From Alliance to Marvel

Chapter 164 A Message from Swain
Seeing that Planck returned to his post, the others also returned to their rooms, recharging their energy and waiting for the night's battle.

But Zeng Hao called Ezreal to his room, and he wanted to ask Ezreal something.

Ezreal followed Zeng Hao to his room suspiciously, wanting to ask Zeng Hao what's the matter.

"At that time, you will be with me or Lucian. Although the ghosts in the black mist can't approach you, there are many variables on the Shadow Island."

Ezreal saw that Zeng Hao called him over just to say this, and couldn't help giving him a blank look.

"If I don't follow you two, who will I follow? Do you think I'm stupid enough to follow that idiot Planck, or Pike?"

Zeng Hao thought, yes.Ezreal is already an old Voldemort, so there should be no problem.

"Uh, that's true, so let's do it first. If you get separated from us, you can follow Illaoi. She is still very strong."

Ezreal waved his hand and said impatiently: "Understood, there is no need to repeat it. Besides, how do you know that we will definitely get separated."

Ezreal seemed to think of something when he said this.With an unbelievable tone on his face, he asked Zeng Hao: "Aren't you going to go wandering alone again?"

"Well, it depends on the situation. I'll talk about it when the time comes. I just want to say hello to you in advance."

Ezreal rolled his eyes at him, and said helplessly, "Alright, but what do you want to do?"

Zeng Hao replied mysteriously: "Secret."

"Cut, it's fine if you don't say anything, but how will you come back then?"

But after Ezreal asked this question, he knew he was stupid.

Sure enough, Zeng Hao looked at our Ezreal with a mentally retarded expression.

Ezreal was also unfazed, and left Zeng Hao's room in a flicker. Before leaving, he had to say: "Then I will wait for you at the hotel."

After dealing with the placement of Ezreal, Zeng Hao took out his communicator and looked through the message Swain sent to him.

That's right, our Swain, Commander Star has sent a message to Zeng Hao as scheduled.

[Zeng Hao:
As agreed, I will send you the information I have collected about the Black Rose organization during this period.

According to the news I have learned, a member of Black Rose will go to Shadow Island in the near future to search for holy objects. 】

That's the general information, and what follows is Swain's guess about this person, but there is a name mentioned in the candidate information he gave.

Elise.

Zeng Hao looked at the message about Elise sent by the communicator Liswain.

I think this should be the spider queen I know—Iris.

Born many centuries ago in Noxus, Elise was a member of the ancient and powerful House of Kythera.She easily understood what an effective weapon beauty is against the weak-willed.After she came of age, in order to further expand the power of the family, she intended to marry the heirs of the Zaafan family.Unfortunately, this marriage was opposed by many members of the opposing family.But Elise succeeds in seducing her fiancé and playing tricks on those who belittle her, and a marriage contract is finally struck.

Just as Elise planned, she controlled her husband in every detail after marriage.The Zhavan family became stronger and stronger, and at the same time made the Kythera family flourish.Although Elise's husband is the face of the family, those who know the inside story know who is the one who really has the final say.Her husband was tolerant at first, but over time, his dissatisfaction burst from the sores in his heart, because he had become a joke among the major families of Noxus.

His resentment grew day by day.Finally, that night, after another dull dinner, he told his wife that he had put a flesh-eating poison in her drink.At the same time, he also set his own conditions: she must step back and stop acting as a stumbling block on his way to power. This is the only way to get the antidote.If he refused, he would watch her die slowly in excruciating pain, the poison intensified with every breath she took, turning her flesh and bones into ichor.Elise knew that the antidote must be in him, so she hid a sharp knife in the palm of her hand, and then began to play the poor remorseful wife, and her acting skills were impeccable and wonderful.She mobilized all the seductive means in her body, weeping and begging his forgiveness, perfectly concealing her intentions.At the same time, the poison was gnawing at her body, causing large deformities to appear on her body, and her limbs were also twitching in pain.

He didn't realize it until Elise grabbed hold of her husband - obviously too late, he had no idea the depth of her contempt for him.She jumped up, plunged the sharp knife into his chest, and slowly turned the handle until he was completely dead.Elise found the antidote on him and drank it, but the effect of the poison was irreversible.Her face turned into a mass of rotten flesh, with horrific wounds and tissues exposed, like a horribly deformed living corpse.

Since then, Elise has officially become the hostess of the Zhavan family.In the political environment of Noxus, her work is widely regarded as helping the empire eliminate the weak.But the interrelationship of beauty and power was ingrained in her brain, so she withdrew from the public eye and donned a veil.However, after that, Elise never saw the sun all year round, and none of the allies and petitioners who visited her could see her true face, and the once prominent family in her hands gradually began to fade out of people's sight, and gradually became ambiguous.She wandered alone in the empty hall day after day, only the darkness could make her feel at ease, and only at night would she be willing to venture out of the high walls.

One night, Elise met another woman wearing a veil during a night tour.There was a wax mark in the shape of a black rose printed on her palm, and she whispered to Elise that what the Pale Lady valued most was her talent.Elise ignored it and walked away.However, the woman's words kept echoing in her mind, because she also promised Elise that she could restore her former appearance.No matter how much she reminded herself that it was impossible, her vanity and desire for beauty made her decide to find out.She wandered the streets for weeks, until once again she saw the sigil of the black rose, inlaid in a dark doorway leading to the Noxian catacombs.

This obscure sign brought her to the Black Rose, a group that seeks out the dark power of magic and hidden knowledge in the dark.Elise became a frequent visitor of Black Rose, and she let go of her guard among them, and soon became close to the beautiful woman who possessed thaumaturgy but could not tell her age.That's what people call the Pale Lady.Elise accepted the morality of this society sincerely, but she couldn't help but think of the promise she had received in the beginning: her beauty would be restored.

The Pale Lady mentioned a spooky place, the Shadow Isles.One of her former assistants died there after he broke into the lair of a ravenous spider god and lost a serpentine ritual dagger.That dagger is full of powerful magic power, and if Elise can get it back, she can use the magic power of the dagger to restore Elise's face.Yili agreed without any hesitation, and set off with a group of black rose believers, although she knew in her heart that such a tempting return would have to be paid in blood.

Elise finds a desperate, debt-ridden captain willing to take her and her cultists to sea.The big ship drifted on the sea for several weeks, and finally saw a jagged island faintly on the edge of a billowing black fog.Elise landed on a gray sandy beach, and led her men to the depths of the island—like a group of lambs stepping into a slaughterhouse step by step.Many were seized by evil spirits on the way, but when they reached the silver-threaded cave of the Spider God, there were six of them left.

A swollen beast rushed out of the darkness. It was covered with a chitin carapace and had fangs, wantonly hunting and killing the screaming and fleeing men and women.The believers were rolled up by the spider web one by one, and some died on the spot, but Elise saw the dagger mentioned by the pale lady, which was held in the hands of a mummy.Unexpectedly, as soon as she grabbed the dagger, the spider god's fangs pierced into her shoulder.Elise fell on her knees, and the ritual dagger just happened to dig into her chest.The rush of magic mixed with the spider's deadly venom transformed her body upside down.The scars faded, and the skin became creamy. Elise was reshaped by this force and became a more beautiful creature than before.But the spider god's venom didn't stop there.Elise's back swelled horribly, and finally her skin was ripped apart, and a bunch of spider legs emerged.

Elise got up, almost suffocating from the severe pain when her body deformed.She saw the spider god hanging over her head.The mysterious power flowed between the two, making them instantly realize that this unexpected symbiosis was beneficial to both parties.Elise returned to the ship, and no ghosts came to haunt her along the way.When her ship arrived at the Noxian docks late one night, the only living thing on board was herself.

Elise returned the ritual dagger to the leader of the Black Rose despite the Pale Lady's warning that the magic within her body would eventually dissipate.The two of them made a pact: Black Rose would provide Elise with congregations to sacrifice to the Spider God, and in exchange, she must hand over any artifacts she found on the island to the Society.

Elise once again entered the main hall of the Zhavan family, and she lived in seclusion with her famous beauty.No one ever doubted her true identity, though whispers of her immortal beauty lingered, and there were rumors of a monstrous monster dwelling in her dusty palace.

Countless centuries have passed since she first set foot on the land of the Shadow Isles. Whenever Elise notices a trace of gray hair in her, or a fine line in the corner of her eye, she will go to the Black Rose to harvest those The soul that was easily picked off, and then sailed to the island in the black mist.None of the fellows ever came back.Every time she returns from her travels, it is said that she will be renewed and rejuvenated, and will bring back another ancient relic for the Pale Lady.

And recently, it was time for her to go to the Shadow Isles to find the relic.But this time, her whereabouts seemed to be revealed.But, of course, these things were all found, and it was impossible for Swain to know about these things.

Although Swain said that Elise was coming, Zeng Hao didn't know when she would come, so when he told Ezreal just now, he also used an uncertain tone, because he wanted to see if he would come. I will not meet Elise and her party.

As for why Zeng Hao went to Elise, it was mainly because of his aversion to the Black Rose organization and his curiosity about the so-called sacred objects.

When it was evening, Plank came to the cabin and took his dinner. The others, except Pike, who didn't need to eat, gathered around the table, chatting casually.

Illaoi asked Zeng Hao: "I'm about to enter the sea area where the black mist is, should I use your method or mine?"

Zeng Hao thought for a while, and it seemed that his method was not as powerful as Illaoi's. The healing water seemed to only protect people, not ships.

"Use your method, mine seems to be a bit flawed, but when the time comes to board the Shadow Island, then use my method."

Illaoi nodded, and touched the small bottle Zeng Hao gave to everyone hanging beside her with her hand.

"That night I'll hang the clay pot on the mast. The magic dust in the pot should be enough for us to get in and out of the Shadow Isles."

Zeng Hao hummed, and said to Illaoi: "Okay, we take turns to stand guard at night, but is it okay for Planck to drive the ship for such a long time without rest?"

Illaoi was a little surprised to see that Zeng Hao cared about Planck so much, but he still explained: "It's not a problem, he used to do this often, but since he ruled Bigilwater, he never opened it himself. ship, unless it is an emergency."

"Oh, so that's the case, okay, then I know, I will be the first vigil tonight, every two hours."

After finishing speaking, Zeng Hao left the cabin directly and came to the deck.

After telling Plank about his and others' decision, Plank had no objection, but he didn't want to stay with that little yellow-haired Ezreal.

Later, Illaoi returned to her room, took the clay pot out of the room, hung it on the main mast, opened the lid of the pot, and golden powder floated out of the pot, forming a golden The yellow film cover enveloped the entire sailboat.

After doing all this, Illaoi told Plank and Zeng Hao: "Don't let the powder in the pot spill out, or it will be useless."

Plank and Zeng Hao nodded, and Zeng Hao said that he would tell the next night watchman about it.

Seeing the two nodding, Illaoi turned and went back to her room.

Zeng Hao took out a folding chair and put it on the ground, took out a tablet, put on earphones, crossed Erlang's legs, and started watching the drama.As for the danger or something, I'm afraid it won't come.

(End of this chapter)