Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

Passing through the stench of stalls, Seraphine saw where the sea hunters disembarked.

She stuck her head out from behind Grid and exclaimed in a low voice, "What a big..."

At this moment, not far in front of her, a nearly 100-meter-long crimson giant shark was hung on a rope with a thick arm.

A large group of dark-skinned, muscular men are using the power of machinery to pull the giant shark up from the sea.

This is the first time Seraphine has seen this kind of 'big guy', and at such a close distance, after comparing the two, the physique of the shark seen by the street vendor before... is simply too small.

While sighing in her heart, Seraphine raised her head to face the dazzling light, and carefully looked at the giant shark that was gradually jumping out of the water.

A huge steel fork was inserted into the eyeball on the left side of its face, and the dark red blood was slowly seeping from the wound. It seemed that the wound had been in use for some time.

The air is still salty and humid, and the smell of blood is not strong.

The end of the steel fork was connected to a weather-beaten wooden sailboat on the shore.

Seraphine's eyes stayed on the steel fork for a long time. It was hard for her to imagine that ordinary people could hunt sea monsters in the treacherous and changeable sea with only courage and experience...

Geez, what an indescribable danger.

As she watched, she received the praises of the sailors.

A heroic sea hunter jumped into the water, found the opportunity to launch the huge steel fork in his hand, and then dodged his last madness in the **** water. After several hours of hard work, he was finally able to hunt such a giant. Huge sea monster.

Grid raised his head, looked at the sea hunter standing next to the red shark with admiration, and added geographic knowledge to Seraphine:

"More than a thousand years ago, the human civilization here was not as prosperous as this. Sea beasts are hunters, and humans are the prey."

"Teacher, I heard that the civilization of this region a thousand years ago was destroyed by... um... sharks like this one?"

Seraphine looked at the giant shark that was suspended high with a complicated expression.

"Dragon sharks, adults over 100 meters in size, live in groups, and often dozens of dragon sharks gather together to set off huge waves hundreds of meters high. The original civilization built by the Baru people was destroyed by a dragon. Attack of the sharks."

Grid paused and looked around.

There are traces of Baru culture everywhere in Biltover. Whether it is traditional medicine, festival folklore or sea hunting techniques, they are all passed down from the Baru civilization.

"The Baru people didn't fear gods before that, but after that, they also gradually developed their own beliefs - Nagakaporos."

"It's been called the **** of life, growth, and eternal motion. People also call her the serpent, the sea beast, or the bearded lady. Her common symbol is a gigantic kraken head with an unusually large number of coils around it. tentacles."

"And that disaster was regarded by the Baru people as a disaster caused by their lack of respect for gods, and because it happened in the depths of the sea of ​​​​watchers, it was called... the disaster of watchmen."

Seraphine nodded from time to time, her teacher knew almost everything about Runeterra, and these historical stories were always fascinating.

"Teacher, is Nagakapolos real?" Seraphine asked aloud.

She had heard that Biltover had a sea beast sacrifice and a sea beast sect, but unlike the righteous gods of Demacia who often performed miracles, this sea beast had a great reputation, but almost no one had seen its appearance.

"If you believe, you have, if you don't, you don't. There are thousands of gods in the world, some are born with great power like Anivia, some rely on people's beliefs like the Zaun wind elf, or inherit like Kayle. Protoss aspirations." Grid stepped aside to open a path and said with a smile.

"Then in the eyes of the teacher, what kind of existence are these gods?"

Although her teacher has prepared a lot, Seraphine is still a little ignorant.

She is extremely sensitive to the tone and emotion of people's speech, so she immediately felt that her teacher didn't care when she spoke.

"The history of human beings is close to 10,000 years. It was originally an era when the gods were high above. They regarded us as slaves and ants. They ruled us for thousands of years, and were finally overthrown by the growing human beings and some kind demigods." Reid continued to explain patiently.

"History of the Freljord?" Seraphine thought of the Chronicle of Noxus.

My teacher once recounted that period of history. About 8,000 years before the continental calendar, the three Frost sisters, together with several powerful demigods, overthrew the northern gods and established a human-dominated Freljord civilization.

According to legend, the youngest of the three sisters is still alive today, guarding the Frostguard fortress in the far north of the Freljord.

She had heard from her teacher that the current task of Ms. LeBlanc and Ms. Camille seemed to be to find the traces of the northern gods.

When listening to the teacher tell the story at the scene, she just regarded it as a story.

But after she really met Anivia, one of the protagonists of the story, she also had a different feeling.

When several powerful beings with the power to destroy the world join forces, what kind of spectacular scene will it be?

Ahhh... so looking forward to it.

Grid could see the longing in her eyes, just smiled and continued:

"After that, the era when the gods were on top came to an end. The ancient gods in Runeterra were overthrown one after another, entering an era of co-governance between gods and humans."

"Um..." Seraphine tapped her chin. That was the history of Noxus before the nation was founded.

The story of the Freljord and the demigods, the legend of ancient Shurima and the Protoss, the balance of Ionia and the spirits of nature...

"Nagacapoulos was born in this era. It became a legend because of itself, or whether it exists because of belief. It is impossible to verify. But she has no doubt that it is because of human beings that she has the consciousness and the strength to occupy the sea. ."

Grid faced the sea and said in a flat tone:

"The new gods produced during this time period are deeply related to humans. They are different from those demigods that have existed since ancient times, and they all exist relying on humans."

"Even those protoss are the same. It is true that they have their own entities, but when the subterranean creatures no longer believe in them, the entire Runeterra will resist them, and they will never be able to enter."

That's why Atreus was born...

Grid's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly:

"For nearly a thousand years, due to the Dark Descent War and the Rune War, human beings gradually stopped believing in gods, and the empire Noxus, which was not sheltered by gods, was also established at that time. The empire never revered gods, and even regarded them as targets. It's just a creature that is slightly stronger than ordinary people."

Seraphine couldn't help feeling emotional when she heard her teacher's domineering words.

What a bold and fearless idea to aim at hunting the gods...

And this is not just her teacher's fantasy. She knows the current empire very well, and she also knows her teacher.

In the empire before Trifali came to power, such a declaration would be nothing but a laughing and generous joke, but Trifali only took power for two or three years, and what he did was just like this declaration.

She still remembers her teacher's first battle after Trifali came to power, against the Winged Protector from Demacia, the Protoss of Justice Kyle.

In that battle, his two teachers defeated the gods head-on, allowing everyone to see the strength of Noxus for the first time.

In the following time, the empire's footsteps never stopped.

Demacia was easily captured by the Trifali Council, the continent of Shurima was basically under the radiation of the Empire, and the Freljord was also preaching the prestige of the Empire.

What's more, in Bilgewater, far from the mainland, the legend of Noxus is still circulating, and it is regarded as an existence equivalent to Nagakaporos.

Noxus, the empire she is a part of, fights against the gods by human power alone.

This is the only instance in the entire human history.

She has no doubt that in the future, more gods will be beheaded by the empire. And now, they're on the same path...

Watching the dragon shark being dragged away slowly, Seraphine raised a bright smile on the corner of her mouth.

To be born in such a prosperous world of human beings, to be one of the participants in it, such a feeling...

very nice!

Seeing his apprentice walking away with brisk steps, Grid smiled dumbly and paced to follow.

......

Blue Flame Islands, Bilgewater Bay.

The uneven coastline is full of high and low blue-black cliffs, and any slightly flat terrain above the cliffs occupies "adaptive" dwellings made of moisture-proof wood.

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The waves glowing with faint green light hit the reef, knocking out a large piece of white foam, and by the time a new wave rose, the foam had already receded.

In addition to the rolling waves, the ships that come and go also sail in and out here, and there is an endless stream.

This is the heart of Bilgewater, and it is these hundreds of settlements that come together to make up what is now Bilgewater.

Bilgewater was born by sea, and the Blue Flame Islands are far away from the mainland and located in the main sea route of Piltover. It is a paradise for pirates and outlaws.

For hundreds of years, countless desperate desperados have come here, large and small forces are intertwined, forming the current situation of Bilgewater.

A peculiar faction commanded by a pirate king, but each with his own mind.

Their culture and technology have been passed down from the Baru civilization thousands of years ago. For those wicked people, nothing is more important than safety and their own lives.

Baru culture can make them have a higher inventory rate in the sea, so people here will worship it.

Practical, beneficial...that's Bilgewater's mantra.

Unlike Demacia, people here have no burden to break their promises.

Unlike Ionia, people here enjoy raiding and looting, which is where they stand.

Unlike Noxus, people here recognize strength, but they are not afraid of strength. The little man also poisoned the day of the pirate king.

Bilgewater Bay, a chaotic neutral harbour, a harbour of opportunity.

On the highest cliff in the bay lies a newly built wooden house.

Compared with the old houses in lower positions, the wooden houses here can be seen as newly built at a glance.

In this harbour where blood flows every day, the higher the living position, the higher the status.

The person who can build a residence at the highest point must be the one who is regarded as the king of pirates by everyone.

On the second floor of the exquisite wooden house, on a balcony by the sea, a frosty and beautiful woman stood in front of the guardrail, her long wine-red wavy hair scattered beside her exposed snow-white shoulders, drifting slightly with the sea breeze.

In the early summer, Bilgewater Bay in the tropics is full of moisture and heat, so that her clothes are extremely hot, not only a bust and a pair of tight leather pants, but there is no other decoration.

Boom!

There was a knock on the door behind him, and a burly man walked in respectfully.

The woman's red lips are slightly raised, and her voice is full of charm:

"Tosby, I hope to hear some good news."

"Sorry, Lady Empress!" Tosby bowed slightly, "The black mist spreads very fast, Stram Island was swallowed up the day before yesterday, and the rest of the latest news has not come. According to the current speed, at most 2 months In time, the black fog will spread to Biltover Bay."

"Is there any other news?" The female emperor, who had not taken office for a long time, looked indifferent and played with the exquisite magic cube in her hand. "This kind of news is not worth your special visit."

"My Lady Empress, the Empire is here!" Tosby raised his head fearlessly.

"Empire...I haven't heard this word for a long time." The Pirate Queen Sarah looked complicated.

On the first day of her relationship with Noxus, she had imagined that such a day would come.

She can quickly get to where she is today, not because of how strong she is, but because she and the previous King of Pirates had a **** feud, and just in time to meet someone...

"My Lady Empress, the space battleship will enter Biltover Bay in at most two days," Tosby reminded.

He didn't want to watch the so-called empress do some stupid things. This time, the person who came to the empire was the apprentice of the person he was loyal to, and he had a good reputation within the empire.

If all goes well, maybe he has a chance to return to the Empire.

Life was not bad here, but he wanted to go back and see the mighty empire under the command of the general.

"Hmph, Tosby, needless to say." Sarah looked directly at each other with cold eyes.

She knew she couldn't lead Bilgewater on her own~www.readwn.com~, but if it wasn't for the imminent threat of the Black Mist on the Shadow Isle, she wouldn't have voluntarily fallen to Noxus.

With the help of the Empire, she killed her enemy. This is a great kindness, and she will always remember it.

But she has been a Bilgewater since she was a child. This is the cradle of pirates, and it will never become the pasture of the empire like Demacia is now.

When the Black Mist thing is over, she will give the Bilgewater an explanation.

Stoby didn't say anything more, but stepped back respectfully.

He knows that his thoughts have been conveyed in place, but unfortunately she has a different position from the general, otherwise he would be willing to be one of her men...

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