Chapter 128 [0126] The Rebirth of Zaun

The lingering Noxians finally found a chance to make a comeback in an extremely embarrassing way.

Lux knew nothing about this.

She is extremely busy now.

In the past two days, due to the blockade of Piltover and the suspension of many alchemy factories, more and more Zaun workers came to Fulgrim's Tavern to find some work.

In Fulgrim's Tavern, telling the "Letter to the People of Zaun" has become a daily routine.

More and more workers heard the story of the little boy and a gold Hex.

There are many workers who listen to the story, but not everyone is willing to believe an outsider at the first time, and not everyone knows who Lux is and what he has done.

But fortunately, there are enough people in the tavern - even if they just ask for a glass of water, there are still people willing to introduce the newcomer.

And those who can come to the tavern to find work are more or less foremen in Zaun. Although they can't find any work for the time being, they will at least bring back Lux's name, story and theory to those who work with them and dig.

Although, just like in Mithril City, the story will always be distorted, but the question of where the money earned by those who actually worked went is always true.

In just three days.

While the Piltover Council was still wrangling and Singed had not yet prepared his secret weapon to deal with the constructs, more than one-third of Zaun's workers, miners and craftsmen had already heard of Lux's name.

In terms of popularity, she has even caught up with Vandel!

Three days is not a long time.

It is enough to stop production in Zaun's alchemy factories and mines that are highly dependent on exports.

It is also enough to bring the Zaun people, who originally had no savings, to the brink of food shortage.

It is enough for Zaun's food suppliers who rely on the Piltover people to make a fortune.

It is also enough for the caravan sent to Kumangla in advance to return to Zaun with the first batch of food.

During this period, all the hooligans who were spying on Fulgrim's Tavern were left in the tavern - either tied up or frozen, and all stuffed into the basement.

At first, the chem-barons thought it was Vandel's revenge for spreading rumors and snooping into the tavern.

However, the news could not be concealed after all.

Jin Hex finally helped the chem-barons figure out the situation - after bribing a few people, they finally knew what the workers in Fulgrim's Tavern were spreading.

Then, an indescribable panic filled their hearts.

When Vandel led the team to rush to the Sun Gate, the workers had not yet realized the role of the chem-barons in Zaun, and the only ones who were really unlucky were the few guys who were the most demanding of their subordinates.

But this time, Lux calmly and truthfully revealed the nature of the chem-barons. Even though these chem-barons had never seen Lux, they still felt uneasy.

No, we can't let these news continue to spread!

At least... we can't let Fulgrim's Tavern continue to be the intermediate distribution center for workers to take jobs!

The alchemy barons, realizing that the problem was not good, turned their eyes to Finn, because among all the people, only Finn was trying to set up a new middleman base.

Unfortunately, their reaction was too slow.

Before these alchemy barons came up with an effective plan, the ready-made Fulgrim Tavern began the next step.

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Fulgrim Tavern, morning.

Today's workers still have nothing to do.

While waiting for work, they are also trying to get close to each other, hoping to borrow some money or something - everyone's family is a little short of money.

However, unlike the previous two days, no one came to read the "Letter to the People of Zaun" today. Instead, Lux, who only appeared at night to answer questions before, appeared in the tavern early this time.

Everyone still has a lot of questions, but at this time, all the questions have to give way to "what do we eat" - under the influence of hunger, many people began to doubt the correctness of Lux's theory, because without the alchemy barons, they have no work to do and cannot support themselves and their families.

Before, facing this problem, Lux needed to explain the reason for all this from the beginning.

But today, the situation is different.

The first group of people who went to Kumangla returned today, and what they brought back, in addition to the news of "finding a merchant who can provide bulk food", was the first batch of food.

The gold that Sona supported with friendship was exchanged for more than 300 tons of food, as well as the necessary vehicles and pack horses to transport the food.

After three days of difficult trekking, the team finally returned to Zaun.

Because the passage from Kumangla to Zaun has been almost completely abandoned, the transportation of this batch of food is extremely difficult. Among the 20 people led by Benso, two stayed between Kumangla and Zaun forever - they fell in an accident while crossing the mountains, and even their bodies were not found.

But it was worth it after all.

These foods, plus the part bought from Finn, are enough to support Zaun through the most difficult period!

The trade route has been opened again, and the subsequent food will continue to flow!

So this time Lux does not need to answer with words.

Watching the food being delivered to the back of the tavern and the three large granaries being erected, everyone present cheered. They all looked at Lux, waiting for her to announce the order to distribute the food.

However, Lux did not announce the release of the food immediately. Instead, she stood on the temporary platform with her hand on the hilt of her sword and asked a question.

"Does Zaun need only food?"

Of course not - or rather, it has never been.

Everyone looked at each other, and at first they just shook their heads silently or said no.

So Lux raised her tone and asked again:

"Does Zaun need only food?"

The voices of the people were much more uniform.

"No!"

"No!"

Lux took a deep breath, and then spoke for the third time in her loudest voice:

"Does Zaun need only food?"

This time, she was responded to by the thunderous voices of everyone present.

"No - yes -"

If it was before, everyone only knew that it was not, but did not know why it was not.

But now, everyone present, even if some have more and some have less, has finally understood what Zaun still needs.

"Now, I have found food, enough for all Zaun people to fill their stomachs temporarily." Lux grabbed a handful of green wheat and showed the grains in his palm, "But this is not enough! Zaun needs more, and Zaun people have the right and the right to take back the fruits of their hard work!"

The crowd fell silent, and everyone looked up at Lux.

"Now, I'm going to the alchemy factory!" The breeze conveyed Lux's voice clearly to everyone's ears, "Go take back those factories that were built by Zaun people with great effort, and hand them over to the people who built and used them!"

Although they were mentally prepared, everyone present couldn't help but widen their eyes when they heard Lux ​​say this.

"The Alchemist Baron thought that he could exploit for a long time with the help of villains and thugs, and that no one would dare to resist as long as he shared the profits with Piltover." Lux drew his sword from its sheath, and a bright light shone on the broken sword, shining with the midday sun. "But they were wrong!"

Everyone's breathing began to quicken.

"Zaun belongs to the people of Zaun, to those who created this city, and to those who worked hard for this city!" Lux raised the broken blade, "And today, those who try to steal this achievement will be completely crushed!"

The next moment, a beam of light suddenly surged from the broken sword and rushed straight into the sky!

"Those who are willing to join me, expose your right arm, and we will go together!"

As she said this, Lux removed the armor on her right arm neatly, jumped off the podium, and rushed straight to Lower Zaun, rushing to her first target.

It was an ore washing plant.

The people in Fulgrim's Tavern quickly followed her, some hesitated for a moment, then showed their right arms and hurried home - they were not trying to escape, but to call more people over!

The team behind Lux ​​was just like the team behind Fandel, just like when they rushed to the Sun Gate...

No, it should be said that this team far exceeded the team that Fandel rushed to the Sun Gate!

Maybe the people who rushed to the Sun Gate were more capable and stronger.

But the team behind Lux ​​at this time was much more determined than the team that acted only on blood and energy!

Their purpose was not to "teach the Piltover guys a lesson" or "let them not dare to look down on Zaun".

Their purpose was to take back what belonged to them.

Nothing was more natural and justified than this.

Walking in the streets of Zaun, Lux, with her right arm exposed, the team behind her would become longer and stronger every time she passed a block and an intersection.

When she finally arrived at her destination, behind her, the Zaun people with their right arms exposed had formed an amazing long dragon - they might only carry hammers and wrenches, most of them might be malnourished, and some had never fought before.

But at this moment, they all chose to follow Lux, followed her to surround the factory, and followed her to face the thugs they had never dared to face.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lux raised the broken sword in her hand.

A stream of light flashed, and the tightly closed, heavy black door collapsed.

People wearing boots, cloth shoes, straw shoes, no shoes, prosthetic limbs and crutches... countless pairs of "feet" stepped over it.

In the next battle, Lux no longer needed to take action.

Looking at the cheering crowd and the embarrassed thugs, Lux, who had put the sword back into the sheath, leaned against the wall of the factory, and finally smiled on her tense face.

"Kalya, I did it." Lux gripped the hilt of the sword, "I really did it - I changed this city, I didn't use the power of the nobles, nor did I threaten with violence!"

"But this is just the beginning." Kalya's tone was as calm as ever, "But, just for the beginning, you did...very good."

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