Li Lin's words attracted the attention of several people.
"What do you mean?"
"I witnessed the return of the Desert Emperor."
He once again dropped a piece of news that shocked the five people speechless.
"How is that possible?!" Paldek shook his head. "At that time, you weren't..."
"I was busy building a Hexgate at the time, so I happened to be in Shurima."
Li Lin thought about it and pulled out the Ascension Amulet Pendant from his chest. "This is the item given to me by the God-Emperor Azir."
Jarvan IV recognized it as Shurima's "Amulet of Ascension" at a glance. The history of various countries is a compulsory course for a prince, and he had recorded these contents in the books of Demacia.
He nodded and signaled to Li Lin with his eyes, "Don't take this thing out in the future."
"I understand." Li Lin put the pendant away again. "I can't explain my experience in Shurima in a short time. Now is not the time to talk about it. But Shurima will not threaten the Valoran continent. I can guarantee this."
Although Jarvan IV felt itchy and eager to know how Azir was resurrected and how he made friends with the gods.
However, he was able to distinguish the importance of things and did not ask too many related questions.
"So, Vladimir is still alive? Just like that mysterious pale lady?"
"That's right." Li Lin confirmed Jarvan IV's guess. "The reason Demacia has information about Vladimir is because blood magic can allow him to change his appearance and hide among ordinary people."
These contents about the ancient forbidden blood magic were not told to Li Lin by Nasus, but were things he knew himself.
But on this occasion, at this moment, they couldn't contact the Ascendants, so they could use Nasus as a "shield".
After all, the words of a god who has lived for thousands of years are still very credible.
"You mean, the mastermind behind this incident is Black Rose?"
Paldek frowned, thinking of what His Royal Highness the Prince had said, that they had encountered a powerful vampire who killed them all almost instantly.
"In the past few hundred years, the Black Rose has been behind many of the events that have occurred in Valoran."
Jarvan IV's face was gloomy. "You could even say that the entire Noxian Empire was built on the foundation of the Black Rose."
Li Lin was very surprised. He didn't expect that he even knew these things.
But on second thought, 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 Magic Stone as a defensive barrier.
If he couldn't even find out some deeper intelligence, Li Lin would doubt how this country had managed to survive until now.
"If it's the Black Rose, this afternoon's negotiation meeting will be even more dangerous, Your Highness," Palrek said anxiously. "What should we do this afternoon?"
Jarvan IV lowered his head and thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Li Lin, who was still smiling and looked confident.
"The Black Rose is nothing to fear...at least on the borders of Demacia."
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At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Lin arrived at the agreed meeting place with Jarvan IV, Shyvana and six shield formations of the Fearless Vanguard.
They were accompanied by several prisoner carts carrying 30 Noxian prisoners, and another 10 shield formations that were hiding their whereabouts.
In order to demonstrate their sincerity, the Noxian side deliberately decided to hold the meeting at the border of Demacia, in the Tranquil Lake Basin. The surrounding area was extremely empty and there was no place for an ambush.
There happened to be a deserted small village where all the villagers had fled, which could be used as a place for negotiation.
"This village is called Tranquil Lake Village, right?" Jarvan IV asked Alberk 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, I will send a shield formation into the village to investigate the situation."
Without waiting for Jarvan IV to express his opinion, Li Lin spoke first, "Don't bother. My drone has already surveyed the interior. There's no ambush."
He pointed to the side to signal a few people, and an invisible nano-reconnaissance drone appeared, causing the shield soldiers who were closer to them to exclaim in surprise.
"Optical camouflage technology uses the human eye and the principle of light refraction, and collects information about the surrounding environment to achieve the effect of blending into the environment."
As he spoke, Li Lin asked the drone to project the images captured by several other drones that had infiltrated Tranquil Lake Village, and showed a Noxian team resting in the house, and even Ted's location.
There were a total of 50 Noxian soldiers in the village, not including a graceful middle-aged woman with skin as white as snow who was waiting in a house that looked like the village chief, and a burly man who was dressed differently from the others and looked like a commander.
Among them, when Li Lin used "data thinking" to display the information panel of the 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 could not be her real self, but an avatar she created using magic.
Additionally, Ted was tied to a pile of pillars in an abandoned house, guarded by several heavily armed Noxian soldiers.
He lost his right arm and his body was covered with scars, looking miserable as if he had been tortured.
"That's Ted! Damn, these Noxian bastards!" Upon seeing his current appearance, Jarvan IV couldn't help but curse.
They had originally planned to exchange 30 Noxian prisoners for Ted, but when Jarvan IV agreed, he didn't expect Ted to be like this.
However, after experiencing a setback, the prince's mind has matured a lot and he did not show any extreme behavior or issue any irrational orders.
Moreover, Li Lin can make the soldiers' eyes grow back, so an arm should not be a problem.
Jarvan IV took a deep breath and quickly calmed his anger. "Let's go into the village."
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