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"It was too easy, wasn't it?"
Chen frowned, always feeling that something was amiss.
He and Powder also rushed over and saw a burly, handsome, yet slightly stern middle-aged man tied to a cross in one of the inner cells.
His body was covered in beautiful muscles, but they were scarred, with both old and new wounds, some even still bleeding. It seemed his time in prison had not been easy.
Chen looked at the uncle, who somewhat resembled Geralt the Witcher, and asked Katarina:
"Is that your father, Du Couteau? Are you sure it's him?"
Katarina looked at her father inside. Although he had been extremely strict with her, raising her as an assassin from childhood and even trying to kill her once, he was still the father she respected most.
Katarina squeezed the dagger in her hand, a hint of heartache in her voice as she said:
"I couldn't be mistaken. Those old scars are still there, but there are so many new wounds…"
Chen immediately told Powder to open the lock. Powder took out a small high-energy alchemical welding torch and welded the lock open in one shot.
But at this moment, Chen's brows were tightly furrowed. He always felt that things were too simple:
"I hope I'm just overthinking it."
As soon as the door opened, Katarina rushed in, untied her father, and poured a bottle of Health Potion into Du Couteau's mouth.
Katarina carried Du Couteau on her back and immediately said:
"Let's go, hurry back."
Chen nodded. Du Couteau had finally been found. The group immediately returned the way they came.
However, on the way back, General Du Couteau woke up. His physical constitution far surpassed that of ordinary people; after all, his name was among the three strongest swordsmen in Noxus, the other two being Katarina and Talon. A few bottles of Health Potion had significantly healed his injuries.
Du Couteau opened his eyes and mumbled, hazily:
"Am I going to the execution ground?"
Katarina immediately replied:
"Father, no, I've come to rescue you."
Du Couteau rubbed his head and, in a commanding tone, told Katarina:
"Put me down."
"Yes!"
Katarina almost instinctively obeyed her father's command.
Du Couteau stood on the ground, twisted his neck, and asked Katarina in a cold tone:
"What happened? How did you manage to break into the Royal Prison and get me out?"
"Swain's coup, a fight has broken out outside…"
Katarina immediately reported the situation to Du Couteau. After listening, Du Couteau asked Katarina:
"What do you plan to do now?"
Katarina clenched her right fist and placed it over her chest:
"I await the General's command."
At this point, Du Couteau did not hesitate, directly ordering:
"Follow me to defeat the rebel Swain!"
"Yes, General!"
Katarina immediately knelt on one knee, accepting the task her father had given.
Chen shook his head. This was nothing like a father-daughter relationship. He only felt that every family had its own troubles, and places like Zaun, where one started without parents, didn't have such worries.
At this moment, Chen said to Katarina:
"General Du Couteau has been found, so we'll be leaving now. I won't interfere with Noxus's internal affairs. We'll hide for now, and then you can help us leave later."
After speaking, Chen and Powder returned the way they came. As Zaunites, they could completely remember the sewers after walking through them once, so they chose to retreat first.
Who won or lost no longer concerned him. He would find an opportunity to escape, and if that didn't work, he would go into hiding for a month under an assumed name, then find a chance to teleport back to Zaun!
The sewer pipe was long, and Chen could finally breathe a sigh of relief, finally free from Noxus's mess.
Walking along, Chen opened the system, preparing to see whose skills the system had rewarded him. He hoped for a set of skills like Swain's, so he wouldn't have to fear him.
"Hmm?"
"Wait? My mission isn't complete?"
"Didn't we find Du Couteau?"
"Why does it still show the mission as incomplete? Is it a bug?"
Chen suddenly stopped, asking the system:
"No, what about my reward? I completed the mission!"
"System notification: Mission not completed."
"No, I found Du Couteau! Is your system bugged?"
"System notification: System has no bugs. Mission not completed."
"Huh? Could it be that I also need to bring Du Couteau to Talon for it to count?"
"System notification: You have not found Du Couteau. Mission not completed."
"What?!"
Chen was furious, feeling an urge to flip a table.
After a few seconds, Chen calmed down. A system bug was unlikely, and the last system prompt stated that he had not found Du Couteau.
But he had clearly found Du Couteau, so why did it say he hadn't?
Although Chen also felt things were too simple, after all, the mission reward was a complete set of a hero's skills, and system rewards were always linked to mission difficulty.
But he couldn't think of anything suspicious. Katarina, as Du Couteau's daughter, had fully confirmed that it was her father.
"It can't be that Katarina recognized the wrong father, can it?"
Chen covered his cheek, mentally reviewing the plot of Noxus. Swain staged a coup in Noxus, overthrowing King Darkwill's rule.
But King Darkwill was just a puppet, and the true power in Noxus currently lay with the Black Rose organization, whose leader was the Pale Witch, who had lived for hundreds of years and once betrayed the Iron Revenant.
Her well-known title was—LeBlanc, the Deceiver.
As the leader of the Black Rose, LeBlanc's identity and the rumors about her are as elusive as the illusions that give her form, fleeting. Perhaps even she doesn't know her own identity, having spent centuries in mimicry and deception…
The Black Rose was founded by remnants of an ancient cult, whose history predates Noxus. The later Black Rose conspired in secret for centuries, continuously recruiting the powerful and influential into their ranks.
The current purpose of the Black Rose is to seize illicit gains for those capable of wielding such magic, all while concealing themselves within the everyday identities of ordinary nobles. These individuals are drawn by tales of miracles, then enslaved and ruthlessly exploited.
Even the most powerful military commanders serve only the true power-holders of this secret society, and within their ranks, these power-holders engage in internal strife, vying for control in a game of intrigue and conquest, with their battleground extending both within the capital of Noxus and beyond its borders.
Even the current King Darkwill was manipulated by the Black Rose, a puppet of LeBlanc.
For centuries, LeBlanc, as the leader of the Black Rose, has secretly advised powerful figures abroad, appearing in many countries to sow discord and create chaos with her illusions.
LeBlanc possesses the ability to create phantoms and illusions. Simply put, she can transform into anyone she wishes, meaning LeBlanc can also transform into Du Couteau!
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