Zhao Xin jumped off his horse and crossed a distance of dozens of meters in less than two breaths. He rushed past the guards and came to Jarvan III to check the situation.
The first to return to the king were the Eighth Shield Formation of the two companies, a total of 16 people. They carried the Sparkling Steel Kite Shield, commonly known as the "Iron Wall" by the Fearless Vanguards. It was almost twice the size of an ordinary shield and almost as tall as a person.
The fearless vanguard soldiers of the Eighth Shield Formation were actually tall and strong men, and only people of their size could wield such heavy and huge shields.
After the two shield formations were set up, Tiana also led the standard sword and shield combination of the first and fourth shield formations of one of the companies to the king.
Seeing the blood on the ground, she glared at Xin Zhao, who was helping Jarvan III up, and said angrily, "What the hell is going on?!"
Because she was just suppressing the frenzied people, she didn't know what was going on on the king's side. But when she heard the soldiers shouting "There is an assassin" and "The king has been assassinated", she immediately rushed out of the crowd.
"How could you let His Majesty get hurt!" Tiana hurried to check on Jarvan III's condition and questioned Zhao Xin sternly.
"Tiana, don't get excited. This isn't my blood." Jarvan III stood firm and glanced at the blood on the ground and on his palms. "I just fell. It's not a big deal."
"This is the assassin's blood." Zhao Xin said in a muffled voice.
"Where's the assassin?"
Tiana's face was serious, and she gave Zhao Xin a look mixed with various emotions, as if waiting for him to give an explanation.
"I..." Zhao Xin frowned and hesitated, then answered truthfully, "I didn't see the murderer."
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
Tiana, who was already furious with Zhao Xin because of the assassination of her king, suppressed her anger that was almost uncontrollable.
"I heard the sound of a sharp weapon piercing the air, right next to His Majesty, and I attacked without hesitation... But His Majesty was accompanied by his personal guards, so there were clearly no soldiers. This bloodstain appeared out of thin air."
Zhao Xin had no idea what had just happened.
I clearly sensed with my intuition that the king was in danger, but why couldn't I see the murderer?
"Zhao Xin is right. I've been feeling like someone's been watching me from the shadows, so I deliberately sent Zhao Xin away, hoping to lure him out."
"What?! Your Majesty, you..." Tiana's face was anxious, "How could you use yourself as bait?"
Even Zhao Xin looked shocked.
He really thought that Jarvan III wanted him to quickly resolve the crisis, but he didn't expect that this was just His Majesty's way of luring out the enemy hiding in the shadows.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xin immediately knelt on one knee and said with shame, "I have betrayed your trust!"
Jarvan III hurriedly pulled him up. "Hey, get up quickly. I didn't expect that guy to be so powerful that he could even bypass my guards and get to my side."
Tiana was very puzzled, "How did he do that?"
"As we've seen, that guy is most likely a mage, a mage who can turn invisible." Jarvan III stared at the dark blood that had solidified on the ground and pondered, "But I've never heard of magic that can be so invisible."
Zhao Xin pondered briefly, a name suddenly popping up in his mind. "The person who assassinated you is likely a master of shadow magic."
"Shadow magic..."
The word also brought back memories of Jarvan III and Tiana.
The ancient people of Demacia were deeply affected by the Rune Wars and recorded that period of history in great detail, especially the Shadow War at the end of the war.
Shadow magic began at that time.
According to the secret book, shadow magic can kill a person without anyone noticing.
A powerful shadow mage can even abandon his physical body and escape into the spiritual realm, which is what the Demacians often call the soul realm. If it is a spirit, it is normal that it cannot be seen by the naked eye.
But how to explain the pool of blood on the ground...
"Is it the Shadow Cult of Ionia?" Tiana speculated solemnly, "Nowadays, they are the only ones who possess powerful shadow magic."
"I don't think so."
Jarvan III shook his head, and he was quite familiar with the situation in Ionia.
"There are still many Noxians in Ionia. The Shadow Cult has now allied with the Navori Brotherhood, striving to completely repel Noxus. They have no conflict with us in any way and are unlikely to aid our common enemy."
As he said this, he squatted down again to examine the only pool of blood on the ground.
The assassin escaped from here without leaving any other clues for them, making it difficult to track him, which made their subsequent search work more difficult.
The enemy can become invisible and leaves no blood trail on his escape route, so it is difficult to track down this mage assassin who dared to assassinate the king.
Jarvan III's eyes suddenly lit up. "Li Lin might have a solution... but why hasn't he returned yet?"
Zhao Xin and Tiana looked at each other, unsure how to answer the king.
You can't just guess that someone had an accident, right?
"Oh, forget it. Let's get someone to collect some blood and then hold this place accountable." Jarvan III looked at the clashing crowd outside the shield formation, which had quieted down considerably. "We have to deal with the civil unrest first."
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At the same time, in a remote sewer in Xiongdu.
A figure in a hooded black robe staggered through the dark and dirty underground passage, paying no attention to the guards who were shuttling back and forth overhead to suppress the riot.
In such an emergency, no one would look into the sewer for no reason.
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