As everyone knows, Lux's homeland, Demacia, is an extremely anti-magic country that hates and fears mages.
Yet Lux, a noble lady who ranks below only a few but above millions, is a natural mage with top-tier magical talent.
Although she hid her talent under her brother's protection and continued to live the life of a young miss, until—
Frustrated by this, she wandered and wandered until she slipped into the country's highest-security prison... I mean, what kind of decent person just wanders into a prison?!
There, she met a low-level mage named Sylas.
A normal person would avoid a high-security convict at all costs, but the kind-hearted Miss Lux chose to believe Sylas's lies. Not only did she bring him food and books, but she was eventually used by him, allowing him to steal her immense magic power.
The result—Boom!
Sylas successfully escaped, using the power stolen from Lux to release all the mages in the prison.
This sparked the largest mage rebellion in Demacian history.
That night, blood flowed like a river in Demacia.
That's not all!
It gets even more absurd.
Katarina, a spy from the enemy nation of Noxus, took advantage of the chaos, targeting the King of Demacia and Lux herself.
The reason for assassinating the king is self-evident.
As for Lux, it was because her magical potential was too great, and they feared she would become a threat to Noxus in the future.
In the chaos, Katarina did find Lux, but instead of killing her, she actually ended up saving her.
The unspeakable secret between My Light and Sister-in-law (misty).
Lux, who had no idea what was happening, didn't feel any wariness toward the beautiful woman before her and "accidentally" let slip the king's location.
The result?
King Jarvan III passed away that very night!
Meanwhile, she was perfectly fine, without even a scratch.
What a brilliant technique for shifting aggro!
After that battle, Demacia's strength was greatly diminished.
The king was dead, and countless soldiers and civilians died in the chaos.
The mage community faced an unprecedentedly brutal purge.
Funnily enough, while Demacians feared mages before, they used to turn a blind eye to innocent ordinary mages, at most throwing them in prison to feed them anti-magic powder and releasing them once they lost their magic power.
But after this incident, Demacia immediately enacted new laws.
From then on, Demacia's treatment of mages was just like how a certain mustached artist treated the'squids'.
It was a policy of "kill them all."
It was a complete lose-lose situation.
So who won?
Noxus won, watching their rival fall into internal strife without losing a single soldier, and even picking up a kill along the way.
Sylas won, going from a prisoner to a rebel leader. Although the rebellion failed, he escaped Demacia alive.
Who else won?
Well... Lux, the one who started it all.
Because Katarina thought: "Keeping Lux alive is more harmful to Demacia than killing her."
So she let her go... is that even human logic?
So I think there might be another reason Katarina didn't kill Lux—she couldn't forget Lux's melancholic eyes. What a pair... Lux didn't even know she had brushed past death.
After this catastrophe, she remained the young miss of the Crownguard Family, living a life of privilege.
There's even a dark joke circulating in the player community—if Akshan (who has the ability to revive teammates killed by an enemy after killing that enemy) shot Lux, hundreds of thousands of people in Demacia would be resurrected.
"Hiss—"
Su Modie took a sharp breath.
Isn't she just a total jinx?
Counting it up, the lives Reze took don't even add up to the number of people Lux got killed in one afternoon... This is what they call "the villain racks their brains, but Lux just has a sudden inspiration"... Although Su Modie couldn't help but cringe, she believed Lux was truly a good person at heart.
She could definitely wash away the injustice and end this farce, and then... then Su Modie pulled Lux from the villainess simulation game... No... this... to some extent, this should be considered solid proof, right?
My Light... how could... Forget it, now that it's come to this, let's see what abilities she has!
...Kamar-Taj, a secret realm deep in the Himalayas.
Isolated from the World, it is the first line of defense protecting Earth's mystical side.
In a circular hall deep within the Sanctum, the air was filled with a faint scent of sandalwood.
In the center of the hall floated a massive projection of Earth woven from countless golden magical threads—the sanctum map.
It rotated slowly, connecting to portals leading to Sanctums around the World, monitoring magical fluctuations and dimensional invasions globally in real-time.
Sorcerer Supreme Gu Yi stood below, holding a cup of hot tea, looking at the sanctum map with a calm expression.
Beside her, the apprentice Lintra, who was cleaning dust from the floor, seemed a bit distracted.
He had an intimidating minotaur's body with green fur all over, but right now, those bovine eyes were filled with a clear vision called "I really want to get off work."
"Lintra," Gu Yi gently blew the froth in her cup, her tone flat yet seemingly able to see into one's heart, "If the mind is as clear as ice, even the falling sky will not startle it. Your mind has been a bit unsettled lately; have you been indulging in the internet again?"
Although Kamar-Taj did have Wi-Fi for convenience, it didn't mean apprentices could use it to neglect their training.
The honest minotaur apprentice's body suddenly stiffened. He quickly gripped his broom and argued with shifting eyes:
"No, no! Master Ancient One, you know I've never been interested in those electronic products. World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike... I've never even heard of them. I've been dedicated to studying the Vishanti's White Magic Defense Arts..."
Ancient One slowly raised her eyelids, her deep eyes filled with "I'm just quietly watching you make things up."
Just as Lintra was breaking into a cold sweat and his hooves were pawing the ground uneasily, as if trying to physically dig a hole to crawl into—
Vroom—!!!
Without warning, the golden globe in the center of the hall, which had been operating steadily, suddenly locked onto a coordinate on the other side of the Earth.
The next second, a high-intensity white light, bright enough to blind titanium-alloy dog eyes, suddenly swept through the room through the sanctum map's projection!
This wasn't ordinary brightness; it was as if a star had detonated in the center of the Sanctum!
The entire hall turned pure white, and even shadows seemed to be swallowed whole.
"Holy crap! Who the hell threw a flash?!"
Lintra instinctively dropped his broom and covered his eyes tightly with both hands.
The intense light lasted for three full seconds before dissipating.
Lintra rubbed his tearing bovine eyes and opened them blurrily, only to find no enemy invasion. Only Ancient One was there, holding her teacup, still as steady as a mountain, except her usually calm eyes were staring at him.
"Uh..."
Lintra froze.
Facing the Sorcerer Supreme's gaze that seemed to see through his soul, the poor bull could only scratch his head awkwardly and chuckle, "That... Master Ancient One, I've finished sweeping the floor. I'll go back and practice seriously right now!"
With that, he picked up his broom and fled in a panic..
Ancient One ignored her disciple's antics. She slowly set down her teacup and stood up, her plain yellow robes fluttering without wind. She looked solemnly at the coordinates on the sanctum map where a light spot still remained—Queens, New York.
"Interesting."
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