First, take down the Sword Demon, then save Runeterra.

Last night, after Swain returned to the mansion, he discussed with Atto how to resolve the Black Rose issue.

“Darius’s support is essential. Besides me, Darius is the most prestigious person in the army.”

"But he's far away in Freljord right now, so we can only start with his brother Draven, who Darius values ​​highly."

"Moreover, Draven's strength is no less than that of the Valkyrie of the Amistan Legion. From any perspective, Draven is someone we must try to win over."

After hearing Swain's plan, Ator recalled the descriptions he had seen about Draven.

He is somewhat similar to Atto in his previous life, and he cares a lot about what others think.

But Draven is different from Artoria; everything he does is for the sake of gaining the approval of others, which is the meaning of Draven's existence.

If he doesn't receive praise, Draven will lose interest in the matter.

Draven now works as a liquidator in a gladiatorial arena, earning the audience's admiration by killing criminals.

Swain immediately sent men to the arena to look for Draven, but they couldn't find him. The person in charge there said that Draven hadn't come for several weeks.

"I remember it was because of the ongoing war that people stopped going to the arena to watch the reckoning. Without an audience, Draven could only hang out in taverns and casinos."

Ato then assigned tasks: "I'll go find Draven, you go research the Immortal Bastion. By the way, are you really sure? Making a deal with the secret demon Ram is extremely dangerous."

Swain nodded: "To deal with the Black Rose, besides finding allies, our own strength is also necessary. Besides, my parents left behind a lot of notes, so I'm not starting from scratch."

……

The Immortal Fortress is a magnificent structure composed of three grey-white stone pillars. The royal family occupies only one of them, which is the area for handling state affairs and daily life.

The emperor had no right to dispose of the other two stone pillars at will. Swain was no longer qualified to attend court, but access to the underground chamber was a right that every nobleman had.

The Hextech chariot made several turns, bypassed the pillar where the emperor was, and arrived at the pillar leading to the underground chamber. The guards at the door merely glanced at Swain and made no move to stop him.

On the other side, Ato stepped out of the Immortal Fortress and randomly boarded a carriage.

As the center of the entire city, the area around Immortal Fortress is undoubtedly bustling, much like the central business district of a large city.

Many horse-drawn carriages were parked nearby, waiting for customers to arrive.

"Let's go to the Glory Arena first." Ato took out two Nos and handed them to the coachman. Swain had told him that this amount of money was enough to charter a carriage for a whole day.

Before Draven disappeared, he worked as a liquidator in the Arena of Glory.

"Sir, what are you doing there? It's been a long time since anyone has watched executions, so their manager simply closed the arena. This happened last week."

The arena is already closed? The liquidation show is so deserted, no wonder Draven left.

"Don't ask why, just let it go."

The driver shrugged. He had already earned enough money for the day. After handing it over to his wife, he could secretly keep some for himself to buy wine.

The carriage turned onto a side road and slowly drove away from the Immortal Fortress.

Once they were a certain distance away, Aatrox finally relaxed: "Finally, we're out of there. That aura of death made me very uncomfortable, and even the scabbard couldn't keep me away."

Ato asked in surprise, "What's going on? The scabbard can even block the corruption of the void, but it can't block the aura of death?"

“You should thank Lissandra; the seal she placed on the Abyss was perfect, and the corruption coming from the Void is very weak,” Aatrox analyzed.

Avarosa, Serilda, and the entire Yeti race: "Thank you so much!"

Ato made a comment on their behalf, then asked, "You mean the seal beneath the Immortal Fortress is incomplete? That's why the aura of death can seep in so much?"

“That’s right, we need to prepare for the worst. I can sense that there might be millions of undead over there,” Aatrox said gravely.

"grass!"

After Aatrox's reminder, Aatrox suddenly remembered just how ruthless Mordekaiser really was.

The mace Mordekaiser wields is called Nightfall, and it was forged from the soul of the wizard who summoned him.

Those killed by Nightfall will have their souls enter Mordekaiser's underworld, where they will be eternally enslaved by him.

A thousand years ago, the only ones who became undead on the Shadow Isles were the natives of the Blessed Isles and some outsiders from Kamavia led by Feuergo.

Mordekaiser, as the greatest warlord before the Rune Wars, erased the traces of an entire generation from the world!

How many people did Mordekaiser kill? And how many spirits in the underworld crave the flesh and blood of the living?

It's probably more than the entire Shadow Isles.

"I hope Swain's progress is faster. I should find an opportunity to tell him some information about Mordecais."

"LeBlanc sealed Mordekaiser by severing the connection between his soul and his earthly armor."

"But he did it on purpose; he wanted to return to the underworld, where countless spirits awaited him to rule the kingdom of the dead."

"Swain can ask LeBlanc about the method of sealing it back then. It would be great if it could be extended to completely sever the connection between the underworld and reality."

After listening to Aatrox's analysis, he asked, "Do you want him to never be able to return to the real world?"

Ator nodded: "That's the idea, but unfortunately we don't have a way to kill him, just like the Protoss can't kill you."

"Hahahaha~ I understand now why the Protoss are so troubled by the Darkin. There's only one Mordekaiser, but there are dozens of Darkin!"

"Old man, do you remember the Aurelion Sol I mentioned?"

"Of course, it's one way to kill me. But if He is really as you say, I have no hope for this method. What's the point of suddenly mentioning Him?"

Ato explained, "The Dragon King would be interested in this world because Runeterra is not His creation and there is life there."

"After careful observation, He discovered that this world is composed of multiple superimposed realms. You and I are in the material realm, there is also the spiritual realm where the Yordles reside, and even the void and the underworld."

Aatrox realized: "Severing ties with reality means separating the underworld from this world?"

Atto snapped his fingers: "It's better to have a direction for now than to know nothing at all."

The driver in front noticed the commotion and asked, "Sir, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly realized something," Ato waved his hand, "How far are we from the Arena of Glory?"

"We'll be there soon, sir. To keep the arena popular, it's usually not located too far from bustling areas."