Chapter 264 It’s so satisfying!

Chapter 264 It’s so satisfying!

Today, gray stone has become the iconic feature of a demon seeker, and every demon seeker wears a gray stone on their chest.

However, in recent years, research and development like this has almost never happened.

It's like hitting a bottleneck.

In people's minds, there seems to be no new changes in the Demon Searchers group for some time.

"Yeah."

After hearing Eldred's answer, Jarvan III's expression remained unchanged and he continued to ask: "How many people are there in the Forbidden Demon Corps now?"

Eldred lowered his head slightly and replied without thinking: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 2,486 people in the Forbidden Demon Corps."

The Forbidden Demons themselves are not a particularly large organization, and their reputation is based on their methods of fighting mages in previous years.

Just like the Fearless Vanguard, what is important is not the number, but the essence.

But in fact, if you look closely, these two thousand four hundred people are no longer a minority.

They are spread all over Demacia, engaged in demon suppression operations, giving almost no room for the mages to breathe.

When Jarvan III heard this, he said in a calm voice: "Last time, I cut half of the group fee of the Forbidden Demon Corps. It is conceivable that the treatment of these two thousand four hundred people has also been downgraded. Now that the situation at home and abroad is stable, I don’t think there is a need for so many people to compete for the remaining half of the group fee. From today on, the demon-forbidden people will return to their previous status, remove half of their personnel and assign them to other regiments. In this way, the group fee and treatment will be restored. Moreover, there is no need to waste so much human resources anymore.”

The calm voice fell, but suddenly the conference hall became uproar.

Even Eldred couldn't help but raise his head when he heard these words, his eyes flashing.

The treatment of the demon searchers has indeed been restored, but the price is that half of the people have been lost.

So only half of the tour fee is left, which is just right.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Third World is preparing to kill the Demon Searchers.

In the last cult group incident, the Demon Searchers did not do well, so they deserved to be eliminated.

But this time, there was no reason, it was just a knife.

This knife can be said to be a big cut.

But when it comes to the reason, many people present thought of it at the same time, and it seemed that there was only one reason.

Seeing the hesitant expressions of many ministers, Jiawen III's calm eyes released a surge of momentum, calmed the situation, and said quietly: "Let's make arrangements as soon as possible, and quickly remove half of the people who have been dismissed. , dispersed to other corps, Roy, Giovanni, you two will cooperate with the commander of the demon-seeking corps on this matter."

Roy and Giovanni replied in unison: "I obey."

Seeing Eldred's silence, Jarvan III looked at him: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Eldred lowered his head and bowed: "Your Majesty, no. I will execute it now."

Everyone could hear the firmness of "I have made up my mind" in Jarvan III's words, and they immediately understood that no matter what they said, it would be useless.

This time is different from the major event of pardoning the mage last time. Jarvan III naturally still has the right to mobilize the personnel actions of the demon searchers.

Jiawen III looked around at the audience, then stood up and said softly: "Since there is nothing to do, let's end this meeting."

This sentence completely stopped some ministers from wanting to say anything else.

After the meeting ended, the ministers dispersed outside, some walking in groups, and they were still talking in low voices about the meeting just now.

Some are just lone figures, like Eldred, leaving without saying a word.

Lu Qi was also walking outside. After leaving the palace, he saw Eldred getting on his horse, then waving his whip and riding away.

This person always gave him the feeling that he kept everything he had to say to himself.

In other words, keep it hidden.

This wave of forbidden demons has experienced an epic weakening, which is enough to show that the idea of ​​pardoning the mage in the third generation has not been discontinued.

By now, action has begun.

If the ban on mages is to be lifted, the first priority must be the demon searchers.

However, naturally, the demon searcher cannot be killed directly with one sword.

Sitting on the carriage, Lu Qi suddenly thought that the third generation might have had this idea when he deducted half of the tour fee from the Demon Searchers last time.

It's just that I haven't found a suitable reason yet, so I just happened to do it.

The more I think about it, the more likely it is.

After such a long time, Lu Qi naturally knew that his father was a far-sighted king.

So it can be seen early on that banning demons is harmful to Demacia but not beneficial.

Feeling the bumps of the carriage, Lu Qi thought for a while and said, "Stop on the way to the prison."

"yes."

Yuerna responded from outside.

Half an hour later, the carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the prison.

After getting off the carriage, he walked into the prison smoothly. From a distance, Lu Qi saw Silas running on the track with steady breathing.

Now his physical strength seems to be getting better and better, and running in circles is no longer difficult for him.

Considering that the prison's food supply was not particularly rich, the fact that it was able to reach this point is enough to illustrate Silas's extraordinary talent.

This time Lu Qi didn't come closer, he just glanced at him from afar, then turned and left.

Even if we go, I'm afraid we won't be able to chat for a few words, so why bother asking for boredom.

When you feel better one day, come back and take a look.

On the runway, Silas seemed to sense something and suddenly looked back, but he only saw an empty road and no one.

He didn't think any more and continued running.

It always felt like it had been a while since the prince came again.

Raising his head slightly and looking at the blue sky, Silas realized that he had unknowingly traveled from autumn to spring.

It's been like this for half a year.

Although he could often look up at the sky, to him, it was nothing more than a bigger cage.

He has never even set foot outside this prison.

I don’t know when the day of freedom will come.

In the living room of Lu Qi's mansion.

"So, Uncle Jiawen simply destroyed half of the Demon Searchers?"

Sitting on the sofa, Lux's eyes were full of surprise.

"I can't say it's been abolished. It's just been arranged to go to other places."

Lu Qi took a sip of tea lightly.

"Then what's the difference between this and being crippled?" Lux felt extremely happy all of a sudden, very happy: "Great, I have long disliked these demon hunters."

When she was a child, the demon seekers were simply her psychological shadow.

Wear a shabby mask and stop there, who are you trying to scare?

Now that I have such an experience, it is so satisfying!

The crowning lady was in a good mood and showed off her ice cream. As a result, her head hurt from the cold, which made her extremely happy and sad.

The Forbidden Demons are actually not popular with many people in Demacia.

Nowadays, this sword must be popular among many people.

Katarina heard this and couldn't help but said: "I've always been curious, why does Demacia ban demons?"

The mage himself is the darling of Runeterra.

Why do the opposite and target them?

For example, in Noxus, the salary of a mage is extremely high, especially the kind of mage with special talents.

Even if he doesn't have to do anything, he can walk a lot less and easily get into the position that others only dream of.

But such a mage can only become a prisoner in Demacia.

"Who knows? It is said that it was a magic-free shelter built to avoid the Rune War that year."

Lu Qi casually replied: "So it became more and more intense, and eventually, the mage became everyone's enemy."

Katarina wondered: "What's the point of doing this? It wasn't just Demacia that was hit by the Rune War. Many places were also hit by the disaster, but they didn't strictly prohibit magic. In other words, in fact, magic is It may be a means to fight against the Rune War. Secondly, can anyone from the original generation guarantee that their descendants will not be mage?"

This is Rune Land, a magical continent.

Two people without magic will still give birth to a person with magical talent.

These people will inevitably have their own descendants.

So what is the point of such endless suppression and ban?

From Catalina's point of view, this is no different from trapping oneself in a cocoon and asking for trouble.

Lux, who had recovered now, nodded immediately after hearing this: "I support your view!"

"You rarely talk so much."

Lu Qi drank tea, looked at Katarina with a smile, and said: "How did Demacia embark on the path of banning demons? It's such a long time ago, I'm afraid no one knows. Maybe someone really knows, but I won’t say it easily, but maybe somewhere there is a witness of the times.”

It has been almost seven hundred years since the founding of Demacia. Who can know what happened seven hundred years ago.

During this period, history was edited by countless people, and finally this history was presented to people.

And among them, who can know the history that has been buried and buried except those silent witnesses.

After hearing this, Catalina also calmed down and drank hot tea.

I couldn't help but think that it would actually be good to ban demons like this.

After all, Noxus has always dealt with Demacia like this, and even so, it is already difficult to deal with.

It's hard to imagine what Demacia would be like if one day the restrictions on the forbidden magic were lifted.

At this moment, Lux had an idea and said, "Can't we just ask Poppy?"

The girl suddenly thought of Poppy because the latter often boasted about some irrelevant things, such as knowing the previous king Oren, killing demons with Oren, and knowing many famous figures in history, such as Durang.

However, everyone regarded this as a child's joke and never took it seriously.

But at this moment, Lux was suddenly curious about what Poppy would say this time.

Although she didn't believe it, she still liked Poppy's wonderful imagination.

So, she stood up and found Poppy, who was lying on a round table in the garden with his limbs spread wide, basking in the sun.

Poppy, who was pushed awake, rubbed his sleepy eyes with a confused look on his face: "Huh? Forbidden Demon. I don't know. It seems that there were two very powerful people who had a fierce quarrel, and then that's what happened. "

"A very powerful person quarreled very fiercely? How violently? How did the quarrel begin? Who won the argument? How powerful was it?"

Lux was like a curious baby, asking a lot of questions one after another.

There were a few more questions that popped into Poppy's mind. In addition, she was still very sleepy at the moment, so she replied in a daze: "I don't know. Anyway, it was very powerful. They had a fight. .The sky has changed color”

Seeing how her words were unclear and how sleepy she looked, Lux knew that she had come at the wrong time.

"Okay, you can continue to sleep." So she helped Bobby lie down again and apologized: "I'm sorry for disturbing your sleep."

"It doesn't matter."

Poppy yawned, turned over, and soon fell asleep again. His sleeping face was very sweet, and it was obvious that he had continued the sweet dream just now.

Lux returned to the living room and relayed Poppy's words to several people in the room: "Should we say it or not, Poppy is pretty good at making up stories."

Kashina tilted her head and thought for a while: "Two powerful people fighting? Why does their fight have anything to do with the forbidden demon?"

Lu Qi drank tea and said, "Maybe they have a lot of influence. You think so, Yourna."

Yourna was slightly startled when she was suddenly mentioned, and then replied without changing her expression: "That may be the case."

"Hey, it's just a story that Poppy made up." Lux continued to eat the ice cream: "You don't take it seriously, do you?"

Kashina nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Qi drank tea and said nothing.

Among the people present, he might be the only one who knew that what Bobby said was probably not a lie.

There is no doubt that if anyone is a witness of the times, Bobby must be one.

According to her, there was a fight between two very powerful people, and then the series of operations to ban demons began.

Lu Qi also had a vague guess about who these two people were.

However, after all, this happened hundreds of years ago, and there is no point in thinking about it more.

When the truth is revealed, it will be revealed sooner or later.

After finishing the tea in the cup, a reminder suddenly flashed in Lu Qi's mind.

[Congratulations to the host whose qualifications have exceeded 80 - unparalleled in the world]

The qualification broke through again, reaching the 80 mark. At the same time, Lu Qi remembered that it seemed to be the highest level of qualification.

Unparalleled in the world.

In other words, his current talent is already very strong?

I opened the panel and took a look, it just turned 80.

After thinking for a while, Lu Qi felt that 80 points of qualifications were probably just the threshold for being unparalleled in the world. Compared with true geniuses, it was even less meaningful.

Like the little golden retriever sitting next to him, in terms of talent, he is probably at least 90 and above.

What exactly is talent? Lu Qi understands it as a college mathematics problem. Different people will have different solving times and solutions when looking at it.

People with extremely high talents can see the answer at a glance.

A person with a stupid talent may not be able to find the answer even if he solves it for several hours.

This was the gap between the two before, and people with various talents were caught in the middle.

Talent is a ethereal thing. Even if he breaks through to the current level, it is not a particularly big surprise for Lu Qi.

No matter how talented he is, he is usually too lazy to move.

At noon, he put down the tea cup, sat up, and prepared to make lunch.