The Glory of Noxus

Rocklund, a bustling trading street.

Huo Jixing sat alone on the second floor of the tavern, with several plates of side dishes and drinks in front of him.

His strange eyes crossed the wooden window sill and looked at the bustling and busy streets.

"The Chamber of Commerce of Frost Harbor, the Avarosa Tribe?"

Turning his eyes, he saw a group of Freljordians wearing fur robes, purchasing food at the shop opposite, bargaining with the boss in broken Noxian.

In the past month, in addition to training, Huo Jixing would often borrow books from the Trifali Council's collection and compare them with the information in his past life memories.

Most of the information can reflect each other.

Among the Freljordians in front of him, he saw the logo of the Avarosa tribe.

Loklund is rich in radishes, which are durable in storage.

Even in the cold winter weather, the taste will not be affected.

Very beloved by the people of the Freljord, it is a must-have item for every purchase.

Among the street shops, Huo Jixing also saw shops run by Piltover merchants.

Perhaps at the time of delivery, many Chamber of Commerce guards armed with gunpowder spears were unloading wooden boxes. Judging from their light movements, the boxes should contain spices and colored glaze.

dong dong!dong dong!

The bell rings.

Huo Jixing heard the news and went to see a tall and majestic clock tower in the center of the city of Rocklund, with the hands at six o'clock.

"It's a bit slow!" Huo Jixing whispered softly.

He is waiting for Tai Lung's arrival. The Reese Guard Secretariat is just a foothold where he can trade some intelligence information about the mission.

"come yet?"

With his eyes lowered, Huo Jixing took out the rune token from his arms, its dim light flickering.

Then he paid and left the restaurant.

Rocklund, plain wilderness.

In the dark woods, Huo Jixing saw Tai Long wearing a silver cloak.

"It has a tail, so it took a while." Tai Lung explained in a slightly stiff tone.

It was during Operation Darius.

As he left the capital of Noxus, he attracted the attention of those who cared.

Even if you use [Noxtra] to teleport to other cities, there are still people who will follow you.

"fine."

A red-golden light flashed dimly in Huo Jixing's eyes, and when he saw that there were no clouds rising around him, he nodded.

"lets go."

The two walked along the edge of the plain in silence.

Their mission location is on the west side of Rocklund——

Rocklund Plains.

It is an important resource point for the Noxian Empire.

There are many natural sulfur deposits buried under this seemingly barren hill, which is the main ingredient of black gunpowder.

But recently, rebel forces have appeared deep in the Lokronde Plains, interfering with and destroying the empire's production workshops.

Secret mission content: Investigate the cause of the rebellion.

A biting cold wind hits.

Huo Jixing and Tai Long hid themselves and moved forward with all their strength, arriving at the Lokronde Plain before midnight.

"Something's wrong." Huo Jixing stopped.

Tai Lung, who was beside him, also noticed something unusual. The air was filled with an almond-like smell and a strong smell of blood. The two mixed together and filled the sky above the plain.

The two looked at each other silently.

Then we found a hilly high point and looked out over the Rocklund Plain in front of us.

Against the backdrop of the dusty, blood-colored sky, the undulating hills lost their fertile green color. Instead, the ground turned yellowish and was stained with bright red blood, as if they had experienced the baptism of war. Occasionally, wild beasts could be seen wandering around in search of food.

[Suzaku·Red Eyes and Fire Eyes]!

A red golden light glowed, and in the hilly area near Huojixing's patrol, there were almost no clouds rising.

He looked at Tai Lung beside him and waved.

The two of them paused their progress and carefully sneaked into the plains and hills.

After going more than ten kilometers deep.

Huo Jixing saw that this place was completely different from the fertile plain outside the city of Rocklund.

The undulating hilly terrain in front of us has been severely excavated.

The once verdant mountain peaks have been carved out and destroyed, and the deep and peaceful valleys are littered with garbage. Large areas of ferocious traces are spread inside and outside the hills, leaving a feeling of desolation and desolation.

Continue for more than half an hour.

Huo Jixing saw towering camps rising one after another in the hilly areas.

"Noxian Chapter!"

The blazing light of fireworks illuminated the hills, and the crimson imperial flags fluttered high in the dark sky.

"Go around." Tailong saw Huo Jixing's hesitation and spoke bluntly.

"The missions we carry out are accountable only to the Noxian High Command."

Huo Jixing nodded slightly to express his understanding.

Then he followed Tyrone, bypassing the Noxian camp, and moved forward cautiously.

The night is getting darker, and there is no light.

The hilly terrain is relatively complex, and sometimes you need to climb steep slopes and sometimes you need to cross long and narrow valleys.

Ordinary people, if they lack understanding, may just retreat.

But Huo Jixing and Tai Long were not ordinary Leise garrison soldiers.

The two crossed valleys and narrow roads and came deep into the hills.

“The flavor is getting stronger!”

Huo Jixing smelled the smell of sulfur and blood in his nose, and his expression gradually became serious.

The footholds and villages seen along the way seemed to have been massacred indiscriminately. Cold and stiff corpses were scattered everywhere, and only the remaining and collapsed walls told the fresh atmosphere of the past.

There were also corpses piled up on the official roads that were built, and the ground was stained red with blood.

There are some discrepancies with the rebel information recorded in the intelligence.

"There's someone ahead!"

With his red-gold eyes flashing, he saw twelve dim clouds appearing in his field of vision, about one kilometer away from him.

There was silence.

Huo Jixing and Tai Long merged into the dark night and approached a low and complex hill.

On the back of the uneven hills, among the piles of rocks, I could see the dim light of fire.

Looking around, Huo Jixing saw a group of twelve people hiding in the rocks, relying on the flickering bonfire in front of them to keep warm.

"Rebels? Refugees?" Doubts arose in his heart.

Within his field of vision, the people he saw were in ragged clothes and had not enough to eat.

Under the torn linen clothes, he could not withstand the cold wind at all. His body, which looked like a tree trunk, curled up in the hope of slowing down the loss of body temperature.

In the stone pot next to the campfire, there was some food cooked with soil mixed with bark and grass.

It looked like blistered mud and smelled extremely unpleasant.

Huo Jixing squatted high on the hill. After thinking for a while, he made a gesture to Tai Lung, indicating that he would show up to check, while he stayed in the dark.

Seeing Tai Lung nod.

He stood up and walked towards the pile of rocks, stomping on the ground deliberately to cause a noise.

"who is it?"

Huo Jixing looked surprised.