Chapter 330 The Pale Lady Appears

After working almost all night, Li Lin finally walked out of the room at dawn the next day, wearing a white coat.

After convening the meeting, Jarvan IV had been guarding the door since late at night.

As soon as he heard the sound of the door, he immediately stood up with Shyvana and Pardek, and walked to Li Lin who closed the door behind him, followed by two guards of the Fearless Pioneer.

Since all the chores in Renwall Town were handled by Albock during this period, Jarvan IV asked him to take a good rest last night and wait until he could attend the prisoner exchange meeting before the meeting.

"How is the situation?" Jarvan IV asked eagerly.

"Don't worry, it's been solved."

Under the surprised gazes of several people, Li Lin controlled the white coat he was wearing to transform into ordinary clothes.

He noticed the looks in the eyes of Pardek and the two Fearless Pioneer Regiment soldiers, and explained with a smile: "This is Piltover's nanotechnology. What I study is not magic."

Afterwards, Li Lin continued to look at Jarvan IV and briefly described the conditions of the six soldiers in the room: "I have removed their necrotic eyeballs and performed operations on them.

“At their current recovery rate, if they rest properly and keep up with nutrition, it will probably take several months for their eyes to grow back.

"As for the specific speed of recovery, it depends on their personal physique, whether it is fast or slow."

In fact, Li Lin can make their eyeballs grow in a shorter time.

It's just that these soldiers have not been strengthened by "gene enhancement potions" and "activity enhancers", so there is a small chance that their genetic sequences will collapse if they do so.

No matter how small the probability is, even if it is less than 1%, in his opinion, it is something that is very likely to happen.

Li Lin would rather prolong the healing process than betray Jarvan IV's trust and let these soldiers die from such a small probability event.

"Isn't this... really magic?"

This was the first time that Pardek had heard of a technology that could cut off eyeballs and allow the human body to grow on its own. It was not yet a magical technology.

In other words, even magic can't do this, right?

"According to Li Lin, this technology should be called 'Geiyi'... Well, forgive my pronunciation, we don't have this word in Demacia."

"Gene, Your Highness." Li Lin corrected, "I call it 'genetic engineering'."

"Yes, genes, that's the word." Jarvan IV turned back to Paldek and said.

Pardek nodded in understanding, with a confused look on his face.

Li Lin didn't plan to waste time explaining to him. Anyway, this kind of knowledge seemed too professional and novel in Piltover, and he couldn't understand it.

It was about eight o'clock now. He had made an appointment with Jarvan IV last night to attend the Noxian prisoner exchange meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon, so he had to get ready quickly.

"Your Highness..."

As soon as Li Lin spoke, Jarvan IV knew what he wanted to express. He waved his hand and said, "Everything has been arranged. I arranged for envoys to ride fast horses to negotiate with Noxus last night, and they agreed."

He paused and glanced at both sides of the castle corridor.

In fact, it is impossible for "spies" to sneak into this castle that is strictly controlled by the Dauntless Vanguard Company and patrolled 24 hours a day by the air combat machine Storm.

But out of caution, Jarvan IV first made sure there were no outsiders here.

Because they were leaving soon and had no time to go to the war conference room.

"We made a combat plan last night, but it was a plan specifically for the Fearless Vanguard Company and did not take you into consideration." He whispered, "What are you going to do?"

Lillington paused for a few seconds, "Do you know about the Black Rose Order in Noxus?"

Jarvan IV's face suddenly became serious, "Is this related to the Black Rose?"

I can't say it's related, I can only say that this action against you was completely planned by Black Rose.

Li Lin nodded, "The vampire who controls blood magic is very similar to one of the founders of Black Rose."

"Vladimir... I have seen his name in books." Jarvan IV said solemnly, "But he has disappeared in the history of Noxus."

"Many people think he is dead." Li Lin said lightly, "Maybe people who are skilled in using blood magic can easily extend their lifespan."

"How did you know?"

"A wise man, a celestial warrior walking on the Golden Citadel, and a grand maester of the Shurima Empire told me."

"Varied--"

Not only Jarvan IV, but also Shyvana, Pardek, and two Dauntless Vanguard soldiers were shocked.

"You..." Jarvan IV was almost speechless.

After a few seconds, he calmed down from his shock, and then he stuttered and asked, "Is it possible that you have seen the ascended ones... do they really exist?"

"Of course, Your Highness, haven't you heard about the revival of the Shurima Empire?"

Jarvan IV: "..."

"Your Highness, you have been staying at the border for the past few months and are busy controlling banditry. It is normal for news to be blocked."

Palrek obviously knew these things, "The last emperor of Shurima, Azir, resurrected as a god, returned to the City of the Sun, which had declined for thousands of years, and erected the sun disk again in the middle of the desert."

"Damn it..." Jarvan IV clenched his fists, "Then the threats we have to face are not just Noxus."

"You have no need to worry about Shurima, Your Highness."

Li Lin's words attracted the attention of several people.

"how do I say this?"

"I witnessed the return of the Desert Emperor."

He once again dropped a piece of news that shocked the five people speechless.

"How is this possible?!" Pardek shook his head, "At that time, you weren't..."

"At that time, I happened to be in Shurima because I was busy building the Hex Flying Gate."

Li Lin thought for a moment, then pulled out the Ascension Talisman Pendant from his chest, "This is the item given to me by God Emperor Azir."

Jarvan IV recognized it at a glance as Shurima's "Amulet of Ascension". The history of various countries was a compulsory course for a prince, and he had recorded these contents in Demacia's classics.

He nodded and looked at Li Lin, "Don't take this thing out again."

"I understand." Li Lin put away the pendant again, "My experience in Shurima will not be clear for a while. Now is not the time to talk about it, but Shurima will not threaten the continent of Valoran. I can promise."

Although Jarvan IV felt itchy and eager to know how Azir was resurrected and how he made friends with the gods.

However, he could distinguish the importance of things and did not ask too much about the relevant content.

"So, Vladimir is still alive? Just like that mysterious pale lady?"

"That's right." Li Lin confirmed Jarvan IV's guess. "The reason why Demacia has information about Vladimir is because blood magic can change his appearance and hide him among ordinary people."

These contents about ancient forbidden blood magic were not told to Li Lin by Nasus, but were things he himself knew.

It's just that on this occasion, at this moment, they couldn't contact the Ascended Ones, so they could use Nasus as a "shield."

After all, the words of a god who has lived for thousands of years are quite credible.

"You mean, the mastermind behind this incident is Black Rose?"

Pardek frowned, thinking of what His Highness the Prince said about encountering a powerful vampire who killed all of them almost instantly.

"In the past few hundred years, Black Rose was behind the scenes of many things that happened in Valoran."

Jarvan IV said with a gloomy face, "It can even be said that the empire of Noxus was built on the basis of the Black Rose."

Li Lin was surprised. He didn't expect that he even knew these things.

But when he thought about it, he felt relieved.

As a kingdom that has been able to compete with Noxus for hundreds of years, Demacia relies on more than just the Forbidden Stone as a defensive barrier.

If he couldn't even detect some deeper intelligence, Li Lin would have doubts about how this country persisted until now.

"If it is a black rose, the negotiation meeting this afternoon will be even more dangerous, Your Highness." Palrek said anxiously, "What should we do this afternoon?"

Jarvan IV lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Li Lin, who was still smiling and looking confident.

"The Black Rose is nothing to fear...at least not on the borders of Demacia."

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At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Lin, accompanied by Jarvan IV, Shyvana, and the six shield formations of the Dauntless Vanguard, arrived at the agreed meeting place.

They were accompanied by several prison wagons carrying 30 Noxian prisoners, and 10 more shield formations concealing their whereabouts.

In order to show their sincerity, Noxus deliberately set the meeting place on the border of Demacia, in the Lake Tranquility basin. The surrounding area was empty and there was no place for an ambush.

There happens to be an uninhabited village where all the villagers have fled, which can be used as a negotiation location.

"This village is called Tranquility Lake Village, right?" Jarvan IV asked Albock beside him.

"Yes, it looks like the Noxians have arrived a long time ago," the adjutant responded.

On the other side, Paldek suggested: "Your Highness, let me first send a shield array into the village to investigate the situation."

Before Jarvan IV could express his stance, Li Lin took the lead and said, "No need to bother, my drone has already explored the internal situation, and there is no ambush."

He pointed to a few people around him to signal, and a cloaked nano-reconnaissance drone appeared, causing the shield soldiers who were closer to them to exclaim.

"Optical camouflage technology uses the human eye and the refraction principle of light to produce it, and collects information about the surrounding environment to achieve the effect of integrating with the environment."

As he spoke, Li Lin asked the drone to project the images captured by several other drones that had sneaked into Serenity Lake Village, and showed the Noxian team resting in the house and even the location of Ted. come out.

There are a total of 50 Noxian soldiers in the village, not including an elegant middle-aged woman with skin as pale as snow who is waiting in what looks like the village chief's house, and a man who is dressed differently than others and looks like a commander. strong man.

Among them, when Li Lin used "digital thinking" to display the information panel of a middle-aged woman, he couldn't help but gasp.

really!

That guy is LeBlanc, one of the founders of Noxus, known as the Pale Lady!

Of course, the person present cannot be her true self, but a clone she transformed using magic.

Additionally, Ted was tied up on a mountain of pillars in an abandoned house, guarded by multiple heavily armed Noxian soldiers.

He lost his right arm and was covered in scars, looking miserable as if he had been tortured.

"That's Ted! Damn it, these Noxian bastards!" Jarvan IV couldn't help but cursed when he saw what he looked like now.

They originally planned to exchange 30 Noxian prisoners for Ted, but when Jarvan IV agreed, he never expected that Ted would be like this.

However, after experiencing a setback, the prince's mind has matured a lot, and he has not shown any drastic actions or issued irrational orders.

And Li Lin can make a soldier's eyes grow back, so an arm must not be a problem.

Jarvan IV took a deep breath and quickly calmed down his angry mood, "Let's enter the village."