Just when the Battle of Presidence was entering its climax, in the mountains far away in Navoli, it was still raining heavily.

The mountains in the distance are bathed in wind and rain, as if shrouded in a mysterious veil.

There seemed to be a hole in the sky, and the falling rain became the only melody in this world.

On rainy days like this, even birds and beasts prefer to hide in their nests.

The ground was soaked by the rain and became muddy. This is also the norm in Ionia.

The dirt road that spreads northward along the foot of the mountain becomes bumpy and bumpy, and when it reaches here, it splits into two.

One continues to the north, and the other stretches crookedly all the way into the mountains. As the terrain undulates and loops, on a clear day, you may be able to vaguely see through the clouds and mist the rows of houses nestled in the shadows of the mountains.

On such a rainy day, a dark shadow slowly appeared in sight under the horizon at the southern end of the road.

Gradually, the black shadow got closer, but it was also stretched out, but the general outline could still be seen clearly————

It's a group of soldiers.

Or to be more precise, a squad of Noxian soldiers.

About thirty or forty people, wearing black iron armor and rain-proof hooded robes, walked on both sides of a carriage, with their hat brim pulled low and their heads down as they moved forward.

It's just that on such a rainy day, it doesn't make any difference whether you have a hood or not.

The raindrops hit my face, and the wind flows down my sleeves and collar and flows straight into my arms.

Fortunately, it is already April. If it were winter, the feeling of the rain soaking the armor against the body would definitely be an unforgettable experience.

But even so, the heavy rain dropped the temperature to a very low level.

All the soldiers could do was to keep tightening their collars.

The boots would sink down from time to time when they stepped on the muddy ground. Even on harder ground, there were still potholes everywhere.

Since the invasion war began, Noxian soldiers have complained more than once about the poor roads in Ionia, especially on rainy days.

No more than the city-states and towns controlled by the Noxus Empire, almost all the roads between the towns and villages were paved by the Noxians.

Only in Ionia will Noxians miss the hard roads.

"Speed ​​up a little faster. There is an imperial outpost not far from the foot of this mountain. When we get there, we can rest and drink hot tea." At the front of the team, Riven squinted her eyes and looked ahead.

The mountains shrouded in rain and fog loudly encouraged the team.

Perhaps the "hot tea" had an effect. The originally dull team sped up a little. They raised their hands to lift up the soaked white hair into strands, but Riwen smiled bitterly in her heart.

She had participated in the Noxian recruitment ceremony in Trivel City since she was twelve years old.

Over the years, she has participated in escort missions more than once, and she has traveled thousands of kilometers across the land controlled by Noxus, but there has never been a place that she described as "terrible" like Ionia.

Bad dirt roads, bad conditions.

On a sunny day, the dust is raised, and on a rainy day, even walking requires a lot of effort.

Not to mention, in order to keep the escort mission confidential, the route she and her team took throughout the entire journey deviated from the main road.

Mountain after mountain, the mountains of Navoli seem to never end.

This is the third time today that she has encouraged everyone like this, but in fact, she doesn't know how far ahead there is the outpost.

"I have to change my good impression of Ionia." Riven curled her lips and sighed.

At the beginning of the escort mission, her team moved very fast.

It was just over a day's journey from Baru'e to the simple boat port on the south coast of Navoli. However, a week had passed since she landed, and she still had not left this mountainous area.

And when rain covered this area early yesterday morning, the team marched for a long time and did not even reach the usual one-hour journey, which made Riven feel a little anxious.

"The war has already begun."

While passing through the outpost in the last Noxus-occupied area, she got news that Noxus would make a big move in the near future.

Two days have passed now, and although she has no news, with her keen perception, she can vaguely feel the faint murderous intention in the wind blowing from the north.

This made her a little anxious.

If it hadn't been for this damn rainy day, maybe I could have walked out of the mountains one day earlier and delivered the task one day earlier.

Although she didn't know exactly what was being escorted in the carriage behind her, she also knew that it was a powerful bomb. According to the information she got from Julian, she knew that it was a very dangerous bomb.

thing.

With her many years of experience,

Such things that require special escort and are very dangerous often have a huge impact on the war, and can even change the direction of the war.

If the war is delayed due to late delivery, it will be a serious crime.

So despite the heavy rain, she still did not let the troops stop.

Fortunately, the soldiers accompanying her were elites selected from the army and had no complaints about Riven's harshness.

If he were an ordinary soldier, he would have complained long ago.

"Boom----"

At this moment, a huge sound woke Riven up from her meditation.

Looking at the source of the sound, her face became a little ugly.

On the mountain not far away, a mudslide occurred due to heavy rain.

The rolling torrent rolled up soil, rocks, tree roots and shrubs all the way down the mountain, and rolled down not far in front of Riven and others, blocking the road that was already full of mud pits. By chance, it blocked the road.

Riven and others are ahead.

"Stop!" Under such a loud commotion, the packhorse pulling the cart was already frightened, and kept neighing "Xululu" while being comforted by the soldiers on the side who held the reins.

The mudslide is still continuing, and seems to be getting worse. The ground is shaking slightly, and such weather forces Riven to make a choice:

"Retreat, retreat—!" Riven shouted through gritted teeth, and the team began to slowly turn around.

But at this moment, a small accident suddenly happened:

Just as they were turning around, the wheels of the carriage got stuck in the mud, and as the ground shook, it seemed to sink deeper and deeper.

"Come here and help!" Riven felt a little irritated in her heart. She carried the rune sword on her back and rushed to the back of the carriage without saying a word.

Emerald green magical light covered his hands, and together with several soldiers, he pushed the carriage out.

The group of people retreated a mile or two in embarrassment, and found themselves on a slightly higher hill. Looking at the road washed away by mud and water, Riwen's face looked extremely ugly.

"Boom——rumble."

Roaring thunder exploded in the sky,

In the end, in order to rush for time, Riven's team had no choice but to choose another muddy road - the map told her that there was another, more rugged road there.
Chapter completed!