"You want to delay this monthly exam mission until the end? But have you ever thought about it? You escaped Darius, but you can't escape Anne. If you do this, she won't give you a good look. Maybe, after you

I don’t want to listen to your instructions anymore in my monthly exam world line.”

Ruiz coughed a few times, feeling "choked" by Valyard's thoughts.

"There is nothing we can do about it. After all, he is Darius, the one who was dissatisfied with his commander on the battlefield, and then cut off the commander's head and took over the war himself. I don't want such a person

Become a 'supervisor', so that you won't be hit with an ax when you're behind you."

Never turn your back on the Hand of Noxus, because you don't know whether he will cut off your head or split you in half. Most importantly, you don't know when he will attack you.

Liad really didn't want such a dangerous person behind him.

"You know him quite well, but if his purpose is not achieved, he might not leave. At worst, he will stay in Annie's monthly exam world line until the next time you go in. You should know that he will do this

.”

Ryze knew Darius very well. This general never wanted to leave after entering the mage class. He would never give up until he achieved his goal. As for the absence of the monthly exam-Salvation's monthly exam mechanism

It's not mandatory. Once a month is just for the convenience of the guardians to adjust their time and adjust their status. Even if they don't want to go in for a year and play for several years once they go in, no one will say anything.

"……No way?"

If Valyard was hit hard, he could have replaced him with someone else. Letting Darius follow behind him was simply letting a scumbag like him have one, no, ten invigilators staring at him behind him during the exam, and he

He didn't know how to do the questions at all. Even if he took out the cheat sheet, he would be confiscated on the spot and then - executed.

"Have you ever seen Darius give up on anything?"

Ryze continued to bewitch Balliard. He planned that Balliard and Anne would form a team so that Balliard could take care of Anne, not to let Anne suffer with Balliard. Although there was no name of guardian,

Balliard is considered the guardian chosen by Ritz for Anne, leaving the child behind to "escape debts"? This is not in line with Ritz's original intention.

As an old man with tens of thousands of years of age, in order to explore some secrets, he once served in some kingdoms incognito. It is impossible to see that Baliard cultivated Ezreal in the first world line.

In order to find allies in Salvadion for himself, after all, although he is the king of Shadow Island, many demigods from Shadow Island have joined Salvadion. However, because of the special characteristics of the demigods of Shadow Island, they

Almost none of them are in Salvatión.

The threat brought to Balliard by the Sentinel of Light forced Balliard to find allies for himself, hoping to obtain intelligence in advance when the Sentinel of Light dealt with him, or to repel the people sent by Kyle to deal with him.

Don't look at the fact that Kyle just asked Jarvan IV to deal with him last time. Jarvan IV also fell into the hands of the Void for no reason, and was finally rescued by Balliard.

If Kel had sent a few more demigods, Valyard would not have had such good luck.

Although Anne does not belong to a certain force, nor is she a particularly powerful extraordinary person, Anne has an advantage that all guardians cannot compare with, and that is age. It can be said that no one has

Being able to resist the cuteness of Anne at this age, having Anne following Balliard means that Balliard will be "supported" by public opinion.

Especially when Balliard signed a contract with Anne and became Anne's captain, in the eyes of the mortals in Salva, he was equivalent to becoming Anne's guardian. As long as Balliard has a good relationship with Anne and uses

Good Annie's advantage is that she can completely control public opinion, making it difficult for the Sentinels of Light to attack Balliard. At least, the Sentinels of Light cannot attack Balliard until Balliard has no definite crime.

At the moment, Balliard actually had the idea of ​​offending Anne because Darius was accompanying him, which was simply stupid.

"...Well...just pretend it doesn't happen. I know, I know, and I will do things well. However, if something unexpected happens, I really can't go back, but that's another matter. When the time comes, can you

Please give me a few words to Anne so that she doesn't lose her temper."

Balliard knew that Darius had given up some things, and Darius himself was indeed a person who would not give up easily. Balliard did not have those things that Darius had to give up.

The courage to speak out, for example... Darius's wife seemed to have given birth to a child for Darius, and Darius gave up his wife for the sake of the empire and chose between home and country. He chose

The empire.

"Okay, I don't want any conflicts between you either."

After Ryze finished speaking, he went back, and the portal quickly disappeared. It seemed that Balliard didn't know what to say about this old mage. At this age, with this appearance, could he take care of Annie like this...

Annie calls him grandpa, right? It’s scary to think about it, what kind of mage is Ryze? He is a mage who devotes his whole life to collecting the world’s rune fragments and maintaining the stability of Runeterra.

Let alone future generations, Ryze is probably a simpler singleton than Nasus. Maybe he has never even found a girlfriend, because

, he had already followed his mentor on this path when he was an apprentice. After his mentor was bewitched by the runes, he killed his mentor with his own hands. After that, he also witnessed how his apprentice was bewitched.

He was devoured by runes, and in the process of collecting runes, he also faced swords with his long-time friend.

With these experiences, does Ryze dare to fall in love? Does he dare to marry and have children? If he is not afraid of his wife and children, he will not be able to resist temptation and attack the runes. That is the power that can destroy the world.

If his wife or children really did something like that, he would have to kill his relatives again.

To sum up, it is very likely that Ritz, who stayed in Salvatión, was a lonely old man who lacked the care of his descendants. When he took Anne to school, he was called "Grandpa" by Anne, and he was particularly partial to Anne and took care of her.

.It makes sense, right? Ryze is a person with the strength of a demigod. He himself does not possess humanity. Tens of millions of years of loneliness are nothing to the demigods with divinity, but to a person, it is simply a nightmare.

Such a curse.

With Anne's appearance and age, it is completely normal for her to be favored by such a lonely old man.

After leaving the classroom, Balliard carefully observed the college, avoiding all roads where Darius might be present, and went to the great library, with the purpose of course looking for Nasus.

"looking for me?"

Although he acts like a retired single aristocrat, Nasus himself is still more willing to help others. This may also be due to the influence of Balliard's divinity on Nasus's divinity. The two people have a relatively high compatibility.

Well.

"Are there any books related to demons in the library? I'm not talking about demons like the Fire Demon, nor the demons like Aatrox who were called demons after their corruption. Likewise, I'm not talking about the demons like Ornn and Volibear.

Two demons transformed from humanity with a great will, they should be... the same race, right? Just like the Yodels."

As Ballyard spoke, he thought of the yordles. If he thought about it carefully, he found that yordles and demons have quite a lot in common. First of all, demons and humans live in different worlds, and the same goes for yordles.

They live in Bandle City, and Bandle City is like a small world wandering in the space of Runeterra. There are stations all over Runeterra, just like buses. Only Yoders can discover those

site, and then called Bandle City to pick them up.

Secondly, demons are all kinds of strange. Although Balliard has not seen demons in that world line, Yasuo has a strange aura on his body, and Jhin also has it. Part of their strength does not come from themselves, but from another person.

This existence is most likely the demon summoned by the Scarlet Moon Sect as they call it.

Moreover, the strange aura on Yasuo comes from the outside. In other words, he is carrying an item related to the devil, or the demon is an item, and Jhin, the source of the strange aura is himself. Is Jhin a demon?

?Of course not, so the devil was eaten by him? Or was it fused into one body?

But no matter what, Balliard can conclude that the demons of these two people are very different. Just like the Yodels, they are obviously the same race. Some are like fish, some are like rabbits, some are like dwarves, and some...

...Like aliens? And Veigar, the whole thing is a ball of runic energy wearing clothes. Is this also a yordle?

"...You want to talk about the world line of Annie's monthly test mission? That world line is also the world after Ryze's transformation. If you want to know the details, wouldn't it be more convenient to go to Ryze? Why, you were rejected?"

Nasus thought about it, and he was sure that Balliard would not ask this question without reason, and he also specifically limited the scope of demons, which meant that the demons he was looking for must be related to them and would be

It can cause trouble for them, or it can help them.

"Ask that shady old man? Let's forget it. He took so much care of Anne that he didn't even tell her any details. He obviously wouldn't tell me more, so I can only come to you to find out. In this way, it's not really a crime.

Cheating?"

The exam hasn't started yet, so Valliard is just reviewing before the exam, going to the library to read materials, and at most... knowing what the exam questions are, this is not cheating.

"The kind of demon you are talking about is not a native product of Runeterra, but a race created by Ryze based on books from outside the territory, communicating with the Great Will, and in a large sense, they can be regarded as a kind of undead, because they

Living in the underworld, the underworld is the land of the dead, and demons are also the dead.”

Nasus doesn't know much about Ryze's attempts. After all, he is a true demigod, an ascendant, and a human being chosen by the great will. He will not deliberately do anything that will cause huge changes in the world of Runeterra.

The thing was the same even when it came to helping Azir named Sima Yi. He did not help directly or significantly change the original trajectory, but instead let Baliard replace Sima Yi's position in the world.

"Undead? No wonder the aura is a bit strange, so it's difficult for me to get useful information from here? Although Ryze created this race based on foreign books, those books are at best a reference, maybe just for reference.

I understand the concepts in it and want to speculate on Ryze’s thoughts based on those books... I don’t think I’m that dark yet.”

Valliard is a bit disappointed

Hope, but at least I still got some information, so it is not in vain.

"Actually, it helps. According to the definition of demon, many extraordinary races in Runeterra are also included in the category of demon. For example, Nocturne, we know very little about him. We named him Nightmare, but we don't know if he has any

Similar species, but nightmares don’t seem to be very rare demons in foreign books.”

Nasus implicitly embodies Balliard, almost as close as saying "this question will be asked in this exam".

"Will extraordinary races be defined as demons? So, Ryze will not drive some extraordinary races in Runeterra into the world of the dead, let them be assimilated by the world of the dead, and then become 'demons'? This is a bit like Ryze.

What I can do is worthy of him. He has done such things, no wonder he has no hair."

Balliard maliciously speculated about Ryze. As we all know, mortals are prone to mental disorders after tens of millions of years of loneliness. It is really possible for Ryze to relocate an entire race of others and then transform them. Although they are still alive, they are no longer the same as their original race.

There is a huge difference, because they used to be a race of the living, but now they are a race of the dead.

"That's all I can remind you. For the rest, you can read the book and see if it can give you some inspiration. I heard that you also need to condense humanity, right? Before you come, Ruiz told me that you have

The idea of ​​​​reincarnating in the outside world to condense human nature. Before leaving, there are still many benefits to reading more books from outside the territory."

Nasus cares about Baliard very much, because Baliard's divinity is very consistent with his divinity, as if Baliard and he are both gods of death, but in fact, he cannot see through Baliard.

With the priesthood of Virtue, he could not see clearly what was Balliard’s inherent mission when he came to this world.

This is so special. From ancient times to the present, he has lived for tens of thousands of years, but he has never encountered such an incarnation of the great will into a demigod. Nasus himself can hide his priesthood in front of himself, who is also a demigod.

He also couldn't hide his priesthood in front of other Ascended Ones, just like his younger brother Renekton. He saw early on that Renekton's priesthood was to kill, so he was worried that Renekton would be lost.

Whether they are humans, gods, or so-called demons, they will always treat special beings differently. This is especially true for demigods like Nasus, because in the endless years, the things that can surprise them become more and more.
To be continued...