Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

With that said, the corners of Ryan's mouth were slightly upturned, his palm turned over, and a dark blue crystal bead appeared in his hand.

"Hex Crystal? How is this possible!?" Victor exclaimed, as if he saw something that shouldn't have appeared.

"It's no surprise that the Hex Crystal was not created by you and Jace. Although you have gone further on this road, you still can't control it." Ryan said meaningfully.

"But... the Council should have controlled the production and use of all crystals." Victor hesitated.

Ryan handed the crystal to Victor indifferently, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "So, you are a scientist."

He pointed to the group of nobles who sang and danced, and said, "They are politicians."

"And I..." He finally pointed his fingertips at himself.

Seeing that Ryan was not talking, Victor tentatively replied, "Mage?"

"No." Ryan shook his head and replied with a smile, "It's a Noxian!"

"It seems that Lord Ryan has a strong sense of belonging to the Noxian Empire." Victor thought of Zaun, and inevitably felt a little sad.

"It's not just belonging, but the Empire gave me the confidence to speak. To be honest, I don't have the outstanding military power of General Darius, and I am not as good as Professor Heimerdinger in terms of technology, and even less in terms of mana. Karma the Apocalypse. But I am standing on the land of Picheng, and no one can say no to me." Ryan said calmly.

Victor stared deeply at Ryan, noncommittal to his words.

Noxus is strong, but it is because of the gathering of a group of people as strong as Ryan's. Ryan can represent Noxus because he is one of the strongest people in Noxus.

He was different, he had Zaun in his heart and wanted to change Zaun. But the identity is only a research assistant, and the reputation and prestige are far less than that of Jace.

If this goes on, how can he transform Zaun...

Victor fell silent, and some unexpected thoughts suddenly appeared in his heart.

After deliberating for a moment, he looked around, except for Katerina's erratic eyes that seemed to be doing nothing, no one paid attention to them.

He hesitated for a while, and finally said with a confused expression:

"Lord Ryan, I want to ask something."

He didn't know why he would ask the people in front of him for advice. They were obviously the same age, but he felt that he was invisible in front of them.

"I'm happy to explain to you." Ryan showed a friendly smile.

He was happy to see the genius in front of him open up to him, and the doors of Noxus were always open to each other.

Victor had a distressed look on his face: "You said before that we can't control the hex crystal. Actually, Professor Heimerdinger said something similar a few hours ago. But I can hear the difference between the two of you. , the professor believes that the re-development of Hextech will lead to extremely serious consequences. But in your tone, I can hear something else."

"I agree with Heimerdinger, but I'm in a slightly different position than what he sees," Ryan said.

"We just want to apply it to people's livelihood, so that the lives of the people of Zaun can be completely improved." Victor was slightly excited.

"I can understand your feelings, it's consistent with my feelings for Noxus." Ryan reached out and patted Victor on the shoulder, and the words changed, "But have you ever thought that you can control it?"

"They are already very stable and will not cause accidental damage." Speaking of professionalism, Victor's face is full of confidence.

Ryan shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I'm not Heimerdinger. I don't think about the harm caused by accidents. I want to ask you, what would the Zaun do if they mastered Hextech?"

"they will..."

Victor wanted to talk about the manpower savings of their technology and talk about the scene of Zaun being lifted out of poverty.

But when he saw Ryan's half-smiling face, he realized that this was not what the other party seemed to want to hear.

Ryan suddenly turned his head to Katarina next to him, and asked casually: "100 warriors guarded by Rether against 1,000 ordinary tribal warriors of Freljord, without leading intervention, this battle will be What will be the result?"

The Lesser garrison was the most elite army under the Emperor Noxus, while the Freljord was located in the far north of Valoran, where most of the uncivilized tribes lived.

Katarina sneered: "Don't say 100, as long as 10 Reiser guards can slaughter all the enemies."

"The reason." Ryan smiled.

"The equipment gap is too big. Even if the Freljord's stone spear is broken, it will not break the armor of the Raiser garrison, not to mention that the Raiser garrison still has a lot of special alchemy equipment." Katarina curled her lips. Said, "If you really want to be evenly matched, you have to fight against the warriors of the Avarossa tribe, and the number must be five times more than that of Reese's garrison."

Ryan focused his eyes on Victor again and said earnestly:

"I think this metaphor should answer your doubts, scientist!"

He re-read the last three words, as if deliberately trying to wake up the other's innocence.

Victor smiled wryly, lowered his head, and struggled to explain:

"As long as there are restrictions, Hextech can't be used in war."

After he finished speaking, he felt that what he said was so pale and powerless. Just like Ryan can get hex crystals, they are just Picheng researchers, and it is difficult to have a way to limit them.

"I always thought you'd say this from Jace

middle. Ryan said with some surprise, "Do you still remember the environment in which you were born? "

"deep impression..."

Victor's face was filled with reminiscence, how could he have forgotten what he had seen and heard in Zaun. That's why he wants to use technology to change Zaun.

"Think about your original intentions and why you're staying in Piltover. You're a smart guy, but you've been in Piltover a little longer."

Out of the corner of the eye, Mel and Jace came out of nowhere, Ryan stood up and said with a smile:

"It was a pleasant conversation with you today. If you need any help, you can come to the Noxus embassy to find me."

"You helped me solve my doubts today, I should thank you." Victor's face was embarrassed.

The moment Ryan finished his last sentence, he had already figured out all the problems.

That's right... I've been in Piltover too long to forget I'm a Zaun.

Looking at the back of Ryan's departure, Victor's eyes were filled with a little gratitude and the firmness of wanting to accomplish something.

...

At night, the most important moment of Piltover Evolution Day arrives.

Evolution day speech, today's speaker is Piltover's most famous Jace Tallis.

In the Piltover Lecture Hall, everyone looked expectantly at the tall boy on the podium, expecting him to describe what new inventions in Piltover this year.