Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

Ryan was preoccupied with the shimmer after Katarina was gone.

The continent they are located in is called the Valoran continent, and the alias is called Runeland.

A mage who has been wandering for countless years once said that mastering the runes is equivalent to understanding the mysteries of magic.

Except for very few cases, the birth of every mage is destined, and the strength of the awakening moment determines the height that can be reached in the future.

Unless...be able to penetrate more of the secrets of runes.

When Ryan first arrived in Valoran, he awakened to water attribute magic, and the magic power was extremely powerful.

After joining Noxus, he continued to make military exploits, and all the mages of the Noxus Empire were open to him.

This is also what he likes most about Noxus. As long as there is strength and merit, the empire will not be stingy with any rewards.

A rune like the word 'water' rose again in Ryan's palm, and a rare trace of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.

This is the first rune he has mastered, and it is the 'water' rune that fits him the most.

Still remember that time in the desert of Shurima, he and his boss encountered Shurima's quicksand army. For the first time, he used the magic in his body to outline the runes, the huge rune magic circle manifested, and the large tracts of yellow sand were wetted by the rain and turned into soil.

After a whole day of fighting, Shurima's quicksand army was buried in the dirt by him and his comrades, and they built a new Noxtola, a symbol of Shurima's surrender to Noxus.

As his thoughts turned around, more runes appeared in his palms, and the runes exuded dark blue light, surrounding the purple shimmer, and from time to time blue threads passed through the shimmer potion.

Soon, Rune gave Ryan the answer.

Through the analysis of multiple runes, although he could not make the shimmer, he almost understood its secret.

It never occurred to him that there was another way to steal the power of magic besides the hex technology created by Piltover.

In the shimmering purple light, he seemed to see a magic that could be named "variable".

This kind of magic can rudely open the door to the potential of the human body, but unfortunately, I don't know whether it is limited by the creator's psychology or ability. Shimmer did not control the violent force of the magic, but only rudely made it merge with the human body. Makes the uncontrollable magic even more violent.

"Wonderful design, crazy ideas. Such a character should come to Noxus, only there can show his talent." Ryan felt a little regretful.

The creator of Shimmer is obviously in the wrong place, and there is no future for such a person in Piltover. In the end, he was either driven mad by Zaun in the lower city, or tried by the magistrate of Piltover in the upper city.

Thinking of Piltover's code of progress based on the code of human nature, a sneer appeared on Ryan's face:

"It's absurd to talk about human nature in a precarious world. Ionia has its own extraordinary strength, what is Piltover? Heimerdinger, who lived to be 300 years old? Or that rookie Jace Towers Liss?"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hearing the knock on the door, Ryan threw the shimmer into the bucket and withdrew the rune that spread out from the palm of his hand.

"Your Excellency, it's time."

"Let's go then, Miss Katerina."

As the door opened, Ryan was greeted by a well-dressed noble lady.

The black close-fitting dress perfectly showed Katerina's figure, and the long wine red hair was slumped behind her, scattered and graceful.

Facing the well-dressed Katarina, Ryan felt a little awkward. After looking around with admiring eyes, he sighed and shook his head:

"The makeup is in place, but your expression is too stiff. A qualified assassin has to learn to adapt to various identities, at least how to play various roles."

"He doesn't know that either." Katerina was a little dissatisfied.

"You don't need to compare with him, you will definitely be better than him in the future." Ryan's eyes were encouraging, "I'm more optimistic about you, you can become the most outstanding assassin."

Immediately afterwards, he ignored Katerina's strange expression, and walked out naturally, holding her arm.

"I only cooperate with you once, try to be a noble lady of the Kekao family, understand but don't indulge."

"I try my best."

Katarina tried her best to restrain herself, constantly trying to relax her body and let herself adapt to her current state.

Sitting in the mechanical car to the banquet hall, Katarina was relieved when Ryan let go.

As if to relieve the previous embarrassment, she pointed to the soft pad under her body and curiously said:

"Driven by pure machinery, a technological product unique to Piltover?"

Ryan lifted a corner of the car curtain and admired the downtown street scene of Picheng outside the window:

"The mechanical car originated from Victor, a student of Heimerdinger. He was determined to use technology to change the city and invented various machines to improve people's livelihood. His ideals are beautiful, but the reality is extremely ironic. "

With a mockery of the city on his face, Ryan said in a strange tone:

"All the machinery is only used in Piltover, the upper city, and the Zaun people in the lower city are still living a life worse than a dog. A bridge is separated, and the difference is barren."

"You seem to admire this man?"

After Katerina finished speaking, she seemed to be defending herself and added:

"I'm trying to adjust to my current role."

"I really admire this guy," he said.

After all, Ryan smiled and encouraged: "Just say whatever comes to mind, I don't agree with the ruthless way your father upholds. Sometimes you have more curiosity about the world, which will make you grow faster. "

"But that's the way of mages." Katarina felt that this sentence went against her education.

"Using wisdom and hex crystals, Jace Tallis pried open the door to magic, why do you think you can't?" Ryan asked.

"I'm not that smart." Katarina shook her head.

"Victor was Jace's helper, and I think he played a bigger role in Hex's research, so I appreciate him a lot," Ryan said.

"What does this have to do with me?" Katerina didn't understand why she was going back to the previous topic.

"You think I'm worse than the two of them?" Ryan asked rhetorically.

"Your Excellency is far stronger than the two combined."

This is by no means touted by Katarina, and the story of Noxus' heroism will spread throughout the Empire. Among those heroes, Ryan in front of him is definitely one of the most outstanding.

Not only has powerful magic, whether it is alchemy, war command, assassination, or medical treatment, magic research, Ryan has corresponding brilliant deeds.

Ryan? Meredith's name in the eyes of Noxians, a symbol of excellence.

Such a person, how can two ordinary scientists in Picheng be able to compare.

"Then why do you think that you can't master magic." Ryan's words were meaningful.

Hearing this sentence, Katarina's expression froze, and immediately felt a little ridiculous.

If Ryan was just Victor, she didn't doubt she could be Jace. But Ryan is Ryan, is he really qualified to carry this excellence?

"Don't think about it, it is because you are optimistic about your potential that I brought you with me. I believe you will not live up to my expectations, Miss Katerina."

"If I have the potential, I won't be here. I should be involved in more killings with the army." Katerina expressed her dissatisfaction with herself.

"Potential always takes time to realize, even with the idea of ​​not betraying the trust of others, you should do better. Well, it's time for us to get off."

When the mechanical car arrived at the location, Ryan got out of the car first and extended his hand to Katarina in the car, acting as elegant as a nobleman.

"Sir, I will try my best."

Katerina had an awkward smile on her face, much better than the stiff smile she had before, and it could be seen that she was trying hard to adjust to her current identity.

Ryan smiled and pulled Katarina's white hand, making her stand up and get out of the car along the pull.

He is looking forward to the banquet, not only to see the new performance of his new subordinates, but also to meet some interesting people.

Ryan helped himself and Katarina tidied up their clothes, and then followed the waiter's guidance and led Katarina into the banquet hall of the Myrdalda family.