-157- This is Zaun

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a round of applause to Ekko, the scientist from Zaun, who has come to open the concert for us!"

Mel raised her hand, loudly introducing the young man from Zaun to the audience at the venue.

Of course, Ekko wouldn't join any girl band.

I mean, that's a girl band, and what's a guy like Ekko doing there?

But Ekko did participate in the performance, albeit with just one song.

Ekko was here as a guest performer.

He was going to sing the first song together with Seraphine.

It was a song personally written by Seraphine.

With Mel's words coming to a pause, the audience immediately erupted into applause.

Mainly because the previous scene was too shocking. No, even now, it was still breathtaking! The enormous stage floating in the air, bathed in the white light all around, formed light spheres, turning the dance corridor into a place as bright as daylight.

Even the sound waves materialized, visible sound.

Everyone could clearly hear the music, those close didn't find it noisy, and surprisingly, those far away didn't feel the volume was low.

This. Was too powerful!

"Now, for the first song, 'GIANTS'!"

Mel, the dignified councilor, was now the host of the concert.

But it's okay, only this time.

Only the first Twin City Day would require a councilor to be the host.

After all, now the high-ranking officials of both cities were committed to this.

But Mel herself also enjoyed this job very much, listening to the music on stage, controlling the order of the venue. Mel really liked this job.

And this song, "Giants," was Mel's favorite among all of Seraphine's songs!

As a Noxian, there was still a love for something passionate deep inside Mel.

She hated war because most Noxians only thought war was exciting.

But they were wrong.

Music could also stimulate the heart!

After Mel's introduction, Zeri led the music to a stop. On the stage, the three girls immediately exchanged glances.

Backstage, after receiving the signal, Lux, with pursed lips, floated in mid-air. She turned her head to look at the somewhat distant Seraphine, who was a bit scared.

Seraphine was, of course, afraid.

Because Lux's magic power was hundreds of times that of Seraphine!

Seraphine had never seen a monster like Lux.

She was scarier than Councilor Linwin.

"Oh, don't worry, this won't hurt you."

Seeing Seraphine's movements, Lux, with pursed lips like a little goldfish, buzzed towards Seraphine.

Speaking, she even waved her hand.

In front of Lux was a large light magic.

This spell was created by Lux herself, capable of accurately shining light on the person she wanted to illuminate.

But it won't cause harm!

This was a defensive magic.

Yes, Lux's magic could cause terrifying damage to people, but at the same time, it could protect the people she wanted to protect.

It changed with Lux's heart.

As long as Lux wanted, shining light directly on a person was no problem.

The person receiving the light would only feel warmth and gain the ability to resist magic and attacks!

This move was inspired by Lux from the Illuminators, and she created it herself.

Magic wasn't only about destruction!

Magic could also protect people!

And today, listening to the music in her ears, watching the excited crowd, Lux believed more in this.

Magic was not a bad thing!

Listen, listen to the cheers outside now. Now, a part of them is cheering for Lux's magic.

Demacians were wrong.

Magic was inherently innocent. What was wrong was people who did bad things with magic.

Thinking of this, Lux's determination became even firmer.

After going back, she must talk to Aunt Tianna about this issue.

Let her tell the King.

But for now, Lux pursed her lips, looked at Seraphine, and buzzed vaguely, "Don't worry, Seraphine. When you go on stage later, I will make all the light disappear, and then, Seraphine, I will aim at your position and let a beam of light descend from the sky!"

"At that moment, you will be the focus of the entire audience!"

Seraphine gave an awkward laugh.

She was a bit incredulous. Such a terrifying magical power, such terrifying magic, no harm?

Look at the sky that was cleared by your magic before saying that!

But in the end, Seraphine reached out her hand, and Lux also imprinted the spell on Seraphine's fair wrist.

"Don't worry, I'll help you."

"Thank you, Lux."

Seraphine nodded.

At this moment, she was no longer as nervous as before.

Just like what Powder said.

Including Lux, everyone believed in her.

They believed in the little girl named Seraphine, who could change the relationship between the two cities with her song.

So, for the Twin Cities, for them, and for her own childhood dream.

Seraphine, you must muster the courage!

Listen, after Ekko took the stage, their attention had already shifted to Ekko.

The quarrels and disputes had disappeared.

The people of both cities were captivated by the music! They were all immersed in the wave of music.

Now, back to the stage —

Zeri had set up the electricity and hurriedly went to change her instrument. Kai'Sa also moved away from the keyboard, placing her hands on her hips. She stood beside Ekko, coolly lifting her head.

Although feeling a bit embarrassed inside, but Kai'Sa still followed through.

Because that's what was required during rehearsals.

Powder at the back didn't move, and tonight, Powder was destined to stay with her drums throughout the entire performance.

Oh, and also.. no bathroom breaks, no eating, at most just drinking some water.

After getting into position, Zeri had a strange instrument in her hands. It was an instrument that produced a buzzing sound with a gentle pull, a low sound as if the wind was hitting the windows.

As Zeri played her instrument, Powder immediately started drumming behind her.

The rhythmic drumming echoed, instantly capturing the hearts of everyone in the audience.

Powder's skill was excellent!

Naturally, Powder was a genius.

She was a super genius who hadn't read a book, hadn't gone to school, and hadn't had anyone teach her.

Yet, with just a notebook, she could independently create powerful weapons.

Such a genius, what's shocking about her learning drums?

But don't ever believe those foolish statements that geniuses can only do one thing.

That's just because they are too pure. They put all their time into what they are passionate about, which makes it seem like they can't do anything else. This leads to the idea that geniuses have low EQ.

Low EQ? It's because they don't have time to consider others' thoughts. They put all their energy into creating, just like Jayce from before, a typical "low EQ" genius.

They are unwilling to spend too much energy dealing with interpersonal matters.

They just say what needs to be said, and that's why geniuses are labeled as having low EQ.

People with high EQ also find it challenging to become geniuses.

Thinking too much about what others think can limit oneself. Not thinking about what others think, although it gives them the label of low EQ, that allows them to express themselves without reservations.

Therefore, geniuses are geniuses.

Geniuses can do anything unexpected.

Otherwise, can they still be considered geniuses?

Like Powder, towards strangers, Powder is lively and restless, giving the impression of being crazy. But in front of people she cares about, Powder can handle her emotions well.

Explosive drummer — she really made the drums blossom!

With the dynamic rhythm, Ekko sang a strange piece of music on the stage.

To call it music, it's more like a rapid-paced recitation, but it had a strong sense of rhythm, immersing people involuntarily.

"Here I come banging down the sky shining."

"In your face, won't stop once we go."

With the end of the first chorus, Ekko took two steps forward, ran to the edge of the stage, and then somersaulted forward.

"Ah!!!"

This action caused an exclamation from the audience.

Because with the last move, Ekko was jumping off the stage.

And in that second, the venue went black again!

Utterly pitch-black!

The giant light pillar and a bunch of holy light spheres disappeared.

But soon, accompanied by Ekko's magnetic and deep voice:

"Seraphine!"

Then, two holy light spheres appeared again, illuminating the situation on the stage for the audience.

Kai'Sa grabbed Ekko's collar, carrying him through the air.

And with the appearance of a girl with pink hair.

"Boom!"

In the sky, a divine light broke through the dark clouds and then shone on her.

Seraphine raised both hands high, listening to the sounds of the audience.

They were surprised, excited, nervous.

But they were no longer arguing.

The voices of Piltover and Zaun finally merged. At this moment, they finally played the sound Seraphine wanted — harmony!

"Ay no one can stop us they'll try but they won't"

"Ay nada nos puede parar oh no"

"We're wide awake now our eyes are wide open!"

"We're running this world we keeping it turning!"

After Seraphine spoke, the audience was instantly stunned.

Even Mel, who had listened to the girls rehearse several times, was also stunned. Her hands involuntarily clenched, and her nails dug into her flesh, but Mel didn't notice.

On the stage, Seraphine sang softly, her voice like a poet narrating a legendary story.

She listened to the sound beside her ear.

She listened to everyone's voices.

The voices of the people from Piltover and Zaun finally intertwined.

She even vaguely saw, below the stage, where the envoys had separated Zaunites and Pilties, they were slowly coming together!

Although it seemed like they were unaware that their distances were closing.

But it didn't matter; this was what Seraphine wanted.

With Powder speeding up the drum, Zeri was pulling on her strange instrument, sticking out her tongue in exhaustion.

Kai'Sa also landed in front of Seraphine.

Kai'Sa was waiting for that part.

With Seraphine's music in her ears, now, Kai'Sa, who was only interested in eating, had bright and captivating eyes.

She seemed to really like this.

Linwin was right; she would enjoy the stage.

And Seraphine was slowly letting go of everything.

The light that descended from the sky hit her, incredibly warm, just as Lux said.

Seraphine wasn't fighting alone.

Now, the entire Zaun and Piltover were singing loudly along with Seraphine.

Seraphine's voice led the voices of both cities.

It moved everyone's hearts!

Just like a clear spring breaking free from constraints, forming a tower of sand, our voices would eventually gather into a river!

It, in an instant, swept through the upper and lower cities.

His voice, her voice, your voice, my voice.

Like raindrops tapping on the window, frequent but harmonious, these voices followed Seraphine!

They were looking forward, looking forward to hear her sing!

They wanted to hear something more powerful!

Until Seraphine raised her head, slowly pulling the specially crafte microphone in her hand away, and sang a long and melodious high note.

"wuwuwuwuwu~~~"

"We're wide awake now, our eyes are wide open!"

"We're running this world, we keeping it turning!"

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"We're living like Giants!"

"Yea Giants!"

Ekko crouched beside Seraphine, waving with stylish gestures and using his deep voice to follow Seraphine.

Zeri, holding the strange instrument, was even more dazzling with the electricity on her.

This made the stage even brighter.

"Boom!"

Blue fireworks erupted around Seraphine, rushing towards the sky, reaching a height of nearly three meters, and this caused a wave of cheers from the audience.

"Icathian Rain!"

With a shout, Kai'Sa's hands opened up.

With Lux, such a powerful mage backing her, Kai'Sa no longer hesitated. The pod behind Kai'Sa aimed at the sky, and numerous purple plasma balls shot towards the dome. In an instant, brilliant purple light rose and illuminated both Piltover and Zaun.

"Demacia!"

Countless bright light columns rushed from behind the stage towards the sky.

Forming a bright net of light, gathering and blocking the falling plasma.

This visual effect.

"Oh my god!!!"

"Twin City Day, this is our own festival!"

"It's so beautiful, did she create this? Who is she? A citizen from Zaun?"

The voices from the audience, on the stage, no one could hear except for Seraphine.

Seraphine's mouth curved into a smile.

Behind her, Powder drummed with one hand, her little head tapping to the rhythm, and the other hand skillfully wielding the drumstick, creating beautiful patterns.

Tonight, it was destined not to be calm!

And this is the music of Zaun!

"We're bigger than Giants."

"We Giants!"

"Oh Oh Oh Oh"

This is Zaun!

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At the same time, outside Piltover, at a place called the River Pilt, on a tree.

A man was sitting on the tree, leaning against the trunk, lightly tapping his head. He listened to the voice coming from the Hex phone.

"Linwin, it's amazing!"

"Big bro, it's such a pity. You didn't even see the scene."

"You don't know how lively it is now; Powder is so amazing!"

Vi's excited voice echoed in the phone.

This is what Vi thought about, allowing her brother to hear the live music during the concert.

After all, Linwin was not in the Twin City right now.

While everyone was celebrating, her brother was facing an enemy alone.

Yeah, it really is amazing.

Linwin nodded with a smile.

This song is a truly damaging piece! But the members have changed a bit.

But don't say, Seraphine's singing skills are really too strong.

After all, she and Ekko are the only officially designated singers.

And at this moment, even hundreds of miles away from Piltover, Linwin could vaguely feel the atmosphere of the scene.

Lux's light magic was incredibly dazzling in the night, even from a distance, one could see bright white columns.

The light, like a miracle, was shining on the two cities.

"Vi, that should be enough."

Footsteps came to Linwin's ears.

The earth trembled.

The sound of hooves and wheels interrupted Linwin's thoughts.

Linwin also said the last words to the Hex phone:

"They've arrived."

"I have to go take care of things now."

On the other end of the Hex phone, Vi paused for a moment and instinctively said, "Be safe, big bro."

Putting the Hex phone into the temporal ring, Linwin stood up.

His fingers touched the ring, and the next moment,, and a silver-white greatsword appeared in Linwin's hands.

Raising the long sword high, Linwin's tiptoes touched the tree trunk.

The next moment, Linwin disappeared from the spot.

Behind him—

There were dazzling light columns.

There were purple thunder bombs that exploded the clouds.

There was Zaun and Piltover in the midst of celebration.

There were people from both cities celebrating Twin City Day.

In front of him—

There were troops from the Noxian Empire.

There was a powerful army named the Noxian battalion, a formidable force serving under Darkwill.

There were undead warriors resurrected by magic after death.

Each of them are powerful monsters.

But—

Linwin walked forward.