The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

Strangers

Noxus has changed.

In one day, the imperial capital changed hands. After Swain captured the Immortal Fortress, he quickly ordered his subordinates to take control of all the guards and garrison troops in the imperial capital.

The emperor has lost all the hustle and bustle of the day, and the commoners locked themselves in their homes one after another, for fear of harming the fish in the pond.

The hereditary nobles were shocked and angry. The existence of the emperor was the source of their power. Now that the emperor has fallen, the hereditary nobles have no military power in their hands, so they can only act as dumb for the time being. They plan to observe the situation first.

Most of the military aristocrats supported Swain’s coup, and many of them participated in the coup. Darkville’s reckless squandering of troops had long distanced him from the military aristocrats.

The imperial capital has been completely controlled by Swain, and the next thing to do is to see the attitude of other places in Noxus towards the emperor’s resignation.

But all of this has nothing to do with Lothar.

He had a good night’s rest to recover from the injury caused by using True Ice Magic, and then went to Swain early in the morning.

Swain seemed to know that Lothar was coming to him, and a crow led him to a certain steeple of the Immortal Fortress.

Swain stood on the edge of the balcony, overlooking the square below. His subordinates were recruiting the defenders of the Immortal Fortress. Everything was going smoothly, and no one dared to resist.

“I have completed my mission, it’s up to you to fulfill your promise.” Lothar said directly.

Swain didn’t turn around, but just pointed to the table beside him: “The things you want are on it.”

Lothar walked to the table. On it was a large map and a newly bound book.

“this is……”

“The world map is very precious. The places marked on it can find solutions to your physical problems.” Swain explained, “I have written all the details about what to do and what to pay attention to in that book.”

Lothar looked through the book carefully and found that this was what Swain had been writing for the past few months.

“I’ve worked so hard and desperately to get these two things in return?” Lothar said angrily, “I thought you could solve my problem directly.”

“I’m not omnipotent.” Swain said, “There is a powerful existence in your body, so powerful that there are not many things in this world that can be compared. It’s not easy for me to find a few solutions for you. ”

Lothar looked at the map again. The map was very large. It carefully drew all the topography, landforms and regions of Valoran, Shurima and the giant island of Ionia.Fang Losa had never even heard of it. Combined with the detailed annotations in Swain’s book, I believe any explorer will be ecstatic when they see it.

This is indeed a treasure with inestimable value, but it is not the best result in Lothar’s mind.

“This is not the same as what was agreed.” Lothar slapped the table hard, “I made this deal with you in order to return to the Freljord as soon as possible. According to the drawing on your map, I want to solve my Instead, we have to go further afield!”

“I’m sorry about this.” Swain’s tone didn’t mean to be sorry at all, “But this is one of the few ways. Your problem is too difficult, and there are not many things in this world that can be solved.”

Lothar pondered for a while: “I can’t accept this deal unless you give me compensation.”

“Yes.” Swain agreed quite readily, wondering if he was in a good mood because he successfully captured the Immortal Fortress.

“First, I want the follow-up training methods of ice magic and blood magic.”

“Okay, I’ll let the cabinet mages give it to you in a while. But blood magic, if you want to practice to Vladimir’s level, I think there is no other way but to join the Scarlet Secret Society. The core secrets of blood magic are in him. hand.”

“Don’t you know everything?”

“When did I say that I know everything, don’t flatter me.”

Lothar really wanted to give Swain a backstab, but he held back: “Second, I want the right to freely go in and out of any place in Noxus territory.”

The territory of Noxus drawn on the map is very wide, occupying almost one-third of all the land. Before Lothar heard that Noxus was the most powerful country in the world, he had no idea. After seeing this map, Lothar had a new understanding of Noxus.

really strong.

“Yes.” Swain readily agreed again, “I will give you a token, and the military rank is equivalent to the army commander.”

“Legion commander?”

“A legion commander without a legion will not give you any power, but no one dares to trouble you.”

“Third.” Lothar took a deep breath, “I want to know where your strength and knowledge come from.”

Swain was silent.

After a long time, he turned around and said with a smile, “I can tell you, but you have to join Noxus and swear to be loyal to the empire forever.”

“impossible.”

“Then don’t talk about it.”

The two stared at each other in a stalemate.

Suddenly, a man stood beside the two of them.

Lothar was startled. He didn’t notice this man’s approach at all. There was no sound or smell. He seemed to appear there out of thin air.

“Swain.” The man didn’t look at Lothar, “It’s all right [source; source group]: 9? 8; 0; 2?. 0′. 5,, 8″5. ;6 Ready, when to start. ”

“I see.” Swain replied to the man, then looked at Lothar, “Let me introduce, this is General Du Cocao, who is also Katerina’s father.”

Lothar looked at the man in surprise. He knew that Katerina was a military nobleman, but he didn’t expect her father to be a general.

The man never looked at Lothar, as if he was not interested in him at all.

Section 107

Lothar knew that he should avoid it.

Lothar put away the maps and books: “The third one asked me to keep them temporarily, and I will ask you for them when I come back.”

“Yes.” Swain said goodbye to Lothar with a smile, “Remember, even if you are desperate one day, the gate of the empire will always be open for you.”

“There won’t be such a day.” Lothar left the room.

After getting everything Swain promised to him, Lothar walked out of the gate of the Immortal Fortress.

He looked up to the sky. The crows had long since dispersed, and the snow hadn’t fallen any more. It was rare for the emperor to see the sky full of sunshine.

Lothar took a deep breath. Although the weather was still very cold, the breath in the soil told him one thing—spring is here.

“Ash, wait for me for a while.” Lothar hugged the things in his package tightly, “Wait for me for a while, and I’ll be able to go back.”

He walked forward and stopped suddenly.

Facing him, a red-haired girl was walking towards him. She lowered her head, her red hair blocked her face, and she couldn’t see her expression.

Lothar stretched out his hand, wanting to say hello: “Carter…”

The red-haired girl ignored Lothar, as if she hadn’t seen Lothar, she just passed him by.

Lothar’s hand hanging in the air slowly lowered.

“It’s true… There is no reason for us to meet again…” Lothar stood there for a while, then chuckled in relief, “That’s fine…”

He strode forward.

From the beginning to the end, the boy and the girl ran in opposite directions and did not look back.

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Noxus doesn’t believe in feelings.

——Anonymous