The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

One: The Crow and the Blade

Katerina knelt on one knee, her head bowed deeply, and her long red hair was scattered on her body, as if she had covered herself with blood-red clothes.

Swain stood in front of the throne, with his back to Katerina: “How is your injury?”

“Thank you for your concern.” Katerina said respectfully, but her words were as cold as ever. “I’m fine.”

“Fate is amazing, isn’t it?” Swain said in a relaxed tone, “You wanted to kill me a few days ago, but now you are kneeling down here sincerely.”

“NoDare, it is the fault of the humble girl to join your plan without authorization. ” Katerina said humbly.

“That’s not what you mean.” Swain turned around and looked at the girl under the steps, “Look up.”

Katerina paused and did not move.

“This is an order.”

Katerina hesitated, and slowly raised her head.

She is a beautiful girl, but there are many blemishes on her face at the moment.

A deep scar ran through her left eye. Although her left eye was still active, it seemed that her eyesight was not damaged, but the long scar that stretched half of her face made her already sharp and compelling beauty become More and more violent.

On the right side of Katerina’s face, there was also a red palm print. Half of her face was swollen from this palm print, showing how much force the person who beat her had used.

Swain asked, “Your father beat you?”

Katerina lowered her head in silence.

“Feel aggrieved”

“Don’t dare…” Katerina said calmly, “It was the humble girl who was at fault first and intervened in your great cause without authorization. If the plan fails because of the humble woman, let Noxus continue to be under the rule of that stupid king, the humble The death of the girl is unavoidable. Father’s slap is right, if you want to punish me, I am willing to accept it.”

Swain looked at Katerina quietly. When the girl said this, the fingernails hidden by her side were deeply scratched into the flesh, and blood oozing faintly could be seen.

“It’s not surprising that you feel wronged.” Swain said, “You should have sacrificed a lot for participating in this plan.”

Swain’s words became the last straw that crushed Katerina, big and big tears fell from her eye sockets, and she buried her head deeper to prevent Swain from seeing her ugly appearance .

Swain didn’t comfort Katerina, he knew that for this girl with a high self-esteem, comfort was tantamount to humiliation.

“I won’t punish you.” Swain turned around and looked at the empty throne above the steps, “You can also be regarded as the hero of the coup d’état, General Du Kecao thinks you are overreaching, but I don’t think so. ”

Katerina raised her head in surprise. She had already prepared for the worst. She knew that she probably wouldn’t die, but the punishment of exile might be inevitable.

But Swain let her go directly.

More than that, Swain continued: “You don’t need to follow your father anymore, I will tell him that you will work under me in the future.”

“Why…why?” Katerina asked in a trembling voice while wiping away her tears.

“Because you are very talented, you are still young, and your future is limitless.” Swain looked at the flag hanging beside the throne, and he looked at it one by one, as if he could never get tired of it, “And you and your father are not suitable for each other.” Being together, you are very aggressive, and he has too many worries. Plus…”

Swain laughed: “That guy Luoshang has left the imperial capital. I just need a right-hand man. Are you willing to replace him?”

Upon hearing the boy’s name, Katerina’s expression faintly flashed with a trace of complexity.

But the hesitation was only short-lived. She almost didn’t even think about it, and said directly: “I am willing.”

“Very good.” Swain did not turn around from the beginning to the end.

Katerina felt a little grateful in her heart. She hastily tidied up her tears: “Excuse me, what will the humble girl do in the future?”

“You don’t need to call me a humble woman. I’m not the emperor, so I don’t need to be so humble. By the way, when it comes to titles, call me Grand Commander from now on.”

“It’s… Grand Commander…” Katerina couldn’t figure out what Swain was thinking. She could sit on the throne directly, but she didn’t want to be emperor. “May I ask what I need to do in the future?”

“Do what you are good at, and the good martial arts you have honed can’t be wasted.” Swain turned his back, he did not show magic, and only had one right arm behind his back, “Next, I want you to go Do three things.”

Katerina listened carefully.

“The first thing is that Darkwill just died, and the situation in the empire is still very unstable. There must be some youngsters who will use their brains. You have to solve them for me. It must be fast, within a month at most, and I will let you There is no voice against me in the imperial capital anymore.” Swain paused, “I’ll even let you kill nobles, dare you?”

Katerina smiled from the bottom of her heart: “Dare!”

“Very good.” Swain continued, “Second thing, [Hand of Noxus] is now fighting the barbarians of the Freljord in the north, the news of Darkwill’s death should be It will reach him soon, and in a month, I want you to see him and bring me a letter.”

“[Hand of Noxus]!” Katerina was startled.

She knew that man, Darius, Draven’s brother. Unlike Delevingne’s incomprehensible and exaggerated personality, Darius is a man who is truly legendary.

He started as a commoner, and took the position of the most powerful legion commander in Noxus step by step. His military exploits are unprecedented, and the title of [Hand of Noxus] in the name of the empire is enough to demonstrate his unique status. There is no noble or soldier in the village who dares to act presumptuously in front of him.

And this title was given to him by Darkwill himself.

“Darkwell is dead, if Darius doesn’t recognize the Grand Commander…” Katerina shook her head, this is not something she should think about, she just needs to complete the task.

“The letter will be given to you when the time comes.” Swain continued, “After you go there, you don’t need to come back for the time being.”

Katerina was puzzled.

“I want you to go to the west of the Freljord, a place calledThe city of Rakstark, the holy city of a tribe called the Avarosa. “Swain said, “Their war mother is called Ashe, I want you to get close to her and integrate into their tribe as much as possible. I will keep in touch with you about what to do next.” ”

Katerina didn’t understand Swain’s intentions at all. Was she going to be an undercover agent? But the west side of the Freljord doesn’t border Noxus either, so why not deal with the east side first.

Seemingly aware of Katerina’s doubts, Swain asked, “What? There is a problem.”

“No, Grand Commander.” Katerina held back, and it was disrespectful to ask her superiors. “I just think that those barbarians are very xenophobic, and it should be difficult for me to blend in…”

“Oh, how do you say that?”

“I heard… the people over there… are all cannibals…” Katerina said cautiously.

Swain laughed loudly: “You’ll know when you go, it’s not that scary, and you might find a Freljord lover.”

Katerina didn’t take it seriously, thinking that Swain was joking: “I won’t let dirty savages touch me even if I die.”

Swain laughed even louder.

Katerina stared blankly at Swain’s back, not understanding what was so funny.

After laughing, Swain breathed a sigh of relief: “Do you think I’m weird?”

“Don’t dare…”

“It’s nothing, I’m just amused by the ingenuity of fate.” Swain turned around and walked down the steps, “Come on, kid, we still have a lot to do for Noxus.”

“What should we do first?” Katerina followed closely behind Swain.

“cleaning the house.”

“Huh?” Katerina was stunned.

“I have an old house, which is very dirty and needs to be cleaned. Let me think about it.” Swain pinched his chin, as if he really thought about it again, “Let’s clean it in order, first rotten maggots, then spiders, and A lot of gore… Finally, I remember a lot of black roses growing there.”

Red light glowed from Swain’s body, and huge pitch-black wings spread out behind him. The surging magic power distorted and deformed the light.

It was the first time that Katerina felt Swain’s power at such a close distance, and she was so shocked that she was speechless for a while.

“Let’s go, let’s clean up these dirty things.”