I Laugh at Swain's Arrogance and Li Ke's Stupidity!

To bring LeBlanc out, Li Ke is a crucial part of the plan, because Mordekaiser is a sword hanging over LeBlanc's head. Think about it, everyone, everything LeBlanc has done for the past thousand years has been in preparation for Mordekaiser's return.

Although Mordekaiser's current power is, in a sense, also thanks to LeBlanc.

And the things that the silly beauty LeBlanc does include, but are not limited to—

1. He wanted to seize the power of the Ascended, but instead released Renekton Xerath.

2. His plot to kill Swain backfired, granting Swain demonic powers and creating a powerful enemy for himself.

3. After seeing how powerful Swain's demonic power was, he became envious and wanted the demonic power too. As a result, he failed to summon and control the demon, and the demon was summoned into Annie's Little Bear and ran away with Annie.

4. His attempt to frame the loyal Riven backfired, turning Riven into a farming girl instead. None of the troops he sent out returned, and he even slipped up and was caught by Swain.

5. Attempting to exploit Rell's powerful magic resulted in the destruction of the experimental base, Rell fled and betrayed the Black Rose.

To be honest, Ji is definitely not an idiot, but it's unlikely that Ji isn't an idiot.

In fact, if Li Ke were to describe it, he could sum up the designer's persecution of LeBlanc in just one sentence:

Your naive and kind heart has turned you into a world-destroying witch, and your hard work and millennia-long schemes have become a joke!

It has to be said that compared to Lux, the hardworking Ms. LeBlanc is like a green recruit.

LeBlanc's elaborate schemes to do bad things are no match for your simple act of kindness!

Noxus girl, stand at attention!

Therefore, although LeBlanc is a very powerful female mage, as long as he thinks about what she has done, Li Ke can never regard her as the "mastermind" or "boss".

Lissandra, also a figure hidden behind the scenes, is a master strategist who has rarely appeared in public over thousands of years. Yet, Freljord has always been under her control. Even the appearance of the other two reincarnations of the Ice Three Sisters has not threatened Lissandra's position in the slightest.

But what about LeBlanc?

Who exactly is Mao's mastermind?

"What are you laughing at?" Swain he saw Li Ke suddenly laugh.

Li Ke snapped out of his reverie, looked at Swain, and said, "I was just thinking about what LeBlanc has done over the years."

Swain was taken aback at first, then he also laughed.

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"What are you laughing at?" Jinx asked curiously.

Mel was also puzzled. To her, she already knew what the name "LeBlanc" meant. This name represented the organization her mother feared, and also the leader of the powerful organization that drove her mother out of Noxus.

But at that moment, Li Ke and Commander Swain laughed because of the name.

No, why is that?

"LeBlanc is very powerful, but... she really does seem a little dim-witted sometimes," Li Ke said after thinking for a moment.

Swain listened, smiled, and shook his head, saying, "No, Li Ke, it's quite the opposite. She's very clever, extremely clever, but too clever for her own good. She thinks she can strategize and win battles from afar, hiding herself behind the scenes. Her biggest weakness is that she doesn't go down to the grassroots level."

Swain the nail on the head.

After listening, Li Ke nodded in agreement with Swain's idea.

As mentioned earlier, Li Ke doesn't think LeBlanc is truly stupid. If she weren't smart, she wouldn't have been able to break free from Mordekaiser's control. Making Mordekaiser the ruler of the underworld did bring trouble to LeBlanc, but it also caused Mordekaiser to lose Noxus. Remember, no matter what, Mordekaiser was sealed into the underworld by LeBlanc.

To put it bluntly, LeBlanc is truly powerful; after all, she's a great magician who has lived for over a thousand years.

However, this person's biggest problem is that she is too arrogant and conceited. She thinks she is the smartest and everyone else is a fool. She always thinks that her words can be law and that whatever she says will be done. But in reality, many things cannot be accomplished simply because she knows them and then delegates them to her subordinates.

To put it bluntly, LeBlanc is incredibly quick to come up with ideas, but when it comes to actually putting them into practice, she's incredibly lazy.

Her biggest problem is that she only thinks about things without actually doing them.

If she personally followed along and took charge of everything, wouldn't netizens have ridiculed her as an idiot?

Take the matter of seizing the power of the Ascended, for example. If she hadn't entrusted it to the snake woman and instead gone to Shurima herself, would she have been unaware of the seal?

Regarding Annie, if she were nearby when the demon was summoned, would the demon still have appeared inside Annie's doll?

Every plan was perfectly good, but none of them succeeded.

Tell me about your plans.

Swain looked at Li Ke and asked.

Li Ke organized his thoughts, then smiled and Swain.

At noon the next day, Jayce, Mel, Silco, and the others packed their things and prepared to leave the Immortal Bastion and return to Piltover in Hex Airship.

Li Ke and Jinx were left behind.

The plan is to LeBlanc out; Li Ke is the bait. Of course, he won't leave Noxus, and if Li Ke doesn't leave, then Jinx certainly won't leave either; she's determined to stick with Li Ke to the death.

After all, she was planning to go to Freljord with Li Ke!

"Can your plan, which you and Swain leading, really succeed?"

Before parting, Mel asked with concern.

She always felt that this plan was very unreliable.

Mel really couldn't understand what Li Ke was talking about. Could that really be considered a plan?

He pretended that he and Swain had failed to reach an agreement, and that Swain did not agree to the conditions proposed by Li Ke. So Li Ke stayed in Noxus to look for an opportunity to communicate with Swain, but Swain refused to see him and then lured LeBlanc out.

Actually, if what happened at the dinner party that day hadn't occurred, then Mel thought the idea would have been feasible.

But at the dinner party, didn't Li Ke and LeBlanc practically break off their relationship?

He practically had "I want to Swain" written all over his face. In this situation, Swain and they weren't on good terms, would LeBlanc believe him?

After hearing what Mel said, Li Ke simply smiled.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work out. As long as I'm still in Noxus, she'll find a way to contact me." Li Ke whispered to Mel.

Mel nodded, then smiled, "Alright, we'll head back now."

"Um."

"Silco, remember to handle that matter properly," Li Ke said, turning to Silco again.

Silco nodded and said softly, "I'll find some time to make contact with the Demacia."

After they left, Li Ke took Jinx back inside the Immortal Bastion.

After taking Jinx back to their lodgings, which were far from Swain's castle, Li Ke summoned Janna after speaking with Jinx for a while.

"What's up?" The little bluebird appeared, yawning, and looked at Li Ke.

The bird's tilted head held a look of confusion in its eyes.

"Protect Jinx for me, I have some errands to run," Li Ke said to Janna.

Janna didn't ask why, just hummed in agreement, nodded, and flew onto Jinx's head.

Jinx was unhappy. She wanted to go out with Li Ke, but Li Ke said he had business to attend to and it would be difficult if she came along, so she had no choice but to stay.

"Go ahead, I'll protect Jinx," Janna said confidently.

After her battle with Nagakabouros, it seems Janna has somewhat overcome her inner demons?

It's not surprising, really. After all, Janna encountered Shurima at its peak during her time of power, and was criticized by Azir for destroying the God of War, who was called a false Deity. It's not surprising that the little blue bird was terrified as a result.

No, back then, who in Runeterra could beat Shurima?

To put it bluntly, even the three Deity of the North wouldn't work.

Shurima's golden age was under Azir's control. During that time, Shurima had countless Ascended. If Azir had been willing then, and if Xerath's betrayal hadn't happened, then Runeterra would truly have been renamed the Shurima.

You should know that Setaka, Shurima the time of the Ascended Queen, was able to resist the Void invasion. The Void outbreak in Icathia was different from the Void under Freljord; that was a real Void invasion of Runeterra. Setaka then led the Ascended to fight against the Void and successfully repelled Void.

The Shurima under Azir's control was even more powerful than Setaka's, according to official sources.

Therefore, Janna naturally thought she was very weak.

But actually, after fighting Nagakabouros, Janna discovered that she was pretty strong too!

Little Bluebird is now brimming with confidence; protecting Jinx in Noxus is no problem at all!

Seeing Jinx and Janna chatting in bed, Li Ke smiled, then turned and left the room, going out alone into the street.

At the same time, Swain also received the news.

Why did he stay?

"I'm here to see Swain, "Draven asked curiously.

Draven was naturally curious about the fact that two outsiders had moved into the Immortal Bastion during this period.

Swain merely glanced at him without saying a word.

Seeing Swain's reaction, Draven wasn't surprised; he simply sniffed the air.

"What's that smell? It smells like meat? You've been eating here?"

He looked surprised and asked curiously, "Don't you never eat in your study?"

Strangely enough, although he was good friends with Swain, he had quite a few little rules. Sometimes he was as old-fashioned as an old man, which Draven, who liked to hang out in taverns and arenas, didn't like.

But just as Swain wouldn't dictate his own preferences, Draven wouldn't comment on Swain's rules.

On the contrary, he respected Swain's rules, which is why he had such a good relationship with Swain.

Draven is not like his appearance suggests; on the contrary, he has an extremely sensitive heart.

After hearing Draven's words, Swain lowered his head, and when he looked up, he laughed.

"It's a bit chilly today, how about we have hot pot?"

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What is that?

"It's a specialty of Zaun. Come on, help me tidy up my desk, I'll have someone prepare the ingredients."

"Swain said calmly."

In a house on the outskirts of Noxus's Immortal Bastion, Elise cautiously knocked on a door.

After hearing "Come in," Elise pushed open the door.

"My lady," Elise said respectfully, kneeling on one knee as she entered.

"How is it?" The purple-haired little girl sat above, wearing a princess dress and black princess shoes. She was incredibly cute, but her eyes revealed a wisdom beyond her years.

Elise looked up and saw LeBlanc looking like this.

She didn't find it strange.

Over the centuries, she had seen countless forms of LeBlanc: old men, men, women, and even non-humans.

LeBlanc can become someone else whenever she wants, so becoming a little girl is nothing unusual.

Perhaps this appearance would make it easier for LeBlanc to move around the city?

Elise cleared her mind and said in a deep voice, "Mel, Jayce, Silco, and that short-haired female follower have left Noxus, while Li Ke and his wife have stayed."

"That's not what I want to know." LeBlanc frowned, her round face showing displeasure.

She crossed her legs, raised one small arm and rested it on the princess chair, her palm supporting her round, chubby face, and said, "What I want to know is what he and Swain talked about."

Elise quickly replied, "Yesterday, he entered the castle led by Du Kao's eldest daughter and met Swain, but three hours later, they were driven out of the Immortal Bastion. Swain ordered that no one from the Twin Cities be allowed to enter the castle from now on."

"Anything else?"

"According to information gleaned from the servants, Li Ke wanted to acquire the crafting technique for Runesteel and demanded that Swain hand it over. Swain wanted to exchange it for Hextech, but Li Ke refused, and then... then they had an argument." Elise thought for a moment and added, "My lady, I think Li Ke's staying in Noxus might be for the Runesteel crafting method?"

"Hextech is closely related to runes," Elise said.

LeBlanc nodded.

Elise looked at LeBlanc's lovely face, momentarily lost in thought, and then said, "My lady, I think this is a conspiracy."

"Ha, do I need you to tell me?" LeBlanc's lovely face broke into a mocking smile upon hearing Elise's words.

She stood up, jumped off the princess chair, put one hand on her hip, looked at Elise kneeling below, and said in a deep voice, "Swain has been trying to capture me, and Li Ke doesn't know anything about what happened between me and Swain. Li Ke might know something, but he's too young. Youth is the biggest problem. What could someone so young know?"

One moment he was attacking me in front of Swain, and the next he's fallen out with Swain and left alone in Noxus? They're just doing this so I'll go to him. He knows I need him for something, but I also know he knows I need him."

LeBlanc's smile widened. She covered her mouth with her hand, tilted her head back, and laughed loudly, "But, aren't he and Swain underestimating me a bit?"

"Even you can see that something's wrong, so how could I not?"

Upon hearing this, Elise felt a slight dissatisfaction, but she took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "Your Excellency is wise!"

Hehehe~~~

"I laugh at Swain's arrogance and Li Ke's stupidity! Their scheme is simply to tell me that they want to find me now. I can't give up on Li Ke, but why should I only tell Li Ke this?"

"You want me to play along?"

"I won't!"

"I refuse to do as they please!"

LeBlanc waved her hand and said confidently:

"He left Jinx in the city, that's his biggest weakness! Love really does make people stupid. He actually kept Jinx by his side instead of letting her return to Zaun. Zaun is protected by the Deity, I can't take someone important to him with me, but this is my territory! Mine!"

LeBlanc gritted her teeth. "Swain thinks he has complete control of this country, that I fled the Immortal Bastion because of him? But how could they know that I am everywhere!"

Elise understood LeBlanc's meaning and immediately said, "I'll do it right away."

"No, you don't need to go. I'll handle this myself."

"That's what LeBlanc said slyly."