When he was slandered by Lester, the Archmage was anxious and uneasy while he was meditating.

"Brother Ryze, your shoulders are tired from just sitting like this, aren't you? How about I give you a rub?"

Ritz opened her eyes. Mrs. Hegel, who was biting her lips, was talking about her shoulders, but her peach blossom eyes kept falling.

Damn it, the mana in the body unconsciously followed the gaze. Could it be that the mana was out of control?

"No, no need, I'm used to it, I'm not tired."

Seeing that Ritz was so entangled in herself that she opened her eyes, Mrs. Hegel smiled even more charmingly, folded her hands in front of her chest and weighed her, which made Ritz feel dizzy, and the mage closed his eyes again.

"Ah, it turns out that my brother is not meditating? Alas, I don't know. My little sister carries a heavy burden every day, and her shoulders are really sore. Brother Ryze, can you please rub it for me?"

Then a pair of small hands began to pull at his shoulders. Ruiz opened his eyes and was horrified to find that his first thought was, 'What does she want me to rub?'

As if he had been struck by lightning, Ryze felt dejected.

Bad, bad taught by Lester.

Ryze could only turn his head and forcefully avoid the murderous weapon that was approaching him.

"I didn't expect that a person as powerful as Brother Ryze would show such a cute expression. No way... Brother Ryze hasn't had a woman yet, right?"

Mrs. Hegel covered her mouth and snickered.

"Women... women will only affect the speed of my practice..."

"But there are many women for a strong man like Lord Lester, right? I don't believe that Lord Lester only has sisters Sarah and Gwen around him."

For a moment, Ruiz couldn't find a reason to refute. There were always women around Lester along the way. He could hook up with several of them wherever he went. However, they were indeed very strong. He couldn't do it just because of Lester.

Using the power of runes overrules Lester's personal will.

From this point of view, women do not seem to be an excuse for not making progress.

Are you running away from something?

It seems that the members of the association do not have the teachings of ascetics... Then why did you embark on the path of ascetics?

It would make sense if Runeterra still needed him to collect world runes, but now that the runes had been given to Lester, what else would he be struggling with without the heavy responsibility?

Seeing Ritz's embarrassment, Mrs. Hegel didn't bother too much. She walked behind Ritz with a chuckle and began to massage Ritz's shoulders.

"In my opinion, brother Rize is too serious and always tightens himself up. Little does he know that only by being relaxed can he go faster and further."

Finally thinking of using the concept of association to refute women, Ruiz opened his mouth, but the words came to his lips but he couldn't say them out.

Now that he is the only one left in the secret society, what is the use of saying these meaningless words?

Faith is something you abide by yourself, not something you tell others.

Thinking like this, Ruiz was about to stand up and stay away from this troublesome woman who was affecting his mind, but he heard Mrs. Hegel say.

"Speaking of which, I have admired great mages like my brother since I was a child, and have always imagined that I can become a legendary spell caster. Unfortunately, Bilgewater has many people from all walks of life, but there are no mages... Maybe I can't find them.

Maybe,

In short, it is rare to meet a strong man like Brother Ruiz and have such a fate..."

Ruiz couldn't help but think back to the 'fate' of the spring rain blowing on his face that night, and for a moment he forgot to stand up.

"I dare to ask, brother, can you help me check my magic talent? Maybe I am some kind of wizard wizard."

It can be considered that he talked about his expertise. After thinking about it for a while, Ryze finally nodded.

"Sit down and let me help you take a look."

"Then there's Brother Lao~"

With a sudden movement, Mrs. Hegel sat down in Ritz's arms and gently pulled at the hem of her clothes. Ritz was stunned on the spot.

"Brother Ryze, I heard that to detect magic talent, you need to look for magic veins... Well, every time I see my brother's magic, my sister's heart always beats hard. Maybe it is a magic vein. Can brother check it for her?

one time?"

After swallowing dryly, Ryze's mind went blank.

When things finally came together, Mrs. Hegel no longer hesitated and gently held Ritz's hand.

"Tsk, is this the hand of the Archmage? How about it? Do you have any talent?"

"Yes, yes...uh, no, no, no..."

…

Three days later, after putting Sarah to bed, Lester and Gwen, who had a strange attitude, knocked on the door of the Reitz residence, and it was Mrs. Hegel who opened the door.

The two exchanged their eyes silently, and after getting the answer they wanted, Lester had a smile on his face.

"Where's Ryze?"

"I'm washing up right now. Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea first, sir?"

"That's fine."

It was only half a cup of tea when a shirtless Ruiz came from the backyard and was wiping his wet body with a towel.

"Kelly...uh, why are you here?"

Leicester smiled half-heartedly, wouldn’t she be called ‘Mrs. Hegel’?

"The things on Cowart Island have almost been arranged. The rest is left to time. We can't live here forever. Work when you need to work, and 'relax' when you need to... Of course, I'll wait for you one more night.

It’s not impossible.”

Seemingly hearing the emphasis on Lester's word "relax", Ruiz scratched his head, turned around and took down two cans of imperial rye beer from the wine cabinet.

Today, Ryze does not yet have a formal position or title in the empire, but his salary is calculated according to the level of 'Imperial Archmage', and his daily expenses are specially provided by the military.

"They said you were going to treat me to a drink, but in the end I had to treat you to it."

Kelly Hegel placed beer glasses for the two of them. After pouring the beer for them, she gave Gwen a cup of scented tea.

Gwen picked up the tea cup and blew it a few times, sipping it in small sips, puffing her cheeks like a little hamster.

"It's not leisure at all. I'm busy during the day, so I have some time at night, but I can't find you at night."

"Ahem...Miss Gwen is going to leave with you?"

"Well, we can't leave her here. I don't feel comfortable leaving her alone, so I'm going to take her back to the Immortal Fortress."

"Immortal Fortress... By the way, has the war in the north ended?"

Lester looked at Kelly Hegel, who nodded and left voluntarily.

"It was a success, but it wasn't a success either."

"What does it mean?"

"The Spine of Cold Wind has finally gained a foothold, but there are some troubles on the side of the Star Curtain Barrier, and the battle has been defeated..."

Ryze put down his glass. The success or failure of the Northern War was related to the safety of Runeterra. His position was naturally on the side of the Noxus Empire.

"Lost? Failed to analyze the barrier?"

"Successful. With the assistance of Titan's Wrath, Lieutenant General Isaiah's Imperial Third Army successfully passed through the Star Curtain Barrier and confirmed that the Star Curtain Barrier is a special arcane space separated from the material realm.

The military department named it [Star Screen World],

In the star screen world, time and space are distorted by the star realm. Conventional arcane laws do not work at all. We can only use the star realm flicker to teleport. However, we do not have a way to master the star realm flicker. We cannot catch up or escape.

Being stuck and beaten.

Three astral apostles appeared, causing huge casualties to the Imperial Legion.

Even with the independent magic network supply of Titan's Wrath, the arcane magic and elemental magic of the Empire's mages have been greatly suppressed. The power of the formed spells is less than half of that of the outside world, but the enemy has received a huge ability bonus.

Within the Star Curtain Battlefield, the Astral Legion formed an absolute suppressive force on the imperial soldiers. The soldiers had no way to deal with the Star Children who came and went freely, and could only be killed alive by the astral magic...

If it weren't for Titan's Wrath's magical stance that resisted most of the attacks, I'm afraid no one would be able to leave the Star Curtain Battlefield alive, and we still don't know how big and far the Star Curtain Battlefield is...

Out of more than 100,000 people, only more than 20,000 people were evacuated at the cost of destroying a Titan's Wrath..."

The situation was worse than Ryze imagined. Like Lester, he thought that the Star Curtain Barrier was just a defensive barrier that separated the Darkwill Territory, but he did not expect that the Star Curtain Barrier was actually a defensive barrier.

The arcane space, which is different from the material realm, is not in the material realm at all, and the basic laws are completely different.

As a top arcane mage, Ryze knows very well how incredible the arcane space that can make one hundred thousand soldiers feel "boundless" is.

It was like opening up a world with complete laws. The arcane energy and space laws that needed to be used had exceeded the limits of his cognition. For the first time, he felt that his imagination was poor.

This is the power of the 'giant' that established the Shurima Empire. It is the power of creation in the true sense, and is so powerful that people cannot resist.

"It's actually like this... This is really an unimaginable result... Is there any way to deal with it?"

"No, there are only two ways to break through the star curtain world and reach the other end of the magic space.

The first way is to destroy the hidden space energy nodes in the Star Curtain World, so that the Star Curtain World can destroy itself without any attack. But the Star Spirit has been preparing for so long, how can we easily find the space energy nodes?

The second method is to find a way to resist the suppression of the laws of the Star Curtain World, at least so that the empire's legions will not be trampled to death like ants. At present, from the perspective of achievability, it is not as reliable as the first method...

…After all, the Empire is considered to be a powerful force. If you gather enough extraordinary people to enter the Star Veil World, you might actually be able to destroy the Star Veil World."

Seeing that Ritz remained silent, Lester sighed.
To be continued...