A loud knocking forced the explorer to wake from his deep sleep, making him groan in response as he slowly stood up. He walked over to the door tiredly and opened it to see had woken him up. A little bit of energy came back to him when he saw the bright Luxanna Crownguard smirking at him. She was wearing a professional outfit with a skirt and nice shirt.

"Took you long enough."

"What? You only knocked once!"

Lux giggled, covering her mouth slightly with her hand and looking at him with amused eyes. "I've been here for 5 minutes."

Ezreal's face turned red. He scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly. "Heheh, sorry about that Lux."

"No problem Ez. Get dressed so we can go see Jarvan. He's eager to talk to you." Ezreal's whole body visibly paused at the sound of his old nickname from his fellow champions during his time in The League. "Are you okay?" Lux asked, placing her arm on his forearm for comfort.

Ezreal snapped out of his trance and nodded. "Y-yeah, sorry about that. Just, that nickname brings back a lot of old memories. I haven't been called that since the day that The League disbanded." Before Lux could form a response he muttered, "Give me a second," and ducked into the room to get a change of clothes.

When he came out Lux's smirk returned instantly. "That outfit looks familiar."

Ezreal shrugged. He had decided to put on his outfit he commonly wore in The League. Torn jeans, an undershirt and a jacket-like type shirt over it with belts placed around his waist and legs, a fashion trend he had picked up from living in Piltover.

"Is that a problem?"

"Not at all. Let's get going."

Ezreal followed her lead as they made their way down the large palace halls. The halls where lined with paintings of past royal families and treasures that Demacia had kept sacred. One of the artifacts seemed vaguely familiar. He stopped and did a double take once catching sight of the painting. "Is that what I think it is?" Ezreal asked.

"Yes it is. You don't know it yet but you've already been helping us out." She turned to him and gave a smile as she spoke before turning back and continuing her lead down the hall.

They came to a stop in front of a large door. Lux gestured for him to step inside, as he did.

As he entered the room he saw the "king" of Demacia sitting down before him. Jarvan had a welcoming presence to him. He had a wide smile and made sure to show Ezreal how pleased he was to see him.

"Ah, Ezreal! What a pleasure it is to see you again." Jarvan stood up and walked to Ez, offering a hand. Ezreal responded with a firm handshake. Ezreal had always like Jarvan, he was noble and went by the honor system. Outside of The Rift he was a nice guy and Ezreal always knew he would be a fine king for Demacia.

"Same to you King Jarvan." Ezreal returned his smile. "A pleasure as always."

"Please, you can just call me Jarvan." He tapped Ezreal's hand lightly and released it. He turned to Lux. "Will your brother be joining us this morning?"

Lux nodded. "Shortly, sir. He got back from a scouting mission with Xin."

Jarvan nodded approvingly. "Alright then. Please, have a seat you two. We can begin without him."

Ezreal took a seat next to Lux and awaited Jarvan to begin.

"Ezreal, I'm sure lux has already explained out situation so I'll cut to the chase. Noxus has uncovered an ancient weapon from the time of the rune wars. This weapon is called The Gauntlet of Darkness. It can be used to absorb magic and turn it into dark energy, which could result in dark magic. Dark magic is the worst and the most destructive type of magic by far. We are seeking your help because after the run wars the dangerous weapons used during that time were all scattered around the continent so that no one could find them again. We believe that you could find them for us."

Ezreal took a deep breath, trying to process everything. "How many relics are there?"

"There were originally four, but you already found one of them according to Lux."

Ezreal turned to look at the blonde beside him. "Is that what that sword was?"

she nodded. "It was one of the four. I was following you for a while until you came across something we thought might just be on of them, and you found it. You never seem to disappoint." She smiled at him. His face turned slightly more red than before and he turned back to Jarvan.

"I don't know how much I can help, but I'll be glad to do what I can. Forgive me for asking this, but what's my benefit to this? Besides helping save Demacia."

Jarvan chuckled slightly, breaking the serious atmosphere. "Don't worry. You will be handsomely rewarded."

Ezreal smiled and nodded.

"Sorry I'm so late sir." A deep voice accompanied the sound of the door moving as Garen entered the room.

"Don't worry about it general."

"I do however have something to report."

"Out with it."

Garen nodded. "Noxus has pushed forward once again. We found a camp two miles from the city."

"That is unfortunate. Did you clear it?"

"We killed three of the ten, the rest ran off before we could catch them. We removed every bit of the camp."

Jarvan nodded and looked down. "Swain is getting even more daring..." He murmured. "We need to start having three patrols a day. They need to be large, just enough to cover the important areas."

Garen nodded. "We will need to use every resource we have to prolong this war."

"We have just gained a boost though." Lux noted, looking towards her brother.

"What would that be?"

"Ez here," she poked Ezreal in the chest. "Has found the Blade of Dawn."

Garen's mouth opened slightly. "Really? Well, I can use that then, if you want sir."

Jarvan nodded. "practice with it before going into combat with it. We don't know everything about its powers. Besides, it's a lot lighter than you're used to."

"What artifacts are left?" Ezreal piped up in question. "The remaining three?"

"We have the blade. We need The Bow of flames, The Helmet of Power, and the Shield of Demacia. We have maps of areas that they might be located."

Ezreal laughed out loud.

"What is it?"

He looked at her with a grin. "Who needs a map?"

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-Lance