Duke's expression was calm, as if he felt no despair in this situation. Jayce grumbled as he opened his box, took out the communicator, assembled it, and then turned it on.
"After you're done using it, I need to use it too. I need to report relevant matters to the council!"
Jayce glared at Duke hatefully. Ever since he entered Bilgewater, he had been constantly getting the short end of the stick, which made him exceptionally uncomfortable.
"Sorry, Jayce, but you'll have to wait until I'm done talking!"
Duke pushed Jayce aside and operated the incredibly crude communicator in front of him.
As the Hextech Gem glowed faintly, static also began to flash on the current-blocking device outside the gem. Seeing this, Jayce folded his arms and said, "Now is not the time for communication. If you call now, no one will answer!"
"That's not necessarily true!"
Duke looked at the figure appearing on the current-blocking device and a slight smile appeared on his face.
"Why are you calling so early today? This isn't like you, Jayce." Viktor, looking very well, opened the communicator on the Piltover side, but when he realized it wasn't Jayce who had opened the communicator, but Duke, his expression paused slightly before returning to normal: "Hello, Duke, how are you doing in Bilgewater?"
"Excellent! The people here are warm and hospitable, and the city's customs are simple and honest. Earlier, over a hundred people even held a welcoming party for me, and we had a great time!"
Hearing Duke lie through his teeth, Graves glanced at Lister, who was bandaging his wound, and whispered, "Does your boss always lie through his teeth like this?"
"Watch your wording, that's our boss!
Besides, Mr. Graves is not someone we can guess, and these small troubles are nothing to him!"
Lister tore off the bandage, "Bear with it!"
"If I scream, I'm not… Ah!!"
Graves screamed, "Be gentle!"
Viktor heard the commotion and couldn't help but ask, "What happened on your end?"
"Nothing much, a new employee here accidentally smashed his foot." Duke didn't reveal the actual situation on his side; what good would it do to say it?
They, far away in Piltover, couldn't help him anyway.
"Viktor, do me a favor, call Janna. I want to talk to her!"
"Aren't you a God-Favored One?"
"I am a God-Favored One, but that doesn't mean I can cross thousands of nautical miles to contact Janna!"
"Alright, please wait!"
Viktor began to summon Janna. Given Janna's impressive performance before, the Twin Cities started building her temples. Her received faith increased daily, and her power grew stronger day by day.
Not long after, Janna, surrounded by a gentle breeze, appeared on the screen.
"What's wrong, Duke?"
"Janna, I have a question I want to ask you!"
"What is it? Are you, little rascal, trying to trick me again?" Janna looked suspicious, her face pressed against the screen. Viktor quickly stopped her: "Goddess Janna, please don't get too close to the screen!"
"Alright, alright, don't be so nervous. You're still as easily nervous as you were when you were little, Viktor!"
Janna, who knew all of Zaun's secrets, naturally knew everyone's past. Duke cleared his throat to get Janna's attention: "Alright, let's make a long story short. Janna, do you know about The Harrowing and the Black Mist?"
"Why are you asking about that?"
Janna's expression became serious, "The Harrowing and the Black Mist are the greatest terrors for ordinary people.
The Black Mist can transform the living into the undead, and that's not the most terrifying part. The most terrifying are the undead lurking within the Black Mist."
"For the undead, the Black Mist is like fish needing to live in Water, or plants needing to root in the soil."
"Besides transforming the living into the undead, the Black Mist can also reanimate dead bodies, making them a part of the Black Mist. Wherever the Black Mist reaches, the undead can appear at will."
"Then, can you dispel the Black Mist?"
Duke stared intently at Janna, "This is very important for what I'm about to do. I hope you can answer truthfully, yes or no!"
"I can, but it will consume a large amount of the power of faith and divine power I've accumulated!"
"Although the Black Mist has the power to protect and transform the undead, it is essentially still mist. As long as it's mist, it can be blown away by the wind!"
Indeed, as expected of Janna, an ancient being who has lived for many, many years. Although her power is currently weak, her divine rank is still there.
Coupled with the fact that many people are now regaining their faith in her, she is also beginning to return to her peak.
"The power of faith is not a big problem. Later, I'll fill the streets and alleys of the Twin Cities with your statues, and then write the daily prayer to Janna into the laws of Piltover."
"I can even preach for you and expand your source of faith!"
"Cough cough!" Viktor coughed from the side, reminding Duke that he was still there and that boasting should be done in the right place. However, what Duke said was true. In other places, his words might be insignificant, but in the Twin Cities, his words would be implemented with the strongest force!
The Ferros Family's control over the Twin Cities should not be underestimated.
"Don't say these things. When you say them, I feel uneasy. I always feel like you're trying to trick me!"
Janna immediately recoiled from Duke's suggestion. Duke shrugged: "But I am your God's Chosen, aren't I?"
"But is there any God's Chosen who tries to trick their God in every possible way?"
Janna was on the verge of tears. She had a bad premonition that she might be tricked by Duke again.
"Just tell me, do you want new believers and a large amount of Faith Power or not!"
"I want it!"
Janna responded decisively. Whether he was tricking her was one thing, but she would not let go of any benefits Duke offered. Whoever tried to snatch them from her, she would get angry with them.
"Alright, you come to Bilgewater sometime!"
"What?" Janna shrieked loudly, forgetting her usual composure: "That's the territory of an Outer God! Are you trying to send me to my death?"
"Faith Power, do you want it?"
"Yes!"
"Then hurry up and come over!"
Duke grumbled as he moved aside. This broom-headed goddess was just being difficult.
Jayce, however, looked at Duke with a complicated expression. Ever since the Blue Lavender Manor assessment, everyone had been in awe of Janna, but the Duke in front of him could be so close to the goddess.
It's truly infuriating when you compare yourself to others!
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