The muscles in Yasuo's body were tense.

For a person who is proficient in Gale Swordsmanship, when someone touches your back silently, neither your intuition nor Gale are reminded, and you don't realize "there is someone here" until the other person speaks.

By then, the situation was already very dangerous.

How could Yasuo not be nervous!

Seeing that Yasuo's right hand was already holding the sword hilt, the other party shrugged helplessly and reached out to take off his hood.

"I mean no harm—are all Noxians so wary?"

After seeing the other person's appearance, Yasuo's pupils subconsciously shrank slightly, and in order to cover up this, he also narrowed his eyes, as if he was looking at the special tattoo on the other person's face.

But in fact, Yasuo's heart was already filled with turmoil, because after seeing the other party's appearance, Yasuo immediately recognized the other party's identity!

Ryze!

Runekeepers of Runeterra!

There are bulging things in the cloak behind his back, and that is the scroll he never leaves!

No wonder it can appear behind him so easily without him noticing...

If it's Ryze, he has the ability.

Yasuo thought for a moment, silently released the hilt of his sword, and took off his hood.

"This gentleman." Looking at Ryze, Yasuo pretended to be frightened. "It is very scary to suddenly appear behind others and then speak without warning - I am not

Noxian, but I was taken aback by you."

"Aren't you from Noxus?" Ryze glanced at Yasuo twice, then nodded slightly, "Then... let me introduce myself. My name is Ryze. I am going to Freljord now. I saw that you seemed to want to

I wanted to release this domesticated Jukar, so I came here in a hurry - if possible, could you sell it to me, I really need a mount."

Need a mount?

Ryze, don’t you use arcane jump?

Although he was full of doubts, Yasuo still didn't ask in the end - as a rune guardian, Ryze must have many considerations, and he was not familiar with him, so there was no point in asking rashly.

What's more... Yasuo doesn't want to have anything to do with Ryze now. Rune magic is amazingly powerful, but it is more difficult to tame than the natural magic of Ionia. Yasuo has no intention of using rune magic now.

means, and I am not interested at all in world runes or anything like that.

Since Ryze wanted Yu'kal, Yasuo simply handed him the saddle and saddle, and then accepted a Noxian gold coin as a token of exchange.

"He's a good animal." Seeing Ryze skillfully climbing onto Jukar's back, Yasuo warned him, "But he's very edible... You'd better find something to eat for him while he's resting.

, otherwise it will easily delay the journey."

"There's no need to be too anxious about this." Sitting on Jukar's back, Ruiz seemed to be relieved. "I'm just here to meet an old friend. It's still a long time before the appointment. I

There's no rush - but you... I wish you a safe journey."

The two people said goodbye to each other, and then one went south and the other north on the vast ice field, embarking on completely different paths.

Soon, the two people disappeared from each other's sight - and interestingly, after losing sight of each other, both people stopped.

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Yasuo silently thought about the possible reasons why Ryze came to Freljord - if I remember correctly, Brand, the Vengeful Flame Soul, was once a Freljordian when he was still a human. Maybe Ryze

Does the trip to Freljord have anything to do with this?

Or...in Freljord, some world rune appeared, forcing him to trek here and collect it carefully?

If it's the former, then the purpose of Ryze's trip is just to pay tribute - it has nothing to do with Yasuo at all.

But if it's the latter... Yasuo might have to be more vigilant.

If the Noxians knew about a new world rune, they probably wouldn't let it go.

And if the Noxians really got the world runes, it would really be a disaster.

Although in the original history, the Noxians and the world runes seemed to have little intersection, Swain and LeBlanc fought openly and secretly for a long time before reaching a delicate balance with the situation of the Trifari Council, but now Asia

Suo Ke didn't dare to be so sure.

After all, did you participate yourself?

If something unexpected happened and the Noxians mastered a core killer weapon like the World Rune, Yasuo would not be able to accept it no matter what!

Therefore, Yasuo finally couldn't help but stop and began to think about how he could know what Ryze's goal was.

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On the other hand, the more Ryze thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong with Yasuo.

He seemed to be a good person by accepting a gold coin in a symbolic way and telling him to take care of Jukal - but the problem was that Ryze knew very well that when he appeared, the first reaction of the other party after hearing the voice was to hold the hilt of the sword.

, ready to draw the sword.

Judging from this subconscious reaction, that guy doesn't look like a good person.

And more importantly... Ryze smelled a strong magical aura on Yasuo's body.

Although the other party had black hair and black eyes and said that he was not a Noxian but an Ionian, and Ionians did have such characteristics, the problem was that based on Ryze's understanding, he

Don't think the Ionians would come here!

And compared to the natural magic of Ionia that Ryze is familiar with, Yasuo's aura is primitive and complex, and this is what worries Ryze the most.

Of course, Ryze, who had sensed something was wrong at that time, had already quietly used rune magic to detect Yasuo when he was talking to him and introducing himself. Yasuo did not have the aura of rune magic on his body - but he was riding a Yosuo

The further Carl walked away, the more Ritz started to murmur in his heart.

Really not?

Could it be that the other party used some means to hide the breath of rune magic?

This is not because Ryze is delusional, but that he has indeed experienced this kind of thing many times - although the world runes are highly corrosive, they can indeed be mastered and utilized through some special means.

In the process of collecting and protecting world runes, Ryze has also experienced this situation!

Thinking of this, Ryze finally stopped Jukal, but unlike Yasuo, the Rune Guardian decided to continue his journey after thinking for a while.

After all, the other party is only "possibly related to rune magic", and the goal of my journey is a certain world rune.
Chapter completed!