第5章 凯隐（1/2）

“the child is gone. the killer remainyn

noxian by birth， nd others like him were cons child cruel practice employed by only the monderrkwill’s empire. following the dit the placidium of navori， the invately reformulated into a protracted war of attrition. ionian pakness to be exploited—their warriorte before supposed innocent. thuble to lift the blade he had been given， kayn’ttle was also expected to be his last.

inst the province of bahrl， noxian forcet the mouth of the epool river. kayn and the othernt vanguard， facing dindls defending their home from theders. while hides were cut down or fled the battlefield， kayn r. he dropped hind llen sickle， turning to face the nn regulars swept in from the flank.

the carnage warmer handful of vastaya—all were butchered without ceremony.

two dayfter word had spread throughout the southern provinces， the order of me upon the grisly der， zed， knew thictical nce. thi message. noxus would show no mercy.

a flickering glint of ught hi child of no more than ten lay in the mud， leveling hit the massin， bloody knuckles straining white. the boy’ pain that belied his age， yet still burned with all the fury of a hardened warrior. this not t could be taught. zed saw in thindoned noxian pon that could be turned againd sent him here to die. the assassin held out hind weled kayn into the order of colytelly ining with a pon of their chooll—to him， they were mere toolrmor he viewed as a cumbersome burden， inking himnd slaying his enemies with quicknelth. these swift executionr in the hearts of thote enough to be nd as kayn’s legend grew， nce. he truly believed that one day his power would eclipt of zed himself.

thiyn to embrace his final te darkin weapon recently unearthed in noxus， and prevent it from ever being used againry defenderccepted without hesitation， never questioning why he had been chosk. indeed， where any other acolyte would have destroyed the living yn took it for himse