Twilight and Dawn

LeBlanc and Vladimir had no reason to refuse this deal.

Eternal immortality was what they tirelessly pursued. For that goal, they were willing to pay any price—becoming a Great Giant's lackeys was a trivial matter, hardly worth mentioning.

Soon, an official announcement came from the Imperial Capital Army. It claimed that a gang of Northern scoundrels with sinister designs had secretly kidnapped Miss Lanfu and lured Czewi there, nearly trapping the loyal commander of the Magic Seekers in a dark place. Fortunately, His Majesty had seen through the enemy's scheme and rushed to the rescue in time. With the sacrifice of the Garrison Elite and the assistance of the Solar Warriors and Lunar Warriors, Lanfu and Czewi were successfully saved.

However, the people who had been taken hostage by Lanfu were gravely wounded or killed when the Northern scoundrels, driven to desperation, struck back...

There was no doubt about it: this was an attempt to smear Freljord.

You Freljordians had been so enthusiastic about waging your propaganda war outside Imperial Capital City. Well, I might as well pin the blame on you. However much LeBlanc and Vladimir had embezzled for their immortality ritual, and however many of their close associates had died in the Shadow Realm, they could now dump it all on the North. Just like that, the books were balanced!

Honestly, this approach was quite different from Jarvan IV's usual style.

Jarvan IV had always been the sort who liked to "seize any excuse to pick a fight." Once he had a firm grip on military power, he would seize on the nobles' missteps and strike at them from the moral high ground, invoking justice as he saw fit. He had a real knack for making a mountain out of a molehill.

This time, however, Jarvan IV showed