Battle of the Twin Cities: The Ninth Councilor

Chapter 177 Endless Purple Light
The food at the smuggled port will definitely not be much better, but Marcos has eaten dry food for a few days. At this time, it is just the most common rye bread, which can make him eat a kilogram until he can't eat anymore. stop.

After the meal, Marcus walked out of the house with a teacup. It was completely dark at this time. There was a simple lighthouse with a height of about ten meters near the sea near the port. A windproof oil lamp was shaking on it. The light was not too bright, but it was just a guide.

After a few days in the desert, Marcos is now more relaxed than ever.

Looking at the shimmering sea, the moonlight creates soft ripples under the washing of the sea, and the slightly fishy sea breeze blows on the body with high humidity, which is not comfortable.

But compared to the drought and high temperature in the desert, this place is simply paradise.

Talia and the others also finished their dinner and walked out of the room, enjoying the rare tranquility.

Marcus didn't look back, and asked: "Have you considered it? As long as you come to Hextech to work, I will give you the treatment you deserve."

Talia had already taken a shower and changed into clean clothes, and the veil that had been covering her head and face was removed, revealing her true face.

Short tan hair, clean and neat, wheat-colored skin, delicate facial features, healthy and beautiful.

There are a few freckles dotted on both sides of the bridge of the nose, which did not spoil her appearance, but instead made her look amiable, like the sister next door who played mischievously behind her butt since she was a child.

"Isn't Piltover very resistant to magic?" Talia asked back, "I don't want to be a public enemy."

"You don't need to worry about this matter." Marcus said to himself: "In my territory, no one can touch you!"

Hex technology itself was developed on the basis of magic. As long as the nobles in Piltover are not out of their minds, they won't be looking for trouble.

The recruitment of a magician by Marcus will only speed up the development of Hextech products, and it will also promote the improvement of Hexfly Gate.

If any noble can't think about it, don't blame Marcus for terminating the cooperation and let them return to the original mode of transportation.

Of course, employees know magic and Marcus knows magic. If others know that Marcos knows magic, it will be given to those people to expel him from Piltover and snatch his part of the shares. reason.

As for the skill "Brilliant Fireworks" used in the bottom city when dealing with Jhin, it is easy to think of "magic". Marcos also has countermeasures.

Brilliant Fireworks is a movement skill that, from a bystander's perspective, behaves a lot like what a Hexgate can do.

If someone makes a fuss about this, Marcus can easily fool it with his ability to use only the miniature hexagate.

"If you can guarantee my safety, I can go to work for a while." Thalia pondered for a long time, and finally accepted Marcus' invitation, but she also left herself a way out: "If I think there is something in that Hextech is not happy, or I think you can't help me, I will leave early and continue to Ionia."

"It's up to you." Marcus turned around and said with a smile: "On the day you leave, I can even be a good person to the end and buy you a round-trip ferry ticket to Ionia, which will probably relieve your financial pressure. "

"Then it's settled!" Talia smiled narrowly: "When I go to Picheng, I will only stay for one day, and then I will find an excuse to leave, and you will lose a ticket for nothing!"

Marcus laughed: "It's all small money. When we get to know each other better and become friends, even if we don't work for me, what can I do if I give you a boat ticket?"

The income he earns from the Hex Flying Gate in a day is enough to buy ten boat tickets and still have a surplus.

A mere ticket price can't even be exchanged for a single skill, so Marcos disdains it.

Marcus has been in Picheng for five years. Even though he has never had any experience in starting a business in his previous life, he has come to a point of view: people who care about every detail can't achieve great things!

Knowing where to invest and transforming existing wealth into benefits that can be collected in the future is the right approach.

A heroic role like Talia is undoubtedly an object of investment. If you spend a little money to establish a good relationship with her, you will definitely not lose money.

Talia pretended to be casual, and asked casually: "Then are we friends now?"

"It doesn't count!" Marcos said with a smile: "When you go to Picheng, remember to call me the boss when you see me again. You are just my employee and the object of my exploitation."

"Hmph." Thalia wrinkled her nostrils, "I'm a bit regretful now, and I want to take back what I said just now."

Marcus laughed loudly: "It's not too late to regret now, as long as you don't regret it in the future."

Talia turned her head and said arrogantly: "I will leave as soon as I earn the ticket, and I will never stay with you for one more day... No, I don't want to stay for half a day!"

Wei said with a smile at this time: "Although Marcus is not a good person, he is not a bad person either. If you work with him, you won't suffer."

Thalia covered her ears and refused to listen: "You are in the same group, of course help him speak!"

Seeing this, Wei shook his head helplessly.

Craig stood on the other side of Vi, watching Talia secretly through Vi, and no one noticed that this big silent boy was a little more shy than before.

"She's so pretty." Craig said inwardly, "She's also very cute."

Among the girls he has been in contact with, Wei is too bold, sometimes not like a girl.

Jinx is too lively, and since her heart knot was opened, she has gradually become a little nervous.

Catherine was indifferent, and when she looked at unfamiliar people, there was a hint of arrogance in her eyes.

Thalia is completely different from them. She is lively, friendly, and occasionally a little naughty, which is more lovable.

The three of Marcus chatted one after another, and Craig stood behind alone, wanting to get involved several times, opened his mouth and swallowed the words back into his stomach, silently digesting.

He was like a guard, silently guarding the crowd, occasionally peeking at Talia, and before the other party noticed him, he quickly looked away, and then peeked a few times after a while.

"Ok?"

Chatting and chatting, the three of Marcos all changed their expressions, and turned their heads to look south at the same time.

Craig panicked for a while, thinking that his small actions had been discovered, and his face was slightly hot.

Then he noticed that the three of them were not looking at him, but looking behind him.

Turning around, I don't know what happened far to the south, the night sky was actually illuminated by a thick purple light, giving people an ominous premonition.

"That... what?" Wei's expression was solemn: "Why do I sense a huge threat from the purple light?"

"I don't know." Thalia shook her head: "It's also the first time I've seen such a scene."

"That direction..." Marcos' eyes moved slightly: "It seems to be sent by Icacia?"

Icacia is extremely far away from them, at least thousands of miles away.

And if the purple light is emitted from Icacia and can be seen by them thousands of miles away, how strong would that purple light be in Icacia?
"Icacia!?" Thalia's face changed: "Could it be that legend?"

"What legend?" Clegg finally found the opportunity to say something.

"I don't know the specifics." Thalia said solemnly: "I heard from the old man that there are rumors that there is a very dangerous thing sealed deep in Icacia. Once the seal is broken, Runeterra will face disaster. !"

Wei looked in the direction of Ziguang: "So, has the seal been broken?"

Talia shook her head: "I don't know, but I have a strong premonition in my heart that something in that purple light is about to appear and descend on our continent."

"What could it be?" Marcus looked in that direction expectantly, and a name appeared in his mind: "Could it be her?"

……

South of the Shurima Desert, across the Khalisai, the yellow sand gradually turns into dry rocky ground.

Continue to go deeper, turn over a rocky jungle, and you will arrive at the ruins of Icacia, the former capital of the kingdom of magicians.

At this moment, only ruins and ruins remain in this male capital that has long been destroyed, without any human habitation.

There was a gap in the dry earth, and below it was an invisible abyss.

The endless purple light appeared from the bottom of the abyss and shot straight into the sky.

A dark figure appeared in the purple light, all the way up through the abyss, and jumped into the air.

Behind the black shadow are two pairs of weird wings, one big and one small. The dark purple light outlines the shape of eyes on the surface of the wings, while the humanoid limbs and slim figure show her gender to the world.

The insect-like carapace on her face suddenly melted and shrank behind her ears, revealing a pale and beautiful face.

"Runeterra..."

"I……"

"I am back?"

She greedily breathes the slightly dry air, enjoys the bath of starlight and moonlight, she is extremely greedy for all these, even the dry land is so kind in her eyes.

too long!
She couldn't remember how long she had been lost in that place!

I thought I would spend the rest of my life chasing and hunting, but I didn't expect that I would follow the strange fluctuations that suddenly appeared all the way, and escape from that place!

buzzing...

click click...

The sound of insects vibrating their wings intensively and the sound of chitin carapace hitting the stone ground woke the girl in the air from her trance.

She looked down, and the purple light was slowly fading, and at the same time, there were dense, weird and twisted monsters coming into this world through the purple light exit.

"Don't let them invade Runeterra!"

A flash of determination flashed in the girl's eyes, this is her hometown, and these chaotic monsters must not be allowed to get involved!

She resolutely flapped her wings and flew back to the abyss. With a wave of her hands, black and purple magic balls flew out one by one, hitting the monsters that were crawling out.

The monster hit by the magic ball slid down the cliff and fell back into the depths of purple light.

However, many monsters took advantage of this gap to fly out of the abyss, successfully invaded Runeterra, and disappeared into the distance.

"Damn!"

Seeing that it was difficult to stop, the girl took advantage of the moment when the entrance of purple light was about to disappear, raised her hand and sent out countless magic balls from her body, hitting it like a torrential rain.

The remaining monsters roared, fell into the abyss, and were swallowed by the purple light.

The entrance flickered a few times before disappearing.

The girl made a decisive decision, flew out of the abyss canyon, and chased in the direction where the monsters were fleeing.

(End of this chapter)