

"Puff~!"

At this time, the rapid sound of birds flapping their wings came, and the figure who had always been standing in the center of the hall slowly turned around.

He was wearing black armor and had a cloak hanging from his shoulders. He would appear lame when he walked because the kneecap of his right leg was permanently left on the battlefield where Noxus invaded Ionia.

He slowly raised his left arm, which was always hidden under the black cloak, and the breathtaking red light illuminated the dark hall.

They were a pair of demonic arms covered with glorious feathers. The arms were a strange red color, just like the three pairs of eyes of the crow on his shoulders!

He is the person who now stands at the top of the entire Noxus, the founder of the Trifari Council.

Far-sightedness - Swain!

Staring at his demonic hand, Swain's voice was low and depressed:

"How should I face him? Will he be a danger to Noxus?"

On his shoulder, a crow was waiting quietly. On each side of its head were three blood-colored eyes arranged from front to back, and the pupils in the eyes were in a strange cross shape.

He is as famous as Evelyn and Nocturne, a first-level demon under the fear of the original demon - secret!

Once upon a time, whenever Swain faced death, he would see this crow circling in the sky.

He originally regarded it as a harbinger of death, but never thought that this crow would become an important support for him to build a majestic empire.

It was precisely because of this crow that he understood the secrets contained in the Immortal Fortress. It was also precisely because of this crow that he saw through the conspiracy that had always been hidden behind the scenes of the Noxus Empire and had controlled the imperial power for thousands of years. Mysterious force - black rose.

Standing secretly on Swain's shoulder, his head was tilted to one side, and his three pairs of eyes were shining with strange light.

Realizing what he wanted to express, Swain said with some surprise: "Invincible? Not even if you risk the entire empire? This is the first time I've heard you describe a person like this."

Swain asked again: "Then can we use his hand to achieve our goals? Or use him to deal with Demacia?"

However, before Swain could reply secretly, the sound of footsteps sounded in his ears.

Swain raised his head and looked forward, and at this moment, his eyes intertwined with Zuo Chi's.

In the long silence, Swain was the first to break the silence:

"Your Excellency, I have been waiting here for a long time."

Zuo Chi's eyes trembled. He first looked at the secret on Swain's shoulder, and then nodded gently to Swain:

"Great Commander, I have long admired your name."

"I wonder why you came to Noxus?"

"There are just some things I want to know from the Commander-in-Chief."

Zuo Chi looked at the environment of the surrounding hall. He smiled and said to Swain: "With secret help, can the commander guess why I am here?"

Swain slowly shook his head: "Secret can only capture the secrets of a dying person. For an existence of your level, it can't be seen at all."

Unlike Nocturne and Evelynn, the Hidden Demon does not actively cause fear and pain. He appears to be much more passive.

The breath of a dying person will attract the secret demon, and the secret demon will capture all the secrets of the person's life after death.

For thousands of years, the secret has captured countless secrets, which makes him almost the most knowledgeable being in Runeterra.

"So if you need anything, just ask."

Zuo Chi nodded clearly and said, "I came here this time to inquire about someone from the Commander-in-Chief."

"Old friend? Or enemy?" Swain asked.

Zuo Chi replied in a deep voice: "The enemy will fight until death!"

"Oh?"

Swain was a little surprised. Based on the secret demon's description of Zuo Chi, he couldn't figure out what kind of person could become Zuo Chi's enemy.

Are there still such capable people in Great Noxus?

"Your Excellency, please also tell me his name."

"The Commander-in-Chief must know this person. After all, it's all thanks to him that you are where you are today."

Under Swain's surprised gaze, Zuo Chi read out the man's name:

"Mordekaiser!"

The moment Zuo Chi finished speaking, everyone saw that Swain's pupils shrank violently.

And this wasn't what surprised Zuo Chi the most. What surprised Zuo Chi the most was the reaction of the crow on Swain's shoulder!

The red light released from his three pairs of blood-colored eyes became extremely powerful at this moment, and the majestic demonic power filled this ancient castle that buried countless secrets. His power seemed to be out of control.

Zuo Chi looked at all this curiously, knowing that he might gain something different from this trip.

At this time, Zuo Chi said with great interest: "So it seems that you and Mordekaiser had an unknown past? Is that right, Ram?"

Hearing Zuo Chi call out the real name of the hidden demon, both Swain and Evelin looked towards him.

Unlike Evelin and Swain, the secret demon Ram did not show too much surprise. He even spread his wings and flew in the direction of Zuochi.

Zuo Chi did not refuse, but allowed it to fall on his shoulders.

At this time Swain also said: "Ram will tell you everything."

Ram tilted his head to meet Zuo Chi's eyes, and the cross pupils in his three pairs of blood-colored eyes began to rotate slowly.

Zuo Chi could clearly sense that a strong mental force was trying to pull him into a certain illusion.

He did not reject this power and allowed Ram to pull him into that world.

Noxian calendar, 400 BC.

At the point where the first Darkin War had just ended, the entire Runeterra was in a state of ruin.

It was also at this time that a great warlord named Sarn U'zul emerged from the eastern part of Valoran.

Although Sarn U'zul was only a mortal, he had beliefs that were different from everyone else's.

He believes in the legend of the Hall of Bones!

He was extremely convinced that there was a place called the Hall of Bones where people died. Anyone who kills more creatures in the world during his lifetime will have a more transcendent status in the Hall of Bones after his death.

In order to continue his eternal rule in another world after his death, Thane U'zul began his ruthless slaughter of this world.

Mountains of corpses and seas of blood, hell on earth, this is the most appropriate portrayal of the place Sarn Uzul passed through.

Decades later, countless people died in his hands, and the life of that mortal finally came to an end.

The great warlord who had been in Valoran for decades happily accepted his death and allowed his soul to go to the world he had longed for.

However, things were not what he thought, and his lifelong belief seemed like a sad joke.

When he opened his eyes again, there was no palace of bones in front of him, let alone a transcendent status above all living beings.

Like all dead souls, he is about to disappear into the underworld.

But how could San Uzul accept this result!

He spent his whole life conquering and killing, and poured his own blood into his throne. How could he be willing to die such a mediocre death in the end!

So, when everyone in the world was celebrating the death of Thane U'zul, a wraith named Mordekaiser was summoned into the world by a death wizard using a pair of iron armor as a medium.

And Mordekaiser is another name that Thane Uzul gave himself in the language of the underworld!

Coming to this world again, Mordekaiser became even more powerful. He was even powerful enough to enslave many supernatural beings to work for him.

Among them are the flame demon Tibok and the secret demon Ram!

He imprisoned Ram in the Immortal Fortress and continued to squeeze out his unrivaled knowledge and understanding.

Because of Ram's torture, Mordekaiser glimpsed the true secrets of the world.

It was also at this time that Mordekaiser determined another thing:

The reason why he failed in his last life was not because he killed too many people, but because

He hasn't killed enough!

In this life, he is destined to kill more.

He built a building called the Immortal Fortress in the center of his territory and made it his channel to communicate with the underworld.

Since then, Mordekaiser has used the knowledge extracted from Ram to spy on the true appearance of the world, and at the same time, he has learned all kinds of undead knowledge, while leading his army to crazily massacre the creatures in this world.

Every time he kills a person, his power becomes stronger.

It is no exaggeration to say that Mordekaiser's brutal conquests nearly wiped out an entire generation.

He used the necromancy magic he learned to imprison all the souls of the people he slaughtered in his weapon Nightfall. These undead souls will become the bricks and mortar for him to build his own undead empire in the future.

Finally, the tyrant's rule eventually led to resistance.

Mordekaiser's crony, the Pale Witch, betrayed Mordekaiser. She united with the Roxi tribe, a barbarian tribe near the Immortal Fortress at that time, to surprise Mordekaiser and cut off the connection between his soul and armor.

Mordekaiser returned to the underworld carrying the billions of souls he had slaughtered, and the world thought they had won.

The Noxian tribe established an empire called Noxus centered on the Immortal Fortress, while LeBlanc and her Black Rose had always controlled the appointment and dismissal of the Black Rose's royal power behind the scenes until Swain appeared.

However, perhaps only Ram knows, have they really won?

Would a great warlord capable of wiping out an entire generation be careless enough to expose his weaknesses to outsiders?

Was he forced to return to the underworld for the second time, or was he already prepared to return to the underworld?

Perhaps, the world only knows about Mordekaiser's iron-bloodedness and ruthlessness, but only Ram knows that in addition to Mordekaiser's iron-bloodedness and ruthlessness, he also has an extremely cunning mind and powerful power accumulated by slaughtering tens of millions of people.

Now, five hundred years later, Ram suddenly had a premonition that he was coming back!

Recalling the past when he was imprisoned by Mordekaiser in the Immortal Fortress, Ram felt his soul trembling.

So he had to do something, and finding Swain was the first step.

The illusion in front of him gradually disappeared, and Zuo Chi's sight returned to reality again.

At this time, his expression had become very solemn.

There is no doubt that these things that Ram knows are really things Zuochi has never heard of before.

Zuo Chi would never have imagined that Ram was actually imprisoned by Mordekaiser and relied on Ram to gain countless knowledge.

After a long silence, Zuo Chi asked softly: "Ram, does Mordekaiser have any weaknesses? Or, can a pure power attack kill him?"

The crow on Zuo Chi's shoulder tilted its head, and Swain said: "If Mordekaiser wants to come to the world again, he must gather the steel armor he once used."

"Now, his armor is sealed under the Immortal Fortress, but his skull is missing. As long as his armor and skull are not brought together, he cannot be reborn!"

Zuo Chi frowned slightly: "Do you know the whereabouts of his skull?"

Swain shook his head slightly, his tone a little solemn:

"According to my infiltration of Black Rose during this period, they have been secretly sending people to the place called Shadow Island. If I am not wrong, there must be something LeBlanc needs there."

"And this thing is very likely related to Mordekaiser!"

"Shadow Island"

Zuo Chi was stunned for a moment. He suddenly felt that he seemed to have overlooked some important information about a character, but he couldn't remember it.

Finally, Zuo Chi stretched out his hand towards Swain:

"Do you want to cooperate?"

Swain looked at Zuo Chi's outstretched hand. His eyes kept changing. Finally, he raised his hand and held Zuo Chi's hand tightly.

"my pleasure!"

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and this saying could not be more appropriate here.

Swain will not let Mordekaiser come to Noxus again, Ram does not want to be imprisoned by Mordekaiser again, and Zuochi also wants to kill Mordekaiser.

Under this premise, an alliance between the two parties was reached.

"Commander, help me place three people."

After talking about it, it was natural to make proper arrangements for Belea, Annie and Ruil.

Zuo Chi had a hunch that in the future, Ruier would provide him with unimaginable help.
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Underworld - Mitna Rachen.

Compared with the time when Zuochi Yuumi and others came here, earth-shaking changes have taken place here.

The sky was torn apart, brilliance like a planetary ring surrounded the sky, and deep space-time ravines were distributed at the end of this world.

The hundreds of thousands of sleeping undead army had completely awakened at this time. They were arranged in an orderly manner on the wasteland, waiting for the monarch's order to enter the time and space barrier at the end of the world.

At the center of the underworld, in the towering hall made entirely of bones, a figure entirely outlined by blue flames sat on the throne.

Slowly opening his eyes, Mordekaiser's sight penetrated thousands of miles, taking in everything in front of him.

Once upon a time, when he first came to this underworld, it was still empty.

It was he who built everything here with the help of hundreds of millions of dead souls, and created the underworld that belongs only to him - Mitna Rachen.

A kingdom where all souls will dwell forever and never fade away.

Once upon a time, he stood here, a mortal soul facing total annihilation. And now, the kingdom he forged with his own hands is spreading before his eyes.

Every stone under your feet was made by his hand. The battlements and barriers are also shaped by cruel magic and iron will.

He was born in a humble age, but he will use his own means and will to rank himself with God!

Now, he will continue to expand the territory of his empire.

He has conquered the territories of several Death Gods, his power is increasing day by day, and his army is no longer unstoppable.

And now, he may be about to encounter the strongest enemy he has ever encountered in his life.

The god of death between sheep and wolves—Qianjue!

If he wins this battle, he will tear apart the curtain between realms and once again let the living in the material realm witness his arrival!

(Do you still remember Thresh from before? After being offline for so long, he is finally here 0.o)

(End of this chapter)