The Glory of Noxus.

In Piltover, the name of Explorer Ezreal is well-known.

Even though the Explorers' Guild has rejected Ezreal's application for membership many times in a row.

But it is generally believed that the loss of Ezreal is a loss for the Explorers Guild, not for Ezreal himself.

According to the information that Shamara knew, the heir of her own Chamber of Commerce, Master Jarl, admired Ezreal very much.

The adventurer's dream was born and put into action because of Ezreal.

Later, in order to follow Ezreal's trail, Jarl went deep into many dangerous places and ancient tombs in Shurima more than ten times to search for ancient relics.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ezreal, that was a slip of the tongue."

Shamara quickly stood up and apologized to Ezreal, a hint of embarrassment appearing on her cold face.

"It's okay. I understand the distress you're in. After all, everyone wants to take gold away from Shurima."

Ezreal smiled, and his sunny smile brought refreshing warmth against the backdrop of his handsome face.

"Come and sit together."

Seeing that the two were becoming polite, Huo Jixing directly invited Ezreal to sit over.

Ezreal gladly accepted and sat in his seat at the Midalda Chamber of Commerce, his eyes filled with curiosity under his golden hair.

"Ezreal, Ms. Shamara has just introduced me."

After the unexpected meeting in the tavern last night, he felt that Huo Jixing was very extraordinary.

At that moment, his Shurima gauntlets actually began to vibrate, a warning that would only occur when encountering a powerful transcendent.

This made Ezreal very interested in Huo Jixing.

Such a powerful transcendent has come to a remote village in the southern border. Is he also interested in the forgotten land of Ecathia?

And their meeting again at the banquet made him understand the fate between them.

"Charles, advisor to the Midalda family."

Huo Jixing raised the corner of his mouth, stared at Ezreal in front of him, and introduced himself.

He believes in destiny and believes that every encounter is not accidental.

The two encounters with Ezreal were destined to have some intersection in the Rock Village.

Now that we can’t leave, let’s take a look at what happened in the Rock Village?

Could the shocking disappearances be related to the forgotten land of Ekathia?

"Mr. Charles, I am deeply impressed by our encounter in the tavern last night," Ezreal said frankly.

"I rarely meet people who can make my gauntlet wave. You are one of the few."

Huo Jixing narrowed his eyes slightly. He was very clear that his strength had already reached the legendary level, and with the help of the abilities granted by the stars, he hid it very well.

Even so, Ezreal could still sense his strength.

Even with the help of his own magical rune items, it shows that Ezreal is not simple.

Huo Jixing likes his straightforward personality very much and is willing to communicate with such people.

"Mr. Ezreal, you also left a deep impression on me." Huo Jixing responded.

"I have heard your name in Piltover, and Jarl has often mentioned you in my ear."

"Jar, is he the one from the Midalda family?" Ezreal's eyes lit up and he spoke in surprise.

He had a very good impression of the heir of the Midalda family. The strange tasks and generous bonuses were unique.

Huo Jixing nodded slightly and smiled at Ezreal, as if they had known each other for many years.

While they were chatting, they had already attracted the attention of people around them.

The Midalda Chamber of Commerce and Explorer Ezreal are together. Have they reached a secret cooperation?

They were very curious and wanted to go up and ask.

After all, they are in a rock village and don’t know how things will develop. The most important thing for them now is to unite more forces and survive.

However, due to the power of the Midalda Chamber of Commerce, they could only wait secretly.

Da da! Da da! Da da!

In the flickering bright yellow light of the campfire, the dense sound of footsteps, like the beat of drums by a tribal group, gradually approached.

In just a moment, a group of figures walked out from the edge of the campfire and entered the banquet area.

Leading the group was an extremely old, skinny man with dark skin and a sun mark etched on his bare torso.

That is the mark representing the sun disk, symbolizing light and hope.

The old man's eyes were deep and bright, and he walked towards the platform step by step.

Following behind the old man were two Ixtal wizards wearing dark green hoods and long robes.

Their robes gleamed with a mysterious luster in the firelight, and the emerald green staffs in their hands glowed with emerald green light, like tender buds in spring, full of vitality and vigor.

The last person to come in was a middle-aged man. He was dressed similarly to the old man in front, but he was very strong.

From a distance, the middle-aged man looked extremely serious, with a hawk-like gaze and a cold aura.

Huo Jixing and Ezreal followed Shamara and stood up, looking at the group of people coming towards them.

He was not interested in the three people in front of him. His eyes fell on the middle-aged man at the back. He raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking about something.

"The one in the front is Elder Faisal, who has a high reputation in the Rock Village and can be said to be the real master of the existence."

"The one sitting in the first position on the left is a wizard from Ixtal. They are stationed in the rock village all year round and occasionally enter the forgotten land of Ekathia to search for void materials."

Xiamara introduced everyone in the rock village to Huo Jixing one by one.

"The first person on the right is Elder Belvis, also an elder of the Rock Village."

"According to the ancient traditions of the village, he should be Faisal's carefully trained successor and will be in charge of the Rock Village in the future."

Huo Jixing nodded, and then they sat down again at the signal of Elder Feisal.

"Everyone, welcome to tonight's banquet. On behalf of all the villagers in Rock Village, I would like to thank you for your help."

Elder Faisal came to the main seat at the banquet, picked up the wine glass from the tray held by the tribal girl beside him with trembling arms, and took a sip.

Elder Belvis also followed Elder Faisal, raised the glass in his hand, signaled to everyone, and drank it all in one gulp.

"This time we want everyone here to cooperate with the village's actions."

Before Elder Faisal finished his words, he saw a ball of hot and brilliant sparks suddenly lit up under the black curtain in the distance.

It's the distress signal from the tribal hunters!

Elder Faisal's heart sank to the bottom in an instant. Judging from the distance, the place where the spark ignited should be not far away.

He turned and nodded to Elder Belvis, signaling him to arrange personnel immediately.

Elder Belvis said nothing more and immediately turned and left. Although his steps were steady, one could still see his inner anxiety.

"All hunters assemble immediately!"

Elder Belvis came to the campfire, and his roar echoed in the night air.

The tribal hunters who were responsible for the safety of the banquet rushed over.

In the light of the fire, every hunter in the tribe was fully armed and looked solemn.

They and the villagers who had gathered around them, holding torches, looked at Elder Belvis with worried eyes.

"Everyone, we are about to rush over, please do as you please."

Elder Feisal looked around at the silent people at the banquet and let out a breath.

After saying that, he didn't wait for anyone's response and rushed to where the sparks started.

Led by Elder Faisal and Elder Belvis, the tribal hunters quickly rushed towards the direction of the fire.

Although their steps were hurried, they were orderly and kept their formation neat, ready to launch an attack at any time.

"Something is wrong. The timing is too perfect." Ezreal frowned and looked at the sparks hanging in the distance.

It would not start earlier nor later, so the signal was lit when Faisal presided over the banquet.

"Mr. Charles, what should we do?" Xiamara looked at Huo Jixing and asked.

"The protagonist has left, and there is no need to hold the banquet. Let's go and take a look."

Huo Jixing walked out of the banquet hall. The bonfire was still burning, but the noisy and lively scene was gone, leaving only a depressing atmosphere.

The anxious villagers talked to each other in low voices, worry written all over their faces.

Huo Jixing shook his head slightly and took the lead to follow the footsteps of the tribal hunters.

Seeing this, Shamara and Ezreal followed quietly.

The three of them moved forward quickly in the night, and soon saw the backs of the tribal hunters.

However, compared to Huo Jixing's ease, Xiamala was always on guard, holding the scimitar at his waist tightly in his hands, with a brown glow covering the blade.

Affected by the atmosphere, Ezreal clenched the Shurima gauntlet, and golden light appeared on the surface of the gauntlet.

After they left, the others who stayed at the party quickly followed.

Now everyone is tied to the same rope. If something goes wrong in the Rock Village, they will have no way to escape.

Location of the outer walls of the rock village.

The dim light of the torches revealed a large hole in the solid wall made of sand.

Blood and weapons of tribal hunters were scattered around the gap, and the remaining traces indicated that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

The most disturbing thing is that none of the tribal hunters who were supposed to patrol here are anywhere to be seen.

Elder Belvis walked quickly to the gap in the wall, half-knelt down, and carefully picked up a handful of dust and put it into his mouth.

He walked along the broken sand wall, chewing slowly, savoring the information in the dust.

He walked slowly, carefully observing the subtle traces left around him, trying to reconstruct the scene of the battle.

Finally, his gaze rested on a dark cave.

Elder Belvis' pupils constricted, and he looked back at the gap in the wall not far away, his expression becoming gloomy.

"It's Axel!"

"sure?"

Elder Feisal frowned upon hearing this and looked into the dark cave with a gloomy look in his eyes.

The location of the rock village is very important. Under the oasis is a buried solid rock vein. Coupled with the blessing of the runes of Ixtal the Mage, ordinary Ax'Sai simply cannot dig through it.

Not to mention digging out the rock veins directly and entering the rock village.

"It should be Broken Sand Exai!"

Master Ixtal walked over with a staff in hand and looked at the cave in front of him, which was about 30 centimeters in diameter.

"Although all Ex'Sai are skilled at digging, only the Sandbreaker Ex'Sai have the size and strength to dig through the hard rock veins beneath the desert and expand the Ex'Sai's hunting grounds."

"It seems that the guys hiding in the dark have already set their sights on the Rock Village."

Elder Faisal's eyes were red, and his old face was filled with anger that could not be suppressed.

"It is very likely that all the tribal hunters on patrol have met with an accident. We can't just sit there and wait for death."

He looked at Belvis, the successor he had trained, and spoke in a serious tone.

"Starting tonight, set up a magic alert near the village. The people of Ixtal will assist us."

"Also, I suspect there is a traitor in the village who is secretly colluding with the Void creatures. Otherwise, we would not have been able to miss the noise of the Axe digging the rock veins."

"Then what should we do?" Belvis's face was solemn, and anger flashed in his eyes.

"You conduct a secret investigation to see who in the village is absent."

Elder Faisal looked back at the somewhat chaotic village behind him, and a fierce look appeared on his old face.

"Whoever dares to collude with and betray the village and collude with void creatures must be executed."

Boom! Boom!

As soon as Elder Faisal finished speaking, there were bursts of noises in the dark cave, like a desert storm hitting the walls.

Immediately afterwards, waves of chaotic and violent auras rose into the sky, sweeping around, scaring the nearby tribal hunters into retreating one after another.

"Everyone be careful, something is coming out of the cave."

Elder Faisal realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly stepped back, leaving the cave and coming to the edge of the solid sand wall.

He frowned and stared at the direction of the cave, ready to deal with the impending changes.

The two Ixtal wizards stood fearlessly at the front, pointing their emerald green staffs at the cave, emitting an emerald green glow.

Belvis led the tribal hunters to form a battle array, draw their bows and arrows, and the iron arrowheads flashed coldly under the light of the torches.

They stared at the shaking cave with cold expressions, their eyes revealing strong murderous intent, ready to avenge their companions.

Wow!

In this tense and solemn atmosphere, the cave shook more and more violently until a huge dark purple monster jumped out of the cave.

Along with it came a deafening roar, which stirred up a foul-smelling storm.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the monster, the tribal hunters did not panic.

Under Belvis's command, they shot arrows in an orderly manner, and for a moment arrows rained down on the black shadow.

The two Ixtal wizards also waved their staffs, releasing powerful natural magic energy.

The emerald green light and arrows intertwined together, weaving a dense attack net that covered the dark purple monster.

Ding ding! Ding ding! Ding ding!

The arrow, wrapped in a strong wind, fell and accurately hit the back of the dark purple monster, making a metallic sound.

Sparks of fire shot out, but the iron arrows were simply unable to break through the defense of the dark purple monster.

Only the magical attacks of the two Ixtal wizards left striking marks on the back as strong as metal.

"Roar! Roar!"

A painful cry was heard, and the giant dark purple monster turned its body and looked at the people who were attacking it.