The Glory of Noxus.

Noxian calendar, year 994.

Three-story building, bedroom.

Huo Jixing exited the meditative state, opened his deep eyes, and the three-color light flashed from his pupils.

He let out a breath, stood up, walked to the window, and opened the window.

The cool air mixed with snowflakes poured into the room, dispelling the dullness in the room.

Huo Jixing looked outside. There were snowflakes piled up on both sides of the street. The middle area had already been cleared, revealing solid ground.

The Noxians poured out of the room and walked in groups along the streets, happy smiles on their faces.

The chasing children, the shouts of the traders, and the shouts of the adults intertwined with the prosperous scene of the empire.

"Another year has passed!" Huo Jixing sighed softly.

Although he will think of the memories of his previous life from time to time and miss the convenience and fun brought by mobile phones and computers.

But as time went by, he became more and more accustomed to Valoran.

"Go out for a walk."

Huo Jixing thought to himself that he could not just focus on cultivation, but should combine work with rest.

Then he turned back, picked up the sleeping snow-white Poro, walked down the stairs, and prepared to go out.

As soon as he opened the door, he encountered a soldier from the Reese Guard Corps wearing purple armor and running towards him quickly.

"The Commander-in-Chief has ordered you to go to the audience hall." The soldier of Leiser's garrison said respectfully.

Huo Jixing shrugged his shoulders, gave up his plan, stuffed the Snow White Poro into his arms, and headed to the Immortal Fortress.

The familiar audience hall.

Huo Jixing saw Swain who was still busy. The leader of Noxus seemed to have never been idle.

He had to deal with a lot of things every day, and mountains of letters filled his desk, but he always remained calm and efficient.

Hearing the footsteps, Swain looked up, a faint smile appearing in his deep eyes.

He put down the pen in his hand and nodded to Huo Jixing.

"I'm sorry that I asked you to come here so early in the morning." Swain's voice contained the slightest hint of apology.

"But I do have something urgent that I need you to deal with."

"Are you going on a mission?"

Huo Jixing walked up to Swain and waited for the next instruction.

"more or less."

Swain took out a newly opened letter from the letters on the table, with the paint still on it.

"Have you ever heard of the Black Rose's magic experiment?"

Huo Jixing shook his head slightly when he heard this.

He really didn't know much about the Black Rose, most of it came from the Reese Guards Corps.

The memories of past lives are mostly fragmentary information.

"Every year, the Black Rose will 'select' some children with extraordinary abilities from various parts of the empire to conduct magic-related experiments."

Swain tapped his finger on the table, and a chill appeared in the corner of his eyes.

"These experiments are very cruel, and Black Rose will do this to those children who cannot withstand the intensity of the experiments."

"That is, the losers are subjected to different 'demonic elimination' processes to forcibly extract their extraordinary abilities."

"I got some information here, but it's not comprehensive." He looked at Huo Jixing and said in a deep voice.

"You need to investigate it yourself. It's best to know the real purpose behind these magic experiments."

Huo Jixing heard the solemnity in Swain's words, opened the letter in his hand, took out the letter paper stored inside, and read it carefully.

The letter contained some clues and information about the Black Rose, as well as some of the experimental sites that were destroyed by them.

The last part is the news obtained from the participants through severe torture, and someone ran away from the magic experiment site.

Huo Jixing's heart moved and he took out two more drawn patterns from the letter.

The first picture shows a figure wearing armor and holding a huge blunt-tipped spear, with a magical beast astride him.

"This seems to be the iron girl Riel I've seen before?"

A hazy picture flashed in Huo Jixing's mind.

The main reason is that in his previous life, he didn't know much about the new heroes that were released in the later period of League of Legends, and he couldn't remember some of them clearly.

Then he opened the second picture, and what came into view was a cute little girl.

When he saw the little bear in the little girl's arms, his eyes suddenly froze.

"Annie?!"

Huo Jixing's heart stirred up. He didn't expect to see Annie on the second pattern.

Most importantly, he knew Anne's parents and had a close relationship with them.

"It shouldn't be. How old is Annie? How could she become an experimental subject?" Huo Jixing looked confused.

"Do you know Annie?"

Swain noticed the change in Huo Jixing's expression and asked.

"Yes, I learned extraordinary knowledge from Annie's father when I was at the border of Northland." Huo Jixing looked at Swain firmly and said in a condensed voice.

"I will do my best to find out the truth behind these magical experiments."

Swain nodded. When it came to the Black Rose, Huo Jixing's strength was the most suitable to carry out this mission.

"Be safe, I'm waiting for your good news."

Huo Jixing left the Immortal Fortress and quickly returned to his residence.

At the head of the bed, find a sewn bear toy.

This was a gift Amorin gave to herself when she left the village.

"I hope nothing happens to you!"

Immortal Fortress, deep underground.

Time is almost frozen in this darkness, and the breath of ancient runes is looming in the air.

In the dark palace, a figure in black robe was kneeling on the ground.

"We found traces of Amorim on the border of Northland."

The pale lady sitting on the stone chair opened her eyes like stars, opened her lips slightly, and spoke in a soft and low voice.

"What's inside her?"

"Still, but the situation has changed." The figure in black robe said respectfully.

"I don't know what happened. Then it was transferred to her child."

"child?"

The pale lady's eyes narrowed slightly, looking surprised.

You must know that that thing is the pet of the legendary being and has demonic power.

"Is there anything unusual?"

"The integration is very good, even far better than Amorin."

"Where is the child now? Why not bring him back?"

The pale lady stood up and walked up to the figure in black robe, without any emotion in her tone.

"Near the Iron Thorn Mountains, we are no match for that kid."

The figure in black robe looked at the white feet that appeared in front of him and put his head on the ground, not daring to look.

"Swain's side should also have received the news. What should we do now?"

"Let Tersi go. She was the one who failed in her responsibility back then, so let her solve the problem."

The pale lady spoke directly.

"Ok."

The departure of the black-robed figure caused the palace to fall into silence again.

The pale lady stood alone, her eyes flickering, as if she was thinking about something.

After a while.

The pale lady left the palace, walked along the corridor, crossed the last corner, and came to the edge of a shaft.

The shaft penetrates far deeper into the bedrock beneath the Immortal Fortress than the size of the fortress itself could accommodate.

Cold blues and suspicious greens merged into a billowing miasma that swirled far below, reflecting the three bridges that spanned the gorge.

The surrounding energy surged, as if telling a forgotten history.

And below the bridge, on the crazy energy vortex, a huge, terrifying human-shaped black shadow hung in mid-air.

No Noxian can admit his mistake!

A pair of lifeless armor is bound to be mentioned in every history book.

“The time is almost up”

The pale lady lowered her eyes and whispered softly. Her figure gradually became hazy and disappeared.

“There is absolutely no room for error!”

In the noble castle, there is a bath filled with thick blood.

Vladimir was lying inside, closing his eyes and enjoying the taste of blood.

Faintly, you can see the luster of the viscous blood dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Well, why are you here?"

Vladimir opened his eyes and looked at the pale lady standing on the edge of the bath.

"There is a mission where you may meet Huo Jixing. Do you want to go?"

Vladimir paused, looked at the pale lady covered in black gauze, and saw a pair of eyes like stars.

"Then can you help stop Swain?"

The pale lady pondered for a while, slowly shook her head, and refused: "I can't leave the Immortal Fortress for the time being."

"Ha, as for myself, I can't deal with Swain and Huo Jixing in the Noxus Empire."

Vladimir shrugged his shoulders, stood up from the blood pool, and his smooth body appeared in the room.

By the time he reached the edge of the pool, the blood inside had completely lost its brilliance.

"I am not sure about the combination of the power of Demon Raum and the power of the Star Spirit." Vladimir put on the noble robe/regular robe and said bluntly.

"And you should understand that I have failed many times and there are not many opportunities left!"

The pale lady stared at Vladimir silently and backed away slowly.

"Let's wait for the opportunity for Huojixing to leave the Noxus Empire."

Vladimir spoke in a deep voice before the pale lady was about to leave.

In terms of intelligence, we also need to rely on the power of the Black Rose, and we cannot directly offend him like this.