Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 185 The Twin Cities Establish Diplomatic Relations with Ionia
"We've received a letter from Ionia, saying that the first group of Ionians will arrive in Piltover tomorrow afternoon.

By the way, Li Ke, the mother and son you mentioned have also been invited to board the Hextech spacecraft tomorrow, but is that kid really as good as you say?"

Blue Smoked Manor, Councillor Tallis’s home——

Li Ke was dressed neatly, wearing a tie and a black suit. Looking at Jace in front of him, Li Ke stretched out his hand and pulled his tie, and said:

"Of course, when Sett grows up, he will become a humanoid monster no less than Fandel. Don't be fooled by his cute appearance now. Wait a few years and you will understand."

Cubs, especially wild animal cubs, are extremely cute when they are young. It is said that this is a measure to protect themselves? Anyway, it involves the theory of evolution. If Li Ke were to explain it, he really couldn't.

But Sett's childhood and youth are indeed two completely different things. After all, it is estimated that it only took him a few years to grow from a cute little carrot head with animal ears who is only a few meters tall to a red-haired beast man who is over 1.8 meters tall and has eight abdominal muscles.

Leek had originally discussed with Sett about him and his mother coming to Piltover.

Therefore, when the first group of Zaun and Piltover craftsmen went to Ionia to build the Hexgate, Li Ke specifically asked the law enforcer to help him take a letter to Sett's mother, asking her to bring Sett to live in Piltover.

Of course Sett's mother readily agreed. For her, there was nothing worth reminiscing about in Ionia. Her husband abandoned her and Sett, and the tribe expelled her and Sett because of Sett. Therefore, her only concern was Sett.

As long as Sett can grow up healthily and well, she will do anything. Besides, it has always been her dream to let Sett become a student at Piltover University.

"Another Vander." Jace muttered after hearing this.

Li Ke's words suddenly reminded Jayce of a scene he saw in the Zaun military camp half a month ago.

That was the black-haired Ionian girl that Li Ke brought back, the thin girl who looked young. She was not at all inferior to Vandel when facing him.

Although she didn't completely defeat Fandel, Fandel was powerless against her. If it weren't for Fandel's monstrous recovery ability, which made it difficult for the girl to do anything, it would be hard to say who would win.
Jace picked up the tea kettle in front of him, poured a cup for Li Ke first, then poured himself a cup, raised the cup and drank it in big gulps, then he said:
"Is it impossible for us in Piltover to catch up with Zaun's current combat power?"

"Well, you definitely can't catch up with us in terms of combat power." Li Ke thought about it and nodded.

It has been more than half a month since Li Ke returned to Zaun. During this period, except for the first few days when he and Jinx went out every day to meet some people and deal with some things, Li Ke and Jinx stayed at home for the rest of the time.

A few days ago, news came from Melna that the day after tomorrow would be the time for Li Ke to take his people to Noxus to attend a dinner. After communicating with Irelia, the first group of Ionians would come to the Twin Cities tomorrow.

It’s okay. Although they are done one after the other, there is no conflict in time. Therefore, Li Ke will be busy again in the next two days.

"Tsk tsk, alright, anyway, ever since you showed up, the Piltover council members have never expected to surpass Zaun in military power." Jayce tutted, put down his teacup, squinted his eyes and said, "What about technology?"

"You're asking me? Don't you know more about technology?"

"It's because I know it too well that I want to know how big the gap in technological level between Zaun and Piltover looks to you, an outsider," said Jayce.

"I think apart from Hextech, Zaun is not worse than Piltover." Li Ke said after thinking for a while. He looked at Jayce with a smile, pointed his finger, and continued: "Look, we now have Viktor, Ekko, Jinx, Singed, and Heimerdinger in Zaun."

"Okay, I understand." Jace said, covering his face.

Depend on,
From this perspective, Piltover has actually been surpassed by Zaun in terms of talent.
There is no difference between the people of Piltover and Zaun. After all, they were one and the same hundreds of years ago, so there won't be much difference in their genes. To put it bluntly, whether it's Zaun or Piltover, most of them are smart people.

Therefore, as long as Zaun is given a good environment and enough time, it will not be too difficult for Zaun to catch up with Piltover.

Economically, Zaun is still not as good as Piltover, but Zaun is now very enterprising. It is building canals, expanding trade routes, and developing industries. Zaun is no longer the Zaun that needed a lot of work.

Jayce smacked his lips. He actually had no opinion on this, but some wealthy businessmen in Piltover were getting restless. They were afraid that Zaun would surpass Piltover in these aspects and then sit on their heads.

But, think about it, if the people of Zaun weren't kind, would you have the time to bother with all these things?

Sometimes Jace also finds these people annoying. When their interests are aligned, everyone is a good friend, but if there is any problem in the distribution of interests, then it will be a problem.

"Why are you suddenly asking me these?" Li Ke looked at Jace and asked after thinking for a while.

"Because Zaun's progress is so fast, some guys can't sit still." Jayce said casually.

"Who?"

"Too many. Even Senator Gillaman is a little worried about it." Jace waved his hand, looking a little annoyed. He then added, "But don't worry. Mel is already handling it."

"What do I have to worry about?" Li Ke muttered.

Zaun and Piltover have a good cooperation, but over time, some people will have some ideas, which is inevitable. Li Ke is not good at politics, but this does not prevent him from understanding this matter.

It doesn’t matter. After Li Ke returns to Zaan, those people’s thoughts will disappear.

"Compared to this matter, Li Ke, I am more curious about how we should deal with the relationship with Noxus?"

"From the fact that you went to Ionia, made friends with the Ionian leaders, and established cooperation between the two cities and Ionia, I can see that, Li Ke, you want to integrate the entire Runeterra?" Jayce changed his expression and asked seriously.

"Jace, our enemy is not Noxus." Li Ke thought for a while and said.

All along, the people of the two cities, including Li Ke, have only been dealing with their own affairs, but for Li Ke, while he was doing what he should do, he also knew one thing very well.

Whether it is the Noxians or the Demacians, in the future, humans, no, it should be said that all creatures in Runeterra will have only one enemy, and that is the Void.

It is now 988, and by 989 according to Noxian records, all parts of Runeterra will enter a period of major events.

In this timeline, Swain came to power in Noxus and founded the Trifarix Council. Darius fled the North and returned to Noxus to become one of the three councils. In Demacia, Garen became the Shieldmaster and the conflict with the mages became more intense. Azir and Xerath of Shurima were resurrected. At the same time, the biggest thing was that the Void gradually stepped into major events.

Moreover, the Darkspawn in various places have gradually become active.

Therefore, if possible, Li Ke feels that Noxus, Demacia, and even the Freljord will be targets that the two cities want to win over in the future.

Humanity must band together to face the enemy and fight against the Void and the Darkin.

Besides, Modkaiser and Viego are both big troubles.
"Of course I support you, Li Ke. I and Piltover are all willing to follow you. But, will the Noxians think so?" Jayce sat up and said to Li Ke.

"That's why we agreed to the invitation and went to their dinner party, right?"

“But that wasn’t Swain’s dinner, and he’s in charge of Noxus now.”

"But we will definitely meet him and have a good talk then." Li Ke said with a smile.

After Swain obtained the power of the demon, he knew better than anyone the crisis that Runeterra would face in the future. Therefore, Li Ke felt that Swain would agree.

Jace looked at Li Ke's smile, and after a moment he also started to smile. He nodded and muttered, "Okay, it's up to you to decide. We'll all listen to you."

"Okay, that's it. I have to go pick up Jinx and take her home." Li Ke stood up and patted his butt and said.

After saying that, Li Ke leaped out from the second floor and disappeared in front of Jace's eyes in a flash.

In response to this, Jayce simply grabbed a piece of fruit nearby, took a big bite and chewed the flesh. At the same time, Jayce was thinking about a question, that is, in order to increase the combat power of the people of Piltover, should Hextech armed armor be developed?
————Following his mother onto the Hextech airship, Sett, with a flushed face and luggage in hand, looked at several law enforcement officers busy on the deck not far away. He wanted to go up to see what they were doing, but his mother held his hand and stopped him.

"Don't run around, be careful not to fall." The mother whispered to Seti.

The law enforcement officer passing by was stunned for a moment, then looked at Seti's mother with a smile and said, "Please don't worry, the spaceship will open the magic shield after takeoff, so it won't fall."

"What are they doing?" Seti asked curiously, pointing to the place he wanted to go.

These days, he listened to Li Ke's words and learned to read and write. There were children going to the library in Yuanjie Village to read books every day, and Seti was one of them.

In the book, Sett gradually came to understand the world, so he thought he already knew a lot. But now looking at such a big Hextech spaceship and those strange devices, Sett found that he seemed to understand nothing.

"Mr. Sett, that is the Hextech core device, which is used to determine the direction of the airship and find the landing point." The law enforcement officer said to Sett with a smile.

Me, sir?

Sett was a little curious about the other party's kindness. He had been able to capture other people's emotions since he was a child. This was not an innate ability of the Vastaya bloodline, but because Sett had been exposed to too many human relationships when he was a child, and had been excluded and bullied many times, so he naturally learned to read people's eyes.

Therefore, Seti looked at the law enforcement officer in a low voice and said, "Do you know me?"

"Of course, Congressman Li Ke said that you are his student and asked us to take good care of you." The law enforcement officer said.

"Teacher?" Seti was stunned. When he heard Li Ke's name, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Teacher, are you a member of the Zaun parliament?"

"Yes, Lord Li Ke is Zaun's number one councillor and also the Lord of Zaun." The law enforcement officer said with admiration on his face and an emotional tone.

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Teacher Li Ke, the gentle man who is very serious during class but smiles as soon as the get out of class is over, is he actually the master of Zaan?
How is this possible?!

Seti felt a little confused.

The speed of the Hextech spaceship was really fast. After just a short nap, Sett got up at the push of his mother. Then, he opened his eyes wide and looked at the surrounding environment.

At this moment, he appeared on a high tower. The Hextech spaceship was suspended in the air hundreds of meters high. Opposite him, people were approaching the platform and getting off the spaceship one after another.

Soon, the spaceship that Sett was on approached the platform. After several law enforcement officers pulled an instrument, Sett heard a "click" sound, accompanied by the shaking of the spaceship. With a loud bang, a huge staircase connected to the platform.

"Everyone from Ionia, you can disembark now. Please do not run around after you disembark. Wait for a moment, and someone will come to lead you to your residence!"

A law enforcement officer spoke loudly with a megaphone.

Seti followed his mother, picked up his things, and got off the spaceship.

Among the Ionians on the spaceship, only Sett and his mother were villagers from Yuanjie Village. The rest were members of the Navoli resistance, a group of men and women who looked very difficult to deal with. But after they got off the ship, they stood obediently in a row, waiting for the people from the two cities to lead them.

Nothing else. They were really shocked by the magnificent city-state before them.

The hundreds of meters long Hextech flying gate and the countless magnificent Piltover buildings under this building made them dare not even speak out loud.

"This way!"

From time to time, a uniformed law enforcement officer came out. He was tall and fat, with a well-groomed beard on his face. He held a megaphone in his hand and shouted loudly: "Ionians, please look here!"

"I am Piltover Law Enforcement Officer Loris, police number 092!"

"Please follow me. I will be responsible for leading you to your future residence."

The mother took Seti's hand and prepared to step forward, but at this moment, two other law enforcement officers came up.

"Wait, you don't live in Piltover."

"Yes, my name is Marsson, his name is Willa, and Li Ke asked us to come here." A tall and thin young man said with a smile.

"Where is Teacher Li Ke?" Seti asked curiously.

To be honest, he really misses Li Ke.

Moreover, he also missed the boss lady a little. Although she was scary, Seti could see that perhaps because of Li Ke's kindness towards him, she liked him while bullying him.

"Li Ke," Marsan smacked his lips, then raised his hand, waved it, and said with a smile, "An hour before you came to Zaun, he and the congressmen took the Hextech airship to Noxus."

"If you want to see him, it should be three days later if nothing unexpected happens."

Seti nodded.

Afterwards, he and his mother came to Zaun accompanied by these two Zaun law enforcement officers.

After entering the "underground world", Sett was shocked by the environment of Zaun.

It is not as dirty and messy as imagined. On the contrary, although the buildings are crowded and densely packed and lack sunlight, it is not depressing.

Because the streets are clean and the walls are covered with various murals, children of the same age as Seti are running around on the road, and the air you breathe smells very good.

"You will live here from now on. Li Ke said that your tailoring skills are very good, so we prepared a small shop for you as your future livelihood. Don't worry, no one dares to cause trouble in Zaun."

Arriving in front of a small house, Willa walked forward and opened the iron door, revealing a small house inside, about a few dozen square meters. The first floor was used as a shop, and the second floor was the living space for Seti and his mother, with two rooms, a small living room and a bathroom.

"Then we will leave first. If anyone comes to cause trouble in the future, please feel free to tell us. This is not a privilege prepared for you, but a privilege that everyone who comes to live in Zaun will have."

"Our duty is to protect you, ma'am. Please rest assured that in Zaun, we accept anyone." Marsan said to Sett's mother with a smile.

In return, Seti's mother nodded.

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At the same time, Noxus.

In front of the Immortal Fortress, a group of people dressed in red stood in a row. Leading them was a man with greasy hair and a big belly. He looked at the group of people coming from the front and smiled. A golden tooth sparkled in the sunlight.

Coming forward, the man said loudly:
"Everyone from the Twin Cities, I am the head of the Srilan Family, welcome to your arrival."

"Welcome to Noxus."

The head of the Srilan family, who gave people a bad impression from the outside, leaned forward slightly and said.

(End of this chapter)